The Taming of the Shrew
/ðə ˌteɪmɪŋ əv ðə ˈʃruː/
/ðə ˌteɪmɪŋ əv ðə ˈʃruː/
- a comedy play (c. 1594) by Shakespeare. It is about Petruchio, a young Italian man who wants to marry Katharina, a rich but unfriendly woman. (Shrew is an old-fashioned word for a bad-tempered woman.) She behaves unpleasantly to him but he pretends not to notice. In the end he marries her and ' tames' her by treating her roughly until she becomes as easy to control as wives were expected to be at that time. The musical comedy Kiss Me Kate (1948) by Cole Porter was based on The Taming of the Shrew.
驯悍记：莎士比亚的喜剧（约1594年）。关于一位年轻的意大利男人Petruchio，他想嫁给一个富有但不友好的女人Katharina。（泼妇是一个脾气暴躁的女人的老式字眼。）她对他的举止不愉快，但他装作没有注意到。最后，他与她结婚并通过粗暴对待她来“驯服”她，直到她变得像当时预期的妻子一样容易控制。科尔·波特（Cole Porter）的音乐喜剧《亲吻我·凯特（Kiss Me Kate）》（1948年）是根据《驯悍记》改编的。