Regan is a name — one of the three daughters of King Lear in Shakespeare's play King Lear. At the start of the play, the old king asks his daughters to say how much they love him, and promises to divide his kingdom according to their answers.

in Shakespeare's play King Lear在莎士比亞劇作《李爾王》裡 Regan「Regan」（莉根） is是 one of the three daughters of King Lear李爾王三個女兒之一的 a name名字 At the start of the play劇本一開始 the old king年邁的國王 asks his daughters要女兒們 to say how much they love him說出她們有多愛他 and promises並承諾 according to their answers依照她們的回答 to divide his kingdom來分配王國

Regan and her older sister Goneril give beautiful, flattering speeches they do not mean, and get the land. The youngest, Cordelia, refuses to perform her love in words, and gets nothing.

Regan and her older sister GonerilRegan和她的姊姊高納里爾 give beautiful, flattering speeches they do not mean說出動聽卻言不由衷的奉承話 and get the land因此得到了土地 The youngest, Cordelia最小的女兒柯蒂莉亞 refuses to perform her love in words拒絕用言語表演她的愛 and gets nothing結果什麼也沒得到

Once Regan has what she wanted, she treats her father coldly and then cruelly: she shuts him out of her house in a storm, and she stands by while her husband blinds the old Earl of Gloucester. Later the two sisters fall out over the same man, Edmund, and Goneril poisons Regan.

Once Regan has what she wantedRegan一得到她想要的東西後 she treats her father coldly and then cruelly就冷淡、接著殘忍地對待父親 she shuts him out of her house in a storm她在暴風雨中把他關在門外 and she stands by還在一旁看著 while her husband blinds the old Earl of Gloucester丈夫弄瞎年邁的葛羅斯特伯爵 Later the two sisters fall out後來兩姊妹反目 over the same man, Edmund為了同一個男人埃德蒙 and Goneril poisons Regan高納里爾毒死了Regan

So in English writing, the name carries a meaning beyond the person. To call someone a Regan, or to mention Regan and Goneril together, is to point at a child who says loving words to a parent for what they can get out of it, and turns hard the moment the money is theirs. That is the connection an educated English reader hears.

So所以 in English writing在英文寫作裡 the name這個名字 carries a meaning帶有含意 beyond the person超越這個人物本身的 To call someone a Regan說某人是個Regan or to mention Regan and Goneril together或把Regan和高納里爾相提並論 is to point at a child指的是這樣的孩子 who says loving words to a parent對父母說愛的話 for what they can get out of it是為了圖利 the money is theirs the moment錢一到手 and turns hard就立刻翻臉無情 That這 is就是 the connection意涵 an educated English reader受過教育的英語讀者 hears會聯想到的

As an ordinary name, Regan is also a real Irish surname and a modern given name for either a boy or a girl, with no Shakespeare in it at all — that is only in the play. Note the spelling: one 'a', and it is not Reagan, the American president's name.

As an ordinary name作為一般的名字 Regan也是 a real Irish surname真實存在的愛爾蘭姓氏 and a modern given name for either a boy or a girl也是現代男女都能用的名字 with no Shakespeare in it at all完全沒有莎士比亞的意涵 that is only in the play那只存在於劇本裡 Note the spelling注意拼法 one 'a'只有一個'a' and it is not Reagan而不是Reagan the American president's name美國總統的名字（雷根）