Sisyphus

Sisyphus读音音标

英[ˈsisifəs]

美[ˈsɪsəfəs]

基本意思释义

n.科林斯王（希腊君主）; [电影]西绪福斯

短语及实用例句

SISYPHUS was lucky. He could have wound up on the Basel committee.

Sisyphus(西西佛思)是幸运的. 他本来可能会沦落到巴塞尔委员会.

At any rate , Sisyphus was given an exemplary punishment.

总之, 西绪福斯受到了起杀一儆百作用的惩罚.

You have already grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero.

你已经明白了,西西弗斯便是这荒谬的英雄.

If one believes Homer, Sisyphus was wisest and most prudent of mortals.

荷马说, 西西弗是最终要死的人中最聪明最谨慎的人.

Homer tells us also that Sisyphus had put Death in chains.

荷马也告诉我们,西西弗斯曾一度给死神套上了镣铐.

But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks.

但西西弗斯教会我们以更高的忠诚否定诸神,举起重石.

英英释义

Noun

1. (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again