Prometheus

英 [prəu'mi:θju:s; -θiəs] 美
  • n. 普罗米修斯（希腊神话中人名，为人类盗火种甘受罚）
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中文词源

Prometheus 普罗米修斯

来自古希腊神话英雄人物Prometheus,其为人类盗取火种，后被宙斯用铁链子锁在高加索山脉，每日受万剑穿心一样的痛苦。该名字来自希腊语promethes,先知，智者，来自pro-,提前，-meth,思考，词源同mathematics,mind.比较其弟弟名字Epimetheus,后知，愚者。

英语词源

Prometheus
demigod (son of the Titan Iapetus) who made man from clay and stole fire from heaven and taught mankind its use, for which he was punished by Zeus by being chained to a rock in the Caucasus, where a vulture came every day and preyed on his liver. The name is Greek, and anciently was interpreted as literally "forethinker, foreseer," from promethes "thinking before," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + *methos, related to mathein "to learn," from enlargement of PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). However Watkins suggests the second element is possibly from a base meaning "to steal," also found in Sanskrit mathnati "he steals."

权威例句

1. Prometheus bestowed on his creation the gift of fire, which raised man above all animals.
普罗米修斯又赠给他火, 从而使人类进化成为万物之灵.

来自神话部分

2. Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never quailed before all the fiery majesty of Zeus.
面对宙斯的严刑与威严,普罗米修斯坚定地面对苦难的命运,毫不畏缩.

来自神话部分

3. However, Prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down to men.
然而, 普罗米修斯却又想尽办法从天上把火盗来,并悄悄地将它带给人类.

来自神话部分

4. You know what happened to the well - intentioned Prometheus?
你知道好心的普罗米修斯最后怎么了 吗 ?

来自电影对白

5. Aspasia was created in case a mistress should be needed for Prometheus.
亚斯巴昔是为了普罗米修斯需要一个尤物的原故而生的.

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