Sisyphus 西绪福斯古希腊神话 Corinth 城邦的建立者和国王，著名的暴君，囤积财富，作恶多端，谋杀亲兄弟 以及杀害众多过境者和客商谋财害命。死后被罚在地狱里推一块大石头到山顶，但石头每每 落下，日复一日，年得一年，徒劳无功的做着同一件事。其字面意思可能为最聪明的人，词 首 si-为-syph 韵律重复，来自希腊语 sophos,智慧的，词源同 philosophy.传说中冥王 Hades 用铁链来将其抓回地狱，却被骗的把自己绑了起来，致使人使后不能投胎，其聪明于此。
- Sisyphus
- King of Corinth, famed as "the craftiest of men," he was condemned in the afterlife to roll uphill a stone which perpetually rolls down again; Greek Sisyphos, a name of unknown origin. Liddell & Scott suggest a reduplication of syphos "the crafty" (with Aeolic -u- for -o-), but Klein calls this folk-etymology.
- 1. 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.
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- 2. Some days I feel like Sisyphus. Remember him?
- 有些时候,我觉得自己似乎成了西西弗斯, 还记得这个人物 吗 ?
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- 3. 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.
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- 4. 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.
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- 5. 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.
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