希腊文明初探AJourneytoGreek (28).pdf

3.3 Prometheus Bounddefy:v.resist or confront with resistance 公然反抗thrive:v.to grow stronger 繁荣rebel:n.反叛者，反抗权威者sympathizer:miserates with someone who has had misfortune 同情者enlighten:v.to make understand 启发，教导plot overview:ph.剧情概述crag:n.a steep rugged rock or cliff 峭壁fetter:n.a shackle for the ankles or feet 束缚，脚镣（常复数）adamantine:adj.consisting of or having the hardness of adamant 非常坚硬的sovereignty:n.royal authority;the dominion of a monarch 主权，君主shackle:v.to restrain with fetters束缚monologue:n.a long utterance by one person 独白convict:v.to find or declare guilty 证明有罪，宣告有罪Titanomachy:n.提坦之战trickery:n.the use of tricks to deceive someone 诡计，奸计cease:v.to put an end 停止rebellious:adj.resisting control or authority 反抗的self-important:adj.arrogant 妄自尊大的，高傲的busybody:n.a person who meddles in the affairs of others 爱管闲事的人lament:v.to express grief verbally 悲叹trickle:v.flowing in drops;the formation and falling of drops of liquid 滴，使淌haughtiness:n.傲慢，不逊bestowupon:ph.赐予，恩赐metallurgy:n.the science and technology of metals 冶金，冶金术Io:n.a maiden loved by Zeus 伊俄Argus Panoptes:n.a giant with a hundred eyes 阿耳戈斯，百眼巨人panpipe:n.牧神之笛 gadfly:n.any of various large flies that annoy livestock 牛虻forecast:v.to predict in advance 预测comply:v.act in accordance with someones rules,commands,or wishes遵从，顺从bravado:n.a swaggering show of courage 虚张声势citadel:n.a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle 城堡；避难处defiant:adj.boldly resisting authority or an opposing force 挑衅的，蔑视的substitute:n.a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another 代替者trickster:n.骗子Mekone:n.墨科涅etiology:n.the philosophical study of causation成因论edible:adj.suitable for use as food 可食用的minister:n.a person appointed to a high office in the government 大臣，臣子，部长rebellion:n.refusal to accept some authority or code or convention 叛乱，反抗power-hungry:adj.渴望权力的hubristic:adj.傲慢的a law unto themselves:ph.自己便是法律，自行其是advocate:n.a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea倡导者，拥护者oppression:n.the act of subjugating by cruelty 压迫，镇压recast:v.cast or model anew 重塑，彻底改动prophesy:v.to predict or reveal through,or as if through,divine inspiration 预言guile:n.the use of tricks to deceive someone 诡计etymologize:v.to give the etymology or derivation(for a word)追溯语源legacy:n.a gift of personal property by will 遗产ambiguous:adj.having no intrinsic or objective meaning 模糊不清的，模棱两可的benefaction:n.an act intending or showing kindness and good will 善行，恩惠zest:n.vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment 热情blot out:ph.完全清除,消灭compassion:n.a deep awareness of and sympathy for anothers suffering 同情，怜悯primitive:adj.belonging to an early stage of development 原始的muddle:v.to mix up or confuse 弄乱；瞎忙haphazardly:adv.in a random manner 随意地，杂乱地Voltaire:n.French writer 伏尔泰Goethe:n.German poet,novelist,and dramatist 歌德Shelley:n.British writer;author of Frankenstein雪莱Nietzsche:n.an influential German philosopher 尼采1