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tantalus

英['tæntələs] 美['tæntələs]
  • n. 上锁的玻璃酒柜;[希神]坦塔罗斯

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Noun:
  1. (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it

双语例句

1. Descended from Tantalus , Agamemnon inherited the curse of the gods on the family.
作为坦塔洛斯的后人,阿伽门农不得不承受众神加诸这个家族的惩罚.

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2. What say you to that torture of Tantalus as applied to a mother?
教一个做母亲的人受那种眼睁睁的生离死别的苦痛,您觉得有什么可说的 吗 ?

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    1. Descended from Tantalus, Agamemnon inherited the curse of the gods on the family.
      作为坦塔罗斯的后人,阿伽门农不得不承受众神加诸这个家族的惩罚。

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