myth

[mɪθ]
  • 释义
  • 神话;神怪故事;奇人,奇事;虚构的人,虚构的事;

  • 词义辨析
  • myth, account, anecdote, fable, legend, story, tale
  • 这组词都可表示叙事性的文字。它们的区别是:
    1.account, fable, legend, myth, story, tale是一般用词; anecdote是正式用词。
    2.account指对于某事的详细说明,原原本本,有头有尾,多用于报道事实; story指取悦于人的完整故事,有人物,有情节,有头有尾,可口头也可书面,可真实也可虚构,体裁上则既可为诗体,也可为散文体; anecdote指轶事趣闻,一般较短,有趣味; fable指寓言,主人公多为拟人化的动物或非生物,多为虚构,旨在说明一个道理或教训,而寓言则多在结尾处点明; legend 指民间传说或传奇故事,多含虚幻成分; myth指神话,特指与宗教或原始文明有关的故事,多以超人的力量去解释自然现象或人生; tale指故事或传说,即或有事实根据也多添枝加叶或夸张,含荒唐不可信的意味。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    It is another unfortunate myth of our culture that older people are asexual.

    我们的文化里还有一种错误观念,就是认为上了年纪的人就不再有性欲了。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    Nobody believes in the myth about human beings becoming immortals.

    谁也不相信人能成仙的神话.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 3、

    the murky borderland between history and myth

    历史与神话之间的边缘领域

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 4、

    Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.

    杀戮持续了数月后,真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 5、

    Myth # 4 : What goes down must come back up; or Buy low, sell high.

    谬论 # 4: 跌下去必定涨回来; 或者买入低价的, 卖出高价的.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 6、

    The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment.

    加冕典礼是极尽奢华和怀旧的仪式。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 7、

    Contrary to the popular myth, women are not reckless spendthrifts.

    和人们的普遍观念恰恰相反,女性并不是胡乱挥霍者。

    柯林斯例句
  • 8、

    Northeast Electric unit is expected to clone the myth of H shares soaring!

    该股有望克隆东北电气H股暴涨的神话!

    ——期刊摘选
  • 9、

    The report dispels the myth that Northerners have a fattier diet than people in the south.

    该报告消除了北方人比南方人膳食脂肪含量高的谬论。

    柯林斯例句
  • 10、

    It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality.

    分清楚神话和现实是不可能的。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 11、

    We can't possibly believe the myth of " detente " now.

    我们现在无论怎样也不相信 “ 缓和 ” 的神话了.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.

    他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 13、

    I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning.

    我一直在致力于推翻有关意义恒定性的谬谈。

    柯林斯例句
  • 14、

    People's faith in the Emperor was based on the myth that he was infallible.

    人们效忠君主是基于他永无过失的神话.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 15、

    Electricity privatisation has exploded the myth of cheap nuclear power.

    电力私有化打破了关于廉价核能的神话。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 16、

    The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work.

    有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 17、

    The story is a pure myth.

    这故事纯属虚构.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 18、

    The myth that Japan is not open to concerns from outside has, I think, been demolished at a stroke.

    关于日本对外界的关注不予理会的谬论,我认为,一下子就被驳倒了。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 19、

    It's only a myth.

    这不过是个神话.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 20、

    My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman.

    我母亲和别人串通,把他杜撰成一个阔气的商人。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 21、

    He has peddled the myth that he is supporting the local population.

    他散布说他支持当地群众.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 22、

    Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority.

    许多母亲把男尊女卑的错误观念传给了她们的女儿。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 23、

    The story has points of resemblance to a Hebrew myth.

    这个故事与某个希伯来神话有相似之处.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 24、

    I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.

    我相信那个流行的说法,当我有辆新车或者第二套房子时,我才能最终心满意足.

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 25、

    Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.

    学校往往会助长男孩比女孩体育强这一错误观念的延续.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 26、

    The writer feigns many a myth.

    作者想象出许多神话.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 27、

    It's the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the case of Lincoln, the story is true.

    我们把这类故事视为神话, 但就林肯来说, 这故事却是真实的.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 28、

    This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.

    这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 29、

    It is the element of myth that makes the Bumppo stories more than mere adventure yarns.

    这种神秘气氛使班波的传奇没有流于普通惊险小说一路.

    ——辞典例句
  • 30、

    It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people.

    盲人的听力会大幅增强也是一种谬谈。

    ——柯林斯例句