英:[əˈkili:z]
美:[əˈkɪliz]
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A·chil·les
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Achillean (adj.)
阿喀琉斯是特洛伊战争故事中的希腊英雄,是阿伽门农军队中最勇敢、最迅速和最英俊的战士,他是忒提斯和佩琉斯的儿子。他的名字可能是由 akhos “痛苦,悲伤”(见 awe)和 laos “人民,一群人”(见 lay(形容词))组成的复合词; 或者它来自于前希腊语(非印欧语系)。相关词汇: Achillean。
Latin, from Greek Achilleus
The first known use of Achilles was before the 12th century
1 By this time Aeneas, who in the earlier part of the story seemed as human as Hector or Achilles, has changed into something strange and portentous; he is not a human being.
2 Even the great river of Troy, which the gods call Xanthus and men Scamander, took part and strove to drown Achilles as he crossed its waters.
3 Give me a tiny distance, no matter how small, and I will tell you when both Achilles and the tortoise are less than that tiny distance away from the limit.
4 Once again, let us consider the story of Achilles and the tortoise, which is an infinite sum of steps that get closer and closer to zero.
5 She’s the Achilles’ heel of their marriage, and it’s only noticeable if you’ve been watching it for sixteen years like I have.
6 “As for you, Percy Jackson, it’s true you bear the mark of Achilles. That makes you a little tougher to kill. But don’t worry. We’ll find a way.”
7 Achilles came and Ajax, still wrathful because of the armor of Achilles which the Greek captains had given to Odysseus and not to him.
8 He had bathed in the River Styx and taken on the powers of the greatest mortal hero, Achilles.
9 While Achilles stayed in his tent a fierce battle followed, the hardest yet fought.
10 Achilles sat alone in his tent, brooding over his wrongs.
11 In a flash—a quarter second—Achilles has made up the distance.
12 It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.
听起来有点矛盾,但钱有它自己的阿基里斯定律.
13 Achilles makes a secret pact and I have to honor it?
阿基里斯私下里定的那个协议,还想得到我的认可 吗 ?
14 This shows that, indeed, Achilles is getting arbitrarily close to the two-foot mark as the race progresses: two feet is the limit of the race.
15 Armed with 2,400 years' worth of extra mathematics, it is not hard for us to go back and find Zeno’s Achilles’ heel.
16 Imagine that Achilles runs at a foot a second, while the tortoise runs at half that speed.
17 Not even for Achilles’ sake could he stay longer away from the battle.
18 Then Hector struck with a true aim; the spear hit the center of Achilles’ shield.
19 “Oh yeah. Really excited to advance my education in Greek, Ancient, and Modern studies, you know. I kind of want to name my son Achilles because I think there’s a lesson here about downfalls.”
20 Alexander's obsession with the mythological Achilles pleases his mother, Queen Olympias.
亚历山大对神话人物阿基里斯的着迷,令母亲欧琳皮娅皇后欣喜不已.