Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel

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• 網絡巴別塔；通天塔；巴比倫塔

英漢解釋

n.	1. a place or situation that is very confusing because there is too much information and no easy way to understand it

例句

The universalisation of English has happy consequences. But like the building of the Tower of Babel, it has negative ones, too.

但正如通天塔的建造，英語全球化亦有其弊端。

Jerusalem was, as Mr Montefiore says, a veritable "tower of Babel in fancy dress" .

據蒙蒂菲奧里先生的表述，耶城當時可謂是真實版的“化妝舞會中穿著混搭的通天塔”。

Then everyone in Babylon agreed, thinking it was a very good idea. From then on, everyone worked very hard to build the Tower of Babel.

然后每個住在巴比倫的人都同意，他們認為這個是很好的意見，于是大家開始工作得很辛苦，為了蓋那個巴貝爾塔。

The Tower of Babel, according to the Book of Genesis, was an enormous tower built in the plain of Shinar.

據《圣經·創世紀》記載，巴別塔是建在示拿平原上的一座巨塔。

From the Tower of Babel to Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Tower, an uncanny historical correlation exists between building height and hubris.

從“巴別塔”（TowerofBabel）到吉隆坡的“雙子星塔”（PetronasTowers），建筑物高度與狂妄之間存在一種神秘的歷史關聯。

Is humanity once again finding life as we know it dominated by a modern Tower of Babel called economic globalization?

難道人類生活又回到了一種被成為經濟全球化的現代巴別塔所控制的時代嗎？

For this ubiquitous technology, mankind suffers from a Tower of Babel syndrome.

在這一普遍使用的科技產品上，人類卻患上了“巴別塔”綜合癥。

He is more fond of empty talk than solid work, so all his plans are the tower of Babel.

他這人只愛空談，不喜歡干實事，所以他的計劃全都落空了。

Tower of Babel of voices could be heard from the schoolroom.

可以聽見教室里一陣嘈雜哄鬧。

Archaeologists have long desired to locate the Tower of Babel.

考古學家很久以前就想找到巴別塔的位置。

Pray for the people of Shanghai to escape from the pride and materialism of the Tower of Babel.

為上海人禱告，愿他們不致陷入巴別塔的驕傲和物質主義中。

Most people have heard of the Tower of Babel story in the Bible.

大多數的人都聽說過圣經中巴別塔的故事。

You must give up your plan to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. It is but the tower of Babel.

你一定要放棄游過直布羅陀海峽，那是不可能實現的。

You must give up your plan to travel to Africa. It is but the tower of Babel.

你必須放棄去非洲旅行的計劃，那是不可能實現的。

About the Tower of Babel[9] and the ziggurats.

以及有關巴別塔和金字型神塔的各種故事。

The tower of Babel never will be built, because we now know that the sky has no limits;

誰也不會再去建造巴別塔了，因為我們現在懂得，太空是無邊無際的。

Voices against and for the Global Economic Tower of Babel

全球經濟巴比塔（通天塔）：支持和反對的聲音

That civilization we call Babylon or the tower of Babel

我們稱那文化為，巴比倫或巴別塔。

How to Avoid the Video Tower of Babel

如何避免視頻巴別塔