sibyl

sibyl

美 ['s?bl] 　英 ['s?bl]

• n.西比拉（傳說中能傳達神諭的女子）；女預言家
• 網絡希貝兒；西比爾；女巫

詞形變化

復數：sibyls  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.	1. (古代的)女巫;女卜者,女預言者,女衛士 2. 【女名】女子名

英英解釋

n.	1. a woman of ancient Greece and Rome believed to be an oracle or a prophet 2. a female prophet or fortune teller

例句

"Marrying Sibyl Vane! " cried Lord Henry, standing up and looking at him in perplexed amazement.

“跟茜比爾·范結婚！”享利勛爵大聲叫道，一邊站起身來，又迷惘又驚奇地瞧著他。

Tarquin might have thought that the sibyl had just one rival buyer, and if each buyer wanted only one trilogy, that would be a supply glut.

塔爾坎可能會認為，這個女預言家只有一位競爭性買家，如果每位買家都只想要3本書的話，這將形成供過于求的局面。

The sibyl ( "witch" is such an uncouth label) responded with a supply constriction designed to drive up the price.

女預言家（“女巫”聽上去讓人不太舒服）則用限制供應的方法來應對，意在推升價格。

The Texas branch of Americans for Prosperity gave its Blogger of the Year Award to a young woman named Sibyl West.

美國榮昌德克薩斯州分部將其年度blogger獎授予一位名為西比爾·韋斯特（SibylWest）的女士。

Through the crowd of ungainly, shabbily dressed actors, Sibyl Vane moved like a creature from a finer world.

茜比爾·范在一群其貌不揚，衣著寒酸的演員之間跳著，象一個從哪個美好的世界來的生靈。

Sibyl: They want to make him join one of the local sports clubs and get some regular exercise .

西柏：他們希望弟弟參加本地一個運動俱樂部，定期做些運動。

Tarquin knew that the sibyl might sell him an expensive trilogy, and then come back later with a cut- price offer to buy a second or third.

塔爾坎知道，女預言家可能會以高價向他出售3本書，然后再回頭以低價出售另外3本或6本。

The Sibyl gave no aid to restoring them again, and the oracle was irreparably lost.

西比爾不會把它們恢復原狀，神諭便無可彌補地丟失了。

Another possibility is that the sibyl was dealing with the so- called durable monopoly problem.

還有一種可能性是，女預言家正在解決一個所謂的持久壟斷的問題。