sisyphus

sisyphus

美 　英

• n.【希神】西緒福斯
• 網絡西西弗斯；薛西佛斯；薛西弗斯

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【希神】西緒福斯

英英解釋

n.	1. in Greek mythology, a cruel king of Corinth who was condemned for eternity to roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again just before it reached the top

例句

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight.

諸神處罰西西弗斯不停的將一塊巨石推上山頂，而石頭由于自身的重量又從山上滾下來

Recovery of God, the stone of Sisyphus forever pushing uphill, is it a symbol of the eternal: the quest for a perfect, not perfect.

夸父追日，西西弗斯永遠推石上山，則是它永恒的象征：追求完美，而不是達到完美。

Trying to get your Good Work done can feel like Sisyphus rolling his rock up the mountain, a never-ending task.

做好工作的感覺像是不停的把巖石推向山頂，一項永遠不會結束的任務。

However, true artists should need to incessantly question, explore and exceed themselves. Their fate is like that of Sisyphus .

然而，真正的藝術家就是要不斷質疑、探索并超越自己，他們的命運像西西弗一樣。

The rock began to roll downhill, and Sisyphus, dazzled by the flash, remembered something.

巖石開始滾下山坡，而西西弗斯，被閃光燈晃得目眩，像是若有所思。

The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

這種將巨石推上山頂的斗爭本身足以使一個人內心充實，我們能夠想象的到，西西弗斯的幸福。

SUICIDE, proclaimed Albert Camus in "The Myth of Sisyphus" , is the only serious philosophical problem.

法國哲學家阿爾貝.加繆在他的著作《西西弗的神話》中說到，自殺是唯一嚴肅的哲學問題。

Sisyphus woke up in the underworld.

西西弗斯果真在地獄中醒來

Again I fancy Sisyphus returning toward his rock , and the sorrow was in the beginning .

我再一次想象西西弗斯回頭走向巨石，他的痛苦又一次重新開始。

If one believes Homer, Sisyphus was the wisest and most prudent of mortals.

荷馬認為，在那些終有一死的凡人中，西西弗斯是最為聰明和謹慎的了

Like Sisyphus, I can never roll the stone up the hill of my expectations.

就像希臘神話里的西西弗斯，我總是不能如期望般把石頭推上山去。

Albert Camus, nevertheless, outlines that all Sisyphus ' silent joy is contained therein.

加繆卻認為西西弗無聲的全部快樂就在于此。

He was punished for this in the underworld. Homer tells us also that Sisyphus had put Death in chains.

他因此被罰下地獄，荷馬告訴我們西西弗曾經扼往過死神的喉嚨。

It is during that return, that pause, that Sisyphus interests me.

正是因為這種回復、停歇，我對西西弗產生了興趣。

Nothing is told us about Sisyphus in the underworld.

我們不知道西西弗斯在地獄中的情況

Mr Ahamed, who was a World Bank economist and now manages investments in America, likens central bankers to Sisyphus.

曾任世銀經濟學家，而現在在美國以管理投資為業的艾哈邁德先生，將央行總裁比做是薛西佛斯。

Wu Gang and Sisyphus: Differences and Similarities in the Cultural Background of Their Myths

論吳剛與西西福斯神話文化背景的異同

All Sisyphus' silent joy is contained therein. His fate belongs to him. His rock is a thing

這就是西西弗斯的無聲的快樂所在。他掌握著自己的命運，就像推動著巖石一樣。