n.(名词)

1. 神话，神话故事，神怪故事，神奇传说
2. 荒诞的说法
3. 虚构（想象、塑造或杜撰）的人、东西或故事，不真实的事，神话式人物
4. 没有事实根据的观点
5. 奇人，奇事，怪物，奇谈
6. 夸张
7. 神话学

n.(名词)

1. [C]神话 an ancient story that is based on popular beliefs or that explains natural or historical events
2. [C]杜撰出来的人〔事物〕 sb/sth invented, not real

Noun:

1. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

1.神话
Amyth is a well-known story which was made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs.

e.g. There is a famous Greekmyth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
有一个著名的希腊神话，讲的是伊卡洛斯飞得离太阳过近的故事。
e.g. ...the world of magic and ofmyth.
魔法和神话的世界

2.错误的看法（或认识）；编造的话;谎言
If you describe a belief or explanation as amyth, you mean that many people believe it but it is actually untrue.

e.g. Contrary to the popularmyth, 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。

1. 神化：)从神化(myth)到福音宣讲(kerygma)的过程,恐怕是在所难免的,因为现代启蒙思维已经无法接纳这种过去的言说方式--这尤其需要考虑到十九世纪末二十世纪初德国的人文精神氛围(而不是美国或者华人的教会语境!

1. Nobody believes in the myth about human beings becoming immortals.
   谁也不相信人能成仙的神话。
2. The story is a pure myth.
   这故事纯粹虚构。

• An attempt..to extract a pseudo-history from the Greek myths.

  出自：A. H. Sayce

• At the heart of the ritual action, was the myth.

  出自：J. D. Crichton

• The heroes and heroines of the old myths and sagas.

  出自：M. Hughes

This is the story of a myth of our times.

这是一个关于我们这个时代的神话故事。

Venus is one of the goddess in Greek myth.

维纳斯是希腊神话中的女神之一。

The rich uncle of whom he boasts is only a myth.

他吹嘘的那个有钱的叔叔只是个乌有翁。

His story about is very wealthy is a complete myth.

关于他非常富有的说法完全是捏造出来的。

I don't believe in the myth of love at the first sight.

我不相信一见钟情的说法。

ancient Greek myths

古希腊神话

a creation myth (= that explains how the world began)

创世的神话

the heroes of myth and legend

神话和传说中的英雄

It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society (= to show that it does not exist) .

该消除那种无阶级社会的神话了。

Contrary to popular myth , women are not worse drivers than men.

都说女人开车比男人差，其实不然。

There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.

有一个著名的希腊神话，讲的是伊卡洛斯飞得离太阳过近的故事。

...the world of magic and of myth.

魔法和神话的世界

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。

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.

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!

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.

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

他散布说他支持当地群众.

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.

The story is a pure myth.

这故事纯属虚构.

The writer feigns many a myth.

作者想象出许多神话.

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.

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.

It's only a myth.

这不过是个神话.

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.

Nobody believes in the myth about human beings becoming immortals.

谁也不相信人能成仙的神话.

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.

the murky borderland between history and myth

历史与神话之间的边缘领域

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。

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。

It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality.

分清楚神话和现实是不可能的。

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。

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。

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。

• ☆ 直接源自希腊语的mythos，意为故事，神话。