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可可词汇课堂第239期:潘多拉
日期:2011-10-07 09:15

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Pandora意思是 all gifts(所有的礼物)

pan- / pant-, all 全
do- / don-, give 给

词源小故事
[Greek] In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted". When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother. With her, Pandora had a jar which she was not to open under any circumstance. Impelled by her natural curiosity, Pandora opened the jar, and all evil contained escaped and spread over the earth. She hastened to close the lid, but the whole contents of the jar had escaped, except for one thing which lay at the bottom, and that was Hope.

在希腊神话中,潘朵拉是第一个女性人类。宙斯给了她一个罐子,里面装着人类目前知道的所有麻烦和疾病,并且告诉她不要打开它。不幸的是,潘朵拉没有能控制住好奇心,她打开罐子,把恶魔放到了人间。

panorama pan-all+o+rama-sight
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
A comprehensive presentation; a survey: a panorama of American literature.
A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
A mental vision of a series of events.
n. 全景,全貌;全景画;概论

例句:
Karen watched the panorama of passing people with wide eyes.
凯伦瞪着大眼观看着一连串过往的人群。

panacea pan-all + acea-cure
A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.
n. 万能药;灵丹妙药

pantomime

词汇起源
The term was adopted from Greek pantómōmos ‘complete imitator’, a compound formed from panto- ‘all’ and mōmos ‘imitator, actor’ (source of English mime).

(in Britain) an amusing musical play based on traditional children's stories, performed especially at Christmas
To represent or express by pantomime:
To express oneself in pantomime
n. 哑剧;舞剧;手势
vi. 打手势;演哑剧
vt. 打手势;演哑剧

mime
A form of ancient Greek and Roman theatrical entertainment in which familiar characters and situations were farcically portrayed on stage, often with coarse dialogue and ludicrous actions. A performance of or dialogue for such an entertainment. A performer in a mime.
A modern performer who specializes in comic mimicry.
The art of portraying characters and acting out situations or a narrative by gestures and body movement without the use of words; pantomime. A performance of pantomime. An actor or actress skilled in pantomime
To ridicule by imitation; mimic.
To act out with gestures and body movement.
n. 哑剧;小丑;滑稽戏
vi. 摸拟表演
vt. 摸拟表演

mimic
To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture; ape.
To copy or imitate so as to ridicule; mock
To resemble closely; simulate: an insect that mimics a twig.
To take on the appearance of.
One who imitates, especially: An actor or actress in a mime. One who practices the art of mime. One who copies or mimics others, as for amusement.
A copy or an imitation.
Relating to, acting as, resembling, or characteristic of a mimic or mimicry.
Tending to imitate; imitative. Make-believe; mock
vt. 模仿,摹拟
n. 效颦者,模仿者;仿制品;小丑
adj. 模仿的,模拟的;假装的

例句:
The actor amused the audience by mimicking some well-known people.
那位演员模仿某些名人,以此逗乐观众。
There are insects which mimic leaves.
有些昆虫极像叶子。
She mimicked a traditional Chinese painting on paper.
她在纸上描了一幅国画。

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The Egyptian magicians who are initially able to mimic some of the plagues that are brought on by God--they are quickly bested, and Yahweh's defeat of the magicians is tantamount to the defeat of the Gods of Egypt.
埃及的巫师最初只会模仿上帝制造的瘟疫,巫师们随后就被打败了,耶和华战胜了巫师相当于打败了埃及的众神。

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重点单词
  • containedadj. 泰然自若的,从容的;被控制的 v. 包含;遏制
  • comprehensiveadj. 综合的,广泛的,理解的
  • initiallyadv. 最初,开头
  • pantomimen. 哑剧,哑剧演员,手势 v. 打手势,演哑剧
  • curiosityn. 好奇,好奇心
  • mimicryn. 模仿,(动物等)拟态伪装
  • performancen. 表演,表现; 履行,实行 n. 性能,本事
  • presentationn. 陈述,介绍,赠与 n. [美]讲课,报告
  • jarn. 不和谐,刺耳声,震动,震惊,广口瓶 vi. 发刺耳
  • resemblevt. 相似,类似,像