Mephistopheles
发音
英 [ˌmefisˈtɔfili:z]
美 [ˌmɛfɪˈstɑfəˌliz]
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- n.
- 恶魔似的人，诱惑者
单词词源
Mephistopheles 恶魔，魔鬼
来自德国传说中的恶魔，引诱浮士德把灵魂卖给他以换取物质的满足。该词本身可能来自希伯来语mephitz,毁灭者，tophel,撒谎者，骗子，字面意思即骗子的毁灭者或骗王，用于指魔鬼。见歌德歌剧《浮士德》。
双语例句
- 1. Faust , the fist , in other words , is our modern day demon , not mephistopheles , his devilish double .
- 浮士德这个“拳头”，换言之，是现代生活的魔鬼，但并非比他还要邪恶一倍的恶鬼。
- 2. After all , " he heard one of the younger men begin behind him ( everybody talked through the mephistopheles - and-martha scenes ) , " after all , just what happened ?
- 究竟”他听到身后一个年轻人开口说（在靡菲斯特与玛莎的几场戏中，大家自始至终都在交谈），“究竟发生了什么事？
- 3. Mephistopheles is the diabolical aspect of every psychic function that has broken loose from the hierarchy of the total psyche and now enjoys independence and absolute power .
- 魔鬼是每个心灵功用的恶魔部份，从整体的心灵阶层释放出来，现在享有独立跟绝对的权力。
- 4. Mephistopheles ( demon ) , the embodiment of god , offered the conditions that as long as he could sell his conscience and true love to him , he could have the girl and countless fortune to complete endless great dreams .
- 老天爷化身梅菲斯特（魔鬼）开出条件，只要将良心与真爱卖给他，就能得到女孩，继承数不尽的财富、完成千万种不凡的梦想。
- 5. This position was so awful that I can 't understand how she could laugh as she had done that day and feel interest in the words of mephistopheles , when she was in such horrible straits .
- 那个底细是非常可怕的，我不明白她在那样可怕的境况之中，怎么还能像刚才那样发笑，还能有兴趣打听米菲斯托菲尔的话。