paradise

pronunciation

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  • n.
    天堂
    伊甸园
    乐园
    极乐

Word Origin

paradise 天堂,天国

来自拉丁语paradisus,来自希腊语paradeisos,伊甸园,天堂,花园,来自para-,在旁,在周围,-deisos,建造,修建,来自PIE*dheigh,建造,词源同dough,figure.即修建的花园,最早用于指圣经中所描述的伊甸园,引申词义天堂,天国等。

Antonym

n.

hell

Example

1. Were the soviets living in a fool 's paradise ?
苏联人生活在一个笨蛋天堂里吗?
2. Paradise is located on the coast somewhere beyond india and china .
图中的乐土大致位于比印度和中国还要遥远的海岸。
3. Our inner garden was my paradise ; it was enough for me .
我们的内花园就是我的乐园;对我来说它就够了。
4. When you were deceived by adam and eve , you drove them out of paradise .
当亚当与夏娃欺骗了你,你就把他们逐出了伊甸园。
5. Yet this palaeontological paradise holds a dark secret : the mass deaths were not caused by a single event .
但是在这个古生物天国里隐藏着一个黑暗的秘密:这里的生物大量死亡原因并不单纯。

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