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An epic struggle looms.
一场史诗般宏大的战斗即将打响。
——《经济学人》
Unlike Hollywood blockbusters, there were no special effects, speeding cars or epic battle scenes.
不同于好莱坞大片,这部电影里没有特效,亦没有飞驰的汽车或史诗般的战争场面。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
[名词] 史诗
深入解读
学过英美文学的小伙伴对 epic 这个单词一般不会陌生,其基本含义是指“史诗、叙事诗”,也可以泛指描写历史题材的史诗般的“长篇叙事性小说、戏剧、电影等文艺作品”,比如:
这是老牌的好莱坞史诗电影之一,演员阵容达到数千人。今天它可以用来教育我们直面种族灭绝和社会不公的责任。
It's one of those old Hollywood epics with a cast of thousands. It can educate us about our responsibilities to confront genocide and social injustice today.
能够被人写成史诗的事迹或者传说等的,往往都得是“壮举、惊人之举”,而这也可以用 epic 表示,多指某种极其漫长而艰巨的任务或活动,值得人们敬佩,这个概念也可以用作一种幽默的方式来形容身边某种极不容易的事,比如:
这个站不住脚的计划应该被扼杀在摇篮之中。现在使野生动物得到保护的任务变得漫长而艰巨。
The feeble plan should have been strangled at birth. Now the task of getting wild animals protected becomes an epic.
他们在中心球场历时四个小时的比赛是一个壮举。我们一定不能小瞧了他们所取得的杰出成就。
Their four-hour match on Centre Court was an epic. We mustn't belittle their outstanding achievement.
相应的,当 epic 用作形容词时, 除了表示“史诗般的、鸿篇巨制的”或者说“英雄的、壮丽的、给人印象深刻的”外,还可以指“漫长而艰难的、艰苦卓绝的”,比如:
那些喜欢冒险的年轻人期待着沿哥伦布的壮丽航程进行一次航行。
Those young men who like to flirt with danger are hoping to retrace the epic voyage of Christopher Columbus.
证券投机的失败使她一下子破了产。她不得不经历漫长而艰难的旅程来重获财富。
Her failure in stock speculation precipitated her ruin. She had to go on an epic journey to restore her fortune.
另外在口语中,我们还可以用 epic 形容“极好的”或“极大规模的、宏大的”,比如:
你给新娘新郎的祝酒词实在是太棒了。
Your toast to the bride and groom was epic.
通货膨胀问题已经到了极其严重的地步。现在我们需要一个更加灵活的货币政策。
The problem of inflation has reached epic proportions. Now we need a more supple monetary policy.
双语名著
To make the poem of the human conscience, were it only with reference to a single man, were it only in connection with the basest of men, would be to blend all epics into one superior and definitive epic.
赞美人心,纵使只涉及一个人,只涉及人群中最微贱的一个,也得熔冶一切歌颂英雄的诗文于一炉,赋成一首优越成熟的英雄颂。
出自法国作家维克多·雨果的长篇小说《悲惨世界》(Les Misérables,原意为“悲惨的人们”“可怜的人们”)。该小说是19世纪最著名的小说之一,故事的主线围绕主人公土伦苦刑犯冉·阿让(Jean Valjean)的个人经历,融进了法国的历史、革命、战争、道德哲学、法律、正义、宗教信仰等,多次被改编演绎成影视作品。
同近义词
saga: a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic
legend: a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
romance: a genre of fiction dealing with love in an idealized way
一场史诗般宏大的战斗即将打响。
——《经济学人》
Unlike Hollywood blockbusters, there were no special effects, speeding cars or epic battle scenes.
不同于好莱坞大片,这部电影里没有特效,亦没有飞驰的汽车或史诗般的战争场面。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
[名词] 史诗
深入解读
学过英美文学的小伙伴对 epic 这个单词一般不会陌生,其基本含义是指“史诗、叙事诗”,也可以泛指描写历史题材的史诗般的“长篇叙事性小说、戏剧、电影等文艺作品”,比如:
这是老牌的好莱坞史诗电影之一,演员阵容达到数千人。今天它可以用来教育我们直面种族灭绝和社会不公的责任。
It's one of those old Hollywood epics with a cast of thousands. It can educate us about our responsibilities to confront genocide and social injustice today.
能够被人写成史诗的事迹或者传说等的,往往都得是“壮举、惊人之举”,而这也可以用 epic 表示,多指某种极其漫长而艰巨的任务或活动,值得人们敬佩,这个概念也可以用作一种幽默的方式来形容身边某种极不容易的事,比如:
这个站不住脚的计划应该被扼杀在摇篮之中。现在使野生动物得到保护的任务变得漫长而艰巨。
The feeble plan should have been strangled at birth. Now the task of getting wild animals protected becomes an epic.
他们在中心球场历时四个小时的比赛是一个壮举。我们一定不能小瞧了他们所取得的杰出成就。
Their four-hour match on Centre Court was an epic. We mustn't belittle their outstanding achievement.
相应的,当 epic 用作形容词时, 除了表示“史诗般的、鸿篇巨制的”或者说“英雄的、壮丽的、给人印象深刻的”外,还可以指“漫长而艰难的、艰苦卓绝的”,比如:
那些喜欢冒险的年轻人期待着沿哥伦布的壮丽航程进行一次航行。
Those young men who like to flirt with danger are hoping to retrace the epic voyage of Christopher Columbus.
证券投机的失败使她一下子破了产。她不得不经历漫长而艰难的旅程来重获财富。
Her failure in stock speculation precipitated her ruin. She had to go on an epic journey to restore her fortune.
另外在口语中,我们还可以用 epic 形容“极好的”或“极大规模的、宏大的”,比如:
你给新娘新郎的祝酒词实在是太棒了。
Your toast to the bride and groom was epic.
通货膨胀问题已经到了极其严重的地步。现在我们需要一个更加灵活的货币政策。
The problem of inflation has reached epic proportions. Now we need a more supple monetary policy.
双语名著
To make the poem of the human conscience, were it only with reference to a single man, were it only in connection with the basest of men, would be to blend all epics into one superior and definitive epic.
赞美人心,纵使只涉及一个人,只涉及人群中最微贱的一个,也得熔冶一切歌颂英雄的诗文于一炉,赋成一首优越成熟的英雄颂。
出自法国作家维克多·雨果的长篇小说《悲惨世界》(Les Misérables,原意为“悲惨的人们”“可怜的人们”)。该小说是19世纪最著名的小说之一,故事的主线围绕主人公土伦苦刑犯冉·阿让(Jean Valjean)的个人经历,融进了法国的历史、革命、战争、道德哲学、法律、正义、宗教信仰等,多次被改编演绎成影视作品。
同近义词
saga: a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic
legend: a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated
romance: a genre of fiction dealing with love in an idealized way