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chimera (kai MEER ah or kai MAIR ah) and chimerical The noun form denotes another scary female from Greek mythology. The mythological chimera was a fire-breathing monster; part lion, part goat, and part snake. A chimera became the more generalized word for any creature of the imagination, any unfounded concept. The adjective form may be seen more often today.
- Sometime in the eighteenth century the concept of a giant sea snake ceased to be a chimera and became a zoological fact.
- Andrea traded in her chimerical hopes of becoming a second Madonna for work on an MBA degree.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
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chimera(kai MEER ah或kai MAIR ah)和嵌合。名词形式表示希腊神话中另一个可怕的女性。神话中的嵌合体是一个喷火的怪物;一半是狮子,一半是山羊,一半是蛇。嵌合体成了更广义的词,用来形容任何有想象力的生物,任何毫无根据的概念。形容词形式在今天可能更常见。
在十八世纪的某个时候,巨型海蛇的概念不再是嵌合体,而是一个动物学事实。
安德里亚用她成为第二个麦当娜的不切实际的希望换取了MBA学位。
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