juggernaut

简明英汉词典

juggernaut

n.

使人盲目崇

基本词义

Juggernaut

[5dVQ^EnC:t]

n.

Krishna 神像

美国传统词典[双解]

juggernaut

jug.ger.naut

AHD:[j?g“…r-n?t”]

D.J.[6d9(g*7n%8t]

K.K.[6d9(g+7n%t]

n.（名词）

(1)Something, such as a belief or an institution, that elicits blind and destructive devotion or to which people are ruthlessly sacrificed.

使人盲目牺牲（或崇拜）的事物：使人们产生盲目而具毁灭性的热情或者无情地使人们为之牺牲的东西，如某种信仰或习俗制度

(2)An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path:

骇人的（毁灭）力量：将其道路上的每样东西碾碎或者似乎要碾碎的一种势不可挡的向前移动的力量：

“It doesn't assume that people need necessarily remain passive when confronted by what appears to be the juggernaut of history”(Christopher Lehmann-Haupt)

“它并不想当然地认为，人们在面对看上去是势不可挡的历史潮流的事物时必定会保持消极顺从的态度”(克里斯托弗·莱曼—豪普特)

(3)Juggernaut Used as a title for the Hindu deity Krishna.

Juggernaut 世界主宰：用作印度神克利须那的称号

语源

(1)Hindi jagann3h [title of Krishna]

印地语 jagann3h [克利须那的称号]

(2)from Sanskrit jagan3?} [lord of the world]

源自 梵文 jagan3?} [世界的主宰]

(3)jagat [moving, the world] from jig3i [he goes] * see g w3-

jagat [移动，世界] 源自 jig3i [他走] *参见 g w3-

(4)n3?} [lord]

n3?} [主宰]

(5)[Senses 1 and 2, from the fact that worshipers have thrown themselves under the wheels of a huge car or wagon on which the idol of Krishna was drawn in an annual procession at Puri in east-central India]

[词意1和2，取典于克利须那在印度东部普利进行的一年一度的游行中，克利须那的神像被载于巨车或大型马车上，善男信女甘愿投身死于其轮下]

现代英汉词典

juggernaut

[5dVQ^EnC:t]

n.

(1)使人盲目崇 拜并为之牺牲的事物；不可抗拒的力量

(2)神像；世界的主宰

现代英汉综合大辞典

Juggernaut

[5dVQ^EnC:t]

n.

(1)(印度教)讫里什那(Krishna)神像; [喻]世界的主宰

(2)[juggernaut ](=Juggernautcar)诱人盲目崇信而为之牺牲的习俗、制度、信仰等

(3)[常作juggernaut ]可怕的、不可抗拒的力量

Juggernaut car

讫里什那神车(传说讫里什那为Vishnu神的化身, 每年例节用车载此神像游行, 迷信者相传若能给该车辗死即可升天, 所以甘愿为该车辗死的善男信女极多)

the Juggernaut of fashion

迎合时尚而不惜牺牲一切

the Juggernaut of war.

迷信战事而使人牺牲一切

继承用法

Juggernautish

adj.

美国传统词典

juggernaut

jug.ger.naut

AHD:[j?g“…r-n?t”]

D.J.[6d/(g*7n%8t]

K.K.[6d/(g+7n%t]

n.

(1)Something, such as a belief or an institution, that elicits blind and destructive devotion or to which people are ruthlessly sacrificed.

(2)An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path:

“It doesn't assume that people need necessarily remain passive when confronted by what appears to be the juggernaut of history”(Christopher Lehmann-Haupt)

(3)Juggernaut Used as a title for the Hindu deity Krishna.

语源

(1)Hindi jagann3h [title of Krishna]

(2)from Sanskrit jagan3?} [lord of the world]

(3)jagat [moving, the world] from jig3i [he goes] * see g w3-

(4)n3?} [lord]

(5)[Senses 1 and 2, from the fact that worshipers have thrown themselves under the wheels of a huge car or wagon on which the idol of Krishna was drawn in an annual procession at Puri in east-central India]