【英语时差8，16】神谕处
时间：2019-02-23 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
If you're planning a trip to Greece in the future, you'll want to schedule a visit to the temple of Apollo at Delphi. This famous temple was the home of the Pythia, a specially 1 chosen and trained woman who according to legend channeled the voice and wisdom of Apollo, the god of prophecy. Generals, politicians, and private citizens of the ancient world flocked to Delphi to question the Pythia and seek her divinely inspired advice. Ancient scientists and philosophers attributed the oracle's power to vapors 2 that bubbled up through a chasm 3 and spring running through the oracle's chamber 4 inside the temple. Inhaling 5 these vapors, according to the ancients, induced a trance-like state that endowed the oracles 6 with divine prophetic power. Around 1900 excavations 7 at Delphi revealed no chasm or escaping gasses, and so the ancient accounts were discredited 8.
Until recently, that is. Geological surveys of the area have detected two faults, or cracks in the earth's crust, intersecting directly under the oracle's chamber. Samples from Delphic spring water and from rock from the intersecting faults revealed traces of several chemicals including ethylene. Tests have shown that when administered in proper dosage, ethylene can result in a trance state. Those affected 9 are conscious, able to sit upright, can answer questions, and afterwards experience amnesia 10. Some subjects react violently, screaming and throwing themselves about.
Such reactions to ethylene are consistent with ancient reports. Unlike their Greek predecessors 11, modern scientists leave Apollo out of the picture. But once again science gives at least partial credence 12 to something that was once considered only a myth.
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
- His emotions became vague and shifted about like vapors. 他的心情则如同一团雾气，变幻无常，捉摸不定。 来自辞典例句
- They have hysterics, they weep, they have the vapors. 他们歇斯底里，他们哭泣，他们精神忧郁。 来自辞典例句
- There's a chasm between rich and poor in that society.那社会中存在着贫富差距。
- A huge chasm gaped before them.他们面前有个巨大的裂痕。
- For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
- The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
- He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke. 他因吸入烟尘而接受治疗。 来自辞典例句
- The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. 长期吸入被污染空气的影响还无从知晓。 来自互联网
- Do all oracles tell the truth? 是否所有的神谕都揭示真理？ 来自哲学部分
- The ancient oracles were often vague and equivocal. 古代的神谕常是意义模糊和模棱两可的。
- The excavations are open to the public. 发掘现场对公众开放。
- This year's excavations may reveal ancient artifacts. 今年的挖掘可能会发现史前古器物。 来自辞典例句
- The reactionary authorities are between two fires and have been discredited. 反动当局弄得进退维谷，不得人心。
- Her honour was discredited in the newspapers. 她的名声被报纸败坏了。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.患健忘症的人不会忘记关于物体的一些基本知识。
- Chinese medicine experts developed a way to treat amnesia using marine materials.中国医学专家研制出用海洋物质治疗遗忘症的方法。
- The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》