英语词汇：起源于希腊的英语单词你知道多少？

英语词汇：起源于希腊的英语单词你知道多少？

背了这么多单词，你知不知道原来英语中有

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个单词是起源于希腊的，今天小编

就罗列< /p>

10

个给大家认识认识吧！

acy

民主

Everyone’s favorite word, democracy —

from demos (

δ

?μ

ο

?< /p>

,

kratos (

κ

ρ

?η

ο

?

< br>,

—

is simply put: Power to the People!

每一个人都喜欢这个词，民主

—

起源于

d emos

（“人民”）以及

kratos

（“权力”）

—

二者很简单的被放到一起：权力属于人民！

2. Acrobat

杂技演员

From the word akri (

?κ

ρ

η

,

β

α

?ν

ω< /p>

,

起源于单词

akri

（“末梢”或者“边缘”）以及

vaino

，杂技演员是几乎用

脚趾走在边缘的人 。

hrodite

雌雄同体

Another one from the Ancient Greeks, Hermaphrodite was the son of Gods Hermes

and Aphrodite. As the most handsome man in the world, he became the object of

affection

of

nymph

Salmacis

who

prayed

to

the

Gods

that

they

stay

together

forever.

The Gods heard her prayer and joined the two in one body.

这是来自于古希腊的另一个单词，

Hermaphrodite

是赫耳墨斯和阿佛洛狄特的儿子。作

为世界上最帅气的人，

他成为女神萨耳玛西斯的爱恋对象，

萨耳玛西斯向上帝祈祷希望他们

能够永远在一起，上帝听到了她的祈祷便把两个人合为一体。

欧洲

According

to

Ancient

Greek

mythology,

Europe

was

a

mythological

princess,

with

big, beautiful eyes, from evrys (

ε

σ

ρ

??

,

ω

ψ

,

fell

in

love

with

her

and,

to

approach

her,

he

transformed

himself

into

a

white

bull.

Europe sat on the bull and was taken on a faraway trip to what is today Europe. If

you

have

just

come

back

from

Greece

you

may

have

this

little

piece

of

mythology

lying

somewhere in your wallet, as the story of Europe and the bull is depicted on the

Greek 2-Euro coin.

据古希腊神话记载，

Europe

是一个神话里的公主，眼睛大大的很漂亮。这个词 起源于

evry

（“宽的，大的”）和

ops

（“眼睛”）

。宙斯爱上了她，为了接近她他把自己伪装 成

一头白牛，

她骑着白牛远行去了今天的欧洲。

如果你刚刚从希腊回来，

你会发现这段神话可

能就在你 钱包的某处，因为这段故事被印在两欧元的硬币上。

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马拉松

A marathon is a long-distance footrace and there are thousands of marathons

taking

place

every

year

around

the

world.

Officially,

a

marathon

is

42.1

km

(or

26.1

miles) long, in a nod to the actual distance between the cities of Marathon and

Athens.

马拉松是长途竞走，

每年在世界各地都会有许多场马拉松。

据官方统计，

一场马拉松 有

42.1

千米，是马拉松到雅典两个城市间的距离。

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犬儒主义

Cynicism

comes

from

the

Cynics,

a

school

of

Ancient

Greek

philosophers.

But

the

name probably derives from a public gymnasium called Cynosarges, where one of