Sisyphean

a. 永远做不完的, 徒劳的

发音

US /ˌsɪsəˈfiːən/

别名

sisyphean sisyphic Sisyphusean Sisyphian Sysyphean Sisyphic sisiphic

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile.

    Sisyphean task

    Sisyphean labors

  2. 2.

    Relating to Sisyphus.

    宗教 神话 哲学

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形容词

近义相关 1

effortful

相关短语

Sisyphean labour Sisyphean labor Sisyphean labors Sisyphean labours

词源

From Sisyphus + -ean, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Sisyphus was a Greek mythical figure who was doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, only to have it roll back down again.

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