leviathan
英 [lɪ'vaɪəθ(ə)n]
美 [lə'vaɪəθən]
中文词源
leviathan 利维坦（圣经中的怪物）来自希伯来语livyathan，龙，蛇，海怪。
英文词源
- leviathan (n.)
- late 14c., "sea monster, sea serpent," also regarded as a form of Satan, from Late Latin leviathan, from Hebrew livyathan "dragon, serpent, huge sea animal," of unknown origin, perhaps related to liwyah "wreath," from root l-w-h- "to wind, turn, twist." Of powerful persons or things from c. 1600. Hobbes's use is from 1651.
双语例句
- 1. the leviathan of government bureaucracy
- 政府庞大的官僚机构
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.
- 民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Creates a thick armor shell around Leviathan that protects him against attacks.
- 潮汐猎人生出厚实的盔甲,帮助他抵御攻击.
来自互联网
- 4. Total systems failure . Defense protocols breached. Leviathan UnIt'shutting down.
- 体系宕机. 防御部分被损坏.烈焰海兽关机.
来自互联网
- 5. The colossal sub was a wall of steel, an atomic leviathan.
- 这样的庞然巨物往那一横,简直就是一堵钢铁之墙, 一头原子海怪.
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