英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-12 an albatross around one’s neck

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【字面理解】掛于頸上的信天翁

【英文解析】a burden which some unfortunate person has to carry

【中文解析】累贅，無(wú)法擺脫的苦惱，沉重的負(fù)擔(dān)

【典型例句】① The person who has killed another person has an albatross around his neck for the rest of his life.殺人者 終生負(fù)疚。

② It is his albatross to be involved in the scandal.與這一丑聞?dòng)袪窟B，這是他無(wú)法擺脫的煩惱。舊時(shí)迷信，說(shuō)殺死信天翁(albatross)會(huì)帶來(lái)厄運(yùn)。 英國(guó)詩(shī)人S. T.柯?tīng)柭芍?S. T. Coleridge)的著名敘事 長(zhǎng)詩(shī)《古舟子詠》(The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) 描寫(xiě)一位老水手在海上隨意射殺了一只信天翁，致使 全船遭難的故事。老水手為了贖罪，便將鳥(niǎo)尸掛于頸 上，跪地祈禱，故有該習(xí)語(yǔ)。后來(lái)albatross轉(zhuǎn)義為“沉 重的負(fù)擔(dān);揮之不去的心病;無(wú)法擺脫的苦惱”。