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mythical adj.神话的,虚构的 There are a number of mythical animals that inhabit stories from around the globe. A white horse with a horn protruding from its forehead, the unicorn, is a mythical beast that is very popular worldwide. Much of Western art takes mythical stories, gods, goddesses, or other spirit creatures as subject matter. ★☆☆☆☆ 2001.5

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['miθik(ə)l] Mythical means from myth, fables, or other traditional stories. A mythical story has no basis in historical events. Sometimes someone whose deeds far outshine others is referred to as mythical. For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the ’80s, downshifting in the mid-’90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life -- growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one -- as a personal recognition of your limitations. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]神话的；只存在于神话中的 Something or someone that is mythical exists only in myths and is therefore imaginary.   [usu ADJ n]...the Hydra, the mythical beast that had seven or more heads.许德拉，神话里有7个或更多脑袋的怪兽...traditional stories woven around a pantheon of gods and mythical figures.围绕万神庙里的众神和其他神话人物而展开的传统故事2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]虚构的；杜撰的 If you describe something as mythical, you mean that it is untrue or does not exist.   [usu ADJ n]...the American West, not the mythical, romanticized West of cowboys and gunslingers, but the real West.美国西部，不是虚构的、充满浪漫色彩的有牛仔和枪手的美国西部，而是真正的美国西部...trying to preserve a mythical sense of nationhood.试图保留一种虚构的民族感

英语单词	mythical
英美音标	['miθik(ə)l]
中文释义	adj.神话的,虚构的
vocab简明	Mythical means from myth, fables, or other traditional stories. A mythical story has no basis in historical events. Sometimes someone whose deeds far outshine others is referred to as mythical.
vocab扩展	There are a number of mythical animals that inhabit stories from around the globe. A white horse with a horn protruding from its forehead, the unicorn, is a mythical beast that is very popular worldwide. Much of Western art takes mythical stories, gods, goddesses, or other spirit creatures as subject matter.
真题原句	For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the ’80s, downshifting in the mid-’90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life -- growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one -- as a personal recognition of your limitations.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]神话的；只存在于神话中的 Something or someone that is mythical exists only in myths and is therefore imaginary. [usu ADJ n] ...the Hydra, the mythical beast that had seven or more heads. 许德拉，神话里有7个或更多脑袋的怪兽 ...traditional stories woven around a pantheon of gods and mythical figures. 围绕万神庙里的众神和其他神话人物而展开的传统故事 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]虚构的；杜撰的 If you describe something as mythical, you mean that it is untrue or does not exist. [usu ADJ n] ...the American West, not the mythical, romanticized West of cowboys and gunslingers, but the real West. 美国西部，不是虚构的、充满浪漫色彩的有牛仔和枪手的美国西部，而是真正的美国西部 ...trying to preserve a mythical sense of nationhood. 试图保留一种虚构的民族感
来源	2001.5

Mythical Stories Beast Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 [Usu Adj N