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Juggernaut Statue God N Count 可数名词 Large Group 英

英语单词 juggernaut
英美音标 英 ['dʒʌɡənɔːt] 美 ['dʒʌɡərnɔːt]
中文释义 n. 摧毁一切的强大力量; <英>重型卡车
英语例句 (1) The Juggernaut of war.
中文例句 (1) 迷信战事而使人牺牲一切
vocabulary简明 Juggernaut means a massive force. If the army marching into your country is a juggernaut, you're doomed. If you're trying to market a new Cola product, you're up against corporate giant Coca-Cola, a beverage juggernaut if ever there was one.
vocabulary扩展 With its roots in Hindi, juggernaut originally referred to a crude statue from which the Hindu god, Brahma, turned into the living god, Krishna. There continues to be a festival in honor of this miracle, in which a statue of Krishna is carted through town. It is said that in times past, devotees would throw themselves under the cart’s wheels.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]重型卡车 A juggernaut is a very large truck.
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]无法控制的强大机构;巨头集团 If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut, you are critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and you think they are not being controlled properly.
      [disapproval]
    • The group became a sales juggernaut in the commodity options business.

      这个集团成为了商品期权交易市场的销售巨头。

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