英语单词 | juggernaut |
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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 | 1 [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]
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