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词汇 Elysium
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Definition of Elysium in English:

Elysium

proper nounɪˈlɪzɪəm
Greek Mythology
  • 1The place at the ends of the earth to which certain favoured heroes were conveyed by the gods after death.

    〔希腊神话〕极乐世界,乐土(蒙恩英雄死后被神送至的地球尽头的地方)

    1. 1.1as noun an Elysium A place or state of perfect happiness.
      乐园,天堂;幸福,欢乐
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Presumably, Snow is talking about that late 21st century Elysium in which everything comes out great in the end and all the debt just melts away.
      • Even those who come here in search of a deserted Elysium might find the town an adequate base, and one from which it is always easy to escape.
      • How could this home-made Elysium be abolished to make way for an office block, or executive maisonettes?
      • Had they in fact found an Elysium that had eluded me in my journeys?
      • This forsaken Elysium was anything any criminal, or renegade could ever hope for: A war-torn landscape between civilization and primal animals.
      Synonyms
      heaven, paradise, the Elysian fields, empyrean, Arcadia, Arcady, Shangri-La
      eternity, kingdom come, the next life, the afterlife, the next world, the hereafter
      bliss
      Scandinavian Mythology Valhalla
      Classical Mythology the islands of the blessed
      Arthurian Legend Avalon

Origin

Via Latin from Greek Elusion (pedion) '(plain) of the blessed'.

Definition of Elysium in US English:

Elysium

proper noun
Greek Mythology
  • 1The place at the ends of the earth to which certain favored heroes were conveyed by the gods after death.

    〔希腊神话〕极乐世界,乐土(蒙恩英雄死后被神送至的地球尽头的地方)

    1. 1.1as noun an Elysium A place or state of perfect happiness.
      乐园,天堂;幸福,欢乐
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even those who come here in search of a deserted Elysium might find the town an adequate base, and one from which it is always easy to escape.
      • Had they in fact found an Elysium that had eluded me in my journeys?
      • This forsaken Elysium was anything any criminal, or renegade could ever hope for: A war-torn landscape between civilization and primal animals.
      • Presumably, Snow is talking about that late 21st century Elysium in which everything comes out great in the end and all the debt just melts away.
      • How could this home-made Elysium be abolished to make way for an office block, or executive maisonettes?
      Synonyms
      heaven, paradise, the elysian fields, empyrean, arcadia, arcady, shangri-la

Origin

Via Latin from Greek Elusion (pedion) ‘(plain) of the blessed’.

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