• n. 海中怪獸；龐然大物；巨輪

來(lái)自希伯來(lái)語(yǔ)livyathan，龍，蛇，海怪。

leviathan (n.)

late 14c., "sea monster, sea serpent," also regarded as a form of Satan, from Late Latin leviathan, from Hebrew livyathan "dragon, serpent, huge sea animal," of unknown origin, perhaps related to liwyah "wreath," from root l-w-h- "to wind, turn, twist." Of powerful persons or things from c. 1600. Hobbes's use is from 1651.

1. the leviathan of government bureaucracy

政府龐大的官僚機(jī)構(gòu)

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.

民主經(jīng)歷了內(nèi)戰(zhàn)和龐大工業(yè)體系的逐漸興起仍然幸存了下來(lái)，并且艱難挺進(jìn)了20世紀(jì)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Creates a thick armor shell around Leviathan that protects him against attacks.

潮汐獵人生出厚實(shí)的盔甲,幫助他抵御攻擊.

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4. Total systems failure . Defense protocols breached. Leviathan UnIt'shutting down.

體系宕機(jī). 防御部分被損壞.烈焰海獸關(guān)機(jī).

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5. The colossal sub was a wall of steel, an atomic leviathan.

這樣的龐然巨物往那一橫,簡(jiǎn)直就是一堵鋼鐵之墻, 一頭原子海怪.

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