英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-4 a nine days' wonder

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【字面理解】持續(xù)九天的奇跡

【英文解析】a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention, but only for a short time

【中文解析】曇花一現(xiàn);轟動一時(shí)的人(或事物)

【典型例句】① The satellite that landed in their garden made the family a bit of a nine days’ wonder, but no one remembers their name now.這家人因衛(wèi)星落在家中花園里而 轟動一時(shí)，不過現(xiàn)在已沒人記得他們的名字了。

② As a pop star she was a nine days' wonder. She only made one successful record.她是個(gè)罷花一現(xiàn)的歌手，只錄制 過一張受歡迎的唱片。.

【注釋】該短語出自諺語“A wonder lasts but 9 days”，最 早見于英國詩人杰弗里喬叟(Geoffrey Chaucer)的 《特羅伊拉斯和克萊西德》(Troilus and Criseyde) For wonder last but nine nights never in town。(什么事 都新鮮不了九天。)