英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-26 between Scylla and Charybdis
【字面理解】夾在斯庫拉和克里布迪斯之間
【英文解析】in a predicament in which avoidance of either of the two dangers means exposure to the other
【中文解析】進(jìn)退兩難;腹背受敵
【典型例句】① The boy was between Scylla and Charybdis— he had to go home and be whipped or stay in town all night and be picked up by the police.那孩子真是進(jìn)退兩 難，不是回家挨打就是留在鎮(zhèn)上過夜被警察帶走。
② He was between Scylla and Chaiybdis, for his company had betrayed him.他的同伴背叛了他，致使他腹背受敵。：
【注釋】源自古希臘神話，斯庫拉(Scylla)原是一個(gè)美麗 的仙女，為海神格勞科斯(Glaucus)所愛戀。女巫喀 耳刻(Circe)奪愛未成懷恨在心，趁斯庫拉在泉水中 洗澡時(shí)，施魔術(shù)將她變成了丑惡的海妖。斯庫拉海 妖居住在意大利和西西里之間墨西拿海峽(Sbtof Messina)的山崖石洞中。而與斯庫拉遙相對(duì)峙的是克 里布迪斯(Charybdis)大旋渦。航行在墨西拿海峽的 船舶，繞過斯庫拉海妖就可能陷進(jìn)旋渦;要避開旋渦， 又害怕被海妖的毒牙咬死，真是左右兩難。后來該習(xí) 語演變成為 between the rock and the whirlpool,再后來 又變成 了 between a rock and a hard place。
