send away the god of plague 送瘟神
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“瘟神”,god of plague,中国古代神话中专以瘟疫害人的鬼神,现在比喻作恶多端、面目可憎的人或邪恶势力。人们常用此来表达某人不吉利,会给别人带来灾难。瘟[wēn],指流行性急性传染病:瘟疫、瘟病(pest;
pestilence1; plague)。神[shén],表示神灵、神怪(god;
deity2; divinity)。
“送瘟神”是一个中国传统习俗。旧时人们对发生的瘟疫和疾病不能做出合理的解释,认为瘟疫是瘟神降灾于人间而导致的,故除了平时祭祀瘟神(offer sacrifices to the god of plague)之外,过年时还要集体送瘟神(send away the god of plague),以祈求来年家人健康平安。如今,这个俗语多用来比喻“get rid of something or somebody undesirable”。
例句:
人们像躲瘟神似的在躲他。
他总是回避我,好像我是瘟神一样。
He always avoids me as if I were the god of plague.
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pestilence
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n.瘟疫 |
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- They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂。
- A pestilence was raging in that area. 瘟疫正在那一地区流行。
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deity
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n.神,神性;被奉若神明的人(或物) |
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- Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.许多动物被看作神的化身。
- The deity was hidden in the deepest recesses of the temple.神藏在庙宇壁龛的最深处。
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shun
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vt.避开,回避,避免 |
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- Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理,唯心主义者则逃避真理。
- This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。
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shunned
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v.避开,回避,避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- She was shunned by her family when she remarried. 她再婚后家里人都躲着她。
- He was a shy man who shunned all publicity. 他是个怕羞的人,总是避开一切引人注目的活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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