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A Gordian Knot词源

发布于:2025-07-04 21:57浏览量:119文/优校网

英文词源

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中文词源

A Gordian Knot:难解的结;难题;难点

A Gordian Knot 直译“戈耳迪之结”。

戈耳迪(Gordius)是小亚细亚佛律基亚(Phrygia)的国王,传说他原先是个贫苦的农民。一天,他在耕地的时候,有只神鹰从天而且降,落在他马车的轭上,久不飞走。戈耳迪就赶着马车进城去请求神示。其时,佛律基亚的老王突然去世,一国无主,上下动乱不安,于是人们请求神示由谁来做国王。神示说:“在通向宙斯神庙的大陆上,你们遇到的第一个乘马车者就是新王。”恰好这时戈耳迪正乘着牛车前往宙斯的神庙,人们看见巍然屹立在车轭上的神鹰,认为这是掌握政权的象征,就一致拥戴戈耳迪为国王。戈耳迪当了国王后,就把那辆象征命运的马车献给宙斯,放置在神庙中。他用绳索打了个非常复杂的死结,把车轭牢牢得系在车辕上,谁也无法解开。

由此,人们常用a Gordian knot比喻“a knot difficult or impossibe to unite;the difficult problem or task”。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:A Gordian Knot 词源,A Gordian Knot 含义。