单词 | Svengali |
释义 | Sven·galiBrE /svenˈɡɑːli/ NAmE /svenˈɡɑːli/ noun a person who has the power to control another person's mind , make them do bad things , etc .能控制他人思想的人;能使人干坏事(或唯命是从)的人Expressions from literary sourcesAlice in Wonderland,Casanova,Cassandra,Don Juan,Dorian Gray,Falstaffian,Frankenstein,Jekyll and Hyde,Lilliputian,Lothario,Orwellian,Pandora’s box,Peter Pan,Pied Piper,Pollyanna,Rip Van Winkle,Ruritanian,Scrooge,Shangri-La,Sherlock,Stepford Wife,Svengali,Tweedledum and Tweedledee,Utopia,Walter MittyORIGINFrom the name of a character in George du Maurier's novel Trilby .源自乔治 · 杜 · 莫里哀的小说《软毡帽》中的人物斯文加利。 |
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