英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)諺語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)用法精粹 宗教神話(huà)類(lèi)3-17 as old as Methuselah

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【字面理解】像瑪士撒拉一樣老

【英文解析】very old

【中文解析】比喻長(zhǎng)壽，壽比彭祖

【典型例句】With scientific sanitation and hygiene, one can expect to become as old as Methuselah.隨著科學(xué)衛(wèi)生的 發(fā)展，人們可望壽比彭祖。

He is as old as Methuselah, as rich as a Jew, and as wise as Solomon'他壽比彭祖，富可敵國(guó)，且智慧過(guò)人。

He is as old as Methuselah. I have no use for him.他已 經(jīng)老朽不堪了，我用不著這樣一個(gè)人。

【注釋】出自《圣經(jīng)創(chuàng)世紀(jì)》第5章，耶和華降洪水毀滅 罪惡世界之前，猶太族長(zhǎng)瑪士撒拉“活了九百六十九 歲”;他的孫子就是筑方舟保存了地球各類(lèi)動(dòng)物的諾 亞(Noah)。后來(lái)瑪士撒拉就成了 “長(zhǎng)壽”的代名詞， 但有時(shí)這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)帶有不敬的意味。