CET6 考研 TEM8 GRE
外刊例句
- Another siren is the Annapurna massif. For every ten people to reach its three highest summits, three have died trying. The latest perished just early last month.
另一个令人着迷的危险目标是安纳普尔纳峰群,尝试登顶它最高的三座山峰的人之中有三成人遇难,最近一次遇难事故就发生在上月初。
——《经济学人》 - Leggings are not the sole province of the siren female was the idea.
他们提出,紧身裤并不是勾引人的女性的专属领域。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] (literary) the temptation to do sth that seems very attractive but that will have bad results
[名词] 危险的诱惑
深入解读
在希腊神话中,塞壬 Siren 是一种女海妖,人面鸟身,长得美若天仙,并且拥有天籁般迷人的嗓音。她们住在海岛上,用歌声魅惑航海者,使他们的船只触礁沉没,船员成为她们的腹中餐。
在荷马史诗中,当奥德修斯将要经过塞壬所在海岛时,得到女神的忠告,预先采取了防备措施。他命令手下把自己牢牢地绑在桅杆上,让手下用蜡把各人的耳朵堵上。经过塞壬所在海岛时,果然从远处传来了迷人的歌声。歌声如此令人神往,他不顾一切地想要挣脱束缚,向手下大喊大叫,让他们驶向海岛。但他的手下因为事先得到指示,对此不闻不顾,驾驶船只一直向前,直到远远地离开了海岛才给他松绑。奥德修斯就是这样利用自己的智慧,安全地欣赏了塞壬们的天籁之音。
在17世纪,人们为了防止船只触礁,就在暗礁附近用汽笛发出警报,警示海员们塞壬的故事。所以人们就把这种警报声叫做 siren 。除了作“汽笛、警报器”用外, siren 也可以就其本义指“妖艳而危险的女人”或“危险的诱惑”。
影视用例
出自 2005 年反乌托邦科幻电影《V字仇杀队》( V for Vendetta )。影片讲述在一个平行的时空里,纳粹赢了二次世界大战,英国沦为殖民地,一名自称“V”的蒙面怪客处处与政府为敌,一名少女被怪客拯救之后,便与他一同挑战恶势力的故事。
同近义词
- seductress: a woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity
- coquette: (literary, often disapproving) a woman who behaves in a way that is intended to attract men
- Lolita: a young girl who behaves in a more sexually developed way than is usual for her age, which makes her sexually attractive to older men