【字面理解】禁果
【英文解析】someone or something that one finds attractive or desirable partly because having the person or thing is immoral or illegal
【中文解析】喻指由于禁止而更想得到的東西或人.
【例句】① He felt very attracted to his best friend’s wife, but admitted that it was partly because she was forbidden fruit他覺得他最好的朋友的老婆很有魅力,可是也承 認(rèn)部分是因?yàn)榈貌坏降目偸呛玫摹?/p>
② The first bite of the forbidden fruit will be gloriously sweet, but the aftertaste will be painfully bitter.初食的 禁果味道極為甜美,但其余味卻苦澀酸楚。
【注釋】據(jù)《圣經(jīng)創(chuàng)世紀(jì)》記載,神對亞當(dāng)及夏娃說園中 樹上的果子都可以吃,唯“知善惡樹”上的果實(shí)不可 吃也不可摸。但夏娃受魔鬼引誘,違背了上帝的旨意 吃了禁果,還把果子給了亞當(dāng),上帝為此將他們逐出了伊甸園。偷食禁果被認(rèn)為是人類的原罪及一切其 他罪惡的開端。