saga

英 ['sɑːgə] 美['sɑɡə]
  • n. 传说;冒险故事;英雄事迹
  • n. (Saga)人名;(阿拉伯)萨贾;(芬、捷、瑞典)萨加

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词态变化


复数: sagas;

助记提示


1. say, saw => saga.
2. 萨迦: 英文名称:Sakya。北欧的传说主要包括家族和英雄传说,它基本收集在一部名为《萨迦》的集子中。“萨迦”意为“话语”,实际是一种短故事。 它是13世纪前后被冰岛和挪威人用文字记载的古代民间口传故事,包括神话和历史传奇,它主要反映了古代斯堪的纳维亚人战天斗地的事迹,表现氏族社会的生活、宗教信仰、精神风貌等,歌颂贵族英雄人物,有些内容还有传记,族谱和地方志的特点,这种文学风格同神话文学《埃达》一样,对北欧和西方文学有很大影响。

中文词源


saga 萨迦,长篇故事

来自古诺斯语 saga,史诗,故事,特指北欧的古英雄故事,来自 Proto-Germanic*sago,说,讲 述,来自 PIE*sekw,说,讲述,词源同 say,saw.

英英释意


1. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

英文词源


saga
saga: see saw
saga (n.)
1709, an antiquarians' revival to describe the medieval prose narratives of Iceland and Norway, from Old Norse saga "saga, story," cognate with Old English sagu "a saying" (see saw (n.2)). Properly, a narrative composition of Iceland or Norway in the Middle Ages, or one that has their characteristics. Meaning "long, convoluted story" is from 1857.

实用场景例句


a family saga
家世小说

牛津词典

The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
头版是对劫持事件的连续报道。

牛津词典

(humorous)the saga of how I missed the plane
有关我如何误了飞机的一连串倒霉事儿

牛津词典

...a 600 page saga about 18th century slavery.
关于 18 世纪奴隶制的总计 600 页的长篇记述

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the continuing saga of unexpected failures by leading companies.
几家龙头公司突然接连倒闭

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a Nordic saga of giants and trolls.
一篇关于巨人和山精的北欧萨迦

柯林斯高阶英语词典

F 1's governing body has referred the diffuser saga to the FIA Court of Appeal.
F1的管理机构已将扩散佐贺的国际汽联上诉法院.

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Sarah: Let me pull up a comfortable chair and you can tell me the Barrymore saga.
莎拉: 让我找把舒服的椅子,你可以多给我讲讲德鲁·巴利摩尔的故事.

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What kind of an atmosphere do you think McLaren has right now ( the spy saga )?
你觉得McLaren那里现在的气氛如何 ( 间谍案 )?

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The family and boardroom saga had all the trappings of a soap opera.
这场涉及家族和董事会的风波具备肥皂剧的一切元素.

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SW : Will Lando become a more prominent character as the saga continues?
随着这个传奇的继续,兰度是否会成为一个更重要的角色?

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This will be announced to the world tomorrow, putting an end to the whole saga.
明天整个世界将明朗,这段传奇故事划上句号.

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There will ultimately be six, and it will be like Homeric saga, on a vast scale.
这里会有六部电影, 这六部电影将会象一整部以更大规模展现的《荷马史诗》.

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And let's not even talk about the impeachment saga.
更不用说那场弹劾故事了.

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Not that you would necessarily know this from Indian media coverage of the saga.
但是从印度媒体对此事的报道中你不一定能了解到这些事情.

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The saga is a symbol of the government's reluctance to restructure the economy.
日本政府如此冒险,就是想发出一个信号:政府不愿重建金融体系.

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The novel depicts the saga of a family.
小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事.

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His suicide is the latest chapter in this terrible saga of greed and betrayal.
他的自杀是这部充满贪婪与背叛的可怕长篇故事的最新一章.

《简明英汉词典》

Despite all the talk around them, the principals in the saga remain quiet.
不管他们说什么, 我们的第一主角却依然保持沉默.

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His biography is a saga of scientific research.
他的传记就是一部科研记实.

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If another, more sympathetic, side to his appalling saga, it remains to be told.
如果说马多夫骇人听闻的经历还有更值得同情的另外一面, 那还有待发现.

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Each book will be fast and easy to read, much like The Saga of Darren Shan.
每一本都会是紧凑易读的, 就像向达伦大冒险》一样.

期刊摘选

Portrait in Sepia , 2002, a family saga set in Chile in the late 19 th century.
2001年,发表了《为乌贼写照》, 是发生在19世纪后叶的智利的家族传奇.

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Then, we went to the Saga castle.
接着, 我们去了佐贺城.

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Saga: Let's all be sexier at the stage right in particular.
让我们更加性感,尤其是台上的右边.

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Saga: Characters of each of us, and the songs that are best to experience live.
每个人的角色, 和最好在演唱会上体验的歌.

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The saga behind next week's stress test release is a case in point.
下周压力测试结果公布背后的故事就是佐证.

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The robbery touched off a dramatic saga of honor that lasted 31 years.
这宗抢案引起了历时三十一年之久的信义传奇.

辞典例句

The Volsunga Saga and Nibelungenlied hardly differ in anything but the name.
除了名字以外,《沃尔松格传说》和《尼伯龙根之歌》几乎一样.

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