2017年7月6日 星期四

mortal, mortal enemy, believability

“Qin is the mortal enemy of 'All Under Heaven,'” said The Stratagems of the Warring States; it wants “to swallow the whole world. [page 266, Why the West Rules for Now by Ian Morris]
秦軍步步進逼核心,《戰國策‧楚策一》就說秦「有吞天下之心,天下之仇讎也。」[頁218,《西方憑什麼》,潘勛等譯]



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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mortal

mortal


ADJECTIVE

  • 1(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.
    ‘all men are mortal’
    1. 1.1 Relating to humans as subject to death.
      ‘the coffin held the mortal remains of her uncle’
  • 2Causing or liable to cause death; fatal.
    ‘a mortal disease’
    figurative ‘the scandal appeared to have struck a mortal blow to the government’


  • 21 (of a battle) fought to the death.
    ‘the drawing shows Holmes and Moriarty locked in mortal combat’
    ‘the screams of men in mortal combat’
  • 2.2 (of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation until death.
    a mortal foe


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