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He had an incestuous attachment to his daughter and therefore he demanded that all suitors for her hand engage in a chariot race with him, their lives to be forfeit if they lost. Thirteen suitors had failed and died before Pelops, the fourteenth, came. Pelops bribed a servant to insert waxen instead of the usual wooden axle pins in Oenomaus' chariot. The wax melted with the heat of the revolving wheels, the wheels came off, and Oenomaus was dragged to death. [解说] 1. “He had an incestuous attachment to his daughter”: 他对他女儿有一种乱伦的感情。 “incestuous”: 乱伦的 (= of incest)。 “attachment”: 附着，感情。 2. “and therefore he demanded that all suitors for her hand engage in a chariot race with him”: 而因此他要求说：所有追求跟她结婚的人要跟他进行一个战车赛跑。 suitor: 追求者。 “hand”: 婚约。 chariot: 战车。 3. “their lives to be forfeit if they lost”: 他们的性命将要丧失，如果他们输的话。 “forfeit” 可当动词或形容词，指「丧失」，亦可当名词，指「丧失物，没收物」。 4. “Thirteen suitors had failed and died before Pelops, the fourteenth, came”: 在第十四位 Pelops 来之前，有十三个追求者已经失败而死了。 5. “Pelops bribed a servant to insert waxen instead of the usual wooden axle pins in Oenomaus' chariot”: Pelops 贿赂一个仆人去插入腊的 (非一般木制的) 车轴栓在 Oenomaus 的战车里。 axle: 车轴。 pin: 针，栓。 6. “The wax melted with the heat of the revolving wheels”: 随着旋转车轮的热度，那个腊熔化了。 revolve: 旋转。 7. “the wheels came off, and Oenomaus was dragged to death”: 那些轮子脱落了，而 Oenamaus 被拖拉致死。 [复习填充] Oenamaus had
an in______ attachment to his daughter and therefore he demanded that all suitors
for her h____ engage in a chariot race with him, their lives to be f____ if they
lost. Thirteen suitors had failed and died before Pelops, the fourteenth,
came. Pelops bribed a servant to insert w____ instead of the usual wooden
axle p___ in Oenomaus' chariot. The wax melted with the heat of the re_____
wheels, the wheels came ____, and Oenomaus was dragged to death. |
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