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源自希伯来语 סְדֹם (Səḏōm),通过希腊语 Σόδομα 传入英语,与《创世纪》中记载的古城相关。
❶ 指圣经中因居民罪恶深重而被上帝毁灭的古城,现常用来比喻道德败坏或淫乱的地方。
“The city was described as a modern Sodom due to its rampant vice.”
(这座城市因罪恶泛滥被描述为现代的所多玛。)
“Historians debate the actual location of ancient Sodom.”
(历史学家们争论古代所多玛的实际位置。)
Sodom and Gomorrah — 圣经中两座因居民极度堕落而被上帝用硫磺与火毁灭的城市,现泛指道德彻底沦丧的地方。
“The novel portrays the capital as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah.”
(这部小说将首都描绘成当代的所多玛与蛾摩拉。)