• n. 毀滅創(chuàng)造者自己之物；作法自斃的人

來自1818年由英國(guó)小說家Mary Shelley創(chuàng)作的科幻小說《Frankenstein:the Modern Prometheus》其中的主角，科學(xué)家Frankenstein創(chuàng)造的怪物。參照電影《弗蘭肯斯坦》。

Frankenstein (n.)

allusive use for man-made monsters dates to 1838, from Baron Frankenstein, character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus." Commonly taken (mistakenly) as the proper name of the monster, not the creator, and thus franken- extended 1990s as a prefix to mean "non-natural." The German surname is probably literally "Franconian Mountain," stein being used especially for steep, rocky peaks, which in the Rhineland often were crowned with castles. The Shelleys might have passed one in their travels. The German surname also suggests "free stone."

Frankenstein is the creator-victim; the creature-despot & fatal creation is Frankenstein's monster. The blunder is very common indeed -- almost, but surely not quite, sanctioned by custom. [Fowler]

1. I felt as guilty and miserable as Frankenstein.

我感到像弗蘭肯斯坦一樣有罪、難過.

來自名作英譯部分

2. You tell people frankenstein's on the loose, then you're surprised to see the torch - wielding villagers?

你告訴大家有個(gè)怪物在游蕩然后看到揮舞火把的村民你很驚訝?

來自電影對(duì)白

3. Frankenstein was already turgid ; Percy made it more so.

《弗蘭肯斯坦》已經(jīng)是夸張的, 但珀西使它更夸張.

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4. From that comes Terminator 2, Frankenstein, and chunk of science fiction.

《終結(jié)者2》 、 《科學(xué)怪人》等大量科幻作品,就是這種觀念的產(chǎn)物.

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5. Torch - Born : A Pandoran Mockery of the Frankenstein Lineage.

源于弗蘭肯斯坦的尸禍偽系.

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