珀涅罗珀(Penelope),是奥德修斯忠贞的妻子,出自《奥德赛》一书。其在丈夫远征特洛亚失踪后,拒绝了所有求婚者,一直等待丈夫归来,忠贞不渝。
我的工作就像珀涅罗珀织布一样,永远在手里,永远做不完。
My work is something like the Penelope's web, never done, but ever in hand.
他因此承诺说他能解决这个问题,但作为交换条件,国王要支持他赢得伊卡里俄斯的女儿珀涅罗珀的芳心。
He thus promised to solve the problem on the condition that the king in turn would support him in his courting of Penelope, the daughter of Icarius.
如果不知道《奥德赛》,人们就不会明白珀涅罗珀的忠诚;如果没有莎士比亚,人们不会明白哈姆雷特的疑问,以及罗密欧与朱丽叶之间的爱情。
Without knowing the Odyssey, man would know nothing of the fidelity of Penelope, without Shakespeare, he would know nothing of the doubts of Hamlet, or the love between Romeo and Juliet.
Well, he has a wife whom he loves, Penelope, and he has a son whom he has barely seen because he had to go off to Troy almost 20 years ago to fight that battle and he hasn't been home since.
因为他有挚爱的妻子珀涅罗珀,以及一个由于二十年前,他前赴参加特洛伊战争,而几乎素未谋面的儿子
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