据传说这个湖是一位神仙的眼泪积聚而成的。

Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a god.

《牛津词典》

有种传说，美国西部的枪手们每杀死一个人就在他们的枪柄上刻下一个V形记号。

It is a myth that gunslingers in the American west cut notches in the handle of their pistol for each man they shot.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

这个故事很快就成为家族传说的一部分。

The story rapidly became part of family folklore.

《牛津词典》

Consider just the following passage from Leviathan with one of my favorite titles from the book, a chapter called "Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy " and Fabulous Traditions."

只需想想《利维坦》中如下的段落,它有一个我很喜欢的标题，这一章叫做,“空虚的哲学和神怪的传说,所造成的黑暗“

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But it's very interesting that when you get to historical Greece, as we shall see, there are no wanaktes but there are, at least according to tradition, basileis.

但相当有趣的是,在希腊历史中我们看不到王这一称谓,但至少是根据传说是有君主这一称谓出现的

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As a virginal orator, should she choose to unleash her powers, she would have the power of an Orpheus moving dumb things to sympathize -- Orpheus being one of Milton's most prized mythological figures of the powerful poet.

作为一名处女演说家，如果她选择释放自己的力量，她应该会有像俄耳甫斯一样的力量,使哑的东西也受到感动而有同情心,俄耳甫斯是弥尔顿最为称赞的有权利的神话传说诗人。

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