Yeats sees the Second Coming as an image, as a myth, an idea, a metaphor, a certain stylistic arrangement of experience.

叶芝把《第二次降临》看成一个意象、一个神话、一个意识、一个比喻、一种诗意感受的安排。

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

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。

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It's definitely a myth that older people need less sleep.

老年人需要更少的睡眠，这绝对是一个荒诞的说法。

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"So its a very inspirational story. There are so many aspects of the myth that are not true.

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Yeats sees the Second Coming as an image, as a myth, an idea, a metaphor, a certain stylistic arrangement of experience.

叶芝把第二次降临看成一个意向，一个神话，一个意识，一个比喻，一种诗意的安排和感受。

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This is a myth that has and will continue to haunt Milton all the way up through Paradise Lost.

这个神话曾一度而且会一直萦绕着弥尔顿,并贯穿了《失乐园》全诗。

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One thing that is certainly a myth is that junk bonds were your only business.

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Serendipity in such ways is far from a myth but a real aspect of doing business.

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Just because the Resistance was later mythologised, does not mean the Resistance was a myth.

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