专业释义英英释义
grail [ ɡreil ]
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n.
- the object of any prolonged endeavor
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(legend) chalice used by Christ at the last supper
同义词： Holy Grail Sangraal
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
Grail /ɡreɪl/
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N-PROPER The Grail or the Holy Grail is the cup that was used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. In medieval times, many people tried to find the Grail without success. 圣杯; 耶稣基督在最后的晚餐中所使用，很多人在中世纪时试图寻找而未果。
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2.
N-SING If you describe something as a grail or a holy grail, you mean that someone is trying very hard to obtain or achieve it. 努力追求的目标; 渴望之物 [oft 'the' N 'of' n]
例：The discovery is being hailed as the Holy Grail of astronomy.
这个发现被认为是为天文学圆了梦。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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In his dream, he saw that his sheepfold was destroyed, the shepherd disappeared, and his holy grail fell off the peg.
在梦中，他看见他的羊圈被破坏，牧羊人失踪了，他的圣杯从钉子上掉了下来。
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The discovery is being hailed as the Holy Grail of astronomy.
这个发现被认为是为天文学圆了梦。
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Jeff: The "Holy Grail" is reuse.
Jeff：“圣杯”是重用。
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It's the Grail; it's the cup of the Last Supper.
它是一个圣杯;,它是最后的晚餐里的杯子。
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..I have kept hidden in the instep arch Of an old cedar at the waterside A broken drinking goblet like the Grail Under a spell so the wrong ones can't find it, So can't get saved as Saint Mark says they mustn't.
我还保存着一只坏了的高脚酒杯,埋在水边的一棵老树底下,像受了符咒的圣杯,使坏人找不到，如圣马可所说：他们因此不能得救。
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