Faustian
Faustian ['faustiən]
adj. 浮士德式
名词复数:faustians
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- adj. 浮士德式
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1. It is a Faustian bargain. As soon as you think you have IT, whatever IT is slips through your grasp, because IT’s someone else selling you a lie about yourself.
这只不过是浮士德式的交易，一旦你认为你拥有它，不管是什么，你都抓不住，因为这只不过是别人卖给你的一个关于你自己的谎言。
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2. The bad end of a Faustian bargain that was signed when the first pyramid was raised.
这便是自第一座金字塔建造以来，人类签下的这笔浮士德式的交易的最坏结局。
- Faustian (adj.) 1870, in reference to Johann Faust (c. 1485-1541), German wandering astrologer and wizard, who was reputed to have sold his soul to the Devil. Fantastic tales of his life were told as early as the late 16c., and he was the hero of dramas by Marlowe and Goethe. The Latinized form of his name, faustus, means "of favorable omen."
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