babel
babel 英 [ˈbeɪbl] 美 [ˈbæbəl, ˈbebəl]
n. 巴别塔；巴比伦式的城市
名词复数:babels
- Babel is a hubbub, or a confused mix of voices. It might be hard for your grandfather to hear in a restaurant with background music and a loud babel of conversation.
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- n. 巴别塔；巴比伦式的城市
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1. As the American movie "babel" has shown, communication, mutual understanding and trust are of utmost importance in the new century.
在新的世纪里，正如美国电影《巴别塔》所揭示的那样，沟通，理解，信任至关重要。
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2. When multilateralism is dysfunctional, globalization can be a Tower of babel, with competing national interests colliding to the benefit of none.
如果多边体系无法发挥作用，全球化可能会成为一座“巴别塔”，各国相互竞争，出现利益冲突，最终谁也无法受益。
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3. For Borges, the Library of babel comes out of this tradition; though the Library may contain all books, meaning is only made more elusive by the vastness of what the Library contains.
对于博尔赫斯来说，巴别塔的图书馆正来自这一传统：尽管图书馆可能包括所有的书，但图书馆藏书之丰富只能让意义变得更加难以捉摸。
- Babel capital of Babylon, now a ruin near Hillah in Iraq, late 14c., from Late Latin, from Hebrew Babhel (Genesis xi), from Akkadian bab-ilu "Gate of God" (from bab "gate" + ilu "god"). The name is a translation of Sumerian Ka-dingir. Meaning "confused medley of sounds" (1520s) is from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel and the confusion of tongues (Genesis xi). The element bab figures in place-names in the Middle East, such as Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait at the mouth of the Red Sea.
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