myth

noun

1. 神话；神话故事
   a story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people; this type of story
   1. ancient Greek myths
      古希腊神话
   2. a creation myth (= that explains how the world began)
      创世的神话
   3. the heroes of myth and legend
      神话和传说中的英雄
2. 虚构的东西；荒诞的说法；不真实的事
   something that many people believe but that does not exist or is false
   1. It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society (= to show that it does not exist) .
      该消除那种无阶级社会的神话了。
   2. Contrary to popular myth , women are not worse drivers than men.
      都说女人开车比男人差，其实不然。

1. N-VAR 神话
   A myth is a well-known story which was made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs.
   1. There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
      有一个著名的希腊神话，讲的是伊卡洛斯飞得离太阳过近的故事。
   2. ...the world of magic and of myth.
      魔法和神话的世界
2. N-VAR 错误的看法（或认识）；编造的话;谎言
   If you describe a belief or explanation as a myth, you mean that many people believe it but it is actually untrue.
   1. Contrary to the popular myth, women are not reckless spendthrifts.
      和人们的普遍观念恰恰相反，女性并不是胡乱挥霍者。

1. My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman
   我母亲和别人串通，把他杜撰成一个阔气的商人。
2. The myth that Japan is not open to concerns from outside has, I think, been demolished at a stroke.
   关于日本对外界的关注不予理会的谬论，我认为，一下子就被驳倒了。
3. The myth of Narcissus is described in Ovid's work
   有关那喀索斯的神话故事在奥维德的作品中有过描述。
4. It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality.
   分清楚神话和现实是不可能的。
5. Electricity privatisation has exploded the myth of cheap nuclear power
   电力私有化打破了关于廉价核能的神话。
6. It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people.
   盲人的听力会大幅增强也是一种谬谈。
7. The report dispels the myth that Northerners have a fattier diet than people in the south.
   该报告消除了北方人比南方人膳食脂肪含量高的谬论。
8. I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning
   我一直在致力于推翻有关意义恒定性的谬谈。
9. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.
   杀戮持续了数月后，真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。
10. There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
    有一个著名的希腊神话，讲的是伊卡洛斯飞得离太阳过近的故事。
11. Contrary to the popular myth, women are not reckless spendthrifts.
    和人们的普遍观念恰恰相反，女性并不是胡乱挥霍者。
12. This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.
    这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。
13. His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.
    他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
14. Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority
    许多母亲把男尊女卑的错误观念传给了她们的女儿。
15. The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment.
    加冕典礼是极尽奢华和怀旧的仪式。
16. It's only a myth.
    这不过是个神话。
17. The story is a pure myth.
    这故事纯粹虚构。
18. Nobody believes in the myth about human beings becoming immortals.
    谁也不相信人能成仙的神话。
19. The story follows an archetypal pattern& a pattern familiar in both history and myth.
    这个故事遵循着一个在历史和神话中常见的模式。
20. Privacy is today's civilization is a myth.
    静居独处今天的文明中是一个神话。
21. Myth and history cannot be separated.
    神话和历史是分不开的。
22. I want to debunk this bodybuilding myth right now.
    我要揭穿这种健身神话了。
23. This is the story of a myth of our times.
    这是一个关于我们这个时代的神话故事。
24. It blends psychological insight with theatrical melodrama, myth with personal story.
    它把心理学和夸张的音乐剧，神话和个人故事融合在一起。
25. It is an emblem of Hera in Greek myth and represents beauty and intelligence in China and Japan.
    在希腊神话中，孔雀象征赫拉女神；在中日文化中，孔雀代表与美丽与智慧。
26. As Greek and Roman myth implies, Astrology's origins are based on our observance of the visible Planets.
    基于希腊和罗马神话的暗示，我们得知占星术起源于天空中可以看到的星体。
27. The most famous telling of this myth takes place in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
    最著名的讲述了这个神话发生在荷马的伊利亚特和奥德赛。
28. It's the kind of story we think of as myth.
    我们已经把这类故事看成了神话。
29. Athens, tragedy not reappearing in Istanbul, have not had inversion, have not had myth.
    雅典，没有重现伊斯坦布尔的悲剧，没有了逆转，没有了神话。
30. That's kind of a cultural myth.
    这是一种文化迷思。

  legend myth saga【导航词义：传奇】

  legend n. 传奇，传说

〔辨析〕常指有关名人、勇士、历险、奇异事件等的古老传说。

  myth n. 神话

〔辨析〕尤指为解释自然或历史事件而编造的古老故事。

  saga n. 萨迦，传奇故事

〔辨析〕原指有关北欧海盗的传说，现多指各类传奇故事。

noun

1. a traditional story accepted as history