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Dorian GrayBrE /ˌdɔːriən ˈɡreɪ/NAmE /ˌdɔːriən ˈɡreɪ/ noun [usually sing.] a person who continues to look young and beautiful, even though they are growing older or behaving in an immoral way (不受年龄增长或行为不端影响)永远年轻貌美的人◆He's a real Dorian Gray, apparently untouched by the ageing process. 他像是不受衰老过程的影响,青春永驻。 Expressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland, Casanova, Cassandra, Don Juan, Dorian Gray, Falstaffian, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Lilliputian, Lothario, Orwellian, Pandora’s box, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pollyanna, Rip Van Winkle, Ruritanian, Scrooge, Shangri-La, Sherlock, Stepford Wife, Svengali, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Utopia, Walter Mitty ORIGIN From the story by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, in which Dorian Gray is a beautiful young man who behaves in an immoral way. He secretly keeps a painting of himself, which gradually changes, making him look older and more evil in it. Dorian himself continues to look young and beautiful. 源自奥斯卡 · 王尔德的小说《道林 · 格雷的肖像》,主人公道林 · 格雷年轻俊美但品行不端。在他秘密收藏的一幅画像中,他的形象逐渐变得更加衰老与丑恶,而他本人却一直年轻俊美如昔。 |