Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel

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• 网络巴别塔；通天塔；巴比伦塔

英汉解释

n.	1. a place or situation that is very confusing because there is too much information and no easy way to understand it

例句

The universalisation of English has happy consequences. But like the building of the Tower of Babel, it has negative ones, too.

但正如通天塔的建造，英语全球化亦有其弊端。

Jerusalem was, as Mr Montefiore says, a veritable "tower of Babel in fancy dress" .

据蒙蒂菲奥里先生的表述，耶城当时可谓是真实版的“化妆舞会中穿着混搭的通天塔”。

Then everyone in Babylon agreed, thinking it was a very good idea. From then on, everyone worked very hard to build the Tower of Babel.

然后每个住在巴比伦的人都同意，他们认为这个是很好的意见，于是大家开始工作得很辛苦，为了盖那个巴贝尔塔。

The Tower of Babel, according to the Book of Genesis, was an enormous tower built in the plain of Shinar.

据《圣经·创世纪》记载，巴别塔是建在示拿平原上的一座巨塔。

From the Tower of Babel to Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Tower, an uncanny historical correlation exists between building height and hubris.

从“巴别塔”（TowerofBabel）到吉隆坡的“双子星塔”（PetronasTowers），建筑物高度与狂妄之间存在一种神秘的历史关联。

Is humanity once again finding life as we know it dominated by a modern Tower of Babel called economic globalization?

难道人类生活又回到了一种被成为经济全球化的现代巴别塔所控制的时代吗？

For this ubiquitous technology, mankind suffers from a Tower of Babel syndrome.

在这一普遍使用的科技产品上，人类却患上了“巴别塔”综合症。

He is more fond of empty talk than solid work, so all his plans are the tower of Babel.

他这人只爱空谈，不喜欢干实事，所以他的计划全都落空了。

Tower of Babel of voices could be heard from the schoolroom.

可以听见教室里一阵嘈杂哄闹。

Archaeologists have long desired to locate the Tower of Babel.

考古学家很久以前就想找到巴别塔的位置。

Pray for the people of Shanghai to escape from the pride and materialism of the Tower of Babel.

为上海人祷告，愿他们不致陷入巴别塔的骄傲和物质主义中。

Most people have heard of the Tower of Babel story in the Bible.

大多数的人都听说过圣经中巴别塔的故事。

You must give up your plan to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar. It is but the tower of Babel.

你一定要放弃游过直布罗陀海峡，那是不可能实现的。

You must give up your plan to travel to Africa. It is but the tower of Babel.

你必须放弃去非洲旅行的计划，那是不可能实现的。

About the Tower of Babel[9] and the ziggurats.

以及有关巴别塔和金字型神塔的各种故事。

The tower of Babel never will be built, because we now know that the sky has no limits;

谁也不会再去建造巴别塔了，因为我们现在懂得，太空是无边无际的。

Voices against and for the Global Economic Tower of Babel

全球经济巴比塔（通天塔）：支持和反对的声音

That civilization we call Babylon or the tower of Babel

我们称那文化为，巴比伦或巴别塔。

How to Avoid the Video Tower of Babel

如何避免视频巴别塔