myth

myth
noun
  1. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events
    神话
    ■[mass noun]such stories collectively
    ［总称］神话
    the heroes of Greek myth.
    希腊神话中的英雄。
  2. a widely held but false belief or idea
    （普遍持有的）错误见解（或想法）
    dispelling the myth that croquet is a genteel Sunday afternoon pastime.
    消除认为槌球是一种上流社会星期日午后消遣的错误看法。
    [mass noun]contrary to popular myth, the south-east does not consist entirely of rich people.
    与流行的错误看法相反，东南地区并不全是有钱人。
    ■a misrepresentation of the truth
    编造的话；谎言；歪曲
    attacking the party's irresponsible myths about privatization.
    抨击该党就私有化问题不负责任的歪曲言论。
    ■a fictitious or imaginary person or thing
    虚构的人（或事）；想像中的人（或事）
    ■an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing
    对人（或事物）所持有的夸大（或理想化）的概念；对人（或事物）的理想化看法；神话
    the book is a scholarly study of the Churchill myth.
    这本书是对丘吉尔这一神话进行的学术性研究。
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin mythus, via late Latin from Greek muthos
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