小词详解 | guru
guru 英 [ˈɡʊruː] 美 [ˈɡʊruː]
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外刊例句
According to a former manager who left in 2012, Apple’s financial gurus were careful because “nobody wanted that 3am call from Steve Jobs”.
据一名2012年离职的前经理说,苹果的金融专家们都很谨慎,因为“没有人想在凌晨三点接到乔布斯的电话”。
——《经济学人》Other tech and business gurus try to sell us on “toil glamour.”
其他科技和商业导师也试图向我们推销“辛劳的魅力”。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a Hindu spiritual teacher
[名词] 印度教精神导师
深入解读
对于爱好瑜伽的小伙伴来说, guru 算是一个比较熟悉的单词了。或者看过2014年上映的爱情喜剧片《分手大师》(The Breakup Guru)的小伙伴,可能会注意到该片海报上的片名英译中就出现了 guru 一词。
具体来说, guru 是一个源自印地语的单词,其本义是指印度教或锡克教的“精神导师、宗教领袖”,亦可音译为“古鲁”。从这个概念出发,到了1940年后, guru 开始用来泛指精通某一领域并给出专业建议的“专家、权威、大师”以及“领袖、泰斗”,他们往往有着很大的影响力或者很受欢迎,比如:
这些危机管理大师们得到了媒体的大肆宣传。
These crisis management gurus were hyped in the media.
名著用例
'Cheap trick,' she told herself, and, 'What am I doing here in this godforsaken place of sleeping vultures and monkey-dancers, waiting to be told who knows what foolishness by a guru who levitates by sitting on a shelf?'
“蹩脚的把戏,”她心中寻思,“这个鬼地方,既有睡觉的兀鹰,又有耍猴子的,我跑到这里来,等着这个坐在架子上装成飘浮在空中模样的古鲁来胡说八道,我这是干什么呀?”
出自印裔英国作家萨尔曼·鲁西迪(Salman Rushdie,又译萨尔曼·拉什迪)在1981年出版的长篇小说《午夜之子》(Midnight's Children)。
同近义词
sage: (especially in ancient history or legend) a profoundly wise man
mentor: an experienced and trusted adviser
pundit: an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public
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