augean

英式音标：[ɔ:ˈdʒi(:)ən]

美式音标：[ɔˈdʒiən]

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概况：

adj. 极脏的；奥吉厄斯王的

词义：

adj.

Augeas王的，极脏的；

英英释义

augean[ ɔ:'dʒi:ən ]

adj.extremely filthy from long neglect

用法：

权威例句

In the Augean Barn

Augean gambles on merger rules relaxing

SOCIAL WORK IN AN AUGEAN AGE

GEOGRAPHY 1957–1977: THE AUGEAN PERIOD

How to Clean Out the Augean Stable of Our Bureaucracy

GEOGRAPHY 1957–1977: THE AUGEAN PERIOD

Fission-fusion systems - Hybrid, symbiotic and Augean

Cleaning Up a Tiny Part of the Exact Solution’s Augean Stable

Deregulation by the Bureaucracy: OSHA and the Augean Quest for Error Correction

A New Broom in the Augean Stable: Robert Gregory and Liturgical Changes at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 1868-1890

英语词源：

Augean (adj.)

"filthy," 1590s, in reference to Augean stable, the cleansing of which was one of the labors of Herakles, from Greek Augeias, like the stable of Augeas, king of Elis, which contained 3,000 oxen and had gone uncleansed for 30 years. Herakles purified it in one day by turning the river Alpheus through it.

造句：

1. Net friend reality pat some column scene Augean stable!

网友实拍某栏目现场——肮脏！

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2. He should have resolved to cleanse these Augean banking stables.

他本来应当下决心清理银行业中这些龌龊之处。

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3. How to clean the Augean stables of this city remains a critical problem.

如何扫除这个城市的积弊仍然是个紧要问题。

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4. Throughout two years of high-flown speechifying he promised to clean the Augean stables of Washington, close the revolving door between power and money and raise ethical standards.

过去两年间，奥巴马四处夸夸而谈，都说要清扫华盛顿这个”奥吉亚斯牛圈”2，封死权钱间的”旋转门”，提高精神文明水平。

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5. Throughout two years of high-flown speechifying he promised to clean the Augean stables of Washington, close the revolving door between power and money and raise ethical standards.

过去两年间，奥巴马四处夸夸而谈，都说要清扫华盛顿这个”奥吉亚斯牛圈”2，封死权钱间的”旋转门”，提高精神文明水平。

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