the Great Sphinx
常见例句
- But the riddle of the Great Sphinx of Giza is far from solved -- at least according to some.
但吉薩的獅身人麪像還有好多待解的謎題- 至少依據目前的一些考察是這樣。 - Bright red signs proclaim its worth in the shadow of the Matterhorn and beneath the blank, unastonished eyes of the great Sphinx.
在馬特霍恩山(譯注:Matterhorn,阿爾卑斯山峰之一)的影子裡,在大獅身人麪像空洞冷漠的目光下,鮮紅的標志宣告了它的價值。 - Ironically, the identity of that somber, worn face is one of the least debated aspects of the Great Sphinx. Mainstream Egyptologists agree that it belongs to pharaoh Khafre (also known as Chephren).
具有諷刺意味的是,金字塔迷霧般的身份,破損的臉是有關獅身人麪像像最少討論的話題,主流的埃及古物學者認爲,它屬於法老哈夫拉(也成爲考夫拉)。 - "The Great Sphinx of Tanis" from ancient Egypt dates back over four thousand six hundred years.
- Apparently, American cultural insensitivity was also on display, as Spalding recounts how in Egypt, U.S. ball players used one of the Great Pyramids for a backstop and photographed themselves atop the Sphinx, much to the chagrin of locals.
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