单词Sisyphus
n.: 【希神】西绪福斯
网络: 西西弗斯；薛西佛斯；薛西弗斯
西西弗斯(科林斯暴君,死后在冥土中受罚,推石将到山顶,复又落下,往返不止)
【希腊神话】西绪福斯〔希腊古时国王,因作恶多端,死后堕入地狱,被罚推石上山,但推上又滚下,永远如此,劳苦无已〕
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight.
诸神处罚西西弗斯不停的将一块巨石推上山顶，而石头由于自身的重量又从山上滚下来
Recovery of God, the stone of Sisyphus forever pushing uphill, is it a symbol of the eternal: the quest for a perfect, not perfect.
夸父追日，西西弗斯永远推石上山，则是它永恒的象征：追求完美，而不是达到完美。
Trying to get your Good Work done can feel like Sisyphus rolling his rock up the mountain, a never-ending task.
做好工作的感觉像是不停的把岩石推向山顶，一项永远不会结束的任务。
However, true artists should need to incessantly question, explore and exceed themselves. Their fate is like that of Sisyphus .
然而，真正的艺术家就是要不断质疑、探索并超越自己，他们的命运像西西弗一样。
The rock began to roll downhill, and Sisyphus, dazzled by the flash, remembered something.
岩石开始滚下山坡，而西西弗斯，被闪光灯晃得目眩，像是若有所思。
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man"s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
这种将巨石推上山顶的斗争本身足以使一个人内心充实，我们能够想象的到，西西弗斯的幸福。
SUICIDE, proclaimed Albert Camus in "The Myth of Sisyphus" , is the only serious philosophical problem.
法国哲学家阿尔贝.加缪在他的著作《西西弗的神话》中说到，自杀是唯一严肃的哲学问题。
Sisyphus woke up in the underworld.
西西弗斯果真在地狱中醒来
Again I fancy Sisyphus returning toward his rock , and the sorrow was in the beginning .
我再一次想象西西弗斯回头走向巨石，他的痛苦又一次重新开始。
If one believes Homer, Sisyphus was the wisest and most prudent of mortals.
荷马认为，在那些终有一死的凡人中，西西弗斯是最为聪明和谨慎的了