单词Canute
n.: 克努特式的人；妄想阻挡某事的人
网络: 陈恩田；努特大；克努特王
克努特式的人；妄想阻挡某事的人:
used to describe a person who tries to stop sth from happening but will never succeed
喀奴特(994?-1035,the Great,英王,在位期间1016-35,并于1018-35为丹麦国王,1028-1035为挪威国王)
"Sea, " cried Canute, "I command you to come no farther! Waves, stop your rolling, and do not dare to touch my feet! "
“大海，”克努特大喊道，“我命令你，不要再向前来了！波浪，不许翻滚了，不许碰着我的脚！”
Although his favourite subject at school was history, clearly no one had told him about King Canute.
虽说在学校里，他最喜欢历史，但显然，他并不曾知晓克努特王。
Adopting advance servo motcontrol system makes the machine canute computerized precisely.
采用先进的伺服控制系统，让机器可以准确无误地执行计算机指令。
"Great Canute, you are the monarch of all, " another would sing. "Nothing in this world dares to disobey you. "
接着另一个则说：“伟大的克努特，您是万王之王，世界上没有任何事物敢违抗您。”
Then Canute took off his crown, and threw it down upon the sand.
这时克努特摘下他的王冠，扔在沙滩上。
The entertainment industry"s Canute-like efforts to turn back the future to maintain the past simply won"t work.
娱乐产业固执地试图维持过去的状态，阻止向前发展，不过这并不会奏效。
As King Canute showed to his courtiers, we cannot stop the tide from coming in; we can try, but it will only carry us away.
就如同克努特国王向他的朝臣所说的，我们不能制止潮汐的开始，但是我们能够尝试，最后，它可能将我们冲走。
When Ethebred"s death left no strong Saxon successor, the Witan chose Canute the Danish leader, as king in.
埃塞尔雷德死后没有留下有实力的撒克逊继承人，于是贤人会议选择了丹麦首领克努特为国王。
C. Canute divided power between Danes and Saxons.
他在丹麦人与撒克逊人之间划分权利
A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England.
一个很好的例子是关于十二世纪丹麦和英国的国王克努特的传说。