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单词 Frankenstein
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Definition of Frankenstein in English:

Frankenstein

proper nounˈfraŋk(ə)nstʌɪnˈfræŋkənˌstaɪn
  • 1A character in the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein is a scientist who creates and brings to life a manlike monster which eventually turns on him and destroys him; Frankenstein is not the name of the monster itself, as is often assumed.

    弗兰肯斯坦(玛丽·雪莱的小说《弗兰肯斯坦》,又名《现代普罗米修斯》[1818]中的一个角色;科学家弗兰肯斯坦男爵创造了一个人形怪物,并赋之以生命,最终却遭怪物袭击并为其所害;弗兰肯斯坦不是怪物的名字,但常被如此误认)

    1. 1.1as noun A thing that becomes terrifying or destructive to its maker.
      危及(或毁灭)其创造者的事物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Which brings me back to my original point, that the liberal media has, in a sense, become almost a Frankenstein's monster to the Democratic Party.
      • Its critics hypothesize a sadistic world of human crop, engineered super-armies, and Frankenstein's monsters.
      • I think the mixture of big money and bigotry has to be guarded against and fought because now it has become a sort of Frankenstein's monster.
      • It may be tempting to respond to scaremongering stories, about scientists playing God and creating Frankenstein's monster and so on, by hyping the possibilities of science and making promises of miracle cures.
      • It looks like this government has begun to realise that it is - like Frankenstein - threatened by its own creation.
      • People hate to admit it, but the City created most of these corporate Frankensteins.
      • No matter how tight the American grip on this trial, there's a risk that it will turn into a Frankenstein's monster.
      • Research which is quickly developing into an ungainly Frankenstein's monster beyond my control.
      • Obviously, if they're not sufficiently sensitive, yes, you could create a Frankenstein's monster.
      • They were her Frankensteins, and they let her leave with a tiny modicum of dignity.
      • For example, you can explore the novel Frankenstein, its author Mary Shelley, and the scientific discoveries that inspired Shelley to write her popular tale.
      • According to environmental activists worldwide, including a growing community of environmentally aware American consumers, giant biotechnology companies are releasing an increasing number of Frankenstein's monsters into the world food supply.
      • The U.S. has a history of cultivating people who become Frankenstein's monsters.
      • But the demand for immediate profit by investors and rampant political corruption guaranteed that it would be a Frankenstein's monster from the outset.
      • It is a monstrosity reminiscent of Blair's Dome and Frankenstein's monster.
      • In 1818 Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, a warning that we would be destroyed by our own technological hubris.
      • It has been assumed that she constructed the novel in the same way as Frankenstein constructed his monster, with bits culled from many sources.
      • They may live to regret the manufacturing of a Frankenstein's monster that is fast outgrowing its creator's expectations.
      • So the activists' nightmare of massive biotech monopolies dominating the globe is to an extent a Frankenstein's monster of their own creation.

Definition of Frankenstein in US English:

Frankenstein

proper nounˈfraNGkənˌstīnˈfræŋkənˌstaɪn
  • 1A character in the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Shelley. Baron Frankenstein is a scientist who creates and brings to life a manlike monster that eventually turns on him and destroys him.

    弗兰肯斯坦(玛丽·雪莱的小说《弗兰肯斯坦》,又名《现代普罗米修斯》[1818]中的一个角色;科学家弗兰肯斯坦男爵创造了一个人形怪物,并赋之以生命,最终却遭怪物袭击并为其所害;弗兰肯斯坦不是怪物的名字,但常被如此误认)

    1. 1.1as noun a Frankenstein" or "a Frankenstein's monster A thing that becomes terrifying or destructive to its maker.
      危及(或毁灭)其创造者的事物
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It looks like this government has begun to realise that it is - like Frankenstein - threatened by its own creation.
      • Which brings me back to my original point, that the liberal media has, in a sense, become almost a Frankenstein's monster to the Democratic Party.
      • It is a monstrosity reminiscent of Blair's Dome and Frankenstein's monster.
      • It has been assumed that she constructed the novel in the same way as Frankenstein constructed his monster, with bits culled from many sources.
      • Its critics hypothesize a sadistic world of human crop, engineered super-armies, and Frankenstein's monsters.
      • They were her Frankensteins, and they let her leave with a tiny modicum of dignity.
      • Obviously, if they're not sufficiently sensitive, yes, you could create a Frankenstein's monster.
      • They may live to regret the manufacturing of a Frankenstein's monster that is fast outgrowing its creator's expectations.
      • For example, you can explore the novel Frankenstein, its author Mary Shelley, and the scientific discoveries that inspired Shelley to write her popular tale.
      • I think the mixture of big money and bigotry has to be guarded against and fought because now it has become a sort of Frankenstein's monster.
      • In 1818 Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, a warning that we would be destroyed by our own technological hubris.
      • So the activists' nightmare of massive biotech monopolies dominating the globe is to an extent a Frankenstein's monster of their own creation.
      • Research which is quickly developing into an ungainly Frankenstein's monster beyond my control.
      • No matter how tight the American grip on this trial, there's a risk that it will turn into a Frankenstein's monster.
      • People hate to admit it, but the City created most of these corporate Frankensteins.
      • It may be tempting to respond to scaremongering stories, about scientists playing God and creating Frankenstein's monster and so on, by hyping the possibilities of science and making promises of miracle cures.
      • The U.S. has a history of cultivating people who become Frankenstein's monsters.
      • But the demand for immediate profit by investors and rampant political corruption guaranteed that it would be a Frankenstein's monster from the outset.
      • According to environmental activists worldwide, including a growing community of environmentally aware American consumers, giant biotechnology companies are releasing an increasing number of Frankenstein's monsters into the world food supply.
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