Lethe

基本解釋

Looking like Lethe, see! the lake.
就像被遺忘，看??！湖水。
Lethe means it is impossible to forget at all.
他的作品叫“遺忘”，只是表明他無法遺忘。
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As a close relative being far away, it raises more longing for and care, not lethe .
正如一位至親的親人遠離我們，那會喚起我們更多的思念和關(guān)愛，而不是遺忘。

Standing in the Lethe of Milton's hell is none other than the classical figure, the figure from classical mythology, Medusa.
站在彌爾頓筆下的忘川河畔正是,那個源自神話的經(jīng)典人物美杜莎。
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One of these little details that Milton has lifted rather directly is that of the river Lethe, the river of oblivion that was believed to flow in the underworld.
其中彌爾頓直接盜用的一個小細節(jié),是遺忘之河，即忘川,忘川被認為在地獄流淌。
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It's a fantasy, of course, because no such brainwashing is going to be possible, just as the fallen angels - if you look at line 607 - will be barred from drinking their fill of the river Lethe, forgetfulness is impossible.
當然這是一次幻想，因為這種洗腦,根本就不可能實現(xiàn)，就如同那些墮落天使一般,如果看第607行7,他們被禁止喝忘川之水，遺忘是不可能的。
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In Greek mythology drinking from the river Lethe erases memories of a past life.
FORBES: Oblivion in a Pill