alchemy
英 [ˈælkəmi]
美 [ˈælkəmi]
n. 炼金术(见于中世纪，企图把普通金属炼成黄金); (改变事物的)神秘力量，魔力
BNC.22179 / COCA.17003
牛津词典
noun
- 炼金术（见于中世纪，企图把普通金属炼成黄金）
a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages which involved trying to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold - （改变事物的）神秘力量，魔力
a mysterious power or magic that can change things
柯林斯词典
- 炼金术；炼丹术
Alchemywas a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold. - N-UNCOUNT （改变事物的）魔力
Alchemyis the power to change or create things in a way which seems mysterious and magical.- Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.
让我们想象通过某种政治魔力能使人人平等。
- Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.
英英释义
noun
- a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
- the way two individuals relate to each other
- their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other
- a mysterious alchemy brought them together
双语例句
- Alchemy? I'm not familiar with that word.
炼金术？这个词我不熟。 - Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.
理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。 - A key lesson of this crisis is the danger of insufficient capital and the risks of alchemy.
资金不足的危险和“魔力”的风险是这场危机的一个重要教训。 - Golden dreams are filled with magic and alchemy.
金色梦想充满了魔力和魔法。 - This is our alchemy and our golden goose.
这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。 - This statement is the fundamental axiom that distinguished chemistry from alchemy.
这个论述是化学区别于炼金术的基本定律。 - Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.
炼金术为现代化学铺了路。 - Jung felt that alchemy was the connection between the ancient world of the Gnostics and the modern era, which would see the return of sophia.
容格感觉到炼金术是古代诺斯替世界和现代纪元两者之间的媒介，也将看到了索菲娅的回归。 - But faith in the financial alchemy of this single currency has spectacularly crumbled, just as faith in those CDOs fell apart.
但人们对这一单一货币金融魔力的信仰已经惊人地崩溃了，正如对CDO的信仰也已土崩瓦解一样。 - I could make an Alchemy skill check. Silence.
我会做一个炼金术技能检定。安静。