Sisyphean
形容词 adj.
发音 sīs'əfēʹən
英文释义
形容词 adj.
-
Incessant or incessantly recurring, but futile.
— Sisyphean task
- Relating to Sisyphus.
词源
From Sisyphus + -ean, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Sisyphus was a Greek mythical figure who was doomed to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, only to have it roll back down again.
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