| 释义 |
●from the subˌlime to the riˈdiculousused to describe a situation in which sth serious, important or of high quality is followed by sth silly, unimportant or of poor quality 从崇高到荒谬；从高尚到低俗；从一个极端到另一个极端◆His works as an artist range from the sublime to the ridiculous, with very little in between.作为一位艺术家，他的作品有高水平的，也有低俗的，但很少有介于二者之间的。 ORIGIN From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step is a translation of a phrase that was first said by Napoleon Bonaparte. “ from the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step ”（从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥）是从拿破仑所说的一句话翻译过来的。 |