英汉词典

1.Not straight answers, unfortunately, for Clio, the Muse of history and the only guide we've got, is about as lucid as the Delphic oracle.

遗憾的是，这些问题不会得到直截了当的回答。因为克莱奥，这位司职历史的女神，已经在特尔菲神谕之中为我们清晰的做出了指引。

2.At the end of his life, Rousseau acknowledged that it was not nearly so easy as he had assumed to follow the Delphic oracle's injunction to "know thyself."

在去世前不久，卢梭承认遵从德尔斐神谕的指令—“认识你自己”——根本没有原先想象的容易。

3.Samples from Delphic spring water and from rock from the intersecting faults revealed traces of several chemicals including ethylene.

特尔斐泉水和交叉断层岩石的样本揭示了包括乙烯在内的几种化学物质的痕迹。

4.He presents himself as having been commanded by the Delphic oracle, or the god Apollo, to find out whether he is in truth the wisest of men, as the oracle is reported to have said.

苏格拉底表示自己曾受德尔菲的神谕或阿波罗神的命令，去探询他是否如神谕所说的那样是实际上最智慧的人。

5.Delphic pronouncements; an oracular message.

意义不明确的声明；意义含混的消息。

6.The Delphic story for what it's worth marks a major turning point in Socrates' intellectual biography.

德尔菲神谕事件，不论好坏,都标志着,一个苏格拉底思想传记中的重要转折点。