juggernaut
美音:
[´dʒʌgə´nɔt
]英音:
[´dʒʌgə´nɔt
]n.Krishna 神像,使人盲目崇
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juggernaut为短语/超纲词汇
juggernaut
/'dʒʌgənɔ:t; `dʒʌˇɚ,nɔt/
n
1 (Brit esp derog 尤作贬义) very large articulated lorry 重型铰接卡车
*juggernauts roaring through our country villages 隆隆驶过我们村庄的重型铰接卡车.
2 large, powerful and destructive force or institution 强大的破坏力; 有毁灭力量的机构
*the juggernaut of bureaucracy 官僚作风的严重危害.
juggernaut
n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Hindi;Origin: Jagannath, title of the god Vishnu; from the belief that people who worshiped him threw themselves under the wheels of a large carriage with his image on it]
BrE a very large vehicle that carries goods over long distances
American Equivalent: semi
a very powerful force, organization etc whose effect or influence cannot be stopped
the juggernaut of industrialization