juggernaut
juggernaut 英 [ˈdʒʌgənɔ:t] 美 [ˈdʒʌgərnɔt]
n. 世界主宰；强大的破坏力
名词复数:juggernauts
- Juggernaut means a massive force. If the army marching into your country is a juggernaut, you're doomed. If you're trying to market a new Cola product, you're up against corporate giant Coca-Cola, a beverage juggernaut if ever there was one.
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- n. 世界主宰；强大的破坏力
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1. But no one has yet come up with a way to halt this military-industrial juggernaut.
但到现在为止，没有人能够想出一个办法让军事工业的“战车”暂停下来。
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2. In fact, they succeeded beyond anyone’s wildest expectations, transforming the region into an export juggernaut and a model for the rest of China.
但事实上，改革的成功超出了所有人最大胆的期许，这个地区成为了出口巨头和中国其他地区的榜样。
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3. Emotions tend not to be situation specific, so a small win, whether it is a compliment from a colleague or finishing two thirds of your tasks before noon can turn you into a juggernaut.
情绪不会表现得很具体，因此一次小小的成功，无论是同事祝贺还是中午前就完成了任务的三分之二，都会让人你处于一种自我陶醉的状态。
- juggernaut (n.) "an idea, custom, fashion, etc., that demands either blind devotion or merciless sacrifice," 1854, a figurative use of Juggernaut, 1630s (Iaggernat), "huge wagon bearing an image of the god Krishna," especially that at the town of Puri, drawn annually in procession during which (apocryphally) devotees allowed themselves to be crushed under its wheels in sacrifice. Altered from Jaggernaut, a title of Krishna (an incarnation of Vishnu), from Hindi Jagannath, literally "lord of the world."
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