- A myth is a story that’s told again and again and serves to explain why something is the way it is. A creation myth, for example, is a story that tells how the world came into being.
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- n. 神话；虚构的人，虚构的事
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1. It's only a myth.
这不过是个神话。
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2. What is myth?
神话是什么？
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3. Why do we continue to indulge the myth that the fabulous wealth generated by this mode of production will in the fullness of time become available to all?
我们为什么要继续沉溺于由这种生产方式产生的巨大的财富在时机成熟时将成为所有人都可以拥有的这个神话呢？
- myth (n.) 1830, from French Mythe (1818) and directly from Modern Latin mythus, from Greek mythos "speech, thought, story, myth, anything delivered by word of mouth," of unknown origin.
myth / mɪθ ; NAmE mɪθ / noun [countable , uncountable ] 1 a story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people; this type of story 神话；神话故事 SYN legend ◆ ancient Greek myths 古希腊神话 ◆ a creation myth (= that explains how the world began) 创世的神话 ◆ the heroes of myth and legend 神话和传说中的英雄 2 something that many people believe but that does not exist or is false 虚构的东西；荒诞的说法；不真实的事 SYN fallacy ◆ It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society (= to show that it does not exist). 该消除那种无阶级社会的神话了。 ◆ Contrary to popular myth,women are not worse drivers than men. 都说女人开车比男人差，其实不然。 ☞see also urban myth myth myths myth / mɪθ ; NAmE mɪθ /
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