Delphic

基本解释

The occupant of the Oval Office had to be “a combination of scoutmaster, Delphic oracle, hero of the silver screen and father of the multitudes,” he said.
想要入主白宫，就必须练就一身“合体功夫”，同时成为“童子军团长，特尔斐神谕，银幕英雄和国父等多个角色”。
Plenty of people came from further afield, like the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, with a Delphic slogan: “We would rather sweat in peace than bleed in war.
许多人都是从大老远的地方跑来，像打着神谕标语：“我们另可在和平中洒汗也不愿在战争中流血。” 的印度天主教会。
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。

The Delphic Oracle is interpreted by Socrates at least to command engaging with others in philosophical conversation.
苏格拉底如此解译德尔菲神谕,至少是为了要能够,和其它人进行哲学对话。
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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。
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So, goes to -- he's a barbarian, but the barbarians came to the Delphic Oracle too, because you want to know what the gods want.
因此,他去了,虽然他是个暴君,但是暴君也得去神示所,因为他想知道神想要什么
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Monetary-policy announcements from Beijing are still not as important as the Delphic words of Alan Greenspan, the Fed's chairman.
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