英语词汇“sorcerer's apprentice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sorcerer's apprentice

noun

A person who instigates a process or project which they are then unable to control.Now the liberals found themselves in the position of the sorcerer's apprentice, unable to control the forces they had unleashed to make their lives easier....

Karl Marx once compared capitalism to the sorcerer's apprentice, who unleashed amazing powers outside his control.
He then directed his squad of sorcerer's apprentices in Santa Monica to build scores of models that interpreted and expanded on his sketches.

Origin

Translating French l'apprenti sorcier, a symphonic poem (1897) by Paul Dukas, suggested by German der Zauberlehrling (1797), a poem by Goethe.

单词	sorcerer's apprentice
释义	sorcerer's apprentice noun A person who instigates a process or project which they are then unable to control.Now the liberals found themselves in the position of the sorcerer's apprentice, unable to control the forces they had unleashed to make their lives easier.... Karl Marx once compared capitalism to the sorcerer's apprentice, who unleashed amazing powers outside his control. He then directed his squad of sorcerer's apprentices in Santa Monica to build scores of models that interpreted and expanded on his sketches. Origin Translating French l'apprenti sorcier, a symphonic poem (1897) by Paul Dukas, suggested by German der Zauberlehrling (1797), a poem by Goethe.
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