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单词 Pandora's boxes
释义

Pandora /pan-dōˈrə or -döˈrə/ (Gr myth)

noun

The first woman, made for Zeus so that he might through her punish man for the theft by Prometheus of heavenly fire, given a box which she disobediently opened to release all the ills of human life

ORIGIN: Gr pās, pān all, and dōron a gift

Pandora's box noun

Any source of great and unexpected troubles

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