| 词汇 | sisyphean |
| 词源 | Sisyphean. Endless heartbreaking toil is the lot of anyone en- gaged in Sisyphean labors. The term comes to us from the leg- end of Sisyphus, an ancient king of Corinth, who was sent to Hades for crimes against his subjects and condemned forever to roll a huge stone up a steep hill, only to have it roll downhill when he reached the top, so that he must roll it uphill again in an unending cycle. |
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