Faustian

Faustian什么意思,Faustian翻译

基本解释

adj.: 浮士德式的（交易或协议）（为获得财富、成功或权力而不择手段）
网络: 本意识

权威解释

• 浮士德式的（交易或协议）（为获得财富、成功或权力而不择手段）:

  an agreement in which sb agrees to do sth bad or dishonest, in return for money, success or power

例句

• That was the bargain he struck in 2007, a bargain that would be hard to call Faustian: the end was clear from the beginning.

  那是他在2007年做的一笔交易，一笔很难称之为浮士德式的交易：结局从一开始就已明了。

• This Faustian bargain would be acceptable if only to stabilize what now appears to be an even more dangerous deflationary debt liquidation.

  只有在稳住了看似非常危险，并可能带来通货紧缩的债务清算，我们才可能接受这个浮士德交易。

• But in a moment of faustian proportions, I pretended to be straight.

  但在一个浮士德式的比例时刻，我假装连败。

• The arc of my upward mobility has come with a Faustian downside.

  我的向上流动的弧线拿出一个浮士德式的缺点。

• The relationship between the Vatican and Rome"s German occupiers was, Mr. Katz says, a Faustian pact.

  凯兹说，梵蒂冈和罗马的德国占领者之间是一种浮士德式的契约关系。

• His work will help Chinese officials understand the "Faustian bargain" in which they are engaged with the U. S.

  他的作品将帮助中国官员明白他们与美国所做的“浮士德交易”。