怎么理解短语“larger than life”？

 

《祸起萧墙》第7章。

 

原文：

You know how people use the phrase ‘larger than life’? Well, Harry Stanford was really larger than life. If he didn’t exist, you couldn’t have invented him. He was a colossus. He had an amazing energy and ambition.

 

译文：

你知道人们常常使用‘非同凡响’这个词。哈里·斯坦福就是一个真正非同凡响的人物。如果这个世界上没有斯坦福，那么你永远不可能臆想出这样一个人。他是个巨人。他精力过人，野心勃勃。

 

说明：

larger than life：

（1）传奇的、不同凡响的（人物）；

例句：

Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character.

在他的整个职业生涯中，他都是一个非同凡响的人物。

 

The actress played a female politician who was larger than life in the movie.

在这部电影中这位女演员饰演一位具有传奇色彩的女政治家.

 

（2）耀眼的，引人注目的

例句：

Celebrities are always larger than life to their fans.

名人对于粉丝来讲是很耀眼的。

 

（3）比生命更重要；

出于后街男孩的一首著名的歌曲名字。

单曲封面

 

后街男孩（Backstreet Boys）于1999年发行的巅峰专辑《Millennium》专辑中的第二支主打单曲。后街男孩代表作品之一，一首励志的摇滚歌曲，在国内亦十分有名。

这支单曲的MV造价及其昂贵，成本仅次于流行音乐之王（迈克尔杰克逊）的《战栗》。非常推荐一看。

 

歌曲歌词

 

I may run and hide

我可能会边跑边躲

When you're screamin' my name,

当你尖声叫着我名字的时候

all right

是的

But let me tell you now

但是现在让我告诉你

There are prices to fame

名声的背后自有苦衷

all right

是的

All of our time spent in flashes of light

我们所有的时间在镁光灯下流逝

All you people can't you see, can't you see

你们大家难道看不到吗，看不到吗

How your love's affecting our reality

你们的爱是怎么影响着我们的现状

Every time we're down

每当我们失落沮丧

You can make it right

你们可以让一切好起来

And that makes you larger than life

而这让你们比生命更重要

Looking at the crowd

看着那熙熙攘攘的人群

And I see your body sway,

我看到你的身体在摇摆

c'mon

来吧

Wishin' I could thank you in a different way,

多么希望能以一种特别的方式感谢你

c'mon

来吧

'Cause all of your time spent keeps us alive

因为你们全部的付出让我们一路坚持下来

All you people can't you see, can't you see

你们大家难道看不到吗，看不到吗

How your love's affecting our reality

你们的爱是怎么影响着我们的现状

Every time we're down

每当我们失落沮丧

You can make it right

你们可以让一切好起来

And that makes you larger than life

而这让你们比生命更重要

All you people can't you see, can't you see

你们大家难道看不到吗，看不到吗

How your love's affecting our reality

你们的爱是怎么影响着我们的现状

Every time we're down

每当我们失落沮丧

You can make it right

你们可以让一切好起来

And that makes you larger than life

而这让你们比生命更重要

Yeah

耶

every time we're down

每当我们失落沮丧

Yeah

耶

you can make it right

你们可以让一切好起来

Yeah

耶

and that's what makes you larger than life

而这就是为何你们比生命更重要

All you people can't you see, can't you see

你们大家难道看不到吗，看不到吗

How your love's affecting our reality

你们的爱是怎么影响着我们的现状

Every time we're down

每当我们失落沮丧

You can make it right

你们可以让一切好起来

And that makes you larger

而这让你们比生命更重要

that makes you larger

让你们比生命更重要

that makes you larger than life

让你们比生命更重要

 

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