| 释义 |
hybris|ˈhaɪbrɪs|
[ad. Gr. ὕβρις.]
= hubris.
1920Public Opinion 27 Aug. 195/2 During one of these the oppressor, possessed of place and power, imagined in his hybris, that he might extend his arm across the ocean. 1929Encycl. Brit. XXII. 53/1 Themis is the servant or companion of Zeus... Her opposite is Hybris (ὕβρις), insolent encroachment upon the rights of others. 1949Horizon Aug. 87 Hybris means believing that you are a god, i.e., that you cannot suffer; pride means a defiant attempt to become a god. 1969Commonweal 22 Aug. 524 America, like all earlier empires, is going to march to the brink of hybris and plunge in. |