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Cyrus + be + noun phrase
Cyrus 为专有名词，通常不加冠词。
Cyrus was a Persian prince.
赛勒斯是一位波斯王子。
赛勒斯
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
赛勒斯
Cyrus
Cyrus was a Persian prince.
赛勒斯是一位波斯王子。
男子名
赛勒斯(男子名)
n. Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
My friend Cyrus is coming to the party tonight.
我的朋友赛勒斯今晚要来参加聚会。
Cyrus enjoys reading history books about ancient Persia.
赛勒斯喜欢读关于古代波斯的史书。
I met Cyrus at the library yesterday.
我昨天在图书馆遇见了赛勒斯。
Cyrus 为专有名词，通常不加冠词。
Cyrus was a Persian prince.
赛勒斯是一位波斯王子。
此被动结构常用于叙述历史事件。
Cyrus was defeated by his brother Artaxerxes II.
赛勒斯被他的兄弟阿尔塔薛西斯二世击败。
named 放在名词后，表示“名叫……的”。
I met a man named Cyrus at the conference.
我在会议上遇到了一位名叫赛勒斯的男子。
Not this
In the battle, cyrus was defeated by his brother.
Use this
In the battle, Cyrus was defeated by his brother.
英语中人的姓名是专有名词，首字母必须大写。中文没有大小写概念，学习者容易忽略，因此应将“cyrus”改为“Cyrus”。
Not this
The Cyrus was a Persian prince.
Use this
Cyrus was a Persian prince.
人名前不需要加定冠词the。由于中文没有冠词，学习者常会误加，直接使用“Cyrus”即可。
Not this
Cyprus was a Persian prince who was defeated by his brother.
Use this
Cyrus was a Persian prince who was defeated by his brother.
Cyrus（赛勒斯）是人名，而Cyprus（塞浦路斯）是岛国名，二者拼写相近但意义不同。根据上下文，这里应使用表示人名的Cyrus。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
小居鲁士（波斯王子）
Cyrus the Younger rebelled against his brother Artaxerxes II.
小居鲁士反抗其兄阿尔塔薛西斯二世。
居鲁士王子
Prince Cyrus was defeated in battle by his brother's army.
居鲁士王子在战斗中被其兄的军队击败。
居鲁士的战败
The defeat of Cyrus left his brother Artaxerxes II in power.
居鲁士的战败使他的兄长阿尔塔薛西斯二世继续掌权。
居鲁士的军队
Cyrus's army was no match for the king's forces.
居鲁士的军队不是国王军队的对手。
我是赛勒斯……你懂我的意思吗？
In the 1979 cult film The Warriors, Cyrus, the leader of the Gramercy Riffs, uses this rallying cry to unite New York's street gangs.
在1979年的邪典电影《战士帮》中，格拉梅西裂帮的首领赛勒斯用这句话号召纽约各街头帮派联合起来。
Use Cyrus naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
Cyrus 音译‘赛勒斯’：联想赛马场上勒缰绳的斯文男子，记住这是男子名。
语域：neutral 常见场景：历史人物、人名 作为人名或历史人物称谓，通常用于中性叙述，正式或非正式场合均可使用。
没有与 /ˈsaɪərəs/ 完全押韵的常用词；以下是拼写或发音近似的对照。virus /ˈvaɪrəs/ 几乎同音（仅少一个 /ə/ 音节）；papyrus /pəˈpaɪrəs/ 与 cyrus 同以 -yrus 结尾但重音不同；lyre /ˈlaɪər/ 含相同 /aɪər/ 音但不押韵；siren /ˈsaɪrən/、spiral /ˈspaɪrəl/、tyrant /ˈtaɪrənt/ 只共享 /aɪr/ 音，结尾均异。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.