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the myth of [noun]
The myth of Hercules is well-known in Greek mythology.
赫拉克勒斯的神话在希腊神话中广为人知。
神话
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
神话
myth
The myth of Hercules is well-known in Greek mythology.
赫拉克勒斯的神话在希腊神话中广为人知。
体现对某些事实或现象的信仰的传统故事,通常自然力量和灵魂被人格化；关于神、英雄、世界或民族起源的神圣叙述
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
被接受为历史的传统故事；用于解释一个民族的世界观
a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
作为一种体裁的此类故事
Such stories as a genre.
普遍持有但错误的信念,常见的误解；虚构或想象的人或事物；对真实人物或事件的理想化或夸大的流行观念
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
The teacher told us an ancient Greek myth about the sun god.
老师给我们讲了一个关于太阳神的古希腊神话。
Many cultures have a creation myth that explains how the world began.
许多文化都有解释世界如何起源的创世神话。
In class, we compared the flood myths from different countries.
在课堂上，我们比较了不同国家的洪水神话。
The myth of Hercules is well-known in Greek mythology.
赫拉克勒斯的神话在希腊神话中广为人知。
The myth that eating carrots improves night vision has been debunked.
吃胡萝卜能改善夜视的谬论已被揭穿。
It is a myth that humans use only 10% of their brains.
人类只使用了10%大脑的说法是一个误解。
Not this
It is myth.
Use this
It is a myth.
中文中“神话”常是泛指，但英语中myth是可数名词，表示一个具体的传说时需加不定冠词a。
Not this
There are many myth about ancient gods.
Use this
There are many myths about ancient gods.
myth是可数名词，复数形式为myths，表示多个神话时需加-s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
古老的神话
Many ancient myths explain natural phenomena.
许多古老的神话解释了自然现象。
希腊神话
Greek myths are full of gods and heroes.
希腊神话充满了神和英雄。
都市传说
That story about alligators in sewers is just an urban myth.
那个关于下水道里有鳄鱼的故事只是一个都市传说。
破除迷思
The article aims to dispel the myth that eating carrots improves eyesight.
这篇文章旨在破除吃胡萝卜能改善视力的迷思。
流行的迷思
The popular myth that we only use 10% of our brains has been debunked.
我们只使用了大脑10%的这个流行迷思已被揭穿。
创造神话
The media helped create the myth of a perfect celebrity life.
媒体帮助创造了完美名人生活的神话。
打破神话，戳穿谎言
The documentary busts the myth that all sharks are dangerous.
这部纪录片打破了所有鲨鱼都很危险的神话。
延续神话，使谬误流传
Social media often perpetuates the myth that success comes overnight.
社交媒体常常延续成功一夜之间就能实现的神话。
……的神话（指普遍的误解）
The myth of multitasking has been debunked by science.
多任务处理的神话已被科学揭穿。
神话比历史更重要
Joseph Campbell, in his book 'The Power of Myth', argues that myth is more important than history.
约瑟夫·坎贝尔在他的书《神话的力量》中认为神话比历史更重要。
这是一个神话，这是一个神话/你仍然是他们想念的那个人。
From the song 'Myth' by Beach House, the lyrics suggest that the idea of being missed is a myth.
来自Beach House的歌曲《Myth》，歌词暗示被怀念的想法是一个神话。
Use myth naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想中文'迷思'(mí sī)，意为误导的想法，与myth'虚构之事'对应。
neutral; contexts: mythology, everyday figurative use; note_zh: 本词有两个常用义：一是‘神话’（用于神话传说），二是‘虚构的事/人’（多用于日常讨论）。两种用法均常见，前者更正式，后者较口语化。
Words that rhyme with 'myth' (same /ɪθ/ ending): pith, with, kith, smith. Warning: words spelled similarly but pronounced differently: math (/æθ/), moth (/ɔːθ/), month (/ʌnθ/).
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