masc. proper name, in Old Testament, the Hittite husband of Bathsheba; of non-Hebrew (possibly Horite) origin, but explained by folk etymology as Hebrew Uriyyah, literally "flame of the Lord." Uriah Heep, character from Dickens' "David Copperfield" (1850) sometimes is invoked as the type of a hypocritically humble person.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Dickens incarnated hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep.
狄更斯把虛偽體現(xiàn)在他塑造的人物賴亞·赫普身上.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.
你就說(shuō), 你的仆人赫人烏利亞也死了.
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3. And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.
祭司烏利亞就照著亞哈斯王所吩咐的行了.
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4. Does Uriah exercise the same influence over Mr. Wickfield still, Agnes?
烏利亞現(xiàn)在仍跟以前一樣,什么都讓維克菲先生聽(tīng)他的嗎,愛(ài)格妮?
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5. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.