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urban myth

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  • n.都市传奇(街谈巷议的传闻或趣事)

复数: urban myths

urban mythurban myth

noun

都市传奇(街谈巷议的传闻或趣事)
a story about an amusing or strange event that is supposed to have happened, which is often repeated and which many people believe is true

also urban legend

urban myth

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    N-COUNT 城市神话(很多人相信但实际上并不真实的离奇故事)
    An urban myth is a strange or surprising story which many people believe, but which is not actually true.

  1. The so-called Porsche effect where an academic launches a venture because his colleague purchased a posh new car from proceeds of the business is an urban myth .

    所谓的保时捷(porsche)效应只是一个都市传奇根据该效应,一名学者之所以创业,是因为他的同事用创业所得购买了一辆豪华新车。

  2. Pretty sure that 's an urban myth .

    那八成只是街头传闻

  3. Surely an urban myth , I hear you cry .

    城市的人啊,我听见你们要哭了。

  4. It is an urban myth .

    这是一个虚构的都市传说。

  5. The fact that HIV virus can penetrate an intact condom is also an urban myth .

    HIV病毒可以穿透完好的安全套也是一个相见传说。

  6. Business requirements become an urban myth , rumored to exist within the organization , but somehow melting away under the light of scrutiny .

    业务需求成了“都市神话”,似乎存在于组织中,但仔细分析却又找不到。

  7. And what 's that about not eating the little black bit at the end because it can cause cancer ? Urban myth or not , I tend to avoid it .

    至于“尾部带黑点的香蕉肉可以致癌”是什么伦理我也不清楚,或许是城里人捏造出的,反正我是不吃的。

  8. The urban myth about cheese causing bad sleep has been disproved by the British Cheese Board , with cheese before bedtime causing no problems for 72 % of a test group .

    关于奶酪导致噩梦的城市传说已经被英国奶酪委员会(BritishCheeseBoard)证明是虚构的。72%的受调查群体睡觉之前食用奶酪没有任何问题。

  9. There is now overwhelming evidence to suggest that menstrual synchrony in humans is no more than a quirk derived from a study using flawed methods that has since turned into an urban myth .

    现在越来越多的证据表明,经期同步只是因为当初研究方法错误,随后成为了一个谣传,实际上它只是一个偶发的事件。

  10. Pasteur 's germ theory of fermentation goes a little deeper than the five second rule , but some researchers in Britain say that rule is not entirely an urban myth . Here 's what they did : they dropped food on the floor for different amounts of time .

    巴斯德的微生物发酵理论相比5秒规则只是稍微深入,但一些英国的研究人员表示这个规则并不完全是一个都市神话。而他们的理论则是:将食物掉在地上滞留不同的时间段。

  11. That is an urban myth . Initially , Hitler wore his mustache long , in the popular handlebar style . But , while fighting in The Great War , it would get in the way of his gas mask . So he trimmed it down to fit . And kept it like that .

    民间传言说,起初,希特勒蓄有长长的络腮胡,然而,在一战期间,他的络腮胡总会妨碍他戴防毒面具,于是他修了修胡子,留成了牙刷式。

  12. An urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor , dirt and germs won 't have much of a chance to contaminate it .

    一种关于食物的都市神话声称,如果食物仅在地上停留几秒钟,灰尘和细菌还没有多少机会去污染它。

  13. Urban relationship myth . Unbelievable fairy tales concocted by women * to make their love lives seem less hopeless .

    女人编织的都会感情神话,好让她们自己的感情生活显得似乎不那么绝望。