apollo
apollo — 名詞
1. a major figure in the old stories of ancient Greece and Rome — a young, handsome
阿波羅
希臘羅馬神話中掌管太陽、音樂與預言的神
a major figure in the old stories of ancient Greece and Rome — a young, handsome god whose powers cover the sun, music, poetry, healing, and the foretelling of future events.
At the temple in Delphi, priests once asked Apollo for advice about the future.
在德爾菲的神廟裡，祭司們以前會向阿波羅請示未來的事。
proper noun referring to the Greek god
Greek poets often called on Apollo before reciting their songs at festivals.
古希臘詩人在節慶上吟唱前，常會先向阿波羅祈求靈感。
Apollo as patron of music and poetry
Statues of Apollo in the museum showed a young man holding a golden lyre.
博物館裡的阿波羅雕像呈現一位手持金色豎琴的年輕男子。
Sick travellers prayed to Apollo, hoping the god would ease their fevers.
生病的旅人會向阿波羅祈禱，希望這位神能幫他們退燒。
用法筆記
Always capitalised and used without an article, since Apollo is a personal name. Often appears in fixed phrases like 'temple of Apollo' or 'Apollo and the Muses'.
常見錯誤
2. the name given by NASA to the United States space project of the 1960s and early
阿波羅計畫
美國NASA的載人登月太空計畫
the name given by NASA to the United States space project of the 1960s and early 1970s that sent astronauts to the Moon, with each mission numbered (Apollo 11, Apollo 13, and so on).
In July 1969, Apollo 11 carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon.
1969年7月，阿波羅11號將阿姆斯壯與艾德林送上了月球。
Apollo + mission number
Engineers at NASA still study the Apollo missions to learn about deep-space travel.
美國太空總署的工程師至今仍在研究阿波羅任務，以學習深太空旅行的相關知識。
attributive use: Apollo missions
The Apollo program ended in 1972 after the final landing by Apollo 17.
阿波羅計畫在阿波羅17號完成最後一次登月後，於1972年結束。
My grandfather kept a model of the Apollo spacecraft on his bookshelf for fifty years.
我祖父在書架上擺著一個阿波羅太空船的模型，一放就是五十年。
文法句型
Apollo + number (Apollo 11)
用法筆記
Used attributively before nouns like 'mission', 'program', 'spacecraft', or directly with a number. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense almost always appears with 'the' or with a number, while the god sense never does.