Mephistopheles

[,mefi'stɔfili:z]

(noun.) evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul.

编辑:陌莉--From WordNet

n. the name of the devil in Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and Goethe's Faust.—adj. Mephistophē′lean cynical scoffing malicious.

录入:玛格利特

As if he were of the Mephistopheles family indeed, and had walked with a drooping tail. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
Possibly, like Mephistopheles in Faust, he may retaliate on his adversaries. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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