She seldom schemed, but when she did scheme, her plans showed rather the comprehensive strategy of a general than the small arts called womanish, though she could utter oracles of Delphian ambiguity when she did not choose to be direct.

她很少谋划，但一旦有了计划，她计划显示出一种将帅全盘战略，而不是妇道人家微小计谋，不过当她不愿直截了当考虑，她却往往能说出特尔斐那样模棱两可神谕来。

Then the Pythia disappears into her oracular chamber known as the adyton.

随后，皮媞亚进入了名为阿底顿神谕内殿里。

That I may be sure whence my oracle came.

这样我能够确信我神谕来自何处。

An Oracle's time isn't cheap, you know?

神谕者间很宝贵 你们知道吗?

To figure out whether he should avenge his father or spare his mother, he asked the Oracle of Delphi what he should do and in response, the Oracle told him his duty was to avenge his father.

为了弄清楚他是应该为父亲报仇还是饶恕亲，他问特尔斐神谕他该怎么做，神谕告诉他，他职责是为父亲报仇。

The shrine was known as the Delphic Oracle, and at difficult moments of their lives Greeks from everywhere made pilgrimages to Delphi, to consult the god Apollo.

这片有名圣地叫德尔神谕，在各种艰难处境下各地希腊人都来地朝圣，询问阿波罗神。

In one of his early campaigns in Egypt, he visited the oracle of the god Amon, and there the oracle named him not just the rightful pharaoh of Egypt, but a god.

在早期征服埃及战争中，他曾向阿蒙神寻求神谕，神谕称他为法老和天神。

But when it turned out that this person was unable to give Socrates satisfactory answers to his questions, Socrates realized that the oracle had been right.

但是当人也无法给他一个满意答案，苏格拉底便知道神谕是对。

By the next century, the name had morphed into the title of sibyl, and was given to all oracles who made prophecies and relayed messages from the gods.

到了下个纪，这个名字演变成了西比尔，用来指代所有预言和传达神谕神谕者。

An oracle was a message about the future. The same word could also mean the person, place, or voice that brought the message.

神谕是有关未来信息。这个词也可以指带来信息人、地点或声音。

That oracle had taken a few days to consider whether by so doing Miss Matty would forfeit her right to the privileges of society in Cranford.

为了下达这道神谕，贾米森夫人花了几天间考虑，马蒂小姐做生意是否会让她丧失在克兰福德上流社会中地位和特权。

They did not always know what they were saying. So it seems that the oracle was simply the result of drug-affected minds.

她们并不总是知道自己在说什么。神谕似乎只是因大脑受药物影响而产生。

So while consultations continue, the Oracle-in-training sets off to collect wood for the temple's eternal flame.

所以在神谕继续进行候，身为先知学徒她前去为神庙里不灭圣火收集木柴。

In the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, people would seek the future in an " oracle" .

在古希腊和罗马界，人们会在“神谕”中寻找未来。

Cadmus and his men did as the oracle said, then ventured into the nearby forest for supplies.

卡德摩斯和他手下遵照神谕，然后冒险进入附近森林寻找补给。

If not, travelers from as far away as modern-day Sicily, Egypt, and Afghanistan will have to wait an entire month to consult the Oracle again.

如果不然，那从现代西西里、埃及和阿富汗远道而来旅人必须等上足足一个月才能再次拜问神谕。

Cadmus journeyed to the sacred Oracle of Delphi to plead for help, where he was told to find and follow a sacred, wild cow.

卡德摩斯前往神圣德尔神谕寻求帮助，神谕让他找到一头神圣野牛，并尾随其后。

It was the site of the oracle of Apollo, god of the sun.

它是太阳神阿波罗神谕所在地。

Truly, their experiences are like oracles or prophecies.

诚然， 他们经历就像神谕或预言。

And every once in a while, the oracle herself speaks to me.

每隔一段间，神谕就会对我说话。