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，但一旦有计划，她的计划显示出一种将帅的全盘战略，而不是妇道人家的微小计谋，不过当她不愿直截当时作此考虑时，她却往往能说出特尔斐那样模棱两可的神谕来。

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

随后，皮媞亚进入名阿底顿的神谕内殿里。

That I may be sure whence my oracle came.

这样我能够确信我的神谕来自何处。

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

神谕者的时间很宝贵的 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.

弄清楚是应该父亲报仇还是饶恕亲，问特尔斐的神谕该怎么做，神谕，的职责是父亲报仇。

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.

这片有名的圣地叫德尔菲神谕，在各种艰难处境下各地的希腊人都来此地朝圣，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.

在早期征服埃及的战争中，曾向阿蒙神寻求神谕，神谕称法老和天神。

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.

但是当此人也无法给一个满意的答案时，苏格拉底便知道神谕是对的。

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.

到下个世纪，这个名字演变成西比尔，用来指代所有预言和传达神谕的神谕者。

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

神谕是有关未来的信息。这个词也可以指带来信息的人、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.

下达这道神谕，贾米森夫人花几天时间考虑，马蒂小姐做生意是否会让她丧失在克兰福德上流社会中的地位和特权。

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的时候，身先知学徒的她前去神庙里的不灭圣火收集木柴。

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

在古希腊和罗马世界，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.

卡德摩斯和的手下遵照神谕，然后冒险进入附近的森林寻找补给。

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，那从现代的西西里、埃及和阿富汗远道而来的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.

卡德摩斯前往神圣的德尔菲神谕寻求帮助，神谕让找到一头神圣的野牛，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的所在地。

Truly, their experiences are like oracles or prophecies.

诚然， 们的经历就像神谕或预言。

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

每隔一段时间，神谕就会对我说话。