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，不过当她不愿直截了当时作此考虑时，她却往往能说出特尔斐那样模棱两可的。

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的内殿里。

That I may be sure whence my oracle came.

这样我能够确信我的何处。

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

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.

为了弄清楚他是应该为父亲报仇还是饶恕亲，他问特尔斐的他该怎么做，告诉他，他的职责是为父亲报仇。

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.

这片有名的圣地叫德尔，在各种艰难处境下各地的希腊人都此地朝圣，询问阿波罗。

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，他曾向阿蒙寻求，称他为法老和天。

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他一个满意的答案时，苏格拉底便知道是对的。

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.

到了下个世纪，这个名字演变成了西比尔，用指代所有预言和传达的者。

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

是有关未的信息。这个词也可以指带信息的人、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.

为了下达这道，贾米森夫人花了几天时间考虑，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.

她们并不总是知道己在说什么。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.

所以在继续进行的时候，身为先知学徒的她前去为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“”中寻找未。

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

卡德摩斯和他的手下遵照，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的旅人必须等上足足一个月才能再次拜问。

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

卡德摩斯前往圣的德尔寻求帮助，让他找到一头圣的野牛，并尾随其后。

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

它是太阳阿波罗的所在地。

Truly, their experiences are like oracles or prophecies.

诚然， 他们的经历就像或预言。

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

每隔一段时间，就会对我说话。