汉英词典
MEANING OF 借尸还魂
借尸还魂
(借屍還魂)
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
It is a metaphor that things that have disappeared or declined appear in another form
迷信者认为，人死后可将灵魂附于他人尸体而复活。比喻已经消灭或没落的事物又以另一种形式出现。
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学术争论往往抬出死人压活人：借尸还魂。 Academic controversy often carries a living person of the dead pressing: Revive in a new guise. | ||
奥巴马继承了其父衣钵，这不是说让他借尸还魂，而是拥抱其事业。 Obama takes on his father's struggle, not by recovering his body but by embracing his cause. | ||
