Frankenstein

noun

/ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/

(also Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein monster)

used to talk about something that somebody creates or invents that goes out of control and becomes dangerous, often destroying the person who created it失控的受造物（常毁灭创造者）
- The organization has now become a Frankenstein monster beyond the control of the people who created it.该组织现在已经成为一个弗兰肯斯坦怪物，超出了创建它的人的控制。
- If you were going to do a Frankenstein and put a swimmer together from scratch, you would build Michael Phelps.如果你要做一个科学怪人，把一个游泳运动员从头组装起来，你会造出迈克尔·菲尔普斯。
- Can genetic engineering shake off its Frankenstein image?基因工程能否摆脱弗兰肯斯坦形象？
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- Alice in Wonderland
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- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
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词源From the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist called Frankenstein makes a creature from pieces of dead bodies and brings it to life.

词汇	Frankenstein
释义	Frankenstein noun /ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/ /ˈfræŋkənstaɪn/ (also Frankenstein’s monster, Frankenstein monster) used to talk about something that somebody creates or invents that goes out of control and becomes dangerous, often destroying the person who created it失控的受造物（常毁灭创造者） The organization has now become a Frankenstein monster beyond the control of the people who created it.该组织现在已经成为一个弗兰肯斯坦怪物，超出了创建它的人的控制。 If you were going to do a Frankenstein and put a swimmer together from scratch, you would build Michael Phelps.如果你要做一个科学怪人，把一个游泳运动员从头组装起来，你会造出迈克尔·菲尔普斯。 Can genetic engineering shake off its Frankenstein image?基因工程能否摆脱弗兰肯斯坦形象？ More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland Casanova Cassandra Don Juan Dorian Gray Falstaffian Frankenstein Jekyll and Hyde Lilliputian Lothario Orwellian Pandora’s box Peter Pan Pied Piper Pollyanna Rip Van Winkle Ruritanian Scrooge Shangri-La Sherlock Stepford Wife Svengali Tweedledum and Tweedledee Utopia Walter Mitty Topics Dangerc2 词源From the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in which a scientist called Frankenstein makes a creature from pieces of dead bodies and brings it to life.
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