Last year the art critics lauded him as a master, but he turned out to be a nine days』 wonder.
Wonder是哪種奇蹟？
Nine days』 wonder字面含義是「持續了九天的奇蹟」，通常翻譯為成語「曇花一現」。
The earliest recorded use of the phrase came fromWilliam Kemp, an Elizabethan comic actor, who in 1600 did a Morris dance over the 130 miles from London toNorwich. His account of his nine-day dance-athon was titledKemp's Nine Daies Wonder, which would suggest that the phrase had been well in vogue before Kemp used it.
另有說法是，nine days』 wonder在英國小說家喬叟（Geoffrey Chaucer）的傳奇詩《特羅勒斯與克麗西德》中就出現了：「For wonder last but nine nights never in toune."意思是，「奇蹟只能持續九天」。
傑弗雷·喬叟
還有一種解釋。16世初，英國作家海伍德（John Heywood）曾經說過一句話：A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open。意思是說小貓小狗，乃至於許多哺乳動物，一出生就是閉目數日的。似乎它們都在幻想，等待第一道光的來到，以便睜開眼，好好地看這個大千世界。
那為什麼是九天? 不是三天、五天？這或許是因為九在西方是一個神秘數字而取用，就如同他們的諺語：a cat has nine life 貓有九命一樣。
Wonder的用法
It's wonderful to see you!
Wonder是哪種奇蹟？
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