philosopher's stone
英 [fɪˈlɒsəfəz stəʊn]
美 [fəˈlɑsəfərz stoʊn]
n. 魔法石(旧时被认为能使其他金属变为金银或能使人长生不老的仙石)
牛津词典
noun
- 魔法石（旧时被认为能使其他金属变为金银或能使人长生不老的仙石）
an imaginary substance that, in the past, people believed could change any metal into gold or silver, or could make people live for ever
英英释义
noun
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
双语例句
- Did Albus Dumbledore set up events so that Harry Potter would go after the philosopher's stone?
阿不思？邓布利多是否有意安排，使哈利？波特去追寻魔法石？ - And he seeks the Philosopher's Stone.
因此，他在寻找“贤者之石”的下落。 - In particular they sought a fanciful substance called "the elixir of life", a powerful medicine which was to cure all illness, and which some people thought would turn out to be the same substance as" the philosopher's stone ".
他们特别是要寻求一种名为“长生不老”的奇异物质，一种能治百病的灵丹妙药，而且有些人认为事实将证明这种灵丹妙药和“哲人之石”是同一种物质。 - After a bumpy start, the three become best friends and use their respective strengths to save the Philosopher's Stone from Lord Voldemort.
一开始三人明显谈不到一块儿去，但经历过了打倒山怪的出生入死，从此结为挚友，并用三个人的智慧勇气和团结，从伏地魔手中保住了魔法石。 - Cultural Default and Its Translated Strategies& Illustrated with Chinese Version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Translated by Su Nong
文化缺省及其翻译策略&以《哈利·波特与魔法石》苏农汉译本为例浅析《红楼梦》中的文化缺省及其翻译 - Philosopher's stone ( it was formerly believed by alchemists, would change any metal into gold)
点金石（旧时炼金术士认为能使金属变成黄金的物质）。 - The old alchemists sought the philosopher's stone which was to transmute base metals to gold, and an elixir of immortality;
过去的炼金术士试图寻求能把贱金属变为黄金的哲人之石，另外还有长生不老药； - A stone is a stone, but sometimes it can be a philosopher's Stone as in the Harry Potter tale, with magical power to brighten all the gloomy souls with whom it comes in contact.
一块石头就是一块石头，但有时它会变成哈利-波特故事中的魔法石，具有神奇的力量，使所有接触过它的沮丧的心灵都变得欢快起来。 - Power of Philosopher's Stone
魔法石的力量 - An Analysis of Some Mistranslations in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone from the Perspective of Context
从语境角度分析《哈利波特与魔法石》中文版本的误译