Promethean
adjective literary uk/prəˈmiː.θi.ən/ us/prəˈmiː.θi.ən/
普罗米修斯般的，富有反抗精神的
willing to take risks in order to create new things or do things in new ways, like Prometheus, the ancient Greek demigod (= part human and part god) who stole fire from Mount Olympus
His life was that of a Promethean rebel. 他的一生充满了普罗米修斯式的反抗。
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- "The heroic leader," Schlesinger wrote, "has the Promethean responsibility to affirm human freedom against the supposed inevitabilities of history."
- the Promethean daring that sent mortals around the moon
- In 1900, men could aspire to Promethean dreams.
- The task in the Amazon is Promethean; figure out how people can harness fire to clear the land they need, but keep fire out of protected forests.