| 释义 |
遗臭万年yí chòu wàn niánleave a stink for ten thousand year—go down in history as a byword of infamy; be condemned for generations; be cursed forever by posterity;be reviled down the centuries;leave a bad name forever; one’s bad name will go down in history; remain infamous in history
❍ 大丈夫定要流芳后世，不能～！ ((杨植霖《王若飞在狱中》34) A great man should hand down a good name to future generations not a foul reputation.
❍ 既而屈起坐曰： “既不能流芳百世，亦不足复遗臭万载耶！” (刘义庆《世说新语·尤悔》) Then,after crouching and getting up from his seat,he continued，“Even if I can’t let my fragrance be wafted down to later generatio ns,does that mean I’m incapable of leaving behind a stench for ten thousand years?”/如果把他们二人在狱中害死，他不但生前举国唾骂，死后也将～。(姚雪垠《李自成》Ⅱ—808)Wu would be condemned by all if he codoned their murder,and his name would go down in history as such.
❍ 然而又有人来骂了。童子军还在烈士们的輓联上，说他们 “～” (《鲁迅选集》Ⅲ—235) But people are abusing them again. Boy scouts have actually written on the funeral scrolls of the martyrs:“May they stink for ten thousand years!” 遗臭万年leave a stink for ten thousand years—go down in history as a byword of infamy;earn eternal notoriety 遗臭万年yí chòu wàn nián遗：遗留，留下。形容人死后臭名一直流传，永远受到唾骂。go down in history as a byword of infancy, be cursed forever by posterity, remain infamous in history |