urban myth

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  • n.都市传奇（街谈巷议的传闻或趣事）
  • Web都市神话；城市神话；都市迷思
Plural Form：urban myths  

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urban myth
n.
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都市传奇（街谈巷议的传闻或趣事）a story about an amusing or strange event that is supposed to have happened, which is often repeated and which many people believe is true

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Business requirements become an urban myth, rumored to exist within the organization, but somehow melting away under the light of scrutiny.
业务需求成了“都市神话”，似乎存在于组织中，但仔细分析却又找不到。
yè wù xū qiú chéng le " dū shì shén huà " , sì hū cún zài yú zǔ zhī zhōng , dàn zǐ xì fēn xī què yòu zhǎo bù dào 。
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"It's one of those urban myth things, " NASA spokesman John Ira Petty told MSNBC News.
美国航天航空宇航局发言人约翰·艾拉·佩蒂告诉MSNBC新闻：“这只是那些都市传言之一。”
měi guó háng tiān háng kōng yǔ háng jú fā yán rén yuē hàn · ài lā · pèi dì gào su MSNBC xīn wén : " zhè zhǐ shì nà xiē dū shì chuán yán zhī yī 。 "
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I suspect that Dr. Patel is a fictitious character and the "medical school story" another example of an urban myth.
我猜想“帕特尔教授”是一位虚构的人物，而“医学院故事”是城市神话的另一个例子。
wǒ cāi xiǎng " pà tè ěr jiào shòu " shì yī wèi xū gòu de rén wù , ér " yī xué yuàn gù shi " shì chéng shì shén huà de lìng yī gè lì zǐ 。
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Some sources say it can be used to make a devastating, pure nuclear fusion bomb. Others say it's an urban myth.
有消息称红水银可以用来制造具有毁灭性的热核弹，而有的消息则指出这不过是一个都市神话，并不可靠。
yǒu xiāo xi chēng hóng shuǐ yín kě yǐ yòng lái zhì zào jù yǒu huǐ miè xìng de rè hé dàn , ér yǒu de xiāo xi zé zhǐ chū zhè bú guò shì yī gè dū shì shén huà , bìng bù kě kào 。
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While cryonics is a genuine field of research, the claim that Disney went in for it is an urban myth.
因为人体冷冻法是一个全新领域的研究，迪斯尼冷冻自己的要求成为了一个都市神话。
yīn wèi rén tǐ lěng dòng fǎ shì yī gè quán xīn lǐng yù de yán jiū , dí sī ní lěng dòng zì jǐ de yào qiú chéng wèi le yī gè dū shì shén huà 。
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It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress.
有一个著名的笑话就是说法国人不相信银行而且把他们的钱藏在床垫之下。
yǒu yī gè zhù míng de xiào huà jiù shì shuō fǎ guó rén bù xiāng xìn yín háng ér qiě bǎ tā men de qián cáng zài chuáng diàn zhī xià 。
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And what's that about not eating the little black bit at the end because it can cause cancer? Urban myth or not, I tend to avoid it.
另外，不是还有什么“别吃那点黑尾巴，因为它会致癌”一说吗？不管是否城市人的危言耸听，我都选择不吃。
lìng wài , bú shì hái yǒu shén me " bié chī nà diǎn hēi wěi ba , yīn wèi tā huì zhì ái " yī shuō ma ? bù guǎn shì fǒu chéng shì rén de wēi yán sǒng tīng , wǒ dōu xuǎn zé bù chī 。
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It is an urban myth.
这是一个虚构的都市传说。
zhè shì yī gè xū gòu de dū shì chuán shuō 。
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