1·She was a child prodigy, giving concerts before she was a teenager.
她小时候是个神童,十三岁以前就在音乐会上登台表演了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·In his drunken enthusiasm, Melchior conceived the idea of creating a musical prodigy.
在酒后的狂热中,他动了要创造一个音乐神童的念头。
3·Like a wrathful prodigy, Heather, beloved of someone, managed, in her great sadness-fuelled rage, to disassemble the chair while continuing to drive her head into the wall.
被什么人爱着的茜丝,就像一个愤怒的神童,在巨大的悲伤所导致的狂怒之中,一边拆卸着座椅,一边继续往墙上撞自己的头。
4·You cannot depict a saint-like Amadeus, the music prodigy, as all giggles and antics. It has to be a one-dimensional portrayal.
例如你不能用很多的搞笑和滑稽场面来描绘音乐神童莫扎特吧,你只能用一维的效果来塑造传记人物。
5·Cowboy, soldier, hunter, naturalist, reformer, rancher, and a prolific author — it's probably more appropriate to refer to Teddy Roosevelt as "prodigy." Full stop.
牛仔,士兵,猎人,博学者,改革家,农产工人,亦是位多产的作家——或者称泰迪·罗斯福为“神童”更合适。