katabasis中文什么意思

n.
1.【希腊史】“大败退”〔据希腊历史学家色诺芬 (Xenophone)所写《希腊远征波斯记》 (the Anabasis) 记载，追随波斯王塞鲁士(Cyrus)的希腊雇用军战败后大举向海边撤退，史称“大败退”〕。
2.〔k-〕 (pl. -ses ) (军队的)撤退。

百科释义

Katabasis, or catabasis, (from Greek κατ?, "down" βα?νω "go") is a descent of some type, such as moving downhill, or the sinking of the winds or sun, a military retreat, or a trip to the underworld or a trip from the interior of a country down to the coast. There exist multiple related meanings in poetry, rhetoric, and modern psychology.