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When someone crosses the Rubicon, they do a thing that cannot be undone, and the future will be different because of it.
When someone crosses the Rubicon當有人cross the Rubicon越過盧比孔河, they do a thing that cannot be undone他們做的是一件無法挽回的事, and the future will be different because of it而未來也會因此而不同。
The name is a real small river in northern Italy. In 49 BC, Julius Caesar marched his army across it, which Roman law forbade. That step began a civil war; there was no going back. He is said to have remarked that the die was cast.
The name這個名字is a real small river in northern Italy是義大利北部一條真實存在的小河。In 49 BC西元前49年, Julius Caesar Julius Caesar凱撒大帝marched his army across it率軍越過了它, which Roman law forbade這是羅馬法律所禁止的。That step那一步began a civil war開啟了一場內戰; there was no going back再也回不去了。He is said to have remarked據說他當時說了that the die was cast「骰子已經擲下」這句話。
English kept the story as a picture: a Rubicon is that line you step over. You almost always meet it in the phrase 'cross the Rubicon,' not as a verb on its own.
English英文kept the story as a picture把這個故事保留成一個畫面: a Rubicon rubicon就是你跨過去的那條線。You你almost always meet it in the phrase 'cross the Rubicon'幾乎總是在'cross the Rubicon'（越過盧比孔河）這個片語裡遇到它, not as a verb on its own而不是把它單獨當動詞用。
It is a serious, slightly idiom — speeches, news, and history class, not playground talk. We write it with a capital R because it is a place name.
It它is a serious, slightly bookish idiom是一個嚴肅、有點書面語感的慣用語— speeches, news, and history class出現在演講、新聞和歷史課裡, not playground talk不是操場上的閒聊。We我們write it with a capital R會把它的R大寫because it is a place name因為它是一個地名。
組成From Latin Rubicō / Rubicōn, the name of the river. It may come from rubeus, 'red, reddish,' from a verb meaning 'to be red,' perhaps because mud made the water look red — but that 'perhaps' belongs to the scholars.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Rubiconname/ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/
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historicalA small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.
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The same river in the present day, identified with a river previously named Fiumicino.
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A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
rubiconnoun/ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/
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A limit that when surpassed cannot be returned from, or an action that when taken cannot be reversed.
- Fortunately for England ſhe is yet on the peaceable ſide of the Rubicon; but as the flames once kindled are not alway eaſily extinguiſhed, the hopes of peace are not ſo clear as before the late myſterious diſpute began.
- So when friends are lied into distrust of each other, and the rubicon has been passed, either by the death of one, or that the light of truth will not break in upon the mist resting upon the other, [...] at a day too late a discovery arises, and the perpetrators of this fruitless crime, console themselves with the saying that it was "all for the sufferer's good.["]
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card-gamesgamesEspecially in bezique and piquet: a score which, if not achieved by a losing player, increases the player's penalty.
- The game is called a double, and you score 200 instead of 100 when your adversary does not get 100, which, in technical language, is called crossing the Rubicon.
- If you are a good way ahead, and particularly in the last hand but one, if you have a chance of winning a Rubicon, you should make a safe discard, with the view of dividing or winning the cards, in order to keep your adversary back. On the other hand, if the score is much against you, and you are under a Rubicon, you are justified in making a bold discard.
rubiconverb/ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/
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card-gamesgamesEspecially in bezique and piquet: to defeat a player who has not achieved the rubicon.
- A curious score was made in a game of piquet with one of the ladies. [...] In the fifth hand she made a piquet and capot, scoring 121 to 0, and in the sixth hand, being the minor, she made a repiquet, taking all but the last trick, counting 111 to 3, totalling 270, and rubiconing her opponent at 99, with a win of 469 points.
- Fleming initiated me into the mysteries of Bézique, and at once set about rubiconing me, [...]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。