英['suːpəmæn]美['suːpərmæn]
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superman一词是1903年由英国剧作家萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw，1856-1950）通过他的剧作Man and Superman（《人与超人》）引进英语的。它直接译自创立“超人哲学”的德国哲学家尼采（Friedrich Wilhelm nietzsche，1844-1900）杜撰的übermensch。尼采哲学中的übermensch是指通过选拔和淘汰进化而成的理想之人或完人。他在《扎拉图斯如是说》（Thus Spake Zarathustra，1883）中特别加以引用。若按字面直译，本应作“overman”或“beyondman”，但萧伯纳不喜欢üermensch一词的读音，所以über这一部分就改用拉丁前缀super-来译。1938年美国一本连坏画以superman为名，主角是一位名叫Clark Kent的superman。嗣后，superman又成为电视系列片乃至电影的片名和主角。这个词就是这样地得到了普及。随之而来，英语出现了许多冠以前缀super-的新名词，如superwoman（女超人），superstar（超级明星）等。
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小知识
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…Superman! As you might be able to guess from this comic book hero's name, a superman is a person with great strength or power beyond that of ordinary humans.
The term superman was originally a translation of the German übermensch, literally “overman.” This first superman was a philosophical concept, an ideal human for ordinary people to aspire to. Through the 1920s and 30s, it was common to describe a great athlete or brilliant politician as a superman. In 1938, the crime-fighting, cape-wearing Superman first appeared in comic book form. Superman is credited with being the original superhero.
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man and superman人与超人（萧伯纳的戏剧）