Philadelphia
英[,fil?'delfj?;-fi?]
美
- n. 費城（美國賓夕法尼亞州東南部港市）
助記提示
賓州的最大城市。建城者是規(guī)格會的領(lǐng)袖威廉·賓，最初是他在北美洲宣傳規(guī)格會的基地。規(guī)格會是一個入會簡單、崇尚平等、生活簡樸、強(qiáng)調(diào)寬容和愛的教派。正因如此，威廉·賓把這個新城市命名為Philadelphia。這個詞來源于希臘語，由兩部分組成：philos意思是“愛”，而adelphos意思是“兄弟般的”。兩部分組合后，經(jīng)過變化，形成了Philadelphia這個詞。
英文詞源
- Philadelphia
- city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Greek, taken by William Penn to mean "brotherly love," from philos "loving" (see -phile) + adelphos "brother" (see Adelphia). Also the name recalls that of the ancient city in Lydia, mentioned in the New Testament, which was so called in honor of Attalos II Philadelphos, 2c B.C.E. king of Pergamon, who founded it. His title is said to have meant "loving the brethren." Philadelphia lawyer "clever, shrewd attorney" attested from 1788 in London, said originally to have been applied to Andrew Hamilton, who obtained the famous acquittal of J.P. Zenger on libel charges in 1735.
[C]ricket and coaching were after all popular in their day in places besides Philadelphia. It was merely that Philadelphia kept on with them longer than most places. This is a perennial Philadelphia trick, and gives to Philadelphia a sort of perpetual feeling of loss. Philadelphians are always just now getting rid of things that are picturesque, like those gas lamps on the streets, only because everybody else got rid of them long ago. [Nathaniel Burt, "The Perennial Philadelphians," 1963]
雙語例句
- 1. Bank is a 38-year-old singleton who grew up in Philadelphia.
- 班克是一名38歲的單身漢，在費城長大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Franklin established his own printing business in Philadelphia in 1728.
- 他于1728年在費城(philadelphia)建立了自己的印刷企業(yè).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. A report compiled by the Fed's Philadelphia branch described the economy as weak.
- 一份由聯(lián)邦儲備銀行的費城分部匯編的報告說經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The document composed in Philadelphia transformed the confederation of sovereign states into a national government.
- 在費城起草的這份文件使具有獨立主權(quán)的各州組成的邦聯(lián)變成了國家政府。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia.
- 只有在費城那次我們曾試著做那樣的事。
來自柯林斯例句