barbarism
英['bɑ?b?r?z(?)m]
美['bɑrb?r?z?m]
- n. 野蠻；原始；未開化；暴虐
助記提示
1. 古希臘人很看不起外地人，說外地人講話是 *barbar-，這是一個擬聲詞根，模擬小孩咿呀學語時口齒不清的聲音、發音，由此表示“說話像孩子那樣口齒不清”，現在演化為 barbarous "未開化的"、barbarian "野蠻人，就像咱們稱呼未開化的外族人為：蠻人、夷人、胡人等"。漢語說“巴拉巴拉”時，也是一種擬聲、也是一種貶義，這時英語用 blah-blah，這與漢語的擬聲完全一樣。
2. from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners.
3. Originally not entirely pejorative, its sense darkened after the Persian wars. The Romans (technically themselves barbaroi) took up the word and applied it to tribes or nations which had no Greek or Roman accomplishments.
4. barbar- + -ism.
英文詞源
- barbarism (n.)
- mid-15c., "uncivilized or rude nature," from French barbarisme (13c.), from Latin barbarismus, from Greek barbarismos "foreign speech," from barbarizein "to do as a foreigner does" (see barbarian). Only of speech in Greek, Latin, and French; sense extended in English to "uncivilized condition."
雙語例句
- 1. the barbarism of war
- 戰爭的殘酷
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. We do not ask for the death penalty: barbarism must not be met with barbarism.
- 我們不贊成死刑：不能以暴制暴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The constitution also corresponds to the upper stage of barbarism.
- 他們的制度也是跟野蠻時代高級階段相適應的.
來自英漢非文學 - 家庭、私有制和國家的起源
- 4. Barbarism ends with the production of grand barbarians.
- 野蠻階段隨著偉大的野蠻人的成果而結束.
來自辭典例句
- 5. All the vigorous and creative life which the Germans infused into the Roman world was barbarism.
- 凡德意志人給羅馬世界注入的一切有生命力的和帶來生命的東西,都是野蠻時代的東西.
來自英漢非文學 - 家庭、私有制和國家的起源