詞匯掌故：貶低
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校稿 Season111
翻譯 小章丶Cat
組長(zhǎng) 澈底
Today's word is belittle. It was first used by Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States. Many years ago, a French naturalist, the Count de Buffon, wrote some books about natural history. The books were a great success even though some critics did not like them. Some critics said, "Co…
今天要講的詞是belittle(貶低)。美國(guó)第三任總統(tǒng)托馬斯·杰斐遜首次使用了這個(gè)詞。 許多年前，一位法國(guó)博物學(xué)家蒲豐寫(xiě)了幾本關(guān)于自然史的書(shū)。盡管一些評(píng)論家不喜歡，那些書(shū)仍然很成功。有些評(píng)論家說(shuō)道：“與其說(shuō)蒲豐是科學(xué)家，不如說(shuō)他是位詩(shī)人?！?托馬斯·杰斐遜不喜歡蒲豐關(guān)于新大陸自然奇觀的說(shuō)法。在杰斐遜看來(lái)，蒲豐不…