单词 | 威斯特 |
释义 | 〔Westphalia〕A historical region and former duchy of west-central Germany east of the Rhine River. The duchy was created in the 12th century and was administered for many centuries by ecclesiastical princes, especially the archbishop of Cologne. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) marked the end of the Thirty Years' War. Napoleon seized the area in 1807 and designated a portion of it as the kingdom of Westphalia, to be ruled by his brother Jérôme. The region became part of Prussia after 1815.威斯特法利亚:德国中西部一历史地区和前公国,位于莱茵河以东。公国建于12世纪,在以后的许多世纪中由教会贵族统治,尤其是指科隆大主教。威斯特法利亚和平协议(1648年)标志着“三十年战争”的结束。在1807年拿破仑攫取了该地区,并把其中的一部分定为威斯特法利亚王国,由他的兄弟圣哲罗姆统治。此地区在1815年后成为普鲁士的一部分〔Wister〕American writer known for his novelThe Virginian (1902), often considered the first Western. 威斯特,欧文:(1860-1938) 美国作家,因其小说《弗吉尼亚人》 (1902年)而著名,该小说通常被认为是第一部西部小说 〔Manning〕British cleric who became archbishop of Westminster in 1865 and cardinal in 1875. He intervened to settle the 1889 London dock strike.曼宁,亨利·爱德华:(1808-1892) 英国教士,于1865年成为威斯特敏斯特大主教,1875年成为红衣主教,曾插手平息了1889年伦敦码头工人罢工〔glitterati〕"private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati"(Skylines)“花园大街和中央公园威斯特举行的宴会上,职业文人族和新潮贵人共聚一席”(地平线) |
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