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| 释义 | 〔Huntington〕American transportation executive who built the western section of the first U.S. transcontinental railroad (completed 1869).亨廷顿，考利斯·波特：(1821-1900) 美国交通官员，主持修建了美国第一条横贯东西的铁路的西段（完工于1869年）〔thine〕"The presidential candidates are practicing the first rule of warfare: know thine enemy"(Eleanor Clift)“总统候选人正练习战争的第一条规则：了解你的敌人”(埃莉诺·克利夫特)〔Norgay〕Sherpa guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mount Everest (1953).诺吉，登京格：(1914-1986) 舍帕人向导，与爱德蒙·希拉里爵士一起开辟了第一条攀登珠穆朗玛峰的路(1953年）〔Sibley〕American business executive. As president of Western Union Telegraph Company (1856-1869) he established the first transcontinental telegraph line (1861).西布利，希兰：(1807-1888) 美国商业高级管理人员，在担任西部联合电话公司董事长期间（1856-1869年），他创建了第一条横跨大陆的电话线（1861年）〔news〕If you take the first letters of the directions North, East, West, and South,it is true that you have the letters of the wordnews, but it is not true that you have the etymology ofnews, contrary to what has often been thought. The history of the word is much less clever than this and not at all unexpected.News is simply the plural of the noun new, which we use, for example, in the adage "Out with the old, in with the new.”The first recorded user of this plural to mean "tidings" may have been James I of Scotland;a work possibly written by him around 1437 contains the words "Awak . . . I bring The [thee] newis [news] glad.”It is pleasant to see that the first news was good.However, his descendant James I of England is the first person recorded (1616) to have said"No newis is better than evill newis,”or as we would put it, "No news is good news.”如果你取北、东、西、南四个单词各自的首字母，就得到单词news 的所有字母， 但是这并非news 的出处。 这个词的历史远比这巧妙且不是完全不可想象的。News 是名词 new 的复数形式， 举例来说，我们在谚语“旧的去了，新的来了”中使用了这个词。关于把这个词的复数作为“音讯”来用的最早记录是苏格兰的詹姆士一世，在他写的一本约1437年的书里有这样的话语“阿瓦克……，我给你带来好消息，”看到第一条是好消息是很让人高兴的。然而，他的后代英格兰的詹姆士一世却是记载(1616年）最先说出下面的话的人：“没有消息比坏消息好”或者如我们所说的“没有消息就是好消息”〔Stephenson〕British railway pioneer who built a practical steam locomotive (1814) and the first passenger railway (1825). His sonRobert (1803-1859) built railroads, locomotives, and bridges. 史蒂芬森，乔治：(1781-1848) 英国铁路的先驱，制造了第一辆实用蒸气机车(1814年）并修建了第一条客运铁路(1825年）。他的儿子罗伯特 (1803-1959年）建造铁路、火车并架设桥梁 〔Quant〕British fashion designer who is credited with designing the first miniskirt (1960) and hot pants (c. 1970).玛丽关：英国服装设计师，设计了第一条迷你裙（1960年）以及热裤（约1970年）〔Claudius〕Roman censor and consul who built the first Roman aqueduct and began construction of the Appian Way.克劳狄乌斯，阿皮尤斯：(4世纪至3世纪) 罗马检查官和执政官，修建了第一条罗马水道桥并开始亚壁古道的建设 |
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