詞匯掌故：貶低
Hints:
Thomas Jefferson
Count de Buffon
New World
Virginia
校稿 Season111
翻譯 小章丶Cat
組長 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)。美國第三任總統(tǒng)托馬斯·杰斐遜首次使用了這個詞。 許多年前，一位法國博物學(xué)家蒲豐寫了幾本關(guān)于自然史的書。盡管一些評論家不喜歡，那些書仍然很成功。有些評論家說道：“與其說蒲豐是科學(xué)家，不如說他是位詩人?！?托馬斯·杰斐遜不喜歡蒲豐關(guān)于新大陸自然奇觀的說法。在杰斐遜看來，蒲豐不…