英语词汇pétain的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Pétain. Henri-Philippe Pétain, at a cost of 250,000 dead, halt- ed the German advance at Verdun in World War I under the fa- mous slogan “They shall not pass!” Acclaimed a hero and made commander in chief of the French armies, “the savior of Ver- dun” became associated with extreme rightist political elements in later years. In World War II, when 84, Marshal Pétain was appointed chief of staff of the Vichy government, collaborating with the Nazis and turning France into an authoritarian state. After the war he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death, but President de Gaulle, his former aide, commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. Pétain, his name long a syno- nym for traitor, died in 1951, aged 95.

词汇	pétain
词源	Pétain. Henri-Philippe Pétain, at a cost of 250,000 dead, halt- ed the German advance at Verdun in World War I under the fa- mous slogan “They shall not pass!” Acclaimed a hero and made commander in chief of the French armies, “the savior of Ver- dun” became associated with extreme rightist political elements in later years. In World War II, when 84, Marshal Pétain was appointed chief of staff of the Vichy government, collaborating with the Nazis and turning France into an authoritarian state. After the war he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death, but President de Gaulle, his former aide, commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. Pétain, his name long a syno- nym for traitor, died in 1951, aged 95.
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