英语词汇vandalism的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

vandalism. In the year 455 a.d. the Vandals, all 80,000 of them, were led by their King Genseric into Rome, which they captured easily and sacked thoroughly, loading their ships with plunder and sailing off to new conquests. The savage Teutonic tribe finished off the Roman Empire before falling from power almost a century later, after persecuting Christians and extort- ing their sacred treasures. The Vandals destroyed many pre- cious cultural objects when they sacked Rome and it is probably from their later behavior that the word vandalism derives, meaning as it does wanton destruction of property, especially works of art. It is interesting to note that a French churchman first used the word vandalisme in this sense at the end of the 18th century. The name Vandal literally means “the wanderers.” Before they sacked Rome the tribes had wandered across the Rhine to France, Spain, and Africa, making conquests all the while.

词汇	vandalism
词源	vandalism. In the year 455 a.d. the Vandals, all 80,000 of them, were led by their King Genseric into Rome, which they captured easily and sacked thoroughly, loading their ships with plunder and sailing off to new conquests. The savage Teutonic tribe finished off the Roman Empire before falling from power almost a century later, after persecuting Christians and extort- ing their sacred treasures. The Vandals destroyed many pre- cious cultural objects when they sacked Rome and it is probably from their later behavior that the word vandalism derives, meaning as it does wanton destruction of property, especially works of art. It is interesting to note that a French churchman first used the word vandalisme in this sense at the end of the 18th century. The name Vandal literally means “the wanderers.” Before they sacked Rome the tribes had wandered across the Rhine to France, Spain, and Africa, making conquests all the while.
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