英语词汇curzon line的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Curzon line. The Curzon line separating Russia and Poland was suggested in 1919 by the British Conservative politician, statesman, and writer George Nathaniel Curzon, first marquess of Kedleston (1859–1925). Lord Curzon, secretary of foreign affairs at the time, served in many capacities for the British government. As viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and chan- cellor of Oxford University from 1907 to 1915, he became noted for his aloof regal manner, which was the butt of many jokes. Behind the facade was a witty, modest, friendly man whose sheer willpower overcame serious physical weakness (a curva- ture of the spine). Curzon failed in his ambition to become the British prime minister in 1923, when Stanley Baldwin was cho- sen over him. It is said that he died of overwork. The Curzon line was adopted as Poland’s eastern frontier after World War II, having been confirmed at Yalta in 1945. By the way, the dip- lomat wasn’t at all like the rhyme composed about him at Balliol College in the late 1870s: “My name is George Nathaniel Cur- zon,/I am a most superior person.”

词汇	curzon line
词源	Curzon line. The Curzon line separating Russia and Poland was suggested in 1919 by the British Conservative politician, statesman, and writer George Nathaniel Curzon, first marquess of Kedleston (1859–1925). Lord Curzon, secretary of foreign affairs at the time, served in many capacities for the British government. As viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and chan- cellor of Oxford University from 1907 to 1915, he became noted for his aloof regal manner, which was the butt of many jokes. Behind the facade was a witty, modest, friendly man whose sheer willpower overcame serious physical weakness (a curva- ture of the spine). Curzon failed in his ambition to become the British prime minister in 1923, when Stanley Baldwin was cho- sen over him. It is said that he died of overwork. The Curzon line was adopted as Poland’s eastern frontier after World War II, having been confirmed at Yalta in 1945. By the way, the dip- lomat wasn’t at all like the rhyme composed about him at Balliol College in the late 1870s: “My name is George Nathaniel Cur- zon,/I am a most superior person.”
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