词汇 | advertising |
词源 | advertising. The British long abhorred the idea of advertis- ing. “Let us be a nation of shopkeepers,” Punch pleaded in 1848, “but there is no necessity we should become a nation of adver- tisers.” America, however, had no prejudice against advertising. There perhaps was a national tolerance to it fostered by the tall tales of our literature, even a belief in it born of the promise be- yond reality America has always held to her children, the wild exaggeration of this country itself with its seemingly limitless land and golden opportunities. |
随便看 |
|
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史,是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。