英语词汇sincere的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

sincere. According to an old story, sincere has its roots in the quarries where Michelangelo worked before he became an immortal sculptor and an accomplished poet. Roman quarry- men often rubbed wax on marble blocks to conceal their im- perfections temporarily. Then the Roman Senate decreed that all marble be “without wax,” or sine cera, this eventually be- coming our word sincere, “without deception.” Most authori- ties, however, trace sincere to the Latin sincerus, “clean, pure, sound.”

词汇	sincere
词源	sincere. According to an old story, sincere has its roots in the quarries where Michelangelo worked before he became an immortal sculptor and an accomplished poet. Roman quarry- men often rubbed wax on marble blocks to conceal their im- perfections temporarily. Then the Roman Senate decreed that all marble be “without wax,” or sine cera, this eventually be- coming our word sincere, “without deception.” Most authori- ties, however, trace sincere to the Latin sincerus, “clean, pure, sound.”
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