英语词汇spartan的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Spartan. “Either come back with it or on it,” the proverbial Spartan mother tells her only son when she hands him the shield he is to carry into battle. The inhabitants of ancient Sparta, the Greek city-state noted for its military excellence, were forced to be courageous, frugal, and sternly disciplined almost to a fault. Life there seems to have been equal to one long term of military service without leave from the barracks and battlefields, for women as well as men. Weak children were discarded and the survivors subjected to an ascetic discipline without luxuries or even comforts. Spartan virtues, which can easily become vic- es, give us the terms Spartan fare, “a frugal diet,” Spartan cour- age, “that of one who can unflinchingly bear pain or face dan- ger,” and Spartan simplicity, “the barest necessities of life.”

词汇	spartan
词源	Spartan. “Either come back with it or on it,” the proverbial Spartan mother tells her only son when she hands him the shield he is to carry into battle. The inhabitants of ancient Sparta, the Greek city-state noted for its military excellence, were forced to be courageous, frugal, and sternly disciplined almost to a fault. Life there seems to have been equal to one long term of military service without leave from the barracks and battlefields, for women as well as men. Weak children were discarded and the survivors subjected to an ascetic discipline without luxuries or even comforts. Spartan virtues, which can easily become vic- es, give us the terms Spartan fare, “a frugal diet,” Spartan cour- age, “that of one who can unflinchingly bear pain or face dan- ger,” and Spartan simplicity, “the barest necessities of life.”
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