英语词汇glittering generalities的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	glittering generalities
词源	glittering generalities. American attorney Rufus Choate (1799–1859) coined this term for clichés, empty words, and platitudes in a letter to a friend about the Declaration of Inde- pendence: “the glittering and sounding generalities of natural rights which make up the Declaration of Independence.” Less well-known, but truer, is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s remark when he heard of Choate’s coinage: “Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities!”
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