英语词汇spoiled priest的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spoiled priest
词源	spoiled priest. Spoiled priest has been used so often in mod- ern literature to mean someone who has failed to live up to the standard expected of him that it probably does mean that by now. But the 19th-century term originally meant a priesthood candidate who failed to take his vows.
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