英语词汇grass roots的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

grass roots. “A little classic of the poetic imagination,” the New York Times once called this phrase, but whose “poetic im- agination” we don’t know. In 1935, when the Republican Party was seeking a broader base of support among the voters, John Hamilton of Topeka, Kansas used the words in describing the “new” G.O.P. No one has traced the phrase back further in print, but one respected etymologist has testified that he heard the expression back in rural Ohio in about 1885. A term dear to politicians, it simply means to get down to basic facts or under- lying principles, its appeal becoming more nostalgic as more concrete replaces grass. Grass roots itself, for “basics, funda- mentals,” has been traced to 1932 when used, appropriately enough, to describe the candidacy of Oklahoma Governor William H. (“Alfalfa Bill”) Murray for the Democratic presi- dential nomination. It, too, probably stems from the prairie farms of the West.

词汇	grass roots
词源	grass roots. “A little classic of the poetic imagination,” the New York Times once called this phrase, but whose “poetic im- agination” we don’t know. In 1935, when the Republican Party was seeking a broader base of support among the voters, John Hamilton of Topeka, Kansas used the words in describing the “new” G.O.P. No one has traced the phrase back further in print, but one respected etymologist has testified that he heard the expression back in rural Ohio in about 1885. A term dear to politicians, it simply means to get down to basic facts or under- lying principles, its appeal becoming more nostalgic as more concrete replaces grass. Grass roots itself, for “basics, funda- mentals,” has been traced to 1932 when used, appropriately enough, to describe the candidacy of Oklahoma Governor William H. (“Alfalfa Bill”) Murray for the Democratic presi- dential nomination. It, too, probably stems from the prairie farms of the West.
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