英语词汇peace at any price的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	peace at any price
词源	peace at any price. When British Quaker statesman John Bright (1811–89) opposed the Crimean War he was contemp- tuously called a peace-at-any-price man by Lord Palmerston. He resigned from public life in 1882 when British warships bombarded Egypt.
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