英语词汇luddite的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Luddite. The masked bands of workers who made night raids on English factories from 1811 to 1816 were protesting layoffs, low wages, and poor-quality goods, all caused by the large-scale introduction of textile machines to replace handi- craft. The riots began in Nottingham and spread throughout England, the raiders directing their rage against the machines and systematically destroying them. Led by a “General” or “King Ludd”—named for a probably mythical Ned Ludd, said to have destroyed stocking frames in a Leicestershire factory 30 years earlier—the rioters soon became known as Luddites. Increasing prosperity in the country, combined with even more repressive measures, finally put them down. But not the memory of them. Today a Luddite is anyone who fears and would eliminate automation—not only for the un- employment it creates, but for its effect on the quality of life and for the human destruction that the machinery of war might cause. In our rebellion against an impersonal society, the word is used much more sympathetically than before. In- deed, some serious observers believe that the Luddites were right.

词汇	luddite
词源	Luddite. The masked bands of workers who made night raids on English factories from 1811 to 1816 were protesting layoffs, low wages, and poor-quality goods, all caused by the large-scale introduction of textile machines to replace handi- craft. The riots began in Nottingham and spread throughout England, the raiders directing their rage against the machines and systematically destroying them. Led by a “General” or “King Ludd”—named for a probably mythical Ned Ludd, said to have destroyed stocking frames in a Leicestershire factory 30 years earlier—the rioters soon became known as Luddites. Increasing prosperity in the country, combined with even more repressive measures, finally put them down. But not the memory of them. Today a Luddite is anyone who fears and would eliminate automation—not only for the un- employment it creates, but for its effect on the quality of life and for the human destruction that the machinery of war might cause. In our rebellion against an impersonal society, the word is used much more sympathetically than before. In- deed, some serious observers believe that the Luddites were right.
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