英语词汇albion perfidious albione的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Albion, Perfidious Albione. No place in England is more than 75 miles from the sea; the sea is the very soul of the nation and is even responsible for its poetical name, Albion, which may derive from the name of the giant son of Neptune, who ac- cording to legend founded the country and ruled over it for 44 years. Another story states that the king of Syria’s 50 daughters, married on the same day, all murdered their husbands on their wedding night and as a punishment were put to sea in a ship and set adrift. They came ashore in Britain, which was named Albion for the oldest daughter, Alba. Albion could also derive from the Latin albus (white), describing the white cliffs of Do- ver, or from the Celtic alp, rock or crag, also describing the cliffs. New Albion is the name Sir Francis Drake gave to the area north of what is now San Francisco on his voyage of 1579. The term Perfidious Albione, an English translation of the French la perfide Albion, refers to Britain’s alleged deceitful policy toward foreigners. It was apparently coined by French preacher Jacques Bossuet (1627–1704), sometimes called France’s greatest ora- tor, but it wasn’t much used until Napoleon’s military recruit- ment drive in 1813. Another possible coiner of the term is the marquis de Ximenès (1726–1817).

词汇	albion perfidious albione
词源	Albion, Perfidious Albione. No place in England is more than 75 miles from the sea; the sea is the very soul of the nation and is even responsible for its poetical name, Albion, which may derive from the name of the giant son of Neptune, who ac- cording to legend founded the country and ruled over it for 44 years. Another story states that the king of Syria’s 50 daughters, married on the same day, all murdered their husbands on their wedding night and as a punishment were put to sea in a ship and set adrift. They came ashore in Britain, which was named Albion for the oldest daughter, Alba. Albion could also derive from the Latin albus (white), describing the white cliffs of Do- ver, or from the Celtic alp, rock or crag, also describing the cliffs. New Albion is the name Sir Francis Drake gave to the area north of what is now San Francisco on his voyage of 1579. The term Perfidious Albione, an English translation of the French la perfide Albion, refers to Britain’s alleged deceitful policy toward foreigners. It was apparently coined by French preacher Jacques Bossuet (1627–1704), sometimes called France’s greatest ora- tor, but it wasn’t much used until Napoleon’s military recruit- ment drive in 1813. Another possible coiner of the term is the marquis de Ximenès (1726–1817).
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