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Philadelphia

宾夕法尼亚州的城市,位于特拉华河和斯库尔基尔河之间,源自希腊语,由威廉·佩恩采用,意为“兄弟之爱”,由 philos “爱”(见 philo-)和 adelphos “兄弟”(见 Adelphi)组成。相关: Philadelphian

此外,该名称还回忆起新约中提到的古代里底亚城,它是为了纪念佩加蒙国王阿塔洛斯二世 Philadelphos 而得名的,公元前2世纪,他创立了这座城市。据说他的头衔意味着“爱兄弟”,或者是指他对他的兄弟尤梅内斯的感情。

Philadelphia lawyer “聪明、精明的律师”最早见于1788年的伦敦,最初据说是用来形容安德鲁·汉密尔顿的,他在1735年在纽约因诽谤指控而获得了著名的 J.P.曾格的无罪释放。

[C]ricket and coaching were after all popular in their day in places besides Philadelphia. It was merely that Philadelphia kept on with them longer than most places. This is a perennial Philadelphia trick, and gives to Philadelphia a sort of perpetual feeling of loss. Philadelphians are always just now getting rid of things that are picturesque, like those gas lamps on the streets, only because everybody else got rid of them long ago. [Nathaniel Burt, "The Perennial Philadelphians," 1963]
“[毕竟,板球和教练在费城之外的地方也很受欢迎。只是费城比大多数地方更长时间地坚持下去。这是费城的一个永恒的把戏,给费城一种永久的失落感。费城人总是刚刚摆脱那些风景如画的东西,比如街上的煤气灯,只是因为其他地方早就摆脱了它们。”[纳撒尼尔·伯特,“永恒的费城人”,1963年]

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