book-burning 的意思
焚书;大规模销毁出版物;对被视为不当或有害的书籍进行火烧
book-burning 的词源
book-burning(n.)
“通过火焰大规模销毁被认为是淫秽、腐败等的出版物”,这个词最早出现在1850年,由book(书籍)和burn(燃烧)结合而成。作为形容词,它早在1726年就被使用(约翰·托兰就是这一行为的受害者)。
What an irreparable destruction of History, what a deplorable extinction of arts and inventions, what an unspeakable detriment to Learning, what a dishonor upon human understanding, has the cowardly proceeding of the ignorant or rather of the interested against unarm'd monuments at all times occasion'd! And yet this Book-burning and Letter-murdring humor, tho far from being commanded by Christ, has prevail'd in Christianity from the beginning .... [John Toland, "The History of the Druids," 1726]
“历史遭到无法挽回的毁灭,艺术和发明的悲惨消亡,知识的难以言喻的损害,人类理解的耻辱——这一切都是无知者,或者说是那些别有用心的人,针对毫无防备的纪念碑所造成的!然而,这种焚书和杀信的行为,尽管远非基督所命令,却从一开始就盛行于基督教…… [约翰·托兰,《德鲁伊的历史》,1726年]”
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book-burning 的使用趋势
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