deadline 的意思
最后期限; 截止日期
deadline 的词源
deadline(n.)
“时间限制”,1920年,美国英语报纸术语,由 dead(形容词)+ line(名词)组合而成。可能受到早期用法的影响(1864年),指的是南北战争时期监狱中的“禁止越过”线,这在亨利·维尔茨的审判中尤为重要。维尔茨是乔治亚州安德森维尔臭名昭著的南方监狱的指挥官。
And he, the said Wirz, still wickedly pursuing his evil purpose, did establish and cause to be designated within the prison enclosure containing said prisoners a "dead line," being a line around the inner face of the stockade or wall enclosing said prison and about twenty feet distant from and within said stockade; and so established said dead line, which was in many places an imaginary line, in many other places marked by insecure and shifting strips of [boards nailed] upon the tops of small and insecure stakes or posts, he, the said Wirz, instructed the prison guard stationed around the top of said stockade to fire upon and kill any of the prisoners aforesaid who might touch, fall upon, pass over or under [or] across the said "dead line" .... ["Trial of Henry Wirz," Report of the Secretary of War, Oct. 31, 1865]
而他,维尔茨,依然邪恶地追求他的罪恶目的,在监狱围墙内设立并指定了一条“死亡线”,这条线位于围栏或墙壁的内侧,距离监狱约二十英尺;这条死亡线在许多地方是虚构的,在其他许多地方则是由不安全且易变的木板钉在小而不稳的桩子或柱子顶部所标记的。他,维尔茨,指示驻守在围墙顶部的监狱警卫,开枪射杀任何触碰、跌倒、越过或穿过这条“死亡线”的囚犯……【《亨利·维尔茨审判》,战争部长报告,1865年10月31日】
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