英语单词解释

Tory
(in the UK) a member or supporter of the Conservative Party （英国）保守党党员；保守党支持者 英国）保守党党员； ■a member of the English political party opposing the exclusion of James II from the succession. It remained the name for members of the English, later British, parliamentary party supporting the established religious and political order until the emergence of the Conservative Party in the 1830s 托利党党员（反对排斥詹姆士二世继承王位的英格兰政党成员； 世纪 托利党党员（反对排斥詹姆士二世继承王位的英格兰政党成员；19世纪 30年代保守党出现以前，支持现存宗教和政治制度的英格兰及后来英国 年代保守党出现以前， 年代保守党出现以前 的议会党成员一直沿用此名）。 比较Whig（义项） 的议会党成员一直沿用此名）。 比较 （义项） (US)a colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution (美)（美国独立战争期间的）亲英殖民者 美 （美国独立战争期间的）
Quaker
a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox c.1650 and devoted to peaceful principles. Central to the ‘Quakers’ belief is the doctrine of the ‘Inner Light’, or sense of Christ's direct working in the soul. This has led them to reject both formal ministry and all set forms of worship. 贵格会教徒，公谊会教徒（ 贵格会教徒，公谊会教徒（贵格会是致力于和平原则的基督 教运动，约于1650年由乔治 福克斯创立，其信仰的核心是 年由乔治•福克斯创立 教运动，约于 年由乔治 福克斯创立， 内心之光”这一教义，即感受基督对灵魂的直接指引； “内心之光”这一教义，即感受基督对灵魂的直接指引；这 种信仰使教徒们摈弃了正式的宗教礼仪和一切固有的礼拜形 式）
ham radio operator
业余无线电操作员
Methodist
noun a member of a Christian Protestant denomination originating in the 18thcentury evangelistic movement of Charles and John Wesley and George Whitefield 循道宗（基督教新教一派别，源自18世纪查尔斯 卫斯理、 世纪查尔斯•卫斯理 卫斯理和乔治• 循道宗（基督教新教一派别，源自 世纪查尔斯 卫斯理、约 翰•卫斯理和乔治 卫斯理和乔治 怀特菲尔德的福音传道运动） 怀特菲尔德的福音传道运动）信徒 The Methodist Church grew out of a religious society established within the Church of England, from which it formally separated in 1791. It is particularly strong in the US and now constitutes one of the largest Protestant denominations worldwide, with more than 30 million members. Methodism has a strong tradition of missionary work and concern with social welfare, and emphasizes the believer's personal relationship with God 语源 probably from the notion of following a specified ‘method’ of Bible study
Yankee
(US)an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states (美)新英格兰人；北方诸州的人，北方佬 新英格兰人； 美 新英格兰人 北方诸州的人， 语源 mid 18th cent.: origin uncertain; recorded in the late 17th cent. as a nickname; perhaps from Dutch Janke, diminutive of Jan 'John'
语源 mid 17th cent.: probably from Irish toraidhe 'outlaw, highwayman', from tóir 'pursue'. The word was used of Irish peasants dispossessed by English settlers and living as robbers, and extended to other marauders especially in the Scottish Highlands. It was then adopted c.1679 as an abusive nickname for supporters of the Catholic James IIFra bibliotekBig Bang
(Astronomy)the explosion of dense matter which according to current cosmological theories marked the origin of the universe (天文 （当今宇宙学理论所认为形成宇宙的）创世 天文)（ 天文 当今宇宙学理论所认为形成宇宙的） 大爆炸 大爆炸改革” 英国伦敦证券交易所1986年进行 “大爆炸改革”（英国伦敦证券交易所 年进行 的证券交易改革，主要内容包括扩展成员范围、 的证券交易改革，主要内容包括扩展成员范围、放 松有关经纪人的规定、实行计算机化等） 松有关经纪人的规定、实行计算机化等）
Okie
(US informal)a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma (美，非正式 俄克拉何马人 美 非正式)俄克拉何马人 ■(historical, derogatory)a migrant agricultural worker from Oklahoma who had been forced to leave a farm during the depression of the 1930s (史，贬)（20世纪 年代经济衰退时被迫离开农场 史 （ 世纪30年代经济衰退时被迫离开农场 世纪 的）俄克拉何马农业工人
Whig
a member of the British reforming and constitutional party that sought the supremacy of Parliament and was eventually succeeded in the 19th century by the Liberal Party 英国自由党的前身） （英国自由党的前身）辉格党党员 a supporter of the American Revolution 美国独立战争的支持者 ■a member of an American political party in the 19th century, succeeded by the Republicans 美国共和党的前身） （美国共和党的前身）辉格党党员 a 17th-Century Scottish Presbyterian 世纪） （17世纪）苏格兰长老会教徒 世纪 [as modifier]denoting a historian who interprets history as the continuing and inevitable victory of progress over reaction 持有历史是进步战胜反动的必然结果观点的历史学家 语源 probably a shortening of Scots whiggamore, the nickname of 17th-Cent. Scottish rebels, from whig 'to drive' + mare
语源 from quake + -er, perhaps alluding to George Fox's direction to his followers to tremble at the name of the ‘Lord’, or from fits supposedly experienced by worshippers when moved by the Spirit. Compare with shaker (sense 2)
shaker
(Shaker)a member of an American religious sect, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Coming, established in England c.1750 and living simply in celibate mixed communities 震颤派教徒（该教派系公谊会中信奉基督复临的美国教派， 震颤派教徒（该教派系公谊会中信奉基督复临的美国教派，约1750年成 年成 立于英国，在男女混合社区过单身简朴生活） 立于英国，在男女混合社区过单身简朴生活） The Shakers were so named from the wild, ecstatic movements engaged in by its members. The sect originated c.1750 among a branch of the English Quakers and was taken to America in 1774 by Ann Lee (1736–84), who regarded herself as the second incarnation of Christ. Shakerism has few adherents today, but there has been a revival of interest in the elegantly functional style of furniture traditionally produced by the communities
Unitarian
(Theology)a person, especially a Christian, who asserts the unity of God and rejects the doctrine of the Trinity (神学 （尤指认为上帝只有一位，否认三位一体学说的基督 神学)（ 神学 尤指认为上帝只有一位， 徒）上帝一位论者 ■a member of a Church or religious body maintaining this belief and typically rejecting formal dogma in favour of a rationalist and inclusivist approach to belief 上帝一位论派教徒 语源 late 17th cent.: from modern Latin unitarius (from Latin unitas 'unity') + -an