niggardly 的詞源
niggardly(adj.)
"niggardly"(吝嗇的),1560年代,來自 niggard + -ly(1)。
It was while giving a speech in Washington, to a very international audience, about the British theft of the Elgin marbles from the Parthenon. I described the attitude of the current British authorities as "niggardly." Nobody said anything, but I privately resolved — having felt the word hanging in the air a bit — to say "parsimonious" from then on. [Christopher Hitchens, "The Pernicious Effects of Banning Words," Slate.com, Dec. 4, 2006]
在華盛頓向一個非常國際化的觀衆發表演講時,我談到了英國從巴特農神廟(Parthenon)偷走艾爾金大理石的態度。我描述了當時英國當局的態度爲“niggardly”。沒有人說什麼,但我私下裏決定——因爲感覺這個詞有點懸而未決——從那時起用“parsimonious”(吝嗇的)這個詞。[克里斯托弗·希欽斯,《禁用單詞的有害影響》,Slate.com,2006年12月4日]
作爲副詞,“parsimoniously”(吝嗇地,勉強地),1520年代。相關詞: Niggardliness(吝嗇)。
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