英语词汇“father of the country”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. U.S. Frequently with capital initial. An American statesman of the Revolutionary period, esp. any of those involved in framing the constitution. Also (in Father of the Country and similar phrases): spec. George Washington. Cf. founding father at founding adj.

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1787 H. Knox Let. 19 Mar. in G. Washington Writings (1891) XI. 123 The glorious republican epithet, The Father of your Country.

1810 Port Folio Feb. 86 How few of the fathers of the constitution..now participate in her employments and public functions!

1864 G. Benis Precedents of Amer. Neutrality 58 The Father of his Country [sc. Washington] was urging upon his countrymen a policy of peace and non-entanglement with foreign complications.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xli. 105 Much less sought after and prized than in ‘the days of the Fathers’.

1929 N.Y. Times 3 Mar. ix. 15/2 They knew nothing of the story of the Father of the American Republic, or of the little mound of brick and mortar a stone's throw away that marked the spot where he was born.

1943 E. M. R. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Menace of Herd 11 Our Constitutional fathers, familiar with the strength and weakness of both autocracy and democracy,..defined a representative republican form of government.

1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture 136 America has always been known as the land of the free whites and the home of the slave. One of the greatest perpetuators of this type of hypocrisy was the Father of the country, George Washington.

2004 J. Kinory & I. van Dam tr. L. Gerken Constit. Liberty in Open Econ. 195 In all probability, the fathers of the constitution would have acted no differently if they had decided to provide for the possibility of changing the constitution..via a referendum.

单词	father of the country
释义	> as lemmas Father of the Country c. U.S. Frequently with capital initial. An American statesman of the Revolutionary period, esp. any of those involved in framing the constitution. Also (in Father of the Country and similar phrases): spec. George Washington. Cf. founding father at founding adj. ΚΠ 1787 H. Knox Let. 19 Mar. in G. Washington Writings (1891) XI. 123 The glorious republican epithet, The Father of your Country. 1810 Port Folio Feb. 86 How few of the fathers of the constitution..now participate in her employments and public functions! 1864 G. Benis Precedents of Amer. Neutrality 58 The Father of his Country [sc. Washington] was urging upon his countrymen a policy of peace and non-entanglement with foreign complications. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xli. 105 Much less sought after and prized than in ‘the days of the Fathers’. 1929 N.Y. Times 3 Mar. ix. 15/2 They knew nothing of the story of the Father of the American Republic, or of the little mound of brick and mortar a stone's throw away that marked the spot where he was born. 1943 E. M. R. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Menace of Herd 11 Our Constitutional fathers, familiar with the strength and weakness of both autocracy and democracy,..defined a representative republican form of government. 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture 136 America has always been known as the land of the free whites and the home of the slave. One of the greatest perpetuators of this type of hypocrisy was the Father of the country, George Washington. 2004 J. Kinory & I. van Dam tr. L. Gerken Constit. Liberty in Open Econ. 195 In all probability, the fathers of the constitution would have acted no differently if they had decided to provide for the possibility of changing the constitution..via a referendum. extracted from fathern. < as lemmas
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