单词 | anzac spirit |
释义 | > as lemmasAnzac spirit C1. attributive with sense ‘of, associated with, or characteristic of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or the campaign it fought at Gallipoli’, as Anzac soldier, Anzac spirit, Anzac tradition, Anzac zone, etc. ΚΠ 1915 Times 12 Aug. 3/3 Severe fighting continued on Tuesday in the Gallipoli Peninsula, mainly in the Anzac zone. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 137 When unpaid they [sc. the Tommies] would hang around the Anzac encampments with their tongues out. 1971 Sydney Morning Herald 20 Apr. 18/7 The Anzac campaign is regarded as having created the spirit and identity of Australia as a nation. 1981 B. Green Small Town Rising 143 An Anzac soldier on top of the town's tall clock forever saluted a marbled honour roll. 1990 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington, N.Z.) 22 Apr. 8 Wouldn't it be odd if we were all again touched and driven by the Anzac spirit? 2000 Sydney Morning Herald 31 May 18/3 I have always thought it paradoxical that our country's national identity incorporates so strongly the Anzac traditions, but ignores 160 years of warfare that raged within its borders. < as lemmas |
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