英语词汇“a nation of shopkeepers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a nation of shopkeepers: a nation whose chief interest and concern lies in commerce; spec. England, the English.Cf. quots. 1766, 1769 at shopkeeping adj. [In the disparaging use with reference to England or the English, probably after French nation boutiquière (1794 or earlier). Although such use is often attributed to Napoleon (compare quot. 1822, which is taken from Napoleon's conversations, conducted in Italian, with his personal physician in exile), it does not appear to have originated with him.]

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1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. X. 508 It has been thought no bad description of the Japonese to stile them a nation of shopkeepers.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. vii. 221 To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers .

1822 B. E. O'Meara tr. N. Buonaparte in Napoleon in Exile II. 52 You were greatly offended with me for having called you a nation of shopkeepers. Had I meant by this, that you were a nation of cowards, you would have had reason to be displeased.

1862 R. W. Emerson Jrnl. 17 Jan. (1913) IX. 364 Governments of nations of shop-keepers must keep shop also.

1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant II. 334 Napoleon. Was your grandfather a shopkeeper, pray? Lady. No: he was an Englishman. Napoleon. That accounts for it. The English are a nation of shopkeepers.

1943 D. L. Sayers King's Herald in Man born to be King i. 67 I see a worldly priesthood, a worldly ruler, a worldly people—a nation of shopkeepers and petty bureaucrats, their hearts fixed on cash and credit.

1972 Times of India 30 Dec. 10/4 India takes its position on the basis of principle. We are not a nation of petty shopkeepers selling our support to the one who pays the highest price.

2010 Independent 11 Jan. 32/1 If Napoleon were alive today, I'm sure he would say we are no longer a nation of shopkeepers but a nation of shoppers.

单词	a nation of shopkeepers
释义	> as lemmas a nation of shopkeepers a nation of shopkeepers: a nation whose chief interest and concern lies in commerce; spec. England, the English.Cf. quots. 1766, 1769 at shopkeeping adj. [In the disparaging use with reference to England or the English, probably after French nation boutiquière (1794 or earlier). Although such use is often attributed to Napoleon (compare quot. 1822, which is taken from Napoleon's conversations, conducted in Italian, with his personal physician in exile), it does not appear to have originated with him.] ΚΠ 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. X. 508 It has been thought no bad description of the Japonese to stile them a nation of shopkeepers. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. vii. 221 To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers . View more context for this quotation 1822 B. E. O'Meara tr. N. Buonaparte in Napoleon in Exile II. 52 You were greatly offended with me for having called you a nation of shopkeepers. Had I meant by this, that you were a nation of cowards, you would have had reason to be displeased. 1862 R. W. Emerson Jrnl. 17 Jan. (1913) IX. 364 Governments of nations of shop-keepers must keep shop also. 1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant II. 334 Napoleon. Was your grandfather a shopkeeper, pray? Lady. No: he was an Englishman. Napoleon. That accounts for it. The English are a nation of shopkeepers. 1943 D. L. Sayers King's Herald in Man born to be King i. 67 I see a worldly priesthood, a worldly ruler, a worldly people—a nation of shopkeepers and petty bureaucrats, their hearts fixed on cash and credit. 1972 Times of India 30 Dec. 10/4 India takes its position on the basis of principle. We are not a nation of petty shopkeepers selling our support to the one who pays the highest price. 2010 Independent 11 Jan. 32/1 If Napoleon were alive today, I'm sure he would say we are no longer a nation of shopkeepers but a nation of shoppers. extracted from shopkeepern. < as lemmas
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