| 单词 | napoleon bonaparte |
| 释义 | Napoleon Bonaparte[ (boh-nuh-pahrt) ] A French general, political leader, and emperor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Bonaparte rose swiftly through the ranks of army and government during and after the French Revolution and crowned himself emperor in 1804. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion of Russia. After his final loss to Britain and Prussia at the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean. notes for Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon's name is often connected with overreaching military ambition and delusions of grandeur. notes for Napoleon BonaparteBecause Napoleon was short, overly aggressive men of short stature are sometimes said to have a “Napoleon complex.” Words nearby Napoleon Bonapartenapkin ring, Naples, Naples yellow, Napo, napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Napoleonic, Napoleonic Code, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon II The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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