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[魔鬼词典]TheDevil39;sDictionary(美)比尔斯英文文字版.pdf 177页
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THEDEVIL'SDICTIONARYTHEDEVIL'SDICTIONARYbyAMBROSEBIERCE1THEDEVIL'SDICTIONARYAUTHOR'SPREFACE_TheDevil'sDictionary_wasbeguninaweeklypaperin1881,andwascontinuedinadesultorywayatlongintervalsuntil1906.Inthatyearalargepartofitwaspublishedincoverswiththetitle_TheCynic'sWordBook_,anamewhichtheauthorhadnotthepowertorejectorhappinesstoapprove.Toquotethepublishersofthepresentwork:&Thismorereverenttitlehadpreviouslybeenforceduponhimbythereligiousscruplesofthelastnewspaperinwhichapartoftheworkhadappeared,withthenaturalconsequencethatwhenitcameoutincoversthecountryalreadyhadbeenfloodedbyitsimitatorswithascoreof'cynic'books--_TheCynic'sThis_,_TheCynic'sThat_,and_TheCynic'st'Other_.Mostofthesebooksweremerelystupid,thoughsomeofthemaddedthedistinctionofsilliness.Amongthem,theybroughttheword'cynic'intodisfavorsodeepthatanybookbearingitwasdiscreditedinadvanceofpublication.&Meantime,too,someoftheenterprisinghumoristsofthecountryhadhelpedthemselvestosuchpartsoftheworkasservedtheirneeds,andmanyofitsdefinitions,anecdotes,phrasesandsoforth,hadbecomemoreorlesscurrentinpopularspeech.Thisexplanationismade,notwithanyprideofpriorityintrifles,butinsimpledenialofpossiblechargesofplagiarism,whichisnotrifle.Inmerelyresuminghisowntheauthorhopestobeheldguiltlessbythosetowhomtheworkisaddressed--enlightenedsoulswhopreferdrywinestosweet,sensetosentiment,wittohumorandcleanEnglishtoslang.Aconspicuous,anditishopenotunpleasant,featureofthebookisitsabundantillustrativequotationsfromeminentpoets,chiefofwhomisthatlearnedandingeniuscleric,FatherGassalascaJape,S.J.,whoselinesbearhisinitials.ToFatherJape'skindlyencouragementandassistancetheauthoroftheprosetextisgreatlyindebted.2THEDEVIL'SDICTIONARYAABASEMENT,n.Adecentandcustomarymentalattitudeinthepresenceofwealthofpower.Peculiarlyappropriateinanemployeewhenaddressinganemployer.ABATIS,n.Rubbishinfrontofafort,topreventtherubbishoutsidefrommolestingtherubbishinside.ABDICATION,n.Anactwherebyasovereignattestshissenseofthehightemperatureofthethrone.PoorIsabe
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