Anthony

英 ['æntənɪ] 美['æntənɪ]

扩展词汇

Anthony: masc. proper name, from Latin Antonius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- probably suggested by many Greek loan words beginning anth-, such as anthros "flower," anthropos "man"); St. Anthony (4c.), Egyptian hermit, patron saint of swineherds, to whom one of each litter was usually vowed, hence Anthony for "smallest pig of the litter (1660s; in condensed form tantony pig from 1590s). St. Anthony's Fire (1520s), popular name for erysipelas, is said to be so called from the tradition that those who sought his intercession recovered from that distemper during a fatal epidemic in 1089.

1. Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in will-power.: 有时安东尼感觉他的情妇比他更有意志力。

2. Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.: 安东尼自己慢慢爬起来，又开始沿着跑道跑下去。

3. His book about Afghanistan is reviewed here by Anthony Hyman.: 安东尼·海曼在此就他那本关于阿富汗的书写了书评。

4. Sir Anthony was a keen fundraiser for the Liberal Democrats.: 安东尼爵士是自由民主党热心的资金筹集者。