The Devil’s Dictionary 魔鬼辞典

作者 Ambrose Bierce著
出版社 Dover
出版时间 1993年5月
ISBN 9780486275420
定价 29.60

内容简介

1941.ThemostfamousdictionaryaftertheOEDandWebster's.Therenownedauthorandjournalistprovideshilariouslywittyandwisedefinitionsforcommonwordsinourlanguage.Forexample:Abdication-anactwherebyasovereignattestshissenseofthehightemperatureofthethrone;Abrupt-sudden,withoutceremony,likethearrivalofacannon-shotandthedepartureofthesoldierwhoseinterestsaremostaffectedbyit.Dr.SamuelJohnsonbeautifullysaidofanotherauthor'sideasthattheywere"concatenatedwithoutabruption."

作者简介

AmbroseGwinnettBierce(1842-1914)wasborninMeigsCounty,Ohio.HegrewupinIndianaandfoughtfortheUnionintheCivilWar.HewasintheUKfrom1872to1875,wherehewroteforFunmagazine,andin1887joinedtheSanFranciscoExaminer.HewroteTalesofSoldiersandCiviliansin1892,andcompiledthemuch-quotedCynic'sWordBook,nowknownasTheDevil'sDictionary,forpublicationin1906.In1913hewenttoMexicotoreportonPanchoVilla'sarmy,anddisappeared.

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