| 单词 |
philhellenic |
| 释义 |
philhellenic, a.|fɪlhɛˈliːnɪk, -ˈɛnɪk| [f. as prec. + Hellenic.] Loving, friendly to, or supporting the cause of, Greece or the Greeks (esp. in relation to national independence). So philhellenism |fɪlˈhɛliːnɪz(ə)m|, the principle of supporting the Greeks; philhellenist |fɪlhɛˈliːnɪst|, a friend or supporter of Greece (also attrib.).
1830Maunder Dict., *Philhellenic. 1852Grote Greece ii. lxx. IX. 96 So emphatically did he [Klearchus] pledge himself for the good faith and philhellenic dispositions of the satrap.
1862G. Finlay in Freeman's Life & Lett. (1895) I. 281, I feel again a return of *philhellenism. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 304 The suggestion was..decried as striking at the root of all Phil-hellenism.
1811Byron Rem. on Romaic Wks. (1846) 793/2 The reply of the *Philellenist I have not translated. 1842Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets 98 But if by chance an Attic voice be wist, They grow softhearted straight, philhellenist. |

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