单词 | 彼得格勒 |
释义 | 〔apocryphal〕"Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . raced through Russia's trenches"(W. Bruce Lincoln)“彼得格勒饿死人的杜撰谣言…迅速地在俄军阵营流传开来”(W.布鲁斯·林肯)〔Leningrad〕A city of northwest European U.S.S.R. on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland. Founded by Peter the Great in 1703 as St. Petersburg, it soon flourished as his "window on Europe" and became the capital of Russia in 1712. Noted for its fine architecture and cultural achievements, the city was called Petrograd from 1914 to 1924. Moscow replaced it as capital in 1918. Population, 4,329,000.列宁格勒,圣彼得堡:苏联西北欧部分一城市,位于涅瓦河沿岸,芬兰湾的顶端。1703年由彼得大帝创建,被命名为圣彼得堡,很快就作为“欧洲之窗”繁荣起来,1712年成为俄国的首都。以其优美的建筑和文化成就闻名于世,从1914年到1924年期间,该市一度被称为彼得格勒。1918年莫斯科取而代之而成为首都。人口4,329,000〔pall〕"A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916"(W. Bruce Lincoln)“沮丧冷漠的氛围笼罩着1916年二、三月的彼得格勒”(W.布鲁斯·林肯)〔Reed〕American journalist. A World War I correspondent, he was in Petrograd during the October Revolution (1917), an experience he recounted inTen Days That Shook the World (1919). In 1919 he founded the American Communist Labor Party. Reed is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow. 里德,约翰:(1887-1920) 美国记者。一战时期记者,十月革命(1917年)时身居彼得格勒,他在《震撼世界的十日》 (1919年)中记叙了这段经历。在1919年他建立了美国共产主义工人党,死后葬于莫斯科克里姆林宫 |
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