| 单词 | 波斯维尔 |
| 释义 | 〔Boswell〕Scottish lawyer, diarist, and writer renowned as the biographer of Samuel Johnson.波斯维尔，詹姆斯：(1740-1795) 苏格兰律师、日记作家和作家，因所写的萨缪尔·约翰逊传记而再度扬名〔Bothwell〕Scottish Protestant nobleman and third husband of Mary Queen of Scots, whose second husband, Lord Darnley, he murdered (1567). Acquitted of the crime, he wedded Mary and was soon forced into exile. He died while imprisoned in Denmark.波斯维尔：苏格兰新教贵族和苏格兰女王玛丽的第三任丈夫，他谋杀了玛丽的第二任丈夫达因利勋爵（1567年）。无罪开释后，他与玛丽结婚后不久被流放，在丹麦死于监狱中〔catechize〕"Boswell was eternally catechizing him on all kinds of subjects"(Macaulay)“波斯维尔无休止地在各种各样的问题上向他发问”(麦考利) |
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