Constantine
['kɔnstəntain]
解释:
(noun.) a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I.
(noun.) Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337).
录入:李莉斯--From WordNet
例句:
- I think St. Helena, the mother of Constantine, found this wonderful memento when she was here in the third century. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Gibbon, because of his anti-Christian animus, is hostile to Constantine; but he admits that he was temperate and chaste. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- If she was executed, the fact remains that her three sons, together with two nephews, became the appointed heirs of Constantine. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I trust so; but I do not like your travelling alone with this Count Constantine. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- This fact the genius of Constantine grasped. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It was the manifest intention of Constantine the Great that Constantinople should be the centre of an undivided empire. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The problem he faced was indeed very parallel to the problem of Constantine the Great. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I am Father Constantine of the French Mission here, he said, and I am glad to welcome you. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- True also that Constantine the Great knew no Greek and that Justinian's accent was bad. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Emperor Constantine writes to one of his officials: We need as many e ngineers as possible. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Better known, at least in England, as Constantine Caliphronas, replied the Count coolly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- More living men cherish his memory to-day than have ever heard the names of Constantine or Charlemagne. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Still the same lofty domes and minarets towered above the verdurous walls, where Constantine had died, and the Turk had entered the city. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- We have already noted the existence of the city of Byzantium, which Constantine chose to develop into his new capital. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The rector adjusted his _pince-nez_, and, smoothing open the letter, read the name aloud:— Count Constantine Caliphronas. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
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