Voltaire
[vɔl'ter]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
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例句/造句/用法:
- She set up an academy, and corresponded with Voltaire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In many ways Voltaire's _Siècle de Louis XIV_ is still the best and most wholesome account. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- As to his religious notions--why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Till then, neither you nor Voltaire will ever enlighten the world by laughing at it. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Frederick carried culture to the pitch of authorship, and corresponded with and entertained Voltaire, to their mutual exasperation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She read Voltaire, and had Rousseau by heart; talked very lightly about divorce, and most energetically of the rights of women. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- No matter, Voltaire says somewhere, that provided there was a battle, it does not signify when it took place. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The observation of Mr. de Voltaire may be applied, I believe, not only to France, but to all other Roman Catholic countries. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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