Anthony是什麽意思

Anthony

英 ['æntənɪ] 美 ['æntənɪ]

Anthony: masc. proper name, from Latin Antonius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- probably suggested by many Greek loan words beginning anth-, such as anthros "flower," anthropos "man"); St. Anthony (4c.), Egyptian hermit, patron saint of swineherds, to whom one of each litter was usually vowed, hence Anthony for "smallest pig of the litter (1660s; in condensed form tantony pig from 1590s). St. Anthony's Fire (1520s), popular name for erysipelas, is said to be so called from the tradition that those who sought his intercession recovered from that distemper during a fatal epidemic in 1089.

1. Anthony sometimes felt that his mistress was his superior in will-power.: 有時安東尼感覺他的情婦比他更有意誌力。

2. Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.: 安東尼自己慢慢爬起來，又開始沿著跑道跑下去。

3. His book about Afghanistan is reviewed here by Anthony Hyman.: 安東尼·海曼在此就他那本關於阿富汗的書寫了書評。

4. Sir Anthony was a keen fundraiser for the Liberal Democrats.: 安東尼爵士是自由民主黨熱心的資金籌集者。