Gestapo
[ɡes'tɑ:pəu]
助記提示
音譯“蓋世太保”，是德語 Geheime Staatspolizei (secret state police) 的縮寫，意為“秘密國家警察”，是納粹統治時期的暴力機關。
中文“太保”本是官名，五代時期私人軍隊盛行，割據政權的君主往往把麾下猛將收為養子，並加太保官銜，比如盤踞太原的李克用的養子們號稱“十三太保”，使“太保”一詞成為“爪牙”的代名詞，用此來翻譯納粹統治的爪牙，正得其所，再加上“蓋世”二字，又能突出其權力通天。
英文詞源
- Gestapo
- Nazi secret state police, 1934, from German Gestapo, contracted from "Geheime Staats-polizei," literally "secret state police," set up by Hermann Göring in Prussia in 1933, extended to all Germany in January 1934.
雙語例句
- 1. Technically , the Gestapo had no jurisdiction over men in uniform.
- 按照規定, 蓋世太保並不掌握軍人的生殺大權.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The operation was infiltrated by the Gestapo, the German secret police.
- 這次行動被德國秘密警察蓋士太保偵破了.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The Gestapo knew well how to exploit all the human frailties of their victims.
- 蓋世太保很清楚地知道怎樣去利用他們準備殺害的人的人性弱點.
來自演講部分
- 4. Gestapo was used by the Nazi state against anyone suspected of political deviation or opposition.
- 蓋世太保被納粹國家用來對付任何被懷疑為政治背判或反對派的人.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Goering had switched sides because the Gestapo had proof of his drug addiction.
- 戈林之所以變卦,是因為秘密警察已經掌握了他吸嗎啡上癮的證據.
來自辭典例句