來自希臘語pamphilos,眾人所愛，來自pan-,眾，所，philos,愛，詞源同philosophy.現詞義來自中世紀的一首愛情詩”Pamphilus,seu de Amore”，大意是“眾人之所愛，何為愛”，amore,愛，愛情，詞源同amateur.因這首詩流傳如此之廣，人們用小紙片大量傳抄。後引申詞義小冊子，傳單。
英文詞源
pamphlet
pamphlet: [14] The original ‘pamphlet’ was Pamphilus, a short anonymous Latin love poem of the 12th century. It was very popular and widely reproduced, and its name was adapted in the vernacular to Pamflet; and by the end of the 14th century this was being used generically for any text shorter than a book. The word’s more restricted modern connotations (‘unbound’ and ‘dealing with controversial subjects’) developed gradually over the centuries.
pamphlet (n.)
"small, unbound treatise," late 14c., from Anglo-Latin panfletus, popular short form of "Pamphilus, seu de Amore" ("Pamphilus, or about Love"), a short 12c. Latin love poem popular and widely copied in Middle Ages; the name from Greek pamphilos "loved by all," from pan- "all" + philos "loving, dear" see -phile). Meaning "brief work dealing with questions of current interest" is late 16c.
雙語例句
1. Over a thousand copies of the pamphlet have now been given out.
現在已分發了一千多本小冊子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The scholarly monographs were published as pamphlet.
學術專著是以小冊子形式出版的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The pamphlet went out in 6000 copies.
這本小冊子發行了六千本.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The pamphlet contains information of political opinion.
這本小冊子含有關於政治主張的資料。
來自辭典例句
5. Franklin wrote a pamphlet on the " NewInvented Pennsylvanian Fire Place ".