Burke

(noun.) British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797).

(verb.) get rid of, silence, or suppress; 'burke an issue'.

(verb.) murder without leaving a trace on the body.

录入:索菲娅

• Burke, now:--when I think of Burke, I can't help wishing somebody had a pocket-borough to give you, Ladislaw. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The voice of Burke was, however, hardly silent when the human mind suddenly awoke, and its march in the realms of government and of natural science since then cannot be regarded as slow. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Pocket-boroughs would be a fine thing, said Ladislaw, if they were always in the right pocket, and there were always a Burke at hand. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The march of the human mind is slow, exclaimed Burke in his great speech on Conciliation with the Colonies. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When the Countess of Fitz-Willis (her Ladyship is of the Kingstreet family, see Debrett and Burke) takes up a person, he or she is safe. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• That avalanche and the thunder, now, was really a little like Burke. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Burke has said that, 'in all bodies those who would lead, must also, in a considerable degree, follow. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• You don't mean to say he was burked, Sam? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

整理:莱缪尔