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英语翻译About three hundred words in the English language come f

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英语翻译
About three hundred words in the English language come from the names of people.Many of these words are technical words.When there is a new invention or discovery,a new word may be coined after the inventor or scientist.
It is interesting to observe how many common words have found their way into the language from the names of people.Lord Sandwich who lived from1718 to 1792 used to sit at ten.As Lord was the only man among his friends who ate bread in that way,his friends began to call the bread “Sandwich” for fun.Later on the word became part of the English language.
The word “boycott” means to refuse to have anything to do with somebody or something.It comes from a man called Captain Boycott.He was a land agent(代理人) in 1880 and he collected rents and taxes for an English landowner in Ireland .But Captain was a very hard man.He treated his poor tenants(佃户) very badly .His tenants decided not to him at all.Later word got back to the landowner and Captain was removed.The word “boycott” became popular and was used by everyone to mean the kind of treatment that was received by Captain Boycott.
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