name taken from 1718 by French author Fran?ois Marie Arouet (1694-1778) after his imprisonment in the Bastille on suspicion of having written some satirical verses; originally de Voltaire. The signification is uncertain.
雙語例句
1. His lyrics are highly literate. He even quotes Voltaire.
他的歌詞體現(xiàn)了高度的文化修養(yǎng)。他甚至還引用了伏爾泰。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Voltaire was a famous French satirist.
伏爾泰是法國一位著名的諷刺作家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He even enjoyed the sharp criticism he provoked from Voltaire.
他甚至欣賞從佛太論那兒招來的尖刻批評.
來自辭典例句
4. He was a man of much worldly wisdom, and in some ways resembled Voltaire.
他精于人情世故, 在某些方面酷似伏爾泰.
來自辭典例句
5. Madame Denis, the niece of M. de Voltaire, had been extremely good to me.