1690s, hossen gossen, said to have been British soldiers' mangled Englishing of the Arabic cry they heard at Muharram processions in India, Ya Hasan! Ya Husayn! ("O Hassan! O Husain!"), mourning two grandsons of the Prophet who died fighting for the faith. Title of Yule & Burnell's 1886 glossary of Anglo-Indian words, and taken by linguists in naming the law of Hobson-Jobson, describing the effort to bring a new and strange word into harmony with the language.
雙語例句
1. Mister Hobson owned a stable of horses in Cambridge, England.
Hobson先生在英格蘭劍橋有一個馬棚.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
2. In view of the fact that Hobson was not a trained economist his achievements were remarkable.
考慮到霍布森不是科班出身的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，他可謂是成就非凡。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They must take this . It is Hobson's choice.
他們只能要這一個, 沒有選擇的余地.
來自辭典例句
4. The first systematic critique of modern imperialism was provided by the English radical J. A. Hobson.
第一次給予現(xiàn)代帝國主義以系統(tǒng)批判的是英國的激進(jìn)分子J. A. 霍布森.
來自辭典例句
5. Do you think Mr. Hobson can see me next Friday?