英语词汇“noble experiment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Noble Experiment n. [apparently alluding to a letter, later repeated in a speech by former U.S. President Herbert Hoover (1874–1964); see quot. 1928¹] the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, under which the sale of alcohol was prohibited in the U.S. between 1920 and 1933, regarded as an experiment in social engineeering; prohibition under these terms.

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1928 H. C. Hoover Let. to W. E. Borah 23 Feb. in N.Y. Times 24 Feb. 1/1 A great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.]

1928 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. 28/7 Mr. Hoover..calls the Eighteenth Amendment a ‘noble experiment’.

1929 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 23 475 The high-hatted Hoover with his ‘noble experiment’.

1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 198 Persons accused of violating the statutes enforcing the ‘Noble Experiment’.

1996 N.Y. Times 26 May 7/3 The Noble Experiment of Prohibition failed.

单词	noble experiment
释义	> as lemmas Noble Experiment Noble Experiment n. [apparently alluding to a letter, later repeated in a speech by former U.S. President Herbert Hoover (1874–1964); see quot. 1928¹] the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, under which the sale of alcohol was prohibited in the U.S. between 1920 and 1933, regarded as an experiment in social engineeering; prohibition under these terms. ΚΠ 1928 H. C. Hoover Let. to W. E. Borah 23 Feb. in N.Y. Times 24 Feb. 1/1 A great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.] 1928 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. 28/7 Mr. Hoover..calls the Eighteenth Amendment a ‘noble experiment’. 1929 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 23 475 The high-hatted Hoover with his ‘noble experiment’. 1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 198 Persons accused of violating the statutes enforcing the ‘Noble Experiment’. 1996 N.Y. Times 26 May 7/3 The Noble Experiment of Prohibition failed. extracted from nobleadj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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