| 单词 | royal we |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroyal we royal we n. the pronoun ‘we’ used in place of ‘I’ by a monarch or other person in power, esp. in formal declarations, or (frequently humorously) by any individual; cf. we pron. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > personal pronoun > specific thouc1400 yec1400 you1655 thee1657 royal we1821 1821 London Lit. Gaz. 28 July 470/1 The first use of the royal we by Buonaparte was in the appointment of his brother-in-law, Leclerc, to St. Domingo, in autumn 1801. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 947/1 Coke, in the ‘Institutes’, says the first king that wrote we in his grants was king John. All the kings before him wrote ego (I). This is not correct, as Richard Lion-heart adopted the royal we. 1960 J. Rae Custard Boys ii. xv. 175 ‘In the absence of the accused we will continue with the trial.’.. He used the royal ‘we’, but he spoke for us all. 1990 R. Hodge Lit. as Discourse viii. 209 Kreon now uses the so-called ‘royal we’ (hemeis ), the plural signifying power and the transcendence of his individuality. < as lemmas |
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