Malthusian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /mælˈθjuːzɪən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus.
    — As Tess grew older, and began to see how matters stood, she felt quite a Malthusian towards her mother for thoughtlessly giving her so many little sisters and brothers, when it was such a trouble to nurse and provide for them.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.
    — For first, this college life, opening to scholarships, and ending, perchance, as you political economists would desire, in Malthusian fellowships,—premiums for celibacy,— consider what manner of thing it is!

词形变化

more Malthusian comparative most Malthusian superlative Malthusians plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English Malthus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Malthusian
From Malthus + -ian.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English Malthus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Malthusian
From Malthus + -ian.
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