pro-martyr

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The first martyr to die for a particular cause.
    — Such a man was John Brown. He was strong in his moral and mental nature, as well as in his physical nature. He was born to lead; and he led, and made himself the pro-martyr of a cause rapidly perfecting.
形容词 adj.
  1. In favor of or supporting martyrdom or a group of martyrs.
    — Though not hearing the tellers' full stories in these passages, we are nonetheless reminded that neutrality was not a quality of storytelling. The pro-martyr stance of the statements above will only have been more dramatized in their story form.

词形变化

pro-martyrs plural more pro-martyr comparative most pro-martyr superlative

词源

词源 1
From pro- + martyr.
词源 2
From pro- + martyr.
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