medize

词形变化

medized medizes 三单 medizes medizing medizing 现在分词 medized 过去式 medized 过去分词

别名

Medise Medize medise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To side with the Persians; to be loyal to the Persian Empire rather than Greeks.

    历史 不及物

    It is sometimes said that in giving unfavourable or ambiguous responses to Athens, Delphi was medizing. But surely this view is wide of the mark. What could Delphi possibly hope to gain by siding with the Persians? If Delphi was in fact medizing, why did the Persians attempt to take it and to plunder its sanctuary? The truth is that Delphi's overriding aim was the preservation of traditional religion,

词源

From the Ancient Greek verb μηδίζω (mēdízō, literally “side with the Medes”), corresponding to Mede + -ize.

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