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1、IdiomsandHistoricalDevelopment(III)Featherinyourcap:Thisidiommeanstogainapproval,agreatachievementorspecialhonorItoriginatedfromAmericanIndians’custom.WhenAmericanIndiansperformedbravelyinbattle,theywouldreceiveafeathertoaddtotheirheaddress.ThemorefeathersonanIndian
2、’sheaddress,thebetterthewarrior.Similarly,itwasonceacommonpracticetoawardafeathertoasoldierwhohadkilledanenemy. Thesefeatherswerewornonthehelmetorotherheadgearandwereconsideredsymbolsofsocialstatusmuchasmodernsoldiersreceiveanddisplaymedals.e.g.Youputafeatherinyourc
3、apwhenyouboughtlunchfortheboss’ssecretary.FeatherInYourCapcartoon"Thecompanydidn'tpayabonusthisyear"OK:OKisaquintessentially(纯粹)AmericantermthathasspreadfromEnglishtomanyotherlanguages.ItsoriginwasthesubjectofscholarlydebateformanyyearsuntilAllenWalkerReadshowedthat
4、OKisbasedonajokeofsorts.OKisfirstrecordedin1839butwasprobablyincirculationbeforethatdate.Duringthe1830stherewasahumoristicfashioninBostonnewspaperstoreduceaphrasetoinitialsandsupplyanexplanationinparentheses(括号).Sometimestheabbreviationsweremisspelledtoaddtothehumor
5、.OKwasusedinMarch1839asanabbreviationforallcorrect,thejokebeingthatneithertheOnortheKwascorrect.Originallyspelledwithperiods,thistermoutlivedmostsimilarabbreviationsowingtoitsuseinPresidentMartinVanBuren’s1840campaignforreelection.BecausehewasborninKinderhook,NewYor
6、k,VanBurenwasnicknamedOldKinderhook,andtheabbreviationprovedeminentlysuitableforpoliticalslogans.Thatsameyear,aneditorialreferringtothereceiptofapinwiththesloganO.K.hadthiscomment:“frightfulletters…significantofthebirth-placeofMartinVanBuren,oldKinderhook,asalsother
7、allying(东山再起)wordoftheDemocracyofthelateelection,‘allcorrect’....Thosewhowearthemshouldbearinmindthatitwillrequiretheirmoststrenuousexertions…tomakeallthingsO.K.”PresidentMartinVanBurenAnothertheorythatsurrounds‘OK’isthatUSPresidentAndrewJacksonusedittoapprovelegald
8、ocuments.Jacksonwasnotagoodspellerand‘olekorreck’wassupposedlyhowJacksonspelled‘allcorrect’.Whenjournalistsheardaboutthis,theywrotemanysto
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