Canute n. 卡努特
- A good example is the famous 12th century lengend of King Canute of Denmark and England.
一个很好的例子是关于十二世纪丹麦和英国的国王克努特的传说。 - When Ethebred's death left no strong Saxon successor, the Witan chose Canute the Danish leader, as king in 1016.
埃塞尔雷德死后没有留下有实力的撒克逊继承人,于是贤人会议选择了丹麦首领克努特为国王。 - Like King Canute, foreign governments occasional-ly try to stop the rising tide of American cultural in-fluence, and like the hapless king they always fail.
就像克努特国王一样,有时外国政府想阻止越来越猛烈的美国文化的影响,而且正像那个倒霉的国王一样,他们总是失败。
canute[ noun ]
king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
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