Gestapo
[ɡes'tɑ:pəu]
助记提示
音译“盖世太保”，是德语 Geheime Staatspolizei (secret state police) 的缩写，意为“秘密国家警察”，是纳粹统治时期的暴力机关。
中文“太保”本是官名，五代时期私人军队盛行，割据政权的君主往往把麾下猛将收为养子，并加太保官衔，比如盘踞太原的李克用的养子们号称“十三太保”，使“太保”一词成为“爪牙”的代名词，用此来翻译纳粹统治的爪牙，正得其所，再加上“盖世”二字，又能突出其权力通天。
英文词源
- Gestapo
- Nazi secret state police, 1934, from German Gestapo, contracted from "Geheime Staats-polizei," literally "secret state police," set up by Hermann Göring in Prussia in 1933, extended to all Germany in January 1934.
双语例句
- 1. Technically , the Gestapo had no jurisdiction over men in uniform.
- 按照规定, 盖世太保并不掌握军人的生杀大权.
来自辞典例句
- 2. The operation was infiltrated by the Gestapo, the German secret police.
- 这次行动被德国秘密警察盖士太保侦破了.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The Gestapo knew well how to exploit all the human frailties of their victims.
- 盖世太保很清楚地知道怎样去利用他们准备杀害的人的人性弱点.
来自演讲部分
- 4. Gestapo was used by the Nazi state against anyone suspected of political deviation or opposition.
- 盖世太保被纳粹国家用来对付任何被怀疑为政治背判或反对派的人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Goering had switched sides because the Gestapo had proof of his drug addiction.
- 戈林之所以变卦,是因为秘密警察已经掌握了他吸吗啡上瘾的证据.
来自辞典例句