martinet

英[,mɑːtɪ'net] 美[,mɑrtn'ɛt]

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复数: martinets;

martinet 严格执行纪律的人

来自17世纪法国陆军中校Jean Martinet,因其以训练纪律严格著称于世，因此，其名字成为纪律严明的代称。该姓氏字面意思为小战神Mars.

martinet: martinet: [17] The word martinet comes from the name of Jean Martinet, a 17th-century French army officer who invented a system of drill. Indeed, it was as the term for this new drill that martinet was first used in English (‘What, d’ye find fault with Martinet? … ’tis the best exercise in the World’, William Wycherley, The Plain-Dealer 1676); not until the 18th century did the figurative sense ‘rigid disciplinarian’ emerge.
martinet (n.): 1670s, "system of strict discipline," from the name of Jean Martinet (killed at siege of Duisburg, 1672), lieutenant colonel in the Régiment du Roi, who in 1668 was appointed inspector general of the infantry. "It was his responsibility to introduce and enforce the drill and strict discipline of the French regiment of Guards across the whole infantry." [Olaf van Minwegen, "The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions 1588-1688," 2006] The meaning "an officer who is a stickler for strict discipline" is first attested 1779 in English. The surname is a diminutive of Latin Martinus (see Martin).

1. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.: 他是个退役中校，有点军人作风。

3. Our dean is an understanding counselor, not a martinet.: 我们的教务长是一位善解人意的好顾问, 而非厉行严格纪律者.

4. Thomson , A . J . and A . V. Martinet . 1986 . A Practical English Grammar. Oxford University Press.: 全建强: 《高级英语语法详解》,安徽教育出版社,2001年.