harvard
harvard — 名詞
1. John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English-born American religious leader. He gave
約翰·哈佛
美國清教徒牧師，哈佛大學以其命名
John Harvard (1607–1638) was an English-born American religious leader. He gave his collection of books and half of his money and property to a new college in 1638. The college was later named Harvard University after him.
John Harvard left his collection of four hundred books and seven hundred pounds to a new school in 1638.
John Harvard 在1638年將他收藏的四百本書和七百英鎊捐給了一所新學校。
named + verb + object; historical fact pattern
A statue of John Harvard sits in Harvard Yard, but it was modelled after a student, not the clergyman himself.
哈佛校園內有一座 John Harvard 的雕像，但其實雕的是當時的學生，並非牧師本人。
The college that John Harvard helped fund was renamed Harvard College in 1639, one year after his death.
John Harvard 資助的那所學院在他逝世一年後，於1639年更名為哈佛學院。
Historians know very little about John Harvard’s life before he moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
歷史學家對 John Harvard 移居麻薩諸塞灣殖民地之前的生活所知甚少。
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, 'Harvard' almost always refers to the university. To refer unambiguously to the historical figure, say 'John Harvard'. Taiwan learners already know the university as 哈佛大學, so adding his first name in English or saying 約翰·哈佛 in Chinese prevents confusion.
常見錯誤
❗ 'Harvard was a famous university in the 1600s.' ✅ 'John Harvard was a clergyman who helped fund what later became Harvard University.' — the person and the institution are different referents.