pitt

pitt — 人名

1. the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1708 to 1778), later made the f

1.人名
釋義

老皮特

查塔姆伯爵，英國18世紀政治家

the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1708 to 1778), later made the first Earl of Chatham, a British politician who led wartime ministries during the mid-1700s and was popularly called the Elder Pitt to mark him off from his son.

例句

Our history teacher described Pitt the Elder as the architect of British victory in the Seven Years' War.

歷史老師形容老皮特是英國贏得七年戰爭的關鍵人物。

name pattern: Pitt the Elder

Maya's essay argued that Pitt the Elder pushed Britain into the Seven Years' War against France.

Maya 的報告主張，是老皮特把英國推進了對法國的七年戰爭。

topic phrasing: an essay arguing about Pitt the Elder

同義詞

文法句型

William Pitt the Elder

(the) Earl of Chatham

Pitt the Elder

用法筆記

Almost always written with a tag that pins down the person, since two famous Pitts share the same surname. The common forms are 'William Pitt the Elder', 'Pitt the Elder', and after 1766 'the Earl of Chatham'. Distinguish from sense 2, which names his son.

常見錯誤

❌Pitt led Britain during the Napoleonic Wars in the 1790s.
✅Pitt the Younger led Britain during the Napoleonic Wars in the 1790s.
💡the wartime leader against Napoleon was the son, not the Elder Pitt.
❌I read about the William Pitt the Elder yesterday.
✅I read about William Pitt the Elder yesterday.
💡personal names do not take 'the' before the first name.

2. the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1759 to 1806), the son of the E

2.人名
釋義

小皮特

英國史上最年輕的首相

the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1759 to 1806), the son of the Elder Pitt, who became Britain's youngest prime minister at twenty-four and led the country through most of the wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

例句

King George III asked Pitt the Younger to form a government in Downing Street in late 1783.

1783 年底，英王喬治三世在唐寧街召見小皮特，請他出面組閣。

biographical fact pattern: King George III asked Pitt the Younger to form a government

Lina's thesis compared Pitt the Younger and Charles James Fox as rival voices on the French Revolution.

Lina 的論文比較小皮特與 Charles James Fox 對法國大革命所持的對立立場。

topic phrasing: comparing Pitt the Younger and Fox

同義詞

文法句型

William Pitt the Younger

Pitt the Younger

Pitt's government / ministry

用法筆記

Like sense 1, almost always written with a tag (most often 'Pitt the Younger' or 'William Pitt the Younger') because the surname alone is ambiguous. In British political writing, an unqualified 'Pitt's government' usually means the Younger, since his terms were longer and more recent. Distinguish from sense 1, which names his father.

常見錯誤

❌Pitt the Younger inherited the title Earl of Chatham.
✅Pitt the Elder held the title Earl of Chatham.
💡the Earl of Chatham title belonged to the father, not the son.
❌The Younger Pitt was elected president of Britain in 1783.
✅The Younger Pitt became prime minister of Britain in 1783.
💡Britain has a prime minister, not a president.