slogan

来自苏格兰盖尔语 sluagh-ghairm,战场呐喊声，喊杀声，来自古爱尔兰语 sluag,军队，词源同 slew,大量，ghairm,喊叫声，拟声词，词源同 garrulous.后词义通用化为标语，口号。

slogan

slogan: [16] Slogan is a Gaelic contribution to English. It comes from sluaghghairm ‘war-cry’, a compound formed from sluagh ‘army’ and ghairm ‘shout’. English at first used it in its original Gaelic sense, and the metaphorical ‘catchphrase’ did not emerge until the 18th century.

slogan (n.)

1670s, earlier slogorne (1510s), "battle cry," from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm "battle cry used by Scottish Highland or Irish clans," from sluagh "army, host, slew," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *slough- "help, service." Second element is gairm "a cry" (see garrulous). Metaphoric sense of "distinctive word or phrase used by a political or other group" is first attested 1704.

1. The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan.

社会党党员设法用他们的口号把它压过去。

2. They could campaign on the slogan "We'll take less of your money".

他们可能打出这样的竞选口号：“我们会让您少出钱”。

3. The ceremony was disrupted by unprecedented heckling and slogan-chanting.

仪式因前所未有的起哄和喊口号声而中断。

4. an advertising slogan

广告口号

5. Such a slogan will bind our hand and foot.

这个口号会约束我们的手脚.