c. 1200, burgeis "citizen of a borough," from Old French borjois (Modern French bourgeois), from Late Latin burgensis (see bourgeois). Applied from late 15c. to borough representatives in Parliament and used later in Virginia and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative body, while in Pennsylvania, etc., it meant "member of the governing council of a borough."
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1. In 1998 Burgess and Fuller discuss the problem again and showed the more inclusive result.
1998年Burgess和Fuller又 进一步证明了此问题,并得到了更广泛的结果.
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2. " Well , Burgess deserves it -- he will never get another congregation here.
" 可伯杰斯遭人恨是活该呀 -- 在这块地方,他再也别想有人听他布道了.
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3. There was another puzzled man, too -- the Rev. Mr. Burgess.
还有一个人百思不得其解 -- 这就是伯杰斯牧师.
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4. You know the thing that was charged against Burgess years ago.
你们都知道好多年以前大家怪罪伯杰斯的那件事.
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5. Burgess was taxed with this and stoutly denied it.
