维博福斯

維博福斯

Wéibófúsī

proper noun #34,346

Meanings

1 Wilberforce (transliteration of the English surname; most likely refers to William Wilberforce, 1759-1833, British MP and abolitionist)

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Examples

维博福斯一生致力于废除奴隶贸易。

Wéibófúsī yìshēng zhìlìyú fèichú núlì màoyì.

Wilberforce devoted his life to abolishing the slave trade.

电影《奇异恩典》就是讲维博福斯的故事。

Diànyǐng 《 Qíyì Ēndiǎn 》 jiùshì jiǎng Wéibófúsī de gùshi.

The film 'Amazing Grace' tells the story of Wilberforce.

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history

Most likely 威廉·维博福斯 (William Wilberforce), the British evangelical MP whose decades-long campaign produced the 1807 Slave Trade Act and the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act. The 2006 film 《奇异恩典》 (Amazing Grace) dramatises his life. Modern Chinese sources also write 威伯福斯 / 威尔伯福斯 for the same name - there is no fully fixed transliteration.

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维 wéi

博 bó

福 fú

斯 sī