英文词源
- parole (n.)
- 1610s, "word of honor," especially "promise by a prisoner of war not to escape," from French parole "word, speech" (in parole d'honneur "word of honor") from Vulgar Latin *paraula "speech, discourse," from Latin parabola (see parable). Sense of "conditional release of a prisoner before full term" is first attested 1908 in criminal slang.
- parole (v.)
- 1716, from parole (n.). Originally it was what the prisoner did ("pledge"); its transitive meaning "put on parole" is first attested 1782. Related: Paroled; paroling.
中文词源
来自法语parole d’honneur,承诺,承诺辞,即parole of honor,来自拉丁语parabola,说话,词源同parable,parley.原指战争中俘虏作出的不逃跑的承诺,后用于对罪犯的假释。
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