情人节英文怎么说?为什么不是Lovers' Day,而是Valentine's Day?

还有个传说,瓦伦丁被监禁时爱上了一个年轻女孩——可能是狱卒的女儿——在他被监禁期间看望他,后来他第一次对女孩进行“情人节”表白。

“情人节”为什么不说 Lovers' Day

而要说 Valentine's Day

那还要从情人节的

历史渊源说起——

情人节的起源

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men.

有个传说认为,瓦伦丁是公元三世纪时生活在罗马的一名牧师。罗马皇帝克劳狄二世认为,单身男子比那些有妻子和家庭的人更适合当兵,所以他颁布了法令,禁止单身男子结婚。

Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

瓦伦丁意识到了这一法令的不公正性,反抗克劳狄的法令,继续秘密为年轻恋人举行婚礼。当瓦伦丁的行为被发现后,克劳狄下令将他处死。

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According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine sent the first “valentine” greeting after he fell in love with a young girl—possibly his jailor’s daughter—who visited him during his confinement.

还有个传说,瓦伦丁被监禁时爱上了一个年轻女孩——可能是狱卒的女儿——在他被监禁期间看望他,后来他第一次对女孩进行“情人节”表白。

Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today.

据称,在瓦伦丁去世前,他给她写了一封名为“来自你的瓦伦丁”的信,这种说法至今仍在使用。

所以,情人节快乐的英文就是

Happy Valentine's Day

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