John Byng
/ˌdʒɒn ˈbɪŋ/
/ˌdʒɑːn ˈbɪŋ/
- (1704-57) a British admiral (= a senior navy officer) who was tried by a military court and shot for failing to protect some British soldiers when they were being attacked. The French writer Voltaire referred to Byng's death in his humorous book Candide. He said that in England they liked to kill an admiral occasionally ‘to encourage the others’. This phrase, (in French pour encourager les autres) is still often used in written and spoken English.
约翰·比恩（John Byng）：（1704-57）一位英国海军上将，他被军事法庭审判，并因未能保护某些英军士兵受到攻击而开枪射击。法国作家伏尔泰（Voltaire）在他的幽默书《坎迪德》中提到了拜恩的死。他说，在英格兰，他们喜欢偶尔杀死海军上将，以“鼓励其他人”。这个词组（法语为鼓励词les autres）仍然经常以书面和口语使用。