Edmund Burke
/ˌedmənd ˈbɜːk/
/ˌedmənd ˈbɜːrk/
- (1729-97) a British Whig politician and writer, born in Ireland. He was a Member of Parliament (1765-94) but is best remembered for speaking and writing in favour of American independence and the rights of Irish Catholics. In his best-known book, Reflections of the Revolution in France (1790), he argued against the more extreme acts of the French Revolution.
埃德蒙·伯克（Edmund Burke）：（1729-97）英国辉格党政客和作家，出生于爱尔兰。他曾是国会议员（1765-94），但因演讲和写作而支持美国独立和爱尔兰天主教徒的权利而广为人知。在他最著名的著作《法国大革命的反思》（1790年）中，他反对法国大革命的更为极端的行为。