Norman Conquest

基本解釋

If alien words could kill, English might not have survived the Norman conquest.
如果外來(lái)詞能有殺傷力，英語(yǔ)就不會(huì)在諾曼征服中幸存下來(lái)了。
By contrast, from the time of the Norman conquest, the English monarchy had succeeded in establishing a strong, uniform, and centralized system of justice.
反觀英國(guó)，自諾曼征服時(shí)起，英國(guó)王室就成功地建立了一套強(qiáng)大、統(tǒng)一和集中的司法體系。
It turns up in written English circa 1220 so it came with the French of the Norman Conquest which was built on Latin.
大約1220年它在書面英語(yǔ)中出現(xiàn)，它伴隨著在諾爾曼征服中根植于拉丁文中的法語(yǔ)產(chǎn)生。

The second is the illusion of national self-containment, the belief that, since the Norman Conquest, English experience has unfolded within its own unique parameters, separating it radically from the continent.
ECONOMIST: British history

the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans, following the Battle of Hastings (1066) (1066)