home front的词源

英文词源

home front (n.)

also homefront, 1918, from home (n.) + front (n.) in the military sense. A term from World War I; popularized (if not coined) by the agencies running the U.S. propaganda effort.

The battle front in Europe is not the only American front. There is a home front, and our people at home should be as patriotic as our men in uniform in foreign lands. [promotion for the Fourth Liberty Loan appearing in various U.S. magazines, fall 1918]

中文词源

home front：后方民众，大后方

home,家，家园，front,前方，此处理解为远方。即远方的家，一战时期的宣传用词，对应于我们所理解的大后方。

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