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Areopagus

英 [,æri'ɔpəɡəs] 美

n. 最高法院；阿勒奥珀格斯山（希腊雅典一小丘）

英文词源

Areopagus: 1640s, Greek, Areios pagos "the hill of Ares," west of the Acropolis in Athens, where the highest judicial court sat; second element from pagos "rocky hill." Sense extended to "any important tribunal."