- Eden1, (Robert) Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977), British Conservative statesman, Prime Minister 1955-7. His premiership was dominated by the Suez crisis of 1956; widespread opposition to Britain's role in this led to his resignation.艾登, （罗伯特·）安东尼, 艾文伯爵（第一）（1897-1977, 英国保守党领袖, 首相[1955-1957]; 任期内主要发生了苏伊士事件, 他因英国在此事件中的表现招致广泛的批评而辞职）。
(亦作Garden of Eden)
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- the place where Adam and Eve lived in the biblical account of the Creation, from which they were expelled for disobediently eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge伊甸园（《圣经》中记载的神创世纪时期亚当和夏娃最初居住的地方, 后因两人偷食禁果而被逐出）。
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- as noun an Eden a place or state of great happiness; an unspoilt paradise乐园, 天堂; 最大幸福, 至乐：
the lost Eden of his childhood.
他失去的孩提至乐。
词源
from late Latin (Vulgate), Greek Ēdēn (Septuagint), and Hebrew 'Ēḏen; perhaps related to Akkadian edinu, from Sumerian eden 'plain, desert' （but believed to be related to Hebrew 'ēḏen 'delight'）.