The DNB is a huge British reference work: the Dictionary of National Biography. It collects life stories of people from British history who were thought worth remembering — writers, scientists, politicians, soldiers, and many quieter names.

The DNB is a huge British reference workDNB是一部龐大的英國參考書：the Dictionary of National Biography全名是Dictionary of National Biography（國家人物傳記大辭典）。It collects life stories of people from British history who were thought worth remembering它收錄了被認為值得記住的英國歷史人物生平 — writers, scientists, politicians, soldiers, and many quieter names作家、科學家、政治人物、軍人，還有許多沒那麼出名的人。

Historians and students use it in libraries. It is a book, and now also an electronic work, not a club night.

Historians and students use it in libraries歷史學家和學生會在圖書館裡用它。It is a book, and now also an electronic work, not a club night它是一本書，現在也有電子版，不是什麼夜店活動。

The first big edition came out in Britain in the late nineteenth century. A later, much updated version is often called the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, but people still say DNB for this project.

The first big edition came out in Britain in the late nineteenth century第一個大版本在十九世紀晚期於英國出版。A later, much updated version is often called the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography後來一個更新很多的版本常被稱為Oxford Dictionary of National Biography，but people still say DNB for this project但大家還是把這個計畫叫做DNB。

The tone is formal and scholarly. You meet it in footnotes: see DNB means “look up this person's life in that dictionary.” Though actually, those same three letters are also a nickname for drum and bass among music fans.

The tone is formal and scholarly這個字的調性正式、學術。You meet it in footnotes你會在註腳裡看到它：see DNB means “look up this person's life in that dictionary.”「見DNB」的意思是「去那本辭典裡查這個人的生平」 Though actually不過事實上，those same three letters are also a nickname for drum and bass among music fans這三個字母在樂迷之間也是drum and bass（鼓與貝斯）的暱稱。

This entry is the dictionary. If a history essay says DNB, it wants a life story, not a bass line.

This entry is the dictionary這個詞條講的是那本辭典。If a history essay says DNB如果一篇歷史論文寫DNB，it wants a life story, not a bass line它要的是一篇生平傳記，不是貝斯旋律。