A manifesto is a written statement in which a group says what they believe and what they mean to do. The classic use is a political party before an election: here is our picture of the country, and here are the changes we will try to make.

A manifesto宣言 is是 a written statement一份書面聲明 in which其中 a group一個團體 says說明 what they believe他們相信什麼 and what they mean to do以及他們打算做什麼。The classic use最典型的用法 is是 a political party政黨 before an election在選舉之前(發表宣言): here這裡 is就是 our picture of the country我們對這個國家的願景, and而 here這裡 are就是 the changes我們將努力推動的改變 we will try to make。

Artists, writers, and other movements have written manifestos too — not only politicians — so the word jumped from politics into art and protest. It feels formal. You would not call a chat message a manifesto unless you were joking.

Artists, writers, and other movements藝術家、作家和其他運動 have written manifestos too也都寫過宣言——not only politicians不只是政治人物——so所以 the word jumped這個字才會從政治 from politics into art and protest跳進藝術與抗議的領域。It它 feels formal給人的感覺很正式。You你 would not call不會把 a chat message一則聊天訊息 a manifesto稱作宣言 unless you were joking除非是在開玩笑。

There is a rare verb, to manifesto, meaning to put out such a statement, but almost nobody uses it in ordinary English; you will meet the noun. It is a close family member of manifest (“clear, out in the open”): both go back to a Latin word for making something public. Manifesto came in through Italian in the 1600s.

There是 is a rare verb一個罕見的動詞, to manifesto發表宣言, meaning意思是 to put out such a statement發出這樣的聲明, but但 almost nobody uses it幾乎沒有人這樣用 in ordinary English在日常英文裡; you你 will meet的是 the noun名詞這個詞性。It它 is是 a close family member關係很近的親戚 of manifest和manifest這個字(“clear, out in the open”「清楚、攤在陽光下」): both兩者 go back to都源自 a Latin word一個拉丁字 for making something public意思是把某件事公開。Manifesto Manifesto這個字 came in是經由 through Italian義大利文 in the 1600s在十七世紀傳入英文的。

Though actually, a real manifesto is often longer and vaguer than the proud title suggests — parties write them to sound sure, and then life gets messy.

Though actually不過事實上, a real manifesto一份真正的宣言 is often通常 than the proud title suggests比那自豪的名號聽起來的 longer and vaguer更長、更含糊——parties政黨 write them寫這些宣言 to sound sure是為了聽起來很篤定, and而 then後來 life gets messy現實往往一團亂。