约翰·伊夫林日记是英国日记中一部巨著。它实现了出色的记事功能,作者不但兴趣广泛,而且通过敏锐的观察力展示出一幅独具特色的绘卷,具有珍贵的史料价值。但缺乏日记文类所特有的私密性与即时性特点,读者所看到的伊夫林是他塑造出的威严、虔诚的自我形象,因而这部日记实际上更接近于回忆录。 John Evelyn Diary is a great British diary. It achieves excellent memo function. The author not only has a wide range of interests, but also displays a unique scroll with keen observation, which is of precious historical value. However, due to the privacy and immediacy characteristic peculiar to journals, readers can see that Evelyn is his majestic and devout self-image, so the diary is actually closer to the memoirs.