| 释义 |
‖ égalité, n.|egalite|
[Fr., = egality n.]
In political contexts (alluding to the French Revolutionary slogan ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité’): equality (see equality n. 2 a).
1794J. Adams Let. 4 Feb. in Wks. (1856) I. 462, I hope my old friend will never meet the fate of another preacher of égalité. 1828Ld. Normanby English in France II. 27 But is not this the land of égalité? 1858Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 54 [Scott's] objection to democracy..was, that it would..level prince and peasant in a common égalité. 1981Time 29 June 2/2, I see Mitterrand in the tradition of the 19th century socialist reformers..who sought to make égalité a real thing. |