| 释义 |
‖ mensch|mɛnʃ|
Also mensh.
[Yiddish, a. G. mensch person.]
A person of integrity or rectitude; one who is morally just, honest, or honourable.
1953S. Bellow Adventures A. March 43, I want you to be a mensch. 1959H. Pinter Birthday Party iii. 55 You'll be a mensch... You'll be a success. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 234 The key to being ‘a real mensh’ is nothing less than—character: rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous. Many a poor man, many an ignorant man, is a mensh. 1970New Statesman 30 Oct. 556/1 Mr Nixon is seen as an essentially decent man,..but not as a mensch on the scale of Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy. 1972New Yorker 24 June 26 What is a mensch?.. It means you're a substantial human being. |