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单词 beau geste
释义 beau geste|bo ʒɛst|
[Fr., = fine gesture.]
A display of magnanimity.
1920John O'London's Weekly 21 Feb. 562/1 The beau geste is less a physical than a mental and literary revelation.1922Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec., I think Germany can pay,..and Italy is too poor to make the beau geste of abandoning her claims.1925W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xv. §3 He gave in... He was not going to quarrel with a beau geste.
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