| 释义 |
‖ ben trovato, adj. phr.|bɛn troˈvato|
[It., = well found.]
Of a story, etc.: appropriate; happily invented if untrue.
Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato ‘if it is not true, it is a happy invention’ was app. a common saying in the 16th cent. It is found, for example, in Giordano Bruno (1585).
[1771Smollett Humph. Cl. II. 1 Your fable of the monkey and the pig, is what the Italians call ben trovata.] 1883W. Pater Let. 22 July (1970) 78 The title of your proposed volume is I think ben trovato. 1884N. & Q. 29 Mar. 244/2 It must be admitted that all this has a ben trovato character about it. 1886H. Ellis in Landor Imag. Conv. Introd. p. xv, A story told of him by the Italians round Fiesole, where he lived for many years, is at least ben trovato. 1952R. M. Hare Lang. Morals 53 We might say that to tell a story about someone, which every one knows is ben trovato, is not lying. 1966Punch 16 Nov. 726/1 Who..are we and they can be illustrated by a story, true or ben trovato, told of Rose Macaulay. |