| 释义 |
‖ pur et simple, a.|pyr e sɛ̃pl|
[Fr.]
= pure and simple s.v. pure a. 3 a (the more usual form).
1856Sat. Rev. 5 Apr. 451/1 Mr. Disraeli fights for a Blue⁓book, pur et simple. 1864Bagehot Coll. Works (1965) II. 300 Inherent eccentricity, oddity pur et simple, is immiscible in the great ocean of universal thought. 1871Lytton Coming Race xvi. 137 The great-grandfather was a magnificent specimen of the Batrachian genus, a Giant Frog, pur et simple. 1880E. W. Hamilton Diary 18 Nov. (1972) I. 77 Chamberlain..says that resort to such [extraordinary] powers pur et simple must entail his resignation. |