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单词 que voulez-vous
释义 que voulez-vous|kə vule vu|
[Fr., lit. ‘what do you want?’]
An expression denoting mild exasperation or resignation; ‘what do you expect?’, ‘what can one expect?’.
[1830C. Clairmont Let. 28 Mar. in J. Marshall Life & Lett. Mary Shelley (1889) II. xxi. 202 He [sc. Trelawny] receives all his impressions through his heart, I through my head. Que voulez vous? Le moyen de se recontrer when one is bound for the North Pole and the other for the South?]1841W. M. Thackeray in Britannia 5 June 363/2 No doubt she was dancing away last night..and finished the morning at the Courtille. Que voulez vous? it is her nature.1878H. James Europeans I. vi. 239 The Baroness gave a little philosophic shrug. ‘Que voulez-vous? They are princes.’1880G. Gissing Let. 21 Dec. in J. Korg George Gissing (1965) iii. 90, I fear they put me down for a prig, an upstart, an abominable aristocrat, but que voulez-vous?1923W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 288 Que voulez-vous, mademoiselle? A train-omnibus stopping at every station is bound to be late.1935W. Fortescue Perfume from Provence 35 Are there not floods..all over the world? Que voulez-vous?1945‘O. Malet’ My Bird Sings i. v. 37 The poor Comte is hopelessly in love..but que voulez-vous? She will not have him.
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