单词 | aide-mémoire |
释义 | aide-mémoiren. 1. Something that helps one remember a fact or facts, esp. a handbook or note. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes > specific field notes1687 note1693 aide-mémoire1846 lecture note1892 bordereau1897 worksheet1925 FYI1986 1846 G. G. Lewis et al. (title) Aide-mémoire to the military sciences. 1855 H. Laxton (title) Examples of building construction, intended as an aide-memoire for the professional man. 1885 Athenæum 1 Aug. 151/1 Catalogue Illustré du Salon..is more than a very useful aide mémoire of the great collection. 1908 Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Field Club 29 p. lxxv Dr. Colley March answered that Dr. Thurnam's axiom was a useful aide-mémoire; but it was not always to be relied upon. 1971 J. Anderson in B. de Ferranti Living with Computer vii. 62 Another approach is to stress the importance of patient information..as an aide memoire for the doctor. 2005 A. Van Ardsall in E. L. Furdell Textual Healing i. 21 If we assume medieval healers knew their plants fresh and dried, the illustrations would have served perfectly well as aides mémoires. 2. An informal diplomatic message; = memorandum n. 1d. Cf. memoir n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > statement of position or demands memorial1536 memoir1571 memorandum1650 ultimatum1731 conclusum1798 aide-mémoire1855 penultimatum1882 1855 Times 28 Mar. 9/4 The question on which such a difference of opinion manifested itself..related to the formation of the ‘syndical authority’ mentioned in the second article of the Aide Mémoire. 1876 Month & Catholic Rev. Oct. 209 Alas! for the writers of ‘notes’, and ‘memoranda’, and ‘aide-memoires’, and despatches, who always end their most hostile communications by assuring one another of their ‘most distinguished consideration!’ 1923 Westm. Gaz. 3 July No written document on the subject of the British questionnaires, even in the way of an aide memoire, will be handed to the Foreign Secretary. 1955 Times 1 Aug. 5/6 The United States has sent to Bulgaria a strongly worded aide-mémoire, transmitted through the Swiss Government, protesting against the ‘brutal attack’. 2000 Washington Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. a1 Without the aide-memoire, Russia's conventional arms sales to Iran would have been subject to sanctions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1846 |
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