单词 | coûte que coûte |
释义 | coûte que coûtephr. Cost what it may; at all costs. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [phrase] > determination regardless of consequences at all perilsc1300 sinka1393 sink or swimc1410 neck or nothing1673 coûte que coûte1715 at all costs1810 Sydney or the bush1924 1715 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. in P. M. Thornton Stuart Dynasty (1890) 397 I could heartily wish yt Campion might be come back to ye coast of Britanny, before your Majty sail'd, which he will attempt coute qu'il coute! 1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 164 Knew what was handsome, and wou'd do't, On just occasion, coute qui coute. 1841 Countess of Blessington Idler in France II. 170 I determined, coute qui coute, to pay a visit to my friend Madame Craufurd. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. vii. 173 All the mother was in arms to secure her daughter's happiness coûte que coûte! 1934 F. Stark Valleys of Assassins i. 21 We should have lunch first, said the policeman, anxious coûte que coûte to make us do something we had not intended. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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