单词 | malgré |
释义 | malgréprep. 1. In spite of, notwithstanding. Now archaic and rare.malgré one's teeth: see tooth n. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > in spite of maugre?c1335 maugre of (also to, with)c1400 amaugrec1449 non-obstantc1460 nongainstandingc1485 spite of1509 in spite ofc1540 malgrado1590 despite ofa1593 despite1602 in the spite of1632 non obstante1632 malgré1770 in despite1868 1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 232 To..acknowledge conviction, malgré all prejudice and preconceived opinion. 1814 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) II. 302 I went..to the opera, malgré the gutters and spouts. 1815 Ld. Byron Let. 23 Apr. (1975) IV. 290 I went (malgré that I ought to have staid at home in sackcloth..) to..my private box. 1878 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine II. xxxv. 313 The ‘fowler’..went forth, accordingly, malgré his sister's remonstrances. 1971 W. Stegner Angle of Repose (1972) i. i. 14 He will reform us malgré our teeth, he will make his omelet and be damned to the broken eggs. 2. Frequently in French phrases, followed by a pronoun. a. malgré lui Brit. , U.S. : in spite of himself, herself, or itself. malgré elle (also malgré eux, malgré moi, etc.): in spite of herself (themselves, myself, etc.).ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > defiance to one's face, teethc1000 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 in the teeth1297 maugre a person's head (also beard, cheeks, eyes, heart, neck, teeth, will, etc.)c1325 maugre his nosec1325 despitec1380 in (the) maugre (of)c1450 in spite of (also maugre) a person's beard?1537 in the teeth of1792 malgré lui1796 1703 S. Centlivre (title) Love's contrivance: or le medecin malgre lui.] 1796 G. Colman Iron Chest p. v A fever..drove me, malgré moi, to bed. 1830 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1874) II. xi. 38 This was my first dinner at Dudley's, brought about malgré lui by Lady Glengall. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Confessions of G. Fitz-Boodle in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 359/2 We obliged the Frenchman to drink malgré lui. 1883 G. Bloomfield Reminisc. II. xiii. 45 They say that, malgré eux, they cannot yield. 1904 P. G. Wodehouse Gold Bat xiii. 142 He could imagine their feelings when the prodigal strolled into their midst—an old Wrykinian malgré lui. 1932 Mind 41 24 He [sc. Callicles] stands revealed as a moralist malgré lui. 1943 W. Lewis Let. 15 Aug. (1963) 363 As you know I am here malgré moi; but I attempt to put to some serious use my prolonged immersion in this N. American civilisation. 1963 Economist 28 Dec. 1318/1 These central bankers..have created, almost malgré eux, a code of practice. 1970 Guardian 11 Dec. 10/6 The weight of the acting fell mostly on Anna Cropper as the fertility goddess malgré elle. 1988 Nature 12 May 125/1 In the end, the government's role had proved crucial: malgré lui, the state had become one of the main patrons of the scientific estate. b. malgré tout: despite everything. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > despite everything nathemorea1200 in spite of a person's head?a1475 malgré tout1852 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 24–5 July (1954) II. 50 I congratulate you on your ability to be cheerful malgré tout. 1929 A. Huxley Holy Face 26 That too, too merry laughter of clergymen who want to prove that, malgré tout, they can be good fellows. 1950 A. Huxley Let. 11 Aug. (1969) 629 One likes him, malgré tout. 1995 New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 21/1 Nor can we evade difficult analytical and moral judgements about which forms of development are progressive, malgré tout. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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