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单词 pour encourager les autres
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pour encourager les autresphr.

Brit. /ˌpʊər ɒ̃ˌkʊraʒeɪ leɪz ˈəʊtrə/, /ˌpɔːr ɒ̃ˌkʊraʒeɪ leɪz ˈəʊtrə/, U.S. /ˈˌpʊr ɑnˌkʊrɑʒeɪ ˌleɪz ˈoʊtrə/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pour encourager les autres.
Etymology: < French pour encourager les autres (1759: see note) < French pour for, in order to (see pur- prefix) + encourager encourage v. + les , plural definite article + autres , plural of autre other (see nous autres pron.).Originally with reference to the execution of Admiral John Byng in 1757; compare:1759 Voltaire Candide xxiii. 212 Il est bon de tuer de tems en tems un Amiral pour encourager les autres.
Of a punishment or sacrifice: as an example to others; to encourage or deter others. Now chiefly in extended and weakened uses.
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [phrase] > as a deterrent
in terrorem1590
pour encourager les autres1804
1768 J. Courtenay Remarks on Pamphlet entitled Mirror 7 The British Admiral was shot, as a Frenchman humourously expressed it, pour encourager les autres.]
1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) II. 1032 The destruction of the band is complete, but I wished to hang some of their chiefs, pour encourager les autres.
1825 H. Wilson Mem. (ed. 2) II. 194 We talked a great deal. Hertford's subject was death, pour encourager les autres.
1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 29 Jan. (1965) I. 589 I have simply flicked the insect off the window pane in passing, pour encourager les autres.
1915 A. D. Gillespie Let. 27 Apr. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 118 We had another concert last night, and since some officer had to be the victim ‘pour encourager les autres’, I had to..sing them the Skye boat song.
1963 New Society 21 Nov. 20/2 So pour encourager les autres the institute..has just published its conclusions.
2002 Church Times 6 Sept. 13/2 There's a strong temptation to..surreptitiously write up a string of names for your session pour encourager les autres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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