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单词 pur et simple
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pur et simpleadj.

Brit. /ˌpjʊə(r) eɪ ˈsãpl(ə)/, /ˌpjʊə(r) eɪ ˈsamplə/, U.S. /ˌpjʊ(ə)r eɪ ˈsɑmplə/
Forms: 1800s– pure et simple (rare), 1900s– pur et simple.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pur et simple.
Etymology: < French pur et simple (a1417 in Middle French; compare also simple et pure (c1370)) < pur pure adj. + et and + simple simple adj. Compare pure and simple at pure adj. 3c.
Following a noun: = pure and simple at pure adj. 3c. Now rare.The English form is more usual.
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1856 Times 4 Mar. 6/2 That acceptance was what is called in diplomatic language an acceptance pur et simple.
1864 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 300 Inherent eccentricity, oddity pur et simple, is immiscible in the great ocean of universal thought.
1878 G. Macpherson Life Anna Jameson ii. 42 A final paragraph was added, which was fiction, pur et simple.
1880 E. W. Hamilton Diary 18 Nov. (1972) I. 77 Chamberlain..says that resort to such [extraordinary] powers pur et simple must entail his resignation.
1914 Times 1 June 3/1 In his ‘claustrophobia’ or preference for the open air is he [sc. the tramp] alone to be differentiated from the beggar pur et simple.
1992 S. Winchester Pacific (BNC) 65 Not Guillermo, as might be expected in a Spanish-speaking community, but William, pur et simple.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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