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单词 de rigueur
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Definition of de rigueur in English:

de rigueur

adjectivedə rɪˈɡəː
  • Required by etiquette or current fashion.

    it was de rigueur for bands to grow their hair long
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Corporate data governance is in the process of moving from de rigueur to de facto to de jure.
    • Plenty of musicians have their own blogs and online tour diaries have become de rigueur.
    • A list of favorite books is de rigueur for any forgettable personal webpage.
    • As for kissing other women, it is de rigueur to 'kiss air' somewhere near the other woman's cheek, though the cheeks usually make contact.
    • Free entry-level products are rapidly become de rigueur in many areas of software, notably in programming tools where there are hundreds of thousands of freely available goods.
    Synonyms
    fashionable, in fashion, voguish, in vogue, modish, up to date, up to the minute, all the rage, trendsetting, latest
    smart, chic, elegant, natty
    informal trendy, with it, ritzy
    North American informal fly, spiffy, sassy, kicky, tony, stylin'
    customary, standard, conventional, normal, orthodox, usual, ubiquitous
    compulsory
    French comme il faut
    informal done

Origin

Mid 19th century: French, literally 'in strictness'.

Rhymes

à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr
 
 

Definition of de rigueur in US English:

de rigueur

adjective
  • Required by etiquette or current fashion.

    it was de rigueur for bands to grow their hair long
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Free entry-level products are rapidly become de rigueur in many areas of software, notably in programming tools where there are hundreds of thousands of freely available goods.
    • Plenty of musicians have their own blogs and online tour diaries have become de rigueur.
    • As for kissing other women, it is de rigueur to 'kiss air' somewhere near the other woman's cheek, though the cheeks usually make contact.
    • Corporate data governance is in the process of moving from de rigueur to de facto to de jure.
    • A list of favorite books is de rigueur for any forgettable personal webpage.
    Synonyms
    fashionable, in fashion, voguish, in vogue, modish, up to date, up to the minute, all the rage, trendsetting, latest
    customary, standard, conventional, normal, orthodox, usual, ubiquitous

Origin

Mid 19th century: French, literally ‘in strictness’.

 
 
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