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单词 devoir
释义

devoir

/dəˈvwɑː /
noun archaic
A person’s duty: you have done your devoir right well...
  • For yet another year, indigenous performance arts showed incredibly minimal growth, with creativity seemingly dedicating itself to the devoir of producing perplexity rather than refinement.
  • The hedge was laid by a veteran Yorkshireman, and the lord of the manor's bailiff was present to see the devoir properly carried out.

Phrases

pay one's devoirs

Origin

Middle English: from Old French deveir, from Latin debere 'owe'. The spelling, and subsequently the pronunciation, was changed under the influence of modern French devoir.

Rhymes

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