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单词 à outrance
释义

à outrance

/ɑː ˈuːtrɒ̃s / /a utʀɑ̃s/
adverb literary
To the death or the very end: a duel à outrance...
  • And, they believed that it had to be taken seriously, and fought à outrance, with everything they had.
  • Wheeling away from a committed charge was the mass equivalent of dodging a punch, and in Crusade engagements the Turks would often frustrate the European desire for battle à outrance.
  • As it turned out, it came at the beginning of a rhetorical guerre à outrance over the reputation of the former pope which, like some grim battle of attrition, has not abated even after 40 years.

Origin

French, literally 'to the utmost'.

Rhymes

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