单词 | pars pro toto |
释义 | pars pro toto/ˌpɑːz prəʊ ˈtəʊtəʊ /noun formal A part or aspect of something taken as representative of the whole: [mass noun]: the magical law of pars pro toto [count noun]: this description is simply by way of a pars pro toto referring to the most important part OriginLatin, literally 'part on behalf of the whole'. |
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