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单词 bon vivant
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bon vivantnoun [ C ]

uk/ˌbɔ̃ːŋ viˈvɑ̃ːŋ/us/ˌbɑːn viːˈvɑːnt/plural bons vivants UK also bon viveur, uk/ˌbɔ̃ːŋ.vi.ˈvɜːr/us/ˌbɑːn.viːˈvɝː/plural bons viveurs

a person who enjoys good food and wines and likes going to restaurants and parties

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People who enjoy pleasure

  • beach bum
  • clubber
  • epicure
  • gadabout
  • good-time girl
  • gourmand
  • gourmet
  • hedonism
  • life
  • party animal
  • playboy
  • raver
  • revel
  • sweet tooth
  • sybarite
  • the life and soul of the party idiom

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Examples from literature

  • In figure he was tall, with a tendency already manifested to put on flesh, good-looking, genial and sympathetic in manner, a bon vivant, passionately fond of dancing and society, an excellent talker or listener as the occasion demanded. 
  • In short, the cardinal was a man of wit, and what is called a bon vivant. 
  • The idea of the pangs of hunger and the sight of starvation and deprivation may have been the more repugnant to Colonel Grant since he was himself famous as a bon vivant and gourmet. 
  • The worthy man seems to have had the amiable infirmities of a bon vivant. 
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