| 单词 | en masse |
| 释义 | en masse (once / 4678 pages) adv The adverb en masse means all together, like when the priest asked if anyone objected to your wedding during the ceremony, and the audience raised their hands en masse. En masse comes from French literature, from the phrase "in mass." In this case, mass means "all the people." So, when you do something en masse, everyone does it together. Voting en masse means an entire group of people votes the same way. If everyone stands up and leaves a place en masse, it might be hard to get out the door. WORD FAMILYen masse USAGE EXAMPLESApple orders many of the components from global suppliers, and then sells them, en masse, to one of its contract manufacturers based in China. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The discs will be sent to France to be replicated en masse and mailed to Newvelle’s subscribers. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) Those pesky midges were back en masse to pester players during an Astros-Indians game in Cleveland. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) adv all together the students turned out en masse Syn as a group, en bloc |
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