| 单词 | pis aller |
| 释义 | pis aller (once / 124414 pages) n WORD FAMILY pis aller USAGE EXAMPLESI don't offer you my work as a pis aller. Murray, Gilbert, Carlyon Sahib(2011) If she lost she must marry him and forever hide the fact that he had been no more than a cat’s-paw and a pis aller. Stockley, Cynthia, Wild Honey—Stories of South Africa(2011) Substitutes for butcher’s meat too often suggest the purely vegetarian dish that to most people is but a pis aller. Various, Household Administration—Its Place...(2011) n an expedient adopted only in desperation ` pis aller' is French for `worst going' Syn|Hyper last resort expedient a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one |
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