| 释义 |
‖ juste milieu|ʒyst miljø|
[Fr., lit. ‘the right mean’.]
The happy medium, the golden mean; judicious moderation, esp. in politics.
1833Mill Lett. (1910) I. 76 The Enfantin portion..have become juste milieu men in politics. 1866Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. II. xxvii. 279 Now I hope that man in the garden is the juste milieu,—I'm that myself, for I don't think I'm vicious, and I know I'm not virtuous. 1875J. G. Saxe Leisure-Day Rhymes 261 For me, the juste milieu I seek; I fain would leave alone The girl who rudely slaps my cheek Or volunteers her own! 1882E. W. Hamilton Diary 13 June (1972) I. 289, I suppose between the extremes there must be a juste milieu, but as to where it is I am at sea. 1936E. Sitwell Victoria of Eng. iii. 48 It was the juste milieu that ruled her life. 1945A. J. P. Taylor Course of German Hist. 13 One looks in vain in their history for a juste milieu, for common sense. |