| 释义 |
‖ mal élevé, adj. phr.|mal eləve|
Also fem. mal élevée.
[Fr., lit. ‘badly brought up’.]
Of a person: bad-mannered, ill-bred. Of an object or situation: lacking in refinement.
1878H. James Europeans II. v. 198 Even that mal-élevée little girl..makes him do what she wishes. 1924A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iii. v. 263 It was odd..but not mal élevé. 1949E. Bowen Encounters p. xi, If I was mal élevée..so were my betters. 1964A. Wilson Late Call 24 She echoed her mother's horror at all things mal élevées. 1974E. Ambler Dr. Frigo 1. 34 The wives of certain French officials have expressed disapproval [of her]. Mal elevée is their verdict. |