释义 |
‖ n'importe, phr.|nɛ̃pɔrt| [Fr.] It does not matter, it is immaterial.
1775H. Walpole Let. 16 Sept. (1904) IX. 257 N'importe; we know many sages that take great pains to pass their time with less satisfaction. 1779[see something n. 1 b]. 1837Dickens Let. c 14 June (1965) I. 271 This is a bad look-out, but n'importe—we will mend it. 1856S. O. Beeton Let. in N. Spain Mrs Beeton (1948) i. vi. 97 N'importe, a little more than a month, and I hope and think you will be a happy little wife. 1909Manch. Guardian 24 Nov. 10/1 Dresses by the ‘Maison N'Importe’ and all the rest of it. 1929R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica vii. 149 He imagined..rescuing Rachel—or Laura, n'importe—from new and complicated dangers. 1952‘M. Cost’ Hour Awaits 113 ‘I'm so sorry, Fanchon.’ ‘N'importe! You and Albert Augustus were cut out for tight-rope walking from birth.’ |