| 释义 |
‖ au fond, advb. phr.|o fɔ̃|
[F.]
At bottom, basically, essentially.
1782Lady Derby Let. 1 Jan. in Duke of Argyll Intimate Society Lett. of 18th C. (1910) I. 280 Prince Hen: says he [sc. Prince Ernest of Prussia] is charming, but au fond he is french. 1847Geo. Eliot Let. 10 May (1954) I. 235 But au fond, dear Mary, I have no impiety in my mind at this moment. 1890G. B. Shaw in World 19 Nov. 23/2 If you know your Don Giovanni au fond. 1933M. Lutyens Forthcoming Marriages 182 Au fond every man is a hunter, a cave-man. |