| 释义 |
‖ cause célèbre|koz selɛbr|
[Fr.]
A celebrated legal case; a law-suit that excites much interest.
1763H. Walpole Let. 11 Aug. (1960) XXII. 155 An extraordinary law-suit..curious enough for the Causes célèbres. 1765D. Garrick Let. 27 Jan. in R. B. Peake Mem. Colman Fam. (1841) I. 136, I have taken a slice at the law-oratory here [Paris]... It was a cause célebre. 1857Trollope Three Clerks xli, Of course a cause célèbre such as this was not going to decide itself in one day. 1860Once a Week 22 Sept. 363/2 Well-nigh all the great murders—the causes célèbres of blood in our day—have been most deliberately planned. 1882Standard 16 Dec. 5/6 In the Criminal Court of Innsprück to-day proceedings were opened in a cause célèbre of a..most painful character. 1955Times 27 May 11/1 The defence of the Dutch and Indonesian accused in the cause célèbre which recommences today. |