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单词 jusquau bout
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jusqu'au boutadv.

Brit. /ˌʒuːskəʊ ˈbuː/, U.S. /ˌʒuˌskoʊ ˈbu/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French jusqu'au bout.
Etymology: < French jusqu'au bout (1640 in †aller jusques au bout ) < jusque (preposition) up to (a limit), as far as (late 10th cent. in Old French as jusche ; < classical Latin usquam ) + au to the + bout end (see butt n.5). O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ʒüskobu) /ʒysko bu/.
To the end, to completion; spec. (of a conflict) to the bitter end; until a conclusive victory has been gained or all of one's aims achieved. Chiefly with reference to the First World War (1914–18): cf. jusqu'auboutiste n.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [phrase]
jusqu'au bout1877
1850 Times 28 May 6 The courageous attitude of the majority, and the determination of the Government to resist all such attempts, and aller jusqu'au bout.]
1877 Standard 14 Sept. 5/7 Your pacific task will be facilitated jusqu'au bout, by the blessing of the head of Catholicism, of Pius IX.
1915 Manch. Guardian 23 June 12/4 The declarations of certain prominent Socialists that the war must be continued ‘jusqu'au bout’.
1918 G. B. Shaw in Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 5/2 It will be a matter of fighting jusqu'au bout in Constantinople.
1933 A. Huxley Let. 13 Aug. (1969) 372 I have never more passionately felt the need of using reason jusqu'au bout.
1993 Times (Nexis) 4 Feb. Clemenceau..was also a human being who managed, through the force of his own conviction, to inspire his countrymen to continue the war jusqu'au bout.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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