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单词 milieu
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milieun.

Brit. /ˈmiːljəː/, /mɪlˈjəː/, U.S. /mɪlˈju/, /mɪlˈjə/
Inflections: Plural (pronounced same or /-z/). milieus, milieux.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French milieu.
Etymology: < French milieu (12th cent. in Old French as miliu in sense ‘the middle’; 1639 in Descartes of a physical environment, 1809 in zoological use, 1842 in sense ‘social environment’, 1846 in sense 2a, 1921 in sense 2b) < mi- in the middle (c1100 in Old French; < classical Latin medius : see medium adj.) + lieu place (see lieu n.). Compare earlier juste milieu n.
1. An environment; surroundings, esp. social surroundings. Cf. medium n. 5b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > environment, setting, or background
setting1841
scenics1842
background1854
milieu1854
environment1855
conditions1856
surroundings1861
medium1865
ambient1902
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment
circumstancea1340
encompassure1600
environry1600
vironry1600
attendment1646
circumambiency1646
ambience1648
environment1725
circumjacency1751
environ1762
environage1831
setting1841
enshrinement1849
entourage1850
milieu1854
surroundings1861
ambiente1862
mise-en-scène1871
surround1922
Umwelt1964
1854 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 6 Apr. (1954) II. 149 I could no more live out of my milieu, than the haddocks I daresay you are often having for dinner.
1877 J. A. Symonds Reviv. Learning in Renaissance in Italy 4 The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centred, cultivated personalities was necessary for the evolution of that spirit of intelligence,..that formed the motive force of the Renaissance.
1893 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 322 I prepared a Milieu, consisting of seventy-five parts of broth and twenty-five parts of the liquid, to which I wished to habituate the Microbe.
1900 Daily News 15 Aug. 6/4 The story, which is set in a middle-class milieu, succeeds in being pleasantly homely.
1958 H. A. Wilmer Social Psychiatry in Action i. 21 The crucial point, however, is that a milieu was created that permitted recovery, rather than driving patients deeper into insanity.
1975 J. Rossiter Golden Virgin i. 11 Whitehall, a milieu in which you could look revoltingly nude without a bowler hat.
1994 E. Hobsbawm Age of Extremes (1995) 254 In such milieux the Uzi machine-gun (Israeli), the Kalashnikov rifle (Russian) and Semtex explosive (Czech) became household names.
2.
a. A group of people with a shared (cultural) outlook; a social class or set.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > other specific types of company
rabblement1536
rabble rout?1589
quorum1596
besorta1616
flying squadron1670
alliance1703
minority1837
umma1885
lads1888
minority group1919
flying squad1927
milieu1927
focus group1938
visible minority1940
enclave1945
1927 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 32 566 Among his innumerable experiences and activities only those enter into his social content which become of interest for his milieu or for himself.
1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down ii. xiii. 157 The American milieu in Tangier was peculiarly hermetic, not inclined to mix with the other diplomatic groups.
1954 I. Murdoch Under Net ii. 35 It's not easy to find someone whom one has mislaid for years in London, particularly if she belongs to the sort of milieu that Anna belonged to.
1960 A. S. Neill Summerhill ii. 96 In their milieu one could not live sexually together unless one was respectable—that is, married.
1970 D. Martin 50 Key Words: Sociol. 46 Milieu..may..designate an age-group with a definable élan such as students.
1975 Economist 15 Mar. 123/1 His cantankerous old father's death..exacerbated tensions within the Gladstone clan and allowed William [Ewart Gladstone] to pass finally out of the arriviste milieu of Fasque to the graceful life of Hawarden.
1988 L. Gordon Eliot's New Life i. 9 Emily Hale was born..into the same Boston Brahmin milieu as Eliot's family.
b. Also Milieu. In France: the criminal underworld. Also: a group or organization belonging to it.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > world of criminals
twilight world1887
underworld1900
milieu1972
1972 Guardian 29 July 11/3 He had already entered small-time crime and made the acquaintance of a future leader of the ‘Milieu’.
1972 Times 4 Sept. 4/3 This is their excuse in Lyons—that they have to keep an eye on..the serious underworld, the milieu.
1985–6 Sight & Sound Winter 23/1 The eagle eye pinpointing the milieu and the tender one observing the pimp and the prostitute.
1987 N. Rankin Dead Man's Chest 210 The principled bravery that would lead..Graham Green [sic] to brave le milieu—the gangsters—of Nice.

Compounds

milieu therapy n. Psychology a form of psychotherapy based on the social environment evolved by the staff and patients in a residential treatment unit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychotherapy > other
milieu therapy1939
logotherapy1948
Morita1953
1939 Bull. Menninger Clinic 3 184 In the case of a 16-year-old girl, diagnosed as sub-acute hebephrenic schizophrenia, ideal milieu therapy was impossible. It was necessary to rely solely on psychotherapeutic interviews at intervals of three to four weeks.
1961 R. Kee Refugee World 1 Their [sc. refugees'] removal from a filthy, over-crowded hut to shelter considered fit for human beings is disguised as ‘milieu therapy’.
1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 June 12/1 His very demanding milieu therapy for damaged personalities required that counselors, who spent long hours with the children..should also consult with Bettelheim as with a psychoanalyst.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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