plus ça changephr.

Brit.

/ˌpluː sa ˈʃɒ̃ʒ/, U.S.

/ˌplu sɑ ˈʃɑnʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Etymology: Short for French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, literally ‘the more it changes, the more it stays the same’ < plus more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.) + ça that + change , 3rd singular present indicative of changer change v. + plus (see above) + c' it + est is (see be v.) + la , feminine definite article (see La adj.) + même same ( < an unattested post-classical Latin form < classical Latin -met , emphatic particle + ipsimus , quasi-superlative of ipse ipse pron., only attested as noun in (colloquial) sense ‘the boss, ‘himself’’; compare post-classical Latin metipse (5th cent.), and classical Latin ipsemet he himself, the very man) + chose chose n. Compare:1849 A. Karr in Les Guêpes (1859) 6th Ser. Jan. 305 [After comment on recent political events in France] Après tant de bouleversements, de changements, il serait temps de s'apercevoir d'une chose, c'est que c'est comme au cabaret:—cachet vert, cachet rouge, etc.—On change quelquefois le prix, quelquefois le bouchon, mais c'est toujours la même piquette qu'on nous fait boire.—Plus ça change—plus c'est la même chose.

‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’: used to suggest that human nature, institutions, etc., are always fundamentally the same, despite apparent changes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change [phrase]

tempora mutantur1577

the wind has changed1615

here today and gone tomorrow1687

plus ça change1893

1893 Northern Whig 27 Feb. 6/3 (headline) ‘Plus ça change,’&c..

1900 Mind 9 109 The dreary doctrine that ‘it is all one’ has maintained its unity in the diversity of its manifestations and admirably illustrated the dictum plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.]

1955 Times 5 July 11/4 We have an uneasy suspicion that there is something to be said for the epic angle on history. After all, when boy met—or meets—girl, plus ça change.

1966 New Statesman 2 Sept. 306/1 Meanwhile it is a sort of lottery whether a murderer is hanged or not..Out of seven capital sentences passed at the Winter Assizes 1871/1872, only one was carried out. Plus ça change.

2000 Times 12 May ii. 5/1 Well plus ça change: tell us something we don't know.

Derivatives

ˌplus ça ˈchange-ness n. the quality of remaining fundamentally the same over periods of apparent change.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1966 New Statesman 2 Sept. 312/3 Browsing in my current bedside book, The Paston Letters, I have been struck by the plus ça change-ness of the human animal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plus ça change
释义	plus ça changephr. Brit. /ˌpluː sa ˈʃɒ̃ʒ/, U.S. /ˌplu sɑ ˈʃɑnʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Etymology: Short for French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, literally ‘the more it changes, the more it stays the same’ < plus more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.) + ça that + change , 3rd singular present indicative of changer change v. + plus (see above) + c' it + est is (see be v.) + la , feminine definite article (see La adj.) + même same ( < an unattested post-classical Latin form < classical Latin -met , emphatic particle + ipsimus , quasi-superlative of ipse ipse pron., only attested as noun in (colloquial) sense ‘the boss, ‘himself’’; compare post-classical Latin metipse (5th cent.), and classical Latin ipsemet he himself, the very man) + chose chose n. Compare:1849 A. Karr in Les Guêpes (1859) 6th Ser. Jan. 305 [After comment on recent political events in France] Après tant de bouleversements, de changements, il serait temps de s'apercevoir d'une chose, c'est que c'est comme au cabaret:—cachet vert, cachet rouge, etc.—On change quelquefois le prix, quelquefois le bouchon, mais c'est toujours la même piquette qu'on nous fait boire.—Plus ça change—plus c'est la même chose. ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same’: used to suggest that human nature, institutions, etc., are always fundamentally the same, despite apparent changes. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [phrase] tempora mutantur1577 the wind has changed1615 here today and gone tomorrow1687 plus ça change1893 1893 Northern Whig 27 Feb. 6/3 (headline) ‘Plus ça change,’&c.. 1900 Mind 9 109 The dreary doctrine that ‘it is all one’ has maintained its unity in the diversity of its manifestations and admirably illustrated the dictum plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.] 1955 Times 5 July 11/4 We have an uneasy suspicion that there is something to be said for the epic angle on history. After all, when boy met—or meets—girl, plus ça change. 1966 New Statesman 2 Sept. 306/1 Meanwhile it is a sort of lottery whether a murderer is hanged or not..Out of seven capital sentences passed at the Winter Assizes 1871/1872, only one was carried out. Plus ça change. 2000 Times 12 May ii. 5/1 Well plus ça change: tell us something we don't know. Derivatives ˌplus ça ˈchange-ness n. the quality of remaining fundamentally the same over periods of apparent change.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1966 New Statesman 2 Sept. 312/3 Browsing in my current bedside book, The Paston Letters, I have been struck by the plus ça change-ness of the human animal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1893
随便看	to change a person for no new to change a person's face to change a person's note to change about to change address to change alter one's condition to change alter one's copy to change and chop to change and rechange to change arms to change around to change by stevens to change colour to change colours to change countenance to change down to change ends to change etc leg to change etc legs to change eyes to change eyes with to change face to change feet to change foot to change for no new