单词 | splendeurs et misères |
释义 | splendeurs et misèresn. The glories and degradation of life set side by side; hence, applied to other co-existent extremes of conditions. Cf. splendours and miseries at splendour n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > vicissitude reversea1529 vicissitude1631 up and down1659 chequered career1869 splendours and miseries1943 splendeurs et misères1952 1952 Observer 13 Jan. 7/5 I don't seem to have read any piece of criticism in the past month that doesn't speak of splendeurs et misères, so I'd better jump on the band-waggon. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Sept. 42/4 Mario Puzo Inside Las Vegas..seems to me one of the liveliest testimonials to the splendeurs et misères of gaming fever I've read. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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