单词 | system d |
释义 | > as lemmasSystem D P2. slang. System D (also Systeme D, Système D): a way (usually unscrupulous) of getting or keeping out of trouble, bluff. [After French système D (a1918; < système system n. + the initial letter of either débrouille ‘resourcefulness’ or of its etymon débrouiller (reflexive) ‘to manage (to do something), to sort (something) out’). ΚΠ 1918 H. Corey in Boston Globe 27 Mar. 9/1 ‘System D’ is coming into play in the United States Army... ‘System D’ is a bit of French slang. It means to unmix, to disentangle, to go straight through... It comes from the initial letter of the word ‘débrouiller’. 1947 M. Laski in Vogue Oct. 63/1 That method called by the French System D, the phony medical certificate, the faked-up business journey. 1973 ‘Trevanian’ Loo Sanction 78 MI-6..muddled their way through the Second World War, relying largely on the French organizational concept, ‘système D’. 2006 Independent 9 Oct. 28/3 In other words, Lily is trying to use personal connections to circumvent the rules. The French call this ‘Systeme D’. < as lemmas |
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