单词 | tel quel |
释义 | tel queladj. Just as it is; without improvement or modification. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [adjective] > just as it is or without improvement tel quel1876 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 3 Feb. (1956) VI. 220 Don't wear glasses telles quelles but consult about getting the right ones. 1903 W. James Let. 5 June in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. vi. lxxvi. 427 You spoke of publishing these lectures, but not, I hope, tel quels [sic]. 1967 Listener 16 Mar. 368/3 The culled facts have been presented tel quel, with inconsistencies noted but not resolved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1876 |
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