| 单词 | vive la différence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvive la différence d. vive la différence /viv la diferãs/, a jocular expression denoting approval of the difference between the sexes. Also in extended use. Occasionally as attributive.phr. ΚΠ 1963 H. Slesar Bridge of Lions (1964) xi. 164 It's your stock-in-trade, isn't it, youth and beauty? Vive la différence, and all that jazz. 1964 Guardian 21 Apr. 18/4 ‘Vive la difference’ Tories are recognizably Tories, and Socialists are demonstrably Socialists. 1969 N.Y. Times 17 Jan. 21/3 The male riders, determined not to let the so-called jockettes compete against them, continue to bellow ‘Vive la Différence!’ 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 29 Frenchmen may well cry ‘Vive la différence’, for it is cultivated unceasingly in all aspects of life. 1978 Country Life 3 Aug. 341/3 The control layout extends Citroen's vive la différence attitude. < as lemmas |
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