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单词 manque
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manqué

(mɒŋkeɪ, US -keɪ)
adjective [noun ADJECTIVE]
You use manqué to describe someone who has never had the type of job indicated, although they had the ability for it or wanted it.
...his inescapable feeling that he is a great actor manqué.
He was, in a sense, an academic manqué.

manque in British English

(mɑːŋk)
noun
the section on a roulette table which includes the numbers 1 to 18 or a bet placed in this area

manqué in British English

French (mɑ̃ke, English ˈmɒŋkeɪ)
adjective
(postpositive)
unfulfilled; potential; would-be
the manager is an actor manqué
Word origin
C19: literally: having missed

manqué in American English

(mɑ̃ˈkeɪ)
French
adjective
1. 
that falls short of the goal; unsuccessful or defective
2. 
potential but unrealized; would-be
placed after the noun it modifies [a scholar manqué]: also used of a woman, in which case it is spelled manˈquée
Word origin
Fr < pp. manquer, to fail, be lacking < It mancare < manco, deficient < L mancus, infirm, defective < base of manus, hand: see manual

Examples of 'manque' in a sentence
manque

Wexall had been too long a court performer to be caught offbalance; he was an actor manqué, but not a failure in measured delivery.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
It was good to be amid the clamor and grime of the city; he'd had enough of Senator Dedalus and his odd James Bond manqué.
Lustbader, Eric FLOATING CITY (2002)

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