释义 |
mot juste /məʊ ˈʒuːst / /mo ʒyst/noun (plural mots justes pronounced same) ( the mot juste) The exact, appropriate word: that’s the mot juste, I think...- I think there are many instances where a ‘crude’ word or phrase is the mot juste.
- ‘Having been at sea for many weeks, the participants,’ he says, searching for the mot juste, ‘had a look of lust in their eyes.’
- But if they actually were implicated in the one morally appalling drama of having attempted to wipe out an entire people, ‘sorry’ isn't quite the mot juste.
Origin Rhymes boost, langouste, Proust, roost, self-induced, used |