| 单词 | raison d'etre |
| 释义 | raison d'etre (once / 52765 pages) n A person's raison d'etre is their purpose or reason for living. It's why they do things. In French, raison d'etre literally means "reason for being," and in English it means about the same. Someone's raison d'etre is the most important thing to them: Michael Jordan's raison d'etre was basketball. Beethoven's raison d'etre was music. A raison d'etre motivates a person; it's their purpose. Taking care of your family could be your raison d'etre, and so could your career. Raison d'etre is a strong term for something that gives a person's life meaning. WORD FAMILYraison d'etre USAGE EXAMPLESOur raison d'etre goes away without the subsidies, and there would be 1.3 million people back on the rolls of the uninsured. Los Angeles Times(Nov 11, 2016) "The raison d'etre of the organization is defusing tensions between countries by avoiding politics," Whitman says. US News(Jul 07, 2016) But now it is a political and social juggernaut which has forgotten its very raison d'être. New York Times(Jun 28, 2016) 1n reason for being Hyper rationalisation, rationalization the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason 2n the purpose that justifies a thing's existence Hyper function, purpose, role, use what something is used for |
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