| 单词 | carte blanche |
| 释义 | carte blanche (once / 11354 pages) n Carte blanche is complete freedom. If a dozen seven-year-olds were given carte blanche to spend the day doing whatever they wanted, things might get a little crazy. When you have carte blanche, pronounced "cart blahnch," you're free to do whatever you want. It was originally adopted by English speakers to mean "blank paper," and grew to have its current meaning in the late 1700s. One of those blank papers might be a check that can be made payable to any amount. So if your wealthy aunt offers to take you on a carte blanche shopping spree, it means she'll buy you whatever you like. WORD FAMILYcarte blanche USAGE EXAMPLESSo does that imply that sugar should get carte blanche in the American diet? Time(Dec 19, 2016) But saying nothing would, it seems to me, give this person carte blanche to say what she wishes. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) If the Senate and the House stay Republican and Donald Trump wins the presidency, he would not necessarily have carte blanche. The Guardian(Nov 07, 2016) n complete freedom or authority to act Hyper authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so the power or right to give orders or make decisions |
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