| 单词 | comme il faut |
| 释义 | comme il faut (once / 32832 pages) adj If you do something comme il faut, you do it in an acceptable way, following the rules or traditions. It's comme il faut in ballet to wear your long hair in a tidy bun. An etiquette expert can tell you what's comme il faut in various situations — in other words, the correct or polite way to do things. It's comme il faut at a swimming pool for boys to leave their clothes in a pile, except for their swim trunks, and jump into the water. At a wedding reception, that wouldn't be comme il faut. This phrase, used in English since the 18th century, means "as it should be" or "as is necessary" in French. WORD FAMILYcomme il faut USAGE EXAMPLESThe party is very nearly worn out among the gens comme il faut. Trollope, Frances Milton, Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vo...(2012) She wants to make the acquaintance of a comme il faut man. Kock, Charles Paul de, Fr?d?rique; vol. 2(2011) Both ladies, wearing white gloves and looking very comme il faut, went soon after five, as they had promised to go on to Lady Caradoc's. Snaith, J. C., The Sailor(2011) adj according with custom or propriety it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money Syn becoming, comely, decent, decorous, seemly proper marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
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