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单词 faute de mieux
释义 faute de mieux
I. \fōtdəmyœ̅\ adverb
Etymology: French, for lack of something better
: for lack of something better or more desirable
 < sherry made him dopey but he drank it faute de mieux — F.T.Marsh >
 < we would welcome it — faute de mieux — even if it were only mediocre — F.B.Agard & W.G.Moulton >
II. adjective
: adopted or undertaken for lack of something better
 < only the result of a faute de mieux formula, and not of a desired stylization — R.J.Goldwater >
 < such marriages … were faute de mieux and usually accepted because there was no other alternative — L.S.B.Leaky >
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