| 单词 | mot juste |
| 例句 | She rarely reaches for metaphor, simile, the bon mot or the mot juste. Review: Rebecca Makkai’s ‘Music for Wartime,’ Stories With Echoes of Loss 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z No verbal energy, no humor, barely even the occasional stab at a mot juste. I Hate This Book So Much: A Meditation 2012-07-25T14:00:20Z They all try to describe James’s distinctive manner of speaking, which was an extremely deliberate, pause-filled, somewhat stammering effort to grasp le mot juste. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z So the word is out, and it’s le mot juste. Review: ‘Hannibal,’ by Thomas Harris 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z She is a fluid writer but not the sort to go in search of le mot juste. An Award-Winning Biographer’s Latest Subject: Herself 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The last time I read the book, I thought Holden Caulfield overused that word, but, in this case, it is surely le mot juste. Movie Review: ‘Salinger,’ a Documentary by Shane Salerno 2013-09-05T19:25:01Z Not for him, most of the time, are the bon mot or the mot juste. Review: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle: Book Four’ 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z There is something heroic about the way she drags herself through life: a put-down here, a mot juste there. Idiopathy by Sam Byers – review 2013-04-13T10:01:01Z My son has always prided himself on employing the mot juste, ever since he was 2 and announced proudly that he was too “selfish” to give me a lick of his ice cream. Mommy’s got a potty mouth 2013-06-03T00:30:00Z For every occasion, for every emotion – exhaustion, indifference, malevolence, anxiety – a SpongeBob mot juste. SpongeBob at 20: how the pineapple-dwelling fry cook endured 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z "You want the perfect word," he said, "le mot juste." Crossword puzzlers craft perfection across and down 2010-12-07T06:58:00Z Mr. Guest’s gift for the archly comedic mot juste is undiminished. Review: ‘Mascots’ Suffers From Mockumentary Fatigue Syndrome 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z I finally learned the subtle differences between the jewelry terms bijou, joaillerie, and joyau—the last word indicating the most precious pieces and definitely the mot juste for my latest creations. Jewelry Designer Temple St. Clair Carr's Guide to Paris 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Certainly, few actors have been more expert at the smoothing of feathers, or had more of a knack for the mot juste. Anthony Lane: Celebrating Alec Guinness’s Centenary, at Film Forum 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z For my money, though, it’s both the mot juste and an overture to a conversation that Hitchens was presumably eager to renew. Hitchens faces his mortality 2012-09-04T17:19:00Z Where, nearly half a century ago, did I imagine I was going, as I set out to forge – le mot juste! – a life in literature? John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black 2011-07-22T21:55:11Z Gainsbourg is bilingual, but French is her first language; she pauses occasionally in our conversation to search around for le mot juste. Charlotte Gainsbourg: ‘Everything now is so politically correct. So boring’ 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z And as Barnum ended nearly a century of trying to edit that sense of wonder into the mot juste, he finally nailed it at the end. Review | P.T. Barnum, the showman and grifter who held up a funhouse mirror to America 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z I always think that’s a wonderful fault, if it is a fault—constantly looking for not just the mot juste, as it were, but to give a spin on the mot juste. A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “And if they don’t want to feel rich, then they’re probably—” He pauses to consider the mot juste, then adds, “Dead.” Gus Van Sant’s Semi-Surreal “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Two years later, “thirst” remains with us as the mot juste for these and other people, moments and things — and the evidence of that thirst has only grown more undeniable. It’s Easy to Be Called ‘Thirsty’ on Social Media. What About on Capitol Hill? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps “crushing” is not quite le mot juste. ‘Green cronyism’ has no place in energy policy 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z In January, when PhD students jostle for jobs at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, a “market” might seem the mot juste. Economists are prone to fads, and the latest is machine learning 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Any word you vocalize sounds like a mot juste. The Pieces of Zadie Smith 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “You look,” Caleb begins, and there follows a long hunt for the mot juste: “Good.” A.I. Love You 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Certainly, political and religious leaders, the rich and powerful are mercilessly guyed, but this is surely the mot juste, because the disjunction between these effigies and the people they represent is understood by all. What's the point of satire? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “Snoots are those who are nit-pickers for the mot juste, for using a word precisely the way it should be used,” he explained. Scalia Lands at Top of Sarcasm Index of Justices. Shocking. 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Wattpad is not the sort of site where writers talk about suffering for their art or spend hours searching for the mot juste. Web Fiction, Serialized and Social 2014-03-24T02:49:10Z And the American expression "date" is undoubtedly the mot juste here. A bizarre view of Americans 2013-01-04T17:23:48Z "And then there's this psychology and introspection business; and construction and good narrative and word pictures and le mot juste and verbal magic and striking metaphors." Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Variously addressed as "Chairman" or "David", he smiled frequently, stumbled over only the odd syllable as he hesitated to find the mot juste and was generally gracious in his appreciation of Capello's work and character. FA gang of four smoothly see off Capello without McClaren seven's rage 2012-02-09T20:55:19Z It is essentially le mot juste, no other could have filled its place. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z “You want the perfect word,” he said, “le mot juste.” An 11-Letter Word for Perfectionist? Starts With C 2010-12-06T23:44:00Z And I suppose your novel is all “le mot juste.” | Misnomers Run Amok 2010-09-24T13:20:00Z "You have a nice instinct for the mot juste," she informed him. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) The mixing up of our identities is probably explained by the fact that we are both stylists and seekers for the mot juste. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 Apart from all questions of stage technique, Wilde had the incomparable gift of finding le mot juste, of conveying a portrait in half-a-dozen words. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z He knew the mot juste, the happy figure, the pat allusion. Grey Roses I decided that "dim" was the mot juste for him. Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties It was so difficult to put precisely. "—and your aunt—" For a time he searched for the mot juste. Ann Veronica, a modern love story I consider it a downright slight; no, not so much a slight as an insult—perhaps injury is the mot juste—to take away our guest and not ask us. Love at Second Sight The arrogance of the vulgar, the—the uninstructed—perhaps I lack the mot juste, but quand même—the mansuetude of the loftier mind. The Highwayman And yet, that inner commotion was so violent, he felt a little bewildered about the mot juste. Grey Roses It occurred to me that "hungry" was perhaps the mot juste for him; but—hungry for what? Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties We never find him searching for the mot juste as for a needle in a bottle of hay. The Works of Max Beerbohm I decided that 'dim' was the mot juste for him. Seven Men Now, Maupassant, of whom it has been said that he is the master of the mot juste, has never been a dealer in words. Notes on Life and Letters It occurred to me that 'hungry' was perhaps the mot juste for him; but—hungry for what? Seven Men |
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