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单词 faute de mieux
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Definition of faute de mieux in English:

faute de mieux

adverbfəʊt də ˈmjəːfot də mjøˌfoʊt də ˈmjə
  • For want of a better alternative.

    不得已而求其次,将就,别无选择地

    women often couldn't pay the fines, and sheriffs could end up imprisoning them faute de mieux
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lack of American bases in the Pacific also led, faute de mieux, to fleet self-subsistence and long-range capability.
    • But he paints a poignant picture: his sticking to his circle, faute de mieux, is presumably a direct consequence of the events that have defined his short and turbulent life.
    • Although nebulous - even logically suspect - these concepts provided, faute de mieux, the tools for deriving the great wealth of results the calculus had made possible.
    • Thus, faute de mieux, we follow many others in continuing to use CVs, albeit with caution.
    • It has reached the point now where he is regarded faute de mieux in some quarters as an acceptable guarantor of stability in an inherently unstable and fragmented country.

Origin

French.

Rhymes

à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr

Definition of faute de mieux in US English:

faute de mieux

adverbˌfoʊt də ˈmjəˌfōt də ˈmyə
  • For want of a better alternative.

    不得已而求其次,将就,别无选择地

    the show is, faute de mieux, the most eagerly anticipated musical of the season to come
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But he paints a poignant picture: his sticking to his circle, faute de mieux, is presumably a direct consequence of the events that have defined his short and turbulent life.
    • It has reached the point now where he is regarded faute de mieux in some quarters as an acceptable guarantor of stability in an inherently unstable and fragmented country.
    • Thus, faute de mieux, we follow many others in continuing to use CVs, albeit with caution.
    • The lack of American bases in the Pacific also led, faute de mieux, to fleet self-subsistence and long-range capability.
    • Although nebulous - even logically suspect - these concepts provided, faute de mieux, the tools for deriving the great wealth of results the calculus had made possible.

Origin

French.

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