belles-lettres

短语

n. 纯文学

发音

US /ˌbɛlˈlɛtɹ(ə)/

别名

belles lettres belles-letters belle-lettre

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The humanities.

    废旧 不可数
  2. 2.

    Literature, particularly light compositions valued for their aesthetic properties.

    纯文学

    美文

    诗礼

    古体 不可数
  3. 3.

    Literary studies, particularly literary aesthetics.

    古体 不可数

词源

Borrowed from French belles-lettres (“fine writings”), a parallel construction with the beaux arts (“fine arts”). Littré considered the belles-lettres to embrace grammar, rhetoric, and poetry. Sense embracing all of the humanities under the influence of Latin literae humaniores.

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