bien pensant

短语

发音

/ˌbyɛn pɛnˈsɑnt/
/ˌbjæ̃ pɒ̃ˈsɒ̃/

词形变化

bien pensants 复数 more bien pensant 比较级 most bien pensant 最高级

别名

bien-pensant

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who is bien pensant.

  2. 2.

    Someone who accepts and/or espouses a fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought.

    Near-synonyms: follower, believer, conformist

adj.
  1. 1.

    Right-thinking; orthodox, conformist.

词源

Borrowed from French bien-pensant (literally “well-thinking”).

来源:wiktionary