ci-devant

短语

a. 以前的 n. 过时的人/物, 已退位、无势力的人

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Former, late.

    The old patrician retreated noiselessly with a slow bow that was part of the ceremonious legacy left by a ci-devant aristocracy of the last century’s better days.

词源

Borrowed from French ci-devant.

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