éminence grise

短语

灰衣主教

发音

UK /ˌɛmɪnɒns ˈɡɹiːz/
其它 /ˌɛmɪnɒns ˈɡɹiːz/
UK /ˌeɪ-/
US /ˌɛmɪnɑns ˈɡɹiz/
其它 /ˌɛmɪnɑns ˈɡɹiz/
US /ˌeɪ-/

词形变化

éminence grises éminences grises 复数 éminences grises éminence grises 复数

别名

eminence grise

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A secret or unofficial decision-maker.

    灰衣主教

    习语

词源

Borrowed from French éminence grise (literally “grey eminence”), originally applied to François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577–1638), also known as Père Joseph, a French Capuchin friar who was the confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642), the chief minister of France under Louis XIII (1601–1643). The term refers to du Tremblay’s influence over the Cardinal (who bore the honorific of Eminence), and the colour of his habit (grey, rather than the red of a cardinal).

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