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contretemps

C 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈkɒn.trə.tɒ]
  • 美式音标 [ˈkɑːn.trə.tɑː]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. （法）意外事故；窘困之事

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Her male cousins had hardly prepared her for a contretemps with a man she desired.
    就她想要的男人，她的男表亲不希望她有挫折。
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  • The application results show that the system is simple and applied, and offers exact information that came from coal mine in time, decreases contretemps forwardly.
    应用表明，该系统简单、实用，能及时为用户提供准确信息，能动地减少了事故发生。
  • One Georgetown player shrugged off the contretemps. "Man, it's just a game, " he said.
    一名乔治城球员轻松地说道：“不过只是一场比赛而已。”

    • 权威例句

  • Al-Alam beamed suspiciously instantaneous accounts of the contretemps to viewers in Iraq and elsewhere.
    ECONOMIST: The Iranians are blowing hot and cold in Iraq
  • Marshall is now on a counterattack in a juicy contretemps that serves up lessons for families grappling with wealth transfer.
    FORBES: The Father, the Son and High Society
  • This particular contretemps is over the design for a memorial for Dwight Eisenhower.
    FORBES: Why Ike? Was He Such a Great Leader That He Deserves a Memorial?

词组短语

    短语

  • a contretemps 时间不够
  • contretemps s 假进攻接防守
  • DEMI -CONTRETEMPS 半反拍子舞步

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a small argument or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing social embarrassment

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • an awkward or difficult situation or mishap