单词 | qui vive |
释义 | qui vive qui vive AHD: [k¶ v¶v“] D.J. [ki8 6vi8v]K.K. [ki 6viv]n.(名词)A sentinel's challenge.哨兵的查问口令习惯用语:on the qui vive On the alert; vigilant:警戒的;警惕的:“a loathsome Dublin politico who is on the qui vive for . . . terrorists”(&b{Julian Moynahan})“一位时刻警惕…恐怖分子的可恶的都柏林政客”(朱利安·莫伊纳汉)语源:1. French [(long) live who? (a sentry's challenge to determine a person's political sympathies)] 法语 [谁万岁?(哨兵的口令以决定一个人的政治倾向)] 2. qui [who] qui [谁] 3. vive [third person sing. present subjunctive of] vivre [to live] vive [] vivre的现在虚拟语气动词第三人称单数 [生活] |
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