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cause célèbre noun[ C ] uk /ˌkɔːz selˈeb.rə/ us /ˌkɑːz selˈeb.rə/pluralcauses célèbresuk /ˌkɔːz selˈeb.rə/ us /ˌkɑːz selˈeb.rə/ an event, such as a famous legal trial, that attracts a lot of public attention轰动一时的事件;引起公众关注的诉讼案 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Foreign words & phrases used in English acciaccatura adieu al dente al fresco aloha aloo alu legato ooh la la oy parlando pas de deux passim primo the Internationale virtuosa virtuoso vivace vivacissimo wanderlust
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He had transgressed the unwritten law of the English constitution that a person prominent in a cause célèbre belongs for the time being, not to himself, but to the nation at large. He put the question in a quiet, passionless tone, as if he were discussing some cause célèbre in which he had nothing more than a professional interest. |