à contrecœur
副词 adv.
英 /ˌæ ˌkɒn.tɹəˈkɜː/|/-ˌkɒ̃-/|/-ˈkəː/
美 /ˌɑ ˌkɑn.tɹəˈkɚ/
英文释义
副词 adv.
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Reluctantly, unwillingly, with disgust.
— Xtien was young at the time and had met him after her father's death, didn't know then what she knows now, and when the man died there she was alone with her child – forsaken, without a penny. À contrecœur went on the streets, became ill, was taken to hospital, in all sorts of trouble …
词源
Borrowed from French à contrecœur, à contre-cœur, from Old French avoir a contrecuer, avoir contrecœur (“to dislike”), from à (“for, with”) + contre-cœur (“aversion, dislike”) (contre (“against”) + cœur (“heart”)); compare Old French estre contre coer a (“to be adverse to”).
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