cause célèbre

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/    美 /ˈkɔz səˈlɛb/|/-ˈlɛbɹə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate. UK
    — Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.

词形变化

causes célèbres plural cause celebre alternative,US

词源

From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of an 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Causes célèbres.
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