éminence grise

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛmɪnɒns ˈɡɹiːz/|/ˌeɪ-/    美 /ˌɛmɪnɑns ˈɡɹiz/|/ˌeɪ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A secret or unofficial decision-maker. idiomatic
    — But Harry Hopkins was no mere manipulator of people and ideas, no eminence grise masterminding the actions of figureheads.

词形变化

éminences grises plural éminence grises plural eminence grise alternative

词源

Borrowed from French éminence grise (literally “grey eminence”), originally applied to François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577–1638), also known as Père Joseph, a French Capuchin friar who was the confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu (1585–1642), the chief minister of France under Louis XIII (1601–1643). The term refers to du Tremblay’s influence over the Cardinal (who bore the honorific of Eminence), and the colour of his habit (grey, rather than the red of a cardinal).
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