hors de combat

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Out of action; disabled; no longer able to fight. literary,not-comparable
    — We have no influence but by our influence over those called our masters; how do we acquire that influence? By flattering a man's vanity, and by playing on his hopes and fears! These are all put hors de combat in marriage.

词源

Borrowed from French hors de combat (literally “out of combat”), which is obsolete in contemporary French.
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