laissez faire

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈlæseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/|/ˈleɪseɪ ˌfɛə(ɹ)/    美 /ˌlɛ(ˌ)seɪ ˈfɛəɹ/|/ˌleɪ-/|/-(ˌ)zeɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs. uncountable
    — In brief, all this Mammon-Gospel of Supply-and-demand, Competition, Laissez-faire, and Devil take the hindmost, begins to be one of the shabbiest Gospels ever preached on Earth; or altogether the shabbiest.
  2. A policy of non-interference by authority in any competitive process. uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Practicing or representing governmental noninterference, or minimal interference, especially in economic affairs; pertaining to free-market capitalism.
    — I think the city should take a laissez faire approach to this; getting involved would only make things worse.
  2. Advocating such noninterference.
    — The Senator claims to be laissez faire, but he voted in favor of the subsidies.
  3. Resulting from such noninterference.
    — The price ceiling was well below the laissez faire price that demand would have supported, so there were always shortages.
  4. Avoiding interference in other people's affairs; choosing to live and let live.

词形变化

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词汇关系

相关词
benign neglect hands off laissez aller laissez-passer let it be let nature take its course

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French laissez faire (“leave it be”, literally “let do”).
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