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adieu

/uh-doo, uh-dyoo; French a-dyœ/US // əˈdu, əˈdyu; French aˈdyœ //UK // (əˈdjuː, French adjø) //

告别,再见,告辞,辞别

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interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    • : goodbye; farewell.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·dieus, a·dieux [uh-dooz, uh-dyooz; French a-dyœ]. /əˈduz, əˈdyuz; French aˈdyœ/.

    • : the act of leaving or departing; farewell.

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Examples

  • She is thinking of an adieu to the world that Sacks wrote in the New York Times in February 2015, shortly after learning he was dying of cancer.

  • The renowned author and neurologist drew his inspiration from philosopher David Hume, who had written a similar adieu in 1776.

  • His father, who had been jailed in 1990, kissed the forehead of another son before bidding him a final adieu.

  • It's going to be particularly painful to bid Cohle adieu at the end of True Detective's debut season.

  • They were all, from what I could gather, middle-aged women who bid the film adieu at around the five-minute mark.

  • The shingle recently bid its co-founder and CEO James Schamus adieu, replacing him with FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlessel.

  • But, when Hal is busted for running a Madoff-esque Ponzi scheme, Augie gets wiped out, and Ginger bids him adieu.

  • Chatwin's tone throughout Under the Sun  recalls the Duchess of Devonshire's epistolary adieu, "In tearing haste—."

  • On estoit sur le poinct de faire tabagie ou convive solemnel sur son dernier adieu.

  • She said adieu to them all very reluctantly, when she returned to the gay Court life at a still early age.

  • Henriette, finding all her entreaties in vain, sadly bade her adieu, and was never permitted to see her more.

  • I was sorry to leave the count, but was afraid some alarm might be felt at home concerning us, and therefore bade him adieu.

  • Adieu, ye lonely banks of the Saône, whose wild beauty could fill my heart with such deep delight.