tour de force / ˌtʊər də ˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs; French tur də ˈfɔrs /

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tour de force 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural tours de force [toorz duh -fawrs, -fohrs; French toor duh -fawrs]. /ˌtʊərz də ˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs; French tur də ˈfɔrs/.

  1. an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
  2. a particularly adroit maneuver or technique in handling a difficult situation: The way the president got his bill through the Senate was a tour de force.
  3. a feat requiring unusual strength, skill, or ingenuity.

tour de force 近义词

n. 名词 noun

spectacular achievement

更多tour de force例句

  1. In her aching memoir, she embarks on a tour de force examination of her childhood, marked first by her mother’s abandoning her when she was a toddler and later by the death of her beloved father.
  2. Through the late 1960s, Capote claimed to be writing his masterpiece, his tour de force based on his swans, but several deadlines passed for it.
  3. At 35, Hawa Hassan is already a tour de force when it comes to Somali food in America.
  4. Understated yet opulent, measured, and intensely creepy, it’s a tour de force in balancing uncomfortable levels of tension and suspense with deep pathos.
  5. Page’s tour de force performance in Hard Candy led, two years later, to Juno, a low-budget indie film that brought Page Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and sudden megafame.
  6. In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
  7. Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
  8. Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
  9. They tried to continue their getaway but had to quickly abandon their vehicle on the Rue de Meaux in the 19th.
  10. And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
  11. Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
  12. Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
  13. San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
  14. The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
  15. For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.