tour de force 的定义
plural tours de force [toorz duh -fawrs, -fohrs; French toor duh -fawrs]. /ˌtʊərz də ˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs; French tur də ˈfɔrs/.
- 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.
- 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.
- a feat requiring unusual strength, skill, or ingenuity.
tour de force 近义词
spectacular achievement
更多tour de force例句
- 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.
- 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.
- At 35, Hawa Hassan is already a tour de force when it comes to Somali food in America.
- Understated yet opulent, measured, and intensely creepy, it’s a tour de force in balancing uncomfortable levels of tension and suspense with deep pathos.
- 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.
- In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
- Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
- Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
- They tried to continue their getaway but had to quickly abandon their vehicle on the Rue de Meaux in the 19th.
- And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
- Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
- Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
- San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
- 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.
- For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.