louche
louche 英 [lu:ʃ] 美 [luʃ]
adj. 声名狼籍的；品德有问题的
名词复数:louches
- Someone with louche taste is decadent and flashy. It’s one thing to wear gold around your neck as jewelry, but louche to have all your teeth capped in the precious metal just for the heck of it.
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- adj. 声名狼籍的；品德有问题的
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1. Bank chiefs, oil company executives and louche politicians seem as allergic to admitting guilt as the public is eager to extract contritions from them.
银行行长、石油公司主管和声名狼藉的政客似乎讨厌认罪，而公众则渴望听到他们悔罪的声音。
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2. Early on, the award acquired a louche reputation when it was rumored to be offered in exchange for advertising pages paid for by the manufacturer and other emoluments.
据传这个奖项早期经常玩猫腻，用得奖为饵，换取汽车厂商在杂志上投放付费广告，或收取其它报酬，因此该奖一度声名狼藉。
- louche (adj.) "dubious, disreputable," 1819, from French louche "squinting," from Old French lousche, lois (12c.) "cross-eyed, squint-eyed, lop-sided," from Latin lusca, fem. of luscus "blind in one eye, one-eyed," from Proto-Italic *luk-sko- "with partial sight, visually handicapped," from PIE *luk- "to see" or *leuk- "light" [de Vaan].
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