l'état, c'est moi

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to signify one's exercise of power in a dictatiorial, repressive and/or charismatic manner.
    — 'Marcos and the First Lady wanted more than anything else [...] to be king and queen. They wished to shape the kingdom in their own image; [...] Marcos wanted to be able to say, 'L'état c'est moi.'

词形变化

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词源

Borrowed from French l'état, c'est moi (“I am the state”), which apocryphally attributed to Louis XIV per an anecdote representing the tyranny of France before the French Revolution.
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