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Definition of fait accompli in English: fait accomplinoun ˌfeɪt əˈkɒmplifɛt akɔ̃pli A thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it. 既成事实 the results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli 这些业绩作为既成事实被递交给了股东。 Example sentencesExamples - At the eleventh hour, I realized that something that all the commentators had referred to as if it were a fait accompli was actually very much up in the air.
- Despite their rhetorical bluster at the rallies, there is every sign that the unions already regard the new legislation as a fait accompli.
- Indeed, many of the staff and students feel that they haven't been consulted adequately in an appraisal that has been presented as a fait accompli.
- If the junior colleague has a book in hand or an acceptance letter from the director of the university press, tenure is a fait accompli.
- At that stage it was still far from a fait accompli, given United's impressive home record which has seen them unbeaten on their own turf since November.
- However, he said that he had no regrets about bringing the relevant information into the public domain before it was presented to the public as a fait accompli.
- Then in September, they say, district officials presented the no-park plan as a veritable fait accompli.
- It is simply accepted as a fait accompli that the millions who live along the Mekong will suffer time and again from preventable flooding.
- Without banns or a wedding ceremony, he took her for his wife merely by declaring the deed a fait accompli.
- Many protestors have claimed the closure was already a fait accompli, and yesterday the consultation exercise was branded a sham by some of those opposed to the closure.
- We feel the proposal has been presented as a fait accompli with no other options provided.
- Instead, he presented the program as a fait accompli, and as a strong leader his demands for loyalty drowned out any voices arguing for debate or amendment.
- The workforce was thus presented with a fait accompli: either accept a deal with worse conditions or face redundancy.
- If they have decided to take military action against you it is a fait accompli.
- It looked like the watergas option was a fait accompli with the Stratford Town Board, until a forward-thinking man stepped into the fray.
- A coup d' état depends upon the predisposition of the people to accept the fait accompli.
- A union was today pressing for plans to close a York packaging factory to be reversed - while admitting that the decision seemed a fait accompli.
- So often, we are presented with, as I said, the fait accompli, ‘This is what we are going to do, what do you think about it?’
- John, however, refuses to accept his currently loveless life as a fait accompli.
- Villagers who are investors in the society and relied upon it as their bank claimed they were not consulted about the closure and that it was a fait accompli by the time they learned it was about to happen.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, literally 'accomplished fact'. Definition of fait accompli in US English: fait accomplinoun A thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it. 既成事实 the results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli 这些业绩作为既成事实被递交给了股东。 Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, many of the staff and students feel that they haven't been consulted adequately in an appraisal that has been presented as a fait accompli.
- If the junior colleague has a book in hand or an acceptance letter from the director of the university press, tenure is a fait accompli.
- It looked like the watergas option was a fait accompli with the Stratford Town Board, until a forward-thinking man stepped into the fray.
- So often, we are presented with, as I said, the fait accompli, ‘This is what we are going to do, what do you think about it?’
- It is simply accepted as a fait accompli that the millions who live along the Mekong will suffer time and again from preventable flooding.
- John, however, refuses to accept his currently loveless life as a fait accompli.
- We feel the proposal has been presented as a fait accompli with no other options provided.
- Many protestors have claimed the closure was already a fait accompli, and yesterday the consultation exercise was branded a sham by some of those opposed to the closure.
- A union was today pressing for plans to close a York packaging factory to be reversed - while admitting that the decision seemed a fait accompli.
- The workforce was thus presented with a fait accompli: either accept a deal with worse conditions or face redundancy.
- A coup d' état depends upon the predisposition of the people to accept the fait accompli.
- Despite their rhetorical bluster at the rallies, there is every sign that the unions already regard the new legislation as a fait accompli.
- However, he said that he had no regrets about bringing the relevant information into the public domain before it was presented to the public as a fait accompli.
- At that stage it was still far from a fait accompli, given United's impressive home record which has seen them unbeaten on their own turf since November.
- Villagers who are investors in the society and relied upon it as their bank claimed they were not consulted about the closure and that it was a fait accompli by the time they learned it was about to happen.
- Without banns or a wedding ceremony, he took her for his wife merely by declaring the deed a fait accompli.
- If they have decided to take military action against you it is a fait accompli.
- Then in September, they say, district officials presented the no-park plan as a veritable fait accompli.
- Instead, he presented the program as a fait accompli, and as a strong leader his demands for loyalty drowned out any voices arguing for debate or amendment.
- At the eleventh hour, I realized that something that all the commentators had referred to as if it were a fait accompli was actually very much up in the air.
OriginMid 19th century: from French, literally ‘accomplished fact’. |