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词汇 bon ton
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Definition of bon ton in US English:

bon ton

nounbän ˈtänbän ˈtän
  • The fashionable world.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That generation made the French Riviera fashionable, luring le bon ton from all over the world to indulge in the new pastime of sunbathing and take the air.
    • According to a revisionist historian, ‘The discourse of transfer and expulsion which had been employed by the extreme Right, is now the bon ton of the center.’
    • Salonnieres continued doing what they did best, integrating worthy men into the elite, and perpetuating aristocratic manners and bon ton.
    • He spent millions developing golf courses, luring newfangled seaplanes, holding polo tournaments and attracting le bon ton of the Edwardian era.
    • Moore tells us, ‘Between Gurdjieff and the world of cultural bon ton there was to be no conciliation, no giving and no asking of quarter’.

Origin

French, literally 'good taste'.

Definition of bon ton in US English:

bon ton

nounbän ˈtän
  • The fashionable world.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He spent millions developing golf courses, luring newfangled seaplanes, holding polo tournaments and attracting le bon ton of the Edwardian era.
    • Moore tells us, ‘Between Gurdjieff and the world of cultural bon ton there was to be no conciliation, no giving and no asking of quarter’.
    • Salonnieres continued doing what they did best, integrating worthy men into the elite, and perpetuating aristocratic manners and bon ton.
    • That generation made the French Riviera fashionable, luring le bon ton from all over the world to indulge in the new pastime of sunbathing and take the air.
    • According to a revisionist historian, ‘The discourse of transfer and expulsion which had been employed by the extreme Right, is now the bon ton of the center.’

Origin

French, literally ‘good taste’.

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