fait ac·com·pli
?fet ?käm?plē,?fāt/
fait ac·com·pli. (f?t′ ä-k?m-plē′, fāt′). n. pl. faits ac·com·plis (f?t′ä-k?m-plē′, -plēz′, fāt′). An accomplished, presumably irreversible deed or fact.
a fait accompli (Google translate: 既成事實). ).“).“生米煮成熟飯” 翻譯就更形象到位！ 英語翻譯成中文，要有文化的轉型基礎。
I got this word from Erich Segal's novel "Love Story" - Father Oliver Barrett III told the OB IV about his girlfriend Jennifer Caprilerali (Italian decendent) "What do you expect me to say? You present us with a fait accompli, don't you?" It's at dinner table in the Harvard Club - a place with heavy feeling, being there, I felt it - looking those so much decorated things around and everyone there dressed up so formally and kept their shoulders back, held head high, showing their pride/dignity/-commanding respect - you picked up right away.
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a thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept.Etymology[edit]. Borrowing from French fait accompli (“an accomplished fact”), from fait (“a fact”) + accompli (“accomplished”).
Fait accompli | Define Fait accompli at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.com/browse/fait-accompliSomething that has already been done: “The company president did not discuss the new hiring policy with her board of directors; instead she put it into effect and presented the board with a fait accompli.” From French, meaning “an accomplished fact.”
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Fait accompli is a French phrase which means literally "an accomplished deed". It is commonly used to describe an action which is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it. Perhaps the nearest English equivalent is a "done deal".
