[每日] eminence grise (n) 幕後黑手
Word of the Day (Wednesday November 19, 2008)
eminence grise \ay-mee-nahn(t)s-GREEZ\, noun:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/6e52l
a person who wields power or exerts influence behind the scenes
Some might hypothesize that Mr. Kissinger's perpetual re-emergence
as eminence grise reflects the tendency of presidents to change
their views after taking office and gradually move in Mr.
Kissinger's direction.
-- James Mann, The Ghost of the Oval Office, New York Times,
October 4, 2002
Considerably less known in the West than his comrades, he prefers
the role of eminence grise.
-- They Made a Revolution, Time, November 5, 1968
As his detractors tell it, Bolland is an eminence grise--a
postmodern Richelieu or Rasputin, conniving behind the throne.
-- Ginanne Brownell, By What Mysterious Alchemy Do You Turn The
'Harry Pothead' Scandal Into A Public-Relations Master Coup?,
Newsweek, January 27, 1998
by 1838, French for "gray eminence"; originally used in French
for Pere Joseph, a monk who was Cardinal Richelieu's confidential
agent, for the gray habit he wore, in contrast to the Cardinal's
red habit
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