cause célèbre

1. A controversy that causes public debate. The town's polluted drinking water became a national cause célêbre when it was discovered that the local leaders had allowed it to happen.

2. A legal case that is famous or celebrated. The trial became a cause célêbre for those who felt the defendant was victimized by the legal system.

词组	cause célèbre
释义	cause célèbre cause célèbre 1. A controversy that causes public debate. The town's polluted drinking water became a national cause célêbre when it was discovered that the local leaders had allowed it to happen. 2. A legal case that is famous or celebrated. The trial became a cause célêbre for those who felt the defendant was victimized by the legal system. See also: cause Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: polluted skate Basra belly get down to some serious drinking give a sneck posset sneck sneck posset posset lay off the bottle dearly
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