sobriquet
sobriquet 英 ['səʊbrɪkeɪ] 美 ['sobrɪkɛi]
n. 绰号
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1. His right-wing politics and persistent warnings about the rise of China have earned him the sobriquet "Japan's Jean-Marie Le Pen".
石原的右派政治立场和对中国崛起不断发出的警告，使他赢得了“日本让-玛丽·勒庞”的绰号。
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2. They are often given names based on the town in which they were reported, or on the sobriquet which was given to Mary on the occasion of the apparition.
他们常常以有所传闻的城镇为其命名，或者根据发现其显灵的场合给玛丽一个绰号。
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3. While demanding more money for her department, she cut out free milk for elementary school children, thus earning the cruel sobriquet "Thatcher the Milk Snatcher."
为了筹集更多的经费，她削减了提供给小学生的三份免费牛奶，被起了一个绰号“抢劫牛奶的撒切尔”。
- sobriquet (n.) 1640s, from French sobriquet "nickname," from Middle French soubriquet (15c.), which also meant "a jest, quip," and is said to have meant literally "a chuck under the chin" [Gamillscheg]; of unknown origin (first element perhaps from Latin sub "under").
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