au courant

基本解释

Every few years a new public policy issue becomes au courant for authors.
每隔几年，公共政策领域的新问题就会引起作家们的关注。
The Americans want to be au courant, to know what fiction has critical prestige in Europe.
美国人想了解现状，想知道欧洲时下声望最高的小说是什么。
To pepper one's conversation with French expressions was to show that one was well-bred, elegant, au courant.
与人交谈时如果能用上一些法语词汇能体现自己是一个有教养的、优雅的、与时俱进的人。

Chocolate is the au courant ingredient, but there are plenty of others to pick from.
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It's become au courant in the Valley to look askance at the valuation estimates being thrown around for Facebook.
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Couches and chairs have been re-covered, while polished marble and tidied-up fixtures give the bathrooms a more au courant look (the outdated sliding frosted-glass tub doors were mercifully removed).
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