词汇 | well-made play |
词源 | well-made play. Apparently this expression, for “an enter- taining, carefully constructed play with more attention given to plot than characters,” is a literal translation of the French pièce bien faite, which was applied to the well-made plays of Scribe and Sardou in the 19th century. |
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