damsel in distress

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仿譯法語 demoiselle en détresse,源自大量戲劇表現形式中的經典主題。

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damsel in distress (複數 damsels in distress)

  1. 需要幫助少女,在困境中的少女
    • 1995, Ani DiFranco (作曲作詞), 「Not a Pretty Girl」, 出自 Not a Pretty Girl:
      I am not a pretty girl / That is not what I do / I ain't no damsel in distress / And I don't need to be rescued
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    • 2020 5月 27, Ruby Hamad, 「A White Damsel Leveraged Racial Power and Failed」, 出自 New York Times[1]:
      The damsel-in-distress archetype probably conjures up images of delicate maidens and chivalrous gentlemen. That is precisely what it is designed to do — for white people.
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