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Kleen·ex AHD[klēʹnĕks'] D.J.[ˈkliːˌneks]K.K.[ˈkliˌnɛks]NONE(无词性)- A trademark used for a soft facial tissue. This trademark sometimes occurs in print, capitalized or lowercased, with the general meaning "a facial tissue":"handed out police badges to a platoon of extras and later dispensed Kleenexes to the same extras dressed in funereal black" (Los Angeles Times). “‘Does somebody have a Kleenex?’ she asked" (New York Times). The trademark is also used in print in figurative extensions as an adjective: 克里内克斯:用于一种柔软的面部用的纸巾的商标。这一商标有时在印刷、大写的或小写中出现,一般意为“面部用的纸巾”“向一队临时演员分发警徽,后来又向这些穿着黑色丧服的临时演员分发克里克斯纸巾” (洛杉矶时报) “‘有人有克里内克斯纸巾吗?’她问道” (纽约时报)、这一商标还作为一个形容词比喻的外延用于出版物中: "It's an attitude that comes from looking at countries—and people—as ‘dispensable,’ the Kleenex school of foreign policy"(Mary McGrory)“它是一种来自于把国家——和人民——看成是‘非必需’的看法,即克里内克斯流派对外政策的态度”(玛丽·麦格罗里)
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