bon vivant

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A bon vivant is a person with cultivated, refined, and sociable tastes, especially with respect to food and drink.
美食家是有教養(yǎng)、雅致而愛交際的人，尤其在美食美酒方面很有品位。
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But they got off easy compared with those invited to the “Funeral Supper” of the 18th-century French bon vivant Grimod de la Reynière, held to promote his opus “Reflections on Pleasure.”
十八世紀的法國美食家格里莫?德?拉雷尼埃爾為了推銷其著作《關(guān)于快樂之反思》，專門舉辦了一場“喪宴”。那些被邀請赴宴的人們就沒有那么幸運了。

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He is a bon vivant with a young wife, a big man with a ruddy face, piercing blue eyes and a fluff of grey hair.
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Second, and more improbably, Mr von Clemm, a gourmet as well a bon vivant, was an early and generous backer of the restaurant business of Michel and Albert Roux.
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a person who enjoys good food and wines and likes going to restaurants and parties

a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink (Also called (but not in French) bon viveur)