從 clear sample 談起；a clear run, clear-sighted

Robert Reich

 

7 小時 · 

America's public health would be failing even under a halfway competent president. The dirty little secret, which will soon become apparent to all, is that there is no real public health system in the United States.

As the coronavirus outbreak in the US follows the same grim exponential growth path first displayed in Wuhan, China, before herculean measures were put in place to slow its spread there, America is waking up to the fact that it has almost no public capacity to deal with it.

Instead of a public health system, we have a private for-profit system for individuals lucky enough to afford it and a rickety social insurance system for people fortunate enough to have a full-time job.

At their best, both systems respond to the needs of individuals rather than the needs of the public as a whole. In America, the word “public” – as in public health, public education or public welfare – means a sum total of individual needs, not the common good.

Even if a test for the Covid-19 virus had been developed and approved in time, no institutions are in place to administer it to tens of millions of Americans free of charge. Healthcare in America is delivered mainly by private for-profit corporations which, unlike financial institutions, are not required to maintain reserve capacity.

Almost 30% of American workers have no paid sick leave from their employers, including 70% of low-income workers earning less than $10.49 an hour. Vast numbers of self-employed workers cannot afford sick leave. Meanwhile, more than 30 million Americans have no health insurance.

There is no public health system in the US, in short, because the richest nation in the world has no capacity to protect the public as a whole, apart from national defense. Ad-hoc remedies such as House Democrats and the White House fashioned on Friday are better than nothing, but they don’t come close to filling this void.

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America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run | Robert Reich

2007.8.22
clear sample 出現在 『TQC用語辭典』（1985年 東京：日本規格協会、三浦 新等編）
它基本的意思是
檢驗人任員所面對的受檢樣品備有製造商，生產履歷等等相關的資訊
這樣 檢驗人員反而容易有"先入為主"等偏見或看法它的相反詞不知是否為 blind sample

在網路上也可能找到廣播等聲音加工領域 "clear sample "
這時 clear為動詞 "消除" 的意思

這clear 有許多專業用法 通常字典未說明
譬如說 market is clear 表示"均衡"等等

clear
This sales term describes the process whereby one matches both buyer and seller and determines the price of their trade.


又譬如說 Barron's 財務和投資詞典

Clear Banking: Collection of funds on which a check is drawn, and payment of those funds to the holder of the check. See also Clearing House Funds.
Finance: asset not securing a loan and not otherwise encumbered. As a verb, to clear means to make a profit: "After all expenses, we cleared $1 million."
Securities: Comparison of the details of a transaction between brokers prior to settlement; final exchange of securities for cash on delivery.

一般的意思可以參考本處經常查的詞典

a clear run ​DEFINITIONS AND SYNONYMS

PHRASE

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1. 1

   a situation in which you can continue without anyone or anything stopping your progress

   Her opponent’s withdrawal gives her a clear run for the nomination.

clear-sighted

(klîr'sī'tĭd)
adj.

1. Having sharp, clear vision.
2. Perceptive; discerning.

Meaning #1: having sharp clear vision
Meaning #2: mentally acute or penetratingly

clear-eyed	(adjective) Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning.
Synonyms:	perspicacious
Usage:	John's clear-eyed assessment of the company's problems saved it from bankruptcy.

clear was found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary at the entries listed below.

• clear (ABLE TO BE UNDERSTOOD)
• clear (CERTAIN)
• clear (NOT CONFUSED)
• clear (NOT GUILTY)
• clear (NOT TROUBLED)
• clear (NOT BLOCKED)
• clear (PURE)
• clear (LEFT)
• clear (NOT TOUCHING)
• clear (CHEQUE)
• clear (OFFICIAL PERMISSION)
• the all-clear
• clear-cut
• clear head
• clear-sighted
• clear sth away
• clear sb off sth
• clear off
• clear sth out (TIDY)
• clear out (LEAVE)
• clear (sth) up (PLACE)
• clear sth up (PROBLEM)
• clear (sth) up (ILLNESS)
• clear up (WEATHER)
• stand clear
• (as) clear as a bell
• (as) clear as day
• (as) clear as mud
• Do I make myself clear?
• (as) clear as day
• be in the clear
• be in the clear
• clear the decks
• clear your throat
• clear the way
• clear the air
• steer/stay/keep clear
• the coast is clear
• crystal clear
• leave the field clear for sb
• loud and clear
• see your way (clear) to
• steer clear of

adj. - 清澈的, 透明的, 明亮的, 潔淨的, 晴朗的
adv. - 清楚地, 完全地
v. tr. - 澄清, 清除障礙
v. intr. - 變乾淨, 變晴, 變清澈, 變清楚
n. - 間隙
idioms:

• as clear as a bell 健全的
• clear a check 把支票兌現
• clear away 收拾, 散開
• clear conscience 問心無愧
• clear of 無...之憂慮
• clear off 清除, 走開, 擺脫
• clear one's throat 清嗓子
• clear out 清除, 把...清出, 離開
• clear the air 使空氣流通, 澄清事實, 消除誤會
• clear the deck 清理甲板準備戰鬥
• clear the decks 準備行動
• clear up 整理, 放晴, 消除
• cleared up 解釋, 清理
• in the clear 不受阻礙, 無罪
• make clear 解釋清楚, 顯示

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 澄んだ, さえた, はっきりした, 明晰な, 明らかな, 明白な, 晴れた, 明るい, 邪魔のない
adv. - はっきりと, 完全に
v. - 片づける, 解放する, きれいにする, 澄ます, 晴れる, 明るくなる, 出港手続きを済ます, 通関手続きを済ます, 通過する
idioms:

• all clear 空襲警報の解除, 危険なし
• as clear as a bell 澄み切って, 全く明白で
• as clear as mud まるではっきりしない
• clear a check 小切手を現金化する
• clear away 取り除く, 一掃する
• clear conscience 気が済むようにする
• clear of ～がないを離れて
• clear off 片づける, 晴れる, 片付ける, 清算する
• clear off 片づける, 晴れる
• clear one's throat 咳払いをする
• clear out 掃除する, 処分する
• clear the air 空気を入れ換える, 疑いを晴らす
• clear the deck 戦闘準備をする, 活動の準備をする
• clear the decks 戦闘準備をする, 活動の準備をする
• clear up 晴れ上がる, 片づける, 整理する, 解く
• cleared up きれいにされた片付けられた
• in the clear 内法で, 危険を脱して
• make clear 明らかにする