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airfield, played down, battery, kept mum on battery glitch.In Russia Airfield Attacks, Ukraine Aims for Strategic and Symbolic Blow. Donald Trump’s Glitchy, Snaggy Social Media Rollout




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烏克蘭欲借俄羅斯機場攻擊事件發動戰略和象徵性打擊 雖然損失的程度尚不清楚,但這次行動展現了基輔如何利用無人機進行適應和發展。 週四,在烏克蘭首都基輔郊區,懸掛烏克蘭國旗的坦克車駛過一個十字路口,該路口距離戈斯托梅利機場不遠。此前,數十架攻擊直升機從白俄羅斯向南俯衝,直衝基輔,俄烏雙方部隊正在機場展開激烈戰鬥。

Tanks with Ukrainian flags are seen crossing an intersection Thursday on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, not far from the Gostomel airfield where a battle is underway between Russian and Ukrainian forces after dozens of attack helicopters swooped south from Belarus towards the city.



Fox News hosts played down Russia’s attack, despite the network’s reporting from Ukraine.



Stanford Achievement Test a battery of tests used for assessing academic knowledge of elementary and secondary students in the United States.



airfield
/ˈɛːfiːld/
noun
  1. an area of land set aside for the take-off, landing, and maintenance of aircraft.

 

glitch

━━ n. 〔話〕 軽い故障, 誤った電気信号; 【コンピュータ】欠陥. Google's Android mobile-phone software is drawing complaints from developers who say the tool kit contains glitches. (wsj)



battery (LARGE NUMBER) Show phonetics 
noun 1 a battery of sth a number of things of a similar type: In the kitchen an impressive battery of stainless steel utensils hangs on the wall. 2 [C] a number of large guns and similar weapons operating together in the same place: The shore battery opened fire. 3 [C] UK a system of producing a large number of eggs cheaply by keeping a lot of chickens in rows of small cages: battery farming battery

hens
  • 1. 《電》バッテリー、電池{でんち}◆【同】electric battery
  • 2. 《軍事》砲台{ほうだい}、砲列{ほうれつ}、砲兵隊{ほうへいたい}
  • 3. 《軍事》集中砲火{しゅうちゅう ほうか}◆【同】barrage ; barrage fire
  • 4. 《野球》バッテリー◆投手と捕手
  • 5. 〔砲列{ほうれつ}に似た〕一続きのもの、〔圧倒的{あっとう てき}な〕集団{しゅうだん}
  • 6. 殴打{おうだ}、強く何度{なんど}もたたくこと
  • 7. 《法律》暴行{ぼうこう}(罪)
  • 8. 《音楽》〔オーケストラの〕打楽器部{だがっき ぶ}
2007 mum (SECRET) adjective INFORMAL keep mum to say nothing about a subject: It's not official yet so keep mum.

Matsushita kept mum on battery glitch

08/17/2007

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. knew as far back as May that a problem in the manufacturing process could cause its cellphone batteries to overheat, but it decided not to publicize the fact, sources said.

Since then, two accidents involving batteries used in cellphones made by Nokia Corp., the world's largest handset maker, have occurred in Japan alone.

It was only on Tuesday, however, that Nokia announced a worldwide recall of 46 million batteries made by the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. subsidiary.

According to the sources, Matsushita Battery was first informed by Nokia in December 2006 that its BL-5C lithium-ion battery could overheat.

The month before, the company had renovated its production line for batteries used in Nokia handsets at its main factory in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture.

The company tried to determine the cause of the glitch by recreating the former production line and disassembling old products.

By May, it learned that a short circuit in the battery could cause overheating. The problem was traced to the manufacturing process, the sources said.

Matsushita Battery apparently did not go ahead and make an announcement on its own. However, Matsushita Battery did inform Nokia, but the Finland-based cellphone maker was apparently reluctant to disclose the fact.

"Of course, it's natural to disclose a problem as soon as we determine its cause. But in this case, we will refrain from making any comments, including when we learned about the cause," a Matsushita Battery representative said.

Nokia's headquarters also declined to divulge when it determined the cause of the problem.

"We started a joint investigation with Matsushita as soon as we were informed of the flaw," a Nokia spokesperson said. "We've just found a mistake (in the manufacturing process) that could cause the flaw."

In July, a cellphone battery that overheated caused a fire that burned part of the floor of a house in Osaka.

In August, a defective battery caused a fire that damaged a bed in Shizuoka Prefecture, according to reports filed by Nokia's Japanese arm to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Nokia Japan, however, failed to report the two accidents to the ministry as soon as it learned of them.(IHT/Asahi: August 17,2007)

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