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hatchback, interplay, hybrid, rationalization, mestizo




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Microsoft Posts Rare Loss

Microsoft reported a $492 million quarterly loss on a hefty write-down in its online-services division. Shares rose after-hours.

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"We know all about ego defense and rationalization. As for knowledge of Self, it is a compromise symptom hardened in the interplay between inhibition and anxiety, a formation that"

Living Planet | 04.09.2008 | 04:30

Working Towards Cheaper Eco-Friendly Cars

British automotive manufacturer Axon says it has come up with a newer eco-car that costs less and is even less harmful to the environment.

Hybrid electric cars like the Toyota Prius or the Honda Civic have received green accolades for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Although a lot of people are reluctant or unable to pay the hefty price tag for them. Now British car company Axon has introduced a new, and cheaper, challenger to market.
Report: Stephen Beard



From this point onwards he led a hybrid life, partly in London, partly in California.



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DAVID POGUE: The Volt, as I understand it, has both a gas and engine and electric motor. But it's not a Prius, right?
BOB LUTZ: No. What happens is in conventional hybrids is, there are very few batteries and they're just designed to give an electric assist. It's this constant interplay between gasoline and battery.



Chiluly's sensitivity to architectural context and his interest in the interplay of natural light off of glass are ever present. The exhibit is successful in heightening its audience's appreciation of installation and environmental art, as well as encouraging exploration of the Garden. It's a form of mastery on the surface, showcasing the Garden as both canvas and inspiration.

The Sun during the weekly evening exhibit, Chihuly Nights.
All images courtesy of The New York Botanical Garden


In setting out to design the Hearst Tower, Lord Foster said, he thought about "satisfying the senses, the spirit of the place, the joy of an interplay of light or shadow or texture or color."




The mestizo Pierre Alexandre du Peyrou, rich inhabitant of Neufchâtel, plantation owner, writer, friend and publisher of some of Rousseau's oeuvre. His mansion was Le Palais du Peyrou.


hatchback

Pronunciation: /ˈhatʃbak/ 

Definition of hatchback in English:

noun

A car with a door across the full width at the back endthat opens upwards to provide easy access for loading.

mestizo


  音節
mes • ti • zo
発音
mestíːzou
[名](複〜s, 〜es)メスティーソ, 混血者:(中南米で)インディオとの混血スペイン人, (フィリピンで)中国人との混血フィリピン人. ▼女性形はmes・ti・za 〔mestíz〕 .

interplay Show phonetics
noun [U]
the effect that two or more things have on each other:
Our personalities result from the complex interplay between our genes and our environment.
(Reciprocal action and reaction; interaction.
intr.v., -played, -play·ing, -plays.
To act or react on each other; interact.)

inter・play

━━ n. 相互作用 ((of, between)).
n.
Reciprocal action and reaction; interaction.
intr.v., -played, -play·ing, -plays.
To act or react on each other; interact.
rationalize (EXPLAIN), UK USUALLY rationalise Show phonetics
verb [T]
to try to find reasons to explain your behaviour, decisions, etc:
She rationalized the expense by saying that the costly carpet she had bought would last longer than a cheaper one.

rationalization, UK USUALLY rationalisation Show phonetics
noun [C or U]

hy・brid


--> ━━ n., a. 雑種(の); 混成(の); 混成物; 【言】混成語.
hybrid computer (sstem) 【コンピュータ】複合型[ハイブリッド]コンピュータ ((アナログとデジタルのハードウェアを持つ)).
hybrid IC 【コンピュータ】ハイブリッドIC.
hy・brid・ism ━━ n. 雑種であること; 雑種育成; 【言】混成.
hy・brid・ize ━━ v. かけ合わす; 雑種を産む; 混成語を作る.
h・brid・i・za・tion n. 【生化】雑種形成, 交雑.
hybrid orbital 【物・化】混成軌道関数.
hybrid vigor 【遺伝】雑種強勢.


Microsoft reported a $492 million quarterly loss on a hefty write-down in its online-services division. Shares rose after-hours.

 hefty price tag

hefty

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛfti/
Translate hefty | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

adjective (heftier, heftiest)

  • 1large and heavy:a hefty young chap
  • (of a number or amount) impressively large:a hefty £10 million they could face hefty fines
  • 2done with vigour or force:he aimed a hefty kick at the door

Derivatives



heftily

adverb


heftiness

noun

hefty[heft・y]

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[héfti]
[形](-i・er, -i・est)((略式))
1 〈人・物が〉大きくて重い;〈物が〉大きくて動きにくい.
2 たっぷりの, 高額の
hefty revenues
豊かな収入.
3 力のある, 強い, 強烈な.
héf・ti・ly
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