2007年10月31日 星期三

Google Stock Barrels Through $700

barrel

v.
, -reled or -relled, -rel·ing or -rel·ling, -rels or -rels. v.tr.

To put or pack in a barrel.

v.intr. Slang.

To move at a high speed or rate of progress: “That the European Union barreled ahead was not surprising” (Richard W. Stevenson).

Google Stock Barrels Through $700
The Associated Press -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc.'s stock price barreled through $700 for the first time Wednesday, propelled by a belief that the Internet search leader ...





watershed (BIG CHANGE)

watershed
分水界; (川の)流域; 転機, 分岐点.
(BIG CHANGE)
Show phonetics
noun [S]
an event or period which is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something:
The year 1969 was a watershed in her life - she changed her career and changed her partner.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Pound leaps to post 1981 high against dollar

Sterling nears the watershed $2.07 mark after a senior Bank of England official questioned the need for a rate cut

2007年10月29日 星期一

'Wow' Factor

Nokia Takes 'Wow' Factor to Shanghai
Nokia opened its seventh full-service retail store world-wide in China, now the mobile-phone maker's largest market for multimedia devices. (wsj)





wow
A dazzling, often sudden instance of success: hit, sleeper. Informalsmash, smash hit, ten-strike. Slangboff, boffo, boffola. Seethrive/fail/exist.

wow (SUCCESS) Show phonetics
noun [S] INFORMAL
a person or thing that is very successful, attractive or pleasant:
He's not particularly good-looking, but he's a real wow with the girls in his class.

wow Show phonetics
verb [T] INFORMAL
to impress and excite someone greatly:
The movie wowed audiences throughout the States with its amazing special effects.




wow1 (wou) pronunciation Informal.
interj.

Used to express wonder, amazement, or great pleasure.

n.

An outstanding success.

tr.v., wowed, wow·ing, wows.

To have a strong, usually pleasurable effect on: a performance that wowed the audience.



crossbreeding


But according to the current edition of Business Insight, crossbreeding dissimilar products--like a shoe-and-iPod combination from Apple and Nike--makes for the inspired product breakthroughs.




crossbreed

noun [C]
an animal or plant that is a mixture of breeds and is therefore a new variety

But according to the current edition of Business Insight, crossbreeding dissimilar products--like a shoe-and-iPod combination from Apple and Nike--makes for the inspired product breakthroughs.


crossbreed
verb [I or T] crossbred, crossbred

crossbred
adjective

2007年10月27日 星期六

to snap and print all foreigners, ecclesiology, "Ecclesiological Society"

Today's News
Japan: to snap and print all foreigners entering the country (story)




ecclesiology
中文辭書許多錯
教會學,教會建築學
Ecclesiology (from Greek ἐκκλησίᾱekklēsiā, "congregation, church"; and -λογία-logia) is the study of the theological understanding of the Christian church. Specific areas of concern include the church's role in salvation, its origin, its relationship to the historical Christ, its discipline, its destiny, and its leadership. Ecclesiology is, therefore, the study of the church as a thing in itself.
Different ecclesiologies give shape to very different institutions. Thus, in addition to describing a broad discipline of theology, ecclesiology may be used in the specific sense of a particular church or denomination’s character, self-described or otherwise. This is the sense of the word in such phrases as Roman Catholic ecclesiologyLutheran ecclesiology, and ecumenical ecclesiology.

Etymology

Ecclesiology comes from the Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklesia), which entered Latin as ecclesia. In the Greco-Roman world, the word was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs.[1] This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers.[2]
教会論{きょうかい ろん}

The Cambridge Camden Society, known also as the "Ecclesiological Society", was a learned architectural society founded in 1839 by undergraduates at Cambridge University to promote "the study of Gothic Architecture, and of Ecclesiastical Antiques." Its activities would come to include publishing a monthly journal, The Ecclesiologistadvising church builders on their blueprints, and advocating a return to a medieval style of church architecture in England. At its peak influence in the 1840s, the Society counted over 700 members in its ranks, including bishops of the Church of England, deans at Cambridge University, and Members of Parliament. The Society and its publications enjoyed wide influence over the design of English churches throughout the 19th century.

  • to snap
snap (PHOTOGRAPH) Show phonetics
noun [C] UK INFORMAL
an informal photograph which is not particularly skilful or artistic:
holiday snaps
Did you take many snaps while you were away?

snap
verb [I or T] -pp-
to take a lot of photographs quickly:
He was arrested for snapping photos of a military parade.
She's very pleased with her new camera and was snapping away the whole time we were abroad.

  • to print
print (FINGER) Show phonetics
noun [C]
INFORMAL FOR fingerprint:
The burglar had left his prints all over the window.

Japan to take fingerprints, photos of foreigners

Reuters



2007年10月26日 星期五

Setting the Table

lay/set the table
to put a cloth, knives and forks, etc. on the table in preparation for a meal:
Could you lay the table for lunch, please?


書籍

Setting the Table : The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Meyer, Danny (HarperCollins )


20多年來,丹尼‧梅爾在競爭激烈的紐約創辦11家各有特色、不同屬性的餐廳,而旗下的聯合廣場餐廳更是連續七年榮獲「紐約最受歡迎餐廳」的美譽。他的餐飲王國並非是制式化的連鎖餐廳,而且到目前為止,他還不曾有失敗的經驗。

能讓這位美國知名的餐飲大亨如此成功的原因,是因為他深信人類具有提供並接受款待(hospitality)的強烈本能需要。 本書敘述引領作者走進餐飲業的真實人生經驗,不僅為餐飲服務業提供借鏡,也值得創業者和經理人參考。

作者指出,善於款待別人極為重要,對象從為自己工作的人開始,接著依序是顧客、社區鄰里、供應商以及投資人。這與某些傳統商業模式恰好相反,他稱之為「有 智慧的殷勤款待」(enlightened hospitality)。也因此,他所有的商業決策和一切成就,都以此為基礎。

tycoon 大君

tycoon 大君

2007年10月25日 星期四

high-octane, octane number

high-octane Show phonetics
adjective [before noun] 高辛"皖"值
1 describes fuel that is of very good quality:
high-octane fuel
high-octane UK petrol/US gas

2 full of energy or very powerful:
a high-octane performance

oc・tane


━━ n. 【化】オクタン ((石油中の無色液体炭化水素)); =octane number.
octane number [rating, value] オクタン価.


William Cohan's high- octane history of “the world's most elite and enigmatic investment bank” was awarded the £30,000 ($61,500, €43,000) prize at a gala dinner last night in London.

《最后的大亨》“生动”描述了“全球最顶级且最神秘投资银行”Lazard轰轰烈烈、极为引人好奇的发展历程。在昨晚于伦敦举行的颁奖晚宴上,威廉•科汉这部著作赢得了3万英镑(合6.15万美元)大奖。


The Last Tycoons

HISTORY OF LAZARD SCOOPS FT AWARD

《最后的大亨》荣获FT/高盛2007年度最佳图书奖

hc譯評:此書名為複數 tycoons

不應與 F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished final novel, The Last Tycoon混為一談

Insider-selling at Harley-Davidson may be a reason to gear down expectations for the company's high-octane stock price, particularly considering the slowdown in Harley's U.S. motorcycle sales and its aging customer base.


2007年10月24日 星期三

*been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy

Competitiveness, determination, willpower and stamina are attributes common to both athletes and politicians. So, it's not surprising that many athletes turn to politics when their playing career fades. Jack Kemp, Bill Bradley, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Largent and Tom Osborne are just a few of those who made the transition from sports arena to political office.

運動與政治可略比擬


Quote

"Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy."Jack Kemp

這句引言值得一注:


cut 多義 要請教丁丁等專家
〔米俗〕 ((否定文で)) 処理する; 【球技】(球を)切る, カットする;

梁: "cut除了是「被弄傷」還另有深意乎?願聞丁詳。"
丁丁:"
會不會是指切掉
從主幹(本隊)切下來
打包賣掉換掉
或直接就是裁掉解僱"
Bill Scherkenbach曰:"Cut means that he was dropped from the team."



Sports.
To strike (a ball) so that it spins in a reverse direction.

ef·fi·gy (ĕf'ə-jē) pronunciation
n., pl. -gies.
  1. A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.
  2. A likeness or image, especially of a person.
━━ n. 像, 肖像; (憎い人をのろうための)人形.
burn [hang] … in effigy 人の人形を焼く[縛り首にする].
idiom:

in effigy

  1. Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.

[French effigie, from Latin effigiēs, likeness, from effingere, to portray : ex-, ex- + fingere, to shape.]

2007年10月23日 星期二

not be set/carved in stone

not be set/carved in stone UK (US not be carved/etched in stone)
to not be fixed and to be able to be changed:
These are just a few ideas - nothing is set in stone yet.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

far from sth

certainly not something:
The situation is far from clear.


bbc《金融時報》在世界版以大篇幅報道了中共十七大的消息。頭條報道了新誕生的中共政治局常委,特別提到兩位相對年輕的常委習近平與李克強,認為他們將會是中共新一代的領導人。
不過,報道也引述一些分析人士的話說,習近平與李克強同時獲得提拔說明了領導人的繼任人選“還遠遠未有定案”(far from set in stone)。
《每日電訊報》在世界新聞版也以頭條報道了中國新一代領導人的消息。標題是“中國‘年輕太子黨’新時代的開始”。

習近平(左)與李克強被視為中共新一代的接班人報道說,習近平的父親是中共的革命元老,曾經出任副總理,習近平的名字排在李克強前面,因此被認為是中共黨總書記以及國家主席的繼任人選。而李克強相信將出任國務院總理的職位。
《國際先驅論壇報》的報道說,在剛閉幕的中共十七大,向民主勇敢的跨出了一步。黨總書記胡錦濤在大會上發表演說時,61次使用民主兩字。此外,共產黨中央委員會也以差額提名的方式,推選出204位代表。

bold-faced

bold-faced
adj
unrestrained by convention or propriety: "an audacious trick to pull"
verb
print in boldface



━━ a. 大胆な; 無遠慮な; (文字・輪郭など)太い, きわだった; けわしい. in bold outline against (the sky) (空に)くっきりと. make (so) bold (as) to do あえて…する. make bold with …を勝手に使う; なれなれしくする.━━ n. =boldface. bold・face ━━ n., a. 【印】太字(の).bold-faced a. ずぶとい; 【印】太字の.bold-faced type 肉太活字.

ずぶとい 図太い
audacious; impudent; bold. ⇒図々しい.



Last Night in One Room: Kravis, Milken & Whitehead
Not since Michael Milken's Predators' Ball in the 1980's have so many of Wall Street's bold-faced names dared to mingle together. Until last night.

2007年10月22日 星期一

Websters and Rotarians

>要請教rl 去年常去的一mw英文字典大詞庫網址 可節省時間:
http://www.webster.com/

奇怪 似乎不是這辭典 之前的連使用頻率各種quotations等都有
想應該請rl或 ch撰一文介紹網路辭典

那麼,應該是陽春型的:http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/

Definition:
Rotary Club
Noun
1. A group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace.


Rotarian
Noun
1. A member of a Rotary Club.

Rotarians present dictionaries
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA
The donation is part of the Rotary Club's Dictionary Project, a nationwide effort to present a personal dictionary to every third-grader in the United ...

2007年10月21日 星期日

force of nature

force of nature 自然之威力 等等 在此文為雙關語

bbc

吳儀退休 中國危機管理傳承現懸念
吳儀(左)在上海考察(新華社圖片25/9/2007)
獨身、硬朗的吳儀被認為難以取代。

中共十七大星期天(10月21日)閉幕,中國副總理吳儀沒有當選新一屆中央委員。這為中國危機管理體系如何傳承留下了懸念。

將在下月慶祝69歲大壽的吳儀退出政治局,正如國家副主席曾慶紅沒有入選一樣,都被視為將會退休的象徵。預計這將在明年3月全國人大會議期間正式離休。

根據官方新華社網站登載的履歷,吳儀是畢業於北京石油學院(現中國石油大學)的高級工程師。

吳儀是中國政壇少數位居要職的女性。她硬朗的形像為國際社會所熟悉,更被美國財長保爾森形容為“魅力天成”(force of nature)。

同樣在8月,吳儀當選美國《福布斯》雜誌2007年“世界百名權威女性”排名榜第二位,僅次於德國總理默克爾。

現在,國際社會的疑問是,熟知經濟事務、國際談判經驗老到的吳儀退下來,北京能找誰來繼承“中國鐵娘子”的衣缽。

“難以取代”

吳儀近年領導了中國多項重要對外經貿交涉和危機處理項目,有“救火隊長之稱”。

這包括1990年代中國加入世界貿易組織的談判、2003年兼任衛生部長抗擊薩斯病毒大爆發,2004年開始領導防治愛滋病工作。

保爾森與吳儀
美國財長保爾森形容吳儀是“魅力天成”。

更近期的還有在中國對外貿易順差不斷擴大、國際社會要求人民幣升值的呼聲不斷增加的勢頭下,領導中美戰略經濟對話。

中國出口產品接連出現問題,吳儀因此也在8月被委任為國務院產品質量和食品安全領導小組組長。

美國諮詢委托機構環球透視首席中國分析員赫斯向美聯社記者直言:“她將很難被取代。”

中國歐盟商會主席伍德克上月也曾表示,中國經濟的最偉大的守衛者和開放者,吳儀要算其中一位。

目前,中國境外媒體主要流傳著兩套說法,其中一套是現任商務部長薄熙來將接替吳儀的職務。

另一個說法是薄熙來將會出任重慶市市委書記並進入中共政治局,由廣東省委書記張德江取代吳儀。

隨著星期一(10月22日)召開的十七屆一中全會選出新一屆中央政治局委員,吳儀繼任人選可望明朗化。

whodunit, whodunnit

whodunit, whodunnit Show phonetics
noun [C] INFORMAL n.〔話〕 推理小説[劇,映画].
a story about a crime and the attempt to discover who committed it:
It's one of those whodunits where you don't find out who the murderer is till the very end.



The Father Brown detective series by the British author G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is a classic beloved by whodunit fans around the world. In "The Innocence of Father Brown," published in 1911, the priest-detective observes: "Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest."

Of course. Hide something among like objects, and nobody will be able to pick it out.

Providing fuel is not the only way to fight terror


--The Asahi Shimbun, Oct. 19(IHT/Asahi: October 20,2007)

Red X, open-ended, in Shift



活著就是贏家:英特爾創辦人葛洛夫傳

Andy Grove:The Life and Times of an American by Richard S.Tedlow

作者:葛洛夫/口述,理查.泰德羅/著

出版日期:2007 年05 月 10 日


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卡特認為,英特爾必須訴諸終端使用者,說服他們相信三八六才是他們需要的產品。終端使用者如果想買安裝三八六的個人電腦,就會在物流通路拉動(pull)三八六,而不必英特爾辛苦去推動(push)。

不 要忘了,一九八九年的英特爾,對於把產品行銷給終端使用者的工作,可說是非常厭惡。幸好葛洛夫願意挑戰自己和其他每個人的既定看法。不過,卡特必須用實測 數字,而不是在辦公室蒐集資料,證明「拉動」行銷的做法可以提供三八六所需的助力。卡特接受了這項挑戰,也為此卸下技術助理的工作。他找了五個不畏挑戰的 人,成立了一個小組。

「壯士斷腕廣告活動」

卡特所用的方法極其大膽。由於種種原因,他選中丹佛做為測試市 場,這個小組成員全部飛到丹佛。他可以利用的時間不多,因為再過幾個月,公司就要發表四八六新產品。這麼短的時間內,在丹佛市能買到的媒體只有報紙和看 板。他決定使用的文案十分聳動。在報紙的某版廣告上,出現「二八六」的黑色字體,再用一個很大的紅色「X」,好像噴漆那樣蓋在上面。報紙的下一版,則出現 三八六這個數字,並用一些文字,說明它的優點。

塗銷自己的產品!真是大膽的做法。如果做這件事的是個競爭對手,可能會被英特爾告上法院。 卡特擔心未見其利,反受其害:不但沒有說服人們採用三八六,卻毀了二八六的銷路。要是消費者解讀錯誤,英特爾可能傷到自己。微電腦元件集團的資深副總裁兼 總經理浩斯說那是「『壯士斷腕』廣告活動」。但是可能由於廣告的性質明確而不含糊,他們想要傳達的訊息,一如預期深入一般大眾心中。在葛洛夫和浩斯看來, 市場測試的結果再明白不過了。

這個廣告活動隨後在全國展開,而且就像史丹福大學商學研究所管理學教授柏格曼所說的,此舉明白發出訊號,宣告英特爾準備自毀產品,終端使用者和代工廠最好跟著英特爾的腳步走。

柏 克曼斬釘截鐵說:「它有效。」三八六的營業額果然一飛沖天。摩爾定律並不像地心引力那樣必然,它的意思只是說,如果未來像過去那樣開展,將來可能會是什麼 樣子。這個「定律」要成真,英特爾必須把市場往前推才行,而且必須把整個環境──供應商、經銷商、消費者──往前推到下一個複雜的層級。「管理」市場得花 錢,英特爾為了「紅色X」廣告活動,砸下五百萬美元。事實證明,它能直接訴諸於資訊科技專業人士以及消費者。對英特爾怨言不斷的超微半導體副法務長羅格任 (Rich Lovgren)則說:「英特爾沒有顧客,他們有的是人質。」

英特爾從三八六延伸出來的產品線三八六SX,意外發現手上握有 一種品牌。卡特接受作者訪問時說:「不少孩子、青少年走進消費性電子產品商店,說,『我要裝有三八六SX的收音機,因為那種產品很酷。』」不知道為什麼, 三八六SX十分流行,可是事實上並沒有一種收音機用到它,偏偏有些人認定一定有。卡特開始想到,英特爾的產品也可以做成品牌。


1989
. A million transistors on a. microprocessor. $. Intel launches the ... Dennis Carter is responsible for Intel’s graffiti-style “Red X” ad campaign, ...
download.intel.com/intel/anniversary/35th.pdf - Similar pages - Note this

Intel Historic Timeline

1989 Intel announces the 80486 processor Red X advertisement campaign begins, which is target directly at consumers, not manufactures ...


Bush, in Shift, Accepts Idea of Iraq Timeline 
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
President Bush’s concession reflected both progress in stabilizing Iraq and the depth of opposition in both countries to an open-ended U.S. military presence.



shift (MOVE OR CHANGE)
verb
1 [I or T] to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly:
She shifted (her weight) uneasily from one foot to the other.
The wind is expected to shift (to the east) tomorrow.
Media attention has shifted recently onto environmental issues.

2 [T] MAINLY US to move the gears of a vehicle into different positions in order to make it go faster or slower:
In cars that are automatics, you don't have to bother with shifting gears.

shift 
noun [C]
a change in position or direction:
a shift in the wind/temperature
The shift in the balance of power in the region has had far-reaching consequences.
There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion towards peaceful negotiations.

shifting
adjective
always changing or moving:
They lost their way in the shifting sands of the Sahara.


open-ended
adjective
An open-ended activity or situation does not have a planned ending, so it may develop in several ways:

We are not willing to enter into open-ended discussions.

mover and shaker and power breakfast/lunch

mover and shaker

A person who wields power and influence in a particular activity or field, as in He's one of the movers and shakers in the art world. At first the two nouns referred specifically to God, alluding to the belief that a divine force was responsible for all events. The current usage refers only to human beings. [Second half of 1800s]



power breakfast/lunch
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noun [C] HUMOROUS
an occasion at which people eat while they are working and talking about business

Breakfast iconThe power breakfast has spread to posh hotel dining rooms where movers and shakers can squeeze in a meeting before their day starts. Every city has them, but how is the food? Raymond Sokolov went on a coast to coast tour, and learned a thing or two about power breakfasts and how to eat them. Plus,

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bellicose

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adjective FORMAL
wishing to fight or start a war:
The general made some bellicose statements about his country's military strength.

━━ a. 好戦的な (warlike).
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Return of Cold War Rhetoric Worries German Politicians

German politicians from all major political parties voiced dismay at the increasingly bellicose rhetoric from the United States and Russia. Politicians want the rhetoric toned down and a greater focus on diplomacy.

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