2023年5月20日 星期六

'great sag', expatriate ( expat) , hothouse, cool, throbbing, death-throes, in the throes of the Great Depression



Ray Dalio says the world is dealing with financial challenges on a scale not seen since the 1930s, when economies were deep in the throes of the Great Depression


Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
VANCOUVER - Hundreds and possibly thousands of Taiwanese-Canadian expatriates are making tracks for their homeland to vote in next weekend's presidential ...

Being the child of a well-known writer was, for Mr. Amis, both blessing and curse. It helped put him on the map earlier than he might otherwise have gotten there. It made him familiar at an early age with London’s hothouse publishing world. It also helped make him a figure of fascination, resentment and envy.




By DENNY LEE
Drawn by low prices and Paris-like elegance, expat artists, designers and musicians are transforming Buenos Aires into a throbbing hothouse of cool.



標題 類似 One Thousand and One Nights(, also known as The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, 1001 Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, The Nightly Entertainments or simply The Nights



M'Mburugu had a machete in one hand but dropped that to thrust his fist down the leopard's mouth. He gradually managed to pull out the animal's tongue, leaving it in its death-throes.
恩姆布魯谷當時一手拿著一把大刀,但(他)丟下刀,把拳頭戳進這頭豹的嘴裡,然後逐漸把這頭野獸的舌頭拉出來,使牠陷入垂死痛苦中。

death-throes:名詞,處於臨終痛苦中。throe,劇痛,加s指分娩時的陣痛,或臨死時的痛苦掙扎。例句:The sick old man is in the death throes.(這名生病的老人正處於臨終痛苦中。))

expatriate
noun [C] (INFORMAL expat) adjective
someone who does not live in their own country:
A large community of expatriates has settled there.
an expatriate Scot

expatriate
verb [T] FORMAL
to use force or law to remove someone from their own country:
The new leaders expatriated the ruling family.


throb
verb [I] -bb-
1 to produce a strong, regular beat:
Both records have a good throbbing bass which is great to dance to.
See also heartthrob.

2 If a part of your body throbs, you feel pain in it in a series of regular beats:
His head throbbed, and his body ached.
The throbbing pain in his leg was becoming unbearable.


throb 
noun [S]
the throb of the engine
death throes plural noun LITERARY
the process of dying or ending in a very painful or unpleasant way:
Mercutio, fatally stabbed, staggers round the stage in his death throes.
The government was in its death throes.


hothouse 
noun
1 [C] a heated glass building in which plants are grown:
hothouse tomatoes

2 [C usually singular] OFTEN DISAPPROVING a place or surroundings in which people, especially children, are taught to develop skills and knowledge unusually quickly:
He was attracted by the hothouse atmosphere of Britain's top schools.

3 [C] a place where there is a lot of a particular activity:
a literary/political hothouse


cool (FASHIONABLE)
adjective INFORMAL
fashionable or attractive:
Angie's got some cool new sunglasses.
Now I know it won't look very cool, but this hat will keep the sun out of your eyes.


sag1
/saɡ/

verb
  1. 1.
    sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.
    "she let her head sag lower and lower"
    類義語:
    sink
    subside
    slump
    crumple
    loll
    flop
    curve down
    hang down
    dip
    droop
    swag
    bulge
    bag
  2. 2.
    decline to a lower level, usually temporarily.
    "exports are forging ahead while home sales sag"
    類義語:
    falter
    weaken
    languish
    flag
    fade
    wilt
    shrivel
    wither
    fail
    fall
    decline
    go down
    drop
    drop/fall off
    turn down
    decrease
    diminish
    reduce
    sink
    slump
    plummet
    tumble
    crash
    take a nosedive
    nosedive
noun
  1. 1.
    a downward curve or bulge in a structure caused by weakness or excessive weight or pressure.
    "a sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels"
  2. 2.
    a decline, especially a temporary one.




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