2020年4月17日 星期五

【#逐字學英文國際日報】90: book-cooking scandals. cook the books, capricious, Magna Carta, book, damage control



Many big book-cooking scandals of the past 20 years emerged in downturns


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The economic crisis will expose a decade’s worth of swindling
“You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out"



With Muqtada al-Sadr throwing his weight behind the establishment, the battle lines in Iraq are clearly defined But plenty of obstacles lie in his path

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11 years after one of Europe’s biggest banking scandals, 13 executives have been sentenced and financial penalties of $175 million have been dealt. Bloomberg investigates how Deutsche Bank and Monte Dei Paschi cooked their books to make a half billion dollar loss disappear https://bloom.bg/36xLTsi




'Unless we have an open, neutral internet we can rely on without worrying about what's happening at the back door, we can't have open government, good democracy, good healthcare, connected communities and diversity of culture'
Supercommittee Leaders Poised to Admit Defeat

Failing to find common ground, lawmakers enter damage control.


damage control
 n.
An effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss. 止血 損害控管

book

[名]

1 本, 書物, 書籍, 単行本;著書, 著述, 著作. ▼原稿段階の小説[論集など]を意味することもある.
2 帳面, とじ込み;((〜s))帳簿, 会計簿;(競馬などの)賭(か)け帳
an exercise book
((英))作文練習帳
keep the books
帳簿をつける
open [start] a book
賭けを引き受け始める
cook the books
帳簿をごまかす
do [go over] the books
帳簿を調べる.
3 (書物の)巻, 編
BookI
第1巻[編]
the Book of Genesis
(旧約聖書の)創世記.
4 ((通例the B-))聖書. ▼the good Bookともいう.
5 (オペラ・オペレッタなどの)台本, 歌詞;(ミュージカルの)脚本;《ジャズ》(楽団の)演奏曲目.
6
(1) ((the 〜s))名簿, リスト;((the 〜))電話帳(telephone directory)
be on the books
(会員・顧客)名簿に載っている
take a person's name off the books
人を除名する.
(2) 《スポーツ》情報メモ.
(3) ((米略式))(警察の)記録簿, 業務日誌.
7 事実・出来事の記録となるもの;(…の)書, 記録((of ...))
the book of fate
運命の書.
8 ((米略式))雑誌(magazine)
a comic book
漫画雑誌.
9 ((the 〜))(一連の)規則, 慣例, 基準.
10 (切符・小切手・切手・マッチなどの)つづり, セット, 束((of ...))
a check book
小切手帳
a book of bus tickets
一つづりのバス回数券
a book of stamps
(郵便局で売る通例同じ額面の)切手帳(▼bookletともいう. ⇒SHEET, PANE).
11 《トランプ》ブック:ブリッジなどで, あと1つトリックを取れば得点になる状態.
12 (タバコの葉などの)一山, 一梱(こり)((of ...)).
13 ((米俗))1年の刑;((the 〜))終身刑.
14 ((俗))=bookmaker 2.
a little black book
デート相手の住所録.
be at the [one's] books
勉強している.
be on the books of ...
((略式))(…会社・団体に)雇われている.
book of life
((the 〜))(天国へ行く人の名を記した)生命(いのち)の書.
Book of the Dead
((the 〜))(古エジプトの)死者の書.
bring ... to book
(1) 〈人に〉(…の)責任を問う, 弁明を求める((for, over ...)).
(2) …を吟味[検討]する.
by [according to] the book
型[規則]どおりに
go by the book
規則どおりに行う.
close the books
(1) 帳簿を締める, 決算する.
(2) (注文・予約などの)受け付けを締め切る.
(3) (論争などを)終わらせる;(捜査などを)打ち切る.
crack a book
((俗))本を開く;ガリ勉する.
get one's books
首になる.
hit the [one's] books
((米略式))(熱心に)勉強する.
in [according to] one's book
((米略式))…の意見[判断]では.
▼会話でin my bookで用いることが多い.
in a person's good [bad or black] books
((略式))〈人に〉好かれて[きらわれて].
like a book
正確に, 詳しく;完全に
read a person like a book
((略式))人の心が手に取るようにわかる
speak [talk] like a book
((略式))正確に[堅苦しく]話す.
make [keep] (a) book
(1) ((俗))(競馬の)賭け金を集める, 胴元になる.
(2) (…に)賭ける((on ...));きっと(…)だ((on it that節))
You can make book on it that he won't help you.
彼は絶対に君を助けてなどくれませんよ.
one for the books
((略式))注目すべき出来事[行為].
suit [fit] a person's book
〈人の〉希望[都合]にかなう.
throw the book at ...
((略式))
(1) 〈違反者・犯罪者を〉厳罰に処する.
(2) …をきびしく罰する[しかる].
a person wrote the book on it
((話))〈人が〉その分野については権威だ[何でも知っている].
━━[動](他)
1 …を名簿[帳簿]に載せる, 記入する;記録[登録]する((down)).
2 ((英))[III[名]]〈部屋・座席・切符などを〉予約する;[book A B/book B for A]〈A(人)にB(席・部屋など)を〉予約してやる, の予約をとる;[III[名]([副])]((英))〈人に〉(ホテルの部屋を)予約してやる((in/at ...));〈申込者に〉切符を発行する, 出札する;〈切符を〉買う
book a seat on a train
列車の座席を予約する
book a room for a person at the Taft Hotel [=book a person in at the Taft Hotel]
タフト・ホテルに部屋をとってやる.
3 …と出演[講演など]の契約[予約]をする
book the band for a week
その楽団と1週間の出演契約をする.
4 〈容疑者を〉警察の記録に記入する, 調書をとる.
5 〈賭けの〉胴元をつとめる.
6 〈荷物を〉託送する
have one's luggage booked
手荷物を託送にしてもらう.
7 《サッカー》〈選手に〉イエローカードを出す.
━━(自)
1 ((英))(ホテルなどで)名前を登録[チェックイン]する((in))
book into a hotel
(ホテルで)チェックインする.
2 (座席・部屋・サービスなどを)予約する((up));(…までの)切符を買う((through/for, to ...))
book for a play
芝居の切符を買う
book through to ...
(駅まで)通しの切符を買う.
3 ((俗))(…を)請け合う, (…に)賭ける((on ...)).
book in
(自)((英))⇒(自)1
━━(他)
[book ... in/book in ...]
(1) ⇒(他)2
(2) 〈ホテルの受付が〉〈客の〉チェックインを受けつける[記録する].
book out
(自)((英))(ホテルで)チェックアウトする.
━━(他)
[book ... out/book out ...]
〈ホテルの受付が〉〈客の〉チェックアウトを受けつける[記録する].
book up
(自)⇒(自)2
━━(他)
[book ... up/book up ...]
(1) ((しばしば受身))〈ホテル・レストランなどを〉全館[全席]予約する.
(2) ((受身))〈人が〉(…の)先約がある((for ...));(…する)予定である((to do))
I'm (fully) booked up (for) this evening.
今夜は予定がふさがっている(▼upは省くこともある:I'm booked to go to Chicago next month. 来月シカゴへ行く予定だ).
[古英語bōc. bōcはbeech tree(ブナの木)を意味したが, この樹皮に字を書いたため「書物」となった. ⇒BIBLE
book・a・ble
[形]((英))〈座席などが〉予約できる.



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Signing the Magna Carta
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The Magna Carta was a historic agreement made between King John of England and his barons, who had been rebelling against his capricious and oppressive rules. When the barons defeated John in London, in May 1215, he realized he needed to negotiate with them to regain control. The next month, on June 15, he signed the Magna Carta at Runnymede as a stalling action. The document guaranteed the rights of the church and dealt with finances and a tightening of the king's ability to exploit loopholes in feudal customs. Only the last clause dealt with the people's rights under common law. This clause, which became the foundation of English constitutional liberty, is what remains in the statute books today.
Quote:
"To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice."Magna Carta
Question of the Day:
Where is the Magna Carta?
There are four copies believed to date back to 1215, the year that it was sealed by King John.

● A damaged and almost illegible copy was found in Dover Castle and is now owned by the British Library.
● A copy is owned by Lincoln Cathedral and is on display in Lincoln Castle.
● A copy is owned by Salisbury Cathedral.
● A copy is on display in the Houses of Parliament. It is not certain that this is the 1215 version.

It is not known whether there was ever a "master copy."




歡迎到倫敦的大英圖書館。這家有時被稱為
舉國記憶庫,它收藏數百萬件的貴重物品,包括大憲章,達文奇的筆記本,以及英國國家聲音檔。

  • Magna Carta: the foundation of English constitutional liberty received the seal of King John (1215)

 My wife's capricious mood swings are beginning to worry me, and I fear she may need professional help.

capricious

Syllabification: (ca·pri·cious)
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adjective

  • given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior:a capricious and often brutal administration a capricious climate
Derivatives
capriciously
adverb
capriciousness
noun

Origin:

early 17th century: from French capricieux, from Italian (see capriccioso)

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