2016年4月8日星期五

singular, in measures, measure up, major general, vote on a measure, measure of wine

Great review of the New York show: "For reasons that beg to be explained, the works by other artists in the show do not measure up"‪#‎neuegalerie‬ ‪#‎edvardmunch‬ ‪#‎nyc‬

Edvard Munch’s Unsung Importance

A new show at the Neue Galerie finds the painter’s singular place in art history.

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Breaking: President Obama will announce stronger background checks on buyers of firearms in the US, in measures to address gun violence.

Joseph Schumpeter argued that the miracle of capitalism lies in democratising wealth. In most areas of life this miracle has been working magnificently: in America the number of hours of work that it takes to buy a car, or a wardrobe full of clothes, has halved in the past generation. But in three big areas it has singularly failed to operate: health care, education and housing

Photo: Maj. Gen. Peter Edward Traub, with his daughter, Elizabeth, who was married at St. Bartholomew’s Church, to Karl McMaster Jones. May 21, 1926.

Waltzing out of the Lively Morgue come the brides from Times past, well-to-do women of the 1920s and ’30s, whose studio portraits were made at a time when the country’s economy and marriage rates were plunging.

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“The A.L.I. is important on a lot of topics,” said Franklin E. Zimring, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. “They were absolutely singular on this topic” — capital punishment — “because they were the only intellectually respectable support for the death penalty system in the United States.”

Congressional leaders met with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last night and vowed to work through the weekend so they could vote on a measure by the end of next week.

sin·gu·lar (sĭng'gyə-lər) pronunciation

adj.

Being only one; individual.
Being the only one of a kind; unique. she always thought of herself as singular, as his only daughter
Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable. he had the singular good fortune not to die in the trenches
Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. See synonyms at strange. no explanation accompanied this rather singularstatement
Grammar.
1. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
2. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
Logic. Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.

n. Grammar

The singular number or a form designating it.
A word having a singular number.

[Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris, from singulus, single. See single.]

singularly sin'gu·lar·ly adv.
singularness sin'gu·lar·ness n.

vote Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
to express your choice or opinion, especially by officially marking a paper or by raising your hand or speaking in a meeting:
She was too young to vote in the national election.
The committee voted on the proposal, and accepted it unanimously.
Did you vote for or against the motion?
Over 55% voted Liberal.
[+ to infinitive] A majority of staff voted to accept the offer of an 8% pay rise.
[+ (that)] I vote (that) we (= It is my opinion that we should) go to the cinema first and eat afterwards.
[+ object + noun] The evening was voted a tremendous success (= This was most people's opinion).
It was the younger members who voted Smith onto the committee (= Smith joined because he was the choice of the younger members).
The Republican Party was voted into/out of office (= was chosen in an election to become/stop being the government).

vote Show phonetics
noun
1 [C] when someone shows their choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing a cross on an official piece of paper or putting their hand up:
The suggestion was approved, with 25 votes in favour, and 7 against.
She cast her vote (= voted) for the Communist Party.

2 [C usually singular] a way of making a decision by asking a group of people to vote:
We called a meeting in order to take/hold a vote on the issue.

the vote noun [S]
1 the total number of votes given or received in an election:
The Green Party got/took 25% of the vote.
They are trying to capture the working-class vote (= to persuade those people to vote for them).

2 when someone is officially allowed to vote:
In some countries women still don't have the vote.

voter Show phonetics
noun [C]
a person who votes or who has a legal right to vote, especially in an election:
Of course, tax cuts are usually popular with (the) voters.
Are you a Labour voter?

voting Show phonetics
noun [U]
when people choose someone or something in an election:
Voting was brisk in spite of the bad weather.
Pollsters asked people their voting intentions.

meas・urePronunciation: /ˈmɛʒə/

━━ n. （測定された）寸法, 大きさ; 量; 尺度; 測定; 程度; 計量器 ((ます・ものさし)); 度量法; （度量の）単位; 1杯, ひと山［袋］; 限度, 制限（limit）; 適度; 【数】約数; 【韻律】韻律; 【楽】拍子, 調子, 小節; 【印】行の幅; 〔古〕踊り; （pl.）手段（step）; 措置; 法案（bill）; 【地学】（pl.）地層（bed）.

此詩有汪晴翻譯，
As I pour’d down his throat our last measure of wine,
沒將MEASURE翻譯出來，它通常指"一杯"
(2)(小麦・油・豆・酒類などの，慣習的にそれと分かる度量単位で計測した)一定の量；一杯，一山，一袋

a measure of wheat
小麦一袋

two measures of gravel
砂利2山

drink a measure of wine
ワインを1杯飲む.

above [beyond] measure　法外に［の］.

a measure of　ある程度の….

for good measure　おまけに.

full [short] measure　正しい［不足の］計量; たっぷり［量目不足］.

get [take] the measure of …　⇒take …'s MEASURE.

have hard [strong] measures　ひどい目にあう.

in (a) great [large] measure　大いに.

in —— measure

To the degree specified:his style was rough and elegant in equal measure

in a [some] measure　多少.

know no measure　際限がない.

(clothes) made to measure　採寸して仕立てた（服）.

measure for measure　報復.

set measures to　…を制限する.

take measures　測定する ((of)); 手段を講ずる.

take [get] …'s measure　人の寸法をとる; 人物を見る.

take the measure of …'s foot　人の人物［力量］を見抜く.

without [out of] measure　法外に.
━━ v. 測定する, 寸法をとる; …の測定単位［基準］である; （人を）じろじろ見る; 評価する; 慎重に考える; …の長さ［幅，高さ］がある; 比べる, 競わせる ((with, against)); 区分する ((off)); 分配する ((out)); 〔詩〕歩む, 進む.

measure one's length　ばったり倒れる.

measure off　…の長さを測る.

measure out　…の分量を量る.

measure oneself [one's strength]　力比べをする.

measure swords　一戦を交える.
measure up　（必要な）水準に達している, 添う ((to)).

measure one's wits　知恵比べをする ((against)).