'Nick
Clegg wears his nicest suit and wanders aimlessly through a deserted
market. The few people he passes don't even notice he's there. It's like
watching Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. The poor sap doesn't realise
that he's already dead' (via Comment is free)
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The London Olympics Sap-o-Meter
NBC dabs its eyes as it says goodbye to Michael Phelps. Plus: Kerri Strug makes a dramatic, sappy return.
Posted Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at 1:50 PM ET
Big rivulets of sap continued to streak NBC’s primetime Olympics coverage all weekend, as Michael Phelps wrapped up his golden
career and bilateral amputee Oscar Pistorius made his London Games
debut. On Friday, Phelps won his third straight gold in the men’s
100-meter butterfly, leading NBC’s Dan Hicks to note that the swimming
superstar has “had the magic of the Olympic gods here.” Out of the pool, proud parents watched their sons and daughters compete—some, like Matt Centrowitz Sr. and diving’s Giorgio Cagnotto, reliving their own Olympic glory days. Plus, the adoptive mom of
shot put bronze medalist Reese Hoffa (his “good luck charm,” according
to NBC’s Tom Hammond) showed up to give the Sap-o-Meter a boost, pushing
the first tally of the weekend to 56 Sap Points.
The fall of the banks sapped confidence in Iceland’s economy and sent its currency, the crown, into freefall. McDonald’s said the crown’s weakness was part of the reason for its withdrawal, along with the high cost of importing food from abroad.
銀行倒閉使市場對冰島的經濟失去信心，連帶造成冰島克朗的幣值大貶。麥當勞表示克朗貶值是該公司撤出冰島的原因之一，其他原因則包括從國外進口食物的成本過高。
More Signs of Firming in Economic Data
Durable-good orders rose and new-home prices firmed in May, providing the latest evidence that the U.S. economy's free fall has ended. But conditions remain weak.
Lenovo Says China Market Firming
Lenovo's chief said demand for personal computers in China has picked up and that the company expects to return to profitability in the near future.
dab[dab1]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[dǽb]
[動]（〜bed, 〜・bing）(他)
1 …を（手・柔らかい物で）軽くたたく, とんとん打つ((with ...))；…を（…に）そっと当てる((against ...))；〈鳥などが〉…を軽くつつく
2 〈ペンキ・薬などを〉（…に）軽くペタペタ塗る((on ...)).
3 〈人の〉指紋を取る.
━━(自)（…を）軽くたたく［打つ］((at ...)).
━━[名]
3 ((〜s))((俗))指紋(fingerprints).- 発音記号[sǽpi]
[形]（-pi・er, -pi・est）
1 〈植物が〉樹液の多い.
2 ((英俗))活気に富む, 元気な.
3 ((米俗))ばかな, のろまな；とても感傷的な.
-pi・ly
[副]
-pi・ness
[名]freefall／free fall：名詞，指物體未受阻礙的自由落下，非正式用法中又可引申為迅速且持續地貶值或喪失氣力，如Only massive changes in government policies will prevent the peso going into free fall.（唯有政府推行重大改革，才能防止披索大幅貶值。）
sap[sap1]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[sǽp]
[名]
1 [U]樹液；（生命を維持する様々の）体液, 活液.
3 [U]液材(sapwood).
4 ((米略式))ばか, まぬけ(fool).A foolish and gullible person: He fell for it! What a sap!
5 ((米俗))こん棒.
━━[動]（〜ped, 〜・ping）(他)
1 〈活力などを〉徐々に奪う；［sap A of B］A（人）からBを奪う.
2 〈木・木材などから〉樹液［液材(sapwood)］を取り除く.
3 ((俗))…をこん棒で打つ.fall for
• informal
adjective
1 well fixed in place or position:
The bridge provided a firm platform for the bungee jumpers.
2 fixed at the same level or opinion and not changing:
The government remains firm in its opposition to tax reform.
firm
verb [I]
to stop changing or to remain at the same level, amount, etc:
After a turbulent week on the markets, share prices firmed today.
firmly
adverb
strongly, in a way that will not become loose:
Make sure the rope is firmly attached before attempting to climb down it.
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