2011年12月10日 星期六

ire, stipulate, praying-wheel

Ma’s chief opponent is Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the Democratic Progressive Party, which officially backs the independence of Taiwan. Tsai has raised the Beijing government’s ire for her refusal to publicly support an informal, unwritten 20-year-old agreement between the two sides stipulating that there is just “one China.”

ire

(īr) pronunciation
n.
Anger; wrath. See synonyms at anger.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īra.]


stipulate,

(stĭp'yə-lāt') pronunciation

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. v.tr.
    1. To lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by contract.
    2. To specify or arrange in an agreement: stipulate a date of payment and a price.
  1. To guarantee or promise (something) in an agreement.
v.intr.
  1. To make an express demand or provision in an agreement.
  2. To form an agreement.

[Latin stipulārī, stipulāt-, to bargain.]

stipulator stip'u·la'tor n.

stip·u·late2 (stĭp'yə-lĭt) pronunciation
adj.
Having stipules.


藏輪=經輪=prayer wheel

經輪是刻有經文的圓筒形物,用手轉動之可以代替唸經,屬古代高科技。 (梁永安)

佛學中另有一名相曰「輪藏」,其英義如:
Revolving scriptures, a revolving stand with eight faces, representing the eight directions, each containing a portion of the sacred canon; a praying-wheel, the revolving of which brings as much merit to the operator as if he had read the whole. (RL)

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