2023年9月18日 星期一

require, obligatory (baby), backlash, sound effect

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obligatory baby
What is an obligatory baby
In rare cases, due to unusual sexually abusive habits by the father, babies have
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Facing the possibility of a public backlash as a result of record bonuses this year, Goldman Sachs is considering requiring its executives to donate a portion of their salaries to charity, according to a report in The New York Times.
有鑑於今年破紀錄的分紅可能引發眾怒,高盛集團考慮要求其主管從薪酬中提撥一定比例,捐款行善,據紐約時報報導。陳成良

backlash:名詞,指對某事物的強烈反應或反對,如the Sixties backlash against bourgeois materialism(60年代對於中產階級唯物主義的強烈反動)。

backlash
/ˈbaklaʃ/
noun
  1. 1.
    a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development.
    "a public backlash against racism"
    Similar:
    adverse reaction/response
    counteraction
    counterblast
    comeback
    recoil
    retaliation
    reprisal
    repercussions
    reverberations
    fallout
    backwash
  2. 2.
    recoil arising between parts of a mechanism.

require

tr.v., -quired, -quir·ing, -quires.
  1. To have as a requisite; need: Most plants require sunlight.
  2. To call for as obligatory or appropriate; demand. See synonyms at demand.
  3. To impose an obligation on; compel: Students are required to attend classes.
[Middle English requiren, from Old French requerre, from Vulgar Latin *requaerere, alteration (influenced by quaerere, to seek) of Latin requīrere : re-, re- + quaerere, to seek.]
requirable re·quir'a·ble adj.
requirer re·quir'er n.


obligatory[ob・lig・a・to・ry]

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[əblígətɔ`ːri | ɔblígətəri]

[形]
1 ((形式))(…にとって)義務的な, 強制的な;必須の((for, on, upon ...))
requirements obligatory for all
すべての人が満たすべき用件
an obligatory subject
必修科目
It is obligatory on [upon] us to help.
助けるのがわれわれの義務だ.
2 いつもの, お定まりの.
3 《文法》義務的.

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