2014年8月23日 星期六

install, shatter,restore, installation, foray

Confrontation in Crimea

At the Belbek military installation in Crimea, Ukrainian soldiers refused to surrender to Russian troops and instead marched, unarmed, to confront them in the face of warning shots.

Protesters lit tires aflame during clashes with riot police in Kiev. It was unclear if they would accept the president's concessions.
Opposition Says No to Ukraine on Power Share

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

President Viktor F. Yanukovych offered to install opposition leaders in top government posts, but they swiftly rebuffed the offer, to the delight of thousands of protesters on the street.

 Taiwan President to Attend Pope's Installation
ABC News
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou will attend the installation Mass of Pope Francis in Vatican City, an official said Friday, in a rare European foray for the head of the diplomatically isolated island that underscores the tricky nature of its relations ...

 

 

How to Restore the American Dream

By Fareed Zakaria
Technology and globalization are shattering the middle class. With the midterms around the corner, the good news is that a bipartisan policy agenda can return the U.S. to prosperity. But no one says it will be easy

Supercomputers Fuel Competition
China's installation of the world's fastest supercomputer is galvanizing efforts by the U.S. to restore American leadership in the technology, a key tool in such fields as climate research, product design and weapons development.

Into bold foray

install

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɔːl
  
/(also instal)


VERB (INSTALLS OR INSTALSINSTALLINGINSTALLED)

[WITH OBJECT]

Derivatives



installer

NOUN

Origin

late Middle English (in sense 2): from medieval Latininstallare, from in- 'into' + stallum 'place, stall'.sense 1 dates from the mid 19th century.

installation


 音節
in • stal • la • tion
発音
ìnstəléiʃən
レベル
大学入試程度
installationの変化形
installations (複数形)
[名]
1 取りつけられたもの;((しばしば〜s))(すえつけられた)機械[器具]一式, 装置, 設備.
2 [U]取り[すえ]つけ;((形式))任命, 叙任;就任.
3 インスタレーション, (芸術作品の)展示, 設置(物), 展覧(品).
4 《軍事》軍事施設.
5 《コンピュータ》(プログラムの)インストール.
shatter
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.tr.
  1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.
    1. To damage seriously; disable: His health was shattered by the disease.
    2. To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy: The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity.
v.intr.
To break into pieces; smash or burst. See synonyms at break.

n.
    1. The act of shattering.
    2. The condition of being shattered.
  1. A splintered or fragmented condition. Often used in the plural: a rare piece of porcelain now in shatters.
[Middle English schateren, from Old English *sceaterian, to scatter.]
shatteringly shat'ter·ing·ly adv.


restore
tr.v., -stored, -stor·ing, -stores.
  1. To bring back into existence or use; reestablish: restore law and order.
  2. To bring back to an original condition: restore a building. See synonyms at revive.
  3. To put (someone) back in a former position: restore the emperor to the throne.
  4. To make restitution of; give back: restore the stolen funds.
[Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin restaurāre.]
restorer re·stor'er n.


foray

Line breaks: foray
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒreɪ 
  
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NOUN

1A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid:the garrison made a foray against Richard’s camp
1.1A brief but spirited attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere:my first foray into journalism

VERB

[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION]Back to top  
Make or go on a foray:the place into which they were forbidden to foray

Origin

Middle English: back-formation from forayer 'a person who forays', from Old French forrier 'forager', fromfuerre 'straw' (see forage).

forayの変化形
forays (複数形) • forayed (過去形) • forayed (過去分詞) • foraying (現在分詞) • forays (三人称単数現在)
[名]
1 略奪, 急襲, 侵略
make a foray into ...
…を急襲する.
2 (店などへ)出かけること((to, into ...)).
3 (慣れないことへの)ちょっかい, 手出し;(活動に)足を突っ込むこと((into ...)).
━━[動](自)(…を)急襲する, 略奪する((into ...)).
━━(他)…を急襲[略奪]する.
for・ay・er
[名]

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