2020年6月14日 星期日

watchful, greyhound, cheetah, careful,expectant









The party has struggled to maintain its once ever-watchful presence in urban neighbourhoods

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China’s Communist Party worries about its grassroots weakness






The cheetah is the fastest land animal on Earth, but the greyhound would leave it in the dust in a long-distance race. Watch this incredible video of the greyhound and cheetah run in super slow-motion:http://bit.ly/1GaEj2g



expectant

adj.
  1. Having or marked by expectation: an expectant look; an expectant hush.
  2. Pregnant: expectant mothers.
expectant ex·pec'tant n.
expectantly ex·pec'tant·ly adv.


《中英對照讀新聞》Recession means smaller Christmas tree for SC 經濟衰退讓南卡羅萊納州耶誕樹變小

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The recession is downsizing everything - even South Carolina’s Statehouse Christmas tree.
經濟衰退讓一切都縮小減量─連南卡羅萊納州州議會的耶誕樹也難逃變小的命運。
This year’s tree is about 30-feet tall and doesn’t even reach the top of the Confederate soldiers’ monument on the capitol’s front lawn.
今年的耶誕樹約30呎高,甚至比州議會大樓前方草坪上的邦聯戰士紀念碑還低。
"We’re like nonprofits and other groups everywhere. We’ve got to be a little more careful with our money," said Jane Suggs with the Columbia Garden Club, which has been putting up the tree along one of the city’s busiest streets for several years.
「一如各地的非營利與其他團體,我們在金錢方面都得格外留心,」多年來在該市最繁忙街道之一的路旁安置耶誕樹的「哥倫比亞花園俱樂部」的珍.薩格斯說。

careful
adj.
  1. Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious: was careful when crossing the busy street; gave a careful answer.
  2. Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious: a careful search; careful art restorers.
  3. Protective; solicitous: Be careful of his feelings.
  4. Full of cares or anxiety: "Thou art careful and troubled about many things" (Luke 10:41).
carefully care'ful·ly adv.
carefulness care'ful·ness n.
SYNONYMS careful, heedful, mindful, observant, watchful. These adjectives mean cautiously attentive: was careful not to get her shoes muddy; heedful of the danger; mindful of his health; observant of the patient's symptoms; a watchful babysitter. See also synonyms at meticulous.
ANTONYM careless
watchful
adj.
  1. Closely observant or alert; vigilant: kept a watchful eye on the clock. See synonyms at aware, careful.
  2. Archaic. Not sleeping; awake.
watchfully watch'ful·ly adv.
watchfulness watch'ful·ness n.



郎士寧畫一斑錦彪 其實英文叫
《18世紀入華耶穌會士畫家》(中譯名《清宮洋畫家》
3. 彪 注音一式 ㄅ|ㄠ
老虎身上的斑紋。說文解字:「彪,虎文也。」

老虎。北周˙庾信˙枯樹賦:「熊彪顧盼,魚龍起伏。」

姓。如春秋時衛國有彪傒﹑彪夫,宋代有彪居正。

文采顯現。漢˙揚雄˙法言˙君子:「或問:『君子言則成文,動則成德,何以也』曰:『以其弸中而彪外也。』」李軌˙注:「弸,滿也。彪,文也。積行內滿,文辭外發。」晉˙張華˙勵志詩:「體之以質,彪之以文。」

明悟。漢˙蔡邕˙處士圈典碑:「童蒙來求,彪之用文。」

健壯如虎。如:「彪形大漢。」北史˙卷五十四˙斛律金傳:「光字明月,馬面彪身,神爽雄傑。」


談「灰狗」最可能不是灰色的


周末將些閒書歸位,碰到王軍等編著《世界體育博物館覽勝》(北京:中華書局,2003),寫一短訊在STS虛擬社群中刊:「本書共276頁(6850×1168 毫米,1/32),介紹世界81家相關的博物館;內有「按漢與拼音排序的中文索引」和「英文索引」。

我是想趁機記一下以前在Simon University 日刊討論《器官神話》,問RL一句
(p. 166) 古法語,他說:「跑得像個沒有胰臟的人那麼快」(coouir comme un derate)我的法文字典對這句話的定義:「跑得像灰狗一樣快。」

【hc按:「從努蘭著《器官神話》說起」:
主題書目:努蘭(Sherwin Nuland)著《器官神話》(The Mysteries Within),潘震澤譯,台北:時報出版,2002

說明:這篇是鍾漢清與潘震澤先生「共同撰寫」的(潘教授現旅居美國(心繫故國),所以全用emails通信)。他們就潘先生譯的Sherwin Nuland著《器官神話》(本文有時簡稱TMW),(台北:時報出版,2002)討論一番。由於篇幅很長,鍾自行決定刪掉一半。……
http://www.ylib.com/class/talkout/TalkShow.asp?object=req&no=615

當時hc案:「如果是 greyhound 已不翻譯成「灰狗」(grey為古字,意思為bitch(母狗)),而是靈犬(有的人翻譯為"犬+更"(讀如"更" 錯 此為 TERRIER)。」 【後補入「根據」:Dictionary of Britain by Adrian Room, OUP, ……Greyhounds are not necessary grey in colour: 'grey' comes from an old word for 'bitch'. p.121—】

潘震澤老師說:「Greyhound的譯名乃約定俗成。我沒有細查。但按網路字典
似乎grey在此的出處也不明。

Greyhound \Grey"hound`\, n. [OE. graihund, greihound, greahund, grihond, Icel. greyhundr; grey greyhound + hundr dog; cf. AS. gr[imac ]ghund. The origin of the first syllable is unknown.] A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. 」

《世界體育博物館覽勝》第233頁有「灰狗名人店」(The Greyhound Hall of Fame ):「灰狗是世界上最古老的犬種之一,其速度極快,能達到每小時45英里。它本身並不是灰色的,灰狗只是一種稱謂。在美國,灰狗競賽是第六大吸引觀眾的運動項目。」

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