2023年3月2日 星期四

shrink, headshrinker, potency, as crime gains potency as a political issue


Biden Bows to Republicans on Blocking D.C. Crime Law, Avoiding Veto Fight

President Biden said he would not veto legislation he had opposed that would thwart a new criminal code, as crime gains potency as a political issue.


Headshrinker

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Garlic can cause indigestion, but for many, the bigger concern is that it can make your breath and sweat smell like…garlic. While individual reactions to garlic vary, eating fennel seeds like those served at Indian restaurants helps to neutralize the smell. Garlic-powder pills claim to solve the problem, but the data on these supplements has been mixed. It's still not clear if the beneficial compounds found in garlic remain potent once it's been processed into a pill.


Mr. Ruskin had become a musician very potent....powerful to charm as well as to teach.
---Anthony Trollope


potent (pōt'nt)

adj.
  1. Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
    1. Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects: potent liquor; a potent toxin.
    2. Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent: potent arguments.
  2. Having great control or authority: “The police were potent only so long as they were feared” (Thomas Burke).
  3. Able to perform sexual intercourse. Used of a male.
[Middle English, from Latin potēns, potent-, present participle of posse, to be able.]


potency
noun [U]
1 strength, influence or effectiveness:
This new drug's potency is not yet known.
He owed his popular support to the potency of his propaganda machine.

2 a man's ability to have sex:
Consuming large amounts of alcohol can significantly reduce a man's potency.
Compare impotence at impotent (SEXUAL PROBLEM).

potent 
adjective
very powerful, forceful or effective:
Surprise remains the terrorists' most potent weapon.
The Berlin Wall was a potent symbol of the Cold War.
This is a very potent drug and can have unpleasant side-effects.

potently
adverb
His arguments were strong, and potently deployed.



Head shrinker can mean:

headshrinker 是出草 獵人頭後處理法 俗稱shrink 為"心理醫生" 可能指 "最好閃開的人" 它又與headshrinker 有同義之聯想法已跟玉燕說該所謂德文為"性無能" impotency shrink
  1. Slang. A psychotherapist.
erectile dysfunction.是否真為shrink 待查
以下的英文網頁有推測性的解釋,但正好證明美國人何以稱精神分析師為「縮頭者」已難於稽考。

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