2012年10月28日 星期日

parson, parsonage, rectory

IN HIS own mind, George McGovern was as straightforward an American as you could wish to see. He was born in a parsonage and brought up on the South Dakota prairie. He fell in love in college (Dakota Wesleyan) and stayed married to Eleanor “for ever”.




'A more profligate parson I never met.' George IV




 我再引第一部「在瑪麗格倫」(AT MARYGREEN)第一節最後處,
離校的老師向11歲的主角說的話和之後的翻譯和注解:
"I shan't forget you, Jude," he said, smiling, as the cart moved off. "Be a good boy, remember; and be kind to animals and birds, and read all you can. And if ever you come to Christminster remember you hunt me out for old acquaintance' sake."
The cart creaked across the green, and disappeared round the corner by the rectory-house. The boy returned to the draw-well at the edge of the greensward, where he had left his buckets when he went to help his patron and teacher in the loading.
「你要是萬一有上基督寺*的那一天,那你看在老朋友的面上,千萬可要找我去。別忘啦。」
大車噶吱噶吱地從青草地**上走過去,到了教區長*的住宅那兒,一拐彎兒就再看不見了。……

*表示前文都有譯注。
**英國村莊裡面或旁邊,都有一片青草的空地,屬於公眾,村莊或以為名。「瑪麗格倫」一名中的「格倫」,即青草地之意。

HC小評:「大車噶吱噶吱地從青草地……」「噶吱噶吱地」很妙,不過,「大車」與起頭第一段的「小車」,「相映成趣」。

rectory[rec・to・ry]
 

  • 発音記号[réktəri]

[名]
1 教区牧師の居宅, 牧師[司祭]館.
2 ((英))教区司祭の収入, 司祭禄.



parson
[名]1 ((略式))聖職者;(プロテスタントの)牧師(clergyman).2 ((古風))(英国国教会の)教区主任司祭.[中ラテン語persōna. 原義は「俳優の面」. やがて「要人」, ...

parsonage[par・son・age]
 

  • 発音記号[pɑ'ːrsənidʒ]

[名]教区牧師館.

2012年10月26日 星期五

admiralty, get off your high horse



Government leases historic Admiralty Arch


Photo: Admiralty Arch26 October 2012
The Government has leased for 99 years London's landmark Admiralty Arch to Prime Investors Capital Limited (PIC), Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, announced today. The deal will raise £60 million for taxpayers and marks the beginning of one of the largest and most exciting restoration projects in recent years.
London-based PIC were selected following a competitive bid process. They have assembled a team of British specialist companies and consultants with an extensive track record of working with historic properties to undertake the sensitive restoration of Admiralty Arch to the designs of its original

admiralty[ad・mi・ral・ty]
 

  • 発音記号[ǽdmərəlti]

[名]
1 [U]admiralの職[権限].
2 ((英))((the A-))海軍本部;((もと))海軍省(の建物)(((米))the Department of the Navy)
the Board of Admiralty
海軍本部委員会
the First Lord of the Admiralty
海軍大臣.
3 海事審判所
the Court of Admiralty
海事裁判所.
4 [U]海事法.
5 [U]制海権.

get off your high horse

Fig. to become humble; to be less haughty. It's about time that you got down off your high horse. Would you get off your high horse and talk to me? .


Meaning
A request to someone to stop behaving in a haughty and self-righteous manner.
Origin
'High' has long been a synonym for 'powerful'; 'remote from the common people'. This usage isn't limited to being on one's 'high horse' but has also persisted in terms like 'high and mighty', 'high-handed' and 'high finance' and in job titles like 'high commissioner'.
When we now say that people are on their high horse we are implying a criticism of their haughtiness. The first riders of high horses didn't see it that way; they were very ready to assume a proud and commanding position, indeed that was the very reason they had mounted the said horse in the first place. The first references to high horses were literal ones; 'high' horses were large or, as they were often known in mediaeval England, 'great' horses. John Wyclif wrote of them in English Works, circa 1380:
Ye emperour... made hym & his cardenals ride in reed on hye ors.
Get off your   high horseMediaeval soldiers and political leaders bolstered their claims to supremacy by appearing in public in the full regalia of power and mounted on large and expensive horses and, in sculptural form at least, presented themselves as larger than life.
The combination of the imagery of being high off the ground when mounted on a great war charger, looking down one's nose at the common herd, and also being a holder of high office made it intuitive for the term 'on one's high horse' to come to mean 'superior and untouchable'.
By the 18th century, the use of such visual aids was diminishing and the expression 'mounting one's high horse' migrated from a literal to a figurative usage. In 1782, Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley recorded his Private Sea Journals. These have ultimately failed to live up to their name as, in 1931, they were published by his great, great great grandson:
"Whether Sir George will mount his high Horse or be over-civil to Admiral Pigot seems even to be a doubt with himself".
Deference to people in positions of power has diminished over the years and we tend nowadays to mock high and mighty people as being 'on their high horse' when they affect a superior and disdainful manner - the term is now rarely used for people who actually are powerful and remote.

2012年10月24日 星期三

fast-forward, audiologist, up-close, close-up



The Hunt for an Affordable Hearing Aid

By TRICIA ROMANO
As with many other services, online retailers offer lower prices than private audiologists and most bricks and mortar stores that have more overhead.


To fast-forward means to move forward through an audio or video recording at a speed faster than that at which it would usually flow. The term "fasten forward" is also used instead of fast-forward.

Cool | 22.09.2009 | 18:30

Dresden Drum Festival

As part of our five minute festival series, we take a look at the Dresden Drum Festival. Part concert, part workshop extravaganza, the festival attracts top musicians from around the world.

For aspiring drummers, the Dresden Drum Festival is a chance to see their heroes up close, ask questions and learn new techniques. For the professionals, it's a gig not to be missed.
Reporter: Cinnamon Nippard


close-up
n.
  1. A photograph or a film or television shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale.
  2. An intimate view or description.
closeup close'-up' adj. ; adv.


up-close
adj.
  1. Being at very close range: provided up-close views of rare fish.
  2. Exhibiting or providing detailed information or firsthand knowledge: "up-close glimpses of the big money, big deals, and big decisions of America's entrepreneurial giants" (Harvard Business Review).
upclose up' close' adv.



fast-forward
(făst-fôr'wərd)
n. or fast forward
    1. A function on an electronic recording device, such as a videocassette or tape player, that permits rapid advancement of the tape.
    2. The mechanism, such as a button, used to activate this function.
  1. Informal. A rapidly changing situation or series of events: "The trial was on fast forward" (Nelson DeMille).

v., -ward·ed, -ward·ing, -wards. v.intr.
To advance a tape rapidly on an electronic recording device.

v.tr.
To advance (a tape) rapidly on such a device.

2012年10月22日 星期一

mariner, or seaman, authorities, acrimonious, good sailor,

Japan saves 64 Chinese seamen from burning freighter
AFP
TOKYO — Japan's Coast Guard saved all 64 Chinese seamen from their burning cargo ship, as the two nations remain locked in an acrimonious dispute over contested islands. The coast guard was alerted by Taiwan authorities late Saturday about a fire on ...




A sailor, mariner, or seaman is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of other uses. Etymologically, the name preserves the memory of the time when ships were commonly powered by sails, but it applies to the personnel of all vessels, whatever their mode of locomotion.
Professional mariners hold a variety of professions and ranks which are fairly standard, with the exception of slight naming differences around the world. Common categories by department include the Deck department, the Engineering department, and the Steward's department. Mariners can also be categorized by status as senior licensed mariners or unlicensed mariners.
A number of professional mariners have left the industry and led noteworthy lives in the naval services or on the shore. For example, Traian Băsescu started his career as a third mate in 1976 and is now the President of Romania. Arthur Phillip joined the Merchant Navy in 1751 and 37 years later founded Sydney, Australia. Merchant mariner Douglass North went from seaman to navigator to winning the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economics.

sailor
n.
  1. One who serves in a navy or works on a ship.
  2. One who travels by water.
  3. A low-crowned straw hat with a flat top and flat brim.
  4. a goo/bad sailor ---good SAILOR:不怕風浪者


a good sailor
原文
有一位美國朋友告訴我一只故事說:他有一次在一只橫渡大西洋的大郵船上發現一個日本人每一個清晨每逼個下午一定經常地在甲板上散著步。一天,風浪十分大,那個日本還是照常散著步。當那個日本人走過我那美國朋友躺椅的面前時,美國朋友招呼著說道:「我發現你真是一位好sailor。(按英文sailor原意雖作水手解,土話引申作為航海的旅客,好sailor意即不怕風浪的人),那個日本人立定了答復道:「我不是水手:我是一位日本的貴族。」
或者就像這樣不懂外國語的土話才造成了日本人沒有幽默的神話。
出處 董顯光著《日笑錄‧胡適序》台北:大林,1955/1977二版,頁四
解說
The New Oxford American Dictionary : ( a good /bad sailor ) a person who rare (or often) becomes sick at sea in rough weather.


pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Seaman, a person who is at the helm or a passenger in a boat or ship.

pronunciation A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea. — Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), French writer.

2012年10月21日 星期日

cosplay, hereafter, hereby, hereabout





電視影集「星艦迷航記」(Star Trek)的粉絲今天創下新猷,在「星艦迷航記倫敦終點站」大會中,打破最多人Cosplay(角色扮演)紀錄。估計有1083名行頭齊全的星艦迷齊聚倫敦艾格色中心(ExCel centre),以些微差距擊敗先前寫下的1040人紀錄。先前紀錄是在場子更大、 ...

Cosplay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay - Cached
Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure), short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific ...

héreabòut(s)[hére・abòut(s)]
 

[副]このあたりに[で], この近くで[に]
somewhere hereabout(s)
どこかこの辺で.

hèreáfter[hère・áfter]


[副]
1 ((文修飾))((形式))((時間))このあと, これから先, 今後, 将来;((順序))このあとに[で], 以下で(は)
You must be more careful hereafter.
今後は気をつけなさい.
2 ((形式))来世で(は), あの世で(は).
━━[名]
1 ((the 〜))来世, あの世.
2 [U]今後, 将来, 未来.


hèrebý[hère・bý]
 

[副]((文))これによって;この結果として;ここに.

pliable, pliant, thorn, pliancy, bigwig

 If so, it was not about that. Sihanouk—as he always called himself, in the third person—was shocked that the French, Cambodia’s colonial rulers, had chosen him as king. He was disturbed, too, that they expected him to be a figurehead like his father, pliant and cuddly, a little lamb. True, he stayed giggly all his life, with a penchant for making films, playing saxophone, fast cars and pretty women. Elvis might have played him, he thought. When excited, betraying his French education, he would cry “Ooh la la!” in his high child’s voice. But underneath he was a tiger.



Though many Londoners were cross about being elbowed aside for Olympic bigwigs, a diverse city of individuals not known for their pliancy listened. Many stayed at home, whereas others travelled early or late to avoid crowds. West End firms gripe about the loss of trade. With an eye on the faltering economy, even Mr Cameron has started urging people to return to the capital and eat and shop.


Turkey Goes From Pliable Ally to Thorn for U.S. By SABRINA TAVERNISE and MICHAEL SLACKMANTurkey has recently asserted a new approach in the Middle East, its words and methods as likely to provoke Washington as to advance its own interests.

bígwìg[bíg・wìg]


[名]((略式))大物, (特に官界の)重要人物. ▼昔, 重要人物は大きなかつらをかぶっていたことから.
pliable
adj.
Easily bent or shaped. See synonyms at malleable.
Receptive to change; adaptable: pliable attitudes.
Easily influenced, persuaded, or swayed; tractable.
[Middle English, from Old French, from plier, to bend. See pliant.]
pliability pli'a·bil'i·ty or pli'a·ble·ness n.pliably pli'a·bly adv.




pliant[pli・ant]

  • 発音記号[pláiənt]

[形]
1 よく曲がる, 柔軟な, しなやかな.
2 すなおな;言いなりになる;影響されやすい
a pliant character
従順な性格.
-an・cy, ・ness
[名]
pli・ant・ly
[副]

2012年10月20日 星期六

imam, citation, recitation, hold up against



California in My Mind

By JEFF GORDINIER
Memories of grilled shrimp, vinyl records and surf culture pull a writer back to the Orange County coast of his youth. How do the beach towns of today hold up against those memories?


Rome court upholds CIA 'imam kidnap' convictions

Italy’s highest court has upheld guilty verdicts against 23 US operatives
convicted of abducting an Egyptian imam in Milan in 2003. It also ordered a
retrial for five Italian ex-operatives accused of being involved.







On Tuesday, the Florida Highway Patrol closed its investigation and issued Woods a citation for careless driving, for which he will receive a $164 fine and four points against his driver's license. Police also said no claims of domestic violence were made in the case, providing no reason to issue a subpoena for medical evidence.

On Monday, Woods withdrew from his own golf tournament, scheduled to begin Thursday, citing his injuries.

W. Deen Mohammed, 74, Top U.S. Imam, Dies

Imam W. Deen Mohammed, a son of the Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, who renounced the black nationalism of his father’s movement to lead a more traditional and racially tolerant form of Islam for black Muslims, died on Tuesday in Chicago. He was 74.

recitation━━ n. 暗誦, 朗読(詩文); 〔米〕 (学課の)復誦; 詳しい話(をすること); (名前などの)列挙.
recite

i・mam



━━ n. 【イスラム教】イマーム (((1)モスクの礼拝先導者;(2)スンニ派の学者などの敬称;(3)シーア派の最高指導者)).

also I·mam n. Islam.
    1. In law and theology, the caliph who is successor to Muhammad as the lawful temporal leader of the Islamic community.
    2. The male prayer leader in a mosque.
    3. The Muslim worshiper who leads the recitation of prayer when two or more worshipers are present.
    1. A male spiritual and temporal leader regarded by Shiites as a descendant of Muhammad divinely appointed to guide humans.
    2. An earthly representative of the 12 such leaders recognized by the majority form of Shiism.
  1. A ruler claiming descent from Muhammad and exercising authority in an Islamic state.
    1. Any one of the founders of the four schools of law and theology.
    2. An authoritative scholar who founds a school of law or theology.
  2. Used as a title for an imam.
[Arabic ’imām, leader, imam, from ’amma, to go before, lead.]

citation
━━ n. 引用(文); 【法】召喚(状); (勲功などの)表彰, 感状.
cite

  1. The act of citing.
    1. A quoting of an authoritative source for substantiation.
    2. A source so cited; a quotation.
  2. Law. A reference to previous court decisions or authoritative writings.
  3. Enumeration or mention, as of facts, especially:
    1. An official commendation for meritorious action, especially in military service: a citation for bravery.
    2. A formal statement of the accomplishments of one being honored with an academic degree.
  4. An official summons, especially one calling for appearance in court.
citational ci·ta'tion·al adj.
citatory ci'ta·to'ry ('tə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

loin, surloin, boundary, live up to, ordnance, booby-trap






Syrians Place Booby-Trapped Ammunition in Rebels’ Guns
By C. J. CHIVERS

DEIR SONBUL, Syria — The Syrian government has salted ammunition with ordnance that explodes inside fighters’ guns, killing or wounding them while destroying their weapons.

Yulia hasn't yet worn sirloin steak to an awards ceremony like Lady Gaga (although her DJ career did begin at a night club called Meat in Shinjuku, Tokyo), but she is keen to test her own and everybody else's boundaries.

Scrutinizing Google’s Reign

Google’s slogan may be don’t be evil, but U.S. and European antitrust regulators want to know if the company, led by Eric Schmidt, has lived up to that creed.


Some web users have criticized the plan as "discrimination against the poor," saying Hong Kong was a much fairer and more modern city than Guangzhou, where people could not be expected to live up to such high standards.
一些網友批評該計畫「歧視窮人」,表示香港是遠比廣州公平、現代的都市,無法期待廣州人遵守如此高的標準。


live up to︰片語,遵守、落實。例句︰The politician failed to live up to his promises.(這名政治人物沒有實踐他的承諾。)
1. Live or act in accordance with; also, measure up to. For example, Children rarely live up to their parents' ideals, or This new technology has not lived up to our expectations. [Late 1600s]
2. Carry out, fulfill, as in She certainly lived up to her end of the bargain. [First half of 1800s]



loin
[名]1 [C][U](牛・豚・羊の)腰肉. ⇒BEEF(図)2 ((〜s))((主に文))腰, 腰部;(生殖力の源としての)下腹, 股(また) the fruit of one's loins...
loincloth
[名]下帯;(熱帯地方の人の)腰布, 腰巻き.


surloin
(sûr'loin') pronunciation
n.
A cut of meat, especially of beef, from the upper part of the loin just in front of the round.
[名][U][C]サーロイン:牛の腰肉上部.
[Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, *surloigne : sur, above (from Latin super) + longe, loigne, loin; see loin.]



bóoby tràp[bóoby tràp]
n.
An explosive device designed to be triggered when an unsuspecting victim touches or disturbs a seemingly harmless object.
A situation that catches one off guard; a pitfall.booby-trap boo'by-trap' (bū'bē-trăp') v.


1 ((略式))偽装爆弾, 仕掛け爆弾[地雷].
2 まぬけだまし:戸をあけたとたんに物が落ちるようないたずら.
bóoby-tràp
[動](他)…にbooby trapを仕掛ける.

ordnance[ord・nance]
 

  • レベル:社会人必須
  • 発音記号[ɔ'ːrdnəns]

[名][U]
1 ((集合的))砲.
2 兵器;軍需品;軍需品部
Ordnance Corps
((米))補給部隊.
3 ((英))陸地測量(部)
an ordnance map
陸地測量部制作の地図
an ordnance datum
国土地図用平均海抜.

2012年10月16日 星期二

figures of speech, high-concept, amorous,





Presidential figures of speech

Oct 15th 2012, 14:31 by The Economist online

The use of language in the first round of America's presidential debates
POLITICANS are often criticised for not saying what they mean, but a look at the literal meaning of what they say can be revealing. The first round of America's presidential debate is no exception, awash with vivid metaphors and colourful expressions. Mitt Romney's use of language was more consistent. He outlined America's current problems and then presented voters with a choice. American families were weighed down, being “buried”, “crushed” and “hurt”. The candidate offered a “very different path”. The president, by contrast, used a wider variety of metaphors. Initially Mr Obama was a chef seeking “a recipe for growth” and a bartender concerned with who would “pick up the tab” for debt. At other times he was a sailor who had helped to “weather” the recession or a boxer willing to “fight every single day”. For Mr Obama, opportunity could be reached up ladders, on frameworks, through doors and gateways. Of course, no journalist would muddy the waters of a message with such a mixed bag of metaphors. As both candidates prepare for tomorrow's town hall debate, The Economist humbly offers this link to the section on the correct use of metaphor in our style guide.




 weigh in with her intellectual heft

high-concept

('kŏn'sĕpt')
adj.
Designed to appeal to a mass audience, as by incorporating popular, glamorous features: a high-concept screenplay.
heft
n.
Weight; heaviness; bulk.


v., heft·ed, heft·ing, hefts. v.tr.
  1. To lift (something) in order to judge or estimate its weight.
  2. To hoist (something); heave.
v.intr.
To have a given weight; weigh.

[Middle English, from heven, to lift. See heave.]




figure of speech
1 《修辞学》比喩(的表現), 文彩:直喩(simile), 隠喩(metaphor)など.2 言葉のあや.

amorous[am・o・rous]

  • 発音記号[ǽmərəs]

[形]
1 好色な, 多情な
amorous affairs
情事.
2 (人に)ほれ込んでいる, 恋いこがれている((of ...)).
3 〈態度などが〉色っぽい, なまめかしい, あだっぽい
amorous glances
色目, 秋波.
am・o・rous・ly
[副]言い寄りたそうに.
am・o・rous・ness
[名]

2012年10月13日 星期六

overstate, understate, subcommittee, anarchy, failure rate



J. K. Rowling: By the Book

The author of "Harry Potter" and, now, "The Casual Vacancy" says her favorite literary character is Jo March: "It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo."


Goldman Plans to Fight Back Against Senate Report
Goldman, trying to counter a Senate subcommittee report that is fueling investigations and suspicion of the firm, plans to accuse the subcommittee of drastically overstating the firm's bets against the housing market in 2007.
Goldman Plans to Fight Report on Mortgage Bets
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to accuse the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of drastically overstating Goldman's bets against the housing market in 2007, according to people familiar with the situation, in an attempt to counter a report from that subcommittee that is fueling investigations and suspicion of the securities firm.


It helped that our motion, “Print media is dead” (it should have been “are dead”, of course), was overstated. Print clearly isn’t dead. On my train to Scotland, as many people were lost in newspapers and books as in laptops and iPads.
我们的辩论动议“印刷媒体已经消亡”(当然,这里应该用复数)有些夸大其辞,这起到了一定的帮助作用。印刷品显然还没有消亡。在驶往苏格兰的火车上我注意到,把头埋在报纸和书里的人数,决不少于盯着笔记本电脑和iPad看的人。


Accounting Information as Political Currency

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5920.htmlCorporate donors that gave at least $10,000 to closely watched races in the U.S. congressional elections of 2004 were more likely to understate their earnings, say Harvard Business School's Karthik Ramanna and MIT colleague Sugata Roychowdhury. Such "downward earnings management" may have functioned as a political contribution. In this Q&A, Ramanna explains how accounting and politics influence each other.



 anarchy, failure (rate).

FAILURE RATE OF SCHOOLS OVERSTATED
When the Obama administration was seeking to drum up support for its education initiatives last spring, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Congress that the federal law known as No Child Left Behind would label 82 percent of all the nation’s public schools as failing this year. Skeptics questioned that projection, but Mr. Duncan insisted it was based on careful analysis. President Obama repeated it in a speech three days later. “Four out of five schools will be labeled as failing,” Mr. Obama said at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va., in March. “That’s an astonishing number.” Now a new study, scheduled for release on Thursday, says the administration’s numbers were wildly overstated. The study, by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington research group headed by a Democratic lawyer who endorses most of the administration’s education policies, says that 48 percent of the nation’s 100,000 public schools were labeled as failing under the law this year. The article is in The New York Times.



由於麥克拉倫擅於宣傳,Sex Pistols迅速上位,憑首張單曲Anarchy in the UK一炮而紅,反建制歌曲God Save The Queen更成為Punk壇經典,


on Page 3: " ... co-operate with any form of authority rather than submit to anarchy. For a generation, these notions continued to work on people's minds, bestowing a sense ... "


failure rate
(′fāl·yər ′rāt)或故障失敗的比率
(engineering) The probability of failure per unit of time of items in operation; sometimes estimated as a ratio of the number of failures to the accumulated operating time for the items.



failure[fail・ure]

  • レベル:最重要
  • 発音記号[féiljər]

[名][U][C]
1 (…での)失敗, しくじり, 不首尾((in, of ...));失敗者, 落後者, 失敗した企て, 不できな物
a failure in business
商売の失敗(者)
the failure of a plan
計画の失敗.
2 怠慢, (…の)不履行((in ...));(…)しない[できない]こと((in ..., to do))
a failure in duty
職務怠慢
a person's failure to appear
(人が)姿を見せないこと, 欠席, 欠勤.
3 (…の)不足, 欠乏, 不十分((of, in ...))
failure of nerve
臆病(おくびょう)
failure of issue
《法律》嗣子(しし)のないこと.
4 (特に活力・力などの)衰弱, 減退, (機能の)停止, 故障((of, in ...));(臓器の)不全
a mechanical failure
機械の故障.
5 破産, 倒産
bank failure
銀行破綻(はたん).
6 (学校で)落第(生);落第点, 不可. ▼通例Fマーク. ⇒GRADE[名]3

(fāl'yər) pronunciation
n.
  1. The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends: the failure of an experiment.
  2. One that fails: a failure at one's career.
  3. The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short: a crop failure.
  4. A cessation of proper functioning or performance: a power failure.
  5. Nonperformance of what is requested or expected; omission: failure to report a change of address.
  6. The act or fact of failing to pass a course, test, or assignment.
  7. A decline in strength or effectiveness.
  8. The act or fact of becoming bankrupt or insolvent.
[Alteration of failer, default, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French faillir, to fail. See fail.]




anarchy
noun [U]
lack of organization and control, especially in society because of an absence or failure of government:
What we are witnessing is the country's slow slide into anarchy.
The country has been in a state of anarchy since the inconclusive election.
If the pay deal isn't settled amicably there'll be anarchy in the factories.

anarchic
adjective
Milligan's anarchic humour has always had the power to offend as well as entertain.


anarchy

n., pl. -chies.
  1. Absence of any form of political authority.
  2. Political disorder and confusion.
  3. Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose.
[New Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhiā, from anarkhos, without a ruler : an-, without; see a–1 + arkhos, ruler; see –arch.]

an・ar・chy



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━━ n. 無政府(状態), (社会の)無秩序.
an・ar・chic, an・ar・chi・cal ━━ a.
an・ar・chism ━━ n. 無政府主義[状態], 無秩序.
an・ar・chist, an・arch
 ━━ n. 無政府主義者[党員].










overstate
tr.v., -stat·ed, -stat·ing, -states.
To state in exaggerated terms. See synonyms at exaggerate.

overstatement o'ver·state'ment n.


understate
v., -stat·ed, -stat·ing, -states. v.tr.
  1. To state with less completeness or truth than seems warranted by the facts.
  2. To express with restraint or lack of emphasis, especially ironically or for rhetorical effect.
  3. To state (a quantity, for example) that is too low: understate corporate financial worth.
[動](他)〈数・量・程度などを〉少なく[小さく, 弱く]言う;控えめに述べる[する].
v.intr.
To give an understatement.

filed a motion to stay an injunction, high bar

 Apple-Samsung Ruling Shows High Bar for Injunctions
An appeals court ruling against Apple in one of its legal battles against Samsung is the latest sign of an increasingly high bar facing plaintiffs seeking injunctions in patent cases.

Chinese Court Rejects Apple Injunction
A Shanghai court rejected efforts to halt sales of Apple Inc.'s iPad in the Chinese city amid a trademark dispute, pending a decision in another court.





injunction

[名]
1 《法律》(…に対する)差し止め命令, 禁止命令((againt ...))
take out an injunction against ...
…の禁止命令を発する.
2 (…せよと)勧告すること((to do, that (should)節));(…を)禁じること((against ...));指令, 指示.
[後ラテン語injunctiō. △ENJOIN, JUNCTION

Mexico Court Slams Carlos Slim
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that Carlos Slim's cellphone company can't continue to block competitors by using injunctions to ignore the rulings of the country's telephone regulator.



Microsoft Files Motion to Stay Injunction on Word
Microsoft filed a motion to stay an injunction, that, if upheld, could bar the company from selling its Word software.



stay
n.
  1. The act of halting; check.
  2. The act of coming to a halt.
  3. A brief period of residence or visiting.
  4. A suspension or postponement of a legal action or an execution: granted a stay to the prisoner's execution.

2012年10月12日 星期五

canopy, uppermost, overarching, think through/out

    Management by objectives works if you first think through your objectives. Ninety percent of time you haven't.  (Peter Drucker) 目標管理法要先想清楚目標是什麼.....


    In setting forth these issues I cannot touch upon them all, of course. Instead I will dwell only on those that I think are uppermost in your minds.Overarching Floor Lamp Recalled by West Elm Due to Shock Hazard

    UJ Trading Recalls Knight Hawk Toy Helicopters Due to Fire Hazard

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
    Name of Product: Danbar Knight Hawk Toy Helicopters
    Units: About 18,500 (previously recalled in January 2010)
    Distributor: UJ Trading, of Houston, Texas
    Hazard: The battery housing under the helicopter canopy can overheat while charging, posing a fire hazard.
    Incidents/Injuries: None reported by UJ Trading.
    Description: This recall involves Danbar Toys Knight Hawk remote control helicopters. The helicopter can be identified by model number 006047 marked on the back of the controller and the Knight Hawk logo on the front of the controller. The body of the helicopter also contains the markings: “AH-64” and “helicopter.”
    Sold at: Toy, hobby and other stores, including mall kiosks, nationwide and online at www.UJToys.com from April 2010 through April 2011 for about $36.
    Manufactured in: China
    Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled helicopters away from children and contact UJ Trading to receive a full refund. UJ Trading will provide consumers with a postage paid label to return the product.
    Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact UJ Trading at (800) 536-2691 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.UJToys.com

    Picture of recalled Toy Helicopter

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    The canopy designed by Preston Scott Cohen covers North End Way, a pedestrian alley in Battery Park City.
    Richard Perry/The New York Times
    Architecture Review

    A Canopy as Social Cathedral

    A geometrically complex canopy by Preston Scott Cohen that links the Goldman Sachs headquarters to a shopping arcade and hotel is an effective use of public space.


    canopy
    (kăn'ə-pē) pronunciation
    n., pl., -pies.
    1. A covering, usually of cloth, suspended over a throne or bed or held aloft on poles above an eminent person or a sacred object.
    2. Architecture. An ornamental rooflike projection over a niche, altar, or tomb.
    3. A protective rooflike covering, often of canvas, mounted on a frame over a walkway or door.
    4. A high overarching covering, such as the sky: "I just look up at the stars and let the vastness of that black and twinkling canopy fill my soul" (Margaret Mason).
    5. The uppermost layer in a forest, formed by the crowns of the trees. Also called crown canopy.
    6. The transparent enclosure over the cockpit of an aircraft.
    7. The part of a parachute that opens up to catch the air.
    tr.v., -pied, -py·ing, -pies.
    To cover with or as if with a canopy.

    [Middle English canape, from Medieval Latin canāpēum, mosquito net, from Latin cōnōpēum, from Greek kōnōpeion, bed with mosquito netting, from kōnōps, kōnōp-, mosquito.]

    uppermost
    (ŭp'ər-mōst') pronunciation
    adv. & adj.
    In the highest position, place, or rank: finished uppermost in the standings; the uppermost balcony.Overarching
    (ō'vər-är'chĭng) pronunciation
    adj.
    1. Forming an arch overhead or above: overarching branches.
    2. Extending over or throughout: "I am not sure whether the missing ingredient . . . is surprise or an overarching radiance" (John Simon).
    overarchingly o'ver·arch'ing·ly adv.





    think something through also think through something
    to consider something carefully, esp. before making an important decision think something over We can't afford a mistake, so think things through and make sure you have everything ready. You should think through all these questions before you send your proposal to a publisher.
    Usage notes: also used in the form think out something: He's trying to think out all the options available before deciding on one.