2021年2月8日 星期一

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Republicans are unsurprisingly going to let their lord and savior get away with everything.



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" ... become a more or less permanent enemy, and certainly a constant rival in the battle for supremacy overseas. The scale of conflict was also novel. The Nine Years War (1688-97 ... "
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"leaving the way open for a new era of Walpolian supremacy, or as his opponents were to term it'Robinocracy'. I m Sickness and Death Contemporaries, of course, could not be expected ... "
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"theory the Whig supremacy continued unabated. In practice Walpole subtly transformed the basis of the Hanoverian regime"
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" ... Ireland had not lost its Parliament but in practice rarely challenged the supremacy of Westminster"
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" ... which it posed Walpole. Even without these internal strains, the Whig supremacy faced considerable opposition"
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"Politically, their supremacy was rarely challenged in towns of any size, and even in many rural parishes they more nearly represented the ruling class than ... "
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" ... mercantilist one. Colonies which declined to accept the full extent of parliamentary supremacy were not merely worthless"
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" ... which was to endure, albeit uneasily, until 1867. In many ways, Pitt's supremacy had a very traditional appearance"

su・prem・a・cy

  
━━ n. 至高, 最高; 主権, 至上権, 覇権.
 su・prem・a・cist ━━ n. (特定集団・人種についての)至上主義者.

supreme (GREATEST) 
adjective
very great or best:
She was awarded a medal for showing supreme courage/bravery.
For me, dieting requires a supreme effort of will.

supremely 
adverb
extremely:
Wales are supremely confident of winning the match.

supremacy 
noun [U]
when someone or something is the best:
a struggle for supremacy
This victory clearly proves the supremacy of the West Indies in world cricket.


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vetitive
(VET-i-tiv)

adjective
1. Relating to a veto.
2. Having the power to forbid.

Etymology
From Latin vetare (to forbid).

Usage
"The only case in which our executives have a real vetitive power, is the case of pardon, and most unfortunately it is used in an alarming degree, against the supremacy of the law and the stability of the right -- both essential to civil liberty." — Francis Lieber; On Civil Liberty and Self-government; 1853.
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It was convenient, to say the least, that Mr Lo ran a port, a highway to China, and even a plastic-bag company. But scepticism was waved aside. In new democratising Myanmar, the generals’ saviour remained a man of influence and honour. In Yangon a splendid tombstone was designed for him.


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savior

sav・ior, ((主に英))-iour〔séivir〕
[名]

1 救済者, 救い手
the savior of the country
救国者.
2 ((the S-, our S-))救い主, 救世主:キリストの称号. ▼この意味では((米))でもSaviourとつづることが多い.


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