2016年8月20日 星期六

heady, hefty, impetuously, The move comes


Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France on this day in 1883.
"Despite her age she sparkles; she is the only volcano in the Auvergne that is not extinct... the most brilliant, the most impetuous, the most brilliantly insufferable woman that ever was."
--from SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY: Coco Chanel's Secret War by Hal Vaughan




U.S. Orders Hefty Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels


The move comes as China continues to grab a larger share of the American market.




"I can't see," he said impetuously, "why you have never written anything about Antonia."
I told him I had always felt that other people—he himself, for one knew her much better than I. I was ready, however, to make an agreement with him; I would set down on paper all that I remembered of Antonia if he would do the same. We might, in this way, get a picture of her.




A Hefty Price for Entry to Davos Chief executives, government leaders and academics around the world are headed to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week - a heady power gathering that mixes business, politics and Champagne in the Swiss Alps.

But the opportunity to become a Davos Man or Davos Woman doesn't come cheap, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column. Crunching the numbers shows that one power player bringing four guests, and traveling in style, could pay close to $1 million for the luxury.




hefty[heft・y]

  • 発音記号[héfti]
  • [形](-i・er, -i・est)((略式))
1 〈人・物が〉大きくて重い;〈物が〉大きくて動きにくい.
2 たっぷりの, 高額の
hefty revenues
豊かな収入.
3 力のある, 強い, 強烈な.
héf・ti・ly
[副]


heady 此處有點像一般說的"大頭症"(hĕd'ē) pronunciation
adj.,
-i·er, -i·est.
    1. Intoxicating or stupefying: heady liqueur.
    2. Tending to upset the mind or the balance of senses: standing on a heady outcrop of rock.
    3. Serving to exhilarate: the heady news of triumph.
    1. Impetuous and rash: a heady outburst of anger.
    2. Domineering; overbearing: too heady to reason with.
  1. Swift and violent; headlong: a heady current.
  2. Showing intelligence and good judgment; prudent: heady tactics.
  3. Suffering from a headache: a heady, throbbing feeling.
headily head'i·ly adv.headiness head'i·ness n.


impetuous[im・pet・u・ous]

  • 発音記号[impétʃuəs][形]
1 〈人・性格・行為・感情などが〉衝動的な, 性急な, 軽はずみな;熱烈な
an impetuous decision
早まった決定.
2 〈風・速度などが〉激しい, 猛烈な.
im・pet・u・ous・ly
[副]
im・pet・u・ous・ness
[名]

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