2016年8月15日 星期一

place, classify, frontier, frontiersmen, weatherman, untapped

. on Page 36:
"Frake published a celebrated study of the system for classifying skin diseases among the Subanun of Mindanao, and there followed de- tailed studies by others on ethnobotany, ethnonavigation, and the like"
2. from Back Matter:
" ... Lévi-Strauss, The Savage Mind (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966). C. O. Frake, "The Diagnosis of Disease among the Subanun of Mindanao," American Anthropology 63; rpt"

Google may be offering free music downloads in China, but rival Baidu.com has its sights on the country's untapped audiences.

'The Whiskey Rebels'
By DAVID LISS
Reviewed by WALTER OLSON In David Liss’s historical thriller, frontiersmen try to save the nation from Alexander Hamilton.
A Norwegian company has gone to the ends of the earth to get at some of the world's last untapped energy resources.


Phone turned weatherman
Researchers from networking group OpenSignal have discovered that the sensors in Android-based smartphones designed to measure battery temperature, light intensity and pressure can also be used to come up with really accurate weather reports.


frontiersman
Meaning #1: a man who lives on the frontier

fron・tier


 
━━ n. 国境地方; (the ~) 辺境; 未知の領域 ((of)).
━━ a. 国境地方の; 辺境の.
 frontiers・man 辺境の住民; 辺境開拓者.
 frontier spirit 〔米〕 (剛毅な)辺境開拓精神.

classify 
verb [T]
to divide things into groups according to their type:
The books in the library are classified by/according to subject.
Biologists classify animals and plants into different groups.

classifiable
adjective

classification
noun [C or U]
Do you understand the system of classification used in ornithology?


Protests seemed inevitable during the Games, and the authorities initially seemed to signal more openness toward legal dissent when they announced three designated protest zones in city parks.
But those zones remained empty. Chinese citizens made formal applications to protest, but none were approved during the Games. Two elderly women who applied to protest about a land dispute were sentenced to a labor and re-education prison camp. Meanwhile, eight Americans were among a group of foreigners jailed after they tried to demonstrate about China’s Tibet policies. The authorities released the Americans on Sunday and placed them on a flight to Los Angeles as the closing ceremony began.



place
v., placed, plac·ing, plac·es. v.tr.
  1. To put in or as if in a particular place or position; set.
  2. To put in a specified relation or order: Place the words in alphabetical order.
  3. To offer for consideration: placed the matter before the board.
  4. To find accommodation or employment for.
  5. To put into a particular condition: placed him under arrest.
  6. To arrange for the publication or display of: place an advertisement in the newspaper.
  7. To appoint to a post: placed her in a key position.
    1. To rank in an order or sequence: I'd place him second best.
    2. To estimate: placed the distance at 100 feet.
  8. To identify or classify in a particular context: could not place that person's face.
    1. To give an order for: place a bet.
    2. To apply or arrange for: place an order.
  9. To adjust (one's voice) for the best possible effects.

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