Nancy Kassebaum,南希·卡塞鮑姆逝世，享年94歲，她是首位擔任參議院重要委員會主席的女性.....By then, eight women were senators — so, she said, “it’s no longer a big deal.”。 diploma, diplomatic Waterloo, thawing out
南希·卡塞鮑姆逝世，享年94歲，她是首位擔任參議院重要委員會主席的女性。
這位來自堪薩斯州的溫和派共和黨人曾連任三屆參議員，後來因厭倦政治紛爭而退出政壇。 「如果放在今天，我肯定當選不了，」她在2013年說道。
「我父親堅決反對」她1978年的競選，她在2013年說道。 “我想是因為他覺得我會輸，也因為他無法想像一位女性進入參議院。尤其讓他難以接受的是，這個人竟然是他的女兒。”
1995年，她表示，離開參議院後，她最不想聽到的就是別人問她「身為女性在參議院工作是什麼感覺？」。當時，參議院已有八位女性議員——所以，她說，“這已經不再是什麼大事了。”
「big deal」是一個非正式的英語短語，用來形容某件非常重要、嚴肅或令人印象深刻的事情。它也可以用來諷刺地表示某件事情根本不重要。
Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94
A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.
“My dad was adamantly opposed” to her 1978 candidacy, she said in 2013. “I think it was because he’d thought I’d lose, but also because he could not imagine a woman in the Senate. It was especially hard for him to visualize it was his daughter.”
In 1995, she said that one thing she would not miss after leaving was being asked, “What’s it like to be a woman in the Senate?” By then, eight women were senators — so, she said, “it’s no longer a big deal.”
A big deal is an informal English phrase that describes something very important, serious, or impressive. It can also be used sarcastically to mean that something is not important at all. [1, 2, 3]
Common Meanings and Uses
- An important event or thing: "Getting into a top school is a big deal."
- An important person: "He thinks he is a big deal at work."
- Sarcastic dismissal: "So you bought a new shirt—big deal!"
- Asking about importance: "What's the big deal?" means "Why does this matter?" or "Why is everyone upset?" [1]
Related Phrases
- Make a big deal out of: To [make a big deal out of something means to complain too much or [act like a small problem is a huge issue.
歐盟，要參與談判
澤連斯基堅稱美俄談判、 應讓烏克參與
在北約會議上，各國國防部長的言論似乎反映出對美國和俄羅斯可能將烏克蘭及其總統澤倫斯基邊緣化的擔憂。
Putin Scores a Big Victory, and Not on the Battlefield
At a NATO meeting, defense ministers’ comments appeared to reflect concerns that the U.S. and Russia might sideline Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Opinion: WikiLeaks' latest release is a diplomatic Waterloo
The publication of confidential US diplomatic cables, including unfavorable
remarks about leading German politicians, is a disaster for the United
States, says DW's Daniel Scheschkewitz.
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http://newsletter.dw-world.de/
2009.10 A new dawn for Turkish-Armenian relations?
It’s one of Europe’s longest running diplomatic disputes, but the big
freeze in relations between Turkey and Armenia could be thawing out.
The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/
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Definition of thaw in English:
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Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded inMiddle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th century.
Pronunciation: /dɪˈpləʊmə/
