2022年3月3日 星期四

stymie, under one's belt. Ukrainian forces are using their home-turf knowledge to stymie Russia



Experts say heroic stories of questionable veracity emerging from Ukraine are propaganda or morale boosters. Or both.

Ukrainian forces are using their home-turf knowledge to stymie Russia, U.S. Gen. Mark Milley said.



另外例子:2007.7.20
How does the project manager avoid the second-system effect?
By insisting on a senior architect who has at least two systems under his belt.
(from The Mythical Man-Month, p.58)

Midterms got you stressed? We talked to Professor Ellen J. Langer to figure out how to deal.
​With midterm season in full swing and more than a month of class under our belts, many of us are stressed. How can we stay calm and focused?
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A raid on an illegal gold mine in the Brazilian Amazon in April 2016.
Brazilian Judge Stymies Plan to Allow Mining in Amazon Region

By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and SHANNON SIMS

The ruling comes amid a fight between conservationists and President Michel Temer over environmental protections and indigenous rights.

stymie
ˈstʌɪmi/
verb
informal
  1. prevent or hinder the progress of.

    "the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments"

under one's belt

Experienced or achieved, as in Once a medical student has anatomy under her belt, she'll have much less to memorize. This metaphoric expression likens food that has been consumed to an experience that has been digested. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]


from The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms

另外一辭典說法:


have sth under your belt

to have learned or succeeded in something which might be a benefit in the future:
Basic computer skills are a good thing to have under your belt.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)




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