Limits on Aid to Syria Threaten to Worsen the Country’s Humanitarian Crisis
Major obstacles could stymie Syria’s new leaders as they struggle to find some footing and improve the country’s living conditions.
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.
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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)
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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
|
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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