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A Stalled Vision: Big Development as City’s Future
By RUSS BUETTNER and RAY RIVERA
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has loosened the reins on development and pushed more than 100 rezoning measures. But work on hundreds of projects has stopped.



Thus we go on, willy-nilly creating order in the world, without knowing what it is.

When 'Made in China' is a warning
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
The theory goes like this: Engage China and, willy-nilly, it will reform. The world has opened its doors to "Made in China" goods, but with so many recalls ...

Japan Power Firms Sell Debt at Higher Spreads Than in October
Bloomberg - USA
16 (Bloomberg) -- Kyushu Electric Power Co. and two other Japanese power suppliers sold bonds today with wider yield spreads over government bonds than ...


spread 【商業】値開き.

1. 1. A position taken in two or more options or futures contracts in order to profit from a change in their relative prices.
   2. The difference between the price asked and bid for a particular security.

2019.7.24

2017年2月，約翰遜在倫敦聖詹姆斯公園慢跑。 @PoliticalPics

每日一詞 | Willy-nilly：“邋遢男”約翰遜來了

他的外套往往“皺巴巴”且隨意敞開，搭配歪斜的衣領和很少打正的領帶，還有那身惹眼的跑步裝備，英國新首相鮑里斯·約翰遜給大眾留下的印象總是邋遢、混亂和可笑。

和特朗普類似 ，他糟糕的著裝選擇引發了嘲笑和諷刺，但很少有人思考這種作風更廣泛的潛在影響。首席時尚評論人Vanessa Friedman還仔細觀察了他的頭髮 ，“那團金色蓬頭常常被主人隨意拉扯(tugged willy-nilly by its owner)，顯出一副不知所措的樣子”。

根據韋氏詞典，這裡的willy-nilly意為“隨意的、雜亂無章地”，但它還可以用來表示“被迫的、別無選擇地”。由於willy和nilly前後押韻，這個口語化的單詞常常被用於調侃的語境中。那麼，約翰遜的小丑作風究竟是真誠的體現，還是一種純粹天才的算計？ ——或者，最有可能的是二者兼有。

--- 注意日常用語 willy-nilly 由不得你…..
wil•ly-nil•ly (wĭl'ē-nĭl'ē)
adv.
1. Whether desired or not: After her boss fell sick, she willy-nilly found herself directing the project.
2. Without order or plan; haphazardly.

adj.
1. Being or occurring whether desired or not: willy-nilly cooperation.
2. Disordered; haphazard: willy-nilly zoning laws.
[Alteration of will ye (or he), nill ye (or he), be you (or he) willing, be you (or he) unwilling.]


--- 只收副詞
willy-nilly
adverb INFORMAL
1 If something happens willy-nilly, it happens whether the people who are involved want it to happen or not:
Both sides were drawn, willy-nilly, into the conflict.

2 without any order:
She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer.

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ad. (副詞 adverb)
1. 不管願意不願意地;亂七八糟地
a. (形容詞 adjective)
1. 不管願意不願意的
2. 混亂的,慌張的
3. 猶豫不決的


日本語 (Japanese)
━━ ad. いやでも応でも.
━━ a. いや応なしの; 決断のつかない.

zoning
Government (usually municipal) laws that control the use of land within a jurisdiction.
Investopedia Says:
Zoning areas may be classified as residential, commercial, farming, and so forth.