To his father’s disappointment, he did not want to study medicine. To his relief, his son relented over his first love, French literature and philosophy, compromising on law and political science. He became a respected authority on international law, especially in the new fields of the law of the air and, later, space.
China may be able to cling to its draconian strategy for longer. If they fail, the authorities will be under pressure to relent
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Actress Katharine Hepburn declined the committee's first offer, although she relented in 1990.[
Trump Reaffirms Commitment to Tariffs but Opens Door to Compromise
By ANA SWANSON, MARK LANDLER and MAGGIE HABERMAN
Republicans intensified pressure on Mr. Trump to relent on his steel and aluminum tariffs while the president indicated he might provide exemptions for certain countries.
In a big win for employees, managers, and customers of “Market Basket” -- the supermarket chain in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine whose beloved CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas, was fired by a greedy board of directors who thought him too generous – Arthur T. is now back. Yesterday the board relented and agreed to sell the company to him. Arthur T. told cheering workers at the company’s headquarters in Tewksbury that he loved them, appreciated their efforts helping him gain control of the company, and was “in awe of what you have all accomplished.”
Over the last several weeks, the sacrifices of employees, managers, and customers of “Market Basket” gives new meaning to the old term “solidarity.” It also illustrates the power of treating such people as partners in an enterprise rather than as costs to be cut. When all benefit from a business's success, all will sacrifice to keep it successful. May the rest of American business take note.
書主記"現在大學很辛苦，但想到將來前途光明，將加倍努力。" 書主現在任教台大?
1968年，我猛讀 IVANHOE ＝撒克遜英雄傳。現在什麼都忘記了。也沒好好讀一下原作。
2007/8/31 重讀這，想起Fellini的電影中拍完戲不肯散場的明星……
IVANHOE: A ROMANCE.by Walter Scott
Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart,
And often took leave,----but seemed loath to depart!*
* The motto alludes to the Author returning to the stage repeatedly
* after having taken leave.
Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart,
And often took leave,----but seemed loath to depart!*
* The motto alludes to the Author returning to the stage repeatedly
* after having taken leave.
2004/6/29的筆記
關於英語簡史，我們不必研讀專書，而從Walter Scot小說《英雄艾文荷》 (IVANHOE) （項星耀譯，上海譯文出版社，1996）中，多少可以了解一些。
第一章說: 「」”……總之，法語是高尚的、騎士的語言，甚至正義的語言，而遠為成熟和表達力豐富的Anglo-Saxon，被拋在一邊，只有粗俗的下等人才使用 它……然而，在土地主人與被壓迫的，耕種土地的下等人之間，必須有互相溝通的工具…….慢慢產生了我們今天……英語。勝利者和被征服者的語言得到巧妙的結 合，後來它又常引入古典語言和南歐各國的語言，獲得了十分豐富的表現力…(p.3) ]
(CHAPTER I In short, French was the language of honour, of chivalry, and even of justice, while the far more manly and expressive Anglo-Saxon was abandoned to the use of rustics and hinds, who knew no other. Still, however, the necessary intercourse between the lords of the soil, and those oppressed inferior beings by whom that soil was cultivated, occasioned the gradual formation of a dialect, compounded betwixt the French and the Anglo-Saxon, in which they could render themselves mutually intelligible to each other; and from this necessity arose by degrees the structure of our present English language, in which the speech of the victors and the vanquished have been so happily blended together; and which has since been so richly improved by importations from the classical languages, and from those spoken by the southern nations of Europe.)
Caught red-handed
A Phrase A Week
The earliest known printed version of 'red-handed' is from Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, 1819:"I did but tie one fellow, who was taken redhanded and in the fact, to the horns of a wild stag."Scott was an avid student of Scottish history and folklore, which he relentlessly mined for inspiration in his novel writing. He is certain to have heard 'redhand' before writing Ivanhoe. The step from 'redhand' to 'redhanded' isn't large, so calling Scott the originator of the term is perhaps being over generous to him. Nevertheless, the enormous popularity of his books
Salman Rushdie, Out and About
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In the wake of Ayatollah Khomeini's infamous death sentence, Salman Rushdie gained international renown as a champion of free speech and a challenger of fundamentalist hegemony. Among the virtues shrouded by the author's sudden iconic status, however, were a relentless sense of humor and a developing body of fiction virtually unrivaled among contemporary writers
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out and about
active; doing the things you usually do
The doctor says she's making a good recovery and she should be out and about in a few days' time.
知識分子不必是沒有幽默感的抱怨者，對於杭士基(Noam Chomsky)和維德(Gore Vidal, 1925-,美國作家)這類受人推崇且活力洋溢的異議分子，上述說法大謬不然。他們運用了傅柯所謂的「不屈不撓？的博學」("a relentless erudition")，搜尋另類的材料，發掘埋藏的文件，喚回已被遺忘的各類歷史。這包含了一種戲劇感和起義感，善用一己罕有的發言機會，博取旁觀者的注意，比對手更具有才智、更善於辯論。
erudite
adjective FORMAL
having or containing a lot of specialist knowledge:
He's the author of an erudite book on Scottish history.
erudition [U] FORMAL
a work of great erudition
up and about
Also, up and around; up and doing. Active again, especially after an illness or rest, as in They had her up and about just one day after surgery, or I'm so glad you're up and around; we need your help, or It's time to be up and doing. [Early 1800s]
See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Pronunciation: /hʌɪnd/
noun
archaic, chiefly ScottishOrigin
Late Old English hīne 'household servants', apparently from hīgna, hīna, genitive plural of hīgan,hīwan 'family members'.
noun
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'rural'): from Latin rusticus, from rus 'the country'.
relent
Line breaks: re¦lent
Pronunciation: /rɪˈlɛnt /
VERB
Become less severe or intense:the rain relented
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense 'dissolve, melt'): based on Latin re- 'back' + lentare 'to bend' (from lentus'flexible').
Definition of relentless in English:
relentless
Line breaks: re¦lent|less
Pronunciation: /rɪˈlɛntləs /
relentlessness
NOUN- relent
verb [I] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before:
Her parents eventually relented and let her go to the party.
The security guard relented and let them through.verb- abandon or mitigate a severe or harsh attitude, especially by finally yielding to a request."she was going to refuse his request, but relented"
- become less severe or intense."the rain relented"
relentless
adjective
continuing in a severe or extreme way:
relentless criticism/pressure
relentless heat
relentlessly
adverb
She has campaigned relentlessly for her husband's release from prison.
re・lent━━ vi. 和らぐ, 弱まる; ふびんに思う ((toward)).
re・lent・ing・ly ━━ ad. 優しく. re・lent・less ━━ a. 容赦ない; 無情な; 絶え間ない.
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