2013年9月26日 星期四

burnish, ebony, bona fides, singly, bound document

Today's #Dailychart reveals the biggest loss-making cars in Europe. Not all cars failed by accidents of poor design, ill-judged technological leaps or wildly optimistic production forecasts. VW knew its Bugatti Veyron, a quick and complex supercar made in tiny numbers, would not make money but hoped it might burnish the brand http://econ.st/18WkzEe

Chinese Leader Burnishing His Military Support
HONG KONG — The new Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, is using the armed forces to cement his political authority.

Mr. Obama traveled to the United States Military Academy to announce the most critical military decision of his presidency so far: he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and setting a time frame for withdrawal beginning in July 2011. Like many a predecessor, Mr. Obama sought a setting that would burnish his bona fides.



A. J. Shaw, a college student home for the summer, and Thomas Lewis, a onetime farmer, left their seats and joined Mr. Scott in the pit room, a rectangular shed dominated by two waist-high concrete banks, burnished ebony by wood smoke, ash and grease.

A Tech Company’s Campaign to Burnish Its Brand
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Intel’s new campaign beginning Monday in the U.S. is the first to focus on its brand rather than its products, and celebrates the company’s role in the future.


bona fi·des ('dēz, fīdz) pronunciation
n.
  1. (used with a sing. verb) Good faith; sincerity.
  2. (used with a pl. verb) Information that serves to guarantee a person's good faith, standing, and reputation; authentic credentials: "Sakharov's bona fides within the Soviet system . . . have given added weight to his message" (Christian Science Monitor).
[Latin bona fidēs, good faith : bona, feminine of bonus, good + fidēs, faith.]

n. 【法】((単複両扱い)) 善意.
bona fide




ebony (WOOD) 
noun [U]
a very hard dark-coloured wood of a tropical tree, used especially for making furniture

burnish
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verb [T]
1 LITERARY to rub metal until it is smooth and shiny

2 If you burnish something such as your public image, you take action to improve it and make it more attractive:
The company is currently trying to burnish its socially responsible image.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is moving to burnish its image among gamers and other computer enthusiasts, responding to tough competition from two rival chip makers.
Bank of Taiwan Chairman Burnishes Bid to Clear Yuan Transactions
Businessweek
The central banks of Taiwan and China are discussing an agreement that would allow settlement of transactions on the island in the Chinese currency as relations warm between the former rivals. The agreement would allow banks to meet rising demand for ...


burnish

Syllabification: (bur·nish)
Pronunciation: /ˈbərniSH/
Translate burnish | into Italian

verb

[with object] (usually as adjective burnished)
  • polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing:highly burnished armor
  • enhance or perfect (something such as a reputation or a skill).

noun

[in singular]
  • the shine on a highly polished surface.

Derivatives

burnisher

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French burniss-, lengthened stem of burnir, variant of brunir 'make brown', from brun 'brown'
burnish
[動](他)…をみがく, とぐ;…をなめらかにする, ぴかぴかさせる, のつや出しをする.━━(自)〈物が〉つやの出がよい, みがきがきく.━━[名]みがかれた表面;[U]つや, 光沢, なめら...
burnisher
[名]みがく人[物, 道具];(歯科用)研磨器.


Sprint Nextel's board is seeking a new chief executive to burnish the company's fortunes both on Wall Street and with investors who have grown increasingly impatient with the company's less-than-stellar performance, The New York Times reported.

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On the Cover of the Sunday Book Review


Review by DAVID KAMP
Eric Lax’s new book of interviews with Woody Allen, along with recent collections of Allen’s fiction and prose, helps burnish the director’s legacy.


The print-on-demand business is gradually moving toward the center of the marketplace. What began as a way for publishers to reduce their inventory and stop wasting paper is becoming a tool for anyone who needs a bound document. Short-run presses can turn out books economically in small quantities or singly, and new software simplifies the process of designing a book.

singly


  音節
sin • gly
発音
síŋgli
[副]
1 1つ[1人]だけになって, 単独に, 独力で, 単独で.
2 1つずつ, 1人ずつ, 個々に
consider each item singly
1項ずつ考える.


burnished Show phonetics
adjective LITERARY
smooth and shiny




bound


 
音節
bound1
発音
báund
レベル
大学入試程度
boundの変化形
bounded (過去形) • bounded (過去分詞) • bounding (現在分詞) • bounds (三人称単数現在)
boundの慣用句
be bound up in, I'll be bound., I'm bound to say, (全3件)
[動]bindの過去・過去分詞形.
━━[形]
1 縛られた;禁固された;((複合語))…に閉ざされた, 縛られた
bound hands
縛られた手
snow-bound
雪に閉じこめられた
desk-bound
机にへばりついて.
2 (…に)縛りつけられた, 拘束された((to ...));法的[道徳的]に束縛されている
He is bound to his company.
彼は会社に縛られている.
3 〈本が〉とじられた;((複合語))…で製本された
a leather-bound book
革装の本.
4 [be bound to do]
(1) …する義務がある
He was bound to write to her.
彼女に手紙を書かなければならなかった.
(2) ((必然))きっと…する;きっと…する運命にある
That plan is bound to cause problems.
その計画はきっと問題を起こす.
(3) …する決心をしている
He is bound to spend all of his money.
彼はあり金残らずはたくつもりだ.
5 便秘である.
6 《言語学》拘束の.

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