2024年3月26日 星期二

grumpy, monthly “Grumpy Guide”. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. grump, yell, grouchy, constructive. Sulky. sulky face. Act in a sulky, grumbling manner. 「臭臉犀牛」(Rhinoceros Sulkyface)

 



‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man

Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.



Although the studies question some commonly shared perspectives on the morning meal, skipping breakfast isn’t necessarily the answer—especially if not eating in the morning makes you a grump. Keep your family, friends, and coworkers in mind, please.

As he got older he seemed to relish his new persona as a grumpy old man, particularly when it came to comedy.
"They simply don't write funny stuff anymore," he once said. "A lot of it is very depressing. Or violent. Or both."

Barney Frank's War of Words With Wall Street Barney Frank, the famously grumpy Massachusetts representative, who announced on Monday that he will not seek re-election next year, has been a harsh critic of big banks over the years.

Obama and Asian Leaders Confront China’s Premier

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China was by turns “grouchy” and constructive as he responded to concerns about his country’s claims in the South China Sea, an American official said.



constructive[con・struc・tive]

  • 発音記号[kənstrʌ'ktiv]

[形](kən-strŭk'tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Serving to improve or advance; helpful: constructive criticism.
  2. Of or relating to construction; structural.
  3. Law. Based on an interpretation; not directly expressed.

1 〈意見・考え方などが〉建設的な, 発展的な(⇔destructive).
2 構造(上)の;構成的な.
3 解釈上の, 推定的な;明示的でない
constructive dismissal
(配置換えなどによって)辞職に追い込むこと.
4 《法律》法定の, 擬制による, 準….
con・struc・tive・ly
[副]
con・struc・tive・ness



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Over the past quarter-century no country has gained more from globalisation than China. Hundreds of millions of its people have been dragged out of subsistence into the middle class. China has been a grumpy taker in this process. It helped derail the latest round of world trade talks.


WILSON'S grumpy withdrawal from the contemporary American scene in his later years was never altogether convincing. ''When, for example, I look through Life magazine,'' he remarked on reaching 60 in 1956, ''I feel that I do not belong to the country depicted there, that I do not even live in that country.'' Edmund Wilson

What can we learn from animal emotions? Until recently for a scientist to examine the grumpiness of a cat, the joy of a dog, or the unhappiness of a zoo elephant may not have been considered the stuff of serious research.

That's no longer the case. Scientists are increasingly curious about what emotions animals are feeling and what emotions animals share with humans?

Madeleine Amberger explores the world of animal emotions for Spectrum.

grumpy, monthly “Grumpy Guide”.  The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World.  

Guide at German museum treats visitors like crap
New York Post
https://nypost.com › 2025/11/06 › lifestyle › guide-at-g...


5天前 — 杜塞爾多夫藝術宮博物館的一位導遊每月兩次舉辦「暴躁導遊」導覽活動,故意侮辱遊客…

卡爾·布蘭迪以他的另一個身分——約瑟夫·蘭格林克——帶領遊客參觀藝術宮的收藏。
5 days ago — A tour guide at Düsseldorf's Kunstpalast museum puts on twice-monthly “Grumpy Guide” tours where he purposefully insults the visitors and ...

6Carl Brandi guides visitors through the Kunstpalast collection as his alter ego, Joseph Langelinck.© Federico Gambarini/dpa via ZUMA Press

沒 翻譯grump--"世間果真存在只有快樂了無憂愁的香格里拉?美國公共廣播電台駐外特派員懷納(Eric Weiner)別開生面,以地理學知識為雷達,偵測這個藍色星球上,哪裡才是快樂天堂。新書《福祐之地:世上最快樂的地方》(The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World),將他親身踏查的心得統整歸納,告訴讀者快樂究竟在哪裡。"


尋找快樂之國

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. 作者, Weiner, Eric. 出版社, 遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司. 商品描述, 尋找快樂

書中不時有發人深省的字句,很少書敢設下它這樣的目標,更少書能達成它所達到的目標:這本書會讓你變得更快樂。

產品目錄

啟程
第一站 荷蘭/快樂是數字
第二站 瑞士/快樂是乏味
第三站 不丹/快樂是政策
第四站 卡達/快樂是一張中獎的樂透彩券
第五站 冰島/快樂是失敗
第六站 摩爾多瓦/快樂是別的地方
第七站 泰國/快樂是不要想
第八站 英國/快樂是事情有進展
第九站 印度/快樂是矛盾
第十站 美國/快樂是家


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「這是一本讓人從頭笑到尾的書。因為,作者很不快樂,他卻突發奇想,以美國駐外記者的嚴謹態度,私人花費大量旅費和時間,到快樂之國採訪,完成旅行後,以辛辣諷刺的筆法,把快樂學者稱為天堂的現況,誠實地披露出來。其中半數以上的國家,我也曾經到訪,必須承認,憑著多年海外報導的資歷,他對不同國家和文化的描寫功力,令人絕倒。如果有冷面笑匠國際比賽,他絕對名列前茅,建議看書時,最好選一把穩固的椅子。有趣的是,在尋找快樂的過程中,現代人不快樂的原因,也像臭蟲一隻一隻被揪出來,那麼,這本書有一個快樂結局,像童話一樣嗎?我無法回答,因為已經笑到爬不起來了。」
--《亞洲慢慢來》作者/江心靜(Pinky)


grumpy Show phonetics
adjective INFORMAL ━━ a. 気むずかしい; 渋面の.
easily annoyed and complaining:
I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling a bit grumpy.
a grumpy old man

grump Show phonetics
noun [C] INFORMAL
someone who is easily annoyed and complains a lot:
He's only an old grump - don't listen to him.

NOUN

VERB

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Derivatives

grumpish

ADJECTIVE

grumpishly

ADVERB

Origin

early 18th century: imitating inarticulate sounds expressing displeasure.


grumpily Show phonetics
adverb INFORMAL

grumpiness Show phonetics
noun [U] INFORMAL


grouchy
(grou'chēpronunciation
adj.-i·er-i·est.
Tending to complain or grumble; peevish or grumpy.

grouchily grouch'i·ly adv.
grouchiness grouch'i·ness n.
yell
v., yelled, yell·ing, yells. v.intr.
To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm.

v.tr.
To utter or express with a loud cry. See synonyms at shout.

n.
  1. A loud cry; a shout.
  2. A rhythmic cheer uttered or chanted in unison.
[Middle English yellen, from Old English giellan, gellan.]
yeller yell'er n.


「臭臉犀牛」(Rhinoceros Sulkyface)
Someone who's sulky is gloomy, or quietly unhappy. A sulky teenager is generally not a lot of fun at a family party. Some people tend to be sulky when they're unhappy or disappointed — when you're sulky, you're not just sad, but you mope and frown and sigh.

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