2023年6月6日 星期二

defrauded, accumulate, amass. classification. Racial classification is evaluation.

 
In “Why Race Still Matters,” a 2005 article in the journal Daedalus, he explored how anthropologists had developed racial categories by extrapolating from superficial physical characteristics, a method that has had lasting effects, including racial oppression. “Classification and judgment are seldom separable,” he wrote. “Racial classification is evaluation.”

“So, faced by the bulk of what I had already accumulated, I decided to do what no one had tried — compile as complete a volume as possible by attempting a literal translation from celluloid to paper.”




EchoStar Amasses Sirius XM Debt
EchoStar has quietly accumulated a big portion of Sirius XM's maturing debt in what could be the first salvo in an attempt to take control of the embattled company.
Societe General defrauded of 4.9 billion euros France's second largest bank, Societe Generale, has revealed that arogue trader has defrauded it of nearly five billion euros. Thecompany's chairman, Daniel Bouton, said the bank would bring legal action against the employee. Shareholders in turn are suing theFrench bank. The trading loss is the biggest in European history,three times greater than that accumulated by Nick Leeson of BaringsBank in 1995. Societe Generale shares have shed more than fivepercent in Paris after a trade suspension was lifted.


amass verb [T] to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period: She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed. 


accumulate Show phonetics 
verb 1 [T] to collect a large number of things over a long period of time: As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes. The company said the debt was accumulated during its acquisition of nine individual businesses. We've accumulated so much rubbish over the years. 2 [I] to gradually increase in number or amount: A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room. If you don't sort out the papers on your desk on a regular basis they just keep on accumulating. accumulation Show phonetics noun [C or U] Despite this accumulation of evidence, the Government persisted in doing nothing. Accumulations of sand can be formed by the action of waves on coastal beaches.

ac・cu・mu・late

━━ v. 積む, ためる; 積もる, たまる; 【コンピュータ】累算する. accumulated fund 積立金. accumulated depreciation 減価償却累計額. accumulated dividend 累積利益配当. accumulated profit 留保利益金. ac・cu・mu・la・tion ━━ n. 集積, 蓄積. accumulation unit 累積[積立]ユニット. ac・cu・mu・la・tive ━━ a. ac・cu・mu・la・tor ━━ n. 集める物[人], 蓄財家; 積み上げ方式の賭(か)け; 【コンピュータ】累算器; 〔英〕 蓄電池.


  defraud Show phonetics verb [T] to take something illegally from a person, company, etc., or to prevent someone from having something that is legally theirs by deceiving them: He was found guilty of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service. They are both charged with conspiracy to defraud an insurance company of $20 000.

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