2016年4月19日 星期二

setback, back off, all but, rule change

Donald J. Trump: "But I will say this, it’s a rigged system, it’s a crooked system. It’s 100 percent corrupt."

Trump claimed that the GOP establishment was “rigging” the nomination.
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superdelegate
紐約時報
Superdelegates, Back Off
By TAD DEVINEIf superdelegates determine the party’s nominee before primary and caucus voters have rendered a verdict, Democrats risk losing the trust we are building with voters today.


Google and Yahoo said Thursday that they had reached an agreement under which Google would deliver ads next to some of Yahoo's search results and on some of its Web sites in the United States and Canada. The new agreement all but kills any chances of a renewed offer from Microsoft.

BAGHDAD, June 13 -- The Bush administration's Iraq policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a new militia offensive against U.S. forces.
(By Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)


setback Show phonetics
noun [C]
something that happens which delays or prevents a process from advancing:
Sally had been recovering well from her operation, but yesterday she experienced/suffered a setback.
There has been a slight/temporary setback in our plans.
See also set back.

set・back

挫折, つまづき; 妨げ; (病気の)ぶり返し; 退歩, 逆流; 【建】(高層ビルの)壁段後退.

all but
almost:
The game was all but over by the time we arrived.


back off (STOP)
phrasal verb INFORMAL
to stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves:
She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off.
Just back off and let us do this on our own, will you?

back off (MOVE) phrasal verbto
move backwards away from someone, usually because you are frightened:
I saw the knife and backed off.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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