2021年5月16日 星期日

subsidy, subsidized, stigm, subvention, humiliating, dignity, underestimated force

CHINESE SUBSIDIES | CHIPS, WEAPONS AND VACCINES
China spent a record $33 billion in industry subsidies in 2020, eager to shore up key sectors including semiconductors and defense in its heated technology race with the U.S.


The Politics of Dignity

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
From Cairo to Moscow, humiliation has been the most underestimated force in politics.

Free Lunch Isn’t Cool, So Some Students Go Hungry
At many schools, separate lines and menus for those who pay and those who get subsidized meals create a stigma.


Even as Fears of Flu Ebb, Mexicans Feel Stigma
By MARC LACEY and ANDREW JACOBS
Mexicans around the world say they have been cast as disease carriers and subjected to humiliating treatment.



Begin results area humiliate
verb [T]
to make someone feel ashamed or lose their respect for themselves:
How could you humiliate me by questioning my judgment in front of everyone like that?
England were humiliated (= completely defeated) in last night's match.

humiliation
noun [C or U]
After the humiliation of last week's defeat, the Mets were back on form.
Imagine the humiliation of having to apologize.

humiliated
adjective
I've never felt so humiliated (= been made to feel so ashamed) in my life.

humiliating
adjective
making you feel ashamed or stupid:
Losing my job was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me.
The government suffered a humiliating defeat in yesterday's debate.
He found it humiliating to have to ask for money.




sub・si・dize


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━━ vt. 補助[助成]金を出す; 買収する.
sub・si・di・za・tion n. 補助金交付; 買収.
sub・si・diz・er n.
subsidy

subvention= grant-in-aid,

  音節
sub • ven • tion
発音
səbvénʃən
subventionの変化形
subventions (複数形)
[名]((形式))
1 (政府などの)補助[助成]金. ⇒SUBSIDY 1
2 救援, (財政的)援助.


subsidy

  音節
sub • si • dy
発音
sʌ'bsədi
subsidyの変化形
subsidies (複数形)
[名]
1 (国家が民間に交付する)助成[補助, 奨励]金, (一般に)交付金;寄付金. ▼subventionは通例科学・芸術の振興のための補助[助成]金.
2 (国家間の援助協定に基づく)報酬金.
3 《英国史》(議会が国王に交付した)特別補助金(のための税).

stig・ma


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━━ n.pl. ~s, stig・ma・ta ) 〔古〕 (奴隷や囚人に押した)焼印; 汚名, 恥辱; 目立たせるための記号; 【植】柱頭; 【動】気孔, 気門; 【生物】眼点 ((原生動物などの感光器官)); 【医】(皮膚の)小赤斑; (pl. -mata) 【カトリック】聖痕(こん).
stig・mat・ic ━━ a. 焼印のある; 不名誉な; 柱頭[気孔・小赤斑]の.
stig・ma・tize ━━ vt. …に烙印を押す ((as)); 非難する ((as)).

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