2008年5月9日 星期五

lily, pull ahead, choreography, Vatican

Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Superdelegates
The superdelegate count was one of the few areas where Hillary Rodham Clinton still maintained an advantage.


A parade of power in Russia

A week of careful choreography


Vatican

(văt'ĭ-kənpronunciation
.
  1. The official residence of the pope in Vatican City.
  2. The papal government; the papacy.
[Latin Vaticānus (mōns), the Vatican (Hill).]

Vatican:梵蒂岡宮;梵蒂岡國:指教宗居住地和教廷(政府)所在地,座落在羅馬西北的一個小山崗上。目前是教宗的行政中心。詳見 Vatican City, the State of。
Vatican City, the State of:梵蒂岡國;梵蒂岡城邦:遠自羅馬皇帝君士坦丁(公元313年)公佈米蘭詔書後,教宗就陸續接受教友捐獻的土地,十五世紀時教宗的土地累積到一萬六千 多平方哩,居民三百萬。自1860年始,義大利王國逐漸併吞教宗的國土,至1870年連羅馬也據為己有。教宗自囚梵蒂岡宮內以示不滿。1929年義大利政 府與教宗締結「拉特朗協定」,正式成立梵蒂岡獨立國,成為世界最小的國家,位於羅馬市西北隅,佔地108.7英畝-包括著名的伯鐸大殿和博物館,教宗為元 首,僅有約一千居民-多為辦公的神父及會士,另有數百教友公務人員。1985年義大利再將另十所(教堂)建築和教宗的岡道爾夏宮也歸還梵蒂岡教廷。
Vatican Council I:第一屆梵蒂岡大公會議:由教宗碧岳九世召開並主持(1869-1870)。共八百位主教參加,會議中確定聖座不可錯誤的教義。
Vatican Council II:第二屆梵蒂岡大公會議:由教宗若望廿三世召開(1962-1965),教宗保祿六世完成,簡稱「梵二」。主題為教會現代化的革新。參加的主教和教長共2860人,公佈了四件憲章、九件法令、三項宣言,作為教會改革之藍圖。

choreography

(kôr'ē-ŏg'rə-fē, kōr'-pronunciation

n.pl. -phies.
    1. The art of creating and arranging dances or ballets.
    2. A work created by this art.
  1. Something, such as a series of planned situations, likened to dance arrangements.
[French chorégraphie : Greek khoreia, choral dance; see chorea + -graphie, writing (from Latin -graphia, -graphy).]
choreographic cho're·o·graph'ic (-ə-grăf'ĭkadj.
choreographically cho're·o·graph'i·cal·ly adv.


cho・re・o・graph


━━ vt. (バレエなどの)振付けをする; ((普通受身で)) (運動などを)企画演出する.
 cho・re・og・ra・pher
 ━━ n. 【バレエ】振付師; 演出家.
 cho・re・o・graph・ic
 ━━ a. バレエ[ステージダンス]の(振付けの).
 cho・re・og・ra・phy ━━ n. バレエ(の振付け); 舞踏技法.


lily

(lĭl'ēpronunciation

n.pl. -ies.
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Lilium, having variously colored, often trumpet-shaped flowers.
  2. Any of various similar or related plants, such as the day lily or the water lily.
  3. The flower of any of these plants.
[Middle English lilie, from Old English, from Latin līlium.]
n. - 百合, 百合花
idioms:
  • lily of the valley 歐鈴蘭

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 女子名, ユリ, ユリの花, 純潔な人, 百合, 百合のような, 百合の紋章
adj. - ユリの, ユリの花のような



lily-white (CHARACTER) Show phonetics
adjective
having a perfect character with no bad qualities

gild the lily DISAPPROVING
to improve or decorate something which is already perfect and therefore spoil it:
Should I add a scarf to this jacket or would it be gilding the lily?

pull ahead

To move ahead, as in a race. 超前, 領先 前に出る

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