Petrol stations in Madrid and the northeastern Catalonia region in
Spain are reportedly running out of fuel as an indefinite strike by
truckers begins to bite. The protest over soaring fuel costs began
at midnight on Sunday. The stoppage led to lengthy queues at many
petrol stations across the country as drivers rushed to fill up.
Authorities in northern Spain ordered emergency measures with police
escorting several tanker trucks taking fuel into Barcelona. Tens of
thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal have joined the
protests. Representatives of Spain's transport association
Fenadismer and development ministry officials met on Monday but
failed to reach agreement.
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A dry run is a testing process where the effects of a possible failure are intentionally mitigated. For example, the individuals who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US prepared for their missions by staging dry runs on the same flights before the actual attack.
In computer studies, a dry run is a mental run of a program, where the programmer examines the source code one step at a time and determines what it will do when run.
The usage of "dry run" in acceptance procedures (for example in the so called FAT = Factory Acceptance Procedure) is meant as following: the factory (which is a subcontractor) must perform a complete test of the system it has to deliver before the actual acceptance from the contractor side.
A three-day weekend allows you the luxury of deciding whatever you want to do with your time. For middle-aged and older people, this could serve as a dry run of the kind of life they will likely be living in old age.
--The Asahi Shimbun, Dec. 23(IHT/Asahi: December 28,2007)
dummy run noun [C] (ALSO dry run) INFORMAL
a practice of a particular activity or performance:
The local elections can be seen as a dummy run for the national election next year.
A dry run is a testing process where the effects of a possible failure are intentionally mitigated. For example, the individuals who carried out the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US prepared for their missions by staging dry runs on the same flights before the actual attack.
In computer studies, a dry run is a mental run of a program, where the programmer examines the source code one step at a time and determines what it will do when run.
The usage of "dry run" in acceptance procedures (for example in the so called FAT = Factory Acceptance Procedure) is meant as following: the factory (which is a subcontractor) must perform a complete test of the system it has to deliver before the actual acceptance from the contractor side.
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A three-day weekend allows you the luxury of deciding whatever you want to do with your time. For middle-aged and older people, this could serve as a dry run of the kind of life they will likely be living in old age.
Good idea to make the most of long weekends 12/28/2007
dummy run noun [C] (ALSO dry run) INFORMAL
a practice of a particular activity or performance:
The local elections can be seen as a dummy run for the national election next year.
dry run 〔話〕 予行練習; 【軍】（火薬を使わない）模擬演習; リハーサル; 【コンピュータ】仮想動作チェック ((手作業でプログラムの動作を行ってみること)).例
Moreover, to the extent that MVRDV approaches architecture not as a conventional expression of aesthetics, materials and form but as an almost scientific investigation into the social and economic forces that influence our constructions, the datascapes were also a dry run for the firm's own built work. That work, says Aaron Betsky, the former director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute and a longtime MVRDV-watcher, is really an ongoing project of "giving shape to those zeroes and ones," of making the conceptual real, of turning abstract information into concrete form.
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The BP traders conducted a "dry run" of the scheme in April 2003 and carried it out in February 2004, briefly seizing control of prices in the $30 billion propane market, the CFTC's complaint said. The effort had "the knowledge, advice and consent of senior management," the agency added.
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抄一段Simon U的紀錄：
第二次買＜Dance for Two＞ 天下文化改書名（兩次都很奇怪。為什麼不直譯），而我匆匆要從台大管理學院去銀行。下次買書要翻翻，免得重複買。
鍾漢清問： 「……我們現在都是平肩了，我浴於自滿的心情中；(可是我始終沒有勇氣插入電源試機)….」（p.16）不知原文如何？
【美 國】Jenn-Tser Pan（潘震澤）： "... We were all equals, and I basked in my satisfaction. However, I never had the courage to put the device through a dry run. ..."
hc評:丘先生對於dry run的翻譯，不比國立編譯館的「學術名詞」來得差（：預檢；乾運行；空運行），不過「浴於…」可能是錯的，似應為「從….中感到舒服、愉悅」。】
TOKYO (AP) — The suspect in a knifing rampage that left seven dead in Tokyo was handed over to prosecutors Tuesday, as Internet postings he is accused of writing painted a picture of an angry, lonely young man and a meticulously planned attack.
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Characters as Reimagined for This Century
The 1980s Strawberry Shortcake has been updated to spend her time on a cellphone instead of brushing her cat. Many classic children’s characters are being freshened up.freshen sth up (NEW) phrasal verb [M]
to make something different and more interesting or attractive:
The Prime Minister has freshened up her Cabinet with a few new faces.
freshen (sb/sth) up (CLEAN) phrasal verb [M]
to make someone or something clean and pleasant:
Would you like to freshen up after your journey?
[R] I'm just going to have a shower to freshen myself up.
adjective APPROVING
very careful and with great attention to every detail:
Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.
meticulously
adverb APPROVING
The entire project was meticulously planned.
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