In short, a lot of bright red lines have been crossed since Trump occupied the big White House. And restoring them, and “making America great again,” will almost certainly require more subtle and sophisticated uses of force and coercive diplomacy than the isolationist Trump ever contemplated in his first administration or suggested in his campaigns.
簡而言之,自從川普入主白宮以來,已經跨越了許多鮮亮的紅線。恢復它們並「讓美國再次偉大」幾乎肯定需要比孤立主義川普在他的第一屆政府中考慮或在他的競選中建議的更微妙和複雜的武力使用和強制外交。
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More than half the population of India do not have toilets in their homes, and littering is second nature.
8 million new toilets later, India isn't much cleaner
The five-year, $40 billion Clean India Campaign is struggling to make a noticeable improvement.
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Problems in the mismanagement of human emotiona are becoming increasingly noticeable.
Combining the principles and practice of criticism, the book offers illuminating investigations of a number of writers--Swift, Conrad, Lukacs, Renan, and many others--and of concepts such as repetition, originality, worldliness, and the roles of audiences, authors, and speakers. It asks daring questions, investigates problems of urgent significance, and gives a subtle yet powerful new meaning to the enterprise of criticism in modern society.
subtle
adjective APPROVING
1 not loud, bright, noticeable or obvious in any way:
The room was painted a subtle shade of pink.
The play's message is perhaps too subtle to be understood by young children.
2 small but important:
There is a subtle difference between these two plans.
3 achieved in a quiet way which does not attract attention to itself and which is therefore good or clever:
a subtle plan/suggestion
subtle questions
notice (SEE) verb
1 [I or T] to see or become aware of something or someone:
I noticed a crack in the ceiling.
Mary waved at the man but he didn't seem to notice.
[+ (that)] He noticed (that) the woman was staring at him.
[+ question word] Did you notice how she did that?
2 [T often passive] to bring someone to the attention of the public, usually because of their unusual skill, etc:
She was first noticed by the critics at the age of 12, and went on to become a world-famous violinist.
notice
noun [U]
attention:
It has come to/been brought to my notice (= I have been told) that you have been late for work every day this week.
noticeable adjective
easy to see or recognize:
There has been a noticeable improvement in Tim's cooking.
noticeably
adverb
Fiona had become noticeably thinner (= so much thinner that it was easy to see).
subtly
adverb APPROVING
This discovery had subtly changed/altered the way I thought about myself.
subtlety
noun APPROVING
1 [U] the quality of being subtle:
Listening to the interview, I was impressed by the subtlety of the questions.
2 [C] a small but important detail:
All the subtleties of the music are conveyed in this new recording.
━━ a. 捕え難い, 微妙な, 不思議な; かすかな; (薬・毒など)徐々にきく; 鋭敏な; 巧妙な; 陰険な, ずるい.
sub・tle・ty ━━ n. 微妙; 敏感; 精妙; 狡猾(こうかつ); 微妙な点.
sub・tly ━━ ad. かすかに; 鋭敏に; 巧妙に.
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