2024年4月20日星期六

appendix, novel, novelization , novelty. strikingly. flames did not distinguish. He wrote that the novelty of the case underscored its gravity.

novelization

The novelization of an award-winning play

Review: Prima Facie by Suzie Miller

The filing was Mr. Smith’s main submission in the case, which will be argued on April 25.

He wrote that the novelty of the case underscored its gravity.

“The absence of any prosecutions of former presidents until this case does not reflect the understanding that presidents are immune from criminal liability,” Mr. Smith wrote. “It instead underscores the unprecedented nature of petitioner’s alleged conduct.”

In a striking backward glance to the opening of diplomatic relations between China and Japan in 1972, Mr. Xi said that ‘‘like the older generation of leaders, we should show a sense of national and historical responsibility and political wisdom, overcome the difficulties in bilateral relations and push relations forward.’’習近平異乎尋常?地回首往事，提到了中日邦交正常化之初的1972年，他說，“我們要像兩國老一輩領導人那樣，體現出國家責任、政治智慧和歷史擔當，推動中日關係克服困難，繼續向前發展。”

此處 striking 可能採此義
Strikingly new, unusual, or different. See synonyms at new.
不過我想更合乎脈絡的可能是下述"意有所指"的說法:

striking
(strī'kĭng)
adj.
Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind. See synonyms at noticeable.

In a landmark finding that scientists say could help stem the global AIDS pandemic, researchers announced that treating HIV patients with AIDS drugs makes them strikingly less infectious.

Helpful Bacteria May Hide in Appendix

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Researchers have come up with a novel explanation of why the appendix exists.

Intel Scraps Key Graphics Chip

Intel's plans to move into a new semiconductor market suffered a setback, as the company said it was cancelling its first product based on a novel design dubbed Larrabee.

Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times
Israel’s Arabs and Jews, United by Flames
By ISABEL KERSHNER

For Ein Hod, an artist’s colony in northern Israel, and Ayn Hawd, the neighboring Israeli Arab village, the flames did not distinguish between Arab and Jew.

Years of Wrangling Lie Ahead for Health Law
By KEVIN SACK

A federal court ruling against the Obama health care law highlighted both the novelty of the constitutional issues and the difficulty of forging consensus among judges.

novel
n.

A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
The literary genre represented by novels.

[Ultimately from Italian novella, from Old Italian, piece of news, chit-chat, tale, from Vulgar Latin *novella, from neuter pl. of Latin novellus, diminutive of novus, new.]

nov·el² (nŏv'əl) pronunciation

adj.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin novellus, diminutive of novus.]

novelly nov'el·ly adv.

novel

A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.
The literary genre represented by novels.

[Ultimately from Italian novella, from Old Italian, piece of news, chit-chat, tale, from Vulgar Latin *novella, from neuter pl. of Latin novellus, diminutive of novus, new.]

nov·el² (nŏv'əl) pronunciation

adj.
Strikingly new, unusual, or different. See synonyms at new.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin novellus, diminutive of novus.]

novelly nov'el·ly adv.

striking
(strī'kĭng) pronunciation

adj.
Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind. See synonyms at noticeable.

strikingly strik'ing·ly adv.
strikingness strik'ing·ness n.

Strikingly new, unusual, or different. See synonyms at new.

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