"A cycle of recriminations between LG and rival Samsung over washing-machine door hinges has spun out of control."
Lives have been ruined by marijuana as well as by its prohibition. It may be facile to lament the legalisation of the drug while ignoring the damage wrought by prohibition, but it is equally silly to assume that there will be no losers from the unprecedented marijuana legalisation experiments in Colorado and Washington http://econ.st/19HuPBM
A destructive streak
The tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area yesterday was immense
On the other hand, I know no prejudice so widely shared, no stereotype so facilely applied, as the notion that ''bourgeois'' means materialistic, philistine, narrow-minded, tasteless and prudish. Denigration of the class that emerged triumphant from the French Revolution and reigned supreme as ''Victorians'' has been with us since the early 19th century, epitomized in the caricatures of Daumier. Few contradictions reach so deep in our cultural sensibility as this triumphant ignominy.
Attempts at reconciliation lead only to more recriminations
This book lie in skill with which the arteries which connect widely separated elements of the plot are concealed.
The author never resorts to the facile introduction of narrative development for which the groundwork has not been laid .
此部書總妙在千里伏脈 不肯作易安之筆 沒(竹尹)之物也 是故妙絕群書
In both cases, Wittgenstein is depicted as a gurulike source of gnomic utterances. Jarman’s attitude toward this caricature is solemnly reverential, whereas Waugh’s is mocking and somewhat philistine.
But could you say something about the dangers of making comparisons and contrasts? Yes, there are lots of difficulties, an immense number of difficulties, starting from the fact that one never ..."
The distinction is too facile...
On the other hand, I know no prejudice so widely shared, no stereotype so facilely applied, as the notion that ''bourgeois'' means materialistic, philistine, narrow-minded, tasteless and prudish.
But let us not withhold from Peter Gay the credit he deserves for this immense, imaginatively conducted undertaking. No, he will not change the course of contemporary history, as Solzhenitsyn was able to do with his three volumes of ''The Gulag Archipelago.'' But Gay obliges us to reconsider our facile prejudice and to recognize the resourcefulness and high spirits of the class we love to mock.
groundwork
work done in preparation for something that will happen later: The planning committee will lay the groundwork for the conference.
facile
adjective
describes a remark or theory which is too simple and has not been thought about enough:
a facile explanation
We must avoid facile recriminations about who was to blame.
━━ a. 容易な; すらすら動く; （文体・ことばが）流ちょうな; 表面的な; 人あたりのよい.adjective
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense 'easily accomplished'): from French, or from Latin facilis 'easy', from facere 'do, make'length
[count noun] the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race:the mare won the race by seven lengths
immense
adjective
extremely large in size or degree:
immense wealth/value
They spent an immense amount of time getting the engine into perfect condition.
the cost of restoration has been immense
a factor of immense importance
immensely Show phonetics
adverb
extremely:
He was immensely popular in his day.
She's an immensely talented young athlete.
immensity
noun [U] FORMAL
extremely great size:
The immensity of the task is daunting.
immensities
plural noun LITERARY
the immensities (= immensity) of space
Definition of recrimination in English:
NOUN
(usually recriminations)
An accusation in response to one from someone else:there are no tears, no recriminations[ MASS NOUN] : there was a period of bitterrecrimination
発音記号[rikrìmənéiʃən]
[名][U][C]非難し返すこと, （…への）逆襲((against ...))；《法律》反訴.
philistine
noun [C]
1 DISAPPROVING a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art, literature, music or culture in any form:
I wouldn't have expected them to enjoy a film of that quality anyway - they're just a bunch of philistines!
2 Philistine one of a race of people who lived in the coastal area of the SE Mediterranean in ancient times and were often at war with the Israelites
revere
verb [T] FORMAL
to greatly respect and admire someone or something:
Nelson Mandela is revered for his brave fight against apartheid.
reverence
noun [U] FORMAL
She has/shows/feels great reverence for her professors.
《尊崇──一種被遺忘的美德》 (Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue)
In New York, Reverence for Myanmar’s Opposition Leader
reverent
adjective FORMAL
A reverent silence fell over the crowd.
NOTE: The opposite is irreverent.
reverently
adverb FORMAL
He laid the wreath reverently in front of the memorial.
reverential
adjective FORMAL
He opened the ancient book with reverential care.
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