reverse, phase sth out, sentiment

Sweden reverses nuclear phase-out

Sweden has reversed its nearly 30-year-old policy of phasing out nuclear power. The centre-right government says it intends to lift a ban on the development of new nuclear reactors in order to replace 10 aging reactors currently in use. The plants account for nearly half of Sweden's energy supply. Public support for nuclear energy has grown amid concerns over meeting the nation's energy needs without resorting to technologies that contribute to climate change. The government said it would present the policy in mid-march in an energy bill which would include a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2020.

Germany not to reverse nuclear phase-out
The German government has said it will not reverse its nuclear phase-out plans before next year's federal elections despite pressure from some conservatives. Government spokesman Thomas Steg made the comments just days after a working group at the Economy Ministry recommended that the working lives of German atomic plants be extended by eight years. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats oppose the phase-out plans, but are bound by a deal with their coalition partners, the Social Democrats, to shut down Germany's 17 nuclear reactors by 2021. The working group, led by Economy Minister Michael Glos, said it had recommended the extension for ecological and economic reasons.

Sentiment among German financial analysts and institutional investors picked up this month on the government's rescue package and global interest-rate cuts.




China and India have become two of the world's worst-performing markets as 2008 approaches its midpoint. Both countries came into the year with stocks trading at expensive levels, leaving them vulnerable to a reversal in investor sentiment.

sentiment (IDEA) Show phonetics
noun [C or U] FORMAL
a thought, opinion or idea based on a feeling about a situation, or a way of thinking about something:
Nationalist sentiment has increased in the area since the bombing.
I don't think she shares my sentiments.
His son was overwhelmed by the sentiments of love and support in the cards and letters he received.
FORMAL "It's a very bad situation." "My sentiments exactly (= I completely agree)."

sentiment (FEELINGS) Hide phonetics
noun [U] OFTEN DISAPPROVING
gentle feelings such as sympathy, love, etc., especially when considered to be foolish or not suitable:
The film is flawed by slightly treacly sentiment.

sentimental Hide phonetics
adjective
1 describes someone who is strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially about happy memories of past events or relationships with other people, rather than by careful thought and judgment based on facts:
Why be sentimental about that old coat? There's no point in keeping it just because you were wearing it when you first met me.
It's a cheap ring but it has great sentimental value for me.

2 DISAPPROVING too strongly influenced by emotional feelings:
silly sentimental songs/stories

sentimentally Hide phonetics
adverb

sentimentalism Hide phonetics
noun [U] (ALSO sentimentality) FORMAL DISAPPROVING
the tendency to be sentimental:
Caring for animals is not sentimentality - it reinforces our respect for life.

sentimentalist Show phonetics
noun [C] FORMAL DISAPPROVING

sentimentalize, UK USUALLY sentimentalise Show phonetics
verb [T] DISAPPROVING
Her book sentimentalizes parenthood and completely ignores the disadvantages of it.

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reverse Hide phonetics
verb [I or T]
to (cause something to) go backwards, or to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite:
MAINLY UK She reversed (US USUALLY backed) (the car) into the parking space.
The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes.
Now that you have a job and I don't, our situations are reversed.
The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment and set him free.

reverse Hide phonetics
noun
1 the reverse the opposite of what has been suggested:
The teachers say my son is slow, but I believe the reverse (is true).

2 the reverse the back of a coin, medal, etc:
The English £1 coin has a royal coat of arms on the reverse.

3 [U] (ALSO reverse gear) the method of controlling a vehicle that makes it go backwards:
To go backwards, you must put the car in/into reverse (gear).

4 [C] FORMAL a defeat or failure:
They suffered a serious military/political reverse.

reversal Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 when something changes to its opposite:
He demanded a reversal of the previous decision/policy.

2 a problem or failure:
We have suffered a couple of minor/temporary reversals.

reversible Hide phonetics
adjective
1 If something is reversible, it can be changed back to what it was before.

2 describes clothes that can be worn so that the inside becomes the outside:
a reversible raincoat

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phase sth out phrasal verb [M]
to remove or stop using something gradually or in stages