2008年11月14日 星期五

largely, unwritten, feel the cold

BT posted an 18% rise in quarterly net profit and said that it plans to cut its global work force by about 10,000 this financial year, largely in the U.K.

A sign on one blue van, barely legible in the twilight, offered a 15-day construction job paying $95 a day, minus $33 in room and board. Although the terms were comparatively decent, the recruiter sitting in a folding chair in front of the blue van had found only one suitably young laborer by 5 a.m. Most were above the unwritten cutoff age of 55.

Europe Feels the Cold Amid Gas Row

The European Union has condemned cuts in gas supplies from Russia to some
member states. The Czech Republic, which currently holds the EU’s
rotating presidency, and the European Commission are demanding that
supplies be restored immediately.

The DW-WORLD Article




feel the cold
to get cold quicker and more often than most people:
As you get older, you tend to feel the cold more.



unwritten
adj.
  1. Not written or recorded: an unwritten agreement between friends.
  2. Having authority based on custom, tradition, or usage rather than documentation: an unwritten law.
  3. Not written on; blank.

 un・written

━━ a. 書かれていない, 成文化してない; 字の書いてない, 白紙の.
 unwritten law 慣習法, 不文法; 不文律; 免除法.

largely Show phonetics
adverb
almost completely:
a largely male company
Their complaints have been largely ignored.
Until recently the civil war had been largely unreported in the press.

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