muted, subdue, fall short, recycled buns, recycler, contaminated pork

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The design of 'Portrait of a Boy aged 11' by Jacob van Oost the Elder concentrates upon the face and its expressions. The colouring is muted, enlivened only by the fur of the muff and the hat:http://bit.ly/1OSzZJX

But as the House of Lords’ report Britain’s Digital Future – Make or Break discovered last month, Britain falls a long way short. The challenge funds are undersubscribed. Systemic lack of co-ordination, infrastructure inadequacies, barely believable skill shortages and a financial system that actively inhibits start-ups from becoming so-called “ scale-ups” combine to prevent the country capitalising on its enthusiasm for the new.



Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times
Fear of Fake Eggs and ‘Recycled’ Buns

By SHARON LaFRANIERE

A string of food-safety scandals in China this spring, from recycled buns to contaminated pork, makes it clear that official efforts are falling short.

Jobs Data Is Strong, but Not Too Strong, Easing Fed Fears

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ

The economy added 195,000 jobs in June, a pace sufficient to please investors but muted enough to calm worries of an abrupt end to the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program.

Consumer Prices Keep Inflation in Check

Consumer prices fell 1.3% from a year earlier, the largest drop since 1950. The 0.1% rise month-to-month indicates both inflation and deflation threats are subdued.

Intel Cuts Sales Estimate Again

Intel said its fourth-quarter revenue will fall short of already-muted expectations, as customers for its semiconductors continued to cut back on inventories.

GE Hits Lowered Profit Target

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General Electric's fourth-quarter profit met muted expectations as the company fights to keep its AAA rating amid woes at its finance unit.

China gives muted response to U.S.-Taiwan arms deal
Washington Post
By Keith B. Richburg, BEIJING — China's foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that Beijing “firmly opposes” the Obama administration's plans to upgrade Taiwan's aging fleet of F-16 fighter jets, but the measured tone suggested Chinese leaders may ...



 Media
Search engine bill before German parliament

Search engines, German newspaper publishers and users have traded barbs
ahead of a copyright amendment to be debated Thursday by Germany's
parliament. The government bill would allow charging of large content
recyclers.

recycle

 recycleの変化形

recycled (過去形) • recycled (過去分詞) • recycling (現在分詞) • recycles (三人称単数現在)

recycleの慣用句

recycling, （全1件）

[動](他)

1 〈廃物を〉再生利用する

recycled paper
再生紙.

2 …を循環処理［使用］する；…を再循環させる, 還流させる.

rè・cýcling

[名]リサイクリング.

rè・cýcler, rè・cý・clist

[名]

mute Show phonetics
adjective
(of a person) unable or unwilling to speak, or (of an activity) silent:
a mute child
The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
I gazed at her in mute (= silent) admiration.

mute Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a button or other device on a musical instrument that can be fixed in order to make it quieter

2 OLD-FASHIONED a person who is not able to speak

mute
verb [T]
If you mute a noise, you do something to make it less loud:
Double glazing muted the noise of the traffic.

muted
adjective
1 not loud:
There was polite, muted applause when I finished speaking.

2 lacking enthusiasm:
The idea received a muted response.

3 describes a colour which is not bright:
She was dressed in muted shades of blue.

Definition of muted

adjective

• (of a sound or voice) quiet and soft:they discussed the accident in muted voices
• (of a musical instrument) having a muffled sound as a result of being fitted with a mute.
• not expressed strongly or openly:muted anger
• (of color or lighting) not bright; subdued:a dress in muted tones of powder blue and dusty pink

Meaning #1: in a softened tone
Synonyms: hushed, subdued, quiet
Meaning #2: being or made softer or less loud or clear
Synonyms: dull, muffled, softened