2009年3月16日 星期一

on (POSSESSION), partly, part, partially, in part, to say the least, money-raising

What is one word for Money-raising event disposing of miscellany?


Garage-sale

on (POSSESSION), partly, part, partially, in part, to say the least


Madoff: I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for what I have done.
Translation: An adequate expression would require the $65 billion that prosecutors say I stole. I don’t happen to have that much money on me right now.




Sirius chief Mel Karmazin blamed the company's poor fourth-quarter subscriber numbers in part on reports of the possibility, since averted, of the company's filing for bankruptcy.


Leaders of 20 nations will gather Friday to discuss how to handle the economic crisis. But the problems plaguing the conference are part conceptual, part political.



SEOUL, South Korea — Several months ago, when John F. Breglio told fellow New York producers that he was not only remaking “Dreamgirls,” the 1981 Broadway hit musical based loosely on the career of the Supremes, but that he was also going to South Korea to do it, they were puzzled, to say the least.



to say the least
used to show that what you are describing is in fact much more serious or important than you have suggested:
It's going to be awkward, to say the least.
part (SOME)
noun [U]
some but not all of a thing:
Part of my steak isn't cooked properly.
Part of this form seems to be missing.
I think part of her problem is that she doesn't listen carefully enough to what other people say.

part
adjective [before noun]
He's (a) part owner of a racehorse (= he shares the ownership of it with other people).

part 
adverb
He's part African - his father was born in Somalia.
The exam is part spoken and part written.

partly 
adverb
His attractiveness is partly due to his self-confidence.
The house is partly owned by her father.

WordNet: partly
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1: in part; in some degree; not wholly
Synonyms: partiallypart
Antonym: wholly (meaning #1)
Derived from adjective: part (meaning #1)




in part
partly, or to some degree:
The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.


on (POSSESSION)
preposition [before pronoun]
used to show when someone has something with them in their pocket or in a bag that they are carrying:
Have you got a spare cigarette on you?
I haven't got my driving licence on me.


money-raising
湊集眾人的錢財。元˙陶宗儀˙南村輟耕錄˙卷十一˙暖屋:「今之入宅與遷居者,鄰里金治具,過主人飲,謂曰暖屋,或曰暖房。」亦作「資」。

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