2020年6月14日星期日

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'Revenge spending' in China is giving luxury brands some hope

The coronavirus poses a global health risk that's more important than appeasing a major donor to the agency.

Politics Permeates Anti-Corruption Drive in China
By DAVID BARBOZA
Some critics have wondered if Beijing’s crackdown on executives was an excuse by the Communist Party to eliminate rivals.

The Washington Post leads with a look at how the United States, along with other countries in the Northern Hemisphere are preparing for a second wave of swine flu, which could start hitting with a vengeance in the next few weeks.

Harry Potter and the Vengeful Malware
By BRAD STONE
Spammers are touting free viewings of the new Harry Potter movie online -- and delivering malware instead.

Emma saw his anxiety, and wishing to appease it, at least for the present, said, and with a sincerity which no one could question --
"She is a sort of elegant creature that one cannot keep one's eyes from. I am always watching her to admire; and I do pity her from my heart."

The sale of the appliance business is bound to be emotional for many GE executives and for people in Louisville, Ky., where the business is located. But a sale would fit with Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt's strategy of shedding slower-growing industrial businesses and focusing on higher-growth technology operations. A sale could also help appease critics who are calling for a more dramatic restructuring of the 120-year-old company, a chorus that grew noisier after GE's surprise first-quarter earnings disappointment and forecast reduction last month.

appease
verb [T] FORMAL DISAPPROVING
to prevent further disagreement in arguments or war by giving to the other side an advantage that they have demanded:
She claimed that the government had only changed the law in order to appease their critics.

appeasement
noun [U]
Appeasement of dictators, said the president, led to wide scale bloodshed.

shed

pity
n., pl. -ies.

Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another.
A matter of regret: It's a pity she can't attend the reception.

v., -ied, -y·ing, -ies. v.tr.
To feel pity for.
v.intr.
To feel pity.

vengeful
adj.
Desiring vengeance; vindictive.
Indicating or proceeding from a desire for revenge.
Serving to exact vengeance.
vengefully venge'ful·ly
adv.vengefulness venge'ful·ness n.

vengeance

発音

━━ n. 復讐(ふくしゅう), 仕返し.

take [inflict] vengeance on [upon]　…に復讐する.

with a vengeance　猛烈に, 極端に, 徹底的に.

per·me·ate (pûr'mē-āt') pronunciation

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. v.tr.

To spread or flow throughout; pervade: “Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths” (Freeman J. Dyson). See synonyms at charge.
To pass through the openings or interstices of: liquid permeating a membrane.

v.intr.
To spread through or penetrate something.

[Latin permeāre, permeāt-, to penetrate : per-, through; see per– + meāre, to pass.]