to sate, artic, satisfy, frigid, bill, unconscionable

Janan Ganesh: Politics is increasingly likened to sport in its tribal allegiances. This is to do sport an unconscionable disservice. The authentic fan is healthily cynical about their own team, after all.

For millions in the US, politics now is less a means to an end than a source of identity

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Partisanship sates Americans’ lust for belonging

ARCTAS

Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites



arc·tic (ärk'tĭk, är'tĭk)

adj.
Extremely cold; frigid. See synonyms at cold.
n.
A warm waterproof overshoe.

[Alteration (influenced by Latin arcticus) of Middle English artic, northern, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos, bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major.]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled an online version of Office, taking aim at rival products from Google and others as it looks to sate customers' appetite for Web-based software.




unconscionable とは【意味】非良心的な,不当な... 【例文】an unconscionable bargain... 「

sate
(sāt)
tr.v., sat·ed, sat·ing, sates.

1. To satisfy (an appetite) fully.
2. To satisfy to excess.

[Probably alteration of Middle English saden, from Old English sadian.]

Greeks Turn Up the Heat as Austerity Vote Nears

Athens suffered another day of violent clashes as protestors called on Parliament to vote down a €28 billion ($40 billion) program of spending cuts and tax increases—moves the deeply indebted country is offering up to satisfy international creditors.

Athens suffered another day of violent clashes as protestors called on Parliament to vote down a €28 billion ($40 billion) program of spending cuts and tax increases—moves the deeply indebted country is offering up to satisfy international creditors.



 A Frigid Launch for iPhone 5 in Beijing

Apple's flagship store in Beijing's upscale Sanlitun shopping district began selling the iPhone 5 for the first time on Friday in what was arguably the least eventful launch of an Apple device in the company's four-year history in the Chinese capital.

 frigid

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Extremely cold. See Synonyms at cold.
2. adj. Lacking warmth of feeling.
3. adj. Stiff and formal in manner: a frigid refusal to a request.
4. adj. Persistently averse to sexual intercourse.

bill^１

音節bill 発音記号/bíl/音声を聞く

【名詞】【可算名詞】

1

勘定書き，請求書，つけ 《★【比較】 米国では飲食店の勘定書きは check という》.

用例

a grocer's bill 食料品店の請求書.

2

a

はり札，ビラ，ポスター，広告.

用例

a concert bill 音楽会のビラ.

b

(演劇などの)プログラム，番組，出し物.

3

a

目録，表，明細書; 献立表.

b

(税関の)申告書.

用例

a bill of clearance 出港証書.

4

a

[修飾語を伴って] 《主に米国で用いられる》 紙幣，札 (《主に英国で用いられる》 note).

用例

a ten‐dollar bill 10ドル紙幣.

b

《米口語》 100 ドル札.

5

【議会】 議案，法案 《★可決されると bill が act(法令)となる》.

用例

introduce a bill 議案を提出する.

6

【商業】 証書，証明書，証券; (為替)手形.

用例

a long [short](‐dated) bill 長[短]期手形.

7

【法律, 法学】 (起)訴状，調書.

可算名詞としての「bill」のイディオムやフレーズ

bíll of exchánge	bíll of fáre
bíll of héalth	bíll of láding
bíll of ríghts	fíll [fít] the bíll 《口語》
fóot the bíll	héad the bíll
séll a person a bíll of góods	tóp the bíll

【動詞】 【他動詞】

1

a

〈…を〉勘定書きに記入する.

b

〔+目的語 (+for+(代)名詞)〕〈人に〉〔…の〕勘定書き[請求書]を送る; 〔…を〕〈人の〉つけにする.

2

a

〈番組などを〉ビラで広告する.

b

〔+目的語+as補語〕〈番組などを〉〈…として〉ビラ(など)で広告する; 〈俳優を〉〈…の役で出演すると〉ビラに張り出す 《★しばしば受身で用いる》.

用例

Gielgud /gíːlgʊd/ was billed as Hamlet. ギルグッドがハムレットを演ずると広告に出ていた.

c

〔+目的語+to do〕〈人が〉〈…すると〉ビラ(など)に広告する; 番組に組む[発表する] 《★しばしば受身で用いる》.

用例

He was billed to appear as Macbeth. 彼がマクベスに扮(ふん)すると番組に出ていた.

3

《主に米国で用いられる》〈…に〉ビラをはる，はり札をする.

用例

They billed the town. 彼らは町中にビラを張った.

［ラテン語「印章を押した教書」の意］

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bill^２

音節bill 発音記号/bíl/音声を聞く

【名詞】【可算名詞】

1

(特に，細長い扁平(_へんぺい)な)くちばし (cf. beak^１ 1).

2

くちばし形のもの:

a

《主に米国で用いられる》 (帽子の)ひさし.

b

いかりづめの先端.

3

(細長い)岬.

用例

Portland Bill ポートランド岬 《イングランド南部, Dorsetshire 州にある岬》.

【動詞】 【自動詞】

〈ひとつがいのハトが〉くちばしを触れ合う.

自動詞としての「bill」のイディオムやフレーズ

bíll and cóo

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bill^３

音節bill 発音記号/bíl/

【名詞】

＝billhook.

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Bill

音節Bill 発音記号/bíl/音声を聞く

【名詞】

ビル 《男性名; 愛称形 Billie，Billy; William の愛称》.

Definition of bill

noun

• 1a printed or written statement of the money owed for goods or services:the bill for their meal came to £17

• 2a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion:a debate over the civil rights bill

• 3a programme of entertainment at a theatre or cinema:she was top of the bill at America’s leading vaudeville house
  open with a mix-bill 

• 4North American a banknote:a ten-dollar bill

• 5a poster or handbill: [as modifier]:he has been hard at work bill posting in a poster and sticker campaign

verb

[with object]

• 1list (a person or event) in a programme:they were billed to appear but did not show up
• (bill someone/thing as) describe or advertise someone or something in a particular way:he was billed as ‘the new Sean Connery’

• 2send a bill to (someone):we shall be billing them for the damage caused [with two objects]:he had been billed £3,000 for his licence
• charge (a sum of money):we billed £400,000

Phrases

fit (or fill) the bill

be suitable for a particular purpose.

Derivatives

billable

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (denoting a written list or catalogue): from Anglo-Norman French bille, probably based on medieval Latin bulla 'seal, sealed document' (see also bull²)