2023年5月7日 星期日

lead-up, shoe flying, charwoman, Dougherty, at this time, bookbag

Another Shoe Flies, This Time in Istanbul at I.M.F. Chief
By SEBNEM ARSU
The protester missed hitting Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the end of the director’s speech on Thursday in the lead-up to International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Turkey.


New Jersey first responder Robert Sabia being decontaminated after answering a call in March, 2020.
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Scientists Knew More About Covid-19 Than Many Think. And They Still Do.

In “Breathless,” David Quammen explores the predictable lead-up to the global Covid pandemic, and the frantic, belated attempts to stop it.


At Churchill Downs, Humans Failed the Horses Again

Despite recent efforts to make horse racing safer, seven horses died at the track in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby. Whose fault was it?

at one time
  1. Simultaneously.
  2. At a period or moment in the past.
at the same time
  1. However; nonetheless.
at times
  1. On occasion; sometimes.


Sgt. Mark Roberts said police were suspicious that the boy was able to "escape" with his band instrument, but not his bookbag.
巡佐馬克羅伯特說,對這名男孩能夠帶著自己的樂隊樂器「逃走」,卻不是書包,警方早就起了疑心。
Roberts said the boy faces no charges at this time.
羅伯特說,這名男孩現在沒有面臨控罪。

新聞辭典
at this time:片語,此時、現在。例句:Authorities say they do have more information concerning the deaths but would not elaborate at this time.(當局表示他們確實在這些命案方面掌握更多的情報,但此刻不會詳細說明。)




O'Dougherty Surname Origin

The chief of the oak habitation, from O, high or chief, doire or darach, the place of oaks, and tigh, a habitation.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.Dougherty /DOHERTY 讀"多爾提"

charwoman

n.
A woman hired to do cleaning or similar work, usually in a large building.




Kate, who lost her home dictionary in the lead-up to Saturday's nationals in Wellington, said the loss worked in her favour as she was forced to use a ...


 lead up to …へ導く[仕向ける], (結局)…になる.
lead up to sth (HAPPEN) phrasal verb
If a period of time or series of events leads up to an event or activity, it happens until that event or activity begins:

The pilot had no recollection of the events leading up to the crash.



lead-up
A task or activity that prepares learners for an important goal response. Lead-up activities usually consist of simpler tasks that are thought to be fundamental to the learning of more complex tasks. For example, gymnasts are often taught a number of subroutines, which eventually lead to a complex routine.



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