set up, charity, muddle along, hubristic, insanity

Pentagon Lays Out Options for U.S. Military Effort in Syria

“To consider this intervention as the moral high ground is the height of hubris or insanity,” writes Grant.

But those hoping for an invite from Obama or the chance to swap recipes with the First Lady might be setting themselves up for disappointment.
但那些希望能被歐巴瑪邀請，或有機會跟第一夫人交換食譜的人，怕是注定要失望了。
Despite vowing to come home to Chicago as often as possible, the Obamas spend most of their time in Washington and have chosen Camp David and Martha’s Vineyard for recent vacations.
儘管誓言會盡量多回芝加哥的家，歐巴瑪一家人大多數時間還是待在華府，而且近來選擇前往大衛營與馬莎葡萄園度假。


In the end, there is a deep contradiction in Hayek’s thought. His great insight is that individual human beings muddle along, making progress by planning, experimenting, trying, failing and trying again. They never have as much clarity about the future as they think they do. But Hayek somehow knows with great certainty that when governments, as opposed to individuals, engage in a similar process of innovation and discovery, they will fail. He insists that the dividing line between state and society must be drawn according to a strict abstract principle rather than through empirical adaptation. In so doing, he proves himself to be far more of a hubristic Cartesian than a true Hayekian.

hubris[hu・bris]

• 発音記号[hjúːbris | hjúː-]

((文))[名][U]自信過剰；ごう慢.

hu・bris・tic

hubris

Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːbrɪs/

noun

[mass noun]

• excessive pride or self-confidence: the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s
• (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.

Derivatives

hubristic

Pronunciation: /-ˈbrɪstɪk/

adjective

charity
(chăr'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. Provision of help or relief to the poor; almsgiving.
2. Something given to help the needy; alms.
3. An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy.
4. Benevolence or generosity toward others or toward humanity.
5. Indulgence or forbearance in judging others. See synonyms at mercy.
6. often Charity Christianity. The theological virtue defined as love directed first toward God but also toward oneself and one's neighbors as objects of God's love.

[Middle English charite, from Old French, Christian love, from Latin cāritās, affection, from cārus, dear.]

[名]（複-ties）

1 [U][C]慈善, 施し, 救恤(きゅうじゅつ)；公の救済［扶養, 援助］

charity for the poor
貧者への施し

be (as) cold as charity
((婉曲))とても冷淡である（▼慈善が時に形式化することから）

live on charity
施し［援助］を受けて生活する.

2 施し物, 救助金［品］；慈善基金［団体, 施設］；慈善的援助を受ける人；((通例-ties))慈善行為［事業］；((複合語))慈善…

a charity concert
チャリティーコンサート

give the orphans charity
孤児たちに施しをする

perform many charities
多くの慈善事業をする

ask for charity
施しを求める.

3 [U]慈善（の）心, 思いやり

out of charity
慈善で；哀れに思って

with charity
愛情をもって.

4 [U]キリスト教的愛, 同胞［隣人, 人間］愛

Charity begins at home.
((ことわざ)) 愛は家庭に始まる；愛はまず身近な所から.

［古フランス語←ラテン語cāritās （cārus親愛なる＋-ITY）. △CHERISH］

SET UP

1. Place in an upright position, as in I keep setting up this lamp but it won't stay up. [c. 1200]
2. Elevate, raise; also, put in a position of authority or power, as in They set him up as their leader. [Late 1300s]
3. Put oneself forward, claim to be, as in He set himself up as an authority on the banking system. [Mid-1800s]
4. Assemble, erect, make ready for use, as in They set up the sound system last night. [c. 1200]

5. Establish, found, as in They set up a new charity for the homeless. [Early 1400s]

6. Establish in business by providing capital or other backing, as in His father set her up in a new dental practice. [First half of 1500s]
7. Treat someone to drinks, pay for drinks, as in Please let us set you up tonight. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
8. Stimulate or exhilarate, as in That victory really set up our team. [c. 1600]
9. Lay plans for, as in I think they set up the kidnapping months ago. [First half of 1900s]
10. Prepare someone for a deception or trickery or joke, as in They set up their victim for the usual real estate scam, or Her friends set her up so that she was the only person in costume. [Mid-1900s]
11. Cause, bring about, as in The new taxes set up howls of protest. [Mid-1800s]