hew, back, back down, back away, seize on/upon, Hew to an Unswerving Flight Path

Isaiah 51:1-6New International Version (NIV)

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
    and who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham, your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.

1. 你們追求正義，尋覓上主的人，請聽我說：你們又細察那巖石，你們是從那上邊鑿下來的；要細察那石穴，你們是從那裏挖出來的

Quotation of the Day: "It is becoming increasingly clear to judges that if they rule against same-sex marriage their grandchildren will regard them as bigots." — Andrew M. Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern, on why courts are backing away from bans on gay marriage.



She might not be for turning, but she knew how to compromise. She seized on Mikhail Gorbachev as a man she "could do business with" despite warnings from American hawks. She backed down from a battle with the miners in 1981, waiting until she had built up sufficient reserves of coal three years later.



Airports in China Hew to an Unswerving Flight Path


In U-Turn, H-P Will Hold On to PCs

Hewlett-Packard said it will keep its personal-computer division, backing away from its former chief executive's proposal to spin the unit out into a standalone company.

Daschle Owed Back Taxes That Exceeded $128,000
Thomas A. Daschle, nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, did not pay more than $128,000 in taxes over three years, a revelation that poses a potential obstacle to his Senate confirmation.
(By Ceci Connolly, Paul Kane and Joe Stephens, The Washington Post)

back
adj.

1. Located or placed in the rear: Deliveries should be made at the back entrance.
2. Distant from a center of activity; remote.
3. Of a past date; not current: a back issue of a periodical.
4. Being owed or due from an earlier time; in arrears: back pay. back tax. back-dating
5. Being in a backward direction.
6. Linguistics. Pronounced with the back of the tongue, as oo in cool. Used of vowels.

back away
1. Walk backward, as in He cautiously backed away from the fire.
2. Gradually retreat, withdraw, as in Since he couldn't convince his colleagues, he's backing away from his original idea. Both usages employ the verb back in the sense of "retreat," dating from the late 1400s. Also see back down; back out.

[no object, with adverbial of direction] walk or drive backwards: she tried to back away • figurative the government backed away from the plan


BEIJING — A software company in California has sued two Chinese technology firms, charging that they stole its computer code to make an Internet-monitoring program that China’s government sought to install on every computer in the country last year before backing down

back down
1. Reverse one's upward course, descend. For example, When she saw the wasps' nest on the roof, she hastily backed down the ladder. This literal usage usually refers to something one has climbed, such as a ladder or mountain. [Mid-1800s]
2. Also, back off. Retreat or yield. For example, As the watchdog began to snarl the letter carrier backed off, or You have a good point; now don't back down when you present it to the board. [First half of 1900s] Also see back away, def. 2.

back down

withdraw a claim or assertion in the face of opposition:party leaders backed down and rescinded the resolution

seize on/upon

take eager advantage of (something):any momentary upturn was seized upon as evidence of recovery

hew1

Line breaks: hew

Pronunciation: /hjuː

  

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VERB (past participle hewn /hjuːn/ or hewed)

1[WITH OBJECT] Chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool:master carpenters would hew the logs with an axehe had hewn down the famous elm tree

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1.1Make or shape by cutting a hard material such as wood:a seat hewn out of a fallen tree trunk

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2[NO OBJECT] (hew to) North American Conform or adhere to:his administration would hew to high ethical standards

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Origin

Old English hēawan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutchhouwen and German hauen.

hew

 発音

hjúː

hewの変化形

hewed (過去形) • hewing (現在分詞) • hews (三人称単数現在)

[動]（〜ed, 〜ed or hewn 〔hjún〕）(他)

1 〈木・石などを〉（おの・剣などで）切る；…を切り刻む, たたき切る(chop)；…を切り倒す((down))

hew down a large tree
大木を切り倒す

hew logs into beams
丸太を切って梁(はり)を作る.

2 〈進路などを〉かき分けて切り開く((out))；〈水流などが〉〈亀裂(きれつ)・水路などを〉作る；〈地位を〉努力で勝ち取る；…を切って［刻んで］作る

hew one's way through thick underbrush
うっそうとしたやぶをかき分けて進む

hew (out) a small boat from wood
木材を刻んで小舟を作る.

3 …を（…から）切り取る, 切断する((away, off, out/off, of, from ...)).

━━(自)

1 （…を）（おのなどで）たたき切る((at ...))；伐採する.

2 ((主に米))（規則・基準・主義などに）従う, （…を）守る((to ...))

hew to the line
方針に従う.

hew・a・ble

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