2023年7月6日 星期四

backhanded, follow through on their commitments

“We look to our Japanese allies and friends to follow through on their commitments,” Mrs. Clinton said at a news conference with Foreign Minister 

Britney Spears was slapped by the San Antonio Spurs' director of team security Damian Smith when she approached Victor Wembanyama at a restaurant.
Katsuya Okada. Three times, she indicated that the Obama administration was not open to any compromise.


follow through

1. In sports such as tennis or golf, carry a stroke to completion after striking the ball. For example, You don't follow through on your backhand, so it goes into the net. [Late 1800s]
2. Carry an object, project, or intention to completion; pursue fully. For example, She followed through on her promise to reorganize the department. Also see follow up, def. 1.

【ゴルフ・テニス】フォロースルー ((完全な振り切り)); 完遂.
follow-through
or fol·low·through (fŏl'ō-thrū')
n.
  1. The act or an instance of following through: a book promotion campaign with no follow-through.
  2. Sports. The concluding part of a stroke, after a ball or other object has been hit or released.

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That makes sense to us — so long as there is rigorous follow-through. The operator of the stricken plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, and the Japanese government have been disturbingly opaque about what is happening at the Fukushima Daiichi complex and about efforts to prevent a meltdown and the potential public threat.