2013年8月1日 星期四

promoter, erspicacious booster, poff script,


 When Caroline Gordon’s finest novel, Aleck Maury, Sportsman (1934), was republished nine years ago, it was as part of a “Lost American Fiction Series” brought out by Southern Illinois University Press. That about captures the status of the novelist Flannery O’Connor identified in her letters as “the lady who has taught me so much about writing.” Caroline Gordon (1895-19 81) was the wife of Allen Tate, the mentor of Flannery O’Connor, and the protégée of Ford Madox Ford. Her editor at Scribner’s was Max Perkins. One of her biggest fans was William Faulkner (and she was an early and perspicacious booster of Faulkner’s).


 Japan goes off script at nuclear summit to slam North Korea |
Reuters
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Jack Kim | SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan steered off the agenda at a nuclear security summit on Tuesday to hit out at North Korea's plans for a rocket launch next month, as US President Barack Obama cautioned against complacency in ...

哈哈  promoter of justice :檢查官;保義官:指教區法庭之檢查官、保義官。
哈哈 promoter of the faith :列品調查員。詳見 advocate, devil's

promoter

Pronunciation: /prəˈməʊtə/
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noun

  • 1a person or company that finances or organizes a sporting event, concert, or theatrical production:a boxing promoter
  • (also company promoter) a person involved in setting up and funding a new company.
  • 2a supporter of a cause or aim:Mitterrand was a fierce promoter of European integration
  • 3 (also promotor) Chemistry an additive that increases the activity of a catalyst.
  • Biology a region of a DNA molecule which forms the site at which transcription of a gene starts.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French promotour, from medieval Latin promotor (see promote)


off script

term used to describe the occasion when one "goes rogue"and acts in a manner not contemplated or planned...
Carl went off script when he stripped to his underwear while at the bar with the guys...

per·spi·ca·cious (pûr'spĭ-kā'shəs) pronunciation

adj.
Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. See synonyms at shrewd.

[From Latin perspicāx, perspicāc-, from perspicere, to look through. See perspective.]
perspicaciously per'spi·ca'cious·ly adv.
perspicaciousness per'spi·ca'cious·ness n.




━━ a. 理解の早い, 明敏な.
per・spi・ca・cious・ly ━━ ad.
per・spi・cac・i・ty
 ━━ n.(そう)明さ; 洞察力.





perspicacious

Syllabification: (per·spi·ca·cious)
Pronunciation: /ˌpərspiˈkāSHəs/

Definition of perspicacious

adjective

  • having a ready insight into and understanding of things:it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter

Derivatives



perspicaciously

adverb

Origin:

early 17th century: from Latin perspicax, perspicac- 'seeing clearly' + -acious



Definition of booster

noun

  • 1a person or thing that helps increase or promote something, in particular.
  • North American a keen promoter of a person, organization, or cause: [as modifier]:athletic booster clubs
  • [in combination] a source of help or encouragement:job fairs are a great morale booster
  • Medicine a dose of an immunizing agent increasing or renewing the effect of an earlier one.
  • the first stage of a rocket or spacecraft, used to give initial acceleration.
  • a device for increasing electrical voltage or signal strength.
2 North American informal a shoplifter.

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