et cetera, et cetera 英文人行道: accede, come into / come into one's own, come in

2014年8月21日星期四

accede, come into / come into one's own, come in

President Obama said the world is "appalled by the brutal murder" of James Foley at the hands of Islamic State militants.

Obama pledges justice after journalist's beheading

Officials said it was unlikely the United States would accede to Islamic State’s demand to end U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Mr. Moore, the former editor of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, captures the atmosphere of these years beautifully: the worsening trade figures, the collapse in industrial output, the IMF bailout. "Britain is a tragedy," Henry Kissinger told President Gerald Ford in 1975. "It has sunk to begging, borrowing, stealing until North Sea oil comes in." An editorial in The Wall Street Journal in April of that year was more pointed: "Good-bye, Great Britain. It was nice knowing you."

TOKYO — In the West, a somewhat condescending verdict on Japanese women has long been that they are too submissive and doll-like. For close to a decade, the Japanese media have exhorted women to fight against this image by toughening up and coming into their own.
In the past year, however, that kind of talk has been increasingly fallen on deaf ears among some young women who actually aspire to look like dolls.bㄖ

come into
1. Inherit, acquire, as in She expected to come into a fortune when she turned twenty-one. [Early 1700s]
2. Accede to power or office, as in He came into office in 1820 and served three terms. [Early 1800s]
3. come into one's own. Get rightful possession of something; achieve rightful recognition. For example, The serial composers have finally come into their own. [Early 1900s]

come in

1join or become involved in an enterprise:that’s where Jack comes in I agreed to come in on the project
have a useful role or function:this is where grammar comes in
[with complement] prove to have a specified good quality:a car comes in handy for day trips from the city