quadrennial, penteteric, crushing victory/ defeat, quash, squash, ash, ashen, annulment,

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台 湾国防部十六日公布有别於国防白皮书的首部“四年期国防总检讨”报告 （ＱＤＲ,Quadrennial Defense Review），将於2014年底前将目前六个军种简併为陆海空三军，并大幅裁军至21.5万人；而未来作战的军事战略，就是「不使敌人登陆立足」，也不 轻啟战端发动第一击。Taiwan is hoping to turn a similar trick when it hosts the World Games at the port city of Kaohsiung this week. However, the odds are long that Taiwan will be able to use the quadrennial games – an affiliate of the Olympics for sports not included in the main event such as squash, canoe polo and fistball – as effectively.

crushing victory/ defeat

Make (someone) feel overwhelmingly disappointed orembarrassed:I was crushed—was I not good enough?(as adjective crushing) the news came as a crushingblow

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penteteric

Pronunciation: /ˌpɛntɪˈtɛrɪk/ 

Ancient Greek History

ADJECTIVE

Of a festival, etc.: occurring every fifth year.

• According to modern calculation actually every fourth year, as both of two consecutive occurrences were counted..

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of Hellenic Studies. From Hellenistic Greekπεντετηρικός occurring every fifth year (counting inclusively) from ancient Greek πεντετηρίςfestival celebrated every fifth year + -ικός.

quadrennial

Pronunciation: /kwɒˈdrɛnɪəl/

Definition of quadrennial

adjective

• recurring every four years: the quadrennial world championships

Leap years are quadrennial, like the Olympics or the World Cup.

In the quadrennial election year 2000, the Democrats nominated President Clinton's vice-president, Albert Gore Jr.

This year, the quadrennial tournament is back in the United States.

• lasting for or relating to a period of four years.

• ‘Like all our swimmers, Maggie is on a quadrennial plan,’ Marsh said.

Derivatives
quadrennially

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century: from quadrennium + -al

ashen

(ăsh'ən)
adj.

1. Consisting of ashes.
2. Resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale: A face ashen with grief.

ash·en² (ăsh'ən)
adj.
Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.

quash

verb

[with object]

• reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure:his conviction was quashed on appeal
• put an end to; suppress:a hospital executive quashed rumours that nursing staff will lose jobs

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French quasser 'annul', from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare), from cassus 'null, void'. Compare with squash1

quash(kwŏsh)
tr.v., quashed, quash·ing, quash·es.
To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.

[Middle English quassen, from Old French casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, alteration (influenced by quassāre, to shatter) of cassāre, from Latin cassus, empty, void.]

quash² (kwŏsh)
tr.v., quashed, quash·ing, quash·es.
To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.

[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin. See squash².]

[動](他)((形式))〈反乱などを〉（完全に）抑える, 鎮圧する；〈不安などを〉しずめる.


[動](他)((形式))〈法律・告発・決定などを〉無効にする, 取り消す, 廃棄する, 却下する.

verb

[with object]

• reject or void, especially by legal procedure:his conviction was quashed on appeal
• put an end to; suppress:a hospital executive quashed rumors that nursing staff will lose jobs

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French quasser 'annul', from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare), from cassus 'null, void'. Compare with squash¹

squash
n.

1. Any of various tendril-bearing plants of the genus Cucurbita, having fleshy edible fruit with a leathery rind and unisexual flowers.
2. The fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.

[From alteration of Narragansett askútasquash.]

squash² (skwŏsh, skwôsh)

v., squashed, squash·ing, squash·es. v.tr.

1. To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. See synonyms at crush.
2. To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.
3. To silence or fluster, as with crushing words: squash a heckler.

v.intr.

1. To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.
2. To move with a splashing or sucking sound, as when walking through boggy ground.

n.

1. 1. The act or sound of squashing.
   2. The fact or condition of being squashed.
2. A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people.
3. Sports. A racket game played in a closed walled court with a rubber ball.
4. Chiefly British. A citrus-based soft drink.

adv.
With a squashing sound.

[Middle English squachen, from Old French esquasser, from Vulgar Latin *exquassāre : Latin ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin quassāre, to shatter, frequentative of quatere, to shake.]

squasher squash'er n.

 annul

verb (annuls, annulling, annulled)

[with object]

• declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result):the elections were annulled by the general amid renewed protests
• declare (a marriage) to have had no legal existence: her first marriage was finally annulled by His Holiness

 annulment

noun

[mass noun]

the act of annulling something:the applicant sought the annulment of the decision [count noun]:grounds for an annulment