2025年11月24日 星期一

maddeningly, goodness, batty, insane, bid to curb batty regulations is clearly welcome, but will cause whiplash

It turns out that bureaucracy is bad for economic growth—who knew? The EU’s bid to curb batty regulations is clearly welcome, but will cause whiplash https://econ.st/4i……
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'Another Insane Devotion'

By PETER TRACHTENBERG
Reviewed by JENNIFER B. McDONALD
Desperately searching for a missing cat, Peter Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of relationships - both human and animal.
If you have goodness to wait.

Through the day and into the evening, officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies hunted for clues amid a tangle of electronic trading records from the nation’s increasingly high-tech exchanges.
But, maddeningly, the cause or causes of the market’s wild swing remained elusive, leaving what amounts to a $1 trillion question mark hanging over the world’s largest, and most celebrated, stock market

Obama invited Bob Gates to the Saturday summit. Gates, after all, had originally been brought in as defense secretary by W. to be a common-sense counterbalance to the batty Cheney.



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batty
adj. Slang, -ti·er, -ti·est.
Crazy; insane.
"Batty" 是一個形容詞,用來表示愚蠢的、糊塗的或精神錯亂的。 它可以描述某人的行為或想法,例如「他最近的行為有點怪異」的英文可以說"He's been acting a bit batty lately"。 
  • 愚蠢的、糊塗的:: 形容某人行為或想法不合邏輯,有點笨拙或不清楚。
  • BATTY中文(繁体)翻译:剑桥词典
    batty的翻译 * 中文(简体) 愚蠢的, 糊涂的, 神经错乱的… * locuelo, tarado, chiflado… * maluco…


[From bats in the belfry.]
battiness bat'ti·ness n.

mad·den·ing (măd'n-ĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Tending to anger or irritate: a maddening delay at the airport.
  2. Tending to drive insane.
maddeningly mad'den·ing·ly adv.

goodness
n.
  1. The state or quality of being good.
  2. The beneficial or nutritious part.
interj.
Used to express mild surprise.



insane

音節in・sane 発音記号/ìnséɪn/音声を聞く
【形容詞】
(insan・er,‐est; more insane,most insane)
用例
用例
insanely 【副詞】
IN+SANE; 【名詞】 insanity

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