2010年6月29日 星期二

Faraday, Farady,near-impossible, solo

Faraday, Michael (fâr'ədē, -dā'), 1791-1867, English scientist.
Farady或是Faraday的誤寫
好像也有這姓 讀如法拉戴

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It is near-impossible for a company to win the battle for hearts and minds when trouble strikes; the best it can do is not lose too disastrously. Mr Hayward fought solo and ended, as Charlie Rich once sang, with “not a friend around to help me”.

当一家公司发生危机时,要赢得公众从情感到理智的支持几乎是不可能的,最多是力求在这 场战争中不要输得太惨。唐熙华独力作战,最终——正如查理•里奇唱的那样——“身边


so·lo (') pronunciation
n., pl., -los.
  1. Music. A composition or passage for an individual voice or instrument, with or without accompaniment.
  2. A performance by a single singer or instrumentalist.
  3. Games. Any of various card games in which one player singly opposes others.
adj.
  1. Music. Composed, arranged for, or performed by a single voice or instrument.
  2. Made or done by a single individual.
adv.
Unaccompanied; alone: flew solo from Anchorage to Miami.

intr.v., -loed, -lo·ing, -los.
  1. To perform a solo.
  2. To fly an airplane without a companion or an instructor, especially for the first time.

[Italian, from Latin sōlus, alone.]

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