2023年1月23日 星期一

Tolevel, uppercut, to down, plane was downed, challenger, champion, choke ... Keeps Downing Russian Drones, but the Price Tag Is High




Hilderbabes Take Nantucket


This month, hundreds of Elin Hilderbrand’s fans flocked to her freezing cold island to dance, shop, do yoga and drink espresso martinis with their favorite author. Why?
At the White Heron Theatre in Nantucket, Mass., Elin Hilderbrand leveled with readers about her plans for the future.Credit...






Source: Flightradar24. By Lauren Leatherby.









Ukraine Keeps Downing Russian Drones, but the Price Tag Is High

Many of Ukraine’s defensive weapons cost far more than the drones do. And that, some military experts say, may favor Moscow in the long run.



Consensus growing that Ukrainian plane was downed

An Iranian missile brought down a Ukrainian jetliner over Iran this week, American officials and the Canadian prime minister said.
“We recognize that this may have been done accidentally,” the Canadian leader, Justin Trudeau said at a news conference in Ottawa. All 176 people on board were killed, including 63 Canadians.


Obituary: Florida man died after an "uppercut from Batman" -http://abcn.ws/1vmbsZH - ABC Action News - WFTS/TV

Jackie Collins: By the Book

The author of "Hollywood Wives" and, most recently, "The Power Trip," believes "The Great Gatsby" is the best love story ever. Fitzgerald, she says, had sexual chemistry down.


Exercise in a Pill? The Search Continues


By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Two recent studies investigate the enticing possibility that we might one day be able to gain the benefits of exercise by downing a pill, rather than by actually sweating. But the question of whether it's wise remains.

Taiwan's Tsai Stresses Slower Track for China Ties
Wall Street Journal
By PAUL MOZUR, JENNY W. HSU and ARIES POON TAIPEI—Taiwanese presidential challenger Tsai Ing-wen said that Taiwan should take its time to develop trade and tourism links with China, in an interview that highlighted a shift that ties between Taipei and ...




The United Nations Security Council leveled its fourth round of sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program on Wednesday, but the measures did little to overcome widespread doubts that they — or even the additional steps pledged by American and European officials — would accomplish the Council’s longstanding goal: halting Iran’s production of nuclear fuel.



 《中英對照讀新聞》Speed-Eating Champ Downs 68 Dogs In Contest 快食冠軍王在比賽中吞掉68個熱狗

◎張沛元
Joey Chestnut has gorged his way to his sixth win in a row at the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest--downing 68 dogs in 10 minutes.
裘伊.卻斯納在10分鐘內嗑掉68個熱狗,一路狼吞虎嚥地拿下他在美國國慶日吃熱狗大賽的連續第六次勝利。
Last year, the 28-year-old Californian speed-eater, whose nickname is "Jaws", won the contest on Coney Island in New York by eating 62 hot dogs.
去年,這名28歲、暱稱「大白鯊」的加州快食王,以吃掉62個熱狗贏得這場在紐約康尼島的比賽。
This time round he beat his main rival by 16 dogs, taking home the $10,000 prize as well as the mustard yellow winner’s belt.
這回他以16個熱狗的差距擊敗主要對手,帶走1萬美元的獎金,以及芥末黃色的冠軍腰帶。
Chestnut was neck-and-neck with his rival competitors during the first half of the contest but he pulled ahead in the remaining minutes, choking down dog after dog as the others slowed down.
卻斯納在比賽前半段的表現與其他競爭敵手不相上下,但他在最後幾分鐘脫穎而出,隨著其他人的速度慢下來,一個接著一個把熱狗嚥下肚。
Chestnut is now tied with his former rival, Takeru Kobayashi, aka the "Tsunami", for consecutive wins.
卻斯納如今與前宿敵、別名「海嘯」的小林尊在連續獲勝的次數上打成平手。
The Japanese champion held the record for hot dog eating from 2001 to 2007, when he was unseated by Chestnut.
這位日本冠軍保有從2001年起連續贏得吃熱狗比賽的紀錄,直到在2007年被卻斯納打敗為止。
But two years ago, after refusing to sign an exclusive contract with Major League Eating, he was banned from taking part in the competition.
但在2年前,小林尊在拒絕與「大胃王大聯盟」簽署獨家合約後,遭禁止參加吃熱狗比賽。
新聞辭典
in a row:片語:成排,接連。row,名詞,行列,排。例句:We visited the temple for the third day in a row.(我們連續第三天造訪那座廟。)
neck- and-neck:慣用語,形容(特別是在競賽中)彼此不相上下,勢均力敵。例句:Recent polls show the Republican candidate running almost neck-and-neck with the Democratic candidate.(近日多項民調顯示,那名共和黨候選人與那名民主黨候選人幾乎勢均力敵。)
unseat:動詞,落馬,使下台。


to down

verb

[with object] informal
  • knock or bring to the ground:175 enemy aircraft had been downed he struck Slater on the face, downing him
  • 2  consume (something, typically a drink):he downed five pints of cider
  • Golf sink (a putt): he downed a 20-foot putt for victory

━━[動](他)
1 …を打ち倒す, 殴り倒す, 負かす, 屈服させる;〈飛行機などを〉撃ち落とす
The government downed the opposition.
政府は野党を押し切った.
2 …を下に置く, 降ろす;…をわきへ置く;…を捨てる.
3 〈飲食物を〉かき込む, 飲み込む.
4 〈感情などを〉抑える, 抑制する;〈音などを〉消す, 静める.
5 〈舵を〉下手にする.
6 ((略式))〈人を〉(…のことで)非難する((for ...)).
7 …を売る.
━━(自)降りる, 下る;落ちる;〈飲食物などが〉飲み込まれる;〈感情などが〉抑制される;〈音などが〉消される, 静められる.

choke ... down/choke down ...[choke ... down/choke down ...]


down 
4 〈感情などを〉抑える, 抑制する;〈音などを〉消す, 静める.

 

champ[champ1]

  • 発音記号[tʃǽmp] [動](他)〈馬が〉〈くつわを〉
(いらだって)かむ;〈人・動物が〉…をガリガリかむ, むしゃむしゃ食う.
━━(自)
1 〈馬が〉(…を)むしゃむしゃ食う((at, on ...)).
2 ((通例進行形))(…したくて)いらいら[うずうず]している((to do)).
champ (at) the bit
(1) 〈馬が〉くつわにかみつく.
(2) ((通例進行形))〈人が〉(…しようと)いらだつ, 手ぐすねを引いて待つ((to do)).
━━[名]むしゃむしゃかむこと, 歯を鳴らすこと;その音.


champ[champ2]

  • 発音記号[tʃǽmp]
[名]((略式))チャンプ(champion).

level
v.tr.

1. To make horizontal, flat, or even: leveled the driveway with a roller; leveled off the hedges with the clippers.
2. To tear down; raze.
3. To knock down with or as if with a blow: The challenger leveled the champion with a mighty uppercut.
4. To place on the same level; equalize.
5. To aim along a horizontal plane: leveled the gun at the target.
6. To direct emphatically or forcefully toward someone: leveled charges of dishonesty.
7. To measure the different elevations of (a tract of land) with a level.



《時代雜誌》語帶雙關的幽默標題﹐稱他為「窮人的領袖」(Champion of the Poor)。---這翻譯不恰當. 「窮人的鬥士/擁護者」或較好.

champion

 音節
cham • pi • on
発音
tʃǽmpiən
championの変化形
champions (複数形) • championed (過去形) • championed (過去分詞) • championing (現在分詞) • champions (三人称単数現在)
[名]
1 (競技の)優勝者, 選手権保持者, チャンピオン;(…の)優秀な人((at ...));(品評会で)第1位[最優秀賞]の出品物
the reigning champion
現チャンピオン.
2 (人・主義・主張の)擁護者, 代弁者;戦士, 闘士, 勇者
a champion of justice
正義の勇者
a champion of Women's Lib
ウーマンリブの闘士
the King'sthe Queen's] Champion [=Champion of England
英国の擁護者(戴冠(たいかん)式に出席する世襲職).
━━[動](他)〈人・主義などを〉擁護[支持]する, 守る. ⇒SUPPORT[類語]
━━[形]
1 優勝した, 選手権を取った
the champion dog
最優秀賞を得た犬.
2 ((略式))第一級の;すてきな(splendid)
a champion idiot
大ばか者
That's a champion move
そいつはすばらしい手だ.
━━[副]((略式))この上なく, すばらしく.
[古フランス語←西ゲルマン語*kampiōn (campus戦場+-iōn名詞語尾=戦士)]

champion
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃampɪən/
Translate champion | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun

  • 1a person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition: [as modifier]:a champion hurdler
  • 2a person who vigorously supports or defends a person or cause:he became the determined champion of a free press
  • historical a knight who fought in single combat on behalf of the monarch.

verb

[with object]
  • vigorously support or defend the cause of:he championed the rights of the working class and the poor

adjective

British informal or dialect
  • excellent:‘Thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘That’s champion.’

Origin:

Middle English (denoting a fighting man): from Old French, from medieval Latin campio(n-) 'fighter', from Latin campus (see camp1)


uppercutLine breaks: upper|cut
Pronunciation: /ˈʌpəkʌt /


Definition of uppercut in English:

NOUN

1punch delivered with an upwards motion and thearm bent.
2Baseball An upward batting stroke, typically resultingin a fly ball.

VERB (uppercutsuppercutting; past and past participleuppercut)

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Hit with an uppercut.

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