2023年2月24日 星期五

an affair, cave in/cave on, respective spouses, caver. there’s much to learn by going underground.





中國六四民運領袖吾爾開希6日以「台灣總統投降中國」為題投書美國《紐約時報》,文中指稱馬習會除了雙方政治上的算計之外,其實只是一場空洞的會談。
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中國六四民運領袖吾爾開希6日以「台灣總統投降中國」(Taiwan’s…

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A silver-rich mountain in Bolivia is caving in after centuries of mining, but many of the men who work on the mountain do not want to move. Watch: http://nyti.ms/XipjQm








Oil Tycoon Says PWC Caved to Pressure Defense lawyers for jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky are turning their legal guns on one of their client's former allies: auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers.


McConnell Calls for House GOP to Cave on Pay Roll Extension


The Senate's top Republican deals the latest blow to John Boehner and co.'s bid for a one-year extension.



In 1953 he married the poet Ursula Wood (1911–2007). At this time they moved from Dorking, Surrey back to London and occupied a house at 10 Hanover Terrace, Regents Park. She had met Vaughan Williams in 1938 and they had begun an affair while still married to their respective spouses.

spouse

━━ n. 配偶者.

cave
n.
  1. A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
  2. A storage cellar, especially for wine.

v., caved, cav·ing, caves. v.tr.
  1. To dig or hollow out.
  2. To cause to collapse or fall in. Often used with in: The impact caved in the roof of the car.
v.intr.
  1. To fall in; collapse. Often used with in: The walls caved in during the earthquake.
  2. To give up all opposition; yield. Often used with in: The school committee caved in to the demands of parents.
  3. To explore caves.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cava, from neuter pl. of cavus, hollow.]
[名]
1 洞窟(どうくつ), ほら穴, (山腹の)横穴(▼大きなものはcavernという);(特にワインの)地下貯蔵室.
2 《英国史》(政党からの)脱党(組).
3cave-in.
4 ((米俗))窓のない小さな事務室.
5 ショーを行う地階のカフェ.
━━[動](他)
1 …にほら穴[横穴]を掘る;〈とりでなどを〉穴を掘って作る((out));…を探検する.
2 〈帽子などを〉へこませる;〈地盤などを〉陥没[落盤]させる((in)).
━━(自)
1 〈帽子・壁などが〉へこむ;〈ほお・目などが〉落ち込む, くぼむ;〈屋根・天井などが〉崩れ落ちる;〈地盤が〉陥没[落盤]する((in)).
2 ((略式))〈人が〉(…に)へたばる, 降参する((to ...));〈抵抗・反対などが〉弱まる;〈会社が〉破産する((in)).
3 (スポーツとして)洞窟を探検する, ケービングをする
go caving
洞窟探検に行く.
[古フランス語←ラテン語cavus(くぼんだ)の名詞用法. △CAVERN, CAGE



cave in (orcave something in)
1(With reference to a roof or similar structure) subside or collapse, or cause something to do this:the tunnel walls caved instorms caved the roof inLen’s club would have caved his skull in
1.1Yield or submit under pressure:the manager caved in to his demands

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