worthy, i-devastated, seaboard, worthy of the name, poverty

At the California Economic Summit, a recent gathering of state worthies, all the talk was of "two Californias": the wealthy coastal part and the struggling inland bit. But two recent reports suggest that poverty in California's coastal areas may have been significantly understated http://econ.st/18CagWW

Not so golden

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America’s biggest state has America’s biggest poverty problem.

 The odds are, then, that the economy is not really stalling now, which may explain why the stockmarket has for the most part shrugged off the bad news. But the economy has not shrugged off the effect of austerity. Instead, it still plods along with growth of about 2%. A recovery worthy of the name is still to come.




Laying out a vision for reconstruction of Japan's tsunami-devastated north-east coast, a government-appointed council of experts made clear the goal should be much more than merely rebuilding the region's shattered towns. “It is our most profound wish,” wrote the panel of worthies from academia, regional government and the private sector in June, “that the reconstruction efforts following the disaster will reverberate around Japan, leading to the revival of the entire country.”
日本東北沿海地區今年遭到海嘯重創，在為該地區規劃重建藍圖時，由政府任命的專家委員會闡明，目標不應當只是重建損毀的城鎮。這個由學術界、地方政府和私營部門精英組成的委員會在今年6月寫道：“我們最深切的願望在於，災後重建工作將在全日本引發迴響，帶動國家的複興。”

Such hopes are easy to understand. The destruction wreaked on communities along hundreds of kilometres of the Pacific seaboard has created that rarest of things in a developed nation: an apparently blank slate, crying out for a new approach.
這種願望很容易理解。太平洋沿岸上，被摧毀的社區綿延數百公里，形成一個發達國家極其罕見的景象：一塊看似空蕩蕩的地盤，呼喚著一種新的建設方式。
He lived in poverty worthy of Francis.

worthy

1 価値ある, りっぱな

a worthy endeavor
敬服すべき努力.

2 （…を受ける）価値がある((of ...))；（…するのに）値する((to do))

an act worthy of praise
賞賛に値する行為

a woman worthy to become his wife
彼の妻としてふさわしいりっぱな女性.

▼worthyのあとのofのない形またはdoingは((古))：an artist worthy the nameその名にふさわしい芸術家.

━━[名]（複-thies）

1 ((形式))りっぱな人, 名士.

2 ((皮肉またはおどけて))人, おえら方.

-thi・ly

[副]

-thi・ness

[名]
worthy
adj., -thi·er, -thi·est.

1. Having worth, merit, or value; useful or valuable.
2. Honorable; admirable: a worthy fellow.
3. Having sufficient worth; deserving: worthy to be revered; worthy of acclaim.

n., pl., -thies.
An eminent or distinguished person.

worthily wor'thi·ly adv.
worthiness wor'thi·ness n. 

Definition of worthy

adjective (worthier, worthiest)

• 1having or showing the qualities that deserve the specified action or regard:these issues are worthy of further consideration
• deserving effort, attention, or respect:generous donations to worthy causes
• good enough; suitable:no composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera

• 2characterized by good intent but lacking in humour or imagination:worthy but tedious advice

noun (plural worthies)

often humorous

• a person notable or important in a particular sphere:schools governed by local worthies

Derivatives

worthily

adverb

worthiness

noun

seaboard
(sē'bôrd', -bōrd')
n.

1. A seacoast.
2. Land near the sea.