2023年11月30日 星期四

hang-up, splurge, kick in, tank, think-tank

Delta, an American carrier, says it is losing around $50m a day. Germany's Volkswagen is losing €2bn a week
ECONOMIST.COM

Governments are once again splurging to keep big companies afloat
Authorities ponder which companies to bail out—and how

Japan Bond Splurge Starts to Spread
Wall Street Journal
Japanese government bonds have staged a rally over the past week, with yields on some debt falling to their lowest levels in a decade. Investors are piling in on expectations that the Bank of Japan will plow tens of trillion more yen into the bond ...

Public opinion on government spending


Splurge or slash?


Sep 15th 2011, 15:48 by The Economist online


How do the public feel about current levels of government spending?


VIEWS on the best way to deal with the rich-world’s debt problems vary across its countries, according to the latest annual survey of American and European public opinion by the German Marshall Fund, a think-tank. The poll shows clear support for austerity over stimulus in the rich world. That may be because announced austerity plans have yet to kick in: Britain is an exception to this, and there views seem to be more finely balanced. The biggest change in sentiment can be seen in the euro area. In 2009 only 8% of Italians thought their government was spending too much compared to 49% who now want it cut. In Portugal and Spain nearly one-third of those asked two years ago thought that too little was being spent, an opinion now held by only a fraction of that.


Overheard
Are the rich ready to spend like it's 2007? Maybe so, just not quite as often. Neiman Marcus Chief Executive Karen Katz told The Wall Street Journal on Monday that the luxury retailer's most affluent customers have resumed many of their shopping habits from the boom, including splurges on ultraexpensive items. One remaining hang-up: The wealthy aren't buying in the same "quantity" as during the boom, she said. Still, it's a welcome improvement from the dark days of the crisis, when even loyal customers looked for excuses to avoid shopping trips. One customer apparently used the excuse of a dentist's appointment to let down her Neiman salesperson gently. Ms. Katz said she isn't hearing such excuses anymore. One thing that hasn't changed: the relative importance of female shoppers, many of whom buy clothes for their spouses at Neiman. As Ms. Katz said, women are "more powerful in more ways than one."



The Swimmer in the Tank (La Nageuse dans l'aquarium) from Jazz1947

 tank
noun
  1. 1.
    a large receptacle or storage chamber, especially for liquid or gas.
  2. 2.
    a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track.
    Similar:
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splurge
(splûrj) pronunciation

v., splurged, splurg·ing, splurg·es. v.intr.
  1. To indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury.
  2. To be showy or ostentatious.
v.tr.
To spend extravagantly or wastefully.

n.
  1. An extravagant display.
  2. An expensive indulgence; a spree.
[Perhaps blend of SPLASH and SURGE.]
splurgy splurg'y adj.

splurge


 音節
splurge
発音
splə'ːrdʒ
splurgeの変化形
splurges (複数形) • splurged (過去形) • splurged (過去分詞) • splurging (現在分詞) • splurges (三人称単数現在)
((略式))[動](自)(…に)ぜいたくをする, 散財する((on ...));誇示する, 見せびらかす.
━━(他)〈金を〉湯水のように使う.
━━[名][U][C]誇示, 見せびらかし, 大自慢, 散財, 豪勢な遊興, 度の過ぎた投機.


hang-up
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - An unforeseen obstacle; An emotional preoccupation.
Tutor's tip: If there is a "hang-up" (problem or constraint) with the computer , please don't hang up (end a phone conversation abruptly) on the technical support person.

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