2017年6月23日 星期五

demand, imbroglio, wild card, accommodate the demands


Qatar's neighbours have sent a list of 13 demands the country must meet for their sanctions to be lifted. The said the Gulf emirate has just 10 days to comply. 
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First-time Riesling drinkers may find this wine a bit of a wild card. Your wine-drinking experience can vary greatly, depending on which bottle you pick off of the shelf.
次品嘗雷司令葡萄酒(Riesling)的人可能會覺得﹐這種酒有那麼一點兒難以捉摸。雷司令葡萄酒給人的感覺千變萬化﹐取決於你的具體選擇。



U.K. Adds Wild-Card Risk to Euro Deal
The euro-zone crisis was difficult enough with just two countries at the top table. But France and Germany's efforts to save the single currency are being complicated by the need to accommodate the demands of the U.K.


Icahn Reiterates Demands on Yahoo
Icahn accused the Yahoo board of holding back the company through a series of failed strategic plans, as the billionaire investor broadened his attacks beyond Yahoo's imbroglio with Microsoft.
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imbroglio
noun [C] plural imbroglios FORMAL
an unwanted, difficult and confusing situation, full of trouble and problems:
The Soviet Union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan imbroglio.



wild card
  1. Slang. An unpredictable or unforeseeable factor: A surprise witness proved to be the wild card at the trial.

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