2014年8月3日 星期日

affront, to exact, write-down, conscript, conscription

The War of Words in China

By ANDREW JACOBS
Foreigners in China have increasingly found themselves caught up in a war of words that paint Westerners as conscripts in the army of “hostile foreign forces” seeking to thwart China’s rise.


The meal you are having in a Parisian bistro may not have been prepared from fresh ingredients delivered that morning. To many French, this is an astonishing affront to their very culture.


Europe Considers Wider Greek Write-Down
The admission by top European officials that Greece's fiscal distress is deepening has increased the chance that a July deal to give Athens more cash could be revised to exact a greater toll on its private-sector creditors.




Mr. Emi marched in exactly the opposite direction. After receiving draft notices in the camp, he and six other young men created the Fair Play Committee. In March 1944, they signed a declaration challenging the internment policy and their conscription as shameful affronts to the Constitution and American ideals.

Taiwan reduces conscription to four months
TODAYonline
TAIPEI - The Defence Ministry in Taiwan said yesterday it will reduce the length of its compulsory military service, a move that is widely seen as a first step towards phasing out its decades-old military conscription policy. ...

conscript

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VERB

Pronunciation: /kənˈskrɪpt 
  
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[WITH OBJECT]
Enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services:they were conscripted into the army
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NOUN

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnskrɪpt 
  
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A person enlisted compulsorily:army conscripts[AS MODIFIER]: conscript troops
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Origin

late 18th century (as a noun): from French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere 'enrol'. The verb is a back-formation from conscription.

conscription[con・scrip・tion]

  • レベル：社会人必須
  • 発音記号[kənskrípʃən]

[名][U]
1 徴兵（制度）(draft)
enforce ［escape］ conscription
徴兵を行う［免れる］.
2 （戦時中の）強制徴収, 徴発, 徴用.
con・scrip・tion・al
[形]
con・scrip・tion・ist



exact
(ĭg-zăkt') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality: an exact account; an exact replica; your exact words.
  2. Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate: an exact figure; an exact science.
  3. Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules: an exact speaker.
tr.v., -act·ed, -act·ing, -acts.
  1. To force the payment or yielding of; extort: exact tribute from a conquered people.
  2. To demand and obtain by or as if by force or authority: a harsh leader who exacts obedience. See synonyms at demand.
[Latin exāctus, past participle of exigere, to weigh out, demand : ex-, ex- + agere, to weigh.]
exactable ex·act'a·ble adj.
exactness ex·act'ness n.
exactor ex·ac'tor or ex·act'er n.


affront
  • [əfrʌ'nt]
[名]（人に対する）（面と向かっての）無礼な言動, 侮辱((to, upon ...))
an affront to human dignity
人間の尊厳を傷つけるもの.
━━[動](他)
1 ((形式))…を（公然と）侮辱する；…の面目を失わせる, 心を傷つける.
2 〈死・危険などに〉敢然と立ち向かう.

(ə-frŭnt') pronunciation
tr.v., -front·ed, -front·ing, -fronts.
  1. To insult intentionally, especially openly. See synonyms at offend.
    1. To meet defiantly; confront.
    2. Obsolete. To meet or encounter face to face.
n.
  1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult: Such behavior is an affront to society.
  2. Obsolete. A hostile encounter or meeting.
[Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin frōns, front-, face; see front.]

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Pronunciation: /əˈfrʌnt
  
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NOUN

  • an action or remark that causes outrage or offence:he took his son’s desertion as a personal affrontthe sackings were an affront to justice
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VERB

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Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French afronter'to slap in the face, insult', based on Latin ad frontem 'to the face'.
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