2011年1月7日 星期五

wedding manual, social event, conduct code

Lawmakers say Lei Yu-chi wrote a 20-plus page wedding manual and spent four months rehearsing procedures, much like he would prepare for a military exercise.
The Defense Ministry said on Thursday it will decide whether Gen Lei violated the military conduct code.
Critics say the wedding reflects a culture where senior officers use social events to advance their careers, rather than relying on battlefield achievements.
Martial opportunities for Taiwanese officers have faded with the marked reduction in tensions between China and Taiwan.
The sides split amid civil war in 1949.



event

NOUN

  • 1A thing that happens or takes place, especially one of importance.
    ‘the momentous political events of the late 1980s’
    1. 1.1A planned public or social occasion.
      ‘staff have been holding a number of events to raise money for charity’
    2. 1.2Each of several particular contests making up a sports competition.
      ‘he repeated the success in the four-lap, 600 cc event’
    3. 1.3Physics A single occurrence of a process, e.g. the ionization of one atom.

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