The ink was barely dry before the disputes began
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That’s why senior tutors and myself will be teaching, so we can ensure there’s a parity of experience across the platforms.”
Chinese Premier’s Family Disputes Article on Riches
By KEITH BRADSHER
HONG KONG — The statement about a New York Times article is a rare
instance of a powerful Chinese political family responding directly to a
foreign media report.
Irish Business Titan Goes Bankrupt Sean Quinn, once considered Ireland's richest man with a net worth of about $3.8 billion, has declared bankruptcy over debts to Anglo Irish Bank, much of which he disputes, BBC News reports.
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Parity in Cocaine Sentences Gains Momentum
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)
The Economist's Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), according to which exchange rates should adjust to equalise the price of a basket of goods and services around the world. Our basket is a burger: a McDonald's Big Mac.
riches[rich・es]
発音記号[rítʃiz]
[名](複)((文))
disparity
Line breaks: dis|par¦ity
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsparɪti /
Definition of disparity in English:
NOUN (plural disparities)
A great difference:
economic disparities between different regions of the country
[MASS NOUN]: the arrangements could lead to disparity of treatment between companies
parity (PAR-i-tee)
noun
1. Equality in amount, status, etc.
[Via French from Latin paritas, from par (equal). Earliest documented use: 1572.]
2. The condition of having given birth.
3. The number of children born by a woman.
[From Latin parere (to give birth). Earliest documented use: 1877.]
Usage
"That means that the parity of the Australian dollar against the greenback, loved by Aussies heading overseas but hated by exporters, is more accident than design." — Ian McIlwraith; Pressure on China for Yuan Move; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Nov 12, 2010.
"It wasn't just ageing parity -- women waiting until their mid-30s to have a child -- that forced the change." — Zoe Williams; How the Inventor of the Pill Changed the World for Women; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 30, 2010.
NOUN
1The state or condition of being equal, especially asregards status or pay:parity of incomes between rural workers and those in industrial occupations
1.1Equivalent value of one currency in terms of another at an established exchange rate:the euro’s parity with the dollar[ COUNT NOUN] : an attempt to maintain exchange rate parities within the ERM
dispute[dis・pute]
- 発音記号[dispjúːt]
[動](自)［I（[副]）］（感情的に）論争する；（人と；…について）言い争う, 口論［口げんか］する((with, against ...；about, on, over ...))
dispute with ［against］ a person on ［about, over］ ...
…を人と論じる.
…を人と論じる.
━━(他)
1 〈提案などに〉反論［論駁(ろんばく)］する；…について異議を唱える, 疑いをさしはさむ
dispute a person's honesty ［the existence of a tenth planet］
人が正直であること［10番目の惑星の存在］を疑問視する.
人が正直であること［10番目の惑星の存在］を疑問視する.
2 ［III[名]/wh-節/wh- to do］〈問題を〉議論［討論］する
The question is hotly disputed.
その問題は激しい論争の的になっている
その問題は激しい論争の的になっている
We disputed who to invite to the party.
パーティーにだれを招待するか話し合った.
パーティーにだれを招待するか話し合った.
3 …に抵抗する
The army disputed enemy's advance.
敵の進軍に抵抗した.
敵の進軍に抵抗した.
4 …を獲得しようと争う, 競う
dispute every inch of ground
寸土も失うまいと激しく争う.
寸土も失うまいと激しく争う.
━━[名]
1 [U][C]（…との；…間の；…についての）論争, 議論, 口論, 言い争い((with ...；between ...；over, about ...))
a hot dispute
激論
激論
There is no dispute that the decision was premature.
その決定が時期尚早だったということに関しては議論の余地がない.
その決定が時期尚早だったということに関しては議論の余地がない.
2 紛争, 争議
a labor dispute
労働争議
労働争議
settle a dispute over ...
…についての紛争を解決する.
…についての紛争を解決する.
beyond (all) ［past all, without］ dispute
（まったく）議論の余地なく, 明白に.
in ［under］ dispute
（…と）論争［係争］中の［で］((with ...))；未解決の［で］.
open to dispute
議論の余地がある.
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