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Polio Reappears in the Horn of Africa

By DONALD G. M cNEIL J r.

The type of paralysis caused by polio has been found in a child in Somalia and one in Kenya, the World Health Organization said.

European Leaders Reach Long-Term Budget Deal

By JAMES KANTER 11:29 AM ET

BRUSSELS — The deal, which came after two days of marathon negotiations, reflects the climate of austerity in a region still struggling to emerge from a crippling debt crisis.

Deadly Typhoon Leaves Japan; Nuclear Plant Intact
NPR
The powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast Wednesday, approaching a nuclear power plant crippled in that disaster and prompting calls for the evacuation of more than a million people. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) ...



Google to Shut Down Gizmo5
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If you are a Gizmo5 user and no one from Google has contacted you yet, I'm sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news: Find another VoIP quickly. Google purchased the company back in 2009, took what it needed to augment Gmail/Gtalk and is scrapping the ...

March of Dimes Wristbands

March of Dimes Wristbands

March of Dimes: fundraising organization was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to raise funds for the battle against poliomyelitis; it later expanded its aim to the prevention of premature birth, birth defects and infant mortality (1938)


bear down,
1. Press or weigh down on someone or something. For example, This pen doesn't write unless you bear down hard on it. [Late 1600s]
2. Try hard, intensify one's efforts, as in If you'll just bear down, you'll pass the test.
3. Move forward in a pressing or threatening way, as in The ferry bore down on our little skiff. This usage was originally nautical. [Early 1700s]

bearer
名]

1 ((形式))
(1) 運ぶ［になう］人, 運搬人；棺(ひつぎ)持ち

a flag bearer
旗手.

(2) （伝言・うわさなどを）伝える人, 伝達者.

2 《法律》（小切手などの）持参人, 所持人

a note payable to (the) bearer
持参人払い手形.

3 受け台, 支える物.

4 実のなる［花の咲く］草木.

5 在職［在任］者；官職者.

6 ((インド・パキスタン))男の召し使い.

cripple

 

音節

crip • ple

発音

krípl

レベル

大学入試程度

crippleの変化形

cripples (複数形) • crippled (過去形) • crippled (過去分詞) • crippling (現在分詞) • cripples (三人称単数現在)

[名]

1 ((不快))手足の不自由な人［動物］, 足（腰）の立たない人；((略式))（一般に）身体［精神］障害者

a war cripple
傷痍(しようい)軍人.

▼公式にはphysically disabledを用いる.

2 （窓掃除などの）脚立.

━━[動](他)

1 〈体の一部を〉不自由［不具］にする. ▼disableのほうが婉曲的

be crippled with polio
小児麻痺(まひ)で足が不自由になる.

2 ((略式))〈活動・機能などを〉そこなう, だめにする.

［古英語crypel（足の不自由な人）］

Definition of polio

noun

short for poliomyelitis.

 

polio

[名]ポリオ(poliomyelitis).

poliomyelitis

[名][U]《病理学》脊髄(せきずい)灰白質炎, 脊髄性小児麻痺, ポリオ.pòlio・myelític[形]

poliovirus

[名]ポリオウイルス：小児麻痺の病原体.