2023年3月24日 星期五

terrifying, hereafter, unfolding, pulled from, child-bearing

VideoVIDEO: How China’s Media Sold Xi Jinping’s Power Grab
By NATALIE RENEAU and NILO TABRIZY
Soon after China’s Communist Party announced a plan to end presidential term limits, its censors and propaganda machine kicked into high gear. Here’s how it unfolded.

"Since opening, anti-abortion protesters are camped outside the building. They bring with them huge posters showing graphic images of what they claim are an aborted foetus. These include pictures of a beheaded foetus and slogans saying that “Abortion won’t un-rape her”. They ask the public to sign their petition and approach any woman of child-bearing age who is entering the nine-storey building. They say this is a prayer vigil."
Northern Ireland’s anti-abortion protesters terrify and taunt the women...
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INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Turmoil in the Sahara

A timeline of the crises unfolding in Mali and Algeria, which have raised the possibility of drawing an increasing number of foreign countries into direct involvement.

Clint Eastwood film Hereafter is pulled from Japan

Matt Damon in Hereafter Matt Damon plays a man trying to reject his psychic ability in Hereafter
Warner Bros has taken movie Hereafter out of Japanese cinemas following last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
The film, directed by Clint Eastwood, features scenes of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 230,000 people.
In Japan, the official death toll stands at 2,400 but estimates suggest at least 10,000 may have been killed.
Thousands are still unaccounted for as the relief effort continues.
Warner Bros official Satoru Otani said Hereafter's terrifying tsunami scenes were "not appropriate" at this time.
It opened in Japan in late February at around 180 cinemas and was originally intended to run until the end of this month.
The film company has also postponed the release of exorcism film The Rite, starring Anthony Hopkins, which was due to open this coming weekend.
In a statement Warner Bros said: "In deference to the tragic unfolding events in Japan, we have pulled Hereafter from the theatres and will postpone the Japanese release of The Rite to a later date."


As Oversight Plan Is Unveiled, Turf Battle Begins to Unfold
epic, saga, heacy turnout, unfold over

Rival Regulators Argue for Right to Expanded Authority

(By Zachary A. Goldfarb, Binyamin Appelbaum and Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post)
Polls Begin Closing in Final Hours of Epic Campaign

Long Waits Are Reported Amid Heavy Turnout

In a tumultuous period of American history, voters were collectively writing the ending to a political saga that has unfolded over nearly two years.


hereafter


[副]
1 ((文修飾))((形式))((時間))このあと, これから先, 今後, 将来;((順序))このあとに[で], 以下で(は)
You must be more careful hereafter.
今後は気をつけなさい.
2 ((形式))来世で(は), あの世で(は).
━━[名]
1 ((the 〜))来世, あの世.
2 [U]今後, 将来, 未来.




unfold (DEVELOP) 
1 [I] If a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to other people:
Like a lot of people, I've watched the events of the last few days unfold on TV.
As the plot unfolds, you gradually realise that all your initial assumptions were wrong.

2 [T] FORMAL to tell someone about something, especially a plan, and explain it in detail:
I've arranged a lunch with him next Thursday at which I intend to unfold my proposal.

unfold


音節
ùn • fóld
unfoldの変化形
unfolded (過去形) • unfolded (過去分詞) • unfolding (現在分詞) • unfolds (三人称単数現在)
[動](他)
1 〈折りたたんだ物・唇などを〉開く, 広げる;…を広げて[開いて]見せる
unfold a map
地図を広げる
unfold the last ballot
最後の1票を開票する.
2 〈秘密・計画・考えなどを〉徐々に打ち明ける, 漏らす;…を(入念・系統的に)明らかにする, 述べる, 説明する
unfold one's plan
自分の計画を説明する.
3 ((通例〜 -self))〈物語などが〉展開する
Gradually her tale unfolded itself.
やがて彼女は問わず語りに話しだした.
━━(自)
1 〈つぼみなどが〉開く, ほころぶ.
2 〈物語・風景などが〉展開[発展]する;はっきりして[見えて]くる, 明らかになる, わかってくる;進展する;見られる.


terrifyLine breaks: ter|rify
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛrɪfʌɪ/

Definition of terrify in English:

verb (terrifiesterrifyingterrified)

[WITH OBJECT]
Cause to feel extreme fear:the thought terrifies me(as adjective terrifiedhe is terrified of spiders[WITH CLAUSE]: she was terrified he would drop her(as adjective terrifyingthe terrifying events of thepast few weeksOrigin
Late 16th century: from Latin terrificare, from terrificus'frightening' (see terrific).

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