religion, get religion, religious, bunk, debunk, canvassing, assiduity. Turnout Is a Focus in a Closely Divided Race

Turnout Is a Focus in a Closely Divided Race

Democrats in battleground states have built a tightly structured get-out-the-vote operation, while Republicans have relied more on outside groups for canvassing.

And a much-publicized discovery that ocean acidification alters fish behavior turned out to be bunk.

It is extremely hard to change people's minds on polarised issues. But a study reported in the magazine "Science" found that one canvassing technique had convinced people to change their minds about gay marriage. There was only one problem: the study was bunk. Yet if it is so hard to convince people to change their minds about gay marriage, why are people changing their minds about gay marriage?tp://econ.st/1IQZDzW


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IT IS almost impossible to change people's opinions on divisive political issues by arguing with them. This is rather depressing for opinion journalists and others...
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"The internet’s enthusiasm for a vigorous debunking now frequently spills over into what you might call the pseudo-debunk. Sometimes, this involves cynically claiming you’re debunking when you’re really just disagreeing – thereby implying that your opinion is more than mere opinion; it’s “the facts”. More common is the debunking of claims subtly different from those originally made. You may have learned, in recent months, that you can’t actually become a world-class expert in anything you like, merely by putting in 10,000 hours of practice. But do you realize that nobody really said that in the first place?"




'Detoxing' has been debunked. Maybe it's time to debunk that


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THEGUARDIAN.COM|由 OLIVER BURKEMAN 上傳religion ： (1) 宗教；宗教信仰；宗教生活：指人類與神明之間的交往。宗教乃世人對天主表示尊敬和崇拜的美德，具體來說，宗教是信仰、恭敬天主的團體。自然律要人恭敬天主；天主更透過舊約和新約命人恭敬天主。 (2) 欽敬；修道生活。

religion

(rĭ-lĭj'ən)
n.

1. 1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
   2. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

[Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō, religiōn-, perhaps from religāre, to tie fast. See rely.]

OED

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French religion; Latin religiōn-, religiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman religioun, religiun, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French religion (French religion ) system of beliefs and practices based on belief in, or acknowledgement of, some superhuman power or powers, also any particular such system (both first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman, originally in commune religion , translating post-classical Latin catholica religio ; the figurative use in sense 4b is apparently not paralleled in French until later (c1810)), monastery (c1130 in Anglo-Norman), religious house (1139 in Anglo-Norman), action or conduct indicating belief in, obedience to, and reverence for a god, gods, or similar superhuman power, piety, devotion (c1145), state of life bound by religious vows (c1150), scrupulousness, conscientiousness (c1210), religious order (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), (specifically) Protestantism (1533 in ceulx de la religion the Protestants, lit. ‘those of the religion’) and its etymon classical Latin religiōn-, religiō supernatural feeling of constraint, usually having the force of a prohibition or impediment, that which is prohibited, taboo, positive obligation, rule, impediment to action proceeding from religious awe or conscience, scruple, manifestation of divine sanction, religious fear, awe, religious feeling, superstition, quality evoking awe or reverence, sanctity, religious observance, religious practice, ritual, particular system of religious observance, cult, conscientiousness, in post-classical Latin also monastic community (8th cent.), religious order, rule observed by a religious order (12th cent.) < re- re- prefix + a second element of uncertain origin; by Cicero connected with relegere to read over again (see relection n.), so that the supposed original sense of ‘religion’ would have been ‘painstaking observance of rites’, but by later authors (especially by early Christian writers) with religāre religate v., ‘religion’ being taken as ‘that which ties believers to God’. Each view finds supporters among modern scholars.

Compare Old Occitan religio (late 12th cent., earliest in sense ‘religious order’), Catalan religió (13th cent.), Spanish religión (end of the 12th cent.), Portuguese religião (13th cent.), Italian religione (second half of the 13th cent.). The Latin word was also borrowed into other Germanic languages: compare Middle Dutch, Dutch †religioen state of life bound by religious vows, religie system of faith and worship, belief in superhuman powers, etc., Middle Low German religiōn, religie, German Religion (early 16th cent.), Swedish religion (1539), Danish religion (16th cent.).

religion ： (1) 宗教；宗教信仰；宗教生活：指人類與神明之間的交往。宗教乃世人對天主表示尊敬和崇拜的美德，具體來說，宗教是信仰、恭敬天主的團體。自然律要人恭敬天主；天主更透過舊約和新約命人恭敬天主。 (2) 欽敬；修道生活。

religion, jewish ：猶太宗教：指猶太民族對唯一真神上主（雅威）天主的信仰、禮儀朝拜以及遵守法律的生活態度。由始祖亞巴郎開始，組成了一個敬拜唯一天主的民族，再由梅瑟正式立法。

religion , natural ：自然宗教：指以自然為中心的宗教，認為宇宙實體含有靈性的生命和力量，是神臨現的處所，而應以宗教情緒相待。亞洲的自然宗教雖傾向於多神崇拜，但經常也混合著至上神的信仰。又稱原始宗教。

religion, popular ：民間宗教：指民間基層的信仰，是一種對生命的目標及其終極意義的直覺性之理解，表達在（優良）習俗、傳統及民間活動中。又稱通俗信仰或常民信仰，其特色是： (1) 沒有教主， (2) 沒有入教儀式， (3) 沒有教團， (4) 教義是儒、釋、道、巫四部份的混合：儒的祖先崇拜、釋的經典、道的儀式、巫的法術融合而成。是道地的民族性傳統宗教。

religion from Abraham ：源自亞巴郎的宗教：包括猶太教、回教、天主教、東正教、基督新教等與亞巴郎的信仰多少有些關連的宗教。其他的宗教像印度教、佛教、自然宗教等則與亞巴郎的信仰並無交集，故稱之為非源自亞巴郎的宗教 religion non from Abraham 。

religiosity ： (1) 宗教情緒。 (2) 外表虔誠。

religious ： (1) 宗教（性）的；虔誠的。 (2) 修道的；修會的；會士；修士；修女。

religious act ：宗教行為：指人對自己存在中的超越奧秘的表達，使人對自己的存在作全面、深入的探索，進而把人領到神面前。

Religious, Sacred Congregation of ：修會聖部：羅馬教廷部會之一， 1586 年由教宗思道五世（ Sixtus V ）成立，幾經改組；主管有關修會及度共同生活之教會團體（ religious Institutes ）之行政、紀律、學術研究、財產、特權等。 1967 年 8 月教宗保祿六世（ Paul VI ）改名為修會及俗世部（ Sacred Congregation of Religious and Secular Institutes ）。今改為奉獻生活及使徒團體部 Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 。

religious congregation ：修會；獻身生活團體：男女教友獻身教會，矢發貧窮（神貧）、貞潔、服從三願，度共同獻身生活之團體。此類團體系天主教體制內之社團，各修會之工作和服務的方式或物件雖有所不同，但均有同一之信仰，並非教派；也都與教宗保持共融。

religious house ：會院；會館：修會人士共同居住之處所。

religious institute ： (1) 教會事業。 (2) 教會獻身生活團體。 (3) 修會團體（機關）。

religious liberty ：宗教自由；信仰自由：宗教自由乃天賦人權之一，任何權力，都不能強迫任何人，在宗教信仰上，違反其良心行事。人有權依其本人意願抉擇自己的宗教信仰，因為每人受其天性的驅使，負有道德責任去追求真理，尤其是有關宗教的真理，而人除非享有心理自由，便不能完成此一責任（參閱梵二：信仰自由宣言）。但宗教自由並不表示各宗教皆為真宗教。

religious life ： (1) 宗教生活。 (2) 修會生活；獻身生活。

religious name ：會名：修士、修女入會時所取之名。參閱 Christian name 。

religious order ：修會：由教會批准矢發三願，度共同獻身生活之教會團體。 Order 廣義地說指一切修會，狹義地說僅指古代修會，如本篤會、思定會、方濟會、道明會等。

religious rule ：會規；會典：修會或獻身生活團體共同遵守之規則。

religious spirit ： (1) 宗教精神。 (2) 修會精神；獻身生活精神。

religious superior ：修會會長；修會院長；修會上司。

religious vocation ：修會聖召；獻身生活聖召：內心受到天主的召喚去參加修會，而度獻身的生活。

religious vows ：聖願；修會聖願；獻身生活聖願：參加修會之人員所矢發的貧窮（神貧）、貞潔、服從三誓願。

idiom:
get religion Informal.

1. To become religious or devout.
2. To resolve to end one's immoral behavior.

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1 [U]宗教

believe in religion
宗教を信じる.

2 宗派, 宗旨, …教；宗教団体, 宗団, 宗徒, 信徒

the Buddhist ［the Christian］ religion
仏教［キリスト教］

practice a religion
（ある）宗派の教えを実践する.

3 [U]宗教心, 信仰心；修道［信仰］生活

one's name in religion
修道名

enter (into) religion
修道院にはいる, 修道者になる.

4 礼拝, 勤行(ごんぎょう).

5 良心にかかわる重大事；主義, 信条

make it a religion to see ［＝make a religion of seeing］ the doctor once a week
週1回必ず医者に診察してもらう

Making money is his religion.
金もうけが彼の生きがいだ.

get religion

((略式))信仰に目覚める, 宗教に走る；((米略式))（ある事を）非常に誠実［真剣］に行う.



湯恩比的說法有沒走樣？religion 即"絆"。
對人類而言，遠比物質更重要的，乃是養成我與他人之間互相忠實，彼此協助的心。
在這些方面給予協助、指導的，就是宗教--* religion的原意。

* religious

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin religiosus, from religio 'reverence, obligation'(see religion**).

** religion

Origin

Middle English (originally in the sense 'life under monastic vows'): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n-) 'obligation, bond, reverence', perhaps based on Latin religare 'to bind'.

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Etymology[edit]

From Anglo-Norman religiun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō ‎(“scrupulousness”, “pious misgivings”, “superstition”, “conscientiousness”, “sanctity”, “an object of veneration”, “cult-observance”, “reverence”). Most likely from the Indo-European root h₂leg with the meanings preserved in Latin "dīligěre" and "lěgěre", i.e. to read repeatedly or to have something solely in mind.

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v. can·vassed, can·vass·ing, can·vass·es. v.tr. 1. To examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize: "The evidence had been repeatedly canvassed in ...

陳音頤的論文(中外文學2000/8 pp.158-87) 對D. H. Lawrence的口語 bunk(胡說....) 的翻譯，是不恰當的:

"the Indian bunk is not Indian's invention. It is ours."印地安的謊言和神話不是印地安人發明的.....
"repudiation of our white bunk." 打破了我們白人的神話


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bunk² (bŭngk)
n.
Empty talk; nonsense.

[Short for BUNKUM.]

Nonsense:anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk

bunk

((英俗))[動](他)…を欠席［欠勤］する((off)).

━━(自)逃げ出す；学校をサボる((off)).

bunk it

((俗))逃げる, 逃亡する；（授業などを）サボる.

━━[名]((次の句で))

do a bunk

((英略式))（そうしてはいけないのに）急いで立ち去る, 逃げる.

bunk (BED)

bunk bed

（特に子供用の）2段ベッド.

debunk McJob

Line breaks: de¦bunk

Pronunciation: /diːˈbʌŋk /

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief):she debunks all the usual rubbish about acting

1.1 Reduce the inflated reputation of (someone):

comedy takes delight in debunking heroes

 assiduity
 音節as・si・du・i・ty 発音記号/`æsəd(j)úːəṭi｜‐djúː‐/

【名詞】

1

【不可算名詞】 勉励，勤勉，精励.

用例

with assiduity 精出して, せっせと.

2

【可算名詞】 [通例複数形で] いろいろな配慮，心づかい，尽力.

Great and constant diligence and attention.
Synonyms:	concentration
Usage:	Nell immediately applied herself with great assiduity to the decoration and preparation of the room.