The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM 《特立獨行者和他的IBM 帝國-- 沃森傳》
Beijing warned Taiwan it would cut off critical contacts with the island if its new president Tsai Ing-wen does not state her support for the concept that there is only “one China”, state media reported.
Beijing warned Taiwan it would cut off critical contacts with the island if its new president Tsai Ing-wen does not state her support for the concept that there is only “one China”, state media reported.
Toe the line; don't speak out: press freedom in Kenya is not quite what it used to be
The Saturday Profile
Branded a Betrayer for Embracing Rebels
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Samar Yazbek, a Syrian Alawite, has written a chronicle of the
uprising’s first months and the pain her participation in it has
brought.
T-Mobile’s Strength as Industry Maverick Is Questioned
By STEVE LOHR
The Justice Department challenged a merger of AT&T and T-Mobile to spur competition and innovation, but analysts question whether T-Mobile’s independence will serve that goal.
At China’s New Museum, History Toes Party Line
By IAN JOHNSON
The National Museum of China showcases the Communist Party’s efforts to control the narrative of history.
Obituary: Robert Altman
Colourful, maverick film-maker who refused to toe the studio line.
paranoid, corps (GROUP) , brain drain
In 1960 another eloquent young candidate, John Kennedy, was suspected of belonging to a church with some attitudes that looked suspiciously un-American: the Catholic Church. He successfully defused that fear by stating that his faith was private and the church would never dictate his politics. Mitt Romney, a Mormon, was a competent and articulate Republican who toed the party line on all its big issues. Yet his run for the Republican nomination failed, perhaps partly as a result of his religious identity. For Mr Obama it appears that the words of Mr Wright are a bigger liability than was Kennedy’s Catholicism. But Mr Obama has shown considerable talent on the campaign trail thus far. If he fails to keep defining himself aggressively, his pastor’s paranoid and angry comments will let opponents do it for him.
China's Biotech Industry -- an Asian Dragon is Growing
China's "brain gain" of talented scientists
toe (OBEY)
verb
toe the line to do what you are ordered or expected to do:
Ministers who wouldn't toe the party line were swiftly got rid of.
Accept the authority, policies, or principles of a particular group, especially unwillingly:he knew that he had to toe the official line because he couldn’t afford to be put on the dole
From the literal sense 'stand with the tips of the toes exactly touching a line'
toe the line [〈米〉 mark] スタートラインにつく; 命令[規則,習慣]に従う.toe (OBEY)
verb
toe the line to do what you are ordered or expected to do:
accept the authority, policies, or principles of a particular group, especially unwillingly.
"he knew that he had to toe the official line because he couldn't afford to be put on the dole"
Ministers who wouldn't toe the party line were swiftly got rid of.
toe-the-line,循規蹈矩,服從規範。哈利王子夫婦宣布卸任王室“高級”成員職務的新聞引發軒然大波。時報文章《 哈里王子夫婦為何從王室“出走”? 》提到,薩塞克斯公爵夫人梅根自加入皇室以來一直飽受質疑,批評人士認為,她“插在反對傳統的丈夫哈里王子與他循規蹈矩(toeing-the-line)的哥哥、王位繼承人威廉王子之間一度親密的關係中”。 “Toe the line”是美國常用習語,來源於體育賽事中的起跑線和軍事檢閱式地上畫的線,意思是“遵守規則、服從規範”。
toe the line (or mark)
- To adhere to doctrines or rules conscientiously; conform.
- Sports & GamesTo touch a mark or line with the toe or hands in readiness for the start of a race or competition. To touch a mark or line with the toe or hands in readiness for the start of a race or competition.
v.tr.
- To touch, kick, or reach with the toe.
- Sports. To drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club.
- To set or adjust at an oblique angle. Used with in or out.
- To drive (a nail or spike) at an oblique angle.
- To fasten or secure with obliquely driven nails or spikes.
To stand, walk, move, or be formed with the toes pointed in a specified direction: He toes out.
1 足の指。また、靴のつま先部分。
2 ゴルフのクラブなどで、ヘッドの先端部分。
corps (GROUP)
group noun [C] plural corps
a group of people who are connected because they are involved in a particular activity:
the diplomatic corps
the press corps
A corps of technicians is/are accompanying the band on their tour.
━━ n. (pl. ~ ) 【軍】…団, 兵団; 団, 隊, 団体.
corps de ballet F. コールドバレエ ((群舞を演ずる人たち)).
corps diplomatique [F.] 外交団.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura in fact emphatically informed reporters, "I believe absolutely in the existence of UFOs."
Instead of being chided for not toeing the Cabinet line, Machimura's statement produced good-humored laughter among the press corps. Perhaps there is something magical about the universe that sparks our imagination.
brain drain noun [S]
when large numbers of educated and highly skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better:
Britain has suffered a huge brain drain in recent years.
paranoia
noun
1 [C or U] an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you:
There's a lot of paranoia about crime at the moment.
2 [U] SPECIALIZED Someone who has paranoia has unreasonable false beliefs as a part of another mental illness, for example schizophrenia.
paranoid
adjective
1 feeling extremely anxious and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you:
He started feeling paranoid and was convinced his boss was going to fire him.
2 SPECIALIZED suffering from a mental illness in which you believe that other people are trying to harm you:
He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
paranoid delusions
paranoiac Show phonetics
noun [C]
someone who is paranoid
maverick
(măv'ər-ĭk, măv'rĭk)
n.
- An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.
- One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.
Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence: maverick politicians; a maverick decision.
[Possibly after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), American cattleman who left the calves in his herd unbranded .]
maverick
- mav • er • ick
- 発音
- mǽvərik
- maverickの変化形
- mavericks (複数形)
[名]
1 ((米))所有者を示す焼き印のない牛;(特に)母牛から離れた焼き印のない子牛.
━━[形]〈政治家が〉無所属の. 特立獨行的
[米国Texas州の開拓者Samuel A. Maverick(1803-70)の名より]- 発音 brǽnd
- brandの変化形
- brands (複数形) • branded (過去形) • branded (過去分詞) • branding (現在分詞) • brands (三人称単数現在)
- brandの慣用句
- a brand from the burning, brandless, (全2件)
brand
[名]
1
(1) (品質・等級・製造元・所有者などを示す)焼き印, 印, 銘柄, 商標, ブランド.
(2) (特定の)銘柄品, ブランド商品
(3) ((米))(特定の)焼き印をつけた牛[家畜].
(1) (品質・等級・製造元・所有者などを示す)焼き印, 印, 銘柄, 商標, ブランド.
(2) (特定の)銘柄品, ブランド商品
(3) ((米))(特定の)焼き印をつけた牛[家畜].
5 ((文))燃え木, 燃えさし.
6 ((古・詩))刀, 剣;たいまつ.
a brand (snatched) from the burning [the fire]
火中から取り出された燃えさし;危ないところを救われた人[物], 改宗した人〈《聖書》ゼカリヤ書3:2〉.
━━[動](他)
4 …を(記憶に)焼きつける, (心に)印象づける((in, on ...)).
[古英語. 原義は「燃えている木」. brinnan(燃える)の名詞形. △BURN1]
brand・less
[形]商標のついていない.
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