用damage control 和 China envoy 去搜索紐約時報：第一則是1947年中國內戰
第二則是今天2023.4.25 就中共駐法大使的"說法"，先今天的
Your Tuesday Briefing: China Walks Back Ambassador’s Comments
1947年的 Dec. 27, 1945 ARCHIVES
CHINA PEACE TALKS AGAIN POSTPONED; OUR NEW AMBASSADOR TO CHINA IS TOASTED IN SHANGHAI
"ASEAN cannot dither here, as the junta moves to walk back even the limited agreement reached (at last weekend’s summit)," says a former US ambassador to Myanmar.
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New York Governor to Push for Ban on Assault Weapons
By THOMAS KAPLAN 6:47 PM ET
ALBANY — In the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., Gov. Andrew M.
Cuomo of New York plans on Wednesday to propose one of the country’s
most restrictive bans on assault weapons.
France split over Strauss-Kahn sex scandal
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was charged with sexual assault after an
alleged incident with a maid in his New York hotel suite last weekend.
Strauss-Kahn resigned from his post as head of the IMF this week - a move
that threw his native France into a tizzy.
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Shadow health minister Mike Penning added that over a million people had lost their dentist and the decline was continuing.
"Ministers need to stop dithering, admit that their new dental contract has been a complete failure, and take action to make good their pledge to give everyone access to an NHS dentist."
make good
When someone makes good something, they either pay for it, or make it happen:
The shortfall in the budget will be made good by selling further shares.
dither
verb [I] DISAPPROVING
to be unable to make a decision about doing something:
Stop dithering and choose which one you want!
She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.
dither
noun DISAPPROVING
be in a dither about sth to be very nervous, excited or confused about something:
Gideon is in a bit of a dither about what to wear for the interview.
ditherer
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
dithery
adjective DISAPPROVING
He seems rather dithery but in fact he works very calmly and efficiently.
"Ministers need to stop dithering, admit that their new dental contract has been a complete failure, and take action to make good their pledge to give everyone access to an NHS dentist."
When someone makes good something, they either pay for it, or make it happen:
The shortfall in the budget will be made good by selling further shares.
dither
verb [I] DISAPPROVING
to be unable to make a decision about doing something:
Stop dithering and choose which one you want!
She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.
dither
noun DISAPPROVING
be in a dither about sth to be very nervous, excited or confused about something:
Gideon is in a bit of a dither about what to wear for the interview.
ditherer
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
dithery
adjective DISAPPROVING
He seems rather dithery but in fact he works very calmly and efficiently.
walk back sth
tizzy
(tĭz'ē)
n. Slang, pl., -zies.
A state of nervous excitement or confusion; a dither.
[Origin unknown.]
dither
noun
disapprovingUK /ˈdɪð.ər/ US /ˈdɪð.ɚ/(dĭz'ē)
adj., -zi·er, -zi·est.
- Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See synonyms at giddy.
- Bewildered or confused.
- Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.
- Caused by giddiness; reeling.
- Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid: "The American language had begun its dizzy onward march before the Revolution" (H.L. Mencken).
- Slang. Scatterbrained or silly.
- To make dizzy.
- To confuse or bewilder.
[Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.]
dizzily diz'zi·ly adv.dizziness diz'zi·ness n.
dizzyingly diz'zy·ing·ly adv.
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