squirming, enrage, amnesia, not my bag, paramnesia, writhe, aphrodisiac, cadmium, a carcinogen

China routinely chastises states that say or do things that upset it. First, it avoids politicians, then come the economic threats


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Why China could make Britain squirm





First, a Houston Rockets official tweeted in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, inflaming officials and basketball fans in China. Then the N.B.A.’s apology enraged American fans.



 林慕蓮(Louisa Lim)的新書《失憶人民共和國：重訪天安門》(The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited)描寫了政府政策和快速的經濟增長如何合謀，讓大部分中國人忽略1989年6月4日北京發生的殺戮，以及全中國幾十個城市發生的鎮壓活 動。

"Even when these lines are delivered by the fragrant Naomi Watts, doing her level best with a squirmingly embarrassing script, this film is still atrocious and intrusive," the Sunday Times reviewer wrote.

Behind the glassy smile there was, he assured people, yet more ice. He was a tremendous hater, with the bile of his lively essays reserved especially for America’s decline into a country of amnesia and hypocrisy, liars and cheats. Love, he would say, was “not my bag”.


Washington (CNN) -- Whose turn is it to squirm?

At least one person wasn't laughing at last year's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Remember Donald Trump's frown when comedian Seth Meyers lampooned him about his hair and political aspirations?

"Donald Trump has been saying that he will run for president as a Republican, which is surprising, since I just assumed he was running as a joke," said Meyers.

《中英對照讀新聞》Seoul squirms over octopus head war 章魚頭之戰讓首爾侷促不安
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Authorities in the South Korean capital are trying to untangle themselves from a slimy row： how many octopus heads is it safe to eat?

南韓首都當局正試圖從一個吵嚷泥淖中脫身︰能安全吃多少章魚頭？

Octopus heads are a favorite dish on the peninsula -- for their apparent aphrodisiac qualities.
章魚頭是這座半島上一道最被喜愛的菜餚—因其明顯的壯陽特質。

In September, the Seoul city government enraged restaurateurs and the fishing industry when it announced octopus heads contained hazardous amounts of cadmium, a carcinogen that poisons the liver and kidneys.
九月間，首爾市政府因宣布章魚頭含有危害健康數量的鎘，而令餐廳與捕魚業者大為光火；鎘是一種毒害肝腎的致癌物。

It advised against eating more than two heads a day.
當局建議，一天不要吃超過兩個章魚頭。
Enraged fishermen threatened to sue the government and their cause caught the imagination of the public when lawmakers representing their constituents took an octopus into a national assembly session, causing laughter as it tried to escape the jar.
惱怒的漁民威脅控告市府，同時，當代表他們選民的國會議員將一隻章魚帶進國民大會會議，而章魚試圖逃出罐子，結果引起哄堂大笑時，他們的訴求吸引到大眾的注意。
Lee Wan-beom, a fisherman from the county of Muan, told the Korea JoongAng daily that prices for octopus had halved since the government’s warning.
來自務安郡的漁民李莞汎（譯音）告訴韓國中央日報說，自政府發佈警訊以來，章魚價格已慘跌一半。

新聞辭典
squirm︰動詞，蠕動、扭動、侷促不安。例句︰He squirmed with shame.（他羞愧得坐立不安。）

squirm

Syllabification: (squirm)

Pronunciation: /skwərm/

[no object]

• wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort:all my efforts to squirm out of his grasp were useless
• show or feel embarrassment or shame.

noun

[in singular]

• a wriggling movement.

Derivatives

squirmer
noun

squirmy
adjective

Origin:

late 17th century: symbolic of writhing movement; probably associated with worm
squirming
(skwûrm) 
intr.v., squirmed, squirm·ing, squirms.

1. To twist about in a wriggling, snakelike motion; writhe.
2. To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment.

n.

1. The act of squirming.
2. A squirming movement.

[Origin unknown.]

squirmer squirm'er n.
squirmy squirm'y ad

untangle︰動詞，解開……糾結、整頓、使不再紊亂。例句︰The experts are searching the way to untangle the city’s traffic jams.（專家們在尋找整頓這座城市交通阻塞的方法。）
enrage︰動詞，激怒、使狂怒。例句︰His harsh remarks enraged her.（他的刺耳言論令她大為憤怒。）

quirky twist, scalding, foible, kewpie-doll, squirm

My Bag

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The term "My Bag" was originally slang for taking responsibility for one's own actions. Somewhere in the early 90s people started saying "My bad" either because they wanted to change the verbage of the original, or because they just plain didn't understand the original meaning. "My Bag" is slang for "Baggage",ie: You take your own problems, put them in a bag and carry it on your own back. "It's on me, my fault, my problem. "My Bag" excepts and takes the burden, "My Bad" just dismisses it. "Joe, do you need help paying for your rent this month? I know you haven't been working and would really like to help you out." said Nick. "No thanks man, that's My Bag." said Joe. "Oh, My Bad, I just thought you could use the help dude."

amnesia
(ăm-nē'zhə)
n.
Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.

[Greek amnēsiā, forgetfulness, probably from amnēstiā, from amnēstos, not remembered : a-, not; see a-¹ + mimnēskein, mnē-, to remember.]

amnesiac am·ne'si·ac' (-nē'zē-ăk', -zhē-ăk') or am·ne'sic (-zĭk, -sĭk) n. & adj.
amnestic am·nes'tic (-nĕs'tĭk) adj.

paramnesia (par-am-NEE-zhuh)

noun
1. A distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
2. The inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.

Etymology
New Latin, par-, amnesia.

Usage
"God's attention, then loss of attention, his control, then loss of control over the actions of the squirming and chanting boot jacks, is consistent with Ellis's discussion of paramnesia." — Dennis Ryan, `A Divine Gesture': Hemingway's complex parody of the modern, Hemingway Review, Fall 1996.





 I could do nothing but writhe in pain after I banged my toe against the wall.

writhe

• [ráið]

[動](自)（…で）身をよじる, 身もだえする, もだえ苦しむ, 苦悩する((in, under, at, with ...))；((文))激しい（…の）感情をいだく((with ...))

writhe in ［with］ agony
苦痛で身をよじる

writhe in one's grave
草葉の蔭で身もだえする.

━━(他)…をひん曲げる, ゆがめる；〈体などを〉よじらす.

━━[名]身もだえ, のたうち；苦悩.

［古英語wrīthan（ねじる）. △WROTH（怒った）, WREATH（輪）］