consume, commission, decommissioning, watery grave

Russia Plans Watery Grave for International Space Station Officials plan to sink station in the ocean after its 2020 decommissioning.

馬英九總統表明願與民進黨主席蔡英文辯論ＥＣＦＡ，蔡英文昨表示，希望總統不要當成政治操作來消費她，應該有完整規劃作業，讓人民知道政府的施政內容，她認為，社會菁英的辯論是健康的事情。 總統府發言人王郁琦昨回應指出，馬總統已 ...

━━ vt. 消費［消耗］する, 使い尽す; 食い［飲み］尽す; （火が）焼き尽す; 夢中にさせる.
━━ vi. 尽きる, 消滅する.
be consumed with [by]　（悲嘆に）身がやつれる, （嫉妬に）身をこがす, （怒りに）燃える.
con・sum・a・ble　━━ a., n. 消費［消耗］できる; （普通pl.） 消費材.
con・sum・er　━━ n. 消費者; 消費する［消耗する］人［物］; 【エコロジー】消費者 ((他の生物を食べて生存する生物)).

con・sum・er・ism　n. 消費賛美［擁護］（論）; 消費者（保護）運動.
con・sum・er・ist　n. 消費者運動活動家, 消費者保護主義者.
consumer behavior　消費者行動.
consumer credit　消費者信用.
Consumer Credit Protection Act　消費者信用保護法.
consumer debt　消費者債務.
consumer disposables　＝consumer non-durables.
consumer durables　＝durable.
Consumer Electronics Show　【コンピュータ】コンシューマ・エレクトロニクス・ショー ((略 CES)).
consumer finance company　消費者金融会社.
consumer goods　消費財.
consumer loan　消費者ローン.
consumer market　消費者市場.
consumer motivation　消費者の購買動機.
consumer non-durables　非耐久消費財.
consumer price index　消費者物価指数.
Consumer Product Safety Commission　消費者製品安全委員会.
consumer protection　消費者保護.
Consumer Reports　コンシューマー・リポーツ ((商品テストを専門に行う米国の月刊誌)).
consumer research　消費者需要調査.
consumer resistance　＝sales resistance.
Consumers' Association　〔英〕 （the 〜） 消費者協会.
consumer's risk　消費者危険 ((不良品が合格となる確率)).
consumer terrorism [terrorist]　消費者テロリズム［テロリスト］ ((食品への毒物混入で製造業者・販売業者をおどす)).
con・sum・ing　━━ a. 消費する; （感情などが）強烈な, 激しい.

consume	(verb) To expend; use up.
Synonyms:	deplete, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat
Usage:	She purchased a hybrid car that would consume less gas than the car she had previously owned.

Camelot, ambience, monolith

In an Early 1900s Neighborhood, a Glimpse of ‘2001’

By JOSEPH BERGER

People in Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park say a 20-foot-tall Verizon FiOS monolith clashes with the neighborhood’s ambience.

mónolìth[móno・lìth]

[名]

1 モノリス.
(1) 特に建築・彫刻用の一枚岩, 一本石.
(2) (1)から造られたオベリスク・柱・像など.

2 一枚岩的な組織［集団, 政府］.

Word of the Day:

Camelot (KAM-uh-lot)

noun: An idealized time or place, one regarded as enlightened, beautiful, and peaceful.

Etymology
After Camelot, the site of King Arthur's court in Arthurian legend.

Notes
Camelot has also become a nickname for the glamorous ambience of the time in the US when John F. Kennedy was the president (1961-1963). A musical titled Camelot, based on the Arthurian legend, was popular around the same time and the word came to be applied to the exciting time of change during Kennedy's administration.

Usage
"Dan Webster likes to reminisce about the good ol' days when Republicans ended the Democrats' reign of terror and turned Tallahassee into a Camelot of good government." — Scott Maxwell; Alan Grayson's GOP Challengers Slide to Right at Forum; Lost Angeles Times; May 27, 2010.

ambience[am・bi・ence]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[ǽmbiəns]
• 
  

[名][U]((またan 〜))

1 ((文))（特徴的な）雰囲気

a pleasing ambience
楽しい雰囲気.

2 （ライブ録音の感じを出すためにつける）背景音.

3 周囲, 外界.

by leaps and bounds, bounding out of their rescue capsule,

Miners Defy Dire Predictions on Fitness and Spirit
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Many miners came bounding out of their rescue capsule, testimony to their diet and organization underground.

Used computer market expanding by leaps and bounds

by leaps and bounds

Rapidly, or in fast progress, as in The corn is growing by leaps and bounds, or School enrollment is increasing by leaps and bounds. This term is a redundancy, since leap and bound both mean "spring" or "jump," but the two words have been paired since Shakespeare's time and are still so used.

bound
intr.v., bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds.

1. To leap forward or upward; spring.
2. To progress by forward leaps or springs.
3. To bounce; rebound.

n.

1. A leap; a jump.
2. A rebound; a bounce.

[French bondir, to bounce, from Old French, to resound, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bombitīre, from Latin bombitāre, to hum, from bombus, a humming sound, from Greek bombos.]

one-term president, mixture

There are a lot of factors at work here and one I think is ideology. There are some people in the Republican Party who have said they wouldn't vote for an increase in the debt limit no matter what concessions are made. They just feel the government is too big and we should cut it back and this is a very convenient weapon. So it's not entirely just about political advantage.

There is that of course in every political confrontation in every democratic country that's true. But the same Republican Minority Leader, Senator McConnell, said a few months ago my main aim in everything is to make sure that President Obama is a one-term president. So he said explicitly that political advantage is what he is concerned about. So I think there is a mixture of reasons.

femto-, segment, homo-, homo, humor, humor-

home-

or hom-
pref.
Same; like: homophone.

[Greek, from homos, same.]

homo

(hō'mō)
n.
A member of the genus Homo, which includes the extinct and extant species of humans.

[Latin homō, man.]

ho·mo² (hō'mō)
n. Offensive Slang, pl., -mos.
Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or lesbian.

[Short for HOMOSEXUAL.]

humor-

Prefix meaning liquid.

humor

(hyū'mər)
n.

1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness: could not see the humor of the situation.
2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement: a writer skilled at crafting humor.
3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd. See synonyms at wit¹.
4. One of the four fluids of the body, blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile, whose relative proportions were thought in ancient and medieval physiology to determine a person's disposition and general health.
5. Physiology.
   1. A body fluid, such as blood, lymph, or bile.
   2. Aqueous humor.
   3. Vitreous humor.
6. A person's characteristic disposition or temperament: a boy of sullen humor.
7. An often temporary state of mind; a mood: I'm in no humor to argue.
8. 1. A sudden, unanticipated whim. See synonyms at mood¹.
   2. Capricious or peculiar behavior.

tr.v., -mored, -mor·ing, -mors.

1. To comply with the wishes or ideas of; indulge.
2. To adapt or accommodate oneself to. See synonyms at pamper.

idiom:

out of humor

1. In a bad mood; irritable.

[Middle English, fluid, from Old French umor, from Latin ūmor, hūmor.]

IBM Raises 2011 Outlook

IBM's second-quarter earnings rose 8.2% as the tech heavyweight continued to report growth across its segments, prompting a boost of its full-year outlook.

Femtodynamics: A Guide to Laser Settings and Procedure Techniques to Optimize Outcomes with Femtosecond Lasers is a new, comprehensive text that presents a practical approach to optimizing laser settings and procedure techniques for performing LASIK, intracorneal ring segment placement, and other corneal procedures with currently available femtosecond lasers.

Dr. Ella Faktorovich has provided detailed photographs and illustrations to demonstrate the techniques for optimizing procedure outcomes. The author guides you step-by-step through common procedures while providing a detailed approach to managing and preventing possible complications.

femto-
pref.

One quadrillionth (10 ^-15): femtovolt.

[From Danish and Norwegian femten, fifteen, from Old Norse fimmtān.]

habanero

漫畫來源: Ted Goff


habanero

(hä'bə-nâr'ō, ä'bä-nĕ'rō)
n., pl., -ros.
A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum chinense having small, round, extremely hot green to red fruit.

[American Spanish, of Havana (from the theory that it originated in Cuba), from (La) Habana, Havana.]

call in, call-in, called in sick, in question, call in question

Cameron Calls In Parliament as Hacking Scandal Grows

By SARAH LYALL and DON VAN NATTA Jr. 17 minutes ago

Prime Minister David Cameron said he would address Parliament on Wednesday, a day after Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks are set to testify.

call-in

(kôl'ĭn')
adj.
Being in a format such that listeners or viewers are invited to have their telephone conversations with the host or guests on a show broadcast to other listeners: a call-in radio show.

n.

1. A viewer's or listener's telephone conversation with or telephone call to the host of such a show.
2. A viewer or listener making such a call.

Telephone one's employer or school that one is ill and cannot come to work or attend. For example, Ben called in sick and told his boss he would miss the meeting.
[Mid-1900s]

call in question
Also, call into question. Dispute, challenge; also, cast doubt on. For example, How can you call her honesty into question? This usage was first recorded in John Lyly's Euphues (1579): "That ... I should call in question the demeanour of all."


Chip makers soon will deliver one of biggest advances in years in the technology that powers laptop and desktop computers. But how much consumers—and the chip companies—will benefit is in question.

in question
Under consideration, referring to the subject being discussed, as in No new facts have been discovered about the period in question. Shakespeare used this idiom in Cymbeline (1:1): "His father ... had, besides the gentleman in question, two other sons." [c. 1600] Also see call in question.

pass over, taken in by, in the hole

Elizabeth Warren Not Likely to Head Consumer Agency

Though she helped to create it, Wall Street critic may get passed over for head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Rebekah Brooks Arrested In Hacking Probe

Ex-News International chief, who resigned Friday, is taken in by police in London.

Gingrich Campaign: $1 Million in Debt, Half on Private Jets

Former Speaker of the House in the hole while Romney, Bachmann rake in contributions.

in the hole
1. In debt; in trouble, especially financial trouble. For example, Joan is too extravagant; she's always in the hole, or Buying all these Christmas presents will put us in the hole for the next few months. [Colloquial; early 1800s] Also see in a bind.
2. In trouble in a competitive sport. For example, At three balls and no strikes, the pitcher's in the hole, or The batter's got two strikes on him; he's in the hole. [Slang; late 1800s]
3. In a card game, scoring lower than zero. For example, Only one hand's been dealt and I'm already three points in the hole. This expression alludes to the practice of circling a minus score in the old game of euchre. The antonym for all three usages is out of the hole, as in It took careful financial management to get Kevin out of the hole, or An experienced pitcher often can manage to get out of the hole. Also see ace in the hole.

pass over
v

Definition: ignore, disregard
Antonyms: attend, heed, take care, tap

recension, popularizer

Such a thorough recension has been possible because....

The O.E.D. already provide popularizers with unlimited material.

recension
(rĭ-sĕn'shən)
n.

1. A critical revision of a text incorporating the most plausible elements found in varying sources.
2. A text so revised.

[Latin recēnsiō, recēnsiōn-, a reviewing, from recēnsēre, to review : re-, re- + cēnsēre, to estimate.]

popularize

(pŏp'yə-lə-rīz')
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle.
2. To present in a widely understandable or acceptable form: popularize technical material for a general audience.

popularization pop'u·lar·i·za'tion (-lər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
popularizer pop'u·lar·iz'er n.

floodgate, reserve

Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News

China to Release More of Its Pork Reserves

By MICHAEL WINES

With the price of pig meat up 38 percent in major cities since the start of the year, China is about to open the floodgates of its national pork reserve.

come out of, Integrity, Rung

Mr. Li, the MediaExpress spokesman, said the company now has misgivings about how it listed in the U.S. 'We had never considered that this way of listing would come [at the expense] of investor trust,' he said.



come out ofAlso, come from or come of. Issue, proceed, or result from, as in What good can come out of all this wrangling? or Where are these questions coming from? or What do you think will come of this change? The first term dates from the early 1600s, the second from the early 1200s, and the third from the late 1500s. Also see where one is coming from.

レポートによると、OSS の整合性、品質、セキュリティは全体的に向上しており、毎年、Coverity 認定の「Integrity Rung」（整合性レベル）ランクを上げているプロジェクトが増え続けている、とのことだ。 具体的には、静的解析の欠陥密度が16％減少したことが判明、 ...


Integrity Ladder with Questions and User's Guide
laws (Rung 5 of the Integrity Ladder). Other companies may believe that
compliance .... preferred integrity rung of the ladder is often not constructive

Clay Jones / The Free Lance-Star / Creators Syndicate

Rung
━━ n. （はしごの）段; （いすなどの）桟; （車の）輻(や).
start at the bottom rung　一番低い地位から始める.

n.

1. A rod or bar forming a step of a ladder.
2. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
3. The spoke in a wheel.
4. Nautical. One of the spokes or handles on a ship's wheel.
5. A level or degree in a hierarchy: a middle manager awaiting a promotion to the next rung.

[Middle English, from Old English hrung.]

integrity

• [intégrəti]

[名][U]

1 正直, 誠実, 高潔, 廉直(honesty)

a person of high integrity
すぐれて誠実な人物.

2 完全な状態, 無欠（性）, もとのままの状態, 無傷の状態

territorial integrity
領土保全.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

著名的“輕聲說話加大棍子”的擴張主義政策，就出自這位“羅斯福王”之手。

There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903

make a pitch for US and Canadian slang

a. to give verbal support to

b. to attempt to attract (someone) sexually or romantically

the body politic, natural wastage, ground staff

the body politic noun [S] FORMAL
all the people of a particular country under a particular government

natural wastage UK noun [U] (US attrition)
a reduction in the number of people who work for an organization which is achieved by not replacing those people who leave

ground staff plural noun

the people whose job is to take care of a sports ground and its equipment

rifted, soaring, imbricate

或許該拼湊東海校園的九景送許達然。

只怕那兒沒有夢中文物的指指點點

沒有學者學生的友情愛情

所以用這篇當作文理大道上的風聲鐘聲……..

《斷象》The Rifted Vision

(臺灣大學「新月台」內)

2005年10月，住處前臺灣大學網球場邊樹立一棟建築物「新月台」。我無法原諒它但求立面工整 (裏面有一家原叫 NTU FancyLand的，隔間等真是慘不忍睹；又，砍一棵樹為夜間照明。

這棟的公共藝術是一牆化工材織物，由九個校景一瞥所構成。它說拜科技之賜，現在可以將景色合成、織成。

大概很少人注意版權版上還有一首中英對照的詩歌。讓我無法思解的是，這首可能是創作詩嗎？我記憶中的詩是這樣，標點和幾處可能有錯，而我認為或許意思到了就好、漢文版和英文版都是如是觀。遺憾的是沒記下作者。

《斷象》The Rifted Vision

Erected first are the soaring towers, followed by the stairs,

Sculpted first are the standing walls followed by the windows,

To inter-view, to en-vision,

Shuttling to imbricate the fleeting images and fading imaginations,

Partly for the passing beholders,

Partly for the remembering scholars.

先有巨塔，而後有了樓梯，

先有高樓，而後有了窗，

為了溝通、為了看見、為了明白

穿梭為了凝固即將逝去的風景與意志

一半借給路人指點

一半留給學者紀念

imbricate

(ĭm'brĭ-kāt')
adj.
Having regularly arranged, overlapping edges, as roof tiles or fish scales.


v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.
To overlap in a regular pattern.

v.intr.
To be arranged with regular overlapping edges.

[Latin imbricātus, covered with roof tiles, from imbrex, imbric-, roof tile, from imber, imbr-, rain.]

imbrication im'bri·ca'tion n.

gainful, historiogra·phy, employment, Histrionic personality disorder

GOING AFTER ‘GAINFUL’
WASHINGTON -- Weeks after the U.S. Education Department issued softened regulations designed to ensure that vocational programs prepare graduates for "gainful employment," House Republicans made abundantly clear Friday that, in their view, the rules had not been eased nearly enough, and that they would continue to oppose them. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriately seductive behavior, usually beginning in early adulthood. These individuals are lively, dramatic, vivacious, enthusiastic, and flirtatious.

They may be inappropriately sexually provocative, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and be easily influenced by others. Associated features may include egocentrism, self-indulgence, continuous longing for appreciation, and persistent manipulative behavior to achieve their own needs.

The art of, or employment of, writing history.
his·to·ri·og·ra·phy (hĭ-stôr'ē-ŏg'rə-fē, -stōr'-)
n.

1. The principles, theories, or methodology of scholarly historical research and presentation.
2. The writing of history based on a critical analysis, evaluation, and selection of authentic source materials and composition of these materials into a narrative subject to scholarly methods of criticism.
3. A body of historical literature.

[French historiographie, from Old French, from Greek historiographiā : historiā, history; see history + -graphiā, -graphy.]

historiographic his·to'ri·o·graph'ic (-ē-ə-grăf'ĭk) or his·to'ri·o·graph'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
historiographically his·to'ri·o·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

employ
tr.v., -ployed, -ploy·ing, -ploys.

1. 1. To engage the services of; put to work: agreed to employ the job applicant.
   2. To provide with gainful work: factories that employ thousands.
2. To put to use or service. See synonyms at use.
3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.

n.

1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.
2. Archaic. Occupation.

[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre, to involve : in-, in; see en-¹ + plicāre, to fold.]

employability em·ploy'a·bil'i·ty n.
employable em·ploy'a·ble adj.
employer em·ploy'er n.

[名]

1 [U][C]職, 職業, 仕事, 業務（⇒OCCUPATION[類語]）；（時間をとる）仕事

public employment
公職

leave one's employment
職を去る

give employment to ...
…に職を与える

seek employment
職を求める

She found employment as a typist.
タイピストとして職を得た.

2 [U]使われている状態, 雇用, 勤め, 勤務（⇔unemployment）；[C]((形式))有益な活動

full employment
（失業者ゼロの）完全雇用

be in ［out of, without］ employment
就業［失業］している.

3 [U]((形式))（物を）使うこと, 使用；利用

the employment of atomic energy
原子力の利用.

4 就業人口.
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• [histɔ`ːriɑ'grəfi | -ɔ'g-]

[名][U][C]
1 歴史文献；((集合的))史実.
2 歴史記述, 修史, 史料編集.
3 歴史学の方法.
4 公の歴史, 正史.
his・tò・ri・o・gráph・ic, his・tò・gráph・i・cal [形]史料編集の.



gainful


(gān'fəl)
adj.
Providing a gain; profitable: gainful employment.

gainfully gain'ful·ly adv.
gainfulness gain'ful·ness n.

market capitalisation, rounding error, regulatory , discretionary

Lex專欄：雀巢押注徐福記
FT Lex: Nestlé
英國《金融時報》 Lex專欄



In the casino of dealmaking, a small bet on a potentially big return is often worth making. Nestlé has done just that. The S$2.1bn it is offering for 60 per cent of Singapore-listed Hsu Fu Chi is less than 1 per cent of the Swiss food group's market capitalisation. And the Chinese food maker will only add about 0.5 per cent to Nestlé's Sfr110bn in revenues last year. Yet for what is effectively a rounding error, the Swiss giant has agreed to buy an extensive distribution network in everyone's dream market. Hsu Fu Chi is a call option on growth in the Chinese middle class.


在撮合交易的賭場裡，用小額賭注押注於可能獲得的巨大收益，通常是值得的。雀巢(Nestlé)就押下了這樣一注。該公司將以21億新元收購在新加坡上市的徐福記60%的股權，這個金額還不到這家瑞士食品集團市值的1%。這家中國食品製造商將為雀巢增加的收入，僅相當於後者去年1100億瑞士法郎營收的約0.5%。然而，相對於幾乎可以忽略不計的收購成本，這家瑞士巨頭同意買入的，卻是一個遍布中國這個人人都垂涎的巨大市場的分銷網絡。徐福記是對中國中產階層壯大的看漲期權。

The option does not exactly come cheap. The S$4.35 per share offer price values​​ Hsu Fu Chi at a full 2​​6 times next year's earnings – about a 25 per cent premium to the company's share price before bid speculation broke out this month. Nestlé itself trades at 16 times its 2012 earnings. Furthermore, if Hsu Fu Chi, which has clashed with regulators in the past, were to suffer any health and safety problems, the reputation of Nestlé's broader business could suffer. Finally, there are disturbing precedents. Private equity group Blackstone and Unilever, the British food maker, have encountered regulatory trouble while attempting to raise food prices in China.


這個期權並不廉價。雀巢開出的每股4.35瑞士法郎的價格，是徐福記明年預期每股收益的整整26倍，較本月收購傳言出現之前的徐福記股價，溢價幅度達到25%。目前雀巢自己的股價是2012年預期每股收益的16倍。另外，徐福記曾經與監管機構有過不愉快的過去，如果它出現任何衛生與食品安全問題，可能損及雀巢旗下更廣泛業務的聲譽。最後，之前的一些先例令人憂心。私營股本集團黑石(Blackstone)和英國食品製造商聯合利華(Unilever)試圖在中國提價時，都遭遇了監管方面的麻煩。

Still, the downside for Nestlé is limited. Although many of Hsu Fu Chi's products are discretionary purchases, the food sector is still reasonably defensive. And if the investment sours, Nestlé's income statement will barely notice. Also, adverse currency swings are unlikely; there is pressure from all sides for the renminbi to appreciate. That would be welcome for Nestlé, which has for years watched the currencies of its important trading partners sink against the Swiss franc. The currency hedge provides a nice kicker for a bet worth making.


儘管如此，這筆交易對雀巢的不利之處是有限的。雖然徐福記的很多產品都不是必需品，但食品行業仍具有相當強的防禦性。如果這筆投資出現問題，給雀巢收入損益錶帶來的影響幾乎覺察不到。另外，也不太可能出現不利的匯率波動。人民幣面臨來自各方的升值壓力。對於雀巢而言這是有利的，近年來，雀巢重要貿易夥伴國的貨幣兌瑞士法郎匯率紛紛下跌。人民幣能夠提供的匯率對沖，為一個值得下的賭注提供了一個有力的“起腳牌(kicker)”。



Lex專欄是由FT評論家聯合撰寫的短評，對全球經濟與商業進行精闢分析

(as) rich as Croesus / Rockefeller

(as) rich as Croesus / Rockefeller　

紀元前6世紀的中東Lydia國王Croesus（這字照希臘文’o”要發音：クロイソス；英文則不發音） 就是大超級富豪（a man of immense weath）。

我們談過John D. Rockefeller(1839-1937) 的經營財富有道。他過世，英文圈（1938）就用他取代Croesus……

Croesus

A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Crœsus.

現在Forbes等雜誌，每年都會選百位世界首富。不過，經營有道的，還是很難和Rockefeller比。

━━ n. クロイソス（のような大富豪） ((紀元前6世紀のLydiaの王)).
(as) rich as Croesus　大金持で.

tabloid-ready, tabloid fodder, shut down

Scandal Shifts Britain’s Media and Political Landscape

By SARAH LYALL 37 minutes ago

An arrest seems imminent for The News of the World’s once politically influential former editor after the Murdochs announced plans to shut down the tabloid.

Move to Close Tabloid Is Greeted With Suspicion

By JENNIFER PRESTON and JEREMY W. PETERS

Condemnation came from all directions on Thursday as News Corporation opted to shut down The News of the World.

Related Coverage

• Shock at Paper and a Retreat to the Pub

• Woman Rises to Top in Male Tabloid Culture

A Career in Tabloids, Thanks to Elizabeth Taylor

By BARRY LEVINE

I became a reporter who learned to stalk celebrities after seeing my mother's passion for the biggest star of her time.

This novel turns suburban bliss into tabloid fodder when a woman's estimable husband is found murdered.



The luster of stardom wore off in the 1980s and Bonaduce became famous for his
tabloid-ready lifestyle, including widely reported substance abuse and a ...

The stand-up thing would have been to fire Mr. Hurd on the altogether legitimate grounds that the directors didn’t have faith in his leadership. But of course Wall Street would have had a conniption if the board had taken such a step. So instead, it ginned up a tabloid-ready scandal that only serves to bring shame, once again, on the H.P. board.


tabloid

(tăb'loid')
n.
A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material.

adj.

1. In summary form; condensed.
2. Lurid or sensational.

[From tabloid journalism, from Tabloid, trademark for a drug or chemical in condensed form.]

tabloidism tab'loid'ism n.(rĕd'ē)


ready
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.
2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.
3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.
4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.
5. Available: ready money.

tr.v., read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies.
To cause to be ready.

idioms:

at the ready

1. Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready.

make ready

1. To make preparations.

[Middle English redy, from Old English rǣde.]

readiness read'i·ness n.




fodder
(fŏd'ər)
n.

1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
2. Raw material, as for artistic creation.
3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply: romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.

tr.v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.
To feed with fodder.

[Middle English, from Old English fōdor.]

rough out, rough in

Reel China: It's rough out West for Chinese films
Los Angeles Times
Films that have been blockbusters in China have failed to find much of a market in the US
Zhang Yimou's $100-million "The Heroes of Nanking," with Christian Bale and large portion of English dialogue, tries to change that. A scene from the movie "Red ...

rough out,

Also, rough in. Prepare or indicate in unfinished form, as in He roughed out several plans for a merger, or They roughed in where the doors would go without checking with the architect. [Second half of 1700s]

epicurean urge , decalcomania, decal

康有為思想研究 (蕭公權)

康有為思想研究 蕭公權作：汪榮祖譯出
：聯經出版公司 出版日期：1988年


蕭公權先生的書 當然精彩 傳主也是奇人
此書有索引 不過可能是英文版的頁數
我先讀前30頁

(epicurean) urge (第6頁) 翻譯成 "制力" 似為誤解 在第2章說康有為多半是"享樂主義"者......

epicurean
(ĕp'ĭ-kyʊ-rē'ən, -kyʊr'ē-)
adj.

1. Devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort.
2. Suited to the tastes of an epicure: an epicurean repast.
3. Epicurean Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism.

n.

1. A devotee to sensuous and luxurious living; an epicure.
2. Epicurean A follower of Epicurus.

[Middle English Epicurien, from Epicure. See epicure.]

decalcomania

(dē-kăl'kə-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə)
n.

1. The process of transferring pictures or designs printed on specially prepared paper to materials such as glass or metal.
2. A decal.

[French décalcomanie, from dēcalquer, to transfer a tracing (de-, off, from , from Latin dē-; see de- + calquer, to trace; see calque) + manie, craze (from its popularity in the 19th century) (from Late Latin mania, madness; see mania).]

decalcomania

decal[de・cal]

• 発音記号[díːkæl | dikǽl]
• 
  

[名]((米))

1 移し絵, 転写印刷, デカルコマニー.

2 1の絵や図案の描いてある転写紙.

starburst, This Land

This Land

In Joplin, Mo., a Declaration of Endurance

By DAN BARRY

Monday’s celebration in the partially destroyed city of Joplin will be better than ever, and will end with a display of starbursts designed to brighten the faces of all.

starburst

(stär'bûrst')
n.
A shape or design with emanating rays that resembles the flash of light produced by an exploding star.

on one's own recognizance

DSK Released On Own Recognizance

Prosecutors tell court they now have serious doubts about accuser's story.

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recognizance

• [rikɑ'gnəzəns | -kɔ'g-]
• 
  

[名][U][C]《法律》正式の誓約書

on one's own recognizance
《法律》裁判所の出頭命令に従うという誓約書を提出して（▼仮釈放のとき担保金を払わない［担保金保証書を提出しない］でする場合をいう）.