2021年1月21日 星期四

enamor, panned, pan out, nix, ineffective, boomer. Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters


Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters

Where Donald Trump’s critics see underqualified nominees with questionable judgment, his voters described them as mavericks recruited to shake up Washington.


For many young people in China, covid-19 has inspired an appreciation for the Chinese government and disdain for America's



ECONOMIST.COM
Young Chinese are not enamoured by the West
No place like home



Jennifer Kin
The Golden Age Of Illustration
I was enamored with this book. Does anyone else remember it?
Germany's "Marshall Plan for climate protection", which included a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, was instantly dismissed as inadequate

A funeral oration written in Anna Komnene’s memory called her “a rival star” to Constantinople’s galaxy of brilliant men. Future readers of her work would not always be so enamored with her.
For centuries, historians saw her as a ruthless schemer who tried to kill her brother for the throne. But her true legacy is in her own words.
THEPARISREVIEW.ORG



The US first lady is usually complimented for her smart dress sense and her fashion choices are generally lauded.
But the outfit Michelle Obama wore at a banquet hosted by India's president on Sunday night has been largely panned, with critics describing it variously as "disastrous" or "a nightmare".http://bbc.in/1zOqdFL


“The boomers had great expectations for what their life might look like, but I think perhaps it hasn’t panned out that way,” she said. “All these conditions the boomers are facing, future cohorts are going to be facing many of these conditions as well.”
 “嬰兒潮一代曾對自己的生活寄予厚望,但我想一切可能並非盡如人意,”她說。“在嬰兒潮一代所面對的所有這些狀況里,其中許多也將在未來幾代人的生活里出現。”


Why Stephen King Is Nixing 'Joyland' E-Book



Campaign Gains a New Intensity in Debate's Wake

By JIM RUTENBERG and PETER BAKER
President Obama and Mitt Romney confronted what one feared and the other hoped was an altered campaign after a debate in which Mr. Obama's performance was widely panned.
Facebook, Dead or Alive
Wall Street Journal
By AL LEWIS I will not make the same mistake I made in 2004 when I panned the initial public stock offering of Google. "A bet on Google is a bet on a company that makes 95% of its revenues on Internet advertising," I wrote, before I came to work for ...



Microsoft pans Chrome, Firefox security
Computerworld
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Microsoft today launched a website that cranks out security scores for the various editions of its own Internet Explorer (IE) as well as browsers built by rivals Google and Mozilla. The new site -

CLOSING TIME IN CALIFORNIA
When the state coordinating board closes its doors for the last time on Nov. 18, few will be there to pay respects to the once-touted agency that served as a check on the governor and on institutions of higher learning. California Gov. Jerry Brown nixed funding for the agency in the state’s latest budget. In his veto message the governor said that "while I appreciate the importance of coordinating and guiding state higher education policy, I believe CPEC has been ineffective." H.D. Palmer, California deputy director of the department of finance, said that while the dollar amount for one commission may be small, the governor was staring down a $25 billion budget deficit. Eliminating CPEC will save $927,000 in the budget next year. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.


Actively publishing into the 2000s, Mr. Samuelson's career in economics spanned eight decades. As a high school student in 1932, he wandered into an economics lecture at the University of Chicago and was enamored.

en·am·or (ĭ-năm'ər) pronunciation
tr.v., -ored, -or·ing, -ors.
To inspire with love; captivate: was enamored of the beautiful dancer; were enamored with the charming island.

[Middle English enamouren, from Old French enamourer : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + amour, love; see amour.]

enamor[en・am・or]

  • 発音記号[inǽmər]
[動](他)((通例受身))…を(…で)夢中にさせる, 魅惑する;((文))…を恋のとりこにする((of, with ...))
be enamored ofwith] [=enamor oneself ofits beauty
その美しさに心を奪われる.



nix

Pronunciation: /nɪks/

informal
Definition of nix
pronoun
  • nothing:apart from that, nix

exclamation

  • expressing denial or refusal: ‘I owe you some money,’ ‘Nix, nix.’

verb

[with object] chiefly North American
  • put an end to; cancel:he nixed the deal just before it was to be signed

Origin:

late 18th century (as a noun): from German, colloquial variant of nichts 'nothing'
nix
 tr.v., nixed, nix·ing, nix·es.
To forbid, refuse, or veto: Congress nixed the tax hike.


pan out

end up; conclude:he’s happy with the way the deal panned out


pan

 v.tr.
  1. To wash (gravel, for example) in a pan for gold or other precious metal.
  2. To cook (food) in a pan: panned the fish right after catching it.
  3. Informal. To criticize or review harshly.
informal Criticize severely:the movie was panned by the critics
pan[pan1]

(1) なべ;((主に米))平なべ(((英))tin).
(2) なべの中身;なべ1杯の量.
2 皿状の物;天びん皿;工業用なべ
an evaporating pan
蒸発皿.
3 ((米))(砂金などをより分ける)選鉱なべ.
4 (旧式の鉄砲の)火皿.
5 皿状のくぼ地, 沼地, 塩田.
6 (入り江などにできる)氷片, 小浮氷.
7 酷評
on the pan
酷評されて.
8 ((主に英))便器.
9 ((米俗))顔, つら.
go down the pan
((英俗))むだになる.
shut one's pan
口をつぐむ, だまっている.
━━[動](〜ned, 〜・ning)(他)
1 〈砂利・砂金などを〉選鉱なべで洗ってより分ける((off, out)).
2 〈食べ物を〉なべで煮る.
3 ((略式))〈劇・本などを〉酷評する, こきおろす.
━━(自)
1 (宝石を求めて)砂利を選鉱なべで洗う((for ...)).
2 〈砂利・鉱床などが〉金を産出する((out)).
pan out
(1) ⇒(自)2
(2) ((略式))〈計画などが〉うまくいく;…の結果になる;〈人が〉成功する
pan out wellbadly
うまくいく[いかない].

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