2012年7月16日 星期一

schism, to goose,goosefoot, Davidian, warrant

This rule-twisting could deprive the government of tens of billions of dollars, assuming the firm remains profitable. The tax dodge, and let's be honest, that's what it is, also will most likely help goose the bonuses of A.I.G.'s employees, some who helped create many of the problems that led to its role in the financial crisis.


On Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began.





Branch Davidians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Branch Davidians (also known as "The Branch") are a Protestant sect that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists ...


Sartre and Camus in New York
By ANDY MARTIN

The roots of the schism between the two French philosophers can be glimpsed in their different reactions to the United States.

schism[schism]

  • 発音記号[sízm]
[名][U][C](団体の)分裂;分派;《キリスト教》教会分離, 離教;離教罪, 教派分立罪.
[ラテン語←ギリシャ語schízein(裂くもの). △SCHEDULE

warrant[war・rant]

  • レベル:大学入試程度
  • 発音記号[wɔ'ːrənt | wɔ'r-]
[名]
1 《法律》(治安判事の発行する)令状
a search warrant
捜索令状
put out a warrant of [for] arrest
逮捕令状を出す.
2 [U]((形式))(…の)正当な理由[根拠]((for ...));(する)権限((to do))
We have every warrant for believing him.
彼を信じる理由は十分ある.
3 [U]担保物件, 保証;(…の)担保物件[保証]となるもの((for, of ...))
Diligence plus good luck are sure warrants of success.
勤勉に幸運が伴えば成功疑いなしだ.
4 証明書, 許可証, 認可書, 委任状;支払命令書;受領認可書
a dividend warrant
配当金領収書.
5 《証券》ワラント, 新株引受権(subscription warrant)
bond with stock purchase warrant
新株引受権つき債券, ワラント債.
6 《商業》倉荷[倉庫]証券.
7 《軍事》準士官任命辞令.
━━[動](他)
1III[名]/doing]…の正当な理由[根拠]となる, 〈…することを〉正当化する
Nothing can warrant such abuse.
そんな虐待はどう見ても許せない
His condition didn't warrant calling the doctor.
医者を呼ぶほどの状態ではなかった.
2III[名]/that節]…を保証[確約]する;〈品質・量などを〉保証する, 〈買い手などに〉商品の表示[損害賠償]を保証する;[IV[名][名]]〈人に〉〈行為などを〉保証する;[V[名](to be)[名][[形]]]((通例受身))〈人・物が〉(…であると)保証する
warrant the quality of ...
…の品質を保証する
We warrant it (to be) [=It is warranted (to be)] pure wool.
それは純毛だと保証します.
3 ((古風))…を確言する;〈人に〉〈…と〉請け合う((that節))
I warrant he is a liar.
やつがうそつきなことは確かだ(▼ふつうI [I'll] warrant (you)として挿入的に用いる).
4 …を正式に許可[認可]する(authorize).
5 《法律》〈譲受人に〉遺産[譲与財産など]の権限を保証する.

goose[goose]

  • レベル:大学入試程度
  • 発音記号[gúːs]
[名](複 1, 3でgeese 〔ís〕, 4, 5でgoo・ses 〔-iz〕)
1
(1) (家禽(かきん)の)ガチョウ, (野生の)ガン
a wild goose
野生のガン
All his geese are swans.
((ことわざ)) 自分の物ならなんでも最高;手前みそ.
(2) ガチョウ[ガン]の雌. ▼雄はgander. ⇒GOSLING 1
2 [U]ガチョウ[ガン]の肉.
3 ((話))ばか, とんま
make a goose of ...
…をばかにする.
4 (湾曲した取っ手のついた)アイロン, (仕立て屋の)火のし.
5 ((俗))(いたずらで)尻(しり)の間を突くこと, 「カンチョー」.
cook a person's [one's] goose
人[自分]の熱意[希望, 計画]を台なしにする, 人[自分]をだめにする.
gone goose
((米略式))=dead duck.
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
小利に目がくらみ元も子もなくする.
▼Aesopの寓話より.
━━[動](他)
1 ((米略式))(いたずらで)〈人の〉尻の間を突く, 「カンチョー」する.
2 ((俗))〈エンジンを〉ふかす.
3 …に活を入れる;…を促進する, 大いに伸ばす((up)).
[古英語gōs. △ドイツ語Gans]

goosefoot

n., pl., -foots.
Any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium, having small greenish flowers. Also called pigweed.

[From the shape of its leaves.]
俗語指笨手笨腳者?
Leaved Goosefoot
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