parallel, linesman, undulating, wavy, bigotry

 

The Duck Dynasty Fiasco Says More About Our Bigotry Than Phil's

Why is our go-to political strategy for beating our opponents to silence them? Why do we dismiss, rather than engage them?

Ed Alcock for The New York Times

The Louvre's Islamic Art Wing exhibition space sits under a wavy golden canopy.

The Louvre

Some modern monuments are right under most tourists’ noses, in the city’s historic center. One of the newest is the Louvre’s Islamic Art Wing, which opened last September. The exhibition space, designed by the French architect Rudy Ricciotti and the Italian architect Mario Bellini, sits under an undulating golden canopy in the middle of the museum’s neo-Classical Visconti Courtyard.

Three charged over linesman death


A Japanese museum showcasing art created in countries on the 43rd parallel will sell off its 400-piece collection, including prints by Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, the owner said.
館方表示，一家展示在北緯43度通過的各國所創造的藝術品的日本美術館，將拋售包括達利與米羅的作品在內的400件館藏。


The Facebook-Microsoft Parallels: A computer prodigy drops out of Harvard and builds one of America's hottest companies. Goldman Sachs plays a key role in the eventual I.P.O. This isn't Mark Zuckerberg in 2011. It's Bill Gates in 1986.Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, written in the late 1st Century.

《希臘羅馬名人傳》Plutarch (46-120)普魯塔克《道德論集 選》


  in American English, by analogy with switchback railways. In British English 'switchback' is more likely to refer to a heavily undulating road—a use extended from the rollercoaster and the other type of switchback railway.




 The final chapter is an exhortation to better governance, in which he examines corruption, ethnic bigotry, state failure and the steps Nigeria must take to rehabilitate itself. This prescriptive wish list reminds us of the gap between theory and practice in Nigerian politics; it makes you pine for the likes of Achebe to govern. But sadly, he's not writing a manifesto; instead, we have in There Was A Country an elegy from a master storyteller who has witnessed the undulating fortunes of a nation, which – unlike young "Dictionary" – has yet to fulfil its potential.




In "The Leopard," when the Prince is hunting near the fictional Donnafugata, really Santa Margherita, he looks out over the landscape and sees it "aridly undulating to the horizon in hillock after hillock, comfortless and irrational, with no lines that the mind could grasp, conceived apparently in a delirious moment of creation; a sea suddenly petrified when a change of wind had flung the waves into a frenzy."

bigotry

Syllabification: (big·ot·ry)

Pronunciation: /ˈbigətrē/

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noun

• bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself:the report reveals racism and right-wing bigotry

Origin:

late 17th century: from bigot, reinforced by French bigoterie

un・du・late

━━ v. 波立つ, 波動する［させる］; （地表など）起伏する［させる］.
━━ a. 波状の.

linesman

音節

línes • man

発音

-mən

レベル

社会人必須

linesmanの変化形

linesmen (複数形)

[名]（複-men）

1 《スポーツ》ラインズマン, 線審.

2 ((主に英))架線工事人(lineman).

parallel[par・al・lel]

 

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[pǽrəlèl]
• 
  

[形]

1
(1) 〈線・面などが〉（…に）平行な((to, with ...))

parallel lines
平行線

parallel parking
（歩道の縁石と平行の）縦列駐車

draw line AB parallel to CD
CDに平行な線分ABを引く

be in parallel with ...
…と平行である.

(2) ((形式))同方向［進路, 傾向, 性質］の, （…に）対応［相当, 一致］する, （…と）類似［同様］な((to ...))

a parallel instance to this one ［＝an instance parallel to this one］
これと似た例.

2 《音楽》平行（進行）の；同主（名）調の.

3 《電気》並列（式, 接続）の

a parallel circuit
並列回路.

4 《コンピュータ》並列の.

5 《文法》並列の.

━━[副]（…と）平行に((to, with ...)).

━━[名]

1 平行線［面］；[U]平行.

2 《地学》緯（度）線(parallel of latitude)

the 38th parallel
38度線.

3 [U]類似, （…との）相似；[C]類似物, 類似点, （…に）対応［匹敵］するもの((to, with ...))

have some parallels with ...
…と似たところがある

draw a parallel with another ［between two things］
二者の間に類似性を認める.

4 [U]《電気》並列. ⇒SERIES[名]5

in parallel
並列（式）で.

5 《印刷》パラレル（‖）：参照符号.

━━[動]（〜ed, 〜・ing or((英))〜led, 〜・ling）(他)

1 〈2つの線・面などを〉平行させる；…と平行している, 平行に進む.

2 …に匹敵する人［もの］を見出す；…に匹敵［相当, 対応, 一致］する.

3 …を（…と）比較する((with ...)).

［ラテン語←ギリシャ語parállēlos （para-そばに＋állēlosお互いの）. △ALIEN］

breach, unbreachable, freight, multiple pieces of information,

The Target Credit Card Breach: What You Should Know

40 million shoppers could be at risk for credit and debit card fraud

“Superman!” gasps Lois Lane, freshly scooped from beneath the nodding carbines of a South American firing squad. “Right!” says the boxy blue-and-red figure who holds her in his arms. “And still playing the role of gallant rescuer!” His mouth is set in a kind of grimace, but with dimples. Is he frowning? Tautly grinning? And what can he mean by “still playing the role”? This is only the second Superman comic ever, from July 1938, and already our hero — caped and airborne, with Lois coiled against his unbreachable bosom — is carrying a freight of super-irony.“超人！”剛從南美行刑場的卡賓槍下逃過一劫的洛伊斯·萊恩(Lois Lane)氣喘吁籲地喊道。 “是我！”穿著紅藍衣衫的壯漢把她攬在懷裡，肯定地回答道，“我還在扮演英勇的救世主角色！”他咧著嘴，似乎在做鬼臉，但露出了酒窩。他在皺眉嗎？還是在緊張地咧嘴笑？他說“還在扮演這個角色”，這又是什麼意思？這只是自1938年7月以來的第二部《超人》漫畫，但是我們的英雄——穿著披風，飛來飛去，將​​洛伊斯護在他堅實的胸前——已經開始蘊含著巨大的諷刺。

U.S. Suspects Iranians Were Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks
By THOM SHANKER and DAVID E. SANGER 47 minutes ago
Intelligence officials believe Iran was the origin of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached American financial institutions.

Obama Slams Security Breach

Obama blamed the Northwest bombing attempt on security lapses, as it emerged that the U.S. had multiple pieces of information about the suspect.

breach

[名]1 [C][U]（法律・義務・約束などの）違反, 不履行, 破棄 a breach of contract契約違反 a breach of confidence秘密漏洩(ろうえい) a b...

breach of promise

[U][C]《法律》契約違反, 約束不履行, （特に）婚約不履行.

breach of the peace

《法律》((通例単数形))（暴動・騒乱などによる）治安妨害（罪）, 治安紊乱(びんらん)（罪）.

breach

Syllabification: (breach)

Pronunciation: /brēCH/

Translate breach | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun

• 1an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct:a breach of confidence I sued for breach of contract
• a break in relations:a sudden breach between father and son

• 2a gap in a wall, barrier, or defense, especially one made by an attacking army.

verb

[with object]

• 1make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defense):the river breached its bank
• break or fail to observe (a law, agreement, or code of conduct).

• 2 [no object] (of a whale) rise and break through the surface of the water.

Phrases

breach of the peace

an act of violent or noisy behavior that causes a public disturbance and is considered a criminal offense.

breach of promise

the action of breaking a sworn assurance to do something, formerly especially to marry someone.

step into the breach

replace someone who is suddenly unable to do a job or task.

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to break¹

unbreachable

Syllabification: (un·breach·a·ble)

Pronunciation: /ˌənˈbrēCHəbəl/

Definition of unbreachable

adjective

not able to be breached or overcome:a virtually unbreachable position

freight

Syllabification: (freight)

Pronunciation: /frāt/

Translate freight | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Definition of freight

noun

• 1goods transported by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
• the transport of goods by truck, train, ship, or aircraft.
• a charge for transport by freight.

• 2 (in full freight train) a train of freight cars:sugar and molasses moving by freight

• 3a load or burden.

verb

[with object]

• transport (goods) in bulk by truck, train, ship, or aircraft:the metals had been freighted from the city [no object]:ships freighting to Dublin
• (be freighted with) be laden or imbued with (something abstract):each word was freighted with anger

Derivatives

freighting

Pronunciation: /frātiNG/

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'rental of a ship for transporting goods'): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vrecht, variant of vracht 'ship's cargo'. Compare with fraught

stereo-, stereoscopic, arthroscopic, calisthenics , meniscus, hook up

..., and the anthology Hooking Up (2000).


Thousands of people with a torn meniscus may be undergoing unnecessary arthroscopic surgery, according to a new study: http://nyti.ms/19rppL6

Brain Calisthenics for Abstract Ideas

Like any other high school junior, Wynn Haimer has a few holes in his academic game. Graphs and equations, for instance: He gets the idea, fine — one is a linear representation of the other — but making those conversions is often a headache.

 meniscus

跳轉到： 導覽、 搜尋

半月板示意圖

滑液關節內的軟骨墊
半月板為一種新月形軟骨，見於一些滑液關節中。膝、腕和頷的樞鈕關節中均包含半月板。半月板連接在關節囊上，有助於減少骨塊間的摩擦。膝中的半月板在激烈的活動中可能會受傷，必須切除半月板以防止關節卡住。

meniscus

Syllabification: (me·nis·cus)

Pronunciation: /məˈniskəs/

noun (plural menisci /-kē, -kī/ or meniscuses)

Physics

• the curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube.
• [usually as modifier] Optics a lens that is convex on one side and concave on the other.
• Anatomy a thin fibrous cartilage between the surfaces of some joints, e.g., the knee.

Origin:

late 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek mēniskos 'crescent', diminutive of mēnē 'moon'

arthroscopy 

音節

ar • thros • co • py

発音

ɑːrθrɑ'skəpi | -θrɔ's-

[名]関節鏡検査（法）.

ar・thro・scop・ic〔rθrskpik | -skp-〕

[形]

stereo-

Pronunciation: /ˈstɛrɪəʊ, ˈstɪərɪəʊ/

Definition of stereo-

combining form

• relating to solid forms having three dimensions:stereography
• relating to a three-dimensional effect, arrangement, etc.:stereochemistry stereophonic stereoscope

Origin:

from Greek stereos 'solid'

stereoscopic ster·e·os·co·py (stĕr'ē-ŏs'kə-pē, stîr'-)

n.

1. The viewing of objects as three-dimensional.
2. The technique of making or using stereoscopes and stereoscopic slides.

stereoscopist ster'e·os'co·pist n.

calisthenics

n. pl. - 柔軟體操, 運動
n. - 柔軟體操, 運動

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 徒手体操法, 徒手体操

hook up
1. Assemble or wire a mechanism, as in Dick helped us hook up the stereo system. [1920s]
2. Connect a mechanism with a main source, as in The computer had not yet been hooked up to the mainframe. [1920s]
3. hook up with. Form a tie or association, as in She had hooked up with the wrong crowd. [Slang; mid-1900s]

asperity, monsignor/Msgr./Mgr., Monsig

Philadelphia Monsignor's Conviction Overturned in Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse

By ERIK ECKHOLM and STEVEN YACCINO

The criminal conviction of Msgr. William J. Lynn was overturned by a Pennsylvania appeals court after the court rejected the argument that a child welfare law applied to employers. 

"A trap for tourists.Why," the bishop went on with asperity.


The performances too are spot-on with Keith Allen and Andy de Ia Tour catching the matching vulgarity of the two brothers, Lia Williams combining sexiness and asperity as the banker's trophy wife and Danny Dyer as the far-from-dumb waiter implying a world of eccentric otherness far beyond the comprehension of these self-absorbed diners.

trophy wife
n.
An attractive, young wife married to a usually older, affluent man.

monsignor （ It. ）： (1) 蒙席：教宗頒賜有功神父的榮銜，通常可穿與主教近似之主教服裝。 (2) 主教：拉丁國家都用此稱呼。 Monsignor 縮寫方式甚多：英語通用者為 Msgr., Mgr. ，拉丁國家則用 Mons. 。法文稱作 monseigneur 。

 

MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE By Graham Greene.

Monsignor[Mon・si・gnor]

• 発音記号[mɑnsíːnjər | mɔn-]

[名]（複〜s, -gno・ri 〔-njri〕）((時にm-))《カトリック》モンシニョール：大司教などに与えられる尊称（略：Mgr., Monsig.）.


 
as·per·i·ty (ă-spĕr'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. 1. Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate: the asperity of northern winters.
   2. Severity; rigor.
2. A slight projection from a surface; a point or bump.
3. Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.

[Middle English asperite, from Old French asprete, from Latin asperitās, from asper, rough.]

asperity[as・per・i・ty]

• 発音記号[əspérəti]

[名][U][C]((形式))

1 （音調・気質・態度などの）荒々しさ, とげとげしさ, じゃけん, 苛酷；((-ties))辛らつな言葉

with asperity
つっけんどんに.

2 ((しばしば-ties))つらさ, きびしさ, 困難

the asperities of the wintery world
冬のきびしさ.

3 （表面の）ざらざら, でこぼこ

the asperity of a leaf
葉の表面のざらざら.

intensity, radioactivity, carbon intensity, emission intensity

In 2013, exercise science taught us to pick up the pace.

For Fitness, Intensity Matters

well.blogs.nytimes.com

The lesson that seemed to emerge most persistently from the fitness-related studies published this year was that intensity matters, especially if you wish to complete your workout quickly.

“All these pieces add up to a nice picture but whether it is enough to overcome their radioactivity, that will be hard to tell,” Mr Lewis says.“这一切加起来看上去不错，但是否

intensity

Syllabification: (in·ten·si·ty)

Pronunciation: /inˈtensitē/

Translate intensity | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun (plural intensities)

• 1 the quality of being intense:gazing into her face with disconcerting intensity the pain grew in intensity
• an instance or degree of this:an intensity that frightened her

2 chiefly Physics the measurable amount of a property, such as force, brightness, or a magnetic field:hydrothermal processes of low intensity different light intensities

radioactivity比喻用法



An emission intensity is the average emission rate of a given pollutant from a given source relative to the intensity of a specific activity; for example grams of carbon dioxide released per megajoule of energy produced, or the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions produced to GDP. Emission intensities are used to derive estimates of air pollutant or greenhouse gas emissions based on the amount of fuel combusted, the number of animals in animal husbandry, on industrial production levels, distances traveled or similar activity data. Emission intensities may also be used to compare the environmental impact of different fuels or activities. The related terms emission factor and carbon intensity are often used interchangeably, but "factors" exclude aggregate activities such as GDP, and "carbon" excludes other pollutants.

emission
n.

1. The act or an instance of emitting.
2. Something emitted.
3. A substance discharged into the air, especially by an internal combustion engine.

[Latin ēmissiō, ēmissiōn-, a sending out, from ēmissus, past participle of ēmittere, to send out. See emit.]

ra·di·o·ac·tiv·i·ty (rā'dē-ō-ăk-tĭv'ĭ-tē)
n.

1. Spontaneous emission of radiation, either directly from unstable atomic nuclei or as a consequence of a nuclear reaction.
2. The radiation, including alpha particles, nucleons, electrons, and gamma rays, emitted by a radioactive substance.

jaywalk, e foot fault, enforcement prompts venomous rage, infuriating

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"What it does is it inhibits the vitality of Los Angeles. When you go to New York, when you go to Chicago, when it's safe to cross the street, you just cross the street. You just do it."

NELSON ALGAZE, a Los Angeles architect who was born in Brooklyn, on a recent crackdown on jaywalking in downtown Los Angeles.

Tennis Rule Is Simple Enough, and Infuriating

By GREG BISHOP 12 minutes ago

The foot fault is tennis’s version of jaywalking, a penalty called so rarely it hardly seems wrong — and whose enforcement prompts venomous rage.

jaywalk

Syllabification: (jay·walk)

Pronunciation: /ˈjāˌwôk/

Translate jaywalk | into Spanish

verb

[no object] chiefly North American

• cross or walk in the street or road unlawfully or without regard for approaching traffic.

Derivatives

jaywalker

noun

Origin:

early 20th century: from jay in the colloquial sense 'silly person' + walk

jaywalk
(JAY-wok)

verb intr.
To cross a street in a reckless manner, disregarding traffic rules.

Etymology
As with other birds, the name jaybird denotes a naive person or simpleton. Early last century, country folks visiting big cities were often oblivious of any approaching traffic when they were crossing streets. Eventually their nickname, jays, became associated with crossing a street illegally
Usage
"At stoplights, bicycles queue with a Tetris-like geometry, and the natives never jaywalk." — Stephen Metcalf; In the Tidy City of the World's Most Anxious Man: Soren Kierkegaard's Copenhagen; The New York Times; Apr 1, 2007.

force majeure, vis major, cargo shorts

At Christmas dinner, you meet your sister’s new boyfriend who is three months sober and wearing cargo shorts. What do you do?

 原本以為可以完美接軌的工作排程，因為第二者造成的不可抗力(force majeure)而形成一個窟窿。

 Cargo pants or cargo trousers, also sometimes called combat trousers (or combats) after their original military purpose,^[1] are loosely cut pants originally designed for tough, outdoor activities, and whose design is distinguished by one or more cargo pockets. Cargo pants have become popular in urban areas as well, since they are convenient for carrying items during day trips on foot.

Pair of cargo pants

force majeure (fors ma-ZHOOR)

noun
1. An unforeseeable and uncontrollable event (for example, a war or a strike) that exempts a party from a contract.
2. Superior force.

Etymology
From French, literally superior force

A related term is vis major (Latin for superior force) that is used to refer to an act of God (for example, a flood or an earthquake) that excuses one from fulfilling a contract.

Usage
"During the half year to June, Sebuku produced 1.5 million tonnes of coal as record rain in the second quarter restrained mine production, and force majeure was declared." — Straights Wants Second Kalimantan Asset; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Sep 28, 2007.

dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn, windhover, kestre, lupping its game

China Gets the iPad

Apple has been slower than competitors in bringing its hottest products to the world's most exciting market, but with the launch of its iPad tablet computer in China today, the company may finally be upping its China game.

    The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89)
童元方著《一樣花開‧燧石之火》台北：爾雅叢書，1996，頁219-227
有一翻譯 版本  分段有錯

windhover =kestrel隼

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89).  Poems.  1918.

12. The Windhover

To Christ our Lord

I CAUGHT this morning morning’s minion, king-
dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,	5
As a skate’s heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird,—the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion	10
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!
No wonder of it: shéer plód makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermillion.
See Notes.

dauphin

Syllabification: (dau·phin)

Pronunciation: /ˈdôfin/

noun

historical

• the eldest son of the king of France.

Origin:

French, from the family name of the lords of the Dauphiné (first used in this way in the 14th century), ultimately a nickname meaning 'dolphin'

dapple

Syllabification: (dap·ple)

Pronunciation: /ˈdapəl/

verb

[with object] (usually be dappled)

• mark with spots or rounded patches:the floor was dappled with pale moonlight

noun

• a patch or spot of color or light.
• an animal whose coat is marked with patches or spots.

Origin:

late 16th century (earlier as an adjective): perhaps related to Old Norse depill 'spot'

up
v., upped, up·ping, ups. v.tr.

1. To increase: upped their fees; upping our output.
2. To raise to a higher level, especially to promote to a higher position.
3. Nautical. To raise: up anchor; up sail.

v.intr.

1. To get up; rise.
2. Informal. To act suddenly or unexpectedly: "She upped and perjured her immortal soul" (Margery Allingham).

felony, drunk driving/drivers, labor violation, charge experts, open-minded about , rehabilitate

Northampton Journal

Partying Until Drunk and Disorderly in Britain

By STEVEN ERLANGER and STEPHEN CASTLE

British officials are considering solutions as large numbers of British youths go out on the weekends to get thoroughly, blindingly and often violently drunk.

Taiwanese official accused of abusing housekeeper faces felony labor charge in ...
Washington Post
Federal prosecutors in Kansas City have jailed a Taiwanese official on a felony labor violation involving her housekeeper — a charge experts say has rarely, if ever, been applied to a foreign official. Hsien-Hsien Liu, director general of the Taipei ...

New York Is Set for Strict Stand on D.W.I. Cases
By JEREMY W. PETERS
An agreement passed by the State Assembly would make driving drunk with a child in the vehicle a felony.

The Wall Street Journal banners and the New York Times leads with news that Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to 11 felony charges and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Prosecutors say Madoff began operating what may be the largest fraud in Wall Street's history as early as the 1980s. Ten days before he was arrested, Madoff sent statements to clients claiming to have a total of $64.8 billion, far more than the $50 billion the disgraced financier originally confessed to losing.

Detroit Mayor Is Charged in Scandal

By MONICA DAVEY 4:50 PM ET

Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick was charged with perjury and other felonies that could end his political career.

Drunk driving is the act of operating and/or driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs to the degree that mental and motor skills are impaired. It is illegal in all jurisdictions within the U.S. The specific criminal offense is usually called driving under the influence [of alcohol and/or other drugs] (DUI), and in some states driving while intoxicated (DWI), operating while impaired (OWI), or operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI). Such laws may also apply to boating or piloting aircraft. Vehicles can include farm machinery and horse-drawn carriages.

 alcohol ignition locks for drunk drivers,

Crime | 20.04.2011

Germany considers alcohol ignition locks for drunk drivers

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: It would be up to German drivers whether to install the device

The German government is considering introducing locks that prevent car engines from starting if the driver is intoxicated. Drunk drivers in Germany could keep their license if they agree to have the device installed.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition members have jointly proposed that the transport ministry test the use of so-called "alcohol locks," according to a report published on Wednesday in the daily Saarbrücker Zeitung.
According to the proposal, drunk-driving offenders would be allowed to keep their drivers licences if they agreed to have a lock system installed in their cars designed to prevent the engine from being started if traces of alcohol are detected on the driver's breath.
"We are open-minded about the voluntary use of alcohol locks," a spokeswoman for Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer said on Wednesday, adding that they could be "helpful to rehabilitate" offenders.
The spokeswoman went on to say, however, that the ministry was against compulsory installation of the devices, citing both moral and financial objections and adding that any wide-scale moves would have to be first cleared by the European Union.
Such legislation is already in place in the United States and Canada and has been considered by a number of European countries, including the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
Starting next year, drunk drivers in Sweden will be able to choose between having their license revoked and installing the alcohol ignition lock.
Stockholm began testing the scheme in 2008, with officials concluding that it contributed positively to the rehabilitation of repeat offenders and posed no greater danger to traffic safety.
Author: Gabriel Borrud (AP, dpa)
Editor: Nancy Isenson

felony

━━ n. 【法】重罪.
fe・lo・ni・ous　 a. 【法】重罪の; 凶悪な.
felony
noun [C or U] UK OLD-FASHIONED OR US LEGAL
(an example of) serious crime which can be punished by one or more years in prison:
a felony charge
He was convicted of felony.

felon
noun [C] LEGAL
a person who is guilty of a serious crime

Perjury / amorous

take someone at their word,a retinue of words, abjure, personhood, exploit code

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"I think the Russian problem is not just the president as a person. The problem is that our citizens, by a large majority, don't understand that their fate, they have to be responsible for it themselves."

MIKHAIL B. KHODORKOVSKY, a former billionaire who was released after 10 years in a Russian prison.

He said so many of Mr Cameron's own MPs had voted with Labour because they were now "unwilling to take him at his word".
Conservative rebel Douglas Carswell said: "There is not now going to be British military involvement in Syria, but that is a good thing, the system works."


Not that Bloom abjures these subsequent selves. There is much canon fodder in this new book, along with re­affirmed vows of fidelity to Shakespeare, “the founder” not only of modern literature but also, in Bloom’s expansive view, of modern personhood and its “infinite self-consciousness.”


第五十二回所選為一整段中的一長句，其全段文字如下：
Again, Mr. Micawber had a relish in this formal piling up of words, which, however ludicrously displayed in his case, was, I must say, not at all peculiar to him. I have observed it, in the course of my life, in numbers of men. It seems to me to be a general rule. In the taking of legal oaths, for instance, deponents seem to enjoy themselves mightily when they come to several good words in succession, for the expression of one idea; as, that they utterly detest, abominate, and abjure, or so forth; and the old anathemas were made relishing on the same principle. We talk about the tyranny of words, but we like to tyrannize over them too; we are fond of having a large superfluous establishment of words to wait upon us on great occasions; we think it looks important, and sounds well. As we are not particular about the meaning of our liveries on state occasions, if they be but fine and numerous enough, so, the meaning or necessity of our words is a secondary consideration, if there be but a great parade of them. And as individuals get into trouble by making too great a show of liveries, or as slaves when they are too numerous rise against their masters, so I think I could mention a nation that has got into many great difficulties, and will get into many greater, from maintaining too large a retinue of words.
密考伯先生這樣拘泥形式，堆砌字眼又大為自賞，

儘管遇到這種情形，說廢話多麼可笑，我得說這也不是他一個人特有的作風。我平生看到好多人有這種脾氣。好像 覺得這是通則。例如宣誓作證的人因為法律事項宣誓的時候，說一連串幾個漂亮字表逹一個意思，而大感快慰；就像他們說：他們完全嫌惡、憎厭、發誓棄絕，等等 的話；老式逐出教會的詛咒詞也是根據同樣的原則讀來有味的。我們談到文字的艱難近於殘酷，其實我們也喜歡對文字橫行霸道。愛有好多字供我們遇到盛大場面運 用。以為這樣才夠威風，聽起來像樣。就像我們對於隆重場面從僕的制服的意義並不重視，只要這些制服漂亮，只求穿的人多，我們對於字義或字是否必須要用的考 慮還在其次，只要有大批字用來炫耀就行了。正像個人賣弄僕從的制服會惹出麻煩，或者正像奴隸太多會起來反抗主人，我想我可以提起一個國家，如果用的字像僕 從如雲，就會有很多困難，還要惹出更多困難。
（書中此處有注，國家指英國）

2009

Microsoft to plug critical IE hole targeted by exploit code
CNET News
by Elinor Mills Microsoft said on Thursday that it will offer six updates for 12 vulnerabilities next week including a critical hole in Internet Explorer ...


An exploit (from the same word in the French language, meaning "achievement", or "accomplishment") is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or sequence of commands that take advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic (usually computerised). This frequently includes such things as violently gaining control of a computer system or allowing privilege escalation or a denial of service attack.

ret·i·nue (rĕt'n-ū', -yū')
n.
The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person.

[Middle English retenue, from Old French, from feminine past participle of retenir, to retain. See retain.]

abjure

(ăb-jʊr')
tr.v., -jured, -jur·ing, -jures.

1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: "For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain 'Mr.'" (Time).
2. To renounce under oath; forswear.

[Middle English abjuren, from Old French abjurer, from Latin abiūrāre : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + iūrāre, to swear.]

[動](他)((形式))

1 …をきっぱりと［公式に］捨てる, 退ける

abjure one's mistakes
誤った考えをきっぱり捨てる.

2 …を誓って放棄する

abjure one's ［an］ oath
誓いを捨てる.

3 …を慎む, 控える.

take someone at their word

interpret a person’s words literally, especially by believing them or doing as they suggest: I take him at his word, for I cannot go to see for myself

take the words out of someone's mouth

say what someone else was about to say.

take someone's word (for it)

believe what someone says or writes without checking for oneself: I’m afraid you’ll just have to take our word for it

reinvigorate,skeptic, cheers and skepticism greet

Germany's freshly re-inaugurated chancellor Angela Merkel has flown to
Paris with her new foreign minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier. Both vowed to
reinvigorate Europe's Franco-German "motor."

Skeptics say that D-Wave has yet to prove to outside scientists that it has solved the myriad challenges involved in quantum computation.





Obama, Hu seek to reinvigorate Copenhagen climate talks

At a meeting in Beijing, the leaders of the United States and China have attempted to inject life back into the upcoming UN climate talks in Copenhagen, saying the meeting should yield a pact with "immediate" effect.
[more]




Dell Tries to Revive Its Game PCs
Dell is abandoning several of its most popular gaming PCs, taking a surprising step to reinvigorate what it sees as its premium line.




TECHNOLOGY Founders Step Aside at MySpace




Cheers and Skepticism Greet European Deal


Europe's new strategy to tame its debt woes invigorated global financial markets despite lingering questions over how the plan will work and whether it will be enough to end the two-year-old crisis.








The founders of MySpace are leaving the helm of the Web site as News Corp. seeks to reinvigorate the property.

reinvigorate

(rē'ĭn-vĭg'ə-rāt')
tr.v., -rat·ed, -rat·ing, -rates.
To give new life or energy to.
reinvigoration re'in·vig'o·ra'tion n.reinvigorator re'in·vig'o·ra'tor n.

skeptic

 

音節

skep • tic

発音

sképtik

skepticの変化形

skeptics (複数形)

[名]

1 懐疑論者, 疑い深い人；反対意見をもつ人；（特に）キリスト教を信じない人；無神論者.

2 ((S-))《哲学》懐疑（学）派.

━━[形]＝skeptical.

［ラテン語←ギリシャ語skeptikós （skēptesthai考える＋-IC）］

glow, afterglow, placate, enable, in the cross hairs, cross wires

   Or on a wintry evening
when you catch the fire's glow?

How a U.S. Citizen Got in America’s Cross Hairs

By MARK MAZZETTI, CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANE

WASHINGTON — An account of how the United States came to use a drone strike to kill the American-born terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki highlights the perils of a war conducted behind a classified veil.

Gas Boom County Strives for Economic Afterglow

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Williamsport, Pa., and its surrounding area have made efforts to keep the benefits of the Marcellus Shale boom from evaporating in the event of a bust.

Spain Back in Cross Hairs

The afterglow from Greece's vote to try to remain in the euro was quickly extinguished by bad news out of Spain that rattled investors' faith in the currency bloc's ability to support its most troubled members.

Iraq Resists Pleas by U.S. to Placate Hussein’s Party
By SAM DAGHERPrime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has refused to reconcile with officials of Saddam Hussein’s party, which he blames for some recent bombings.

Placating Publishers by Limiting Links: A Google 5-Click FAQ
Wired News
By Epicenter Staff Google's been taking it on the chin from traditional publishers (ie, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch) a lot lately. ...
Google enables news publishers to limit free content
Los Angeles Times
Over the last several weeks, Google Inc. has frequently found itself in the crosshairs of news publishers. Most recently, media mogul Rupert Murdoch has ...

A comparison of different reticles used in telescopic sights.

U.K.'s Budget Woes Put Olympic Dream in Crosshairs

The U.K. faces the daunting prospect of preparing for the 2012 Olympics amid a deep global downturn and has been forced to scale down plans for its own team.

How a U.S. Citizen Got in America’s Cross Hairs

By MARK MAZZETTI, CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANE

WASHINGTON — An account of how the United States came to use a drone strike to kill the American-born terrorist leader Anwar al-Awlaki highlights the perils of a war conducted behind a classified veil.

十字絲 或

reticle

[光學測距儀]瞄標

A crosshair or reticle is a shape superimposed on an image that is used for precise alignment of a device. Crosshairs are most commonly a "+" shape, though many variations exist, including dots, posts, circles, and chevrons. Most commonly associated with telescopic sights for aiming firearms, crosshairs are also common in optical instruments used for astronomy and surveying, and are also popular in graphical user interfaces as a precision pointer. The crosshair was invented by Robert Hooke, and dates to the 17th century.
The word Reticle is from the Latin meaning "net", a network or grid of lines displayed in an optical instrument. The minimum reticle consists of simple "cross-hairs", as described above.

Yahoo ad deal with Google assailed by many
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Yahoo Inc. was in the crosshairs Friday, a day after signing a search advertising deal with Google Inc., as many investors, analysts and onetime suitor ...

crosshairs Crossed wires or etched lines on a reticule in the focal plane of the telescope of a surveying instrument.



IN BRIEF: n. - A center of interest.

DealBook: Wall Street Pay in the Cross Hairs

Arts »

A World of Stories From a Son of Vietnam

The people in “The Boat” are trapped in the crosshairs of fate.

Wikipedia article "Crosshair".


cross hairs　【コンピュータ】クロスヘア ((水平線と垂直線からなる基準線)).adj. - 望遠鏡等上的十字絲的, 十字標線的
idioms:

• cross-hair pointer 十字絲, 叉絲點

新聞
Zale, the jewelry retailer, is the latest company in the crosshairs of Richard Breeden, the former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman turned activist investor.

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2005年

Activists lash Microsoft over retreat on gay rights
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp., one of the earliest companies to extend benefits to gay employees, now finds itself in the crosshairs of angry activists for ...


2006年

Hurdle Awaits Push to Extend U.S. Tax Cuts *wsj會員才可讀 Domestic manufacturers are in the crosshairs as Republicans' drive to extend favorable capital-gains tax rates becomes a fight over how to pay for the package.

****

Sheriff Phil Redmond said： ’We had several large-scale operations going on at once, and the wires got crossed on this one.’
雷德蒙警長說：「我們同時執行好幾個大規模行動，所以這次發生了誤會。」


cross wires： 片語，電話線接錯，引申為發生誤會。例句：I think they got their wires crossed and confused the transfer fee with the signing fee.（我認為他們搞錯了，而且混淆了手續費與簽名費。）

enable
━━ vt. …できるようにさせる; 容易にする; 許容する; …の権能を与える; 【コンピュータ】動作可能にする.
en・abling　━━ a. 【法】合法化する.
enabling legislation　【法】権能賦与法.

placate 
verb [T]━━ vt. なだめる.
to stop someone from feeling angry:
Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.

placatory
adjective FORMAL
trying to avoid making someone angry:
The tone of the letter was placatory.

glow

Syllabification: (glow)

Pronunciation: /glō/

Translate glow | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

verb

[no object]

• give out steady light without flame:the tips of their cigarettes glowed in the dark
• have an intense color and a slight shine: [with complement]:faces that glowed red with the cold
• have a heightened color or a bloom on the skin as a result of warmth or health:he was glowing with health
• feel deep pleasure or satisfaction and convey it through one’s expression and bearing:Katy always glowed when he praised her

noun

[in singular]

• a steady radiance of light or heat:the setting sun cast a deep red glow over the city
• a feeling of warmth in the face or body; the visible effects of this as a redness of the cheeks:he could feel the brandy filling him with a warm glow
• a strong feeling of pleasure or well-being:with a glow of pride, Mildred walked away

Origin:

Old English glōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gloeien and German glühen

 

 

afterglow

Syllabification: (af·ter·glow)

Pronunciation: /ˈaftərˌglō/

noun

[in singular]

• light or radiance remaining in the sky after the sun has set.
• good feelings remaining after a pleasurable or successful experience:basking in the afterglow of victory

 

afterglow

 音節

áfter • glòw

afterglowの変化形

afterglows (複数形)

[名]((通例the ［an］ 〜))

1 夕焼け, 夕ばえ.

2 残光, 余光, （過去の）快い追想, 楽しい思い出；余韻

bask in the afterglow of ...
…の余韻に浸る.

cróss hàirs[cróss hàirs]

(複)（光学機械の）照準用十字線.