前港督彭定康撰文，指《基本法》及《中英聯合聲明》保障的言論自由，以及大學院校自主，正受到極大威脅。彭定康質疑，由於香港各大學的學生，支持2014年的佔領爭取民主運動，令港府動作頻頻，要將大學收編（bring to heel），而背後明顯是北京的旨意。彭定康又指，從銅鑼灣書店五子的遭遇，已可窺見中方對聯合聲明的態度。
Oh, I often click my tongue; it's my only revenge.
He remains hard to read or label — centrist in his appointments and bipartisan in his style, yet also pushing the broadest expansion of government in generations. He has reached across old boundaries to build the foundation of an administration that will be charged with hauling the country out of crisis, but for all the outreach he has made it clear he is centralizing policy making in the White House.
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Inside Europe | 30.08.2008 | 07:05
Music is Daniel Barenboim’s metaphor for life and living together
The world-renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim, describes the West-Eastern Divan orchestra as the most important thing in his life.
The ensemble was founded by Barenboim together with the late Palestinian academic Edward Said more than ten years ago. It’s aim - to bring together young Israeli and Palestinian musicians in one of the most politically daring projects in musical history. This exceptional orchestra is currently touring Europe.Reporter: Kate Laycock
Orchestra Brings Enemies Together Through Music
Music as a metaphor for life and for living together – this is the core of the West-Eastern Divan project founded by Daniel Barenboim
The unique orchestra is made up by young Arabic and Israeli musicians. The Orchestra is on tour in Europe.
bring someone to heel
3
a metaphor for sth
bring someone to heel
a symbol which represents a particular thing:
The author uses disease as a metaphor for the corruption in society.
In the film, the city is a metaphor for confusion and loneliness.centrist Show phonetics
adjective
supporting the centre of the range of political opinions
centralism
noun [U]
the principle or action of putting something under central control
centralize, UK ALSO centralise
verb [T]
to remove authority in a system, company, country, etc. from local places to one central place so that the whole system, etc. is under central control:
Payment of bills is now centralized (= organized at one place instead of several).
noun [C]
1 a sign, shape or object which is used to represent something else:
A heart shape is the symbol of love.
The wheel in the Indian flag is a symbol of peace.
Compare emblem.
2 something that is used to represent a quality or idea:
Water, a symbol of life, recurs as an image throughout her poems.
3 a number, letter or sign used in mathematics, music, science, etc:
The symbol for oxygen is O2.
4 An object can be described as a symbol of something else if it seems to represent it because it is connected with it in a lot of people's minds:
The private jet is a symbol of wealth.
symbolic
adjective (ALSO symbolical)
1 representing something else:
The skull at the bottom of the picture is symbolic of death.
2 describes an action that expresses or seems to express an intention or feeling, but which has little practical influence on a situation:
Five hundred troops were sent in, more as a symbolic gesture than as a real threat.
verb [I or T]
to make a short, sharp sound, or to make something do this:
The door clicked shut behind her.
Can you hear that strange clicking noise?
Paul clicked his fingers (= moved his thumb against his middle finger to make a short sharp sound) to attract the waiter's attention.
Soldiers click their heels (= bring them sharply together) when they stand to attention.
click
noun [C]
The soldier gave a click of his heels as he saluted.
click (BECOME CLEAR)
verb [I] INFORMAL
to be understood, or become clear suddenly:
Suddenly everything clicked and I realized where I'd met him.
[+ question word] As he talked about his schooldays, it suddenly clicked where I had met him before.
[+ that] So it's finally clicked that you're going to have to get yourself a job, has it?
In the last act of the play, everything clicks into place.
click
n.
- A brief, sharp sound: the click of a door latch.
- A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position.
- Computer Science. An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a pointing device, such as a mouse.
- Linguistics. Any of various implosive stops, such as that of English tsk, produced by raising the back of the tongue to make contact with the palate and simultaneously closing the lips or touching the teeth or alveolar ridge with the tip and sides of the tongue, and found as phonemic consonants especially in the Khoisan and some Bantu languages. Also called suction stop. See Usage Note at !Kung.
v., clicked, click·ing, clicks. v.intr.
- To produce a click or series of clicks.
- Computer Science. To press down and release a button on a pointing device in order to select an item on a display screen or activate a command or function.
- Slang.
- To be a great success: The play clicked on Broadway.
- To function well together; hit it off.
- To become clear; fall into place.
- To cause to click, as by striking together: clicked his heels.
- Computer Science. To press down and release (a button on a pointing device). Often used with on.
[Imitative.]
click
━━ n., v. かちっ（と鳴る，と鳴らす）; 【音声】舌打ち音; 〔話〕 うまくいく; 人気を博する, うける ((with)); （物事の意味が）通じる, ぴんとくる ((with)); 〔話〕 （異性と）うまくやる ((with)); 【コンピュータ】（マウスなどを）クリックする.
clickable map 【コンピュータ】クリッカブル・マップ.
click beetle 【虫】コメツキムシ.
click・er ━━ n. リモコン装置.
click stop （カメラの）クリックストップ.
clickable map 【コンピュータ】クリッカブル・マップ. click beetle 【虫】コメツキムシ. click・er ━━ n. リモコン装置. click stop （カメラの）クリックストップ.
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