The slowdown in Germany's inflation was partly attributed to the government’s gas price brake lowering energy bills for consumers.
"Chinese companies that aid Russia could face repercussions from the U.S., the commerce secretary warned.商務部長警告說，幫助俄羅斯的中國公司可能會受到美國的反擊。" NYT
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All eyes are on the government. The property sector is a crucial engine of the Chinese economy -- estimated to account for around a quarter of GDP -- and has played a key role in the post-pandemic recovery. Any bankruptcy of such a major company would have major repercussions.
Japan's biggest automaker, Toyota, halts production at five domestic plants.
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Toyota halts Japan production as carmakers slam on the brakes
Whether or not the attempted coup has failed, it will have severe repercussions for Turkish democracy
'Panama Papers' Leaks Put Iceland Leader Under Pressure to Quit
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Calls for the resignation of the prime minister were among the first repercussions of the leaks on secret tax shelters and offshore shell companies.
Uber suspends its ride-sharing service in South Korea, bowing to pressure from authorities amid growing protests from taxi drivers.
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Just as the company's production was rebounding after Japan's massive earthquake in March, it was hit by flood damage to key component suppliers in Thailand and a record yen. Those setbacks have eroded Toyota's position against global rivals including ...
Hon Hai Repercussions Grow
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top Communist Party official of Guangdong called for companies to
improve conditions for workers after a spate of suicides by employees
of Hon Hai in the southern Chinese province.
But a doctor working at Najmieh Hospital in Tehran said Sunday night that the hospital had performed 17 operations on people with gunshot wounds. They were treating 60 people with serious head injuries, including three who were in critical condition, said the doctor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.
DUJIANGYAN, China — Bereaved parents whose children were crushed to death in their classrooms during the earthquake in Sichuan Province have turned mourning ceremonies into protests in recent days, forcing officials to address growing political repercussions over shoddy construction of public schools.
a change for the better/worse
something new or different that will make a situation better/worse
repercussion
noun [C usually plural]
the effect that an action, event or decision has on something, especially a bad effect:
Any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the local economy.
President Kennedy's assassination had far-reaching repercussions.
percussion
noun [U]
musical instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or object such as a stick:
Drums, tambourines and cymbals are all percussion instruments.
Jean plays the guitar and her brother is on percussion (= plays percussion instruments).
Compare brass (MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS); woodwind.
[Middle English repercussioun, from Old French repercussion, from Latin repercussiō, repercussiōn-, from repercussus, past participle of repercutere, to cause to rebound : re-, re- + percutere, to strike; see percuss.]
repercussive re'per·cus'sive adj.percuss
tr.v., -cussed, -cuss·ing, -cuss·es.
To strike or tap firmly, as in medical percussion: The doctor percussed the patient's chest.
[Latin percutere, percuss-, to strike hard : per-, per- + quatere, to strike.]
今天學到，percussion不只是打擊樂，在醫學上也是拍痰、叩診的意思。
(slăm)
v., slammed, slam·ming, slams. v.tr.
- To shut with force and loud noise: slammed the door.
- To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise: slammed the book on the desk.
- To hit or strike with great force.
- Slang. To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.
- To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.
- To hit something with force; crash: slammed into a truck.
- A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.
- A noise so produced.
- An act of shutting forcefully and loudly: the slam of a door.
- Slang. A harsh or devastating criticism.
- A poetry slam.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse slambra, to strike at.]
slam2 (slăm)
n.
- The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
- A contract to make a slam.
[Origin unknown.]
[動]（〜med, 〜・ming）(他)
1 ［III[名]/V[名]過分］〈戸・窓などを〉バタン［ピシャリ］としめる
slam the window down ［shut］
窓をバタンとしめる.
窓をバタンとしめる.
2 …を投げつける, たたきつける, ドシンと置く；（…と）吐き出すように言う((out))
He slammed the receiver down.
受話器をガチャンと置いた.
受話器をガチャンと置いた.
3 （…で）どすんとたたく((against ...))
slam one's hand against the steering wheel
手でハンドルをどすんとたたく.
手でハンドルをどすんとたたく.
4 ((略式))…をけなす, こきおろす；((俗))…に楽勝する.
━━(自)
1 ［I[0]/II過分］〈戸・窓などが〉バタン［ピシャリ］としまる
The door slammed shut.
戸がバタンとしまった.
戸がバタンとしまった.
2 音を立てて（…に激しく）ぶつかる［動く］((into ...))；（…を強く）踏む((on ...))
slam on the brakes
急ブレーキを踏む.
急ブレーキを踏む.
3 スラムダンス(slam dance)を踊る.
━━[名]
1 荒っぽくしめること；バタン［ガタン］（という音）
with a slam
バタンと.
バタンと.
2 ((略式))酷評；悪態.
3 ((米俗))＝slammer.列車内で乱射、コプト教徒１人死亡５人負傷 エジプト
東方正統教派（Oriental Orthodox Communion）是一組東方正統教內的教會，它們均互相完全共融（full communion）。該教派包括：
- 全亞美尼亞人亞美尼亞宗徒教會（Armenian Apostolic Church of All Armenians）
- 西利西亞亞美尼亞宗徒教會（Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia）
- 君士坦丁堡亞美尼亞宗徒教會（Armenian Apostolic Church of Constantinople）
- 耶路撒冷亞美尼亞宗徒教會（Armenian Apostolic Church of Jerusalem）
- 亞歷山大科普特正教會（Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria）
- 衣索比亞正統台瓦西多教會（Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church）
- 厄利垂亞正統台瓦西多教會（Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church）
- 安提阿敘利亞正教會（Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch）（也稱為Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch)
- 瑪蘭卡雅格敘利亞正教會（Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church）
- 印度（瑪蘭卡）正統敘利亞教會（Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Syrian Church）
slam on the brakesto make a car stop very suddenly by pressing the brakes very hard
Copt
(kŏpt)
n.
- An Egyptian belonging to or descended from the people of ancient or pre-Islamic Egypt.
- A member of the Coptic Church.
[French Copte, from New Latin Coptus, from Arabic Qubṭ, Copts, from Coptic Gyptias, from Greek Aiguptios, an Egyptian, from Aiguptos, Egypt, of Egyptian origin.]
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