2016年8月4日 星期四

plausibility, refi, painter

林語堂一開講,便露出幽默大師的本色。他說:「要做一個Painter,說難也難,說易也易,就看你手裡拿的那把刷子,是刷向畫布,還是刷向牆壁。」他用複義字Painter,一字雙關,引起台下哄堂大笑。



Uncle Sam Needs a Refi

Treasury should lock in more federal debt at today’s low rates.


Donald Trump’s Challenge: Passing the Plausibility TestA2

One big question hovers of the U.S. presidential election: Will enough Americans get comfortable with the idea of Donald Trump as president? If they do, the race should be close, Gerald F. Seib writes.

painter
[名詞]
  1. 1画家,絵かき
    • an oil painter [=a painter in oils]
    • 油彩画家
  2. 2ペンキを塗る人;ペンキ職人,塗装工
    • house painter
    • 家屋塗装業者
    • sign painter
    • 看板屋.


refi

Pronunciation: /rēˈfī/ 
Entry from US English dictionary

VERB (refiesrefyingrefied)


[WITH OBJECT]
Refinance (a mortgage).

ADJECTIVE


Relating to refinancing and the refinancing market:the refi boom is over

Origin

Shortening.

plausibility 

Pronunciation: /plɔːzɪˈbɪlɪti/ 



NOUN

[MASS NOUN]
The quality of seeming reasonable or probable:he offers no support for the plausibility of his theory

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