2023年7月4日 星期二

bounty (REWARD), bounty-hunter, bargain-hunterl, ayaway plan, pensioner,

The furore surrounding the bounties comes at a time when Hong Kong is trying to rehabilitate its global image. Read why the scheme sends a terrible message to the people and businesses it is trying woo back: https://econ.st/3r9RapH

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there is no good explanation for the softness with which Donald Trump treated the allegations that Russia offered to pay militants to kill American soldiers
ECONOMIST.COM

Donald Trump's response to the Russian bounty allegations is remarkable




Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops


By Eric Schmitt, Adam Goldman and Nicholas Fandos


The recovery of large amounts of American cash at a Taliban outpost in Afghanistan helped tip off U.S. officials. It is believed that at least one U.S. troop death was the result of the bounties.




CHELSEA — A cunning Slurpee bandit has been stealing cups of the frozen beverage from ...


Knowing that a certain fugitive had a weakness for 7-Eleven’s Slurpees, one bounty-hunter got access to security video recorded by the firm and used face-recognition software to learn when and at which outlet he was most likely to swing by

Should bounty-hunting be regulated?
ECONOMIST.COM

A layaway plan for hard times that has helped Spanish banks weather the international banking crisis is becoming a model for global policy makers seeking fresh ideas to prevent a repeat of the debacle.

1.on Page 5:
" ... new reputation earned by a country widely regarded as little more than a pensioner of France only a short time before"

2.on Page 14:

" ... all statutory restraints on the duration of Parliaments, making possible the revival of `long' or 'pensioner' Parliaments. At the same time"

Microsoft bounty for worm creator
BBC News - UK
By Maggie Shiels A reward of $250000 (£172000) has been offered by Microsoft to find who is behind the Downadup/Conficker virus. ...


2007 WSJ的EUROPE MORNING UPDATE:
Taiwan Beckons Bargain Hunters
Taiwan's stock market, which has fallen far short of the gains posted by other Asian exchanges during the past year, may be worth a second look.


希望年年以神的恩典為年歲的冠冕,一生的路徑都滴下脂油。(詩篇 65:11)



思高聖經
 9遠居地角的人,因你的奇跡而恐慌;你使東西兩極的人,都要喜氣洋洋。
10你眷顧大地,普降甘霖,使大地豐收;天主的河水洋溢,為他們準備五穀。原來這一切都是由於你安排就緒。
11你灌溉了田畦,又犁平了土壤,使雨鬆軟土壤,祝福植物生長。
12你的慈惠使年歲豐收,你的腳步常滴流脂油。
13曠野的牧場豐滿外溢,漫山遍陵充滿了歡喜;
14羊群遮蔽了牧場,山谷蓋滿了食糧,一切在歡呼歌唱。


NIV
You care for the land and water it;
    you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,
    for so you have ordained it.[d]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,
    and your carts overflow with abundance.
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills are clothed with gladness.
13 The meadows are covered with flocks
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;
    they shout for joy and sing.


King James Version

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.




Definition of fatness in English:

noun

[MASS NOUN]
1The state or quality of having a large amount ofexcess flesh:there is a widespread popular belief that adult fatness begins in childhood
2informal The quality of being substantial, especiallyfinancially:the fatness of their bank accountought not the job be more important than the fatness of the pay cheque?Line breaks: bounty
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊnti/


noun (plural bounties)

1A sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal:there was an increased bounty on his head
2historical A sum paid by the state to encourage trade:bounties were paid to colonial producers of indigodye
2.1A sum paid by the state to army or navy recruits onenlistment:they do not qualify for their bounty because they have spent insufficient time at summer camp
3literary Something given or occurring in generousamounts:the bounties of nature*****
bounty (REWARD) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a sum of money paid as a reward:
A bounty of $10 000 has been offered for the capture of his murderer.


boun・ty

━━ n. 気前のよいこと; 恩恵, 賜り物; 助成金; 報酬.
 boun・ti・ful ━━ a. =bounteous.
boun・ti・ful・ly ad.
boun・ti・ful・ness n.
 bounty hunter 賞金かせぎ.

這段與台灣相關,可以趁機學一下英文:
台灣股市向你招手:它過去一年的漲幅遠低於亞洲其他股市,所以也許值得(想買便宜貨的人)再次細看。

-hunter
suffix
someone who is trying to find or get the stated thing:
a job-hunter
a house-hunter
bargain-hunters

下兩種「尋覓的有心人」(HUNTERS) ,有特定意思。
fortune hunter noun [C] DISAPPROVING
someone who tries to marry a person who has a lot of money
bounty hunter noun [C]
someone who searches for criminals or hunts animals in exchange for a reward
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)




pensioner

pen・sion・er

━━ n. 恩給受領者, 年金生活者.

n.
  1. One who receives a pension.
  2. One who is dependent on the bounty of another.
  3. Obsolete.
    1. A gentleman-at-arms.
    2. An attendant; a retainer.


layaway
n.
  1. A payment plan in which a buyer reserves an article of merchandise by placing a deposit with the retailer until the balance is paid in full: bought a suit on layaway.
  2. An article reserved under such a plan.



This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

An agreement between a retail seller and a consumer that provides that the seller will retain designated consumer goods for sale to the consumer at a specified price on a future date, if the consumer deposits with the seller an agreed upon sum of money.


lay・away, lay・away plan


━━ n.,a. (代金皆済まで)商品留め置き方式(の).
lay1

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