2019年12月31日 星期二

【#逐字學英文國際日報】38:slur, sexist slur, insinuation. stun grenade, faggotry, loiter, militarization

法新社就臺灣總統大選的報導:臺灣表面上看似在性別平等方面,在亞洲走得很前,例如選出了女總統、立法院女立委的比例在亞洲也算是很高,但女政客仍要不時面對政敵攻擊自己的性別,報導列出了蔡英文及陳菊近月面對的性別攻擊,亦指出民進黨也曾有要員以性別來攻擊國民黨女要員。



A Chinese airline has reportedly warned passengers that "precautions" should be taken when visiting areas in London mainly populated by "Indians, Pakistanis and black people".


NO MORE HUCK FINN: A suburban Philadelphia high school is removing “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from its 11th-grade curriculum, saying its racial slurs make students "uncomfortable." http://via.pix11.com/j6hkg

It contained enough alcohol to make her dangerously drunk. She arrived at the emergency room slurring her words and unable to walk:http://cnn.it/1Y3rrqE

Outrage erupts in ‪#‎India‬ after a Hindu leader said Mother Teresa's charity work had one objective: to convert the poor to Christianity.http://bbc.in/1zBUQcG


Uproar over Mother Teresa slur
There is outrage in India over a Hindu leader's comment that Mother Teresa's charity work had one objective - to convert poor to Christianity.
BBC.CO.UK

Ferguson police have deployed stun grenades, rubber bullets and what appear to be 40mm wooden baton rounds to quell the protests in a show of force that is a stark illustration of the militarization of police forces in the US.

Ferguson police: a stark illustration of newly militarised US law enforcement
Critics say skyrocketing proliferation of heavy weaponry and equipment...
THEGUARDIAN.COM|由 AMANDA HOLPUCH 上傳



 Italy grapples with racial slurs against minister

 Slurs Against Italy's First Black National Official Spur Debate on Racism

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Cécile Kyenge, Italy's first black national official, has been bombarded with racial slurs and death threats during her first eight weeks in office

His explorations of “faggotry” in the literary world were wide-ranging. They led him to an unsatisfactory night with Jack Kerouac in the Chelsea Hotel, to delicate examinations of pornography with André Gide, to courtship with Christopher Isherwood. Yet he loathed the word “gay”, felt that human beings were essentially bisexual (a theme pursued in his wildly Bacchic send-up of pornography, “Myra Breckinridge”) and found that this world, too, was one in which he loitered on the edge.


Greeks Mass to Protest Hardships
Protesters shouted slogans outside the Greek parliament in central Athens during a 24-hour nationwide general strike Thursday. It marked the second general strike in a month as workers protested Greek government plans for more cutbacks and tax increases to satisfy terms set by its international creditors for more bailout funds. Clashes broke out as youths threw gasoline bombs and rocks at police, who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades. Police said two officers were injured in the clashes and that some 50 demonstrators were detained. A 65-year-old man died during the demonstration from heart failure before the clashes. (Associated Press)


Anchor Baby: A Term Redefined as a Slur
New York Times
If you were to look it up in the American Heritage Dictionary, you would find a new definition since last week. The term was among some 10000 new words and phrases in the fifth edition of the dictionary, published in November. ...
A grenade attack on a crowded square in the Belgian city of Liege has killed four people and wounded many dozens. The assailant is among the dead. Belgian authorities have ruled out a terrorist attack.

grenade[gre・nade]

  • 発音記号[grinéid]

[名]
1 手投げ弾, 擲弾(てきだん).
2 薬品入り球弾, 催涙弾, 消火弾.

Stun grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stun_grenade - Cached
A stun grenade, also known as a flash grenade or flashbang, is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily disorient an enemy's senses. It is designed to ...


  1. Faggot (slang) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(slang) - Cached
    Faggot, often shortened to fag, is a pejorative term broadly meaning an effeminate gay man. It is a common slur used chiefly in North America against gay males ...
  2. faggotry - Wiktionary

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faggotry - Cached
    [edit] Etymology. From faggot +‎ -ry. ... faggotry (countable and uncountable; plural faggotries). (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).

loiter


 発音
lɔ'itər
loiterの変化形
loitered (過去形) • loitered (過去分詞) • loitering (現在分詞) • loiters (三人称単数現在)
[動](自)
1 (仕事などを)ぐずぐずやる((on, over ...))
loiter onoverthe job
仕事をだらだらする.
2 (当てもなく)ぶらつく, うろつく((about, around));のろのろ進む;道草を食う, 寄り道をする
loiter aboutaround
ぶらぶら行く
loiter in the park
公園をぶらつく
loiter with intent
《英国法》犯意をもって徘徊する.
━━(他)〈時を〉無為に過ごす((away))
loiter away one's time
だらだら過ごす.
[中オランダ語lotere]
loi・ter・er
[名]
loi・ter・ing・ly
[形]

stun[stun]

発音記号[stʌ'n]

[動](他)(〜ned, 〜・ning)
1 〈人・打撃などが〉〈人を〉気絶させる, 人事不省に陥らせる
A blow to his face stunned the boxer.
そのボクサーは顔に一撃をくらって気絶した.
2 〈人を〉びっくりさせる, ぼう然とさせる;強い印象を与える
be stunned byto do, that] ...
…でぼう然自失する
a stunned silence
ぼう然として言葉が出ない状態
The news stunned him so badly he could not talk.
そのニュースにびっくりして口もきけなかった.
3 〈音響が〉〈耳を〉ガーンとさせる.
4 …を打ち負かす.
━━[名][U][C]気絶[びっくり]させること[もの].
[古英語stunian(崩壊する)←古フランス語estoner. △ASTONISH



slur

Syllabification: (slur)
Pronunciation: /slər/
verb (slurs, slurring, slurred)


[with object]
  • 1 speak (words or speech) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:he was slurring his words like a drunk
  • [no object] (of words or speech) be spoken so the sounds run into one another:his speech was beginning to slur
  • pass over (a fact or aspect) so as to conceal or minimize it:essential attributes are being slurred over or ignored
  • 2 Music perform (a group of two or more notes) legato: (as adjective slurred)a group of slurred notes
  • mark (notes) with a slur.
  • chiefly US make damaging or insulting insinuations or allegations about:try and slur the integrity of the police to secure an acquittal

noun

  • 1 an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation:the comments were a slur on the staff a racial slur
  • 2 an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way:there was a mean slur in his voice
  • 3 Music a curved line used to show that a group of two or more notes is to be sung to one syllable or played or sung legato.

Origin:

early 17th century: of unknown origin. The Middle English noun slur 'thin, fluid mud' gave rise to the early verb senses 'smear, smirch' and 'disparage (a person)', later 'gloss over (a fault)', whence current usage


slur
(slûr) pronunciation
tr.v., slurred, slur·ring, slurs.
  1. To pronounce indistinctly.
  2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
  3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.
  4. Music.
    1. To glide over (a series of notes) smoothly without a break.
    2. To mark with a slur.
  5. Printing. To blur or smear.
n.
  1. A disparaging remark; an aspersion.
  2. A slurred utterance or sound.
  3. Music.
    1. A curved line connecting notes on a score to indicate that they are to be played or sung legato.
    2. A passage played or sung in this manner.
  4. Printing. A smeared or blurred impression.
[Probably from Middle English sloor, mud.]

[動](〜red, 〜・ring)(他)
1 〈音節・単語などを〉不明瞭(めいりょう)に発音する(▼酔っ払いのしゃべり方はしばしばこの動詞で表される);〈文字を〉続けて不明確に書く.
2 …をけなす, 中傷する, そしる.
3 《音楽》
(1) 〈音符を〉滑唱する, 滑奏する:高さの違う2つ以上の音を滑らかに歌う[演奏する].
(2) 〈音符に〉スラー[弧線]をつける.
4 …をあっさりかたづける;…を軽視する, おろそかにする((over))
slur over the fact that ...
…という事実についてしかるべき言及をしない.
5 ((主に英方言))…をよごす.
━━(自)急いで不注意に読む[話す, 歌う].
━━[名]
1 中傷, そしり;軽視.
2 不明瞭な発言[発音].
3 《音楽》スラー:高さの違う2つ以上の音符にかける弧線.
4 汚点, 汚名, 不面目, 恥辱
cast a slur on his name
彼の名に汚名をきせる.
5 《印刷》不鮮明な箇所.

insinuation

Syllabification: (in·sin·u·a·tion)
noun


  • an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad:I’ve done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations a piece of filthy insinuation

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin insinuatio(n-), from insinuare (see insinuate)

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