German carmakers are facing accusations of collusive behaviour
China's anti-monopoly authority NDRC has imposed hefty fines against German
carmaker Volkswagen (VW) and US auto group Chrysler. NDRC has found them
guilty of colluding to fix excessive prices for cars and car parts.
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Walmart said its monitors would “conduct in-depth safety inspections at
100 percent”of the factories it uses in Bangladesh after six European
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Hints of Collusion Between News Corp. and British Minister
By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL 22 minutes ago
Evidence presented at an inquiry suggested that the culture minister, or
an aide claiming to speak for him, worked covertly to help win approval
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Tabloids’ Sting Kept British Politicians in Line
By SARAH LYALL
Political necessity has underpinned the uneasy collusion between British politicians and the nation’s tabloids.
Back when I was a young media reporter fueled by indignation and suspicion, I often pictured the dark overlords of the newspaper industry gathering at a secret location to collude over cigars and Cognac, deciding how to set prices and the news agenda at the same time.
"It is unacceptable that the major fastening technology producers colluded for such a long time to maintain artificial price levels and to share customers and markets for products which are used every day by a lot of consumers," EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement. 歐盟委員會負責競爭事務的委員內莉·克勒斯－斯米特說，多家主要拉鏈生產商在一種人們日常所需的商品市場上長期相互勾結，損害了消費者利益，這種情況是不可接受的。
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in line1. Also, in line with. In conformity or agreement; within ordinary or proper limits. For example, The new policy was intended to keep prices in line with their competitors, or It's up to the supervisor to keep the nurses in line. Also see fall in line.
2. Also, on line. Waiting behind others in a row or queue. For example, The children stood in line for their lunches, or There were at least 50 persons on line for opera tickets.
3. in line for. Next in order for, as in He is next in line for the presidency. All of these terms employ line in the sense of "an orderly row or series of persons or objects," a usage dating from the 1500s.
As Voting Begins, Few Are Willing to Commit
By KIM SEVERSON
Voters
across South Carolina — from country restaurants to suburban malls to
urban espresso bars — are finding it difficult to decide which
Republican deserves their vote for president.
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A 30-second spot
on national network and cable television is intended to introduce
Nespresso, a division of Nestlé, to a wider audience of American coffee
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espresso also expresso n. , pl. , -sos , also -sos . A strong coffee brewed by
forcing steam under pressure through darkly roasted, powdered coffee.
collude,
intr.v., -lud·ed, -lud·ing, -ludes.
To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.
[Latin collūdere : com-, com- + lūdere, to play.]
colluder col·lud'er n.[動](自)((形式))しめし合わせて［なれ合いで］事を行う；（…と）共謀する((with ...)).
conspire
v., -spired, -spir·ing, -spires. v.intr.
To plan or plot secretly.
conspiringly con·spir'ing·ly adv.
collude
verb [I] FORMAL
to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone:
It was suspected that the police had colluded with the witnesses.
collusion
noun [U] FORMAL
It is thought that they worked in collusion with (= secretly together with) the terrorist network.
collusive
adjective FORMAL
The report concluded that there was no evidence of collusive behaviour between the banks.
《中英對照讀新聞》Japan govt, media colluded on nuclear：Nobel winner 諾貝爾獎得主：日本政府與媒體聯手推動核能發展
◎俞智敏
Nobel-winning author Kenzaburo Oe said Japan’s post-war government and media colluded to give nuclear power a stranglehold.
曾獲諾貝爾獎殊榮的作家大江健三郎表示，日本戰後政府與媒體沆瀣一氣，讓核能在電力市場取得壟斷地位。
The 77-year-old laureate with anti-nuclear views said the media magnate who controlled mass circulation Yomiuri Shimbun had used his newspaper to promote atomic power, in concert with one-time Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.
現年77歲、持反核立場的這位諾貝爾獎得主說，手中掌握了發行量廣大的「讀賣新聞」的媒體鉅子利用他的報紙來宣傳核能發電，與前首相中曾根康弘採取一致行動。
" （Nakasone）said because this country does not have resources, Japan would need to find a new source of energy, which the United States had already invented," Oe told reporters in Tokyo.
「（中曾根）說因為日本資源短缺，所以必須找到新的能源，而美國已經發明了這種能源，」大江在東京向記者表示。
Nakasone had pushed for nuclear power in the 1950s, and held a number of ministerial posts before becoming prime minister in 1982.
中曾根自1950年代起即大力推動核能發展，他在1982年出任首相前，也曾數度擔任部長級職務。
"The United States offered the know-how, the machines and the fuel -- which became the very first bit of nuclear waste now causing a big problem for us -- for free to Japan."
「美國免費提供給日本相關技術、機器與燃料，而這些燃料後來就變成了第一批現在讓我們很頭大的核廢料。」
Yomiuri tycoon Matsutaro Shoriki -- who had briefly led the government’s science and technology agency -- "jumped at this opportunity" and unquestioningly promoted the technology, Oe said.
曾短暫擔任政府科學技術廳長官的讀賣新聞媒體大亨正力松太郎則「立刻抓住這個機會」，毫不質疑地大力推廣這項科技，大江表示。
"The structure of the Japan in which we now live was set at that time and has continued ever since. It is this that led to the big tragedy" of Fukushima in March 2011, said Oe. （AFP）
大江還說，「我們目前生活的日本就是在當時奠定基礎並持續至今。就是這樣才導致了2011年3月發生的福島悲劇。」（法新社）
stránglehòld[strángle・hòld]
- To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
- To join or act together; combine: "Semisweet chocolate, cocoa powder, espresso, Cognac, and vanilla all conspire to intensify [the cake's] flavor" (Sally Schneider).
To plan or plot secretly.
[Middle English conspiren, from Old French, from Latin cōnspīrāre : com-, com- + spīrāre, to breathe.]
conspirer con·spir'er n.conspiringly con·spir'ing·ly adv.
collude
verb [I] FORMAL
to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone:
It was suspected that the police had colluded with the witnesses.
collusion
noun [U] FORMAL
It is thought that they worked in collusion with (= secretly together with) the terrorist network.
collusive
adjective FORMAL
The report concluded that there was no evidence of collusive behaviour between the banks.
col·lude (k ə-l ū d')
intr.v., -lud·ed, -lud·ing, -ludes.
intr.v., -lud·ed, -lud·ing, -ludes.
To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.
[Latin collūdere : com-, com- + l ūdere, to play.]
Utility Reform Eluding Japan After Disaster
By NORIMITSU ONISHI and MARTIN FACKLER
By weakening Tokyo Electric, reformers hope to break the linchpin of collusion between business and government.
《中英對照讀新聞》Japan govt, media colluded on nuclear：Nobel winner 諾貝爾獎得主：日本政府與媒體聯手推動核能發展
◎俞智敏
Nobel-winning author Kenzaburo Oe said Japan’s post-war government and media colluded to give nuclear power a stranglehold.
曾獲諾貝爾獎殊榮的作家大江健三郎表示，日本戰後政府與媒體沆瀣一氣，讓核能在電力市場取得壟斷地位。
The 77-year-old laureate with anti-nuclear views said the media magnate who controlled mass circulation Yomiuri Shimbun had used his newspaper to promote atomic power, in concert with one-time Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.
現年77歲、持反核立場的這位諾貝爾獎得主說，手中掌握了發行量廣大的「讀賣新聞」的媒體鉅子利用他的報紙來宣傳核能發電，與前首相中曾根康弘採取一致行動。
" （Nakasone）said because this country does not have resources, Japan would need to find a new source of energy, which the United States had already invented," Oe told reporters in Tokyo.
「（中曾根）說因為日本資源短缺，所以必須找到新的能源，而美國已經發明了這種能源，」大江在東京向記者表示。
Nakasone had pushed for nuclear power in the 1950s, and held a number of ministerial posts before becoming prime minister in 1982.
中曾根自1950年代起即大力推動核能發展，他在1982年出任首相前，也曾數度擔任部長級職務。
"The United States offered the know-how, the machines and the fuel -- which became the very first bit of nuclear waste now causing a big problem for us -- for free to Japan."
「美國免費提供給日本相關技術、機器與燃料，而這些燃料後來就變成了第一批現在讓我們很頭大的核廢料。」
Yomiuri tycoon Matsutaro Shoriki -- who had briefly led the government’s science and technology agency -- "jumped at this opportunity" and unquestioningly promoted the technology, Oe said.
曾短暫擔任政府科學技術廳長官的讀賣新聞媒體大亨正力松太郎則「立刻抓住這個機會」，毫不質疑地大力推廣這項科技，大江表示。
"The structure of the Japan in which we now live was set at that time and has continued ever since. It is this that led to the big tragedy" of Fukushima in March 2011, said Oe. （AFP）
大江還說，「我們目前生活的日本就是在當時奠定基礎並持續至今。就是這樣才導致了2011年3月發生的福島悲劇。」（法新社）
stránglehòld[strángle・hòld]
linchpin
/ˈlɪn(t)ʃpɪn/
noun
- 1.a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization."nurses are the linchpin of the National Health Service"
- 2.a pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel in position.
將「linchpin」翻譯成以下語言：
noun
- 1. 關鍵
- 2. 轄
con·nive (k ə-n ī v')
intr.v., -nived, -niv·ing, -nives.
intr.v., -nived, -niv·ing, -nives.
- To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics.
- To scheme; plot.
- To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape.
[Latin cōn īv ēre, connī vē re, to close the eyes.]
conniver con·niv'er n.- [kəlúːd]
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