A powder boy strikes a snazzy pose by one of the guns of USS New Hampshire, Charleston, NC 1860.

Pope Francis gets a snazzy new Lamborghini -- and auctions it off

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White House Dials Back Trump's Vow to Clear Puerto Rico's Debt

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and ALAN RAPPEPORT

Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said the island would have to solve its own fiscal woes despite the catastrophic damage it has endured from two powerful hurricanes.

Workers See Reforms Begin at Tech Firms’ China Factories

By KEITH BRADSHER and CHARLES DUHIGG

CHENGDU, China — After the hardships of work for electronics makers in China reached a global audience, activists and corporate customers like Apple have started to bring shifts in labor conditions.

HTC will pay licensing fees to Apple as part of their patent settlement. Analysts expressed concern about the Taiwanese smartphone maker's long-term prospects.

• Heard: HTC Hasn't Shifted the Dial

BP Decisions Set Stage for Disaster

Leading up to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blast, BP made certain technical moves, such as skipping a cement test and not fully circulating drilling fluid, that made controlling natural-gas seepage more of a challenge.

In a Shift, Chinese Spend More Overseas

By KEITH BRADSHER

The challenge for economists is figuring out why money is leaving China, and how long the trend will last. In Hong Kong, more mainlanders are shopping for jewelry.

Crisis Seeps Into
Everyday Lives

The crisis gripping global finance is filtering into the everyday lives of Americans, spawning a variety of emotions and shifts in investment portfolios.

The companies are also shifting gears because their technological feats of the last two decades — smaller laptops with fast
er chips to deliver snazzier graphics — no longer impress consumers, who increasingly find their three-year-old computers adequate for everyday tasks.

shift gear經常用在喻義，譬如說，
U.S. Car-Safety Thought Shifts Gears 小型車不見得不安全

China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development. 作者／ Gallagher, Kelly Sims 出版社／ MIT PRESS 出版日期／ 2006
翻譯成：「變速！中國：汽車、能源、環境與創新」北京：清華大學，2007
注意，它的副標題有「創造性化妝」。

change gear UK (US ALSO shift gear)
to change the position of the gears to make a vehicle go faster or more slowly

snazzy
adjective INFORMAL APPROVING
modern and stylish in a way that attracts attention:
Paula's wearing a very snazzy pair of shoes!
He designs snazzy new graphics for software packages.

snazzily adverb

shift (MOVE OR CHANGE)
verb
1 [I or T] to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly:
She shifted (her weight) uneasily from one foot to the other.
The wind is expected to shift (to the east) tomorrow.
Media attention has shifted recently onto environmental issues.

2 [T] MAINLY US to move the gears of a vehicle into different positions in order to make it go faster or slower:
In cars that are automatics, you don't have to bother with shifting gears.

shift
noun [C]
a change in position or direction:
a shift in the wind/temperature
The shift in the balance of power in the region has had far-reaching consequences.
There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion towards peaceful negotiations.
n.

A change from one person or configuration to another; a substitution.
1. A group of workers that relieve another on a regular schedule.
2. The working period of such a group: worked the night shift.
1. A means to an end; an expedient.
2. A stratagem; a trick.
A change in direction: a shift in the wind.
A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis.

shifting
adjective
always changing or moving:
They lost their way in the shifting sands of the Sahara.

seep
intr.v., seeped, seep·ing, seeps.

To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze.
To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually.

A spot where water or petroleum trickles out of the ground to form a pool.
Seepage.

[Alteration of dialectal sipe.]

seepage
1. The slow movement of water through a soil.
2. The quantity of water which has slowly moved through a porous material, such as soil.

dial something ↔ back/down. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdial something ↔ back/down phrasal verb American Englishto reduce something or make it less extreme The candidates have dialed back their attacks on each other, but they are still making their differences clear.