2022年9月15日 星期四

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As Ukraine has discovered, Europe is willing to help its neighbours when disaster befalls them. For it to continue to do so, countries that happen upon an unexpected bonanza may need to toss some of it back into the common pot



Lunar New Year is usually a bonanza for Chinese airlines criss-crossing the country fully loaded with passengers. Not this year though.



Trump’s Visit to China Provides a Propaganda Bonanza

Alibaba’s I.P.O. Could Be a Bonanza for Chinese Elite

An intricate web of shell companies disclosed in filings by Alibaba connects the company to the sons and grandsons of the most powerful men in China.


The euro crisis
Hard pounding

Spain discovers that bail-outs bring austerity and lost freedom
Natural gas
An unconventional bonanza

New sources of gas could transform the world’s energy markets, but it won’t be quick or easy
For-Profit Colleges Draw Revenue From Veterans
A year after payouts began on the so-called Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, it has turned into a bonanza for commercial colleges. 
Libya's Oil Boom Is Running Dry
The release of the Lockerbie bomber triggered speculation that British energy could soon hit a bonanza in Libya. But in reality, Big Oil is already there, and its interest is cooling.

Black Friday

Here's hoping you avoided the food coma: you'll need your wits about you for the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza


No bonanza for the government..




Reforming Main Street
A trial-lawyer bonanza gets air-dropped into the financial bill.


attorney-at-law
trial-lawyer

n., pl., at·tor·neys-at-law (-nēz-).
An attorney.


airdrop

n.
A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft.

tr. & intr.v., -dropped, -drop·ping, -drops.
To drop or be dropped from an aircraft.


bonanza

音節bo • nan • za

発音
bənǽnzə
bonanzaの変化形
bonanzas (複数形)
[名]((米))
1 (掘り当てた)豊富な鉱脈.
2 思いがけない幸運, 大当たり
a business bonanza
ぼろい仕事
a shopping [a book] bonanza
掘り出し物[本]
in bonanza
大当たりで;(鉱山が)豊富で
strike a bonanza
大当たりをとる.
[スペイン語←「穏やかな海」→「豊かな金の鉱脈」→「大当たり」]


bonanza

Line breaks: bon|anza
Pronunciation: /bəˈnanzə /

NOUN

1A situation which creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits:a natural gas bonanza for Britain[AS MODIFIER]: a bonanza year for the computer industry
1.1A large amount of something desirable:the festive feature-film bonanza

Origin

early 19th century (originally US, especially with reference to success when mining): from Spanish, literally 'fair weather, prosperity', from Latin bonus'good'.

 bonanza
(bə-năn') pronunciation
n.
  1. A rich mine, vein, or pocket of ore.
  2. A source of great wealth or prosperity.
[Spanish, from Medieval Latin bonacia, calm sea, blend of Latin bonus, good, and Medieval Latin malacia, calm sea (from Greek malakiā , from malakos, soft).]


well's run

dry, the A supply or resource has been exhausted, as in There's no more principal left; the well's run dry, or There's not another novel in her; the well's run dry. This expression likens an underground water source to other plentiful sources. Benjamin Franklin used it in Poor Richard's Almanack (1757).

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