2019年10月11日 星期五

tilled, tar, mess up, bill of goods, distill



Analysis: In Syria, Trump Distills a Foreign Policy of Impulse


The president is trying to reverse the consequences as Turkish forces bombard Kurdish fighters who helped overpower ISIS.


The Tilled Field, 1923
"He cannot escape legal troubles by wishing them away — no matter how many times Sean Hannity tells him that he’s in no legal peril," Jennifer Rubin writes in Opinion.

Given Mr Comey's lead role in seeing Donald Trump to the presidency, his book is most useful as a guide to how an ethical leader messed up, writes our columnist

Volkswagen’s New C.E.O. Is an Outsider. That’s an Asset, and a Liability.
By JACK EWING
Herbert Diess was not tarred by Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, but must navigate a company culture known for being insular and hard to change.


 distill

Definition of distill

1to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see PRECIPITATE entry 1 sense 3b) in drops or in a wet mistsome caves are dry, others distill water from invisible rifts— Norman Douglas
2ato purify or transform (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation to subject to or transform by distillationdistill molasses into rum
bto obtain by or as if by distillationdistill whiskeyable to distill humor from personal loss
cto extract the essence of CONCENTRATE


till3
/tɪl/
verb
past tense: tilled; past participle: tilled
  1. prepare and cultivate (land) for crops.


bill of goods
noun
NORTH AMERICAN
  1. a consignment of merchandise.

Urban Dictionary: bill of goods

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bill%20of%20goods

a falsehood, a sham, an outright lie! the phrase "selling a bill of goods" basically means making promises that knowingly can't or won't be kept.

Urban Dictionary: messed up

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=messed%20up

1.)To be wasted or drunk. (see wasted). 2.)To be beaten up badly. 3.)Something that is strange or weird.


a state of confusion or untidiness, esp if dirty or unpleasant: the house was in amess. 2. a chaotic or troublesome state of affairs; muddle: his life was a mess. 3. (informal) a dirty or untidy person or thing.

tar 此處雙關




tar1



NOUNplural tars

  • 1A dark, thick, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in roadmaking and for coating and preserving timber.
    1. 1.1 A resinous substance formed by burning tobacco or other material.
      in combination ‘high-tar cigarettes’





VERBtarring, tarred, tars

[WITH OBJECT]usually as adjective tarred
  • Cover (something) with tar.

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