2025年11月19日 星期三

bugbear, imbecilic, Likely a nonstarter. ‘when it came to women, he was a nonstarter’




Putin suggested that Mueller’s team travel to Russia for interviews with indicted intelligence officers—on one problematic condition.
BLOOMBERG.COM
Putin’s ‘Interesting Idea’ for Mueller Probe Likely a Nonstarter

The former Director of the CIA.



Twelve years is an eon in information technology time. Venmo, which I can use to share restaurant bills, buy fresh fruit at sidewalk kiosks, and much more, was also introduced in 2009. Apple unveiled its first-generation iPad in 2010. Zoom came into use in 2012. By the time a technology gets as old as cryptocurrency, we expect it either to have become part of the fabric of everyday life or to have been given up as a nonstarter.

在資訊科技領域,十二年可謂滄海桑田。 Venmo,我可以用來分攤餐廳帳單、在路邊攤購買新鮮水果等等,它也是在2009年推出的。蘋果公司在2010年發表了第一代iPad。 Zoom於2012年開始使用。當一項技術發展到像加密貨幣這樣「老化」時,我們通常認為它要么已經成為日常生活的一部分,要么已經被徹底放棄,不再可行。

美俄和平計畫將迫使烏克蘭割讓土地並削減軍隊

這份包含28項內容的提案是在川普政府試圖重啟和談之際提出的,其中包含一些基輔長期以來一直拒絕接受的要求。


U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army
The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.



nonstarter


NOUN

  • 1A person or animal that fails to take part in a race.
    ‘Gawley wasn't the only nonstarter at Donington’
    1. 1.1informal A person, plan, or idea that has no chance of succeeding or being effective.
      ‘as a business proposition it's a nonstarter’
      ‘when it came to women, he was a nonstarter’



imbecile

NOUN

informal 
  • A stupid person.

ADJECTIVE

  • attributive Stupid; idiotic.
    ‘try not to make imbecile remarks’

Origin

Mid 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘physically weak’): via French from Latin imbecillus, literally ‘without a supporting staff’, from in- (expressing negation) + baculum ‘stick, staff’. The current sense dates from the early 19th century.




bugbearnoun [ C ] 
UK  /ˈbʌɡ.beər/ US  /ˈbʌɡ.ber/
particular thing that annoys or upsets you:
Smoking is a particular bugbear of his.

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