2024年11月28日 星期四

juuling, assuage, a gaping hole. In 2021, it pulled the plug on a dramatic new concert hall which would have been a new home for the London Symphony Orchestra.


From WIRED: For more than a decade, it’s been clear that there’s a gaping hole in American food safety.

Juul has agreed to pull its flavoured nicotine liquids off the shelves to help curb under-age use. But that may not be enough to assuage regulators

Sep 12, 2018 - According to a new press announcement from the FDA, juuling (and e-cigarette use in general) has reached epidemic proportions, among ...

It is not the first time the City of London has had to shelve an ambitious project. In 2021, it pulled the plug on a dramatic new concert hall — estimated to cost 288 million pounds, or $365 million — which would have been a new home for the London Symphony Orchestra. It blamed the coronavirus pandemic, though the departure of Simon Rattle, the orchestra’s conductor and a vocal champion of the project, may have also played a role.


"Shelved off" means to put something aside or put off consideration of it. For example, you might shelve a project or a plan:
"The government has shelved the idea until at least next year".
"Plans to expand the company have been quietly shelved". 
Synonyms of "shelved" include: postpone, put off, defer, table, and pigeonhole. 
"Shelve" can also mean to place something on a shelf or to furnish something with shelves. 
In geology, "shelve" can also mean when a surface slopes downwards, such as the bottom of the sea: 
"The shoreline shelves away steeply". 
"The sea bed shelves gently for several hundred meters". 
Shelve Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
4 days ago — verb. ˈshelv. shelved; shelving. Synonyms of shelve. transitive verb. 1. : to furnish with shelves. 2. : to place on a s...

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SHELVE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
verb (used with object) , shelved, shelv·ing. to place (something) on a shelf or shelves. to put off or aside from consideration:

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SHELVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
1. verb. If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently. Atlanta has...

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verb (used with object)
to place (something) on a shelf or shelves. to put off or aside from consideration: to shelve the question. Synonyms: pigeonhole, table, defer. to remove from active use or service; dismiss.

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assuage
/əˈsweɪdʒ/
verb
  1. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

    "the letter assuaged the fears of most members"
    • satisfy (an appetite or desire).

      "an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge"

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