2019年3月31日 星期日

drive-by shooting, pyjamas/pajamas, au courant, shooting the messenger.



Democratic ire for William Barr is, in part, a case of shooting the messenger. A cult-like faith in Robert Mueller has failed to pay off

A cardiologist who treated former President George H.W. Bush was killed Friday morning in a bicycle-to-bicycle drive-by shooting.





‘It is commonplace to observe that both Proust and Einstein, in their different ways, were concerned with the subjectivity of time. I find most of these comparisons uninteresting. There is at least one moment in A la recherche du temps perdu, however, at which Proust reveals himself to be au courant with contemporary physics.’


LRB.CO.UK

Jeremy Bernstein: Four-Dimensional Proust
I cannot believe that the idea of time as the fourth dimension simply sprang out of his head. He must have read it somewhere.


  1. ＝ drive-by shooting
【形】
    走行中の車からの

Urban Dictionary: drive by

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=drive%20by

このページを訳す
1. A shooting performed by a gang-member in a slowly moving motor vehicle that then speeds away from the scene. 2. To 'suss' something out, to complete a recce.




pyjamas

(US pajamas)



PLURAL NOUN

  • 1A loose-fitting jacket and trousers for sleeping in.
    ‘a pair of pyjamas’
    ‘pyjama trousers’
    1. 1.1 Any clothing suitable for wearing in bed.
      ‘a picture of a baby in one-piece pyjamas’
    2. 1.2pyjamain singular A pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist, worn by both sexes in some Asian countries.
      ‘he was attired in an off-white kurta, white pyjama, and red waistcoat’

Origin

Early 19th century: from Urdu and Persian, from pāy ‘leg’ + jāma ‘clothing’.
au courant 察覺
張貼者： 於 沒有留言:

artichoke, side-splitting, Beer stein


artichoke 多種類，Spanish  artichoke等等
蔡珠兒在台北希望廣場。

［洋薊來了］
台灣農民真厲害，扭轉風土，陸續種出溫帶作物，繼蔓菁、白蘆筍、櫛瓜花、羽衣甘藍之後，我一直等待的洋薊(artichoke )，終於出現了😍。
早就聽說有人種出，但第一次在市集看到，驚喜萬分，我高興得想尖叫😄。產地在桃園大溪的「香草野園」，園主是林詹翊，種了半年才收成。
⋯⋯更多




Cold War Steve Presents… The Festival of Brexit is the first book from the subversive genius described by the Financial Times as ‘Apocalyptic but side-splitting.’




Image result for stein
Beer stein (/ˈstaɪn/ STYNE), or simply stein, is an English neologism for either traditional beer mugs made out of stoneware, or specifically ornamental beer mugs that are usually sold as souvenirs or collectibles. In German, the word Stein means stone and is not used to refer to a beverage container.


side-splitting
adjective
INFORMAL
  1. extremely amusing.

    "side-splitting anecdotes"
    synonyms:hilarious, extremely amusing, very funny, very humorous, comic, riotous, uproarious, screamingly/hysterically funny, too funny for words, rib-tickling, comical, absurd, 
張貼者： 於 沒有留言:

2019年3月30日 星期六

pimping, ‘pimp’and ‘poke’, Pimp State, Facebook

Whatever credibility U.S. media still had after pimping those imaginary Iraqi WMDs and "experts" repeatedly reporting that Trump had no chance of winning, now lies in tatters.




Is selling sex just another profession?

2009

Iraq's Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters

By Rania Abouzeid / Baghdad The Baghdad government refuses to recognize it as a problem but a huge underworld network exists, run by women who sell young girls


2007
The word Facebook has made it into the dictionary. It has been included in the 2008 edition of the Collins English Dictionary as both a noun and a verb. Facebook lets users have a personal webpage where they can contact friends and display pictures.

‘Pimp’ and ‘poke’have new definitions in the dictionary related to Facebook.

The dictionary defines ‘pimp’ to make your page more attractive and ‘poke’ is defined as getting someones attention. According to The Sun a Collins’ spokesman said: “Facebook has been the phenomenon of 2007, with 200,000 signing up every day.” ananova



pimp
noun [C]拉皮條 be a pimp.
a man who controls prostitutes, especially by finding customers for them, and takes some of the money that they earn

pimp 
verb [I]売春｛ばいしゅん｝あっせんをする、売春｛ばいしゅん｝の手引き｛てびき｝をする
究竟，個人自由的界限何在？在這本書中，作者為娼妓、皮條客、吸毒販毒者、敲詐者、（非政府的）偽造貨幣者、高利貸業者、不支持慈善事業的人……這些「背德者」辯護。作者稱他們為「經濟上的代罪羔羊」（替死鬼），對這些長久以來遭輕蔑、誤解甚至裁定為違法的職業，努力恢復其應有地位，探究其經濟功能，證明他們對社會是有益的，並強調「合意成人之間的自願性交易」不應被譴責，而且侵犯「非攻擊者」是不合法的。
a pig in a poke
something that you buy or accept without first seeing it or finding out whether it is good
張貼者： 於 沒有留言:

2019年3月27日 星期三

misstate, misstatement, Manchuria, Manchurian candidate. Press Communique, Cairo Communiqué



CNN
Asked to address a message his campaign had sent to supporters suggesting that Dr. Ben Carson was going to suspend his campaign after Iowa, Ted Cruz blamed CNN and specific CNN anchors and reporters for why his campaign had been led to believe that Carson was dropping out.
In fact, CNN never reported nor implied that Carson was going to suspend his campaign, as Cruz's campaign did. And the fact that Cruz reverted to this excuse during Saturday night's debate was especially notable because Cruz had walked back his accusations against the network earlier this week and said, "CNN got it right."


The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Tuesday in a press conference in Vienna that his agency was struggling to get timely information from Japan about its failing reactors, which has resulted in agency misstatements.


為期五天的開羅會議，會後發表宣言要點為「共同對日作戰，至日本無條件投降為止；所有日本竊奪之中國領土，如東北、台灣、澎湖群島，須歸還中華民國；朝鮮應使其獨立」，但卻未見代表在《開羅宣言》上簽名，因此認定世上根本就不存在「開羅宣言」法律文件。特別是近年來有人認為《開羅宣言》只能算得上是份「新聞公報」（Press Communique）而已，值得注意之後續發展是美國國務院在一九五八年竟對外指出「…在開羅會議中，美、英、中公佈”意願”將滿洲、台澎歸還中國。…」但卻「並無任何條約將台灣的主權轉移給中國。…」及「…現在的狀況為，同盟國仍需協議某種協定或條約來定位台灣的地位。…」致使部分人士迄今質疑《開羅宣言》，一九五五年，邱吉爾竟在國會答詢時否認《開羅宣言》有此承諾!!!

The Cairo Declaration was issued on 27 November 1943 and released in a Cairo Communiqué through radio on 1 December 1943,[3]stating the Allies' intentions to continue deploying military force until Japan's unconditional surrender. The main clauses of the Cairo Declaration are that the three great allies are fighting this war to restrain and punish the aggression of Japan, they covet no gain for themselves and won't involve themselves in territorial expansion wars after the conflict, "Japan be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has seized or occupied since the beginning of the First World War in 1914", "all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, including Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China", Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which she has taken by violence and greed and that "in due course Korea shall become free and independent".


The Manchurian Candidate is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy. Wikipedia
Originally published: April 27, 1959
Author: Richard Condon
Page count: 311
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Characters: Raymond Shaw, Ben Marco, Eleanor Shaw, Al Melvin, Senator John Yerkes Iselin
Genres: Thriller, Suspense, Political fiction
每日一詞 ：“滿洲候選人”與美國的冷戰記憶
穆勒的報告已經得出結論：特朗普在大選期間並未與俄羅斯串謀。時報專欄作者Farhad Manjoo在《 “通俄”讓我們忽視了美國根本的弱點 》一文中對涉俄調查和美國製度的結構性問題作出反思：“其中沒有串謀。總統不是滿洲候選人( Manchurian candidate )。我們也不能把一切都歸咎於弗拉基米爾·普京。”
《滿洲候選人》(The Manchurian Candidate)是一部1959年的政治驚悚小說。冷戰時期，一名被俘的美軍士兵在被關押在“滿洲”地區，並被中蘇諜報人員洗腦成殺手。當他看到撲克牌中的方片Q，就會在喪失意識的情況下淪為傀儡，執行任何使命。朝鮮戰爭後，美國人對共產主義的滲透顛覆心懷恐懼，相信意志操縱術真能把人變成無知覺的傀儡，幹出可怕的事。
《滿洲候選人》這部小說抓住了美國人對冷戰和洗腦的焦慮，被兩度改編為電影。 “滿洲候選人”這個詞在美國的政治文化里紮下了根，被用來指那些背景可疑，似乎與境外勢力關係曖昧、圖謀不軌的政客。



Communiqué - definition of communiqué by The Free ...

www.thefreedictionary.com/communiqué

(kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪ) n. 1. ( Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an official communication or announcement, esp to the press or public. [C19: from French, from communiquer to communicate]

misstatement
n.An incorrect statement.
張貼者： 於 沒有留言:

2019年3月22日 星期五

Slow but steady, "Ebit macht frei”


大众汽车CEO“失言”暴露企业文化问题
迪斯在管理会议上反复说“Ebit* macht frei”（息税前利润使你自由），让人想起纳粹标语“劳动使你自由”。


* EBITA, which stands for earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization is a method of determining profitability. This figure represents what an entity earned before the deduction of taxes, interest on loans and a reduction for amortization, a paying off debts over time.Jan 28, 2019


Slow but steady wins the race. Consistent, effective effort leads to success. This is the moral of one of Aesop's fables, “The Tortoise and the Hare.”


5G NETWORKS
In the race for 5G, Chinese carriers go slow and steady
張貼者： 於 沒有留言:

get over, root for someone/something


James Comey: What I Want From the Mueller Report
By JAMES COMEY
I am rooting for a demonstration to the world that the United States justice system works.




• The rise and rise of #mprraccoon. A raccoon climbed a 25-story building in St. Paul, Minn., and became a Twitter sensation along the way. (But not everyone was rooting for the peaceful ending.) [The New York Times]
You know things are bad when you start rooting for the enemy. For coal miners, it's that bad.

In 1999, Stephen Manes quoted McNealy as saying, "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."[20] Manes criticized the statement in his Full Disclosure column: "He's right on the facts, wrong on the attitude. ... Instead of 'getting over it', citizens need to demand clear rules on privacy, security, and confidentiality."[20] The authors of Privacy in the 21st Centuryadmitted, "While a shocking statement, there is an element of truth in it."[21]

get over

phrasal verb of get
  1. 1.
    recover from (an ailment or an upsetting or startling experience).

    "the trip will help him get over Sal's death"
    synonyms:recover from, recuperate from, get better after, pull through, shrug off, survive, come round from
    "I have only just got over flu"
  2. 2.
    overcome (a difficulty).


root for someone/something Meaning in the Cambridge English ...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/root-for-someone-something

root for someone/something definition: to express your support for the success of someone or something: . Learn more.
張貼者： 於 沒有留言:
訂閱： 文章 (Atom)