"I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic."
―from "This Side of Paradise"
Hong Kong Court Denies Residency to Domestics
By KEITH BRADSHER
The landmark case of a Filipino woman, who had worked in Hong Kong
for 27 years as a domestic helper, had highlighted questions of judicial
independence.
- Milestone or millstone?
Primary among the four concerns is health care, said John Hoffecker, a managing director with restructuring consultant AlixPartners LLP in Detroit. His firm's research shows that as recently as two years ago, GM and Ford were almost as profitable as Toyota, excluding health-care costs. "That's how big a millstone this is around the domestics' necks," he said.
IN A nation of stoics, the most patient sufferers—by
common consent—are those from Tohoku, the poor north-eastern area struck by earthquake and tsunami on March 11th. The best-known poem by the region’s most beloved poet, Kenji Miyazawa (born in 1896), starts “Be not defeated by the rain”. It extols the virtues of enduring harsh conditions with good grace. Rarely can Miyazawa’s fellow northerners have faced such
a test of true grit. Yet the worry is that the longer they suffer in silence, the less they will act as a spur for revival in Japan.
millstone
- 音節
- míll • stòne
- millstoneの変化形
- millstones (複数形)
- millstoneの慣用句
- hard as the nether millstone, between millstones, look through a millstone, （全3件）
[名]
1 ひき臼(うす)石：上下2個のうちの一つ.
2 （一般に）ひきつぶすもの；((比喩))押しつぶすもの；（精神的な）重荷
(as) hard as the nether millstone
冷酷無情な［で］.
between millstones/between the upper and the nether millstone
窮地に陥って, 進退きわまって.
look ［see］ through ［(far) into］ a millstone
((通例皮肉))視力［感覚］がとても鋭い, 目から鼻へ抜ける.
grit
n.
- Minute rough granules, as of sand or stone.
- The texture or fineness of sand or stone used in grinding.
- A coarse hard sandstone used for making grindstones and millstones.
- Informal. Indomitable spirit; pluck.
v.,
grit·ted,
grit·ting,
grits.
v.tr.
- To clamp (the teeth) together.
- To cover or treat with grit.
v.intr.
To make a grinding noise.
[Middle English gret, sand, from Old English grēot.]
grit
[名][U]
1 ((集合的))（食物や水などに混じる）ちり, ほこり, 砂塵(さじん), 砂.
2 ((略式))気概, 気骨, 不屈の精神, 勇気, 元気, 肝っ玉
a man of true grit
真の勇者
have grit enough to do
…するだけの気概がある.
3 グリット：角張った粗粒の砂岩.
put (a little) grit in the machine
円滑な進行を妨げる, 「水をさす」.
━━[動]（〜・ted, 〜・ting）(他)
1 〈歯などを〉ギシギシいわせる, きしらせる
grit one's teeth
歯を食いしばる（▼苦痛を我慢したり一大決心をするときの口元）.
2 〈大理石などを〉（つや出しのために）細粒で磨く；…に小砂をまく［入れる］.
━━(自)きしる, 砂を踏むような音を出す.
夏濟安先生"白話文與新詩"中曾嘆，此consent 有時的意思是"依"。
可是學生都只記字典說的'同意"。
Consent：性關係裡難以啟齒的不“同意”
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在#我也是(#MeToo)運動掀起的清算和對話中，公眾也注意到，除了顯而易見的強迫、威脅和暴力之外，我們的性文化里還有一個常見的灰色地帶：在發生關係前，你是否得到了對方的 consent ？ |
在 詞典裡，consent的含義是“表達許可或贊同：同意”。雖然有標準的解釋，但人們對“性同意”的理解有著巨大的分歧。在現實的性場景中，人們通常不會明確地說出“我願意”，而是通過接受觸碰、作出身體回應、語言調情，甚至沉默來完成溝通。 |
在時報最近的文章《 只有暴力脅迫才算強姦嗎？ 》中，一名活動人士希望確立普適法則，來明確consent是“自願、了解、知情的認同”。這聽來是顯而易見的事，但實情並非如此。美國各州對“知情同意”並沒有一個普遍定義，有些州甚至根本沒有定義。 |
A domestic worker is a person who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents tohousekeeping, including cleaning and household maintenance. Other responsibilities may include cooking, laundry and ironing, shopping for food and undertaking other household errands. Such work has always needed to be done but before the Industrial Revolution and the advent of labour saving devices, it was physically much harder.
- do • mes • tic
- 発音
- dəméstik
- レベル
- 大学入試程度
- domesticの変化形
- domestics (複数形)
[形]
1 家庭の, 所帯の, 家事の, 家族の
domestic affairs
家事
domestic appliances
家庭用電化製品.
3 〈動物などが〉人になれた, 飼いならされた
domestic animals
家畜.
4 自国の, 国内の, 内地の；国産の
domestic products
国産品
domestic flights
（飛行機の）国内便
━━[名]
1 家事奉公人, 召使い.
2 ((〜s))国産品.
3 ((〜s))（シーツ, タオルなどの）布製家庭用品.
［ラテン語domesticus（domus家＋-ticus＝家の）］
do・mes・ti・cal・ly
[副]
domestic
Pronunciation:
/dəˈmɛstɪk/
adjective
1relating to the running of a home or to family relations:domestic chores domestic violence
of or for use in the home rather than in an industrial or office environment:domestic water supplies
(of an animal) tame and kept by humans:domestic dogs
(of a person) fond of family life and running a home:she was not at all domestic
2existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international:Egypt’s domestic affairs
noun
1 (also domestic worker or domestic help) a person who is paid to help with cleaning and other menial tasks in a person’s home.
2British informal a violent quarrel between family members, especially husband and wife:they are often called to sort out a domestic
3North American a product not made abroad.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus 'house'
consent[con・sent]
[動](自)［I（[副]）］［II that節/to do］（…に）同意する, （…することを）承諾する, 許可する；（…に）応じる, 従う((to ...))
gladly ［reluctantly］ consent to a request
依頼を喜んで［いやいやながら］承諾する
He didn't consent to have her come here.
彼女をここに来させることに彼は同意しなかった
He consented that the matter should be discussed openly by everybody.
その問題がすべての人によって率直に論じられることに彼は同意した
Mother did not consent to my keeping rabbits.
母は私がウサギを飼うのを許してくれなかった.
━━[名][U]
1 （…への）同意, 承諾, 承認, 賛成, 許可((to ..., to do))
give one's consent to ...
…に同意する
a divorce by (mutual) consent
協議離婚
I need father's consent to drive the car.
その車を使うには父の許可がいる.
2 気持ち［意見, 行動など］の一致
by common ［mutual, general］ consent ［＝((古))with one consent］
満場一致で.
［古フランス語←ラテン語consentīre （con-共に＋sentīre感じる＝同意する）. △DISSENT, ASSENT］
con・sent・er
[名]
[名]
1 ひき臼(うす)石：上下2個のうちの一つ.
2 （一般に）ひきつぶすもの；((比喩))押しつぶすもの；（精神的な）重荷
(as) hard as the nether millstone
冷酷無情な［で］.
between millstones/between the upper and the nether millstone
窮地に陥って, 進退きわまって.
look ［see］ through ［(far) into］ a millstone
((通例皮肉))視力［感覚］がとても鋭い, 目から鼻へ抜ける.
