2021年3月21日 星期日

decoupling, adversary, biopsy, decoupage


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which he describes as "beautiful and rare, with a bit of fun and charming, and some historic notes."



In this study, the researchers took liquid biopsies from 47 patients at The Royal Marsden who had localized rectal cancer, meaning it had not already spread to other body parts. 
在這項研究中,研究人員對皇家馬斯登的47名患者進行了液體活檢,這些患者患有局限性直腸癌,這意味著它尚未擴散到其他身體部位。


Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries", in a move that is believed to target Huawei. In April we explored why the West is so worried by the Chinese tech giant

An excellent book. Mr. Nixon spelled out the realities of the Cold War conflict, the true nature of our Soviet adversary, and the steps necessary to win the conflict and prevent the devastating consequences of full scale military conflict. 
The veracity of this work is borne out by the subsequent actions of the Reagan administration to call the Soviets' bluff and force the collapse of their empire.




除關稅外,特朗普政府內部的貿易鷹派人士正在實行他們稱之為“脫鉤”(decoupling)的政策,即打破他們如今感到會給美國構成長期戰略威脅的關係。貿易鷹派人士希望能讓美國企業將工廠遷到更友好的國家 。他們還在敦促限制中國在美國的投資 ,割裂學術及其他聯繫。



découpage
/ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ,dɪˈkuːpɑːʒ/
noun
  1. the art or craft of decorating objects with paper cut-outs.


biopsy
/ˈbʌɪɒpsi/
noun
  1. 1.
    an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.
    "a bone marrow biopsy"
verb
  1. 1.
    conduct a biopsy on (tissue removed from a living body).
    "the lesions may be malignant and should be biopsied"


decouple
/diːˈkʌp(ə)l/
verb
gerund or present participle: decoupling
  1. 1.
    separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.

    "the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"
  2. 2.
    muffle the sound or shock of (a nuclear explosion) by causing it to take place in an underground cavity.

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