ping, anything to go by, Flesh and Blood, cocked and loaded

U.S.-IRAN TENSIONS

Trump Stopped Strike on Iran Because It Was Not ‘Proportionate’

• President Trump said that the United States military was “cocked and loaded” for a strike against Iran.
• But, he explained in a tweet, he called it off with 10 minutes to spare when a general told him that the attack would most likely kill 150 people.

Slack Wants to Replace Email. Is That What We Want?

By JOHN HERRMAN

As the office chat start-up prepares to go public, some of us are still figuring out how available we want to be — and whether it’s O.K. to ping the C.E.O.

"這個句型的關鍵在於“is anything to go by”，它的意思大概是「根據我們的經驗」、「根據作者的經驗」或「根據說話者的經驗」，其中go by 意為「依照； ..."

The Economist

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If China is anything to go by, South-East Asia will probably struggle with African swine fever for as long as its neighbour does

These Influencers Aren’t Flesh and Blood, Yet Millions Follow Them By TIFFANY HSU From Calvin Klein to KFC, the rise of the computer-generated influencer on social media.

cocked and loaded - Urban Dictionary

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...cocked%20and%20load...

When your testicles rise into your body during sex, usually preceding ejaculation.

ping

/pɪŋ/

學習發音

noun

1. 1.

   a short, high-pitched ringing sound.

   
   

   "the ping of the oven timer"

verb

1. 1.

   make or cause to make a short, high-pitched ringing sound.

   
   

   "the doorbell pinged"
2. 2.

   COMPUTING

   query (another computer on a network) to determine whether there is a connection to it.