the earth, Rare-earth, unavailing, plummy accent

China has resumed ore procurement from Myanmar, easing fears of tighter supply.

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Rare-earth prices fall to 7-month low as China supply fears ease

"Death has soon ended what must have been a life of wretchedness and unavailing regret".

The Times obituary reports on the last days of #OscarWilde who died in exile in Paris #onthisday 1900, three years after his release from Reading Gaol.

"Death has soon ended what must have been a life of wretchedness and unavailing regret".

The Times obituary reports on the last days of #OscarWilde who died in exile in Paris #onthisday 1900, three years after his release from Reading Gaol.

Only 3% of Britons speak ‘the Queen’s English’ but recruiters favour them still. Are we wasting talent based on accent?

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Simon Kuper: Fiona Hill, Boris Johnson and the tyranny of the plummy British accent

View of the Earth from the Moon, Scientific American, November 23rd 1877, illustrator unknown.


- unavailing とは【意味】効果のない,役に立たない... 【例文】an unavailing attempt... 

plummy

adjective

UK 

 /ˈplʌm.i/ US 

 /ˈplʌm.i/

plummy adjective (SPEECH)

used to describe a low voice or way of speaking using long vowels, of a type thought to be typical of the English upper social class:

a plummy voice

a plummy accent

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Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian irthe , erthe , ērde , Old Dutch ertha (Middle Dutch aerde... (Show More)

 I. Senses relating to the ground.

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 1. The ground considered simply as a surface on which human beings, animals, and things associated with them rest or move.

OE   Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iv. 211   Iohannes..astrehte his lichoman to eorðan on langsumum gebede.

OE   Beowulf (2008) 1532   Wearp ða wundelmæl [read wundenmæl]..þæt hit on eorðan læg, stið ond stylecg.

?c1200   Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8074   Forr he [sc. Herod] warrþ seoc. & he bigann To rotenn bufenn eorþe.

c1300   Evangelie (Dulwich Coll.) 106 in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1915) 30 551 (MED)   [Þ]e neddre..ne may on herþe glide.

1487  (▸a1380)    J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 284   The Kyng..Wes laid at Erd.

a1500  (▸c1400)    Emaré (1908) l. 285 (MED)   He felle down in sowenynge, To þe yrþe was he dyght.

c1540  (▸?a1400)    Destr. Troy 6817   Sum [he] hurlit to þe hard yerth.

1593   T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 75   So typtoe-nyce in treading on the earth, as though they walkt vpon Snakes.

a1616   W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 198   They kneele, they kisse the Earth . 

1691   J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 23   Let your Gard'ner endeavour to apply the Collateral Branches of his Wall Fruits..to the Earth or Borders.

1728   E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word)   Reptile is likewise used, abusively, for Plants and Fruits which creep on the Earth, or on other Plants.

1764   J. Boswell Grand Tour 1 Oct. (1953) 117   While I drove by in my coach, the people bowed to the earth.

1847   Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 118   Part roll'd on the earth and rose again.

1886   R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde iv. 37   Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth.

1928   D. H. Lawrence Woman who rode Away & Other Stories 51   He looked a long time down at the earth, then glanced up at her with a touch of supplication in his uneasy eyes.

1995   Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 Feb. 7   I worship the very earth that this team walks on.

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 2. The ground considered as a solid stratum.

OE   Judgement Day II 99   Eall eorðe bifað, eac swa þa duna dreosað and hreosað.

lOE   Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100   To þam Pentecosten wæs gesewen..æt anan tune blod weallan of eorþan.

c1275  (▸?a1200)    Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13884   Þa eorðe [c1300 Otho earþe] gon beouien.

c1300   St. Mary of Egypt (Laud) 316 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 270 (MED)   Þe eorþe was hard, and he was old, and none spade he nadde.

a1400  (▸a1325)    Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16784   Þe day wex derker þen þe nyȝt: þe erþe quook wiþ alle.

a1400  (▸a1325)    Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4699   Þe erth it clang, for drught and hete.

1562   W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 57, in Bulwarke of Defence   The people..are constrained to inhabite in Caves, under the yearth.

1567   J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 8v   Of Gemmes, some are found in the earthes vaines, & are digged vp with Metalles.

1603   P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1190   The casting up aloft into the aire of stones & cinders by subterranean windes under the earth.

1694   Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 46   They lie in Veins in the Earth, and in the firm Rocks.

1701   tr. N. Andry Acct. Breeding Worms in Human Bodies iii. 32   They..were seized with an Epidemical Distemper, inspiring them with such fury, that they fell a digging the Earth.

1791   W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 339   Who under earth on human kind avenge Severe, the guilt of violated oaths.

1839   Z. Leonard Narr. Adventures 73/2   An oil spring, rising out of the earth.

1863   A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. viii. 185   ‘The well’, the deep cavity sunk in the earth by the art of man.

1865   Frost & Fire II. 182   Them is what we call marble stones; they grow in the yearth.

1938   R. Hum Chem. for Engin. Students xxvi. 711   Asphalt, or mineral pitch, is considered to be the residue from the natural evaporation of petroleum, which has escaped from the earth.

1974   L. Murray Coll. Poems (1991) 110   Out here, the trees Grow coolly under the earth.

1991   Which? Apr. 188/2   Groundwater is produced by rainwater percolating down through the earth.

Letter of Comfort. ‘Comfort Women’, drawn little comfort from this watershed, groundbreaking

知情人士說，華為正在就這筆資金安排與國際國內銀行進行洽談，華為投資控股將為此提供告慰函。籌得的資金將主要用作營運資本和一般企業用途。




关于告慰函、安慰函的图片、视频、博客、概念/解释/意思… 名词 告慰函、安慰函, 英文翻译. Letter of Comfort. 定义. 母公司向借款机构发出的函件，声明批准子公司进行计划中融资. 

Japan and South Korea Settle Dispute Over Wartime ‘Comfort Women’

Observers say federal approval could be a watershed moment in the fight against AIDS.

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar wanted to have men about him who were fat because lean and hungry men were dangerous. If the same principle applies in international relations, this week's news that China has overtaken the world's second-largest economy, Japan, in terms of nominal gross domestic product should be welcome to the rest of the world. Yet nominal GDP is unfortunately a poor guide to what constitutes a satisfied, unthreatening state. Per capita income is a better, if imperfect, pointer. And since China's per capita income of $3,678 is still less than a 10th of Japan's, Caesar would have drawn little comfort from this watershed, given that China clearly remains a very poor country despite its spectacular recent growth rate.
莎翁(Shakespeare)筆下的凱撒大帝(Julius Caesar)希望自己周圍都是膘肥體胖的人，因為精瘦、飢餓的人比較危險。如果該準則同樣適用於國際關係，那麼，世界其它各國應該會對上週的一則消息表示歡迎：即，按名義國內生產總值(GDP)計算，中國已經超過日本，成為世界第二大經濟體。不過，遺憾的是，名義GDP並不能很好地反映出一個自在滿足、對外無威脅國家的內部實情。人均收入是一個相對更好的指標——儘管可能並非完美。所以，鑑於中國3678美元的人均收入尚不到日本的十分之一，上述轉折點可能不會給凱撒帶來多少安慰，因為儘管中國近年的增長速度驚人，但它顯然仍是一個很窮的國家。

groundbreaking	(adjective) Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.
Synonyms:	innovative
Usage:	Groundbreaking innovations in technology have made electronic devices both smaller and more powerful.

usury, exorbitant, pre-empt, homeowner, mouth guard

Thomas Piketty claimed that inequality is driven by elites accumulating capital. But research increasingly suggests homeowners are the ones receiving exorbitant returns, not tycoons

As Author, Obama Earns Big Money and a New Deal

By JEFF ZELENY
As the president scolded executives for exorbitant compensation, a disclosure form showed that he signed a new $500,000 book deal.

The Wall Street Journal leads its world-wide newsbox, and the LAT off-leads, with the Supreme Court declaring that drug makers can still be sued in state court by injured patients even if federal regulators approved the product. The 6-3 ruling could affect many other industries besides prescription drugs and marked a major blow to businesses that have long argued federal rules should protect them from lawsuits at the state level. In 2006, the Bush administration, which often sided with businesses on this issue, reversed a Food and Drug Administration policy and declared that federal approval of a drug "preempts" lawsuits at the state level.




Mr. Schnabel is now suing Art Capital, claiming that he paid back his loan in a timely fashion but that Art Capital tried to add exorbitant fees. Art Capital counterclaims that it is entitled to millions of dollars in additional interest and fees because Mr. Schnabel did not reveal there was an existing mortgage on the property.



現在一般翻譯 Usury 為 "高利贷" 如 新帕尔格雷夫经济学大词典专题 其實 原先Usury 非高利貸 只是放利之財務番方式

所以日本解釋路德的論文

The Social Background of Luther's "Trade and Usury" ... ルター「商業・利子論」の社会的背景.

這在莎士比亞數劇中都如此 譬如說 威尼斯商人或

Did you but know the city's usuries And felt them knowingly; the art o' the court As hard to leave as keep; whose top to climb ...
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'Baby Necessities' pacifiers recalled
Examiner.com - USAThis time there is a voluntary recall of there "Baby Necessities" 4-pack of pacifiers, they have a blue heart-shaped mouth guard . ...


mouth guard
n
A resilient intraoral device worn during participation in contact sports to reduce the potential for injury to the teeth and associated tissue.

usury

(yū'zhə-rē)

.n., pl. -ries.

1. The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate.
2. An excessive or illegally high rate of interest charged on borrowed money.
3. Archaic. Interest charged or paid on a loan.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin ūsūria, alteration of Latin ūsūra, from ūsus, use. See usual.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

u・su・ry

--> ━━ n. 高利（の貸付）; 高利貸業.


由於 usury 容易演變成高利黛 所以17世紀起就有法律規定利息上限
它 usury 就成為 違法的

Investment Dictionary: Usury

The act of lending money at an interest rate higher than that permitted by law.
美國情形

usury
Charging a rate of interest greater than that permitted by state law. In most states, usury limits vary according to the type of lender and type of loan. Federal laws have been passed to preempt certain usury limits under certain conditions. Example: The Interest Rate that must comply with usury limitation is defined differently in the various states. The stated maximum rate may apply to the Face Interest Rate, Effective Rate to the borrower, or the actual Yield to the lender. If a loan is found to be usurious, severe penalties may be imposed, including loss of the Principal interest, a multiple of the interest, and/or damages.

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日本 1950s

利息制限法 昭和二十九年五月十五日法律百号施行 昭和二十九年六月十五日 第一条 金銭を目的とする消費貸借上の利息の契約は、その利息が左の利率により計算した金額を ...

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exorbitant 
adjective
Exorbitant prices and demands, etc. are much too large:
The bill for dinner was exorbitant.
pre-empt verb [T]
1 to do or say something before someone so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or ineffective:
The minister held a press conference in order to pre-empt criticism in the newspapers.

2 US to replace one television programme with another, usually more important one:
All the networks pre-empted their regular schedules to broadcast news of the hijacking.

pseud, too clever by half. "lambent harmonies" and "melting arpeggios"

His versatility made him a figure of fun. Private Eye mercilessly satirised him as the self-important Dr Jonathan, a sage and a pseud and too clever by half.

by half

Word Frequency

     

PHRASE [PHRASE after verb]

If you increase something by half, half of the original amount is added to it. If you decrease it by half, half of the original amount is taken away from it.

The number of 7 year olds who read poorly has increased by half over the past 5 years.

Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.

Synonyms: excessively, very much, considerably   More Synonyms of by half

pseud

noun [ C ]

 UK informal disapproving

UK 

 /sjuːd/ US 

 /suːd/

 

a person who tries to seem to have detailed knowledge or excellent judgment of a subject, especially in art, literature, music, etc.:

He's such a pseud, with his talk of '"lambent harmonies" and "melting arpeggios".

英國/sjuːd/美國/suːd/

 

試圖對某個主題，特別是藝術，文學，音樂等方面具有詳盡知識或出色判斷的人：

他實在是太假了，他講的是“低調的和聲”和“融化的琶音”。