2019年12月31日 星期二

esure, offload, have a point


Some are offloading desirable route assignments to their colleagues. One of our most popular blogs of 2019
Some US airlines think the practice is a form of corruption

ECONOMIST.COM
Should flight attendants be allowed to sell their seniority?



Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
The concerns of the Occupy Wall Street movement are not far different from what business leaders have told professors Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to offload $1.35bn worth of shares. Source ...
The Australian
FORMER Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to sell up to 2.4 million shares of stock currently worth nearly $US1.5 billion ($A1.39bn). Schmidt, now Google's executive chairman, intends to stagger the sales of the stock over a one-year period.




Lloyds Banking Group
has sold its majority stake in esure, one of Britain's largest providers of home and car insurance, as part of its plan to offload noncore units after a merger with rival lender HBOS. Go to Article from Reuters via The New York Times»


Esure
(usually styled as esure) is an internet and telephone based insurance company based in Reigate, Surrey, England. It also has offices in Manchester and Glasgow. esure was founded in 1999 by businessman Peter Wood, who also launched the Direct Line insurance company for the Royal Bank of Scotland.


offload
off·load or off-load (ôfld, f-)
v. off·load·ed or off-load·ed, off·load·ing or off-load·ing, off·loads or off-loads
v.tr.
1. To unload (a vehicle or container).
2. Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.
3. Slang To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media" (Meg Greenfield).
v.intr.
To unload a vehicle or container.

【#逐字學英文國際日報】38:slur, sexist slur, insinuation. stun grenade, faggotry, loiter, militarization

法新社就臺灣總統大選的報導:臺灣表面上看似在性別平等方面,在亞洲走得很前,例如選出了女總統、立法院女立委的比例在亞洲也算是很高,但女政客仍要不時面對政敵攻擊自己的性別,報導列出了蔡英文及陳菊近月面對的性別攻擊,亦指出民進黨也曾有要員以性別來攻擊國民黨女要員。



A Chinese airline has reportedly warned passengers that "precautions" should be taken when visiting areas in London mainly populated by "Indians, Pakistanis and black people".


NO MORE HUCK FINN: A suburban Philadelphia high school is removing “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from its 11th-grade curriculum, saying its racial slurs make students "uncomfortable." http://via.pix11.com/j6hkg

It contained enough alcohol to make her dangerously drunk. She arrived at the emergency room slurring her words and unable to walk:http://cnn.it/1Y3rrqE

Outrage erupts in ‪#‎India‬ after a Hindu leader said Mother Teresa's charity work had one objective: to convert the poor to Christianity.http://bbc.in/1zBUQcG


Uproar over Mother Teresa slur
There is outrage in India over a Hindu leader's comment that Mother Teresa's charity work had one objective - to convert poor to Christianity.
BBC.CO.UK

Ferguson police have deployed stun grenades, rubber bullets and what appear to be 40mm wooden baton rounds to quell the protests in a show of force that is a stark illustration of the militarization of police forces in the US.

Ferguson police: a stark illustration of newly militarised US law enforcement
Critics say skyrocketing proliferation of heavy weaponry and equipment...
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 Italy grapples with racial slurs against minister

 Slurs Against Italy's First Black National Official Spur Debate on Racism

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Cécile Kyenge, Italy's first black national official, has been bombarded with racial slurs and death threats during her first eight weeks in office

His explorations of “faggotry” in the literary world were wide-ranging. They led him to an unsatisfactory night with Jack Kerouac in the Chelsea Hotel, to delicate examinations of pornography with André Gide, to courtship with Christopher Isherwood. Yet he loathed the word “gay”, felt that human beings were essentially bisexual (a theme pursued in his wildly Bacchic send-up of pornography, “Myra Breckinridge”) and found that this world, too, was one in which he loitered on the edge.


Greeks Mass to Protest Hardships
Protesters shouted slogans outside the Greek parliament in central Athens during a 24-hour nationwide general strike Thursday. It marked the second general strike in a month as workers protested Greek government plans for more cutbacks and tax increases to satisfy terms set by its international creditors for more bailout funds. Clashes broke out as youths threw gasoline bombs and rocks at police, who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades. Police said two officers were injured in the clashes and that some 50 demonstrators were detained. A 65-year-old man died during the demonstration from heart failure before the clashes. (Associated Press)


Anchor Baby: A Term Redefined as a Slur
New York Times
If you were to look it up in the American Heritage Dictionary, you would find a new definition since last week. The term was among some 10000 new words and phrases in the fifth edition of the dictionary, published in November. ...
A grenade attack on a crowded square in the Belgian city of Liege has killed four people and wounded many dozens. The assailant is among the dead. Belgian authorities have ruled out a terrorist attack.

grenade[gre・nade]

  • 発音記号[grinéid]

[名]
1 手投げ弾, 擲弾(てきだん).
2 薬品入り球弾, 催涙弾, 消火弾.

Stun grenade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A stun grenade, also known as a flash grenade or flashbang, is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily disorient an enemy's senses. It is designed to ...


  1. Faggot (slang) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(slang) - Cached
    Faggot, often shortened to fag, is a pejorative term broadly meaning an effeminate gay man. It is a common slur used chiefly in North America against gay males ...
  2. faggotry - Wiktionary

    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faggotry - Cached
    [edit] Etymology. From faggot +‎ -ry. ... faggotry (countable and uncountable; plural faggotries). (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).

loiter


 発音
lɔ'itər
loiterの変化形
loitered (過去形) • loitered (過去分詞) • loitering (現在分詞) • loiters (三人称単数現在)
[動](自)
1 (仕事などを)ぐずぐずやる((on, over ...))
loiter onoverthe job
仕事をだらだらする.
2 (当てもなく)ぶらつく, うろつく((about, around));のろのろ進む;道草を食う, 寄り道をする
loiter aboutaround
ぶらぶら行く
loiter in the park
公園をぶらつく
loiter with intent
《英国法》犯意をもって徘徊する.
━━(他)〈時を〉無為に過ごす((away))
loiter away one's time
だらだら過ごす.
[中オランダ語lotere]
loi・ter・er
[名]
loi・ter・ing・ly
[形]

stun[stun]

発音記号[stʌ'n]

[動](他)(〜ned, 〜・ning)
1 〈人・打撃などが〉〈人を〉気絶させる, 人事不省に陥らせる
A blow to his face stunned the boxer.
そのボクサーは顔に一撃をくらって気絶した.
2 〈人を〉びっくりさせる, ぼう然とさせる;強い印象を与える
be stunned byto do, that] ...
…でぼう然自失する
a stunned silence
ぼう然として言葉が出ない状態
The news stunned him so badly he could not talk.
そのニュースにびっくりして口もきけなかった.
3 〈音響が〉〈耳を〉ガーンとさせる.
4 …を打ち負かす.
━━[名][U][C]気絶[びっくり]させること[もの].
[古英語stunian(崩壊する)←古フランス語estoner. △ASTONISH



slur

Syllabification: (slur)
Pronunciation: /slər/
verb (slurs, slurring, slurred)


[with object]
  • 1 speak (words or speech) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:he was slurring his words like a drunk
  • [no object] (of words or speech) be spoken so the sounds run into one another:his speech was beginning to slur
  • pass over (a fact or aspect) so as to conceal or minimize it:essential attributes are being slurred over or ignored
  • 2 Music perform (a group of two or more notes) legato: (as adjective slurred)a group of slurred notes
  • mark (notes) with a slur.
  • chiefly US make damaging or insulting insinuations or allegations about:try and slur the integrity of the police to secure an acquittal

noun

  • 1 an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation:the comments were a slur on the staff a racial slur
  • 2 an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way:there was a mean slur in his voice
  • 3 Music a curved line used to show that a group of two or more notes is to be sung to one syllable or played or sung legato.

Origin:

early 17th century: of unknown origin. The Middle English noun slur 'thin, fluid mud' gave rise to the early verb senses 'smear, smirch' and 'disparage (a person)', later 'gloss over (a fault)', whence current usage


slur
(slûr) pronunciation
tr.v., slurred, slur·ring, slurs.
  1. To pronounce indistinctly.
  2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
  3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.
  4. Music.
    1. To glide over (a series of notes) smoothly without a break.
    2. To mark with a slur.
  5. Printing. To blur or smear.
n.
  1. A disparaging remark; an aspersion.
  2. A slurred utterance or sound.
  3. Music.
    1. A curved line connecting notes on a score to indicate that they are to be played or sung legato.
    2. A passage played or sung in this manner.
  4. Printing. A smeared or blurred impression.
[Probably from Middle English sloor, mud.]

[動](〜red, 〜・ring)(他)
1 〈音節・単語などを〉不明瞭(めいりょう)に発音する(▼酔っ払いのしゃべり方はしばしばこの動詞で表される);〈文字を〉続けて不明確に書く.
2 …をけなす, 中傷する, そしる.
3 《音楽》
(1) 〈音符を〉滑唱する, 滑奏する:高さの違う2つ以上の音を滑らかに歌う[演奏する].
(2) 〈音符に〉スラー[弧線]をつける.
4 …をあっさりかたづける;…を軽視する, おろそかにする((over))
slur over the fact that ...
…という事実についてしかるべき言及をしない.
5 ((主に英方言))…をよごす.
━━(自)急いで不注意に読む[話す, 歌う].
━━[名]
1 中傷, そしり;軽視.
2 不明瞭な発言[発音].
3 《音楽》スラー:高さの違う2つ以上の音符にかける弧線.
4 汚点, 汚名, 不面目, 恥辱
cast a slur on his name
彼の名に汚名をきせる.
5 《印刷》不鮮明な箇所.

insinuation

Syllabification: (in·sin·u·a·tion)
noun


  • an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad:I’ve done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations a piece of filthy insinuation

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Latin insinuatio(n-), from insinuare (see insinuate)

odd, long odds, nexus, singular, odd-lot,


While Tsai Ing-wen enjoys a strong lead, her victory is by no means assured.

Disgusted by Donald Trump, many younger Christians, in particular, are rethinking the nexus between politics and faith


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Imitated, Never Duplicated
By DAVID POGUE
A technology reviewer explains why Steve Jobs was a singular talent.

These changes come largely thanks to David J. Burney, a polite Englishman who has lived here for 30-odd years and, since 2004, has been Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s commissioner for the Department of Design and Construction.



odd-lot intellectual

NYSE Moves to Prevent Odd-Lot Abuses
The NYSE imposed new limits on odd-lot trades -- typically trades of fewer than 100 shares -- to combat abuses after specialist firms complained to regulators.



singular
(sĭng'gyə-lər) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Being only one; individual.
  2. Being the only one of a kind; unique.
  3. Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable.
  4. Deviating from the usual or expected; odd. See synonyms at strange.
  5. Grammar.
    1. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
    2. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
  6. Logic. Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
n. Grammar
  1. The singular number or a form designating it.
  2. A word having a singular number.
[Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris, from singulus, single. See single.]
singularly sin'gu·lar·ly adv.
singularness sin'gu·lar·ness n.



nex・us


━━ n. (pl. ~(es)) 結びつき, 連結, 連鎖; 結合体[体系]; 【文法】ネクサス.
noun [C usually singular] FORMAL
an important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things:
Times Square is the nexus of the New York subway.

n., pl., nexus, or -us·es.

  1. A means of connection; a link or tie: "this nexus between New York's . . . real-estate investors and its . . . politicians" (Wall Street Journal).
  2. A connected series or group.
  3. The core or center: "The real nexus of the money culture [was] Wall Street" (Bill Barol).
[Latin, from past participle of nectere, to bind.]


Definition of long odds

a poor chance of winningThe team has made some major improvements, but they still face long odds.



odd-lot
n.
A quantity that differs from a standard trading unit, especially an amount of stock of fewer than 100 shares.

odd-lot odd'-lot' (ŏd'lŏt') adj.

【#逐字學英文國際日報】37:infiltrate, Entryism (or entrism or enterism), anti-infiltration law aimed at combating Chinese influence






反滲透法已正式通過、68比4,國民黨落跑。法務部快公佈實施細則!






Taiwan's parliament on Tuesday passed an anti-infiltration law to combat pe...
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Taiwan passes anti-infiltration law aimed at combating Chinese influence






Gucci’s Hard Deco

If there could be a stronger way to cement the return of the ‘roaring’ 1920s fashion than to have it grace the Gucci runway, it doesn’t spring to mind.
For spring 2012 Frida Giannini was inspired by “the opulence of the era of hedonism” – and opulence there is. But these pieces are also infused right through with the heat of Gucci glamour, from sharp blazers that hint at tuxedo influences through to horse emblems and equestrian tassels. Thus the other thing proved by the collection is that the concept of the flapper can coexist not just with the brand, but with a modern definition of sexy. Straight-cut dresses and boyish silhouettes don’t just hang, they shimmy with slits and fringes that part to show more than the knee – flashing the upper thigh. Tiger and zebra stripes prowl their way into a mix of animal influences that hark back to the era’s fascination with the exotic; as does the prevalence of rich emerald green and mandarin amoungst the otherwise black, white and gold colour palette.
gucci spring 2012
gucci spring / summer 2012
If Gucci’s spring 2012 collection is a sign of what’s to come with relation to the infiltration of 20s and 30s fashion, then luxurious and glamorous are key words here. But we don’t expect this to be the only interpretation. One path will carry on a clean and minimalist tract. The other will follow Gucci’s path paved with glittering gold, with prints and textures and exotic materials swathing the wearer in a mix of modern rock-chic and vintage glamour. The one thing the trend will not be as we look forwards to 2012 is too soft or demure. That much, thanks to Frida Giannini, we can count on.



Entryism (or entrism or enterism) is a political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits, or take over entirely.
In situations where the organisation being "entered" is hostile to entryism, the entryists may engage in a degree of subterfuge to hide the fact that they are, in fact, an organisation in their own right.
Entryism does not involve dissolving the small organisation into the larger one. Entryism is often (but not always) done secretly and often in organisations run on democratic centralist lines. The strategy of entryism is as old as politics itself.[1]



infiltrate

Line breaks: in|fil|trate
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfɪltreɪt
 
/

verb

[with object]
  • 1enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information: the organization has been infiltrated by informers
  • 1.1introduce (someone) into an organization, place, etc. surreptitiously, in order for them to acquire secret information: they infiltrated an agent into the factory
  • 1.2 Medicine (of a tumour, cells, etc.) spread into or invade (a tissue or organ): one of the tumours infiltrated the submucosa

noun

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  • an infiltrating substance or a number of infiltrating cells: a chest radiograph revealed a patchy infiltrate in the left lower lobes

Derivatives


infiltration


Pronunciation: /-ˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin

Middle English (as infiltration): from 2) in Oxford Dictionaries (British & World English)">in-2 + filtrate.