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2016年5月22日 星期日
toe the line, maverick, paranoia, unbranded, corps (GROUP)
Beijing warned Taiwan it would cut off critical contacts with the island if its new president Tsai Ing-wen does not state her support for the concept that there is only “one China”, state media reported.
Beijing warns will cut contacts if Taiwan doesn't toe line | Hong Kong Free Press
Beijing warned Taiwan it would cut off critical contacts with the island if its…
HONGKONGFP.COM|作者：AFP NEWS AGENCY
Toe the line; don't speak out: press freedom in Kenya is not quite what it used to be
A celebrated Kenyan cartoonist has lost his slot
Gado has had no qualms about skewering politicians of all persuasions in 23 years as a cartoonist for a host of east African newspapers
ECON.ST
Michael Appleton for The New York Times
The Saturday Profile
Branded a Betrayer for Embracing Rebels
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Samar Yazbek, a Syrian Alawite, has written a chronicle of the uprising’s first months and the pain her participation in it has brought.
T-Mobile’s Strength as Industry Maverick Is Questioned
By STEVE LOHR
The Justice Department challenged a merger of AT&T and T-Mobile to spur competition and innovation, but analysts question whether T-Mobile’s independence will serve that goal.
At China’s New Museum, History Toes Party Line
By IAN JOHNSON
The National Museum of China showcases the Communist Party’s efforts to control the narrative of history.
Obituary: Robert Altman
Colourful, maverick film-maker who refused to toe the studio line.
paranoid, corps (GROUP) , brain drain
In 1960 another eloquent young candidate, John Kennedy, was suspected of belonging to a church with some attitudes that looked suspiciously un-American: the Catholic Church. He successfully defused that fear by stating that his faith was private and the church would never dictate his politics. Mitt Romney, a Mormon, was a competent and articulate Republican who toed the party line on all its big issues. Yet his run for the Republican nomination failed, perhaps partly as a result of his religious identity. For Mr Obama it appears that the words of Mr Wright are a bigger liability than was Kennedy’s Catholicism. But Mr Obama has shown considerable talent on the campaign trail thus far. If he fails to keep defining himself aggressively, his pastor’s paranoid and angry comments will let opponents do it for him.
China's Biotech Industry -- an Asian Dragon is Growing
China's "brain gain" of talented scientists
toe (OBEY)
verb
toe the line to do what you are ordered or expected to do:
Ministers who wouldn't toe the party line were swiftly got rid of.
Accept the authority, policies, or principles of a particular group, especially unwillingly:he knew that he had to toe the official line because he couldn’t afford to be put on the dole
From the literal sense 'stand with the tips of the toes exactly touching a line'
toe the line [〈米〉 mark] スタートラインにつく; 命令［規則，習慣］に従う.corps (GROUP)
group noun [C] plural corps
a group of people who are connected because they are involved in a particular activity:
the diplomatic corps
the press corps
A corps of technicians is/are accompanying the band on their tour.
━━ n. （pl. ～
） 【軍】…団, 兵団; 団, 隊, 団体.
corps de ballet F. コールドバレエ ((群舞を演ずる人たち)). corps diplomatique ［F.］ 外交団.三省堂提供「EXCEED 英和辞典」より凡例はこちら
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura in fact emphatically informed reporters, "I believe absolutely in the existence of UFOs."
Instead of being chided for not toeing the Cabinet line, Machimura's statement produced good-humored laughter among the press corps. Perhaps there is something magical about the universe that sparks our imagination.
brain drain noun [S]
when large numbers of educated and highly skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better:
Britain has suffered a huge brain drain in recent years.
toe (OBEY) Show phonetics
verb
toe the line to do what you are ordered or expected to do:
accept the authority, policies, or principles of a particular group, especially unwillingly.
"he knew that he had to toe the official line because he couldn't afford to be put on the dole"
Ministers who wouldn't toe the party line were swiftly got rid of.
paranoia Show phonetics
noun
1 [C or U] an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you:
There's a lot of paranoia about crime at the moment.
2 [U] SPECIALIZED Someone who has paranoia has unreasonable false beliefs as a part of another mental illness, for example schizophrenia.
paranoid Show phonetics
adjective
1 feeling extremely anxious and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you:
He started feeling paranoid and was convinced his boss was going to fire him.
2 SPECIALIZED suffering from a mental illness in which you believe that other people are trying to harm you:
He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
paranoid delusions
paranoiac Show phonetics
noun [C]
someone who is paranoid
maverick
(măv'ər-ĭk, măv'rĭk)
n.
- An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.
- One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.
Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence: maverick politicians; a maverick decision.
[Possibly after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), American cattleman who left the calves in his herd unbranded .]
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