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The coronavirus is on the brink of becoming a global pandemic. (via Axios)
2016年3月13日 星期日
seesaw, teeter, teeters on the brink, unsure, withdrawal, cast-off, brim, cusp
Trump’s Words Were Destined to Stir Violence, Critics Say
In foreboding conversations across the political world, elected officials, party leaders and historians warned that the campaign was teetering on the edge of violence. This weekend it finally arrived.
Frightening video shows California residences teetering on the edge of crumbling cliffs: abcn.ws/20phdRM
This is some week to be reviewing Yanis Varoufakis. Greece teeters on the edge of the eurozone, its fate a matter of ferocious dispute between European finance ministers. Until recently Varoufakis was one of them, by most accounts the most irritating and self-assured man in the room. Now he lurks venomously on the fringes, spitting disdain upon a rotten bargain that he believes will doom his nation to further misery, all of which he foretold.
Israel contemplates worst-case scenarios as Egypt's crisis deepens
With Egypt's opposition movement gaining momentum and President Hosni Mubarak under increasing pressure, Israel is watching developments with concern as one its few Arab allies in the Middle East teeters on the brink.
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Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters
House Arrest Lifted; Doubts on Accuser Weaken Prosecution
By JOHN ELIGON Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters
House Arrest Lifted; Doubts on Accuser Weaken Prosecution
In a court hearing on Friday, prosecutors acknowledged serious problems with the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who said that Dominique Strauss-Kahn attacked her.
Greece's future in Europe's common currency was in doubt after a last-ditch effort to form a new government failed and the country's political turmoil sparked a dramatic increase in bank withdrawals.
'The Richard Burton Diaries'
Edited by CHRIS WILLIAMS
Reviewed by JOHN SIMON
"The Richard Burton Diaries" covers the actor's seesawing yet intense marriages with Elizabeth Taylor, his intense reading habits and more.
Even as the economy teeters, Hollywood has been startled by a box-office surge with little modern precedent.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp,
Congressional Democrats are drafting legislation that would give the teetering Detroit automakers at least $15 billion in emergency loans early next week and grant the federal government broad authority to manage a massive restructuring of their operations.
October 30, 2008 -- 12:29 a.m. EDT
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The IMF will offer as much as $100 billion in a new kind of loan to countries battered by the financial crisis but not on the brink of disaster.
ABROAD
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
In its escalating dysfunction Belgium demonstrates the inextricable link between culture and nationhood.
She asked about America, as water for laundry heated on a hotplate. Did everyone live in a high-rise building? Was everyone rich? She watched as her small grandson, wearing a cast-off New York Yankees hat, teetered in, holding a tiny yellow flower.
cast-offs
plural noun
things, usually clothes, that you no longer want:
I always had to wear my sister's cast-offs as a child.
cast-off
adjective [before noun]
cast-off clothes
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to appear to be about to fall while moving or standing:
Delia was teetering around in five-inch heels.
brink Show phonetics
noun [S]
1 the point where a new or different situation is about to begin:
Extreme stress had driven him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Scientists are on the brink of (= extremely close to) a major new discovery.
2 LITERARY the edge of a cliff or other high area:
She was standing right on the brink of the gorge.
brink
[名]
1 ((文))（がけの）縁, 端, へり
the brink of a cliff
がけっぷち.
がけっぷち.
2 瀬戸ぎわ, 土壇(どたん)場, 危機
be driven to the brink of ruin
破滅の寸前に追いやられる
破滅の寸前に追いやられる
bring ... to the brink
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.
on ［at］ the brink of ...
…に瀕(ひん)して
on ［at］ the brink of starvation
餓死寸前で.
餓死寸前で.
［スカンジナビア語. 「山の傾斜」→「危ういぎりぎりの端」］
If something is teetering on the brink/edge of a bad situation, it is likely that the situation will happen soon:
What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.
noun [C]
the very top edge of a container:
She poured the cream until it reached the brim.
He filled the jug to the brim.
She passed him the mug, filled/full to the brim with hot black coffee.
brim
verb [I] -mm-
to become full of something, especially a liquid:
Her eyes brimmed with tears when she heard that he was alive.
FIGURATIVE His recent triumphs have left the tennis ace brimming (over) with (= full of) confidence and energy.
brimful
adjective
brimful of sth full of something good:
Nobody could call this year's Cannes film festival brimful of wonderful surprises.
cusp
noun [S]
the dividing line between two very different things:
on the cusp of adulthood
(tē'tər)
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.intr.
- To walk or move unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
- To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
- To seesaw.
To cause to teeter or seesaw.
n. Northeastern U.S.
- See seesaw (sense 1). See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
- A teetering motion.
[Middle English titeren, probably from Old Norse titra, to shake.]
withdrawal[with・draw・al]
発音記号[wiðdrɔ'ːəl, wiθ-]
[名]
withdrawal[with・draw・al]
発音記号[wiðdrɔ'ːəl, wiθ-]
[名]
1 [U][C]引っ込める［引き下がる, 引っ込む］こと；退出；脱退；（約束・前言などの）取り消し, 撤回；（通貨などの）回収；（預金の）引き出し, 引き出した金, 撤退, 撤兵；（自発的な）退学
2 [U]（麻薬などの）使用中止((of, from ...))；禁断症状(withdrawal symptoms).
complete withdrawal
完全撤退
完全撤退
seesaw
- seesawの変化形
- seesaws (複数形) • seesawed (過去形) • seesawed (過去分詞) • seesawing (現在分詞) • seesaws (三人称単数現在)
[名]
3 《トランプ》＝crossruff.
━━[副]上下［前後］に動いて, 変動して.
━━[動](自)
1 〈人が〉シーソーをする.
2 〈物が〉上下［前後］に動く；〈事が〉変動する.
━━(他)〈物を〉上下［前後］に動かす；〈事を〉変動させる.2015年12月19日 星期六
brink, verge, steep, Over the brink. be steeped in, secrecy-steeped, precipitous, groat, occupy, preoccupy, on the brink,
Detroit on the Brink
The trees are all twisted by the wind; the bracken and the heather on the moors have this amazing hue. And the weather is so extreme and it changes all the time. The house even, Haddon Hall, is just so steeped in history, the spaces, the galleries, they sort of just breathe and you feel the presence of the history."
One Man's Currency Is Another Man's Bet
Banks Unite to Battle Online Theft
An impatient White House prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding billions of dollars flowing into their vaults from Washington and start making more loans.
Lehman executives insist they and the company's board stand behind Mr. Fuld, who has pulled Lehman back from the brink time and again. But some critics say he has been slow to sell troubled assets and secure the financial lifeline Lehman needs.
Given a Shovel, Digging Deeper Into Debt
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Practices that produced record profits for many banks have led millions of Americans to the brink.
"Colour always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me." Delacroix produced several fine self-portraits, and a number of memorable portraits which seem to have been done purely for pleasure, among which were the portrait of fellow artist Baron Schwiter, an inspired small oil of the violinist Nicolò Paganini, and Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, a double portrait of his friends, the composer Frédéric Chopin and writer George Sand; the painting was cut after his death, but the individual portraits survive.
Chichikov added a copper groat, and she departed well pleased with her ride in the gentleman's carriage.
His early education was at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he steeped himself in the classics and won awards for drawing. In 1815 he began his training with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in the neoclassical style of Jacques-Louis David .
His words, "Steep yourself in your subject, work like hell, and love, honor and
obey your hunches," still direct the work of the agency's many staff members. ...
A sentimental mood fills you today. Steep yourself in nostalgia.
"Today's the day when Britain steps back from the brink, when we confront the bills from a decade of debt," Mr. Osborne told the U.K. Parliament.
A day after the city filed for bankruptcy, reminders of its uncertain circumstances were all around.
The trees are all twisted by the wind; the bracken and the heather on the moors have this amazing hue. And the weather is so extreme and it changes all the time. The house even, Haddon Hall, is just so steeped in history, the spaces, the galleries, they sort of just breathe and you feel the presence of the history."
One Man's Currency Is Another Man's Bet
By FLOYD NORRIS
To the faithful, gold is different from any other commodity. But its precipitous rise since the financial crisis, and its recent sharp fall, sure make it look like one.
Banks Unite to Battle Online Theft
Rising cybersecurity threats are pushing big banks to do something that doesn't come naturally for these secrecy-steeped institutions: share information with one another.
An impatient White House prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding billions of dollars flowing into their vaults from Washington and start making more loans.
Lehman executives insist they and the company's board stand behind Mr. Fuld, who has pulled Lehman back from the brink time and again. But some critics say he has been slow to sell troubled assets and secure the financial lifeline Lehman needs.
Given a Shovel, Digging Deeper Into Debt
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Practices that produced record profits for many banks have led millions of Americans to the brink.
"Colour always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me." Delacroix produced several fine self-portraits, and a number of memorable portraits which seem to have been done purely for pleasure, among which were the portrait of fellow artist Baron Schwiter, an inspired small oil of the violinist Nicolò Paganini, and Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, a double portrait of his friends, the composer Frédéric Chopin and writer George Sand; the painting was cut after his death, but the individual portraits survive.
Chichikov added a copper groat, and she departed well pleased with her ride in the gentleman's carriage.
His early education was at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he steeped himself in the classics and won awards for drawing. In 1815 he began his training with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in the neoclassical style of Jacques-Louis David .
His words, "Steep yourself in your subject, work like hell, and love, honor and
obey your hunches," still direct the work of the agency's many staff members. ...
A sentimental mood fills you today. Steep yourself in nostalgia.
"Today's the day when Britain steps back from the brink, when we confront the bills from a decade of debt," Mr. Osborne told the U.K. Parliament.
Evacuated in the dark of night as Timbuktu was ravaged by Islamist rebels, they found their way to a snow-capped monastery in Minnesota. This is the story of how Mali's most treasured Islamic manuscripts were saved from the brink of destruction
How Catholic monks in Minnesota are helping to save a trove of Islamic treasures in Mali
The cars travelled through the night on the bumpy roads of central Mali, their drivers sworn to secrecy.
ECON.ST
n.
- The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope: the brink of a cliff.
- The margin of land bordering a body of water.
- The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge: "Time and again the monarchs and statesmen of Europe approached the brink of conflict" (W. Bruce Lincoln). See synonyms at border.
[Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin .]
[名]
1 ((文))（がけの）縁, 端, へり
the brink of a cliff
がけっぷち.
がけっぷち.
2 瀬戸ぎわ, 土壇(どたん)場, 危機
be driven to the brink of ruin
破滅の寸前に追いやられる
破滅の寸前に追いやられる
bring ... to the brink
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.
…を瀬戸ぎわに追い込む.
on ［at］ the brink of ...
…に瀕(ひん)して
on ［at］ the brink of starvation
餓死寸前で.
餓死寸前で.
"Over the brink" (idiom) about to experience something negative Example Sentence: The US economy is on the brink of a recession.
preoccupy
(prē-ŏk'yə-pī')
tr.v., -pied, -py·ing, -pies.
- To occupy completely the mind or attention of; engross. See synonyms at monopolize.
- To occupy or take possession of in advance or before another.
[動](他)((形式))
1 〈人・人の心を〉（…で）夢中にする((with ...))；…の心を奪う；…に偏見を抱かせる.
2 …を先取り［先占め］する.
steep2 (stēp)
v., steeped, steep·ing, steeps. v.tr.
To undergo a soaking in liquid.
n.
v., steeped, steep·ing, steeps. v.tr.
- To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
- To infuse or subject thoroughly to.
- To make thoroughly wet; saturate.
To undergo a soaking in liquid.
n.
- The act or process of steeping.
- The state of being steeped.
- A liquid, bath, or solution in which something is steeped.
[Middle English stepen, perhaps of Old English origin.]
groat
[gróut]
[名]
1 グロート（銀貨）：昔の英国の4ペンス銀貨.
2 わずか（な額）
don't care a groat
少しもかまわない.
少しもかまわない.
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