et cetera, et cetera 英文人行道: totaled, punctured, China moves to squeeze Hong Kong’s freedoms

2020年4月27日星期一

totaled, punctured, China moves to squeeze Hong Kong’s freedoms

Democrats are detained; the Basic Law is punctured

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China moves to squeeze Hong Kong’s freedoms

Unrest may resume after social distancing restrictions are lifted

Dale Rogers, director of the Center for Logistics Management at the University of Nevada at Reno, said the market for such goods in the United States totaled $223 billion last year.

umanity's Discomfort, Punctured With a Pen

By CAROL KINO

The cartoonist Daniel Clowes receives his first museum retrospective at the Oakland Museum of California beginning April 14. The show will then go on tour.

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MEMO FROM TEHRAN
Reverberations as Door Slams on Hope of Change
By BILL KELLERIran’s election ended with smoldering anger, crushed hopes and punctured illusions on the ground in Tehran and in the policy centers of Western capitals.

puncture

verb

/ˈpʌŋk.tʃər/ US

/ˈpʌŋk.tʃɚ/

[ I or T ]

to make a small hole in something, or to get a small hole in something:

She had used a screwdriver to puncture two holes in the lid of a paint tin.

The knife went through his ribs and punctured his lung.

[ T ]

to suddenly make someone less confident or positive:

My positive mood was rather punctured by the news.