2020年7月4日 星期六

wimpy, cohesion, a figment of sb's imagination




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Unlike the flu, coronaviruses had no global surveillance system before the COVID-19 outbreak, which is why Shaman's project created a valuable glimpse into their behavior. "Endemic 地方性 are still pretty ignored because they're pretty wimpy, which is not a smart thing considering we've already had SARS and MERS," Shaman says.



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Herbal formulas are also a potion for national cohesion.

 This has given rise among historians to the concept of urban gentry, people who lived in towns, enjoying a reasonable income but lacking the landed acreage or the mansion associated with the country gentry. Many of these were members of professions—lawyers, doctors, andclergy—rising in status and in numbers during the 18th cent. As a result, the gentry as a social group has traditionally lacked cohesion.









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How the 2010s were Angela Merkel’s decade. There was no shortage of turmoil for Europe in the 2010s. There was a financial crisis that threatened to break up the EU, more than 1 million migrants arrived on the continent and Europe’s cohesion is again being threatened by populist movements. Through it all, one leader strived to keep it all together — German Chancellor Angela Merkel.





figment
noun
UK 
 
/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/
 US 
 
/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/

 a figment of sb's imagination
something that seems real but is not:


cohesion
/kə(ʊ)ˈhiːʒ(ə)n/
noun
  1. the action or fact of forming a united whole.
    "the work at present lacks cohesion"
    類義語:
    unity
    togetherness
    solidarity
    bond
    sticking together
    continuity
    coherence
    connection
    linkage
    interrelatedness
    • PHYSICS
      the sticking together of particles of the same substance.

「cohesion」を次の言語に翻訳:
noun
  1. 1. 凝集
  2. 2. 粘着




wimpy
/ˈwɪmpi/
adjective
INFORMAL
  1. weak and cowardly or feeble.
    "I'm too wimpy to express my own opinions"

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