2021年10月29日 星期五

pace, transpire, perma-bears, perma-bull, buddy up with



Fragrance company Axe has built a grooming products empire by buddying up with bros.

 Buddy, who has been preparing a drum-set gift for Beth in the garage, opens the garage door and belatedly learns what has transpired.



Analysis: China perma-bears scent downbeat economic data ahead
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is set to deliver a rare treat to the perma-bears who growl constantly that the growth model that brought three decades of double-digit economic expansion is now broken - data showing that GDP fell below target between June ...





What is the definition of a "permabear"?

A permabear is somebody who is ALWAYS negative about the future direction of the markets and economy in general, no matter what.

There are two parts to this word that will help to let you know its meaning:


"perma" - permanent
"bear" - someone who believes in a falling stock market, or "bear" marketfinance term definition - permabear

The opposite of a "permabear" is a "permabull". This is someone who has a rosy and optimistic view of the markets, no matter what transpires.

A permabear believes that there is always a monster lurking around the corner, waiting to take a bit out of the markets.

Permabears have had the attention of the investing public over the past two years, due to the implosion of equity markets worldwide.

Permabulls point out that the recession is nearly over, and economic growth is just around the corner.

Permabears point out that the US government is borrowing money at an alarming pace, printing dollars like crazy and diluting their currency at a rapid speed.

Permabears point out that economy-wrecking hyperinflation is just around the corner, due to the policies of the US government.

A permabear is permanently bearish on both the economy and equity markets.  





buddy

Line breaks: buddy
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdi 
  
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• informal , chiefly North American

NOUN (PLURAL BUDDIES)

  • 1a close friend:they had become the best of buddies
  • 1.1a working companion with whom close cooperation is required.
  • 1.2a person who befriends and helps another with an incapacitating disease, typically AIDS:gay male counsellors, buddies, and helpline volunteers are available upon request
  • 1.3used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known:I’m working on it, buddy

VERB (BUDDIESBUDDYINGBUDDIED)

[NO OBJECT]Back to top  

Origin

mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps an alteration of brother, or a variant of 2) in Oxford Dictionaries (British & World English)">butty2.

pace[pace1]

  • 発音記号[péis]

[名]
1 歩調, 歩速, 速度, ペース
at a goodan easy] pace
かなりの[ゆっくりした]速度で
at a pace of five miles an hour
1時間5マイルの速さで.
2 1歩(の距離), 歩幅. ▼約30インチ
keep a few paces behind a person
人の数歩あとを歩く.
3
(1) 歩き方, 足取り
with a tripping pace
軽快な足取りで.
(2) (馬が同じ側の前後の足を同時に上げ降ろしして進む)側対歩;(馬の)歩態.
4 段, 広段.
5 (野球などの)球速.
force the pace
無理して急ぐ, (競争相手を疲れさせるために)ピッチを無理に上げる.
go the pace
(1) 大急ぎで歩く.
(2) 放蕩(ほうとう)な生活をする.
go through one's paces
自分の力[技]量を示す.
keep pace with ...
〈人と〉足並みをそろえる, 肩を並べる;〈発展・生活様式などに〉遅れをとらないようにする.
off (the) pace
((俗))(競走・競争で)先頭より遅れて.
put ... through his [its] paces
〈人・動物の〉能力[技量]をためす.
set the pace
(1) (先頭で)歩調を定める, ペースをつくる.
(2) 模範を示す.
(3) 先端をいく.
show one's paces
力量をみせる, 腕前を示す.
stand [stay] the pace
他人についていくことができる.
try a person's paces
((略式))〈人の〉力量をためす, 人物を見る.
━━[動](他)
1 〈場所を〉歩調をとって[ゆっくり]歩く, 行ったり来たりする.
2 〈ある間隔・距離を〉歩測する((off, out)).
3 (先頭に立って)〈走者・騎手などに〉歩調[速度]を示す;〈こぎ手の〉速度を整える
pace one's teaching to one's students' abilities
授業を学生の能力に合わせる.
4 〈馬に〉歩き方の訓練をする;〈馬が〉〈ある距離を〉一定の歩調[側対歩]で走る.
━━(自)ゆっくり一定の歩調で歩く, 行ったり来たりする((about, up and down));〈馬が〉一定の歩調で進む, 側対歩で走る(⇒PLOD(自)1, TRUDGE(自)).
[古フランス語←ラテン語(歩幅). △EXPAND

pace[pa・ce2]
 

  • 発音記号[péisi | pɑ'ːtʃei]

[前]((形式))…には失礼ながら
pace my rival
私に反対の方には失礼ですが(▼他人の意見に反対するときのていねいな言い方だが, 時に皮肉の意を含む).


transpire

Syllabification: (tran·spire)
Pronunciation: /tranˈspī(ə)r/
Translate transpire | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

verb

[no object]
  • 1occur; happen:I’m going to find out exactly what transpired
  • prove to be the case:as it transpired, he was right
  • [with clause] (usually it transpires) (of a secret or something unknown) come to be known; be revealed:Yaddo, it transpired, had been under FBI surveillance for some time
  • 2 Botany (of a plant or leaf) give off water vapor through the stomata.

Derivatives



transpiration


Pronunciation: /-spəˈrāSHən/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'emit as vapor through the surface'): from French transpirer or medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans- 'through' + spirare 'breathe'. The sense 'be revealed' (mid 18th century) is a figurative use comparable with 'leak out'

2021年10月28日 星期四

selective, eidetic, selective forces human harvesting


Intense ivory poaching during the Mozambican Civil War resulted in the rapid evolution of tusklessness in female African elephants, researchers report in Science, shedding light on the selective forces human harvesting can exert on wild animal populations. https://fcld.ly/ubf1s9l


S&P puts Greece in selective default

eidetic (eye-DET-ik) adjective Marked by extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall. Etymology From German eidetisch, from Greek eidetikos, from eidos (form), ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see) that is the source of words such as wise, view, supervise, and wit Usage "He (Jorge Semprun) really does know hundreds of poems, he says. When he was young, he had a near eidetic memory, 'but these days my memory is more selective.'" — Helen Kaye; Memory and Commitment; Jerusalem Post (Israel); Apr 3, 1997. "The mother is desperate and the child, as it happens, has an eidetic memory and detailed information about the villain's illicit businesses." — Don D'Ammassa; The Mocking Program; Science Fiction Chronicle (Radford, Virginia); Jul 1, 2002.

eidetic[ei・det・ic]

  • 発音記号[aidétik]
[形]ありありと目に浮かぶ;鮮明な
eidetic imagery 《心理学》直観像.
━━[名]直観像を見る人.

selective[se・lec・tive]

  • 発音記号[siléktiv]
[形]
1 〈人が〉選択能力のある, 目の肥えた.
2 〈物が〉選択された, えり抜きの;選択できる, 義務的ではない;〈行為・影響などが〉選択的な;特定の人[障害]を対象にした;広範囲に及んでいない
selective bombing 選択爆撃.
3 〈受信機などが〉選択性のある, 分離性能のよい.
se・lec・tive・ly
[副]
se・lec・tive・ness
[名]

2021年10月27日 星期三

expurgate, in step, in sync, out of sync with people.marquee, common ground, factory gate price, Factory Closure Dims Optimism

out of sync with people.
BREAKING | Suga wins LDP election, in step to becoming Japan's prime minister

In China, More Signs of Slowing Growth
By KEITH BRADSHER
Chinese government data released on Sunday showed that consumer price inflation eased last month, while factory-gate prices appeared to be falling faster.
Factory Closure Dims Optimism in South Korea
To many, the Kaesong complex represented the only hope that the two Koreas might one day find common ground.

 

 

Economists Out of Sync With Modern Dynamics4


Black Leaders and Gay Advocates March in Step

After years of tension between the two movements, both are seeking common ground on issues like gay marriage and the New York police’s stop-and-frisk policy. 



Commodities' Paths Diverge
For much of 2010, prices of basic commodities have moved in sync with one another and in step with the global economic beat. But in recent weeks, markets for commodities have been driven more by their own supply-and-demand dynamics.

Squirreled away

The convergence of art and architecture, Korean and Western, old and new, finds a marquee home at the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art (747-18 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu; 82-2-2014-6900; leeum.samsungfoundation.org). Squirreled away in a hilly residential section of the Itaewon area, the museum showcases the Samsung Foundation’s impressive art collection in a campus of buildings designed by Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel and Mario Botta.

10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride
By GISELA WILLIAMS
From new offerings by marquee chefs to more modest openings in out-of-the-way spots, here are 10 restaurants around the globe to keep an eye on in 2011.

expurgated edition

expurgate

(ĕk'spər-gāt')

tr.v.-gat·ed-gat·ing-gates.
To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.
[Latin expūrgāre, expūrgāt-, to purify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + pūrgāre, to cleanse.]
expurgation ex'pur·ga'tion n.
expurgator ex'pur·ga'tor n.

 ex・pur・gate

   

━━ vt. (書中の不穏当な所を)削除(訂正)する.
 expurgated edition 削除版.
 ex・pur・ga・tion ━━ n.
 ex・pur・ga・to・ry
 ━━ a. 削除の.



sync

[名][U]((略式))同調(synchronization) in [out of] sync同調して[しないで];かみ合って[合わないで].━━[動](自)(他)=synchronize.



marquee
(mär-kē')

n.

A large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment.

A rooflike structure, often bearing a signboard, projecting over an entrance, as to a theater or hotel. Also called marquise.

adj.

Being an athlete of exceptional skill and popularity: The team is hoping to sign a marquee player.

[French marquise, marquise, marquee. See marquise.]

[mɑːrkíː]
[名]

1 ((米))(劇場などの出入口の上に突き出た)庇(ひさし).

2 ((主に英))(特に園遊会の)大天幕.


━━[形]

1 有名な, スター[花形]の.


2 パブリシティーの, 宣伝の.


in step
1. Moving to a rhythm or conforming to the movements of others, as in The kids marched in step to the music. [Late 1800s]
2. in step with. In conformity or harmony with, as in He was in step with the times. The antonym to both usages is out of step, as in They're out of step with the music, or His views are out of step with the board's. [Late 1800s] Also see in phase; out of phase.


factory gate price

Definition:
A basic price with the �factory gate� as the pricing point, that is, the price of the product available at the factory, excluding any separately billed transport or delivery charge.


common ground


opinions or interests shared by each of two or more parties:artists from different cultural backgrounds found common ground

2021年10月26日 星期二

gratuities, impost, imposter, Impostor syndrome, circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

Many people feel like they are just waiting to be found out. We investigate the modern epidemic of impostor syndrome https://econ.st/3vJWzSG
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Impostors' are highly talented people who believe their success is a mistake—that they don't deserve the honors. James Heskett argues these people have too much to contribute to ignore. But how do you find and hire them? What do YOU think? http://hbs.me/1THaEIz


Impostor syndrome—the feeling that one doesn’t belong or deserve their success, and that they will be discovered as a fraud—strikes many professionals.


By getting rid of gratuities, some restaurants say they'll make life easier for customers, while providing a more stable income to servers. What do all of you servers out there say?
"British rail fares, the highest per passenger mile of any country in Europe, are set to become higher still. This is a poll tax on wheels, to many, an unavoidable impost that must be paid at the same rate by rich and poor alike, even though rail transport is an indispensable public service. Small wonder that rail renationalisation is emerging as one of the most popular policies with voters."



To understand Blair, one must first dissect his relationship with the Labour party. Alongside Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, he was the driving force behind New Labour, the project to bring the party out of the electoral wilderness. He was an insurgent but he was also an imposter. As he confesses: “In order to circumvent the party, I had to construct an alliance between myself and the public.”
要读懂布莱尔,首先必须厘清他与工党之间的关系。他与戈登•布朗和彼特•曼德尔森 (Peter Mandelson)共同推动了“新工党”方案,该方案旨在帮助工党摆脱混乱不堪的选举格局。布莱尔离经叛道,但同时也招摇撞骗。他自己也承认:“为了骗 过工党,我不得不让自己与公众结成某种同盟。”



The Queensland Police Service will activate a revamped gratuities policy on July 1, but the police union is preparing to help officers circumvent it.
昆士蘭警方7月1日將採用修改後的餽贈政策,但警察工會準備協助警員避開它。



gratuity

Line breaks: gra¦tu|ity
Pronunciation: /ɡrəˈtjuːɪti /

NOUN (plural gratuities)

1formal tip given to a waitertaxi driveretc.
2British sum of money paid to an employee at the end of a period of employment:an end-of-contract gratuity of 20% of the total payreceived

Origin late 15th century (denoting graciousness or favour): fromOld French gratuité or medieval Latin gratuitas 'gift', fromLatin gratus 'pleasing, thankful'.

circumvent
tr.v., -vent·ed, -vent·ing, -vents.
circumvent:動詞,繞過、規避。例句:These disadvantages can be circumvented.(這些不利條件是可以避免的。)

  1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
  2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
  3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.
[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenīre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venīre, to go, come.]
circumventer cir'cum·vent'er or cir'cum·ven'tor n.
circumvention cir'cum·ven'tion n.
circumventive cir'cum·ven'tive adj.







impost1

Line breaks: im¦postPronunciation: /ˈɪmpəʊst/

NOUN

1A tax or similar compulsory payment:some of the labels are used for the purpose of collecting Customs duty or other imposts
2Horse Racing The weight carried by a horse as a handicap.

Origin

mid 16th century: from French (earlier form of impôt), from medieval Latin impostus, from Latin impositus, past participle of imponere (see impose).
impose
Line breaks: im¦pose
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpəʊz/

VERB

1[WITH OBJECT] Force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone:the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others
1.1Put (a restriction) in place:sanctions imposed on South Africa
1.2Require (a duty, charge, or penalty) to be undertaken or paid:a fine may be imposed
1.3(impose oneself on) Exert firm control over:the director was unable to impose himself on the production
2[NO OBJECT] Take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment:she realized that she had imposed on Mark’s kindness
3[WITH OBJECT] Printing Arrange (pages of type) so as to be in the correct order after printing and folding.

Origin

late 15th century (in the sense 'impute'): from Frenchimposer, from Latin imponere 'inflict, deceive' (from in-'in, upon' + ponere 'put'), but influenced by impositus'inflicted' and Old French poser 'to place'.


impostor

Line breaks: im¦pos|tor  Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒstə/

(also imposter


NOUN

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain:the charity has warned anyone approached by the impostor to contact police immediately

Origin

late 16th century (in early use spelled imposture, and sometimes confused with imposture in meaning): from French imposteur, from late Latin impostor, contraction of impositor, from Latin imponere (see impose).