2023年5月25日 星期四

proposition, casus belli, chopping board, chopping off

 “The wedding day cut is a more modern proposition and, unlike the popular trend for changing into a different dress for the evening proceedings, feels like more of a symbolic gesture than a style statement,” Ms. Gibson said. “There’s something meaningful about stepping into your new life with a new image, literally chopping off what went before and starting afresh.”

 If the Russian army really continues to underperform, and the West continues to arm the Ukrainians, and the Ukrainians continue to fight very fiercely, it’s possible to imagine pushing the Russians back to where they were before Feb. 24. I don’t believe it’s possible to push them out of Crimea. That I think would be a casus belli. Then kind of all bets would be off about how the Russians might react. Although Zelensky says we can push them out completely, and that’s very understandable in morale terms for the Ukrainians, it ain’t going to happen, at least not as far as Crimea is concerned.


chopping board

 large piece of wood or plastic that you cut meat or vegetables on when you are cooking



casus belli
/ˌkeɪsəs ˈbɛlʌɪ,ˌkɑːsʊs ˈbɛli/
noun
  1. an act or situation that provokes or justifies a war.
將「casus belli」翻譯成以下語言:
  1. 1. 交戰的原因

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