2024年10月5日 星期六

dope, rope-a-dope tactics,Hamas Leader Is Holding Out for a Bigger War, A Pentagon Debate: Are Deployments Containing the Fighting, or Inflaming It?

 

Hamas Leader Is Holding Out for a Bigger War, U.S. Officials Say

Yahya Sinwar is increasingly fatalistic, has blocked a cease-fire deal and has been frustrated that Hezbollah and Iran have not come to his aid, officials said.

美國官員表示,哈馬斯領導人正在堅持一場更大規模的戰爭


官員表示,葉海亞·辛瓦爾越來越宿命論,他阻止了停火協議,並對真主黨和伊朗沒有向他提供援助感到沮喪。


Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, commonly known as Yahya Sinwar, is a Palestinian politician, who has been the chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau since August 2024 and the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip since February 2017, succeeding Ismail Haniyeh in both roles. Wikipedia


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五角大廈辯論:部署是遏制戰鬥還是加劇戰鬥?


軍方官員討論向中東派遣更多部隊是否有助於防止更廣泛的戰爭,或讓以色列更加大膽。



A Pentagon Debate: Are Deployments Containing the Fighting, or Inflaming It?

Military officials discuss whether sending more force to the Middle East is helping to prevent a much wider war, or emboldening Israel.


Behind Trump’s Views on Ukraine: Vladimir Putin’s Gambit and a Political Grudge

The roots of Donald Trump’s animus toward Ukraine can be found in a yearlong series of events spanning 2016 and 2017.

川普對烏克蘭的看法背後:普丁的策略與政治恩怨


唐納德·川普對烏克蘭的敵意根源可以從 2016 年至 2017 年發生的一系列事件中找到。



The idea is to use rope-a-dope tactics, letting Russian forces pound away until they have exhausted themselves. It’s far from clear if it will succeed.

烏克蘭的頓巴斯戰略:緩慢撤退並最大化俄羅斯的損失


這個想法是使用“繩索戰術”,讓俄羅斯軍隊繼續猛攻,直到他們筋疲力盡。目前尚不清楚它是否會成功。



The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring to draw non-injuring offensive punches in an effort to tire their opponent out and, while they are on the ropes, try to execute devastating offensive punches.


繩索打鬥是一種拳擊格鬥技術,其中一名競爭者靠在拳擊場的繩索上,進行非傷害性的進攻性拳擊,試圖讓對手疲憊不堪,並在對手繩索上時嘗試執行毀滅性的進攻拳。






dope
/dəʊp/
noun
  1. 1.
    informal
    a drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.
    "my dad caught me smoking dope"
    Similar:
    drugs
    narcotics
    addictive drugs
    recreational drugs
    illegal drugs
  2. 2.
    informal
    a stupid person.
    "though he wasn't an intellectual giant, he was no dope either"
    Similar:
    fool
    idiot
    halfwit
    nincompoop
    blockhead
    buffoon
    dunce
verb
  1. 1.
    administer drugs to (a racehorsegreyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.
    "the horse was doped before the race"
    Similar:
    drug
    tamper with
    interfere with
    disable
    stupefy
    sedate
  2. 2.
    smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid.
    "she doped the surface with photographic emulsion"
adjective
informal
  1. very good.
    "that suit is dope!"






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