The government is due to approve or reject China’s plans to build a giant new embassy, just weeks after the public and embarrassing collapse of a trial over Chinese espionage in Britain. Both episodes have sparked a larger debate https://econ.st/43kN521
英國政府即將批准或否決中國建造一座巨型新大使館的計劃，而就在幾週前，一場針對中國在英國從事間諜活動的審判公開且令人尷尬地失敗了。這兩件事都引發了更大規模的爭論。 https://econ.st/43kN521
More than 2,000 years ago, the depiction of living leaders on Roman coins caused similar ructions. It came at a time when the Roman republic was in trouble.
itions from Oxford LanguagesLearn more
tacked; tacking; tacks
動詞
ˈtak
釘上；釘牢；釘牢
tack 的同義詞
及物動詞
1
：附加
釘上一些亮片以增添趣味
尤其：用圖釘固定或貼上
將告示釘在桿子上
將樓梯地毯釘牢
1
2
: to join or add in a slight or hasty manner —usually used with on or onto
… the upbeat ending, tacked on to a book that cries out for a tragic one.—Julian Symons2：以輕微或倉促的方式連接或添加－通常與 on 或 onto 連用……樂觀的結尾，釘在一本催人淚下的書上。—朱利安·西蒙斯
3
a
: to add as a supplement or something extra —usually used with on or onto
tacked fees onto the price
The Marlins tacked on five runs in the bottom of the eighth …—Buster Olney
b
: to add (a rider) to a parliamentary bill
provisions tacked to an appropriation bill
4
: to change the direction of (a sailing ship) when sailing close-hauled by turning the bow to the wind and shifting the sails so as to fall off on the other side at about the same angle as before
1
a
: to tack a sailing ship
We tacked repeatedly as we sailed toward the harbor.
b
of a ship : to change to an opposite tack by turning the bow to the wind
a ship that tacks easily
c
: to follow a course against the wind by a series of tacks
Boredom was the chief enemy as the ships tacked to and fro.—Nigel Calder
2
a
: to follow a zigzag course
tacked through the crowd
b
: to modify one's policy or attitude abruptly
With the coming of Ronald Reagan to power, Nixon tacked hard right—an old instinct.—Sidney Blumenthal
tacker noun
1
: a small short sharp-pointed nail usually having a broad flat head
2
a
: the direction of a ship with respect to the trim of her sails
starboard tack
b
: the run of a sailing ship on one tack
c
: a change when close-hauled from the starboard to the port tack or vice versa
d
: a zigzag movement on land
e
: a course or method of action
especially : one sharply divergent from that previously followed
3
: any of various usually temporary stitches
4
: the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail
5
: a sticky or adhesive quality or condition
: stable gear
especially : articles of harness (such as saddle and bridle) for use on a saddle horse
collapsed; collapsing
1
: to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure
a blood vessel that collapsed
2
: to break down completely : disintegrate
… his case had collapsed in a mass of legal wreckage …—Erle Stanley Gardner
3
: to cave or fall in or give way
The bridge collapsed.
4
: to suddenly lose force, significance, effectiveness, or worth
fears that the currency may collapse
5
: to break down in vital energy, stamina, or self-control through exhaustion or disease
She came home from work and collapsed on the sofa.
especially : to fall helpless or unconscious
He collapsed on stage during the performance.
6
: to fold down into a more compact shape
a chair that collapses
a collapsing golf club that can fit into a travel bag
1
: to cause to collapse
buildings collapsed by an earthquake
He knelt for a long time, first watching the bay below, then collapsing the spyglass and settling his hands on his legs in a thoughtful pose.—Heather Dunboine
2
: condense
collapse several stories into one
1
a
: a breakdown in vital energy, strength, or stamina
suffered a mental collapse
b
: a state of extreme prostration and physical depression (as from circulatory failure or great loss of body fluids)
c
: an airless state of all or part of a lung originating spontaneously or induced surgically
2
: the act or action of collapsing
the cutting of many tent ropes, the collapse of the canvas—Rudyard Kipling
4
: a sudden loss of force, value, or effect
the collapse of respect for ancient law and custom—L. S. B. Leakey
沒有留言:
張貼留言
注意：只有此網誌的成員可以留言。