用法学习: 1. Brazil's huge wealth disparities 贫富不均, porous 筛子似的, 漏洞非常多的 ( I. a porous substance has a lot of very small holes in it so that air and water can pass through it. Something that is porous has many small holes in it, which water and air can pass through. The local limestone is very porous. II. not effective in preventing people from attacking or escaping. a porous border/defense. 防御松散的 If something such as a defence or a barrier is porous, it can be penetrated or crossed easily. Up to 10,000 troops led by 10 generals had crossed the porous border. Perhaps the most worrying aspect of England's performance was their porous defence. ) social safety net and tightly-packed, densely populated favelas all make the country the ideal host for disease disaster. But why this perfect storm erupted in such a catastrophic way, can be better understood by looking at how its far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro, handled the coronavirus crisis. Nicknamed Trump of the Tropics for his populist 民粹主义 zeal ( Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasise the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against "the elite". ) and anti-science approach to government, Mr Bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the threat posed by COVID-19, touted unproven medical treatments and even attended anti-lockdown protests in person. As a result, the crisis has played out just as experts had feared and it's about to get much worse. If the country continues on this trajectory, its death toll will likely surpass that of its northern neighbour by August. The coronavirus initially came to Brazil through airports and ran rampant through its densely populated coastal cities. But now the virus has mushroomed from the populous favelas of major coastal metropolises and has spread to inland cities and poor, rural communities. Fatalities are also rising outside major cities and now account for about half of all daily deaths in Brazil. "The problem is only 20 per cent of the municipalities in Brazil have conditions to keep severe patients with intensive care units," Rio-based pulmonologist Margareth Dalcolmo told the ABC. "So, if you have those inland vectors or transmission or dissemination of the epidemics, we'll have a new logistic challenge in terms of transportation of all these patients." The concern is two-fold (两个层面的, two-pronged, double-barrel). Firstly, higher death tolls are inevitable in areas where medical care is non-existent. But for those who can travel, the fear is also that the infected will make their way to the major cities for treatment, triggering a tsunami of new patients for hospitals already under siege. "It's the boomerang effect," Brazil's former Health Ministry chief infectious disease advisor, Julio Croda said. Back in February, Dr Croda warned this could happen without strict social distancing guidelines. He developed a detailed policy for the Government, but it was fiercely rejected by Mr Bolsonaro and Dr Croda was forced to resign. Nurse Cristina de Andrade Souza has watched the medical catastrophe taking a grip of her country play out in real time. She's not alone, with large swathes of Brazilians travelling from poorer inland communities to the large coastal cities for work each day. "People are moving around a lot. Some are moving to receive treatment, others just to escape confinement," Ms de Andrade Souza. "It is very worrying because we will end up having no control of the virus." 2. critic [krɪtɪk] I. 批评家. A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art. The New York critics had praised her performance. II. Someone who is a critic of a person or system disapproves of them and criticizes them publicly. The newspaper has been the most consistent critic of the government. He became a fierce critic 批评人士 of the tobacco industry. Her critics accused her of caring only about success. compliments of the house 老板赠送的 (formal) Said when offering something on the house, for free. Bucket hat 渔夫帽. vantage point 观看位置, 观看点: I. 观察位置. a particular personal way of thinking or set of opinions. a position or standpoint from which something is viewed or considered: The documentary contains a first-hand description of political life in Havana from the vantage point of a senior bureaucrat. II. a place, especially a high place, that provides a good, clear view of an area: From our lofty vantage point, we could see the city spread out below us. point of view = standpoint: a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated. to hit the showers a term used when you want someone to leave, derived from a coach telling his players to 'hit the showers' after the game. hit the deck 伏地, 趴下 informal to lie down quickly and suddenly so that you are hidden from view or protected from something dangerous. get/have/give a feel for something to develop a good knowledge or understanding of something. to have or develop an understanding of something and skill in doing it exercises that give a child a feel for numbers. I'm still trying to get a feel for what the software can do. I went out to get a feel for 看看天气 the weather. get the feel of 掌握, 熟悉, 了解, 弄明白, 弄清楚 If you get the feel of something, for example a place or a new activity, you become familiar with it. He wanted to get the feel of the place. To begin having a general sense of how to do or use something or how something operates; to become familiar with something. Though it's radically advanced from my last computer, I'm starting to get the feel of this newer model. I got the feel of the office after a couple of days shadowing my boss. It took me a while to get the feel of the new car. After a few months Jack had the feel of his new position. roast to heat (oneself or something) to an extreme degree, as when sunbathing, sitting before the fire, etc. get roasted 晒爆了. We lay on the beach and roasted (= got very hot) in the Mediterranean sun. social VS sociable: A social person 交际广泛的 is someone who has a lot of friends and goes out a lot. A sociable person 爱交际的, 爱交朋友的 is someone who can easily socialize. He can hold long conversations with people. He is funny, interesting, and confident. You can be social without being sociable and vice-versa. 3. 印度疫情: For the last three days, India's caseload has galloped ( gallop I. If a horse gallops, it runs at its fastest speed. When a horse gallops, it runs very fast so that all four legs are off the ground at the same time. If you gallop a horse, you make it gallop. The horses galloped away. Staff officers galloped fine horses down the road. The jockeys were up early galloping their horses around the track. a. to ride a horse very fast. gallop away/off/across etc.: Jason jumped on his horse and went galloping off in the wrong direction. II. to move, pass, or develop very quickly. If you gallop, you run somewhere very quickly. They are galloping around the garden playing football. The year has just galloped by. III. 飞升的. If something such as a process gallops, it develops very quickly and is often difficult to control. In spite of the recession, profits have galloped 一飞冲天的 ahead. ...galloping inflation. at a gallop If you do something at a gallop, you do it very quickly. I read the book at a gallop. ) at an alarming rate, adding more than 20,000 daily infections per day. Southern Indian states had earlier managed to keep infections at bay. But this looks to change as reported infections in the south - Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - are growing faster than the national growth rate, reported The Indian Express newspaper. India went into a stringent lockdown in March in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, whose numbers were only in the hundreds then. It began to ease out of it 逐步放松 in phases in June to promote economic activity, even as cases continued to spike 攀升, 走高. Various states and cities have scaled up testing facilities and Delhi, for example, has focused heavily on antigen ( [ˈæntɪdʒən] a harmful substance that causes your body to produce antibodies to fight it. An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies. ) testing recently. But the latest numbers are also a result of normalcy ( normality ) seeping back into India after it began to exit out of its lockdown. It is partly a reflection of increased activity outdoors, with restaurants opening up and employees returning back to the office. 4. ramp something up I. to try to persuade people that a company's shares are worth more than they really are To ramp up a share price during a takeover bid is unacceptable. II. to increase the effort involved in a process. if a company ramps up an activity, it increases it Producers can quickly ramp up production 扩大生产 提高产量. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state was "really ramping up 加大力度" the number of COVID-19 tests conducted each day and was now aiming for at least 8000 tests a day. ramp-up 提升 a large increase in activity or in the level of something: They saw a ramp-up in orders. As assemblers are needed to support the production ramp-up, the total number of jobs is expected to grow to around 20. 5. He made a point 特意专门的 to honour his root and his culture background at his wedding. nimble [ˈnɪmb(ə)l] adj I. 身手敏捷的, 猴子似的身手, 动作灵巧的. able to move quickly and easily. Someone who is nimble is able to move their fingers, hands, or legs quickly and easily. Everything had been stitched by Molly's nimble fingers. Val, who was light and nimble on her feet, learnt to dance the tango. Sabrina jumped nimbly out of the van. Uncle George quickly descended the ladder and nimbly stepped aboard. You really have to be nimble to maneuver that very narrow ledge without falling off the building. Her nimble fingers moved effortlessly over the keyboard ( dexterous = dextrous [ˈdekst(ə)rəs] (dexterity[dekˈsterəti]) showing or having skill, especially with the hands. "a dexterous keyboard player"). II. someone who has a nimble mind 头脑灵活 is intelligent and learns things quickly. If you say that someone has a nimble mind, you mean they are clever and can think very quickly. A nimble mind backed by a degree in economics gave him a firm grasp of financial matters. ornate [ɔrˈneɪt] adj. I. 有装饰花纹的. decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. An ornate building, piece of furniture, or object is decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. ...an ornate iron staircase. ...the big dining-room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling. Eventually they reached a pair of ornately carved doors. the ornate palace gates. II. using unusual words and complicated sentences. a somewhat ornate prose style. 6. subvert [səbˈvəːt] 推翻, 颠覆(topple) undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution). "an attempt to subvert democratic government". Subversion refers to a process by which the values and principles of a system in place are contradicted or reversed, in an attempt to transform the established social order 既有社会秩序 and its structures of power, authority, hierarchy, and social norms. Secession, subversion, terrorism 新国安法: China unveils Hong Kong's national security laws. Secession [sɪˈseʃ(ə)n] is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance [əˈlaɪəns] ( I. countable/uncountable an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something. alliance between: an alliance between conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans. alliance with: Successive French governments maintained the alliance with Russia. enter into/form/forge an alliance 结盟: Independent companies are encouraged to form strategic alliances to help them compete. in alliance with someone (=working together with someone): a marketing campaign by Apple in alliance with other names. II. countable a group of people, organizations, or countries who have united to work together to achieve something. members of other parties within the alliance. allied [ˈæˌlaɪd, əˈlaɪd] I. only before noun belonging to or connected with the countries that united to fight against Germany in World Wars I and II, or against Iraq in the Gulf War. Allied soldiers/forces: Allied forces landed in Normandy in the summer of 1944. II. related because of having shared qualities or interests. library science and allied subjects. III. if something is allied to or with something else, it is connected with it or working together with it. allied to/with: Tax increases, allied to a collapse in export markets, have seriously hurt industry. ally [ˈæˌlaɪ, əˈlaɪ] (allies) I. countable a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war. the United States and its European allies. a. the Allies plural the countries that united to fight against Germany in World Wars I and II, or against Iraq in the Gulf War. II. countable someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you. If you're going to succeed in this job you will need allies 盟友, 同盟军. III. someone who is not a member of a disadvantaged or mistreated group but who expresses or gives support to that group. The club welcomes all students of the transgender community and all sexual orientations, including straight allies. verb. I. if a country allies itself with another country, it makes an agreement with it that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war. countries that have allied themselves with the West. II. if you ally yourself with someone, you work together to help each other. We should ally ourselves with companies that complement our strengths. III. if you ally yourself with something such as a belief or an organization, you show your strong support for it. ). Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics leaving the Soviet Union, and Algeria leaving France. 7. a figment of your imagination 做梦罢了, 假的 something that you have imagined or invented and therefore does not really exist. If you say that something is a figment of someone's imagination, you mean that it does not really exist and that they are just imagining it. The attack wasn't just a figment of my imagination. bemoan [bɪˈməʊn] to complain or express sadness about something. to complain or say that you are disappointed about something. If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it. Universities and other research establishments bemoan their lack of funds. teachers bemoaning the lack of good textbooks. Researchers at universities are always bemoaning their lack of funds. 疫情: A US man photographed fleeing smoke and debris as the south tower of the World Trade Center crumbled 大楼崩塌, 大楼坍塌 just a block away on September 11, 2001, has died from coronavirus. 8. engage I. If something engages you or your attention or interest 引起某人的兴趣, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others 吸引注意力. II. If you engage with something or with a group of people 建立联系, 建立关联, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. She found it hard to engage with office life. I will keep blogging because it offers me a way to engage with readers. And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts. III. If you engage someone 指派 to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer. He had been able to engage some staff. IV. When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage 啮合. ...a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive. V. When a military force engages the enemy 交火, it attacks them and starts a battle. It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. engaged [ɪngeɪdʒd] I. Someone who is engaged in or engaged on 从事某事, 从事某项活动 a particular activity is doing that thing. They found the three engaged in target practice. ...the various projects he was engaged on. II. When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman. ...the engaged couple. III. If a phone or a phone line is engaged (US: busy), it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. The line is engaged. We tried to call you back but you were engaged. If a public toilet is engaged (US: occupied), it is already being used by someone else. engaging adj. An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. ...one of her most engaging and least known novels. He was engaging company. engage in something
to take part in a particular activity, especially one that involves
competing with other people or talking to them. If you engage in an
activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. It is important for children to have time to engage in 参加了, 参与, 加入 family activities. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn. He has engaged in a dispute with his former business partner. engage someone in conversation to start having a conversation with someone. If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. They tried to engage him in conversation. We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion. 9. western-styled VS western-style 西式的, 西方式的: "Western-styled houses": houses that were designed [i.e. styled] in the West but (presumably) then built in another part of the world. "Western-style houses": houses that were built in a style that is typical of the West or houses that are very similar to those built in the West. politically/economically/financially etc motivated 出于政治原因的, 有政治动机的 done for political, economic etc reasons. a politically motivated decision. Police believe the attack was racially motivated. causative [kɔːzətɪv] 直接导致的, 有因果关系的 Causative factors are ones which are responsible for causing something. Obesity is the main causative factor in Type 2 diabetes. The causative agent was not established in 62% of these outbreaks. causing something Infection plays a causative role in the development of the disease. US general not convinced alleged Russian bounties led to US deaths in Afghanistan: "I'm very familiar with this material and I'm a theatre commander and I've had an opportunity to look at it. I found it very worrisome," General McKenzie said. "I just didn't find that there was a causative 因果关系的 link there." President Donald Trump, who has worked to cultivate 打造 warmer relations with Moscow, has downplayed the significance of the intelligence and denied being briefed on the matter before it was first reported last month. But he also noted that whether the Russians were paying them or not, "the Taliban have done their level best to carry out operations against us". "So nothing has practically changed on the ground in terms of force protection, because we have a very high force protection standard now," he said. 10. 围攻: The prosecutor's office did not immediately return a request for comment. In a statement, Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton condemned the incident, in which he said Mr Booker was "physically assaulted and denounced and threatened with racial epithets ( [ˈepɪˌθet] I. a word or phrase that describes the main quality of someone or something. An epithet is an adjective or short phrase which is used as a way of criticizing or praising someone. ...the religious issue which led to the epithet 'bible-basher'. a. an offensive or insulting name for someone. racial epithets. )". The mayor said he was "reaching out" to the law enforcement and the Monroe County Prosecutor regarding the encounter 遭遇, although the city does not have jurisdiction over the investigation. Two of the men allegedly jumped 围攻, 围殴 Mr Booker from behind and knocked him to the ground before three others joined. "The five were able to easily overwhelm me and got me to the ground and dragged me pinning my body 按在树上, 按住不动 against a tree as they began pounding on my head and ripped off some of my hair," he wrote. Queensland police find $4.35m stashed inside car during routine traffic stop: The Brisbane Magistrates Court heard a search of his car revealed $1.75 million in cash stacked inside a suitcase and $2.61 million in a cardboard box. The police prosecutor told the court "normally with no history, it would be quite a snappy matter", but the amount of the money "does change the flavour of the objection".
A gambler had his betting account frozen after losing millions — then another two companies came knocking: Gavin takes responsibility for his actions, but the former financial planner feels he's not the only one to blame. Amid a deep personal sense of shame, he's now determined to speak out against what he sees as the predatory practices of sports betting companies who he says took advantage of his addiction. "I can't take away 消减, 削减 the pain that I have caused people around me at this time," he says. "But I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that other people don't go through this." Gavin's gambling started in moderation 很收敛. "I'd bet mostly on horse racing. When the option became online and on your mobile, I guess that's when it started to become serious." After opening an account with TAB, his gambling escalated. Before long, he was given "VIP status" and assigned a personal customer service manager, who'd call him often and dish out special treatment. VIP customers are a key driver of betting industry profits and have been a source of concern in overseas jurisdictions( I. uncountable the right or power to make legal decisions. Jurisdiction is the power that a court of law or an official has to carry out legal judgments or to enforce laws. The British police have no jurisdiction over foreign bank accounts. have jurisdiction over someone/something: This court does not have jurisdiction over crimes committed in another state. have the/no jurisdiction to do something 管辖权: The High Court has no jurisdiction to hear the appeal. within/outside someone's jurisdiction: a crime which is outside the jurisdiction of the British legal system. II. countable a country or area in which a particular legal system operates. A jurisdiction is a state or other area in which a particular court and system of laws has authority. ). The UK's gambling regulator found one of the major betting agencies there took 83 per cent of all its deposits from VIPs, who make up just 2 per cent of its customers. As Gavin's betting behaviour changed from moderate 可控的, 轻微的 to risky, he'd become an ideal target. "It was seductive 诱人的, 魅惑的, 勾引人的. Very soon after that, I was addicted, completely addicted," he says. "I know that through 太门清了, 太知道了 having now looked at my betting statements. The behaviour is nothing short of insane." He says he was in the thrall of a serious addiction and lacked the insight to realise how dire his situation had become. He believes that mental state was compounded 加重 — even exploited — by the behaviour of the betting agency. "At the time, I was never asked anything about my activity, or if it might be harmful or how I was funding that," he says. AUSTRAC, the federal government agency set up to prevent and detect criminal abuse of the financial system, plays a regulatory role when it comes to proceeds of crime 犯罪收入 in the gambling industry. Peter Soros, deputy CEO of operations at AUSTRAC, says strict anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws apply to betting agencies. The remit of the laws are broad ( remit [ˈriˌmɪt] I. formal to send money to someone, for example as payment for goods or services. II. legal to send a case back to the original court to be dealt with there. remit [rɪˈmɪt] noun. 工作范畴. 管辖范畴 管辖范围. 涉及范围. a particular area of work that someone is responsible for. Someone's remit is the area of activity which they are expected to deal with, or which they have authority to deal with. That issue is not within the remit of the working group. [+ of] The centre has a remit to advise Asian businesses and entrepreneurs. ) and include other types of crime such as fraud, tax evasion and embezzlement. "Betting agencies, like our other businesses that we regulate, are required to consider financial crime risks with their businesses," he says. Soros says if betting agencies don't do additional due diligence checks on high-risk customers, "they do run the risk of not complying with our laws". In February 2017, as Gavin's gambling with TAB was getting out of control, the company was hit with a record fine for failing to meet AUSTRAC requirements. Tabcorp agreed to pay $45 million to settle a case involving suspicious betting transactions and a failure to comply with the legislation. Gavin wants to know whether TAB contacted AUSTRAC about his betting behaviour. He's staggered that given the size and frequency of his transactions, it took years for Tabcorp to ask for proof of income. Soros from AUSTRAC would not comment on Gavin's case, but he said identification checks were critical 关键的, 必须的 to upholding the law 维护法律. Gavin alleges two former employees from Tabcorp took his contact details with them when they went to work for BetEasy and Ladbrokes, in order to entice him to open new betting accounts. ABC Investigations asked Tabcorp whether this occurred and if this was general practice within the industry. A former industry insider has told ABC Investigations this practice of sharing and poaching ( I. to cook something in water, milk, or another liquid that is boiling gently. If you poach food such as fish, you cook it gently in boiling water, milk, or other liquid. Poach the chicken until just cooked. ...a pear poached in syrup. The main course was to be a whole poached salmon. You will need a pot of broth for poaching. Poach the chicken in white wine for 15 minutes. a. to cook an egg without its shell in water that is boiling gently. II. intransitive/transitive to illegally catch or kill an animal, bird, or fish 非法捕猎. 非法狩猎. 非法捕捞 on someone else's property. Security cameras have been installed to guard against poachers. ...the poaching of elephants for their tusks. The two men were caught poaching lions on government land. III. transitive to persuade someone to leave a group or organization and become a member of yours, especially by using secret or dishonest methods. Canada has accused American baseball teams of trying to poach 挖墙脚 their best players. a. 挖客户. to persuade someone to stop buying products or services from a company and start buying them from your company instead, especially by using secret or dishonest methods. If an organization poaches members or customers from another organization, they secretly or dishonestly persuade them to join them or become their customers. The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition. ...allegations that it had poached members from other unions. b. to take something such as an idea that belongs to someone else, especially by using secret or dishonest methods, and use it for your own benefit. If someone poaches an idea, they dishonestly or illegally use the idea. The opposition parties complained that the government had poached 盗用 their ideas. poach on someone's territory 在...地头上撒野 to do something that you do not have the right to do, because someone else is in charge of doing it. ) phone numbers is common practice. Lauren Levin from Financial Counselling Australia says she's also aware of this tactic. "It seems to be something that happens in the gambling industry where there's a trade in these really profitable losing gamblers," she says. "They are traded 被卖来卖去 like property. It's just unbelievable." Neither BetEasy nor Ladbrokes would comment as to whether they knew Gavin's account had been closed at TAB because of his inability to show proof of income. He believes he was deliberately targeted. "What I can be certain of is that they knew that I was a problem 有问题的(problematic 问题缠身的, 问题重重的) gambler, that I was a person that had irrational activity, that I was a losing customer and therefore a winning one for them," says Gavin. "How else would they have decided to contact me?" In her 10 years working at Financial Counselling Australia, Lauren Levin thought she had seen it all when it came to what corporate bookmakers would do to target losing punters. But even she is shocked by Gavin's case. "This behaviour is absolutely, absolutely reprehensible. It's unethical", she says. "We need a national regulator with the power to make the companies comply with the anti-money laundering legislation and also to make the companies do their bit to prevent gambling harm. It's not in anyone's interest to have so much gambling, with so much harm," she says. She says in other countries, national regulators make sure betting agencies can't profit from the proceeds of crime. "In the UK they can force betting companies to pay back the proceeds of crime. That's why their system is so much better than what we've got, because here the regulator is not doing it and the courts are certainly not doing it." "I look at my kids and know that their upbringing from now is not going to be the same. I know that my wife's life is not going to be the same. And for others and it's got to stop. It has to stop." "I'm speaking out because I've come to the realisation that whilst I'm responsible for what happened, I don't think I'm the only person to blame." Gavin has undergone intensive counselling and hopes he can find a way to repay all the people caught up in his gambling addiction. "I feel it when I wake up in the night. I feel it when I wake up in the morning. And all I want to do is make amends for it. I hope that I get the opportunity to do that. There's no part of me that can see me ever getting peace unless I can alleviate their pain. "I'm taking accountability for this. I'm doing my best to do that. And they [sports betting agencies] are not and they have to. They have to answer to 负责任 their negligence in the same way that I'm answering to my actions."
美国新闻发布会互怼: Overnight, Mr Trump took aim at African-American NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, implying he should apologise for the furore that was sparked ( furore = furor [fjʊˈrɔːri] 纷扰, 混乱, 骚乱, 骚动 (commotion). a lot of anger, excitement, or activity. A furore is a very angry or excited reaction by people to something. The disclosure has already caused a furore among MPs. ...an international furore over the plan. The bill is certain to spark a furor among conservatives.) when a noose was found hanging in his garage stall at Talladega Superspeedway. "Why is the President so supportive of flying the Confederate flag?" NBC reporter Peter Alexander asked."I think you're mischaracterising the tweet (mischaracterize to misrepresent what someone says or thinks "Secretary
Clinton went out of her way to mischaracterize my history as it relates
to the 2008 auto industry bailout," Sanders said in Kalamazoo. )," Ms McEnany said. "The intent of the tweet was to stand up for the men and women of NASCAR and the fans and those who have gone, and this rush to judgment of the media to call something a hate crime when, in fact, the FBI report concluded this was not an intentional racist act. "And it very much mirrors 如出一辙 other times when there has been a rush to judgment, let's say with the Covington boys or with Jussie Smollett." In January of last year, a group of teenage boys wearing Make America Great Again hats was filmed in a confrontation with an elderly Native American man on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. The backlash against them was swift and overblown( I. something that is overblown is made to seem more important, exciting, or impressive than it really is. Something that is overblown makes something seem larger, more important, or more significant than it really is. Warnings of disaster may be overblown.The reporting of the hostage story was fair, if sometimes overblown. ...overblown dreams. overblown reports of earthquake damage. II. an overblown object is too big or too brightly decorated to be attractive. ). That same month, actor Jussie Smollett went to police and alleged he had been the victim of a racially motivated assault. It later emerged that he had staged the supposed hate crime. "But let's drill down on the Confederate flag. Does he think it was a mistake for NASCAR to ban it?" Karl pushed. "The President said he wasn't making a judgment one way or the other," she repeated. "But what's his position on it? Wasn't he saying that NASCAR's ratings were down because they banned the flag? That's what he said," Karl interjected 打断. "The President was noting the fact that, in aggregate ( aggregate noun adj. [ˈæɡrɪɡət] verb ['ægrɪgeɪt] I. total. the aggregate value of all the shares purchased. An aggregate amount or score 总和, 总分 is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together. The rate of growth of GNP will depend upon the rate of growth of aggregate demand. Their previous four wins had provided an aggregate score of 12-7 in their favour. The highest aggregate came in the third round where Leeds and Middlesbrough drew 4-4. a. used for describing the total amount of something in a country's economy. aggregate demand/supply: an increase in aggregate demand for the fourth quarter. verb ['ægrɪgeɪt] If amounts or things are aggregated, they are added together and considered as a single amount or thing. Different economies, with different currencies, should not be aggregated to produce uniform policies. We should never aggregate votes to predict results under another system. A bigger objection is that aggregation of the results invites distortion. in (the) aggregate If a number of different things or amounts are considered in aggregate, or in the aggregate, they are considered as a single thing or amount. The world's biggest pension funds were worth $14 trillion in aggregate last year. on aggregate If one team beats another on aggregate, it wins because it has a higher total score than the other team after a series of games. United won 5-3 on aggregate. ), this notion that NASCAR men and women who have gone and who are being demeaned and called racist, and been accused in some venues of committing a hate crime against an individual, those allegations were just dead wrong," said the Press Secretary. "Well look, the FBI, as I noted, concluded that this was not a hate crime, and he believes it'd go a long way 效果更好 if Bubba came out and acknowledged that as well," said Ms McEnany. After another interlude (a short period of time between two longer periods. An interlude is a short period of time when an activity or situation stops and something else happens. It was a happy interlude in the Kents' life. Superb musical interludes were provided by Sinclair. Except for a 12-year interlude, the World Cup has been held every four years since 1930.), Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason tried again. "The President's intent 本意, 意图 was to say, no, most American people are good, hardworking people, and we should not have this rush to judgment, kneejerk reaction before the facts come out. But I think it's important that we point out the fact that there was no hate crime. The FBI concluded that. And President Trump was merely saying that Mr Wallace should agree with that consensus."
美国选举 Supreme Court rules 'faithless electors' can't go rogue at Electoral [ɪˈlekt(ə)rəl] College. The decision is a win for election officials who warned of chaos if presidential electors could go against the will of voters in their states: The case comes as the election season is heating up, putting the Electoral College once again front and center in an increasingly polarized and volatile political atmosphere. In 2016, 10 of the 538 presidential electors went rogue, attempting to vote for someone other than their pledged candidate. In all, 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws that are meant to discourage faithless electors. "Today, we consider whether a State may also penalize an elector for breaking his pledge and voting for someone other than the presidential candidate who won his State's popular vote. We hold that a State may do so," Justice Elena Kagan wrote. The Constitution's text and the Nation's history both support allowing a State to enforce an elector's pledge to support his party's nominee -- and the state voters' choice -- for President," she added. "Given the potential implications of a holding 宣判 that electors could vote for anyone they chose, it's not surprising that the justices held that ( hold 断定, 判定 if a court or judge holds that something is true, the court or judge says that it is true. hold (that): The court held that the defendants were guilty of trespassing. be held to be something: The clause was held to be unreasonable. be held to have done something: The plaintiff was held to have acted reasonably.) states can prevent them from doing so," Vladeck said. Electoral [ɪˈlekt(ə)rəl] College: Following the nationwide presidential election, which takes place the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, each state counts its popular votes according to that state's laws to designate presidential electors. In forty-eight states and D.C., the winner of the plurality ( Plurality [plʊˈræləti] voting is an electoral system in which each voter is allowed to vote for only one candidate, and the candidate who polls the most 得票最多的 among their counterparts (a plurality) is elected. In a system based on single-member districts, it may be called first-past-the-post (FPTP), single-choice voting, simple plurality or relative/simple majority. In a system based on multi-member districts, it may be referred to as winner-takes-all or bloc voting. The system is often used to elect members of a legislative assembly or executive officers. It is the most common form of the system, and is used in most elections in the United States, the lower house (Lok Sabha) in India, elections to the House of Commons and English local elections in the United Kingdom. Plurality voting is distinguished from a majoritarian electoral system, in which, to win, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of votes 绝大多数票数, i.e., more votes than all other candidates combined. Both systems may use single-member or multi-member constituencies. In the latter case it may be referred to as an exhaustive counting system: one member is elected at a time and the process repeated until the number of vacancies is filled. ) of the statewide vote receives all of that state's electors; in Maine and Nebraska, two electors are assigned in this manner and the remaining electors are allocated based on the plurality of votes in each congressional district. Electors are typically required to vote for the winning candidate by state law. State electors meet in their respective state capitals the first Monday after the second Wednesday of December to cast their votes.
humanitarian VS humanity: humanitarian [hjuˌmænɪˈteriən] 人道主义的, 出于道义的 adj relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc. humanitarian aid/supplies/relief 人道主义救援, 人道主义救济 (=food, clothes, medicine, and shelter): Humanitarian relief efforts have been stopped by the attacks. a humanitarian disaster/crisis: This earthquake is the worst humanitarian crisis in the country's history. a. caring about someone who is in a very bad situation or receiving unfair treatment. Two of the hostages were released on humanitarian grounds. If a person or society has humanitarian ideas or behaviour, they try to avoid making people suffer or they help people who are suffering. The men were released on humanitarian grounds. ...humanitarian aid. A humanitarian is someone with humanitarian ideas. I like to think of myself as a humanitarian. humanity [hjuːmænɪti] plural humanities I. All the people in the world can be referred to as humanity. crimes against humanity (=crimes against a very large number of people): He was charged on six counts of crimes against humanity. They face charges of committing crimes against humanity. ...a young lawyer full of illusions and love of humanity 全人类. II. A person's humanity is their state of being a human being, rather than an animal or an object. the state of being human, and of behaving and thinking in the same way as other people. By respecting other cultures, we affirm our common humanity. ...a man who's almost lost his humanity 人性 in his bitter hatred of his rivals. III. Humanity is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and sympathetic towards others. a kind and sympathetic attitude toward other people, especially when they are suffering in some way He was lacking in basic humanity 基本人性. Her speech showed great maturity and humanity 人性, 善心. IV. The humanities are the subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature which are concerned with human ideas and behaviour. ...students majoring in the humanities.
