2014年1月20日 星期一

rejoinder, jab, eyeball, cash-strapped, eyeball to eyeball






Irish Independent
Google reveals smart contact lens prototype designed to aid diabetics
Irish Independent - Google has unveiled a contact lens which could end the ordeal of millions of diabetics who jab their fingers up to 10 times a day to test their blood ...



In reply to this view it is urged that food for the mind is 
as important as food for the body. The labouring classes 
work to produce food and necessaries for themselves and 
for the cultured, while some of the cultured class produce 
plays and operas. It is a division of labour. But this 
again invites the rejoinder that, sure enough, the labourers 
produce food for themselves and also food that the cultured 
class accept and consume, but that the artists seem too 
often to produce their spiritual food for the cultured only 
at any rate that a singularly small share seems to reach 
the country labourers who work to supply the bodily 
food!


A Verizon iPhone Is 'Exclusively in Apple's Court,' Verizon Says
Verizon Wireless takes jabs at the iPhone in its Droid advertising, but it said Monday that it's still interested in selling the popular device.



Delta Air Lines passengers checking in online for Las Vegas Tuesday will notice something new on their boarding passes: lots of ads. The move is the latest attempt by cash-strapped airlines to generate more revenue by charging advertisers for fliers' eyeballs.



The jab brought her a sarcastic rejoinder from Sen. Obama, who mocked Sen. Clinton's insistence that she only voted for a 2002 bill authorizing the use of force against Iraq to strengthen the Bush administration's hand diplomatically

從以挖掘猛料而出名的記者到傳媒大亨的心腹﹑英國首相的座上賓﹐再到被警方拘捕的嫌疑人﹐新聞集團英國報業子公司CEO布魯克斯個人生涯的起落吸引了無數眼球。







cash-strapped Show phonetics
adjective
not having enough money:
cash-strapped universities
eyeball Show phonetics
noun [C]
the whole eye, including the part that cannot usually be seen

eyeball Show phonetics
verb [T] INFORMAL
to look closely at someone:
He eyeballed me across the bar.

eyeball
名]眼球;目(eye).
eyeball to eyeball
((略式))(…と)向かい合って, にらみ合って((with ...)).
━━[動](他)(自)((略式))(…を)じっと見る, 見つめる.


eyeball to eyeball
Face to face; especially, about to begin a conflict. For example, We are eyeball to eyeball with the enemy, or In the playoffs we go eyeball to eyeball with the Yankees, or In the first debate our candidate's going eyeball to eyeball with his opponent. This term was originally used only in a military context but later entered civilian language, particularly in political or sports confrontations. [Colloquial; c. 1950]



jab Show phonetics
verb -bb-
1 [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition] to push or hit something forcefully and quickly, often with a thin or sharp object:
The doctor jabbed the needle into the dog's leg.
Watch out! You nearly jabbed me in the eye with your umbrella!
He was jabbing a finger at (= towards) them and shouting angrily.

2 [I] to make quick forceful hits with your fist when boxing

3 [T] to kick a ball hard and quickly:
He jabbed the ball into the net in the final minute of the game.

jab Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a quick hard push or hit:
She gave me a sharp jab in the ribs with her elbow to stop me from saying any more.
The boxer was floored by a punishing left jab.

2 UK INFORMAL an injection:
a flu jab
You'll need some jabs if you're going to Egypt.

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