2019年12月25日 星期三

to sate, artic, satisfy, frigid, bill, unconscionable


Janan Ganesh: Politics is increasingly likened to sport in its tribal allegiances. This is to do sport an unconscionable disservice. The authentic fan is healthily cynical about their own team, after all.

ARCTAS

Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites



arc·tic (ärk'tĭk, är'tĭk) pronunciation
Arctic sea ice
adj.
Extremely cold; frigid. See synonyms at cold.
n.
A warm waterproof overshoe.
[Alteration (influenced by Latin arcticus) of Middle English artic, northern, from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos, bear, the northern constellation Ursa Major.]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled an online version of Office, taking aim at rival products from Google and others as it looks to sate customers' appetite for Web-based software.




unconscionable とは【意味】非良心的な,不当な... 【例文】an unconscionable bargain... 「

sate
(sāt) pronunciation
tr.v., sat·ed, sat·ing, sates.
  1. To satisfy (an appetite) fully.
  2. To satisfy to excess.
[Probably alteration of Middle English saden, from Old English sadian.]


Athens suffered another day of violent clashes as protestors called on Parliament to vote down a €28 billion ($40 billion) program of spending cuts and tax increases—moves the deeply indebted country is offering up to satisfy international creditors.

Athens suffered another day of violent clashes as protestors called on Parliament to vote down a €28 billion ($40 billion) program of spending cuts and tax increases—moves the deeply indebted country is offering up to satisfy international creditors.



 A Frigid Launch for iPhone 5 in Beijing
Apple's flagship store in Beijing's upscale Sanlitun shopping district began selling the iPhone 5 for the first time on Friday in what was arguably the least eventful launch of an Apple device in the company's four-year history in the Chinese capital.



 frigid

Definitions


American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Extremely cold. See Synonyms at cold.
  2. adj. Lacking warmth of feeling.
  3. adj. Stiff and formal in manner: a frigid refusal to a request.
  4. adj. Persistently averse to sexual intercourse.


bill

音節bill 発音記号/bíl/音声を聞く
【名詞】【可算名詞】
1
勘定書き請求書,つけ 《★【比較】 米国では飲食店勘定書きcheck という》.
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b
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5
【議会】 議案法案 《★可決されると bill が act(法令)となる》.
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6
【商業】 証書証明書証券; (為替)手形.
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a long [short](‐dated) bill []手形.
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【法律, 法学】 ()訴状調書.

可算名詞としての「bill」のイディオムやフレーズ
bíll of exchángebíll of fáre
bíll of héalthbíll of láding
bíll of ríghtsfíll [fít] the bíll 《口語》
fóot the bíllhéad the bíll
séll a person a bíll of góodstóp the bíll
【動詞】 【他動詞】
1
a
〈…を〉勘定書き記入する.
b
〔+目的語 (+for+()名詞)〕〈に〉〔…の〕勘定書き[請求書]を送る; 〔…を〕〈人のつけにする.
2
a
b
〔+目的語+as補語〕〈番組などを〉〈…としてビラ(など)で広告する; 〈俳優を〉〈…の出演すると〉ビラに張り出す 《★しばしば受身用いる》.
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Gielgud /gíːlgʊd/ was billed as Hamlet. ギルグッドがハムレット演ずる広告ていた.
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He was billed to appear as Macbeth. マクベスに扮(ふん)すると番組ていた.
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They billed the town. 彼らは町中にビラった.
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bill

音節bill 発音記号/bíl/音声を聞く
【名詞】【可算名詞】
1
(特に細長い扁平(んぺ)な)くちばし (cf. beak 1).
2
くちばし形のもの:
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自動詞としての「bill」のイディオムやフレーズ
bíll and cóo

bill

音節bill 発音記号/bíl/
【名詞】

Bill

音節Bill 発音記号/bíl/音声を聞く
【名詞】
ビル男性; 愛称 BillieBilly; William愛称》.



Definition of bill


noun

  • 1a printed or written statement of the money owed for goods or services:the bill for their meal came to £17
  • 2a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion:a debate over the civil rights bill
  • 3a programme of entertainment at a theatre or cinema:she was top of the bill at America’s leading vaudeville house
    open with a mix-bill 
  • 4North American a banknote:a ten-dollar bill
  • 5a poster or handbill: [as modifier]:he has been hard at work bill posting in a poster and sticker campaign

verb

[with object]
  • 1list (a person or event) in a programme:they were billed to appear but did not show up
  • (bill someone/thing as) describe or advertise someone or something in a particular way:he was billed as ‘the new Sean Connery’
  • 2send a bill to (someone):we shall be billing them for the damage caused [with two objects]:he had been billed £3,000 for his licence
  • charge (a sum of money):we billed £400,000


Phrases


fit (or fill) the bill

be suitable for a particular purpose.

Derivatives


billable

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (denoting a written list or catalogue): from Anglo-Norman French bille, probably based on medieval Latin bulla 'seal, sealed document' (see also bull2)

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