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Both the European commission and parliament step up their criticism against Hungary's latest constitutional changes. With core European values at risk, the call for infringement procedures gets louder by the day.

The Red and the Black: Mimetic Desire and the Myth of Celebrity (Twayne's Masterwork Studies)

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P. J. O'Rourke: By the Book

The author of "Holidays in Heck" and "Parliament of Whores" doesn't like to read books about current affairs: "I can write that junk myself."

Hawaii is shortening the school year by 17 days. Poor kids. The heck are they supposed to do in Hawaii with 17 days off? — Will Durst

by the day

gradually and steadily:the campaign is growing by the day

heck
interj.
Used as a mild oath.

n. Slang
Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck.

[Alteration of HELL.]

heck

 音節

heck

発音

hék

heckの慣用句

a heck of a, What the heck！, （全2件）

[間]((略式・軽い嫌悪など))ちぇっ.
━━[名][U]((hellの婉曲語))いったい

What the heck do you care？
なんだってくよくよしているんだ.

a heck of a

((話))大変な；すごい, エキサイティングな

I had a heck of a day.
大変な1日だったよ.

What the heck！/The heck with it！

((話))かまうもんか.

研究採用ISO 9000認證的，究竟屬「威脅型」（coercive）、「規範或道義型」（normative）、模仿型的（mimetic）。

mimetic

(mĭ-mĕt'ĭk, mī-) 
adj.

1. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry.
2. 1. Of or relating to an imitation; imitative.
   2. Using imitative means of representation: a mimetic dance.

[Greek mīmētikos, from mīmēsis, mimicry. See mimesis.]

mimesis

(mĭ-mē'sĭs, mī-) n.

1. The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
2. Biology. Mimicry.
3. Medicine. The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.

[Greek mīmēsis, from mīmeisthai, to imitate, from mīmos, imitator, mime.]

mimetic

 音節

mi • met • ic

発音

mimétik

[形]

1 模倣の, まねの好きな；偽りの, 見せかけの, 模擬の

mimetic speech
口まね

the mimetic vocabulary of Japanese
日本語の擬声・擬態語句.

2 《動物》擬態の.

3 《鉱物》擬晶の

a mimetic crystal
擬晶.

mi・met・i・cal・ly

[副]

mimicry

/ˈmɪmɪkri/

noun

1. the action or skill of imitating someone or something, especially in order to entertain or ridicule.

   "the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry"

   Similar:

   imitation

   imitating

   impersonation

   take-off

   impression

   copying

   aping

   caricature

   mockery

   parody

   satire

   lampoon

   burlesque

   send-up

   spoof

   apery

   pasquinade

   • BIOLOGY

     the close external resemblance of an animal or plant (or part of one) to another animal, plant, or inanimate object.