2022年4月7日 星期四

-monger, Fearmongering, doom-monger, scandal-mongering, warhead, warlord, warmonger, war chest, warfar, war zone, costard, costermonger, ribbed

Fearmongering works. Fans of the truth should fear it

In Hungary, Russia, Pakistan and France, leaders lie to scare people into supporting them




It is not just that better medicine and sanitation allow people to live longer, healthier lives, or that labour-saving devices have given people more free time. People are also growing more intelligent, and more humane
“Enlightenment Now” explains why the doom-mongers are wrong
ECONOMIST.COM

As well as a huge conventional arsenal, North Korea also has a dozen nuclear warheads and spends perhaps $3 billion a year on a nuclear programme that involves rocket launches and nuclear tests
Op-Ed: After the Tornado, a War Zone
That’s the thing with a tornado — even when you know it’s coming, you’re helpless, because you don’t know precisely where it will hit.

Top European Central Bank official Jörg Asmussen called on the rest of the world to pledge more money to the International Monetary Fund's crisis war chest, a view expected to put Europe at odds with other regions at talks in Washington later this week.
Inspectors Say Iran Worked on Warhead
By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
The U.N.’s nuclear inspectors declared for the first time that information it has collected raised concern of “past or current undisclosed activities” by Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

Missile Parts Sent to Taiwan in Error
The U.S. mistakenly shipped electrical fuses for nuclear missile warheads to Taiwan, the Pentagon said.



每日一詞 :Scandalmonger |美國政壇的“醜聞販子”
上週,聯邦調查局逮捕了特朗普前競選顧問羅傑·斯通(Roger Stone)。特別檢察官穆勒以妨礙司法進程、作偽證和騷擾證人等罪名對他進行指控。作為“通俄門”調查中的標誌性人物,斯通究竟是何許人也?
時報記者以斯通過往玩弄政治的經歷解答了這一問題:“斯通將販賣丑聞歸功於自己,而後又消失在犯罪現場的策略可追溯到幾十年前。”(Mr. Stone's tactics of claiming credit for scandal-mongering and then vanishing from the scene of the crime go back decades.)
Scandal-mongering意為“販賣丑聞” ,是scandalmonger (使醜聞流傳的人)的變形。這個詞的前半部分源於中世紀法語scandale(不當行為或誹謗言論引起的公憤),後半部分則源於古英語mangere(商人)。在新聞報導中,scandalmonger常被用來形容用陰謀論和流言蜚語製造話題的“攪屎棍”。


-monger
ˈmʌŋɡə/
combining form
  1. denoting a dealer or trader in a specified commodity.

    "fishmonger"
    • denoting a person who promotes a specified activity, situation, or feeling, especially one that is undesirable or discreditable.
cos·tard (kŏs'tərdpronunciation
n.
  1. An English variety of large cooking apple.
  2. Archaic. The human head.
[Middle English, from Old North French, possibly from coste, rib (from its ribbed appearance), from Latin costa.]


ribbed
Meaning #1: furnished or strengthened with ribs
Antonym: ribless (meaning #1)
Meaning #2: (of the surface of shells) having a rough, rib-like texture


costermonger
ˈkɒstəmʌŋɡə/
noun
BRITISHdated
  1. a person who sells goods, especially fruit and vegetables, from a handcart in the street.

Synonym: costate coster
n.
[Abbrev. of costermonger.]
One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.


wár chèst[wár chèst]   

((略式))運動[軍]資金.



warhead Show phonetics
noun [C]
the front end of a bomb or missile that contains explosives:
a conventional/nuclear warhead
The explosive head of a missiletorpedo, or similar weapon:a nuclear warhead

war·lord (wôr'lôrd') pronunciation
n.
A military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it.

warlordism war'lord'ism n.

━━ n. 戦争 ((against, on)); 交戦期間[状態]; 軍事, 戦術; 争い, 闘争.
at war 交戦中で ((with)); 争って.
carry the war into the enemy's camp (積極的に)敵陣に攻め入る.
declare war 宣戦する ((on, against)).
go to war 戦争になる ((against, with)); 出征する.
have been in the wars 〔話〕 傷だらけになって.
make [wage] war 戦争をしかける ((on, against)).
━━ vi. (-rr-) 戦争する, 戦[闘]う ((with, against)).
war baby 戦争中[直後]に生まれた子 ((特に私生児)).
War between the States (the 〜) 南北戦争 (the Civil War).
war・bonnet 北米インディアンの羽根飾り(帽).
war bride 戦争花嫁 ((夫の出征直前の,あるいは外国人兵士との結婚)).
war chest 軍資金; 活動[運動]資金.
war-cloud 戦雲, 戦争になりそうな気配.
war club (アメリカンインディアンが用いた)戦闘用こん棒.
war correspondent 従軍記者.
war crime 戦争犯罪.
war criminal 戦争犯罪人, 戦犯.
war crỳ ときの声; (政党の)標語, スローガン.
war dance (未開民族の)出陣[戦勝]の踊り.
war・fare 戦争, 交戦(状態); 闘争.
war footing (軍隊などの)戦時体制.
war game 机上作戦; (pl.) 実戦演習.
war god 軍神 ((特にギリシア神話の Ares,ローマ神話の Mars)).
war・head (魚雷・爆弾の)弾頭.
war-horse 軍馬; 〔話〕 老兵, 古つわもの; 老練家; 〔話〕 飽きられた作品[曲].
War in the Pacific (the 〜) 太平洋戦争.
war・like
 ━━ a. 戦争[軍事]の; 好戦的な; 戦闘[挑戦]的な.
war・lord 将軍; 【史】(中国の)督軍.
war memorial 戦没者記念碑.
war・monger 戦争挑発者.
war・mongering n., a. 戦争挑発(の).
War of 1812 【史】(the 〜) (英米の)1812年戦争 (1812-15).
War Office 【英史】(the 〜) 陸軍省.
War of Independence (the 〜) 米国独立戦争 ((1775-83)).
war of nerves 神経戦.
war paint 北米インディアンなどが出陣前に体に塗る絵の具; 〔話〕 盛装; 化粧品.
war・path (北米インディアンの)出陣する道.
on the warpath 戦って; 怒って.
war・plane 軍用機.
war・ship 軍艦.
Wars of the Roses 【英史】(the 〜) バラ戦争 ((1445-85)).
war story 戦争体験記[談]; (人生の苦労話・冒険譚などの)体験記(談).
war・time ━━ n., a. 戦時(の).
war whoop (北米インディアンの)ときの声.
war widow 戦争未亡人.
war・worn ━━ a. 戦いに疲れた.
war zone 交戦地帯.

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