2016年6月22日 星期三

beau, beautiful, Barbie, handler, jaguar

President Barbie
President Barbie




Barbie is 50!! The iconic fashion doll — who doesn't look a day over 20 — made her debut on the shelves on this date in 1959. Although she and her longtime beau, Ken, split in 2004, they are still the best of friends. Barbie and Ken were named for the children of Ruth Handler, creator of the dolls and president of Mattel, Inc. Great Barbie battles have been waged between those who saw Barbie as an exploitation of women and an unrealistic physical image for girls, and those who viewed Barbie as a role model who would encourage girls to become astronauts and businesswomen, scientists and world leaders.


A final, somber salute for the last search and rescue dog from 9/11.
Old age led Bretagne's longtime handler, Denise Corliss, to make the…
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A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead after the animal, despite being tranquilized, approached a solider. Read more: http://reut.rs/28NcqJO


A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.
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handler 

Pronunciation: /ˈhandlə/ 



NOUN

1[USUALLY WITH MODIFIER] A person who handles or deals with certain articles or commodities:baggage handlera food handler
2A person who trains or has charge of an animal, in particular a police officer in charge of a dog.
3A person who trains or manages another person, in particular:
3.1A person who trains and acts as second to a boxer.
3.3A person who directs the activities of a spy or other freelance agent.

beau
noun [C] plural beaus or beaux OLD-FASHIONED
a boyfriend

the beautiful game UK
football

.......她記得,出書當時,跟周玉蔻和某位男主播同台座談,聽著他們講述政治上如何和強權對抗的血淚,和採訪波斯灣戰爭的親身經驗,她只能佩服,同時深感人生需要 「視野」,有了視野,才能讓人不斷熱情地投入,才能永遠有故事的源頭、創作的誕生。因此,不論創作能否以金錢價值計算衡量或以儀器精密操作,不論那到頭來 是否仍無法與整個龐大的資本主義社會對抗而註定失敗,也是個美麗失敗者。

Beautiful Losers:成為藝術家的條件

Beautiful Losers 翻譯成 "美麗失敗者"
Beautiful Mind 翻譯成"美麗心靈"等
是否可以更好




beau・ti・ful



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━━ a. 美しい; りっぱな, 見事な.
the beautiful 美; 美女たち.
beau・ti・ful・ly ━━ ad. 見事に.



beautiful people (流行やファッションをリードする)裕福で魅力的で有名な人々.
the beautiful people
fashionable, rich people:
This café is a favourite haunt of the beautiful people.beauty Show phonetics
noun
1 [C or U] the quality of being pleasing, especially to look at, or someone or something that gives great pleasure, especially by being looked at:
This is an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The piece of music he played had a haunting beauty.
beauty products/treatments
She was a great beauty (= a beautiful woman) when she was young.
The beauty of this plan (= what makes it good) is that it won't cost too much.

2 [C] INFORMAL something that is an excellent example of its type:
She showed me her car - it's a beauty.
Your roses are beauties this year.

beautiful Show phonetics
adjective
1 very attractive:
a beautiful woman
breathtakingly beautiful scenery
She was wearing a beautiful dress.

2 very pleasant:
a beautiful piece of music
beautiful weather

3 MAINLY US very kind:
You did a beautiful thing in helping those poor children.

beautifully Show phonetics
adverb
She dresses beautifully.
The children behaved beautifully (= very well).
Their house is beautifully decorated.

beautify Show phonetics
verb [T] MAINLY HUMOROUS
to improve the appearance of someone or something:
[R] I'm just going to beautify myself - it should only take a few hours.

beautification Show phonetics
noun [U]


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