http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu 一起写 一起学 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:03:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1578/ 由于参与人不多，新内容发到这里了。 直到有多个作者参与的时候，再回到这里。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1559/ 对了 南方公园里那个 唱'uncle f..ker' 是常用语还是有特别意思？ 俗语 正好和中文的操你大爷对应：） 不过一般人不这么说 都是mother f..ker 但说uncle f..ker大家都懂而且很有意思 电视里老说 常用的骂人没意思了 大家说说我理解得对么？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1525/ lvcha sez: 这有什么有劲没劲的。 比单词有劲多了。辛苦2周就ok。 而且富于逻辑性。马克思的很多观点是很有道理的。 马克思的哲学观点有道理 但硬要用现实的国情去解释就牵强了 当年GRE单词才痛苦呢。傻背。 英语是傻人的语言，缺乏基本逻辑性。 英语缺乏逻辑是和它的历史有关 英语在历史上吸收了太多其他语言流派的单词规则 从最初6000个单词的古代德语 到拉丁 到希腊文 到scandivia国家语言 到法语 所以同一个事物和状态有太多的说法 构词法也不一样 就是这样 ；） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1524/ lvcha问： 对了。novel fiction 有啥区别？ 用googole搜索what's the differnce between novel and fiction 这里主要是说novel和book的区别 http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061022145901AA7NUkx http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070720125846AA2CrB6 我还不知道有novella这个词呢： http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070511021434AAnJJOt 想看小说没有reading list么，这个可能有帮助 I have located several lists of great books and novels: http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=229884 但我更推荐直接去Project Gutenberg找。 http://www.gutenberg.org/ 现在继续回答问题。网上没有好答案。我们用wordnet来查查看。 fiction The noun fiction has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (14) fiction -- (a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact) 2. ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1523/ Overall, I hope that XEmacs, GNU Emacs and their various distributors work out the kinks so that such a simple matter as cut and paste is not a matter of medieval alchemical incantations. Until then, I hope my notes are of help to someone else. http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/wlg/6162 想不出如何翻译和选那个意思。应该是5，翻译成瑕疵？ define: kink The ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1522/ 当然这些可参考得很多，随便去大些商业网站都有。我给的这个例子是是因为他它是大学，教育机构的rules of use，供以后自己参考。 Athena Rules of Use (including MITnet) http://web.mit.edu/olh/Rules/#mitnet http://blogs.mit.edu/ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1521/ Edward Tufte: Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely. ... why Edward Tufte hates it: PowerPoint Is Evil. According to him: Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely. http://blogs.mit.edu/CS/blogs/anjalisastrystudents/archive/2007/11/30/66420.aspx Love this quote! :) more reference: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001yB&topic_id=1 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1520/ China Talk Radio http://thechinabusinessnetwork.com/China-Talk-Radio/China-Talk-Radio/ 我没兴趣听。存一下。也许有人喜欢。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1519/ The deterioration of translation quality is related to the dire situation of the industry for translated works. Over the past twenty years, the salaries for most professions have increased by twenty fold. But the salary for translators has only doubled. In the early ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1518/ A Conspiracy of Hecklers http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20071112_1.htm 1 President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) shrugged off hecklers at two functions in Taipei City yesterday, a departure from a few days earlier, when he responded to their challenge. "It was quite a fanfare," Chen told reporters as ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1517/ Together, ACLU attorneys Ben Wizner and Steven Watt represent six plaintiffs in two cases against the CIA's practice of extraordinary rendition. So they know a thing or two about the practice. So when they read "5 Myths About Rendition (and That New Movie)" by Daniel ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1516/ If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress? haha ;) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1515/ lvcha让我猜ergo的意思，前提是不翻字典 我记得在west wing这部电视剧中主人公总统曾经说过一个拉丁俗语然后问有没有人知道意思，没人知道，他就自己翻译成英语。我当时感觉ergo是therefore的意思。于是我回复。我蒙对了。 看看wordnet解释 The adv ergo has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) ergo -- ((used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently) 记得wikipedia上有专门一些条目解释拉丁俗语还是希腊俗语啊。当时收藏了网页地址。 现在访问不了wikipedia也无法查找。有人能上给个链接我以后上去学学看看 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1514/ Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/10-piercing-insights-into-human-nature.php gem ! http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1513/ Reflections on the brain of an idiot 文中说到人们称呼智力有问题的词一直在变化和变化的原因是什么很有意思 我这个题目用额不好。但我想不出如何称呼那些开始被称为idiot（开始的时候是医学术语没有贬义），后来因为idiot有贬义医学术语就改为其他词，后来那个其他词也有贬义医学界有用了个新词，如此几次。这也是我对这篇文章感兴趣的地方。 Back in 1871, the term 'idiot' was a proper medical term. It referred to someone we would now describe as having learning disabilities or intellectual impairment. As the word became used as an everyday form of abuse, it ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1512/ Sexual deviancy ; paraphillia 我竟然在wordnet中没有查到这两个词！！ The noun epilepsy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) epilepsy -- (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1511/ Gold price – seasonality Over the last five years, the gold price exhibited some seasonality with a strong trend to higher gold prices in December through to March. We believe the strong seasonal upward trend in prices is linked partly with similar seasonal trends in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1510/ Once I've finished editing the interview and posted it to our podcast, I send it to CastingWords to be transcribed. They just changed their pricing structure. They charge .75 per each minute of your recording, and you can send them the RSS feed or upload an ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1506/ china girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPm9eZG5iPk lyrics http://www.google.com/search?q=lyrics%20china%20girl who is the girl in the video? rebel rebel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v18Y4aXSxeY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOn6oVKG95k lyrics http://www.google.com/search?q=lyrics%20rebel%20rebel learn to play the song on guitar ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c7gUFSSXXE i just dont understand the lyrcis of david bowie this is no "little wonder" ;) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1505/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Apoignant affecting: arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1504/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aharlot prostitute: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (examples: oral sex, sexual intercourse) for money. A person selling sexual services is a prostitute, a type of sex worker. In a more general sense of the word, anyone selling their services for a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1503/ Somewhere in the middle of this spectrum are the individuals that I conduct day-to-day communication with, usually consisting of white collar Chinese employees in large multinational companies who have graduated from some of the top universities in China and speak a smattering of English and who, as a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1502/ Me: We don't have a contract with the hotel, we can't just write them cheques willy-nilly! And we most certainly cannot act as a guarantee for all our clients. Harpy: They won't bank it in, they just want a guarantee. It doesn't need to say ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1501/ DVspot is on hiatus until further notice. We hope that we'll have the resources to return in the future. http://www.dvspot.com/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ahiatus suspension: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) foramen: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1500/ 问：alliteration是头韵么？ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+Alliteration use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Alliteration is a stylistic device, or literary technique, in which successive words (more strictly, stressed syllables) begin with the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1499/ http://www.koko.org/friends/conservation.koko.html Thousands of gorillas with communicative and emotional capacities similar to Koko, Michael and Ndume are being killed in their African forest homes each year by commercial poachers in the illegal "bushmeat" trade. http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Abushmeat wild animals killed for food. In 1998, 3,000 gorillas and 4,000 chimpanzees were illegally killed in the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1498/ http://www.hometravelagency.com/dictionary/turndown-service.html turndown service. In hotels, the practice of folding back the blanket and sheet of the bed in the evening, sometimes accompanied by putting a mint on the pillow or a cordial on the night stand. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1497/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define:+drag+queen Drag queens are performers - usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women - who dress in "drag," clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated versions thereof. Drag queens often do drag to perform, singing or lip-syncing and dancing, participating in events such as gay pride parades, cabarets, discotheques, and ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1496/ Then, he told us how desperate he often felt before he became a success: “When I was living in New York and didn’t have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I’d think, that’ll ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1495/ 有一个乐队叫velvet underground吧。音乐不错。不过一直不知道velvet到底怎么翻译好。大致的意思能想到是柔软，丝般柔滑的意思：） velvet underground的音乐很不错，歌词太。。。反正今天听来也让人心惊胆颤，太。。我说不出来，离经叛道？说得事情你根本想象不到，但又让你觉得有些人就是这样，一种让你恐惧的真实。40年前非主流的东西一样让我一个喜欢非主流音乐的人接受起来有难度，有时候觉得很好笑。接受有难度的是歌词，还好，那些优美的旋律不需要歌词一样优美。有了歌词反而让你摸不着头脑又心惊胆颤。 http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+velvet smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Velvet is a textile woven on a special loom. It is ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1494/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+rook castle: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn A rook (borrowed from Persian ???? rokh) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Each player starts with two rooks, one in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1493/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+pansexual a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire for both males and females. It is usually contrasted with homosexuality, heterosexuality, and asexuality. ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1492/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+cold+turkey a blunt expression of views; "I told him cold turkey" complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent; "he quit smoking cold turkey"; "she quit her job cold turkey" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn "Cold turkey" ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1491/ summary一个很常用的意思，但我不知道如何翻译 the police have the summary power to taser people 大体就是说经常当时就能自己决定是不是用电枪电你！ drumhead, summary -- (performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice") 这里的summry的意思不是我们一般知道的简介。是什么，我找不出合适的词。大家想想或查查吧。 The noun summary has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) (5) summary, sum-up -- (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1490/ moonlight做动词有钱不够用要上晚班的意思。 The noun moonlight has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) (5) moonlight, moonshine, moon -- (the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by") The verb moonlight has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) moonlight -- (work a second job, usually after ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1489/ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=selling+popcorn 有点像咱们说的“卖票” 人家那争执呢，你看见了，不劝不管不但看热闹还卖票给要看热闹的人，当然个卖票和卖爆米花都是比喻。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1488/ really?! John Kerry & John Lennon http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1487/ The noun blackball has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) barring, blackball -- (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto) The verb blackball has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball -- (expel from a community or group) veto, blackball, negative ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1486/ moonshine is a crime could be sentenced up to more than 30 years in jail! Why?! Because the liquor is worth more to the government than beer or wine. Uncle Sam takes an excise tax of $2.14 for each 750-milliliter bottle of 80-proof spirits, compared with 21 cents for ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1485/ new york times blogs http://www.nytimes.com/ref/topnews/blog-index.html http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1484/ As reported at TPM, some in the coalition who originally made the call on the RNC and DNC to insist upon free debates are now pushing FOX to stop its copyright threats on McCain and others. Again, I had wished Senator Clinton (AWOL on this issue) would have ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1483/ 乌克兰的unix爱好者把基本书直接放到网上让人看了。真好。 http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/unix/index.htm 查了一下才知道ua是ukraine的意思。 What does UA stand for? Definition of Ukraine (ISO Country Identifier) in the list of acronyms and abbreviations provided by the Free Online Dictionary and www.worldbank.org/ua 世界银行采用这个缩写 刚发现，其实乌克兰的朋友们给我们的还很多，很多。：） http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/ < del datetime="2007-11-20T03:12:50+00:00"> http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1482/ carat可以做钻石重量单位克拉讲也可以做金子纯度单位k来讲。但现在金字的那个单位都用Karat了。它基本只作钻石重量单位。 写这个是因为昨天看到一个金首饰上面写了18carat。让我迷惑了一下：金字也论克拉么？：） A unit of weight for diamonds and other gems. The metric carat of 0.200 grams, or 200 milligrams, was adopted in the United States in 1913 and is now standardized in the principal countries of the world. Not to be confused with karat. Karat refers only to the fineness of ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1481/ 信用卡交费时需要你填写的CVCC/CVV2 Code是卡验证码的意思 我要给nearlyfreespeech.net上的帐号续费，要我填写 Please enter some information about your credit card: Card Number Expiration Date (MM/YY or MMYY) CVCC/CVV2 Code 我需要知道设么是CVCC/CVV2 Code。知道了，是Card Validation Code。 我需要知道中国银行和中国国际航空公司合发的2008北京奥运会的visa信用卡的cvv印在哪里。我看到下面的文章基本知道了。但不确定。后来打电话并实际使用，确定了。对于visa卡，一般就是你卡背面签名旁边的一个3位数，american express是4位数。 感谢lyonl总是借我信用卡用：）哈哈～ https://www.bmigaming.com/cvv2.htm What is a Card Validation Code? The Card Validation Code (CVC) or Card Verification Value 2 Code (CVV2) provides consumers and merchants with added ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1476/ So Citibank, if you are reading this, please reckognize that the money you keep from my reach when you deny my card is in fact MY money and not yours. Citibank told me on the phone today that this is for MY protection when it is in fact ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1475/ gold bullion 莫非就是金条～！ ：） The noun bullion has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) bullion -- (a mass of precious metal) bullion -- (gold or silver in bars or ingots) http://goldprice.org/ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1474/ hammer and sickle 是 镰刀斧头 的意思 就算新闻记者是无冕之王，但天朝还是锤镰听政。 Even if journalists were kings without a crown, the hammer and sickle courts are still in session behind the screen. http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/16/china-tough-blogging-the-communist-congress/ 上面的原文是中文，英文是global voice online的kenny翻译的。 我开始认为是整个这个短语hammer and sickle courts are still in session behind the screen是锤镰听政的意思。其实不是。 这个behind the screen么，翻译成垂帘听政是太夸张了，还是幕后好。 (2) screen, cover, covert, concealment -- ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1471/ http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/ 正则表达式 html css php mysql等速查卡非常方便。我现在处在学习阶段。身边常带着也方便记忆。 cheetsheet怎么翻译？速查卡还是作弊条？：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1470/ non-abelian money; wealth as matrix :) Electronic implementation of non-abelian money would be a snap. The social implementation might be a bit tougher, however – convincing people that their net wealth should be a matrix would be a tough sell, at least initially. Still, if non-abelian money changed some ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1469/ I’m trying to ride my new bike to as many places as possible. Most days this involves riding past Booda Beans. It’s everything you would expect from a neighborhood coffee-shop-that-isn’t-Starbucks, offering coffee in various combinations of size, temperature, and artificial flavor. Plus pastries and bulk candy. On the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1468/ After all, the US government still holds the pink slip on the "international" space station, and the last thing they need floating through their overstretched, little heads is the image of zero-G Marxism study sessions. http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/10/22/the-up-is-red.aspx zero-g + Weightlessness is the experience (by people and objects) during free-fall, of ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1467/ One of China's under-appreciated pleasures is the enamel-stripping joy of a chewy White Rabbit Milk Candy. I'm not the first to be smitten, as a quick Googling will reveal. White Rabbit even has a Wikipedia entry http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/10/17/deconstructing-the-white-rabbit-wrapper.aspx 大白兔奶糖，大家都知道。后面作者写了一些这个糖纸的设计为什么是"a masterpiece of psychedelic candy packaging design, "。太有意思了。：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1466/ Comment by Dog tucker 2007-10-05 14:28:16 You can always buy a GOL if you get confused. F knows where the F went!! Comment by Ashley 2007-10-05 15:38:22 The Gol was for the three developing markets, India, Brazil, and China. ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1465/ comfart first-class is more comfartable, it s comfart.. via yeastradio :) wait a sekskunt just a sekskunt, whadayamean? of course, he might mean cumfartable/ rather than comfartable, which is more "moral degrading", but more fun. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1464/ China Car Times attacked by mad lady, lives to tell tale. LOL, hilarious (it’s only funny cuz ur not hurt) I’ve learned my lesson not to make eye contact much less talk to a stranger. Nothing good ever comes out of it. They’re either crazy or ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1463/ 再次推荐这个幼儿教育资源。你是学英语的成人，一样受益。 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html 我在01或02年的时候第一次发现这个站点。看了不少。当时有些工作和儿童教育有关。我的工作虽然没有直接受益，但我个人受益了。而且我很钦佩站点的作者，所有内容都是他一个人一点点积累出来的。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1462/ Regardless of what the law says (which is clearly on the side of MD), the widespread online support for the leak seems to me to indicate a desire to live in a society where a company like MD is more clearly illegal. This is vigilante justice at work; ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1451/ learn more about US currency at http://www.uspapermoney.info http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1450/ What is this "fug"? I've never heard of it. "Fug" comes from "fugly," which is a contraction of "fantastically ugly" (or an f-word more prurient, if you like, but we are clean and delightful young ladies who don't engage in that kind of filth, dammit). ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1449/ Intellectual Property and Magicians 这篇文章非常有意思。 请大家看全文。如果有兴趣读读文章给的一些魔术专利的说明，自己练习一下也能来点惊人的魔术表演说不定。：） 文章有一些词我找出来学学。 Yet Loshin, and apparently most magicians, think that patent and trade secret are a poor fit. There are basically three reasons for this. First, part of the value of a trick is that the audience can’t figure out how it’s done; but a patent ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1448/ saw-a-person-in-half trick 可以翻译为 电锯活人的魔术 魔术如何把人锯成两段的专利说明：）saw-a-person-in-half trick, http://www.google.com/patents?id=NZRAAAAAEBAJ via http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1196 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1447/ The New York Times Sunday Magazine has a fascinating piece that interviews and discusses Columbia Records’ hiring of Rick Rubin as their new studio chieftain. Rubin has been a well-known music producer (among other things, he orchestrated the famous mash-up of Aerosmith and Run-DMC and worked with Johnny ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1446/ Just last night, the Supreme Court stayed the execution of Carlton Turner Jr., a Texas death row inmate. The Court did not give a reason for the stay: Turner requested it until the constitutionality of the method can be decided by the Justices. In a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1445/ When the execution isn't botched, the first drug is supposed to render the prisoner unconscious, the second drug paralyzes them, and the third drug causes cardiac arrest. The process should take about 20 minutes. http://blog.aclu.org/index.php?/archives/300-Supreme-Court-to-Evaluate-Three-Drug-Execution-Cocktail.html arrest 在这里是停止的意思。以前不知道呢。 the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1444/ abatement Now some of this analysis of global warming problem is pretty much standard economics of externalities (a la fellow Nobelists A.C. Pigou and Paul Samuelson), where the abatement of carbon pollution is seen to be a public good. But I suspect that the information asymmetries across nations will ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1443/ lumber ; given Grokster Case Lumbers On; Judge To Issue Permanent Injunction http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1214 lumber move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material baseball bat: an implement used in baseball by the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1442/ [..]tells us that they just laid off 20% of their staff: mostly useless marketing-tards who just take up space and yammer on about things that are bleeding obvious to chimpanzees so that they can try to pass off their college years of drinking and not going to class as legitimate ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1256/ Steve Rubel is part of the Web 2.0 Iron Triangle: Rubel-Scoble-Arrington. Rubel is the weakest link in this chain, which means that he is not as good as the others at pretending like he knows what he's talking about. source 哈哈哈。铁三角。喜欢这种骂人不带脏字的文风。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1255/ Minutes from 2006/01/16-17 meeting by novalis — last modified 2006-01-24 17:22 These minutes were approval at the 1/24 meeting. Resolved: The goal of Commitee D is to represent rather than advocate, to clarify and refine and, ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1254/ "If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to." -- Old Irish Saying http://philip.greenspun.com/WealthClock If you were a real cynic you might note that Bill's charitable inclinations remained, uh, undiscovered until the Federal ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1253/ http://www.amazon.com/Crash-Proof-Economic-Collapse-Sonberg/dp/0470043601 Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books) (Hardcover) by Peter D. Schiff (Author), John Downes (Author) Key Phrases: reserve currency status, housing bubble, creating inflation, United States, Wall Street, Farmer Jones (more...) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1252/ i love blues travler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmqp61yMG5A first time heard them in 1992 or 1994, they are great! http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1251/ 美国人管volkswagon叫v-dubs Is this one built in der Fatherland or sud of der borderland? The V-dubs in Euro have a great rep for reliability and quality. Yet stateside, V-dub has a poor reliability rep. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1686&cp=1- comment-52990 查了一下还确有这种说法V-dubs http://www.google.com/search?q=v-dubs sud of der borderland是指哪里呀？拉美么？ fatherland是指美国吧？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1250/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatchback Hatchback is a term describing an automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a tailgate or flip-up window. The vehicle must have at least two rows of seats, with the rear set able to fold down to increase cargo ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1249/ The car is essentially a notchback sedan version of the European C4 model, since the Chinese market prefers traditional three-box sedans over hatchbacks. It did not keep the designation, however, because in Chinese the number "4" is unlucky. The sedan is much larger than the hatchback: its length ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1248/ 假书？不，攒的书都算不上 By John L (LONDON, UK) - See all my reviews Ken Pizzini has not written a book about sed; rather, this is just the printed version of the manual/info page that comes with GNU sed, together with some padding about the free documentation licence and the GNU project. Oh yes, and 53 ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1247/ http://www.doubletongued.org/ 非常有意思 double tongue是一句话是你光看字面意思无法理解，需要知道一些背景的。这是我的理解。但看来不准确。谁知道这个东西到底什么意思。中文怎么翻译。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1246/ More than three years later, coming back to China from almost any other country remains a slightly hallucinatory experience. ... Thus, I was especially detached from reality when, three hours after arriving, I stumbled out to buy groceries to take me through the weekend. On ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1245/ replied at http://www.blognow.com.au/chinamachete/32627/The_irresponsibility_of_cat_feeders.html contact cat lover organizations and ask for help. in my case, we pull some money together, catch those cats we can and send them to vet to be made made infertile. Those we can catch, we ask for help and we have a voluntary vet to come to catch ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1244/ precedence; pertinent Yesterday I was translating an article by a People’s University professor that called for Chinese to take precedence over English during the Olympics. More than half-way through the translation, I realised that the article is too long for a blog post and no one will read ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1243/ It is sad that rsf.org was kidnapped to shdf.gov.cn in China. Yes, sad, not said. I have tested. http://blogoscoped.com/forum/111227.html 一个不错的例子说明sad和said这两个发音差不多的词。sad and said. I don't know what the hell rsf.org is since i can't access it. :) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1242/ When you see a big company threatening patent suits, sell. When a company starts fighting over IP, it's a sign they've lost the real battle, for users. http://paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html IP has more than one meaning. Here, it referes to the Seductive Mirage: Intellectual Property. Did You Say "Intellectual ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1241/ In fact it turned out that Web consultants didn't like Viaweb. Consultants, as a general rule, like to use products that are too hard for their clients to use, because it guarantees them ongoing employment. Consultants would come to our Web site, which said ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1240/ 美国空军维护的一套国际恐怖主义和insurgent组织的名单。 http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/tergps/tg98tc.htm TERRORIST AND INSURGENT ORGANIZATIONS July 2000 Air University Library Maxwell AFB, AL http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1239/ Landrover seems to be having a massive come back on the world scene thanks to massive sales in various ‘newly rich’ states such as China, and Russia. ... There are quite a few wealthy Chinese who have the spare funds available to blow on a social ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1238/ we are getting a warm and cold alternation in the previous week. Don't know what to wear. 我想说上周气温忽冷忽热，这么说对么？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1237/ Did he pay a quick visit to China this time? This time, sparotically covered in some business related news channel, as seen here http://news.stockstar.com/info/darticle.aspx?id=JL,20071015,00186874&columnid=2921 The governator recently showed up in China, unbeknown to China Car Times, the wall of muscle that is Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a visit to Youngman ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1236/ Chinese state news agency, Xinhua, has announced that China has 120 million privately owned vehicles on the road today. According to Xinhua, 61. 25% of the total number of vehicles in use in China are privately owned, the other 38.75% being state owned vehicles, (that number alone is ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1233/ http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/10/09/great-news-road-deaths-down-43-last-week/ BEIJING, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Traffic accidents killed 1,171 people during China’s week-long National Day holiday that ended on Sunday, a drop of 43 percent from last year, Xinhua news agency reported. 90,000 road deaths per ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1232/ I got an email from Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation yesterday. It began, "Half the companies you blog about have copyright or privacy legal issues simmering just under the surface. Since most of them are thinly capitalized, when they get into trouble, they're likely to ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1231/ READ THIS CAREFULLY The problem was that one article quoted senior officials warning of an impending environmental crisis caused by the Three Gorges dam, while the other article praised the smooth and steady progress of environmental protection efforts on and around the project. Xinhua sources told the Financial Times ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1230/ http://www.freethejena6.org/ noose By now, you've probably heard the background of the case: Last September, a black student at Jena High School asked permission during an assembly if he could sit beneath the "white tree," a tree on campus where white students traditionally gathered. The student was told that he could ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1229/ trun on 一个常用的意思是 depend on 。 吴国盛乱译《哥白尼革命》举例【旧作】 吴译： 但这场革命也揭开了天文学研究中许多最晦暗和最隐秘的细节。 方译： 然而这场革命却取决于天文学研究中最晦涩隐秘的细微之处。（Yet the Revolution turned upon the most obscure and recondite minutiae of astronomical research.） 按：上句提到这场革命一直被认为是西方思想发展的转折点（turning point），此处turned upon就是承这一句而来，指出其转折之处只是天文学的细微之处，然后下一句问什么它却会有那么重大的意义。吴译大概以为upon就是on，turn upon就等于turn on，不就是“打开”吗？“打开”不就是“揭开”吗？联想能力固然可嘉，却完全脱离了上下文 source: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4740687901000bql.html 方说得非常正确。其实turn on最常用的第2个意思就是depend on。遇到这种情况做depend on处理就好了。 老吴和那些翻译的人听流行歌曲听多了吧。baby you ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1226/ 这里的 post-mortem 是下棋复盘还是验尸？！ It has been a little over two weeks since our facility move. I believe at some point we promised some post-mortem analysis of what went right and what went wrong, and here it is. source: http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2007/09/27/facility-move-post-mortem-analysis define: post-mortem Analysis of a game after it has concluded, typically ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1225/ 现役军人免费 这个说法怎么翻译 source: http://www.alligatoradventure.com/ free admission for active duty military personnel 对应的就应该是 现役军人免费 。 前一段我去一个景点问我刚复原能免费么？：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1224/ make heads and tails 是摸不着头脑的意思？ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:27:15 +0000 : sinker I'd like to bring a lightbox.js UI element into the Audio module so that when you submit a song, the long lonely wait for an upload is improved with a fade-out and a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1223/ discharge from the hospital 和 rehab Amy Winehouse, the turbulent diva of British pop, has been discharged from hospital after collapsing from a suspected drugs overdose. http://grown-and-sassie.blogspot.com/2007/08/vgft.html discharge的一般意思看不出和医院和何联系。为什么他和出院有什么不同。一般病人你自己leave the hospital不就行了么 define: discharge http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+discharge&btnG=Google+Search 原来discarg from the hospital是一个专门的用法 Discharge from the hospital is the point at which the patient leaves the hospital ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1222/ update: eric l 给了他的解释，但没有更多说明或者reference 帽子戏法为什么是hat trick 今天看到有人问这个问题。我也查查历史吧。 先说一下hat trick是什么意思。就是体育比赛中一些项目一个人连入三球或者得连得三分。有些评论员就爱说上演了帽子戏法。我记得我爸也问过为什么要说帽子戏法。 define: hat trick A bowler takes a hat-trick if he removes three batsmen in three successive deliveries. The three deliveries may run in sequence or could be the ... news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/cricket/jargon_guide/html/default.stm (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1221/ desire For Freud, desire is always defined in the negative term of lack - you always desire what you don't have or what you are not, and it is very unlikely that you will fulfill this desire. Thus his psychoanalysis treatment is meant to teach the patient to cope ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1220/ Before you come, you may want to evaluate your own confidence and understanding in your sexuality, then check your homophobia at the door. hahahah~ Six artists come together to reveal the male perception of the male figure in exhibition, "Full Frontal." Show curator, Carl Wolf: "Despite the rapid ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1219/ 100 Awesome Music Videos http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36588-staff-list-100-awesome-music-videos via http://www.racingmix.com/2006/06/longest-day-of-year.html 第2页的bone thug and harmany的crossroad对我有特别的意义。听了好几遍又。但当年那张专辑听了觉得其他的一般。 http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony/Tha-Crossroad.html http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1218/ June 21st is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, commonly known as the "Longest Day of the Year." via http://www.racingmix.com/2006/06/longest-day-of-year.html define: solstice either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn A solstice occurs twice a year, whenever Earth's axis ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1217/ 'Ol Dirty Bastard (aka Russell Jones) on celebrity: "When you got the stardom, you got the ladies all around, you got all kinds of foolish things messing with your head." the status of being acknowledged as a star; "stardom meant nothing to her" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1216/ 1930s New York 1990s New York via http://www.racingmix.com/2005/12/2005-year-of-rooster.html 文章作者认为30年代的人们更好看，至少从着装上。你们怎么看？：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1215/ believe, like Robin Williams, that diapers are like politicians and should be changed frequently because they are both full… via http://onemanbandwidth.com/wordpress/2007/07/25/china-seo-expert/ ... of shit :) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1214/ in a email to lvcha, i wrote: don't tell nobody. lvcha wrote back nobody? means? anybody can known. here's my response 我知道你可能有这个疑惑所以专门那么写的 正确的语法是 don't tell anybody 但是，在日常口语中为了更口语化（其实 是受早期黑人英语不标准的影响），也有 人愿意打趣地说 don't tell nobody 这是我的解释。不知道对不对啊？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1207/ lonely shepherd 好听的曲子 刚发现shepherd这个词应该是 sheep 和 herd的组合 sheep就是羊 herd 是一群羊的群 所以组合就是牧羊狗吧 ：） 一条狗看一群羊萨。 我这种猜测对么？ shepherd a clergyman who watches over a group of people watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils sheepherder: a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock tend as a shepherd, as ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1206/ ...[l]ater titles in the cycle included The Six-Fingered Lord of the Lute (1965) and Sacred Fire, Heroic Wind (1966).[2] 这个一定是 六指琴魔 了。哈哈。他弹的是什么琴啊。 刚看到其实第一批武侠电影在30年代就很流行了，而且是最流行。后来国民党政府和当时文化界精英觉得这些内容宣传迷信和无政府注意。 The boom came to an end in the 1930s, caused by official opposition from cultural and political elites, especially the Kuomintang government, who saw it as ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1205/ Anima and Animus Jung identified the anima as being the unconscious feminine component of men and the animus as the unconscious masculine component in women. However, this is rarely taken as a literal definition: many modern day Jungian practitioners believe that every person has both ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1204/ PayPal sucks! It has all the allusions of being a bank, but without needing to fulfill any of the regulations necessary. It doesn’t have to answer to its customers in the way that a real bank does, and it doesn’t provide a balanced service. They are judge, juror, ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1203/ The New School wuxia wave marked the move of male-oriented action films to the centre of Hong Kong cinema, which had long been dominated by female stars and genres aimed at female audiences, such as romances and musicals. Even so, during the 1960s female action stars like Cheng ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1202/ Wong Fei Hung 就是黄飞鸿 Wong Fei Hung 就是黄飞鸿，就是 huang fei hong，就是 "Master Wong，就是 黄师傅！ Well, there is not much to say about that. 问：第一种拼音是叫什么韦式拼音么？在香港和海外用得多。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1201/ http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/speaking_clock.htm THE VOICES OF THE BT SPEAKING CLOCK A London telephonist, Jane Cain, also known as Ethel Cain, became the first voice on 24 July 1936 and lasted until 1963. 记录了英国电信/british telecom （是这么说吧）历史上的报时员的声音来自哪些人。 我记得以前老用电话获取时间。小学的时候。现在很少打了。但街上很少能看到报时的表。其实在街上如果没有表想知道时间不容易。当然可以问路人。现在主要看手机知道时间。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1200/ re: How not to give a sympathetic quote Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:17 PM by will It's only a matter of time. And I predict: 1) All the planes will be black 2) They'll all have those "whonk ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1199/ “Let's see your Tiger-Crane style match my Eagle’s Claw!” http://blog2.eastmoney.com/tomcarter,395520.html 太喜欢这句了。鹰爪我是知道。这是虎什么拳啊？谁知道？ 我武打片也看了不少，怎么想不出来呢？ more from that post Forms, which are actual fighting techniques with the appearance of a choreographed dance, are the most elegant. The animal styles, for example, involve strength, speed and psychology; the Tiger for external force and ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1198/ But I left my heart in Beijing. Where it is no doubt being encrusted in coal soot. But never mind; I remain an unapologetic Beijing fan, and look forward to being back in the capital. http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/09/20/three-announcements.aspx encrust * cover or coat with a crust * decorate or cover lavishly (as ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1197/ Imagethief has once again found himself commuting between Beijing and Shanghai. This is always an ordeal, and not just because Air China economy class seats ruin my lower back. http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/09/15/a-taxiing-ordeal.aspx ordeal a severe or trying experience a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1196/ This choke point serves the entire airport, with exactly the result you would expect. Everyone waits. I once waited for an hour and then got a taxi driver who complained bitterly that he had waited for two hours and I was too small a fare to justify his ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1195/ Old saying: If there is one lawyer in town, he goes broke. If there are two, they both get rich. http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=305437&cid=20708903 Remember, it's 99% of the lawyers who give the rest a bad name. http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=305437&cid=20709195 haha http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1194/ Re:Why the License (Score:5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 22, @07:17AM (#20709617) If Virgin choose to fight this, then a counter suit against the photographer for failing in their duty of care to get a model release while offering the photo ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1193/ I have been commissioned to write articles for magazines. But in all cases, while I may contract about the subject matter I will address, I never contract about the substance. http://lessig.org/info/disclosure/index-temp.html 就是说写文章的范围可以规定，但内容是什么不能规定。就是说我的文章不受雇主的左右。我理解是这个意思。大家看怎么翻译好。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1192/ via eswn 东南西北 At 11:00, I called 110. You can file a complaint about any SMS related to illegal activities, such as providing fake documents, selling stolen vehicles, pornography, drug dealing, etc. We are unable to handle apartment sales, discount airline tickets and other SMS ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1191/ We’re not sure what exactly is luxury about the luxury model, other than the fact that is has electric wing mirrors and electric windows, plus some gaudy plastic wood on the dash. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/04/24/byd-flyer/ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1190/ One of the main features of the APEC summit (besides George Bush’s gaffes) was the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao and his encounter with a nerdy-looking Australian called Kevin Rudd, who happens to be the Australian opposition leader. http://www.blognow.com.au/chinamachete/73397/ gaffe faux pas: a socially awkward or tactless ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1189/ China Car Times has always disliked Chinese trains (especially after spending several days on them at a time, we once did a week stint on trains) but the latest bullet trains are a pleasure, cutting journey times in half for only a slight increase in train fare. ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1188/ ...[t]hen goes on to reveal some amazing statistics such as in 2004, the Chinese government spent a whopping 6.7BILLION dollars on automobile procurement, in 2007 that figure is likely to hit 10 BILLION dollars per year! Thats a lot of cars. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/09/23/rage-against-the-machine/ procurement the act of getting possession of ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1187/ True material (真料) ; Collaborative material (夾料) ; Leaked material (放料) True material (真料). This is the real stuff that the paparazzis obtained by patiently and relentless following a target around. Or else it is the accidental encounters such as RTHK Director of Broadcasting Chu Pui-hing running ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1182/ 师奶 就是 Full-time Housewives 的意思啊！！我还真以为一直和师傅有关呢 ：） Type II: Full-time Housewives (師奶). Theory: The housewives spend all day shopping and cooking. They watch all the televisions shows, they know all the stars and they buy the tabloid magazines to enrich their knowledge about entertainment news in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1181/ swindler ; embazellment A female worker from Shanxi pleads on the Internet for donations to have a tumor removed. Afterwards, a self-appointed netizens investigated her case and decided that she was a swindler. Is this Internet violence? http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20070827_1.htm swindler a person who swindles you by means of deception ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1180/ pen在这里是笼子的意思 Animal welfare has long been a low priority in China, where many zoos have for years provided bare and often squalid pens for animals that spend their entire existence in the public eye. Even at the Beijing Zoo, the prized pandas must now be cordoned off well out ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1179/ anagram for tennis Did you know that tennis backwards is sin net? Cue scary music... http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/09/us-open-update.html#comment-82020969 This one should go to the anagram hall of fame. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1178/ 猜猜 Two ants wrestling with crumbs 是什么体育项目 ；） On Wednesday, my wife and I watched a U.S. Open tennis match in Arthur Ashe Stadium. You have never seen anything like it, unless you have been lucky enough to see an ant wrestle with a crumb. That’s what it looked ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1177/ The other day I blogged about an idea for creating farms of Stirling engines to generate power in the desert, and financing them through individual investments in each engine. Predictably, I got a lot of comments that fell into one of these categories. 1. It will never ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1176/ cityscape this one purporting to show that Beijing is the most beautiful city in China. I can't deny the interest in this survey: there are many impressive things about China, but cityscapes generally are not one of them, and I am always on the look-out for places I can ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1175/ 猜猜flying guillotine 是什么 ：） Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi (1975) http://imdb.com/title/tt0072913/ 知道答案了么？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1174/ abbot, shalin abbot abbot + the superior of an abbey of monks wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn An abbot (from the Hebrew ab, "a father", through the Syriac abba, Latin abbas (genitive form, abbatis), Old English abbad, ; German Abt; French abbé) is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1173/ A fun reading: The only way to settle the Shaolin vs. Ninja debate. http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/09/03/only-one-way-to-settle-the-shaolin-vs-ninja-debate.aspx From the comment: re: The only way to settle the Shaolin vs. Ninja debate Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:34 AM by Michael Actually, Shaolin's Martial Arts history is more fiction than fact. Anyone interested in really understanding Shaolin's real history would ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1172/ Living Lei Fengs http://kaiserkuo.typepad.com/ calls its blogroll living lei feng. 就是活雷锋 哈哈 雷锋确实值得学习的。雷锋不光帮助别人，我觉得他认真和严格要求自己也实践地非常好。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1171/ extol Imagethief is all for extolling that which needs to be extolled, although he also believes that almost anything, including the rise of China, can be made fun of. http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/09/02/why-patriotism-wont-save-the-chinese-film-industry.aspx laud: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn 怎么翻译好。拔高？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1170/ debase Dan Quayle, a serial self-debaser, also once got into the act, publicly chastising Candice Bergen's fictional newscaster "Murphy Brown" for setting a bad example by glamorizing single motherhood. http://news.imagethief.com/blogs/china/archive/2007/09/02/why-patriotism-wont-save-the-chinese-film-industry.aspx self-debaser怎么翻译。连环自毁的人？：）请大家指教 debase + To reduce the amount of precious metal content in an issue of coins, thereby increasing the proportion of ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1169/ 猜猜water margin 是那部小说？：） Water Margin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers (Traditional Chinese: 水滸傳; Simplified Chinese: 水浒传; Pinyin: Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn) is one of the ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margi http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1168/ cheatsheet怎么翻译 我非常喜欢cheatsheet http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/cheat-sheets/ 学习和查找方便。 这个单词如何翻译好。速查卡还是作弊条？：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1167/ if your name is john doe, then you are Sir John , Lord Doe. Notice the pattern. 再说明白了就是Sir后面跟名。Lord后面跟姓。 我没记下这个规矩的出处。请大家一起帮找找。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1166/ How could they ever expect this to be a success with so many people? 70 isn't even a power of 2! You call yourselves nerds. source 我估计power这里是的2的幂次的意思。因为说的是计算机的事情么，2在是一个常用的数，所以才有后面的“你还敢称自己是nerd”这个评论。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1165/ As soon as my company moves from the red to the black, I'm investing in MacBooks for my entire staff. I'm no zealot, I'm a business man. I want my people to be productive and I want my people to enjoy their work. http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=282203&cid=20392121 move from red to ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1164/ Why there were many posts linking to groklaw? Simple answer: i am reading it to catch up. I couldn't access http://www.groklaw.com for the past 3 years. It might be accessible from time to time but i didn't check frequently. Recently I checked again and I can access it. So I subscribe ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1163/ When it rains, it pours When it rains, it pours, they say. First, SCO files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and now on the same day Judge Dale Kimball has denied SCO's Motion for Reconsideration or Clarification of the August 10, 2007 Order. Here's his Order [PDF]. I wrote ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1162/ trail brief A trial brief is where a party tells the court what claims it will be present at trial. It gives the judge an overview of the case. You could think of it as a kind of written, pre-trial opening statement, but to the judge. You've maybe seen ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1161/ Novell has filed its trial brief. It's heavily redacted, which is always frustrating, but it's still full of interesting tidbits. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070914140030234 redact frame: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" someone who puts text into appropriate ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1160/ rehash ...Judge Dale Kimball has now told them as of Friday that there will be no jury and that he isn't going to entertain any rehash of matters he's already ruled on on August 10, which wipes away a lot of what SCO was striving for, ... http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070909194810395 present ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1159/ pro hac vice 和 motion in limine ，两个法律词汇 在看 SCO's Attempt to Exclude Mention of IBM and Groklaw in the Novell Trial - all as text 。开头律师名字后面有 pro hac vice。查了一下是什么意思。 David Boies (admitted Pro Hac Vice) Robert Silver (admitted Pro Hac Vice) Pro hac vice, Latin for "for this occassion" ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1158/ 前一段看到一个景点的建筑介绍上写该建筑的某部分在哪年进行了reactored。当时不明白什么意思，但猜测是修复啊，翻新啊。今天又看到了。是说refactored一份法律文件。 refactor To transform a program, for example by renaming a package or method, while preserving its behavior. publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/adiehelp/topic/com.ibm.wsinted.glossary.doc/topics/glossary.html Refactoring is the process of rewriting written material to improve its readability or structure, with the explicit purpose of keeping its meaning or behavior. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refactor 从解释上看，似乎特别指文字的东西，不知道能不能说建筑。 而且谁知道对应的中文是什么？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1157/ music jokes http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes.htm rules of blues (http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_rulesoftheblues.htm) brought me there. Q: Know how to make a million dollars playing music? A: Start with two million. true :) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1156/ baptism中文是什么？ We just had a Baptism for him at a church in the OC. baptism a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1155/ jaywalking Jaywalking is a term used to describe when a pedestrian crosses the street without regard to traffic regulations. In common use, the term generally refers to someone crossing a busy street outside of a designated crosswalk. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking Heard this on “off the wall”, the recent show they talked about their experience in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1154/ 问anagram的中文是什么？ 重新组合字母 http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html Did you know that parliament is an anagram of partial men? Or, Clint Eastwood an anagram of Old West Action? Someone once said, "All the life's wisdom can be found in anagrams. Anagrams never lie." Here is your chance to discover the wisdom of anagrams. ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1153/ © Digg Inc. 2007 — User-posted content, unless source quoted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License. DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc. Does this ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1152/ 后备箱 boot/trunk Sedan：房车/国内三厢 Hatchback：掀背/两厢 Coupe：双门硬顶轿跑 Convertible：双门4座敞篷 Roadster：纯种双门2座敞篷 Van：客货两用车，一般最少7座以上，mpv也属此类 SUV：地球人都知道 Pick-Up：皮卡，地球人都知道 Wagon：轿车旅行版 http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/23463066.html?fr=qrl3 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1151/ ciao http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1150/ wtf?! http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Claudia+Mejia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9VSZDx1OOM http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1149/ via http://digg.com/offbeat_news/THIS_is_how_you_deal_with_lazy_police_PICTURE read the comment, this is a joke. don't try it. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1148/ Smart中的S代表了斯沃奇(Swatch)，M代表了戴姆勒集团(Mercedes-Benz)，而art则是英文中艺术的意思，合起来可以理解为，这部车代表了斯沃奇和戴姆勒合作的艺术，而Smart车名本身在英文中也有聪明伶俐的意思，这也契合了Smart公司的设计理念 http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/DAIMLERCHRYSLER/smart.shtml 原来这样啊 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_(automobile) The original idea behind the very short "smart car" is that the vehicle is easy to park. It is short enough to allow it to be parked "nose-in" where a conventionally sized car would have to parallel park. Its length of 2.5 metres (98.4 ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1147/ emo kitty :) http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Emo http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1146/ 这种画法是叫素描还是叫炭画什么的呀 Figure 9. Uluru at sunset Figure 10. Uluru at sunset after a charcoal effect is applied source define: carocoal a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air a stick of black carbon material used for drawing a very dark grey color draw, trace, or represent with charcoal wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Charcoal is the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1145/ 如果你属于那种下载一堆基本都不听之类的。就不要去下了。我以前就是。但我的原因是我不爱听这些学习类的。我听更多内容广泛的podcast。那是每天至少两个小时的。这下面的我选择性的下了几个，为了和朋友一起学习。但还没开始呢。估计又放在硬盘里根本不用了。：） http://www.softii.com/downlist/s_522_1.html 3: 站内提供的软件如需要解压密码未注明时全部为:www.softii.com！ http://www.softii.com/downlist/s_528_1.html http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/1144/ i was reading on wikipedia and a link brought me to this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer%27s_Phobi I watched this episode and i remembered it, but i don't konw it was an outstanding one (theme-wise and award-wise) and story hehind it (Fox tried to censor it). Who would thought gay theme topic would be taboo in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/525/ http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/documentation/faq.html 4.6 How can I export bookmarks to use them with Mozilla? To export your bookmarks into the format used by Mozilla, you need to save this XSL stylesheet as ephy2moz.xsl, and issue the following command on a shell prompt: xsltproc -o bookmarks.html ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/524/ how to write a company mission statement, aka, need some coporate gibberish this is kinda old, but it's to the point: web 2.0 bullshit generator http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/523/ 我知道了 big 2.8 是指前美国汽车3大巨头 big 3；但我不知道这个3个巨头，或者现在的2.8个巨头是指谁呀 ：） http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/上总是说the Big 2.8，the Big 2.8。我开始不明白。我也是昨天才开始看这个站点。因为需要买量车，不知道是现在，还是在不久的将来～ ：） The Big 2.8 should consider themselves lucky in their current UAW negotiations if the union just wants keep what they have and not give anything back 刚才明白了。the Big 2.8 应该是指底特律3大汽车公司。以前叫Big 3。是哪三个来着，谁知道告诉我吧。我估计有ford，gm，还有一个呢。chrsyler么？还是大家留言告诉我吧。 现在为什么有一个成了0.8个了呢？我猜测是因为和国外合并了，所以我才会想到chrsler。 谁知道这些答案请留言说说。谢谢。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/522/ 老听这个词不太明白什么意思。 a la carte a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices (of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item by ordering items listed individually on a menu; "we ate a la carte" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/521/ Texting and Driving Kills Teens Sad sad story. In late June, a 17-year-old driving an SUV in East Bloomfield, New York slammed head-on into a truck, killing her and four other recent high school grads in the car. Police claim text messaging (to friends in a following car) moments before ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/520/ What is MSRP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suggested_retail_price The (manufacturer's) suggested retail price (MSRP or SRP), list price or recommended retail price (RRP) (originally, Monroney suggested retail price) of a product is the price the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell it for. The intention was to help to standardize prices among locations. While ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/519/ yonder是什么意思 In open source terms, this may be as big of a deal as the gcc and egcs merger of yonder days. KHTML and Webkit are definitely coming of age. link yonder distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" at or in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/518/ 50 redheads protested Wendy's "racist logo" For our latest mission, over 50 redheads rode the subway together and protested a Manhattan Wendy’s for their “racist logo.” Enjoy the videos first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report, photos, and more videos below. and No Pants 2k6 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/517/ Scientology Illustrated more at http://www.xenu.net/ on there site, this article on scientology's use of copyright to withhold info and critics is interesting http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/516/ The Problem With Music - by Steve Albini I will translate this article. Anybody help? He is a musician and producer, you might know him as the producer for Nirvana's album In Utero. But, he is more than that. I love his way of doing recording engineers and never take the royalty assicated ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/515/ where to find free music online http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/513/ goes by the name of John Doe 就是 叫张三的人 的意思 Google Alerts informs me that someone who goes by Streaky has given WordPress MU and Lyceum a spin, and has this to say about them source 他这里用了goes by，比goes by the name还要简便。 这种用法挺普遍也很简单有效。比someone called John doe似乎礼貌一点。有这种差别么？可别信我。我是询问大家！！ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/512/ 问： Merit entries 是什么意思 Name the Giant Pandas" Activity Results Winner List Winner of Best Names Chan Shuk-ying Winners of Merit Entries Wong Yiu-san Cheung Chun-kit Cheung Siu-ying source define: merit any admirable quality or attribute; "work ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/511/ i know this photo is old and been floating on the internet from last year/the year before last year? but you've got to give credit to the photographer for his sense of humore Cunt is an English vulgarism most commonly used in reference to the human vulva or vagina and, ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/510/ Project Censored: 每年评出25个当年首审查最严重的新闻。我这句话说的有问题。这个 the most censored stories 怎么翻译才合适呢？ Project Censored About Us Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University which tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters. From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/509/ shite 其实就是英国人说 shit ；听着更来劲 ：） shite a very british and therefore great way of saying shit. shite sounds much more effective than shit http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shite 说起来比shit显得更有效哦，因为是英国味的词么，所以美国人说出来有些“外语的感觉”，所以说着更带劲。 比如我也爱说“shit”而不说“tmd”。其实这点很不好滴～ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/508/ 公司名称中的 AB 是瑞典语 公司 的意思 好不容易从wikipedia中找到了ab在公司名字里是瑞典语公司的意思要和英文中的Ltd, Inc差不多 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab AB有很多种意思，这个隐藏的很深，我上下快速浏览了多遍才发现，不信你们试试。 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktiebolag Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for a corporation, i.e. a company that has stocks. When used in company names it is abbreviated AB in Sweden and Ab in Finland. The Finnish language equivalent is osakeyhtiö, or Oy. The German and ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/507/ SAR stands for Special Administration Region. So HKSAR stands for Hong Kong SAR. The Government has commenced preparatory work to receive the giant pandas. Following the arrangements in 1999 when An An and Jia Jia were given to Hong Kong, the Government will entrust the care of the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/505/ bad hair day http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bad+hair+day A bad hair day is also a day when everything is going bad. It has nothing to do with how one's hair really is, it's just that everything is going wrong. The term "bad hair day" derives from how psycho one feels because everything is going ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/504/ At first, I thought it was someone trying to play funny stupid, then i realized the painter was serious. So, this is a serious painting! In the segment I can see, he is the only person who's body is completely unobstructed. He has the greatest amount of negative space ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/503/ Deutschland vs. China 有很多张图对比。很有取。我连的这张图是说排队的。去bingfeng那里看所有的对比吧。 via bingfeng funny picutures and comparisons. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/502/ get more sleepy garbage collectors photo from kecweric http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/501/ Transformers movie censorship via eric in beijing I saw the Tranformers movie on opening night in Beijing. [snip] I'm not a fan of dubbed movies, so it of course I saw the original English version. As I listened to some of the dialog, in particular the scenes with Jon Voight ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/500/ After seeing the crowds on the final ascent cables and the tourists wearing Teva sandals for a 17-mile hike, I thought to myself, gee, this reminds me of some places I've been before. It looks like a scene out of any hiking trail in China, where you've got ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/499/ WENG WENG RAP Who knows this philipne film start, i want to watch his movie ;) Wikipedia has everything, hehe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weng_Weng http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/498/ 15 Unfortunately Placed Ads http://www.oddee.com/item_87332.aspx via http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/497/ zucchini是什么蔬菜啊？ Zucchini the size of a child via bb marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Zucchini (US and Australian English) or courgette (New Zealand and British English) is a vegetable. Its Latin name is Cucurbita pepo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchini http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/496/ Milan Airport Pickpocket Video via boingboing watch the video Always be alert! Don't strap your bag in the back! (does this sentence make sense? i want to say 别把包背在后面) http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/495/ Yawning may increase alertness ! Please tell me an inventive way to let my boss knows about this new research! :) Yawning may increase alertness According to a new research study, yawning may make you more attentive. Psychologists Andrew Gallup and Gordon Gallup of the State ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/494/ 科学家轻松的一面 爱因斯坦上杂志marie claire，有图片。 Sex+in+Paris。此人在看完节目后发现了霍金并拍照。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/493/ Damn, I forget to copy and past the text where i read this phrase and the link. damn! Well, it goes sth like this: allmp3download dot come or sth similiar finally got shut down by the russia govt. The company issued a statement saying if you have an account with it, ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/492/ via yijun 有懂阿拉伯语的看看上面的阿拉伯语翻译翻译得如何？：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/490/ http://wfmu.org/podcast go get them! for over two years i couldn't figure out how to subscribe to the wfmu shows, today, i did figure it out. and they are all in my icepodder subscription! http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/491/ the old fishermmen never die, they just lose their lure 是什么意思？ 看这张照片 on the shirt it says: the old fishermmen never die, they just lose their lure define: lure qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward bait: anything that serves as an enticement bait: something used to lure victims into danger entice: provoke ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/489/ ukulele是什么乐器？ David Pescovitz: Wp-Content Uploads Dark Side Of The Uke San Francisco musicians The Tatamimats occasionally perform Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety on ukulele. The next show will be this Friday, July 6, at San Francisco's The Knockout. source define: ukelele uke: a small guitar ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/488/ I will rewatch the Spin City on DVD. Spin City has not yet been released on DVD - or at least not entirely, but will be in the near future. Dreamworks has, however, published two smaller DVD boxes titled "Michael J. Fox - His All Time Favorites" Vols. 1 ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/487/ NG 是 No Good 的意思。就是“不行”“不过”等的意思。 NG 是 No Good 的意思。就是“不行”“不过”等的意思吧。不知从何时开始知道这个词。这是香港影片中导演这个形象最爱说的两个词之一，另一个当然是 cut! 啦！ ：） http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/486/ blooper 直电影结束时出演职人员字母的时候播放的电影拍摄中出错的片段。中文是什么？ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloopers blooper 直电影结束时出演职人员字母的时候播放的电影拍摄中出错的片段。中文是什么？有时候也叫outtake A blooper usually describes a short sequence of a film or video production which contains a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew. These bloopers, or outtakes as they are also called, are often the subject of television shows or are sometimes revealed ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/485/ The Juilliard School 是很有名的艺术类学校 Now I know how to spell this well-known school, The Juilliard School. I thought it's Julia. In the movie, Malibu's Most Wanted, the two black actors (they play actors in the film) were hired to "play ghetto", to play gansters, and when questioned about "if you think you ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/484/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070735/ Who has the film - The Sting -? Please tell me if the soundtrack of the movie is regtime music. I just listened to this composer who did the soundtrack, he also did the "the way we were", hmm, the "Memory~, di duh duh di duh di duh...." Oh, there you ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/483/ Soon after the RIAA brought suit against Foster in 2004, it became clear that the the recording industry was pursuing the wrong person. But the RIAA not only refused to dismiss the case, it brought additional, unsupported claims of secondary infringement. Finally, two years after filing suit, the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/482/ "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." - Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 define: impart convey: ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/481/ In his autobiography, Miles Davis wrote that Prince was the only musician in the world capable of moving music forward. Davis was referring to musical prowess, but he may as well have been talking about Prince's business acumen, as evidenced by his upcoming album giveaway -- the latest ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/480/ http://zero.newassignment.net/ read it. translate it. mix it, since the content are released under cc. Copyright © 2007 AssignmentZero.com. All rights reserved. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/478/ DJ Spooky: Reggae is all about the mashup! The Caribbean is a place where so many cultures were in collision: Spanish, Portuguese, Indian, British, Chinese. People tend to forget that one of Bob Marley's producers (Leslie Kong) was Chinese-Jamaican, or that Lee Gopthal who was one of the co-owners of ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/477/ 我非常喜欢这个名字。 pazz和jop单独肯定根本没有这2个词。但放在一起，让你知道它一定是说音乐。非常有趣。 还有类似的么？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/476/ Market saturation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_saturation 真有意思。因为昨天听yeastradio，madge在一段节目中总在试验麦克风和调音台，说要测试一下声音的saturation效果怎么样。我就没明白什么意思。最后madge说自己的耳机太糙了，听不出区别。我想我的便携音箱也太糙了。所以听不出区别。自然也不知道他说的saturation是什么了。：） 那么从声音上讲，saturation指什么呢？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/475/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_Team It's sorta stupid but you just couldn't get it out of your mind in 1993. Whenever i think of this song i think i see Jiang3nan2 acting ghetto and sing "whoomp there it is", it's so funny! For a brief time i thought tag team was a professional wrestling group. Today, ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/474/ 正好今天看了一篇关于那个“曾经叫prince的艺人”的文章。：） 去wikipedia看他的介绍。非常喜欢。 In 1995, during negotiations regarding the release of Prince's album The Gold Experience, a battle between Warner Bros. and Prince ensued, struggling over the artistic and financial control of Prince’s output. During that time, Prince only appeared in public with the word “SLAVE” written on his cheek. Prince ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/473/ http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/07/mileage_runner 请大家一起找一个合适的中文词对应吧 这些人为了增加自己的里程，有了更多的里程，你的“身份”就会更高，在飞机上享受的待遇就更好（都是头等仓），他们会总是找机会飞那些能多算里程的线路，即使绕远也可以，即使同一天来回分两个城市3次！ 我觉得这是个不错的hack，不过想象环保，又觉得这样做不好。 more articles on related issue: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/07/mileage_software http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/472/ 我这里给个用英文表示日语中猫叫象声词不知道对不对。谁懂日语给说说。 via a photo on flickr bindifry Pro User says: purrrr...what does japanese purring sound like? ashminty says: "purr" in japanese is "goro goro"...well, cats sound the same but people hear it in a different way. to me, "purr" sounds much closer to ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/471/ In Utero's abrasive sound was, according to bassist Krist Novoselic, intended as a figurative "litmus test" for Nirvana's audience following the band's mainstream success. define: litmus test a test that relies on a single indicator; "her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn The term litmus test can ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/469/ 啮齿类。啮，念nie4，音同作孽的孽。孽障，蹑手蹑脚。镊子。涅槃。镍。这些都念啮。 The top featured story at Sina blogs yesterday was the rodent invasion into the areas surrounding Dongting lake in southern Hunan province precipitated by flooding on the Yangtze river, and the resulting extermination campaign. Among discussion were the reasons the rodent population has flourished in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/468/ 在wikipedia上看到这些拉丁语俗语的条目。想有时间自己整理一下。有人参与么？ http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/467/ 喜欢捣鼓自由软件的人对下面这段话应该不陌生吧。 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/466/ 一般commute我们说文一点就是通勤啊。其实就是上下班来回走的那些路。就是你经常走固定不变的两点之间的路线和这种动作。但今天看到一个新的意思 ...and once sentenced, he would be pardoned (or maybe have his sentence simply commuted if the fine was not so big... source define: commute exchange a penalty for a less severe one wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn 名词 Romney says the Libby commutation was "reasonable" but ... source http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/465/ When Karl Marx wrote that every great historical event occurs twice -- "first time as tragedy, second time as farce" -- I doubt he had print media in mind. And yet the upset of the paper industry feels to me like the joke that comes after the tragedy ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/464/ 前几天听一个人讲和投资管理相关的，帮朋友做transcript。此人老说什么 gee vee , global gee vee 我弄不懂什么意思。我以为是GV。那个v我猜想是venture的意思。但g是什么我猜不出来。 今天看一个招聘信息上面些了个JV。我才想，oh, jey vee 呀。你发 gee 我想不到是这个词啊。 define: jv is Journal Voucher or Joint Venture. www.ventureline.com/glossary_J.asp http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/462/ via sinosplice did you get it? :) read the original post and the comments, it's hilarious! http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/455/ via imagethief's post It is, in fact, the Italian rendering of Felino salami, which is made with pork (correctly noted on the tag). But as a cat owner I interpreted it rather differently when I first saw it at the Gubei Carrefour this afternoon. It also stands out a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/454/ the onion never failed me with a good laugh. Panda Demands Abortion http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/453/ Encountered this phrase while reading slashdot.org a little while ago. I guessed it means "roughly" and i was right :) Wal-Mart could be selling these for less than $200 retail, although some speculate that the initial manufacturer suggested retail pricing might be in the ballpark of $299. Currently the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/452/ Did you get it? :) Could you explain it to me? :) I guess what I'm saying is, there are many, many ways to foil the MAFIAA. You just have to implement them beforehand, and calmly cover every angle. Trying to do something after getting subpoenaed is a bad ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/451/ define: flag day commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777 wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn There are two recognized definitions of the term, Flag Day. The first definition is used to designate a day to fly a flag of a certain area, mostly that of nations. The second term is that a day is ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/447/ upon read this, i wrote a email to lvcha to rec'd him take a look at rssowl. i don't know why i post it here. practice english? welcome you guys to anatomize my words?! haha, welcome~ define: anatomy anatomize -- rssowl is written in java, it's an rss reader i used it a few years back, had some email ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/446/ The simple version is just this: I don't shill for anyone. The more precise version is this: I never recommend as policy a position that I have been paid, either directly or indirectly, to recommend. The precise version need to be precisely ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/444/ 可中关村~ 说它是 silicon hutong 都是抬举。胡同代表了很多东西呢，很有一部分是美好的。 我看叫 silicon flea market 不错。 或者 silicon bazar 其实连那个silicon都不要要了。就要 中关村市场 ，中关村大卖场 都更贴切。 前两天听到一个说法 中介约等于骗子。 那中关村约等于什么呢？ ：） 欢迎大家去 原文出处留言 或者在这里讨论。 update 20070720: 似乎中关村自己正式的翻译是 zhongguancun valley。我想问，这个翻译中zhongguancun我明白，是汉语拼音中关村。那个valley，峡谷从何而来。何时北京市内出现峡谷了。你们tmd想和人家sillcon valley貌似，这种做法也太可笑了。人家硅谷确实是峡谷地带啊。虽然后来这个词覆盖的面积越来越大，有些地区不是峡谷地带了。但开始人家还是有峡谷的。中关村哪里来的峡谷！ Geographically, "Silicon Valley" encompasses the northern part of Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/421/ As they say in Hollywood, where there’s a hit there’s a writ. And Linux is a hit. We should expect a patent lawsuit against Linux, some time in the next decade link define: writ (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn In law, a writ is a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/425/ Love the idea! Great work! Hollywood, in particular, Disney is against fair use in any possible way. By using Disney characters (I assume it's unauthorized use, cos Disney won't allow that happen) to explain fair use, in which the movie itself is an example of fair use (I assume it is ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/424/ http://www.amazon.com/Asdfas-asdf/dp/B000MGGG9G/ At first you don't really understand what the bok is about. Things are not put down as you'd expect from reading any of the authors previous works. Completely umlike "1234" and the award acclaimmed "Abcd", "Asdfas" takes a very surprising route. The narrative is very caotic, intricate, and ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/423/ Virginia Killer's Violent Writings APRIL 17--The college student responsible for yesterday's Virginia Tech slaughter was referred last year to counseling after professors became concerned about the violent nature of his writings, as evidenced in a one-act play obtained by The Smoking Gun. The play by Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/422/ link his name is Judith Supine here is his works on flickr http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/420/ run away from pain, run for pleasure 是趋利避害 的意思吧 这是哪位人类学家说的？她是人类学家么？ Which anthropologist said that. Is she a anthropologist? I assume it's a she. http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/419/ yes! yes! now i know how to express my opinion on "popular". bq. 'A 'Ho' By Any Other Color: The History and Economics of Black Female Sexual Exploitation':http://www.alternet.org/rights/52067/?page=4 bq. Dr. Jared Ball in his composition, "Hip-Hop, Mass Media & 21st Century Colonization," states: "Given the societal need and function of mass ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/414/ There was a thread on the 'noisy environment':http://pengyou.rijiben.org/node/1470 one has to endure in Beijing. In the comment, someone mentions something fun: bq. 想到了美国一个standup comedian说的东西。他好象是carlos什么，他本人墨西哥裔。他要索命为什么墨西哥裔美国人说话声音大，为什么黑人成天要说 "know what i am saying"，就是“知道我说什么么”。他说 bq. if a god damn seven forty seven (747) flies over your head every 3 minuts, you will be checking with the other ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/413/ 杨振宁妻子翁帆写下所谓的双语情书网上热传 the site i linked is called cpmembers.org.cn, i like the name. like it, like it. haha. cp = communist party. 'archive at wiki':http://wiki.rijiben.org/Z/%e6%89%80%e8%b0%93%e7%bf%81%e5%b8%86%e5%86%99%e7%bb%99%e6%9d%a8%e6%8c%af%e5%ae%81%e7%9a%84%e4%bf%a1 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/412/ 这篇文章说了一些含有国名的成语 不用故意去记忆。大部分说出来也没人明白。：） 从这些成语中可以很清楚地看见英语国家的人，英国人我猜想，对各国的态度是什么样子的。 让我想到了一个standup comedian说的段子，他说 他说在美国有一种能置人于死命的蜜蜂被叫做“african killer bee”。他说 I think the emphasis here is killing here, not african. What if we name a bee who kills people in middle east "jew jew bee"? Hun? "Ah, jew jew bee, jew jew bee! Run~!" At this time a audience in the room said it wasn't funny, ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/411/ watch this thread i will post all the audio meanwhile, get the photos All the recordings are help, plz help identify them. Write in the comment which is what. You can download them (right click and save target) or stream them (click the play botton) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/408/ 有的时候看英文解释很难知道中文是什么 比如这个 hedgehog http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ahedgehog porcupine: relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur ＋small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn A hedgehog is any of a wide variety of small quilled mammals of the order Insectivora found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/401/ moot 和 moot point 如何翻译 昨天在curb your enthusiam中看到了moot point这个词 moot point 我猜测意思是 end of discussion, move on 今天看cubase的mannual也看到了 whether this is progress is moot, but it is certainly a lot of fun. 我猜测意思是not certain呗。 但，连续看见这个词，看来应该查查看他的意思了 define: mott 我觉得1应该取这个意思 A moot point is one that need not be decided, due to a change of circumstances. 或 of no legal significance (as ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/386/ "The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV":http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/50151/ 解释几个词 "slain":http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aslain "sabbatical":http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Asabbatical http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/387/ found it here http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/400/ 'nee':http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Anee 这个词怎么用啊。我看到他的上下文和女性婚前名根本没有关系。中文是什么。 bq. (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman; "Hillary Clinton nee Rodham" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn bq. The French word née (feminine) or né (masculine) (or the English word nee) is still commonly used in some newspapers when mentioning the maiden name of a woman in ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/388/ jazz glossory http://www.jazzinamerica.org/l_glossary.asp http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/389/ it takes two to tango 的意思是 一个巴掌拍不想 听 louis armstrong 的老歌，有一首叫 it takes two to tango。 这首歌里，他是指这个词的字面意思 bq. Hey baby, how about this dance? Why? 'cause it takes two to do this dance! Takes two to tango, two to tango, two to really get the feeling of romance. Lets do the tango, do ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/385/ http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Adpi + Dots per inch (DPI) is a measure of printing resolution, in particular the number of individual dots of ink a printer or toner can produce within a linear one-inch space. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpi Dots per inch; standard of measurement for the resolution of images. The higher the DPI, the higher the resolution. www.photosbyrichard.ca/glossary.php read the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/384/ "jazz glossory":http://www.jazzinamerica.org/l_glossary.asp http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/380/ Our Fine New York Watering Holes... By 1932, with a feeling that Prohibition was ending, Al Hirschfeld decided to use his artistic skill to document the various speakeasies around Manhattan. This is a first edition of Manhattan Oases, featuring thirty-six drawings of bartenders by Hirschfeld and a ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/383/ 真书，帮你挑选。 关键是 1 真书。 2 懂书的人帮你挑选 3 懂美术的人帮你设计摆放和挑选书的封面 国外有做这行的。就像卖橱柜一样，也是按米（长度单位）卖，所以叫 books by foot http://www.strandbooks.com/app/www/p/bbtfoot/ 如果你买橱柜是用料不同价格不同，这里价格随书的装桢（zhen1字怎么写？）不同，书的种类不同（如艺术类，历史类等）而便。 独立书店和设计师值得做这个事情。 有人想做这个事情么？可以说说。也可以联系我，我出些主意。也可以你真的要这么装饰，咱们找合适的人来实战。 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/382/ 今天看一篇nytimes关于wikipedia编辑essjay的文章说他是expert on law of canon。我开始认为拼写错误呢。什么是law of canon啊？ 查了一下，是我自己无知： 'canon law':http://www.google.com/search?q=define:canon+law bq. he body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn bq. In Western culture, canon law is the law of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. The Eastern Orthodox concept of canon law is similar to but not identical to the ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/381/ who is the actress? what's her name in chinese? 'ava gardner':http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner 'another link':http://www.strandbooks.com/app/www/p/profile/?isbn=0312312091 http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/379/ 'is-steve-jobs-all-talk-and-no-action':http://smallprint.netzoo.net/is-steve-jobs-all-talk-and-no-action/ 看到这个英文说法我脑海中立刻闪出光说不练这句俗话。我想这个俗语在英文中就可以这么表达吧。 'apple official statement':http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic fsf against drm !http://www.defectivebydesign.org/sites/nodrm.civicactions.net/files/images/join_FSF_03.png! http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/378/ This is a good post, marred badly by its comments, which seem to be mostly in a vein of defensive nationalism. Odd, since a few minutes' research seems to indicate the poster is from the US, or at least was educated and is living there, and the story ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/377/ 指那种言听必从的人 bq. Sheeple is a term of disparagement, created by combining the words "sheep" and "people." It implies that those people it references believe whatever they are told, without processing it to be sure that it is an accurate representation of the real world around them. The term can be applied ... http://www.rijiben.org/yingyu/373/