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2001 年 9 月 3 日 · 第 11 版

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&nbsp1、“In m&nbspy 50s I was be&nbspg&nbspinnin&nbspg to learn.In m&nbspy 60s I was still learnin&nbspg,and at 75 I'm still learn-in&nbspg.I'm still a Pioneer.”
    “我50多岁开始学习,60多岁还在学习,75岁还在学习。我还是少年先锋队队员。”
    古巴主席卡斯特罗在他75岁的生日宴会上说。
   &nbsp2、“This is lau&nbspg&nbsph-able.For a head of state who used to walk on a red car&nbspp&nbspet not to know an&nbspy&nbspthin&nbspg,it's bey&nbspond me.”
    “那真可笑。过去常走上红地毯的国家元首居然什么也不知道,我无法理解。”
    前红色高棉领袖乔森潘(见图)否认自己1975年至1979年执政期间曾下令大屠杀,柬埔寨总统洪森对此评价说。洪森还说不会让乔森潘逃避审讯。
   &nbsp3、“Peo&nbspp&nbsple have all kinds of excuses,includin&nbspg‘the dog ate m&nbspy Summons’.”
    “人们有各种各样的借口,包括‘狗吃掉了我的传票’。”
    美国费城藐视法律法庭法官博纳维塔科拉说。该法庭专门对付逃避当陪审员的人。逃避者如被定罪可被处罚金25至250美元。(香港《明报》)

Unilateralist Quick, Henry,the emollient(英文精解)

“I ho&nbspp&nbspe the notion of a unilateral a&nbsppp&nbsproach died in some p&nbspeo&nbspp&nbsple's minds here toda&nbspy.”President Geor&nbspg&nbspe W. Bush told a NATO news conference in Brussels,bridlin&nbspg at havin&nbspg been saddled with the dirt&nbspy di&nbspp&nbsplomatic word.“Unilateralists don't come around the table to listen to others. ... Unilateralists don't ask o&nbspp&nbspinions of world leaders.”In case an-y&nbspbod&nbspy didn't g&nbspet his p&nbspoint,he g&nbspave a definition:“A unilateralist is one that doesn't understand the role of NATO.”Were it not for the g&nbsphost of the Nixonian“I am not a crook,”he would surel&nbspy have added,“I am not a unilateralist.”
   &nbspW&nbsph&nbspy the revulsion at this word?Because the ad&nbspj&nbspective means“undertaken b&nbspy one,”which is di&nbspp&nbsplomaticall&nbspy q&nbspuite incorrect,or “one—sided,”which carries an overtone of arro&nbspg&nbspance.Born in botan&nbspy to describe a cluster of flowers g&nbsprowin&nbspg on one side of a stalk,it bloomed in di&nbspp&nbsplolin&nbspg&nbspo a half centur&nbspy a&nbspg&nbspo:“Unilateralism,to coin one more g&nbspobbled&nbspy&nbspg&nbspook term,”wrote Arthur Schlesin&nbspg&nbsper Jr.in 1951 in its dis&nbspp&nbspara&nbspg&nbspement,“has be-come the new isolationism.Go it alone;meet force with maximum force;there is no substitute for vic-tor&nbspy...these are the tenets of the new faith.”
   &nbspA y&nbspear a&nbspg&nbspo,Senator Jose&nbspp&nbsph Biden,now the Democratic chairman of forei&nbspg&nbspn relations,ta&nbspgg&nbsped the G.O.P ticket as“unilateralists if not isolationists.”That was the theme that France's Prime Minister,Lionel Jos&nbspp&nbspin,p&nbspicked u&nbspp this s&nbspp&nbsprin&nbspg:“This is not an isolationist administration as has been the case before in the Re&nbspp&nbspublican tra-dition,”he noted.“This is more like a unilateralist administration.”
   &nbspUni means“one”;multi means“man&nbspy.”A few y&nbspears a&nbspg&nbspo,Re&nbspp&nbspublicans were criticizin&nbspg the Clinton administration for bein&nbspg too multilateral,followin&nbspg the lead of the U.N.and other g&nbsprou&nbspp&nbsps of nations.Just as the uni p&nbsprefix im&nbspp&nbsplies arro&nbspg&nbspance,multi im&nbspp&nbsplies meekness,re&nbspq&nbspuirin&nbspg&nbspClinton's secretar&nbspy of state,Madeleine Albri&nbspg&nbspht,to come u&nbspp with a toug&nbsphening modifier:“assertive multilateralism.”
   &nbspRather than reachin&nbspg for a softenin&nbspg q&nbspualifier (“ac&nbspquiescent unilateralism”lea&nbspp&nbsps to mind)and des&nbspp&nbspite an o&nbspp&nbspenin&nbspg offered b&nbspy the Euro&nbspp&nbspean trade commissioner,Pascal Lam&nbspy(“One man's unilateralism is another's determined leadershi&nbspp”),the Bush team decided to den&nbspy it flatl&nbspy.Its p&nbspreferred self—descri&nbspp&nbsption is neither iso-lationist nor interventionist,but “internationalist.”
   &nbspAs the smoothin&nbspg—over was decided on,one word muscled its wa&nbspy into vo&nbspg&nbspue:emollient.In The New York Times in December,R. W. A&nbsppp&nbsple Jr.and Steven Erlan&nbspg&nbsper se&nbspp&nbsparatel&nbspy wrote of“emollient words”used b&nbspy Bush to soften hard lines.Last month,British anal&nbspy&nbspsts became entranced with the word:“At his first ma&nbspj&nbspor&nbspmeetin&nbspg with&nbspske&nbspp&nbsptical Euro&nbspp&nbspean leaders,”wrote Anton La Guardia in The Dail&nbspy Tele&nbspg&nbspra&nbspp&nbsph,“Mr. Bush struck an emollient note.”M&nbspy collea&nbspg&nbspue in column&nbspy,Anthon&nbspy Lewis,who I sus&nbspp&nbspect reads the British p&nbspress,noted that“the emollient Bush words about lovin&nbspg the environment did not match the realit&nbspy of the administration's destructive actions.”
   &nbspGet to know this soothin&nbspg locution,both noun and ad&nbspj&nbspective,which is not nearl&nbspy as stin&nbspg&nbspin&nbspg as“astrin&nbspg&nbspent”and is the o&nbsppp&nbsposite of“abrasive.”The Latin molli is“soft”;Alexander Po&nbspp&nbspe wrote in 1727 of p&nbspoetr&nbspy's“emollients and o&nbsppiates.”Pour it over y&nbspour unilateralism,rub it in and coz&nbspy the world alon&nbspg.

单边主义者 亨利,快拿缓和剂来(英文精解)

乔治·W·布什总统在布鲁塞尔的一次北约记者报告会上说:“我希望,unilateral(单边的,单方面的)做法这种见解今天在这里在一些人的头脑里已不复存在。”布什总统因为一直受累于这个令人讨厌的外交用语而愤愤不平,故作此言。“Unilateralists(单边主义者,单方主义者)并不来到会议桌旁倾听别人的意见。……unilateralists不征求世界各国领导人的意见。”为防万一有人不理解他的意思,他下了一个定义:“unilateralists就是不懂得北约作用的人。”要不是尼克松的“我不是骗子”这句话始终在他心中如幽灵般挥之不去,他肯定还会加上一句,说:“我不是unilateralist(单边主义者)。”
    他为何对这个词如此反感?因为这个形容词的意思是“由一国(一方)包揽”,而这在外交上是十分不恰当的;或“单方面的”,这则带有傲慢色彩。这个词起源于植物学,用以描述花簇长在茎干的一侧,半个世纪前,在外交行话中大量涌现。“Unilateralism(单边主义),且再造一个累赘费解的用语,”小阿瑟·施莱辛格1951年在非议这个词的时候写道。“已经变成新孤立主义了。独自干;以最大的武力对付武力;不获胜利决不罢休……这些就是这一新信念的信条。”
    一年前,现任参议院对外关系委员会主席的民主党参议员约瑟夫·拜登称共和党在竞选中提名的那批候选人“即便不是孤立主义者,也是unilateralists(单边主义者)。”这就是法国总理利昂内尔·若斯潘今年春天选择的话题。他说:“这不是一届像以前那样遵奉共和党传统的孤立主义政府。这更像是一届unilateralist(单边主义的)政府。”
   &nbspuni的意思是“一”,multi的意思是“多”。几年前,共和党人批评克林顿政府太过multilateral(多边)了,跟着联合国和另外一些国家群体走。正如uni这个前缀具有傲慢的含意,multi含有逆来顺受的意思,以致需要克林顿的国务卿玛德琳·奥尔布赖特想出一个使之强硬化的修饰语,即“坚持立场的multilateralism(多边主义)”来应对。
    布什的班子没有拿出一个使其柔化的限定语(人们立即想到“默许的unilateralism”),也不顾欧洲贸易委员帕斯卡尔·拉米提供的一个机会(拉米说“一个人的unilateralism是另一个人的坚定领导”),决定予以断然否认。布什班子所选择的自我说明既不是孤立主义,也不是干涉主义,而是“国际主义”。
    随着布什班子决定采用这种粉饰性的解释,有一个词便大大流行起来,这个词便是:emollient(缓和的;起缓和作用的)。小R·W·阿普尔和史蒂文·厄兰格去年12月份在《纽约时报》上分别撰文,说到布什使用“emollient”词句来缓和强硬路线。上个月,英国的分析家们对这个词着了迷。安东·拉瓜迪亚在《每日电讯报》上写道:“布什先生在与持怀疑态度的欧洲国家领导人们第一次会面时,发出了emollient(缓和的)调子。”我的专栏写作同行安东尼·刘易斯(我猜想他天天阅读英国报章)指出:“布什关于热爱环境保护的emollient言辞与布什政府采取破坏性行动的事实不一致。”
    设法懂得这一抚慰性的用语吧——其作为名词和形容词的两种用法,这个词远没有“astrin&nbspg&nbspent”(严厉的)那么刺人,而且与“abrasive”(生硬粗暴的)的词义截然相反。拉丁语molli的意思是“柔和”;英国诗人蒲柏在1727年写到诗歌的“emollients(缓和作用,纾解作用,缓和剂)和慰藉作用”。把缓和剂浇洒在你的unilateralism上,将其揉擦使之渗入,而哄骗世人吧。
    (美国《纽约时报杂志》)

Unilateralist Quick, Henry,the emollient(英文精解)

“I ho&nbspp&nbspe the notion of a unilateral a&nbsppp&nbsproach died in some p&nbspeo&nbspp&nbsple's minds here toda&nbspy.”President Geor&nbspg&nbspe W. Bush told a NATO news conference in Brussels,bridlin&nbspg at havin&nbspg been saddled with the dirt&nbspy di&nbspp&nbsplomatic word.“Unilateralists don't come around the table to listen to others. ... Unilateralists don't ask o&nbspp&nbspinions of world leaders.”In case an-y&nbspbod&nbspy didn't g&nbspet his p&nbspoint,he g&nbspave a definition:“A unilateralist is one that doesn't understand the role of NATO.”Were it not for the g&nbsphost of the Nixonian“I am not a crook,”he would surel&nbspy have added,“I am not a unilateralist.”
   &nbspW&nbsph&nbspy the revulsion at this word?Because the ad&nbspj&nbspective means“undertaken b&nbspy one,”which is di&nbspp&nbsplomaticall&nbspy q&nbspuite incorrect,or “one—sided,”which carries an overtone of arro&nbspg&nbspance.Born in botan&nbspy to describe a cluster of flowers g&nbsprowin&nbspg on one side of a stalk,it bloomed in di&nbspp&nbsplolin&nbspg&nbspo a half centur&nbspy a&nbspg&nbspo:“Unilateralism,to coin one more g&nbspobbled&nbspy&nbspg&nbspook term,”wrote Arthur Schlesin&nbspg&nbsper Jr.in 1951 in its dis&nbspp&nbspara&nbspg&nbspement,“has be-come the new isolationism.Go it alone;meet force with maximum force;there is no substitute for vic-tor&nbspy...these are the tenets of the new faith.”
   &nbspA y&nbspear a&nbspg&nbspo,Senator Jose&nbspp&nbsph Biden,now the Democratic chairman of forei&nbspg&nbspn relations,ta&nbspgg&nbsped the G.O.P ticket as“unilateralists if not isolationists.”That was the theme that France's Prime Minister,Lionel Jos&nbspp&nbspin,p&nbspicked u&nbspp this s&nbspp&nbsprin&nbspg:“This is not an isolationist administration as has been the case before in the Re&nbspp&nbspublican tra-dition,”he noted.“This is more like a unilateralist administration.”
   &nbspUni means“one”;multi means“man&nbspy.”A few y&nbspears a&nbspg&nbspo,Re&nbspp&nbspublicans were criticizin&nbspg the Clinton administration for bein&nbspg too multilateral,followin&nbspg the lead of the U.N.and other g&nbsprou&nbspp&nbsps of nations.Just as the uni p&nbsprefix im&nbspp&nbsplies arro&nbspg&nbspance,multi im&nbspp&nbsplies meekness,re&nbspq&nbspuirin&nbspg&nbspClinton's secretar&nbspy of state,Madeleine Albri&nbspg&nbspht,to come u&nbspp with a toug&nbsphening modifier:“assertive multilateralism.”
   &nbspRather than reachin&nbspg for a softenin&nbspg q&nbspualifier (“ac&nbspquiescent unilateralism”lea&nbspp&nbsps to mind)and des&nbspp&nbspite an o&nbspp&nbspenin&nbspg offered b&nbspy the Euro&nbspp&nbspean trade commissioner,Pascal Lam&nbspy(“One man's unilateralism is another's determined leadershi&nbspp”),the Bush team decided to den&nbspy it flatl&nbspy.Its p&nbspreferred self—descri&nbspp&nbsption is neither iso-lationist nor interventionist,but “internationalist.”
   &nbspAs the smoothin&nbspg—over was decided on,one word muscled its wa&nbspy into vo&nbspg&nbspue:emollient.In The New York Times in December,R. W. A&nbsppp&nbsple Jr.and Steven Erlan&nbspg&nbsper se&nbspp&nbsparatel&nbspy wrote of“emollient words”used b&nbspy Bush to soften hard lines.Last month,British anal&nbspy&nbspsts became entranced with the word:“At his first ma&nbspj&nbspor&nbspmeetin&nbspg with&nbspske&nbspp&nbsptical Euro&nbspp&nbspean leaders,”wrote Anton La Guardia in The Dail&nbspy Tele&nbspg&nbspra&nbspp&nbsph,“Mr. Bush struck an emollient note.”M&nbspy collea&nbspg&nbspue in column&nbspy,Anthon&nbspy Lewis,who I sus&nbspp&nbspect reads the British p&nbspress,noted that“the emollient Bush words about lovin&nbspg the environment did not match the realit&nbspy of the administration's destructive actions.”
   &nbspGet to know this soothin&nbspg locution,both noun and ad&nbspj&nbspective,which is not nearl&nbspy as stin&nbspg&nbspin&nbspg as“astrin&nbspg&nbspent”and is the o&nbsppp&nbsposite of“abrasive.”The Latin molli is“soft”;Alexander Po&nbspp&nbspe wrote in 1727 of p&nbspoetr&nbspy's“emollients and o&nbsppiates.”Pour it over y&nbspour unilateralism,rub it in and coz&nbspy the world alon&nbspg.

单边主义者 亨利,快拿缓和剂来(英文精解)

乔治·W·布什总统在布鲁塞尔的一次北约记者报告会上说:“我希望,unilateral(单边的,单方面的)做法这种见解今天在这里在一些人的头脑里已不复存在。”布什总统因为一直受累于这个令人讨厌的外交用语而愤愤不平,故作此言。“Unilateralists(单边主义者,单方主义者)并不来到会议桌旁倾听别人的意见。……unilateralists不征求世界各国领导人的意见。”为防万一有人不理解他的意思,他下了一个定义:“unilateralists就是不懂得北约作用的人。”要不是尼克松的“我不是骗子”这句话始终在他心中如幽灵般挥之不去,他肯定还会加上一句,说:“我不是unilateralist(单边主义者)。”
    他为何对这个词如此反感?因为这个形容词的意思是“由一国(一方)包揽”,而这在外交上是十分不恰当的;或“单方面的”,这则带有傲慢色彩。这个词起源于植物学,用以描述花簇长在茎干的一侧,半个世纪前,在外交行话中大量涌现。“Unilateralism(单边主义),且再造一个累赘费解的用语,”小阿瑟·施莱辛格1951年在非议这个词的时候写道。“已经变成新孤立主义了。独自干;以最大的武力对付武力;不获胜利决不罢休……这些就是这一新信念的信条。”
    一年前,现任参议院对外关系委员会主席的民主党参议员约瑟夫·拜登称共和党在竞选中提名的那批候选人“即便不是孤立主义者,也是unilateralists(单边主义者)。”这就是法国总理利昂内尔·若斯潘今年春天选择的话题。他说:“这不是一届像以前那样遵奉共和党传统的孤立主义政府。这更像是一届unilateralist(单边主义的)政府。”
   &nbspuni的意思是“一”,multi的意思是“多”。几年前,共和党人批评克林顿政府太过multilateral(多边)了,跟着联合国和另外一些国家群体走。正如uni这个前缀具有傲慢的含意,multi含有逆来顺受的意思,以致需要克林顿的国务卿玛德琳·奥尔布赖特想出一个使之强硬化的修饰语,即“坚持立场的multilateralism(多边主义)”来应对。
    布什的班子没有拿出一个使其柔化的限定语(人们立即想到“默许的unilateralism”),也不顾欧洲贸易委员帕斯卡尔·拉米提供的一个机会(拉米说“一个人的unilateralism是另一个人的坚定领导”),决定予以断然否认。布什班子所选择的自我说明既不是孤立主义,也不是干涉主义,而是“国际主义”。
    随着布什班子决定采用这种粉饰性的解释,有一个词便大大流行起来,这个词便是:emollient(缓和的;起缓和作用的)。小R·W·阿普尔和史蒂文·厄兰格去年12月份在《纽约时报》上分别撰文,说到布什使用“emollient”词句来缓和强硬路线。上个月,英国的分析家们对这个词着了迷。安东·拉瓜迪亚在《每日电讯报》上写道:“布什先生在与持怀疑态度的欧洲国家领导人们第一次会面时,发出了emollient(缓和的)调子。”我的专栏写作同行安东尼·刘易斯(我猜想他天天阅读英国报章)指出:“布什关于热爱环境保护的emollient言辞与布什政府采取破坏性行动的事实不一致。”
    设法懂得这一抚慰性的用语吧——其作为名词和形容词的两种用法,这个词远没有“astrin&nbspg&nbspent”(严厉的)那么刺人,而且与“abrasive”(生硬粗暴的)的词义截然相反。拉丁语molli的意思是“柔和”;英国诗人蒲柏在1727年写到诗歌的“emollients(缓和作用,纾解作用,缓和剂)和慰藉作用”。把缓和剂浇洒在你的unilateralism上,将其揉擦使之渗入,而哄骗世人吧。
    (美国《纽约时报杂志》)

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&nbsp1、“In m&nbspy 50s I was be&nbspg&nbspinnin&nbspg to learn.In m&nbspy 60s I was still learnin&nbspg,and at 75 I'm still learn-in&nbspg.I'm still a Pioneer.”
    “我50多岁开始学习,60多岁还在学习,75岁还在学习。我还是少年先锋队队员。”
    古巴主席卡斯特罗在他75岁的生日宴会上说。
   &nbsp2、“This is lau&nbspg&nbsph-able.For a head of state who used to walk on a red car&nbspp&nbspet not to know an&nbspy&nbspthin&nbspg,it's bey&nbspond me.”
    “那真可笑。过去常走上红地毯的国家元首居然什么也不知道,我无法理解。”
    前红色高棉领袖乔森潘(见图)否认自己1975年至1979年执政期间曾下令大屠杀,柬埔寨总统洪森对此评价说。洪森还说不会让乔森潘逃避审讯。
   &nbsp3、“Peo&nbspp&nbsple have all kinds of excuses,includin&nbspg‘the dog ate m&nbspy Summons’.”
    “人们有各种各样的借口,包括‘狗吃掉了我的传票’。”
    美国费城藐视法律法庭法官博纳维塔科拉说。该法庭专门对付逃避当陪审员的人。逃避者如被定罪可被处罚金25至250美元。(香港《明报》)