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儒琴今日英语单词 Word of the Day
pancreatic
adjective medical specialized /pæŋ.kriˈæt.ik/
relating to the pancreas (= the organ in the body that produces insulin)
胰脏的，胰腺的
pancreas
noun [ C ]/ˈpæŋ.kri.əs/ us
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a civil rights icon known as “the conscience of the House,” is undergoing treatment for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Axios reports.
Said Lewis in a statement: “I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.”
— December 29, 2019 at 6:08 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
waffle
v & n /ˈwɑː.fəl/
If you say that someone waffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points. ; If someone waffles on an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it. (Collins)
犹豫不决，难下决心 ; 胡扯；含糊其词
Biden Waffles on Possible Senate Subpoena. Joe Biden appeared to walk back a statement he made that he would refuse to testify at the impeachment trial of President Trump — even if he was subpoenaed, CBS News reports.
Said Biden: “I would honor whatever the Congress in fact legitimately asked me to do.”
— December 29, 2019 at 2:30 am EST By Taegan Goddard
undeserving
[ˌʌndɪˈzɜːrvɪŋ] adj.
not having earned or merited any reward or disadvantage；not having earned the right to have something; not deserving something
不够格的; 不相当的; 不配的
“But if any group remains singularly loyal to Mr. Trump, it is the small but impassioned number of white voters on the far right, often in rural communities like Golden Valley, who extol him as a cultural champion reclaiming the country from undeserving outsiders.”
— New York Times Dec 29, 2019
in limbo
in a situation where you do not know what will happen or when something will happen (Cambridge) 悬而未决 ; 茫然无措; 处于停滞状态 ; 处于不稳定（或中间过渡）状态;
The battle for the Senate majority in 2020 was always going to be heated. And now here comes impeachment. The Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is still stuck in limbo, but the looming verdict represents the most consequential vote senators will take before next year’s elections — and a weighty position for challengers seeking to join the chamber.
— Politico Dec 29, 2019
yoke
noun & Verb
If two or more people or things are yoked together, they are forced to be closely linked with each other.
轭；纽带，联结；（通常指）束缚，枷锁；
联合，使结合
Impeachment also threatens to yoke the 35 separate races for Senate seats even closer to the presidential contest. The politics around impeachment have calcified for both parties, with public opinion rigidly consistent and senators and candidates mostly falling along party lines ahead of a prospective vote to acquit Trump or remove him from office.
— Politico Dec 29, 2019
Gastronationalism
gastronationalists
美食民族主义； 美食民族主义者
the ways in which food production, distribution, and consumption can demarcate and sustain the emotive power of national attachment and how nationalist sentiments, in turn, can shape the production and marketing of food.
As the EU swings to a more defensive position across economic policy in sectors ranging from high-technology to cars, the gourmet powerhouses of the Mediterranean this month sensed the moment had come to make a big stand to protect their dairy farmers and spaghetti makers.
The gastronationalists know that this will lead to a battle over one of the most prickly topics in EU policymaking: mandatory origin labels, which make it compulsory to stamp foods with “Made in France” or “Product of Italy.”
hotchpotch / hotch-potch
noun [ C usually singular ]mainly UK /ˈhɒtʃ.pɒtʃ/ us
(US usually hodgepodge)
a confused mixture of different things
大杂烩; 各种各样的东西混杂在一起
Synonyms: mixture, mess, jumble, medley
The Commission has signalled it is, at least, willing to listen. Stella Kyriakides, the EU’s new health and food safety commissioner, responsible for food labeling, argued that a hotch-potch of national measures — like the French dairy labels — was not “a sustainable way to go forward.”
