Hunt 3 Flashcards
blinker
1) işaret lambası 2) at gözlüğü
They decried the dangers of seeing the world in terms of any “ ism.” Ideologies blinker and blind, obscuring reality and justifying in the name of high causes extreme inhumanity and wanton destruction.
wanton
ahlaksız, zevk ve sefahet düşkünü, iffetsiz
They decried the dangers of seeing the world in terms of any “ ism.” Ideologies blinker and blind, obscuring reality and justifying in the name of high causes extreme inhumanity and wanton destruction.
engulf
yutmak, içine çekmek
a war engulfing much of the world,
expunge
Silmek, çıkarmak, bozmak
They had gone to war to expunge German and Japanese fascism, but even after victory they found ideology. still. stalking the globe in the form of Soviet and Chinese communism.
stalk
Sessizce yaklaşmak, gizlice sokulmak
They had gone to war to expunge German and Japanese fascism, but even after victory they found ideology. still. stalking the globe in the form of Soviet and Chinese communism.
versed
hünerli, usta, tecrübeli
Day-to-day decisions should be the privileged preserve of experts well versed in international realities.
pipedream
boş hayal, gerçek olmayacak istek
The dismissive treatment of ideology in American Diplomacy might be seen as arising from the pleasant pipedream of a former Cold War bureaucrat.
dubious
şüpheli, kuşkulu, güvenilmez
This seductive and elitist vision that animated American Diplomacy rested on some dubious assumptions.
succumb
yenik düşmek, dayanamamak, pes etmek
Finally, it assumed that the experts and the policymakers they advised could function within the American political system without succumbing to its essential requirements.
morass
güçlük, engel, batak, sazlık
Kennan’s handling of foreign-policy ideology disqualifies him as a guide to lead current policy critics out of the interpretive morass they now find themselves in.
indict
suçlamak, mahkemeye vermek
'’Discussions of sociopolitical ideas that indict them ab initio, in terms of the very words used to name them,…
politico
Çıkarcı devlet adamı
emphatically
kesinlikle, vurgulayarak, üzerinde durarak
blunder
hata, gaf, çam devirme
decry
kötülemek, azarlamak, kınamak
They decried the dangers of seeing the world in terms of any “ ism.” Ideologies blinker and blind, obscuring reality and justifying in the name of high causes extreme inhumanity and wanton destruction.