Terms & Vocab: Week 6 Flashcards
Landslide
اکثریت آرا در انتخابات، پیروزی بزرگ
Exp: Comedian wins landslide victory in Ukranian presidential election
Step up
افزایش یافتن، تقویت کردن
Exp: Tripoli hit by airstrikes as Haftar steps up assault on Libyan capital
Runoff
انتخابات نهایی (به ویژه اگر طرفین مساوی باشند)
Exp: Presidential election goes to runoff as name change divides
Turnout
مشارکت در انتخابات
Exp: Turnout in vote regarded as a fresh say on country’s name change too low to deliver decisive result
Squalor
کثافتکاری
Exp: Trump’s moral squalor, not impeachment, will remove him from power
Reparation
غرامت
Exp: Greece to ask Germany for billions in reparations.
Subpoena
احضاریه، حکم احضار
Exp: Donal Trump sues House oversight chairman to block subpoena of his finances
Overhaul
بازبینی کردن، بررسی کردن
Exp: School funding overhaul may get delayed two years, lawmakers say
Reprisal
اقدام تلافی جویانه
Exp: One French village was burned to the ground in a military reprisal
Menace
تهدید کردن
Exp: Democrats must deliver message without menace
Water down
تضعیف کردن، بیاثر ساختن
Exp: UN waters down rape resolution to appease US’s hardline abortion stance
Hardline
متعصب در سیاست، تندرو
Exp: Trump’s hardline Iran policy could cost Americans ‘billions’ at the gas pump
Conservative
محافظهکار
Exp: US census: conservative justices seem ready to approve citizenship question
Pull
Meaning: exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself
Exp: Libya: EU officials hope Trump will pull support for Haftar
Disavow
انکار کردن، رد کردن، نفی کردن
Exp: ‘It’s a lie’: Chris Bowen calls on Coalition to disavow claim Labor will bring in death tax