時事英文：Emmanuel Macron in His Labyrinth. Into a European Maze. Singapore, Hong Kong Left Behind as Global Travel Rebounds
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- lab • y • rinth
- 発音
- lǽbərìnθ
- labyrinths (複数形)
[名] 1 迷宮；迷路；迷路園；曲がりくねった街路. ⇒MAZE 1 2 混迷した事情［事件］. 3 ((the L-))《ギリシャ神話》ラビュリントス：Minos王が怪物Minotaurを監禁するために造らせた大迷宮. 4 《解剖学》内耳迷路；篩(し)骨迷路. ［ラテン語←ギリシャ語labýrinthos］labyrinth Definition of labyrinth noun 1a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze:you lose yourself in a labyrinth of little streets an intricate and confusing arrangement:a labyrinth of conflicting laws and regulations
2 Anatomy a complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth). Zoology an accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
Derivatives labyrinthian Pronunciation: /-ˈrɪnθɪən/
Origin:late Middle English (referring to the maze constructed by Daedalus to house the Minotaur): from French labyrinthe or Latin labyrinthus, from Greek laburinthos
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Out of Syria, Into a European Maze
By JIM YARDLEY and GAIA PIANIGIANI
As war rages on, more refugees are risking a journey across the Mediterranean in hopes of new lives in Europe. Instead, many find uncertainty and frustration.
Maze
maze
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noun
a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way: the house has a maze and a walled Italian garden a complex network of paths or passages:they were trapped in a menacing maze of corridors a confusing mass of information:a maze of petty regulations
verb
(be mazed) archaic or dialectbe dazed and confused:she was still mazed with the drug she had taken
Origin:
Middle English (denoting delirium or delusion): probably from the base of
amaze, of which the verb is a shortening
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steep rebound by small-cap 小資本公司股市大反彈
rebound
verb [I]
1 to bounce back after hitting a hard surface
2 If one of your actions rebounds on you, it does not have its desired effect but has an unpleasant effect on you instead:
His continual demands for sympathy rebounded on him because his friends finally stopped listening.
rebound
noun [C or U]
when something rebounds:
I hit the ball on the rebound (= after it had hit the wall or ground once).
Airlines are slashing the number of flights to Singapore and Hong Kong as the Asia marquee transit hubs are being shunned by travelers seeking to avoid weeks in hotel isolation on arrival or a raft of testing swabs.
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