打卡 第十一天,kindle的阅读进度是1937/29553(四本),昨晚没来得急更新。
1. To upper-middle-class critics, the symbol of the reliefer would forever be a man leaning on a shovel or a rake, and their greatest triumph was the distortion of an obscure word.
reliefer:查不到
leaning:倾向、偏好
rake:〔长柄〕耙子:
distortion:扭曲
obscure:模糊的
2. underwrite
(同意)负担〔活动、商业计划等〕的费用,以金钱支持:
3. Walter Lippmann wrote of the NRA that “The excessive centralization and the dictatorial spirit are producing a revulsion of feeling against bureaucratic control of American economic life.”
revulsion:厌恶,憎恶
Excessive:means beyond what is typical or normal. When something isexcessive, there's way too much.