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Change log entry 50996
Processed by: richwarm (2013-10-15 10:51:15 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 49528 - submitted by 'bubbha' >>
王小姐熱情投入許多活動,舉凡足球、籃球、羽毛球等等。
Most dictionaries seem to define this word as "without exception", but whenever I encounter it in the wild, it almost invariably means "for example" or "such as".

Editor:
猜猜看這是什麼?舉凡菜園子裡的青蔥、蘿蔔,院子裡的雞、鴨,兩位阿媽都可以隨口說出謎語來。
Can you guess the riddle? Point to anything on the farm-green onions, radishes, chicken, or ducks-and these two old ladies will throw you a riddle about it.

舉凡減少肉中脂肪含量、提高乳汁的品質與產量、加速家畜的生長率等等,都是基因轉殖動物的目標。
Among the goals in the first category are reducing the amount of fat in meat, raising the quality and production of dairy products, and increasing the growth rate of livestock.

部分生物學家將人化約為龐大的基因組,認為人的一切都由基因主宰、決定。舉凡犯罪問題,同性、異性戀取向
Some biologists unconsciously think of humans as a big collection of genes, and feel that genes control everything in our lives, including criminal behavior and sexual orientation.
Diff:
# 舉凡 举凡 [ju3 fan2] /for example/such as/without exception/
+ 舉凡 举凡 [ju3 fan2] /including/for example/such as/everything ranging from ... to .../
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