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<< review queue entry 68942 - submitted by 'ycandau' >> a) the old technique of having the same def for different meanings b) 緘口不言 is exactly 閉口不言 c) it's not "to omit to mention" 她对这件事绝口不提。"She never breathed a word about it" ---------------------------- Editor: 1) 缄口不言 “我们不能都死。还要留下活口去张扬，凶手只会缄口不言。 We can't all die. Someone has to live to tell the story, since the murderer's lips are sealed. 2) 绝口不提 兴致上来时，说一下各自的生活和大学的情况，但都说得支离破碎，没什么连贯性。我们绝口不提过去，只是一个劲儿地在街上走。 We talked about whatever came to mind – our daily routines, our colleges; each a little fragment that led nowhere. We said nothing at all about the past. And mainly, we walked – and walked and walked. [from Murakami's "Norwegian Wood" – "the past" here refers to the "elephant in the room": the suicide of the girl's boyfriend, who was also the narrator's best friend] 在台安醫院服務多年的蔡姓護理師，看過一位糖尿病引發多器官衰竭的老太太，即使七十多歲又罹患重病，卻對自己的病情絕口不提，家人也不敢開口探問， A nurse named Tsai who has worked at Taiwan Adventist Hospital for many years remembers one old lady whose diabetic condition had severely weakened several of her internal organs. Even when she was seriously ill, she would never utter a word about her condition, and her family wouldn't bring it up either. 年近五十，先生是台灣五百大貿易商的李太太就哀怨地說，從前打拚時工作再累，丈夫都會對她刻意溫存，現在華宅越買越大，夫妻倆的臥房反倒越離越遠，除了孩子之外，連可以談的話題都沒有。到底是丈夫厭棄了她？還是在外面有了女人？或者是需要去看醫師？丈夫絕口不提，她也只能憋在心裡。 Mrs. Li has a sad tale to tell. Nearing age 50, she is married to a man with a very successful career at one of Taiwan's top 500 trading companies. When her husband was young and struggling, he always had time to show her affection no matter how tired he was. Now that they are well off, and each home they move into is bigger and ritzier than the last, their separate bedrooms just keep getting farther apart, and they have nothing to talk about except their children. Is her husband tired of her? Has he taken up with somebody? Does he need to see a doctor? Her husband won't discuss the subject, so all she can do is simmer in silence. 一船人被一竿子打翻，致力推廣優質飲水的楊定一深恐遭池魚之殃，因而絕口不提能量，改稱「好水」。 This incident demolished the reputation of "energy water" products, and to avoid being affected by negative perceptions Yang avoids using the term "energy" to describe the water he is promoting, calling it instead "good water." 男性更年期也是藥商炒作起來的；青春痘的口服藥會造成肝功能異常、威而鋼無法治療心因性的陽痿……，這些藥商都絕口不提。 The pharmaceuticals companies have also invented "male menopause." Not to mention that orally administered acne medications can lead to abnormal liver function and that Viagra has no effect on psychogenic impotence. The companies have nothing to say about any of these issues and risks, laments Hsu. 據長期關心台灣稅制的公平稅制改革聯盟表示，台灣向來重視經濟發展，政黨政治上普遍只有減稅、提供租稅優惠的呼聲，對於可能影響經濟發展或引發民怨的加稅政策絕口不提，使得台灣的國民平均租稅負擔率（即稅收佔GDP的比率）僅13.7％，是工業化國家中最低的。 The Tax Reform League, which has long been pushing to change the tax system in Taiwan, believes that the problem is an outgrowth of Taiwan's long-term focus on economic development. In a multiparty democracy, calls to reduce taxes and offer tax breaks come frequently. On the other hand, policies that would result in an increase in taxes, negatively affect economic development, or cause public displeasure rarely if ever get discussed. As a consequence, the tax burden in Taiwan (taxes as a percentage of GDP) stands at only 13.7%, the lowest of all industrialized nations. |
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# 閉口不言 闭口不言 [bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2] /to keep silent (idiom)/ - 緘口不言 缄口不言 [jian1 kou3 bu4 yan2] /lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)/to censor/ + 緘口不言 缄口不言 [jian1 kou3 bu4 yan2] /see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2]/ - 絕口不提 绝口不提 [jue2 kou3 bu4 ti2] /lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)/to censor/ # + 絕口不提 绝口不提 [jue2 kou3 bu4 ti2] /to avoid to mention (idiom)/ # Editor: + 絕口不提 绝口不提 [jue2 kou3 bu4 ti2] /to avoid mentioning (idiom)/ |