Dave Cameron is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Walrus, Reader's Digest and Cottage Life. He is the author of the picture books Wingmaker and We Are Many. Yong Ling Kang was born in Malaysia and grew up in Singapore. She is fascinated by storytelling, and has...
First,using a variety of words can make your writing more engaging and interesting for the people who are reading it.In some types of writing,like poetry, repetition is used as a strategic stylistic device. In lots of cases, though, writers repeat the same word because they don’t know it...
In the wake of the February 2019 reporting of Sanchez as Bezos’s mistress, journalist Emily Peck wrote a piece forHuffPosttitled “Mistress Is A Sexist Word. Stop Using It. The End.” She argues: “It’s a loaded term, meant to suggest that a woman is subordinate to the man with wh...
He moved to England in 1980 where, among other things, he worked as a journalist... 他1980年移居英格兰,期间从事过包括记者在内的很多工作。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 His travels took him to Dublin, among other places... 他游历过很多地方,其中包括都柏林。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 Their food is adequate. ...
used by the famous German chancellor Otto von Bismarck.Realpolitikis formed from the German wordsreal,meaning “real” or “actual,” andpolitik,meaning “politics” or “policy.” The termrealpolitikwas coined in 1853 by German journalist Ludwig von Rochau in his bookGrundsätze der Real...
2. none other than : 不是别人而正是..., 不是他物而正是...; 3. quite other : 完全不同的; 4. each other : 彼此, 互相; 5. one after the other : 相继地;other 相关词组 1. other than : 不同于, 除了; 2. none other than : 不是别人而正是..., 不是他物而正是...; 3. ...
Its origins remain mysterious, although Radio France suggested it was inspired by a play on words from Ivory Coast, where some respond “quoicou” to a person saying “quoi.” An AP journalist in Ivory Coast, however, ...
Some other words on the shortlist for word of the year: X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which attracted controversy and attention afterElon Muskfully acquired it. And "elemental," meaning "any of the four substances air, water, fire and earth form...
They have to play by the same rules as any other journalist – everything they write has to be accurate, and they carry the same accountability for their work as any other journalist. In old money, their role can be similar to that of a news editor tasked with managing the news wires ...
“Although I am a student of literature,” writes one of Peter Hessler’s students in Sichuan, “I don’t know how to express facts in words now.” It is one of many memorable lines inOther Rivers, the fourth book on China from an author and journalist who has long been one of its...