corker
corker 英 [ˈkɔ:kə(r)] 美 [ˈkɔrkə(r)]
n. 压塞机；塞瓶塞的人；出色的人
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- n. 压塞机；塞瓶塞的人；出色的人
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1. "No one enjoys a crisis but sometimes it is the best opportunity to bring real reform, " said Sen. Bob corker, R-Tenn., in a statement.
“没有人会以经济危机为乐，但是有时这是带来真正变革的机会，” Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn在一个声明中说。
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2. “Like what happened during the health care debate, ” Mr. corker said on the Senate floor, “some of it is sort of being blown out of proportion.”
但是他也认为说得有点过头。 “就像在医疗改革期间发生的争论，”Corker在参议院说到，“其中有一些是被严重夸大的。”
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3. corker played a key role in the debate that eventually led to the bailout failing in the Senate a week ago.
一周以前，Corker就救车计划在参议院的大辩论中起了关键作用，导致救车计划最终未获通过。
- corker (n.) "unanswerable fact or argument," 1837, slang, something that "settles" a debate, discussion, conflict, etc.; hence "something astonishing" (1880s). Probably an agent noun from cork (v.) on the notion is of putting a cork in a bottle as an act of finality. Corker in the literal sense of "one who or that which corks" is from 1880.
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