捷運英文 encumbered

捷運電梯門口標示著 優先搭乘 (Please give way):

• 輪椅     :  the disabled
• 娃娃車 :  parents wtih children
• 孕婦     :  pregnant women
• 年長者 :  the elderly
• 行李     :  encumbered passengers

讓座給老人
Yield your seat to the elderly.

博愛座  :  priority seats ,  直接翻就是 "優先座"

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沒有印象的是 encumbered 這個字
第一眼看到 只有先想到 cucumber (黃瓜)

上網查encumber 才發現是 "使負重擔/阻礙"的意思

vt. encumber
to put a heavy load on, to hinder, to impede

The high government debt encumbers the country such that its economic growth becomes stagnate.
The country is encumbered with high government debt ...


adj. encumbered
loaded to excess, impeded by a heavy load, heavy-laden,



用 google 搜尋 "encumbered + 勞苦擔重擔者"

" ... Second, we are purged by his
sanctification in such a way that we are besieged by many vices and much weakness so
long as we are encumbered with our body. Thus it comes about that, far removed from
perfection, we must move steadily forward, and though entangled in vices, daily fight
against them.  ...
"


"... Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  ..."




[ref]
http://shunnansketching.blogspot.tw/2012/10/blog-post.html
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/encumber
http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/encumbered

http://www.madisonccc.org/Elibrary/materials%20for%20E-library/Calvin%20Institute%20China%20Horizon/Calvin%20Book%20III%20-%203A%20Entirety-%20clean%20copy.pdf


p.s.
小黃瓜的英文 --> mini cucumber ? Japanese cucumber ?
https://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1205072002808

Harden expected, 黑天鵝與莫非

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季後賽(playoff, postseason) 前的調查, 超過七成的專家以及多數的評論都認為
火箭隊(Rocket)能夠擊敗拓荒者隊(Trail Blazer) 晉級第二輪 ...

但

關鍵第六戰 , 最後0.9秒 球權回到拓荒者隊 ,
Damian Lillard 的壓哨三分球(buzzer-beating three-pointer) 擊沉了火箭升空的夢想 ,
這算是 黑天鵝事件嗎 (Black swan event) ?
應該不算,  Damian Lillard 是NBA菜鳥球季(freshman/rookie season)
三分球紀錄的保持人 ,  2012-2013 NBA球季 投進185個三分球, 此外也是當年的新人王
(rookie of the year), 得分超過1500分, 助攻超過500次 ...
不過這有點 事後諸葛/馬後炮 (hindsight, knew-it-all-along), 畢竟沒人?會料到最後的0.9秒
初入NBA第二個球季(sophomore)的新人能夠像大嘴Reggie Miller 執行絕殺!

也許火箭教頭Kevin McHale有想到要防範這個最糟的情況(the worst case) , 才會讓身高206cm的前鋒 Chandler Parsons  去防守 191cm 的後衛  Damian Lillard , 如此說來, 這算是莫非定律(Murphy's Law)嗎?

也許火箭升空受阻 要歸咎到第一戰與第二戰 James Harden 失常? 或者該說 Harden在季後賽的正常表現 一如之前在雷霆隊時的季後賽 --  as unstable as expected ? 其實Harden的得分還是不少, 今年季後賽最低17分, 最高37分, 但命中率/穩定性/得分與持球時間比 ...

So, Rocket needs hardening as Harden does.


*** SSL needs hardening as well, see the warning about the insecure implementation of SSL on some versions of PHP.


http://forwardcenter.net/playoff-predictions-few-pick-portland-to-advance/

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2031424-houston-rockets-playoff-schedule-2014-tv-info-and-predictions-for-first-round

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/03/damian-lillards-buzzer-beating-3-pointer-gives-trail-blazers-their-first-playoff-series-win-in-14-years-video/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Lillard

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hardeja01/gamelog/2014/

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Something should not happened did happen
something unexpected did happen
something unexpected will still happen indeed

After something unexpected had happened :
something should occur occurred
something expected occurred
something expected will still occur sometime, timely or not

It is kind of accepting, adapting, self-cheating or hardening?

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機關算盡
善惡分明
龍飛鳳舞
雪泥鴻爪

tap, tape, taper

[ex]
The tape seems never taper off after winding it on the tap for tens of rounds.


//=== tap
 n. 水龍頭 (tap water 就是 自來水)
 v. 輕拍,輕碰 (輕壓平板電腦的螢幕 to tap the screen of the tablet)

Tap, Double Tap, and Press and Hold on a tablet to turn it off.



//=== tape 
n. 膠帶, 錄音帶, 
casette tape recorder 卡帶錄音機

//=== taper
taper 的起源是指 蠟燭 (wax candle) , 蠟燭燃燒漸漸失去光亮 到最後完全變暗;
taper 後來就用來指 逐步消減, 常與副詞 off 連在一起用.

生命的過程大致與蠟燭類似吧, 
It seemed all of a sudden to the public that 
the famous doctor and toxicologist died a few days ago. 
In fact, he got chronical kidney disease and 
kept fighting for decades but finally tapered off. 
However, he did light and enlighten many others' life. 

逐步戒除抗焦慮/抗憂鬱藥物
 to taper off anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drugs

颱風正逐步遠離
 The storm is beginning to taper off. 

"平均來講" 質數間的間隔是越來越大 或者說越來越稀疏 (taper off)
... mathematicians have understood how the primes taper off "on average": Among large numbers, the "expected gap" between prime numbers is approximately 2.3 times the number of digits; so, for example, among 100-digit numbers, the expected gap between primes is about 230 ... 



[ref]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taper 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tap
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/features/science-news/unheralded-mathematician-bridges-the-prime-gap/