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3 people stabbed in The Hague, police say (CNN)

France summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan jab at Macron (ABC)

Juncker bids adieu, saying ‘I’m hungry’ (Politico)

NATO spending tweak lets Berlin push back on Trump (Politico)

Trump is expected to discuss China, Russia challenges with NATO leaders next week (CNBC)

Trump 'well aware' of Boris Johnson's request to not interfere in UK election (the Hill)

Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis (AP)

India's GDP growth falls to slowest pace since 2013 (CNBC)

Global climate protests begin ahead of Madrid meeting (CTV)

美国时政 US Politics

2 big things that could save or sink Trump in 2020 (Politico)

Nadler sets Dec. 6 deadline for White House to say if it will take part in impeachment hearings (CBS)

Why Are There So Few Women at West Point? Ask Congress. (Politico)

英汉对照呆牛世界 Daniel's Lens

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bête noire
noun [ C ] /bet ˈnwɑːr/
If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal. (Collins)
令人厌恶的人(或物)

Spain’s Miguel Arias Cañete has transformed from the bête noire of environmentalists to an avid climate campaigner. This week, Miguel Arias Cañete ends his term as one of the EU's leading climate campaigners. "I am a climate addict," he told POLITICO.
-- Politico Nov. 28, 2019

metamorphosis
noun [ C ] /ˌmet.əˈmɔː.fə.sɪs/ us
plural metamorphoses
When a metamorphosis occurs, a person or thing develops and changes into something completely different. (Collins)
一个人或一个东西发展并变成完全不同的东西; 彻底改变

The 69-year-old Spanish aristocrat's metamorphosis tracks a broader transformation of Brussels' politics during the five-year mandate of outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, a conservative former prime minister of Luxembourg.
-- Politico Nov. 28, 2019

point man
the soldier at the head of a patrol. NORTH AMERICAN (especially in a political context) a person at the forefront of an activity or endeavor. (Cambridge) ; the point man for a particular activity or on a particular issue is in a leading or important position (Collins).
走在巡逻队最前面的士兵。引申指:(特别是在政治背景下)处于某一活动或努力的前沿的人 (北美) 。

The new portfolio created by Juncker was a powerful one — combining the personnel and resources of the traditional energy brief with fast-rising concern about climate. As Juncker took a hands-off attitude toward climate policy, Arias Cañete became point man on an issue of global importance.
-- Politico Nov. 28, 2019

cobble sth together
— phrasal verb with cobble verb
If you say that someone has cobbled something together, you mean that they have made or produced it roughly or quickly. (Collins)
迅速地拼凑了一些东西

The heft of Arias Cañete's portfolio became clear in 2015, during the Paris climate talks, when he played a key role in helping cobble together a deal along with the U.S. and China.
-- Politico Nov. 28, 2019

esoteric
adjective /ˌes.əˈter.ɪk/
If you describe something as esoteric, you mean it is known, understood, or appreciated by only a small number of people. (Collins)
只有少数人(尤指内行)才懂的;限于小圈子的

What had been an esoteric issue was quickly becoming one of the world's most important priorities. With one U.N. report after another underlining the growing danger of a global catastrophe, climate change now dominates politics, economics and business.
-- Politico Nov. 28, 2019

bare-bones
adjective
reduced to or comprising only the basic or essential elements of something.
The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details. (Collins)
减少到或仅包含某物的基本或主要的元素

On Thanksgiving eve, President Donald Trump slipped unnoticed out of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on his way to a bare-bones military plane with just a handful of top aides.
-- CNN Nov. 28, 2019

fait accompli
noun [ C ] /ˌfeɪt ə.kɑːmˈpliː/
If something is a fait accompli, it has already been decided or done and cannot be changed.
既成事实 (Collins)

“I respect the security interests of our Turkish ally ... but one can’t say that we are allies and demand solidarity, and on the other hand, present allies with a fait accompli by a military intervention which jeopardizes the action of the coalition against IS,” Macron said at a meeting with the NATO chief, Jens Stoltenberg.
-- ABC Nov. 29, 2019

poker face
A poker face is an expression on your face that shows none of your feelings.
扑克脸: 脸上毫无表情,不露声色

People who’ve worked with Rice in recent years would say she had to keep relearning that lesson of humility, and she’s still one of the few senior foreign-policy officials who regularly drops the f-bomb. Obama advised her at one point in the White House that her problem was that she lacked a poker face. That’s a telling criticism from Obama, who could be Mr. Cool to a fault.
-- The Washington Post Nov. 28, 2019

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