Jugular

jugular



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咽喉的;頸部的

頸靜脈的



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–adjective 

1. Anatomy. 

a. of or pertaining to the throat or neck.  



b. noting 

or 

pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, esp. one (external jugular vein) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one (internal jugular vein) collecting blood from within the skull. 

 

2. (of a fish) having the pelvic (骨盆的) fins (鰭) at the throat, before the pectoral (胸鰭) fins.  



–noun 

3. Anatomy. a jugular vein.  



—Idiom

4. go for the jugular, to attack a 

vital and vulnerable 

trait, feature, element, etc., in an attempt to overcome somebody or something 

swiftly and totally: 



The defense attorney went right [for] the [jugular] by attempting to 

[destroy] the witness's credibility.





　

Temporally, whereas Bertolucci's events unfold in the days prior to the riots and protests, 



Garrel goes for the [jugular], 

with a plunge right [into the core] of the [fray]. 



Students of French film might notice similarities [between] this [loquacious], [cerebral] 



three-hour work and the films of the late Jean Eustache, particularly his masterful 1973 film La Maman et la Putain (The Mother and the Whore). The parallels are not accidental; 



Garrel was a protégé of Eustache and planned this work as an homage.





jocular

Tony



fray (fight, wear)

pubis

prostate

He prost[r]ated [himself] before [rank and wealth].

udder

larynx

Fray



Garrulous



vilify virility

ignominy 

pontificate acolyte 

Castigate