Elliptical

elliptical



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[i-lip-ti-kuhl]

橢圓的

【語】省略的



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–adjective Also, elliptic. 

1. pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse. 

2. pertaining to or marked by grammatical ellipsis.  



3. (of speech or writing) expressed with extreme or excessive economy; relieved of irrelevant matter: 



to converse in elliptical [sentences].  



4. (of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure: 



an elliptical prose that is [difficult] to translate.  



–noun 

5. Astronomy. elliptical galaxy.  





　

In this elliptical ensemble piece, which marks the directorial debut of indie bad boy Harmony Korine, the teens of tornado-scarred Xenia, OH, kill cats, tape their boobies, arm-wrestle, bathe, cross-dress, huff (氣惱) glue, avoid perverts, 



pay to have sex with retarded girls, lift makeshift dumbbells to the strains of Madonna's "Like a Prayer," fight, cuss (詛咒), shave their eyebrows, undergo cancer treatment, euthanize senior citizens, and pee on passing cars.





　

A kaleidoscopic but engrossing study of the shifting sands of friendship among a group of Parisians, "Late August, Early September" reps a major advance by writer-director Olivier Assayas in warmth and maturity of observation. 



Shot in a slightly grainy, elliptical style 

but 

buoyed by terrific ensemble playing from its varied cast, 



this tres Gallic relationships pic will appeal to upscale auds on the arthouse circuit but will need strong critical support to make much of a theatrical dent outside France, given the lack of star names and hooks to mark it out from the mass of similar movies.





malaria 瘧疾

malaise 

pneumonia

rheumatism 風濕病 cf. rumination

epileptic

stammer

The child's [stutter] was no mere [stammer] of embarrassment. 

Fray



parlance 

a way or manner of speaking

legal [parlance]

cf. vernacular

parse 

analyze in terms of grammatical constituents

it’s unclear if it’s a [tic] or if he’s [parsing] his words as carefully as possible. 

people whose education 

taught them to [parse] others' sentences for [slight][s] 

syntax

corollary

an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion

as a kind of microcosmic [analogue] (and [corollary])

corroborate (confirm)

He corroborated [my account] of the accident. 

[evidence] to corroborate his testimony

Castigate