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David Cameron "Flexibility over rigidity"

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The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must not be weighed down by an insistence on a one size fits all approach.

David Cameron 卡梅倫

 

英國脫歐，雖則塵埃落定，但兩邊陣營爭持激烈，由執政保守黨牽頭的「留歐派」，曾承諾大力推動歐盟改革。「唔想咁樣，可以點樣？」前英國首相卡梅倫說：要靈活網絡，不要捆綁聯盟。


cumbersome 笨重的；累贅的；低效的 /ˈkʌm.bə.səm/
(adjective 形容詞)

例子：cumbersome bureaucracy 繁瑣的官僚體制

 

rigidity 僵硬的；固定的；不能彎曲的；頑固的；不易改變的
(noun 名詞)

例子：a rigid steel and concrete structure 堅固的鋼筋混凝土結構

例子：I was rigid with fear.  我被嚇得呆若木雞。

例子：We were disappointed that they insisted on such a rigid interpretation of the rules. 
他們堅持對規則如此呆板僵化的解釋，令我們非常失望。

 

weigh somebody down 使（某人）焦慮；使（某人）沮喪
(phrasal verb 片語動詞)

例子：I thought she looked somehow older, weighed down by all her new responsibilities. 
我覺得她被那些新職責弄得心力交瘁，看上去都老了些。

例子：Too much responsibility when too young can weigh down on a child.
年幼時背負過多的責任會使孩子不堪重負。