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Free-to-air TV licence

 

進行多年的免費電視牌照審批結果終於出爐，大出市民所料，香港電視網絡（HKTV）申請遭拒，惹來極大迴響：

 

The government faced mounting public pressure to explain why they denied HKTV a free-to-air television licence.

 

官員面對愈來愈大的公眾壓力，要求政府解釋為何否決香港電視免費電視牌照的申請。

 

licence/ license 牌照

(noun 名詞)

 

-ce 是英式串法，而以 -se 收尾則是美式。

 

 

license 發牌

(verb 動詞)

 

mounting pressure 越來越大的壓力

= increasing intensity / rising

 

記住如果積聚了很多壓力，好像要爆炸了，可以用mounting pressure。

 

例子：He resigned under mounting pressure from the shareholders.

 

mount 攀

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：mount the stairs or a platform (FORMAL)

 

mount 舉辦

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The enemy is mounting a campaign and gathering forces in the north, we must hold fast.

 

mount 固定

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The artist mounted his sculpture on the platform of the art gallery.

 

public outcry 輿論、不滿

 

例子：The mishandling of foreign affairs sparked public outcry against the government.

 

fuelling public discontent 燃起公眾不滿

 

Fuel意指燃油，discontent意指不滿。Fuelling public discontent，不知你有否感覺到那股火上加油的熱力！

 

例子：The government has fuelled public discontent because it failed to offer concrete explanations for its decision.

 

fuel (n./v.) 火上加油

► add fuel to a conflict or debate / add fuel to the fire = make it more intense

discontent

 

Fuel意指燃油，discontent意指不滿。Fuelling public discontent，不知你有否感覺到那股火上加油的熱力！

例子：The government has fuelled public discontent because it failed to offer concrete explanations for its decision.

 

dissatisfaction (n.) / discontented = dissatisfied (adjective 形容詞) ≠ unsatisfied (adjective 形容詞)

例子：Simon was discontent with the quality of the wine served at the restaurant.

 

“Dissatisfied” 只適用於某人對某件事物感到不高興、挫折、或是失望的狀態。

例子：I was dissatisfied with the government’s decision（我對政府的決定不滿意。）

 

“Unsatisfied” 則代表一種「需要更多」的感覺，可以應用在比較抽象的事物上。

例子：Although he has eaten a lot, his hunger remained unsatisfied.
（雖然他已食了很多，不過他的飢餓還是沒有獲得紓解/獲得滿足。）

 

sparked waves of protests 引發示威浪潮

 

例子： The government’s decision to reject HKTV has sparked waves of protests.

 

sparks fly 火花四濺

 

興奮或激動地討論都可以用 sparks fly，確切意思當然要看上文下理了！

 

例子：The sparks flew in all directions as the architects began to talk about their latest project.

 

waves / a wave of 一股

例子：During the holidays, waves of tourists descend upon Hong Kong’s shopping malls.

 

protest / demonstration / rally (noun 名詞)

 

Protest, demonstration, rally　意思相近，但程度有深淺。

 

protest (示威)    >    demonstration (遊行)    >     rally (集會)

 

例子：I was at a rally yesterday, the crowd began to march to the government headquarters, so I joined the demonstration. People gathered outside the building to protest against injustice to those who were affected.

 

reject 拒絕

(verb 動詞)

 

= deny = refuse

 

當有無可否認的情況出現時，可以用 there is no denying that來開句。

 

例子：There is no denying that I am absolutely crazy about you and there's nothing I can do about that.

 

cap 上限

(noun 名詞)

 

例子： When the government decided to open the TV market in 1998, it said there would be no cap on licence numbers.

 

cap 設上限

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：The wife capped her husband’s spending allowance to $100 per day.

 

HKTV chairman Ricky Wong has considered launching a legal challenge to the government decision in court.

 

loom  (不快的事)快將發生

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：As lawsuits are looming, the government has to be cautious in explaining the rationale behind its decision.

 

looms over 籠罩 (恐懼、不安)

 

例子：The police officer loomed over him.

   
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