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Decolonisation

 

早前全國港澳研究會會長陳佐洱批評香港回歸後「不『去殖民化』反而『去中國化』」，造成香港巨大內耗，引起社會熱議「去殖民化」所指為何？陳佐洱並未明言，今集兩位主持會跟大家探討！

 

The failure to "implement decolonisation" and revival of "de-Sinofication" have caused sluggish economic development and serious internal strife, (a former top Beijing official responsible for SAR affairs said).  
   
[摘自The Standard]

 

  • decolonisation 去殖民化 (noun 名詞)
  • colony 殖民地 (noun 名詞)
  • colonise 殖民 (verb 動詞)
  • colonization 殖民化 (noun 名詞)
  • colonial 殖民的 (adjective 形容詞)
  • postcolonial (period) 後殖民（時代）(adjective 形容詞)

 

strife 衝突；糾紛

（noun 名詞）

 

例子：Money is a major cause of strife in many relationships.

 

  • ethnic strife  種族衝突
  • domestic / family strife 家庭糾紛
  • industrial strife 勞資糾紛
  • in a state of strife  處於衝突中

 

sluggish 行動緩慢的；遲緩的

（adjective 形容詞）

 

例子：The economy remains sluggish.

例子：Blood circulation is more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.

 

陳佐洱認為，香港「沒依法實施去殖民化，讓本應放在歷史博物館裏的東西跑出來招搖過市，有的被奉為金科玉律。」

 

"Hong Kong has not decolonized in accordance with the law. This has allowed certain things that should have been relegated to museums to jump out and attract attention. Some of these are even regarded as golden rules," Chen said.

 

relegate + to 降低…的地位

(verb 動詞)

 

談到運動聯賽時，常會提及「降班」，就是這個意思：

 

例子：If we lose this match, we will be relegated to the lowest division.

 

► relegation（noun 名詞）

 

不過當被問及如何著手去殖民化時，陳佐洱卻沒有具體說明：

 

Chen also sidestepped questions on how decolonization should proceed. "Would you rather be colonized? Of course there is a need to decolonize," he said before walking off.

 

sidestep

(verb 動詞)

 

1. 迴避

例子：sidestep responsibility 迴避責任

 

2. 閃避

  = step sideways (to avoid someone coming to hit you)

 

Kevin’s classroom

 

Golden 字面解金色，但其實用法甚多，不少更非常惹笑！

 

a golden boy/girl 大紅人

 

例子：When the movie came out, the main actor was hailed as the golden boy of the year.

 

a golden handshake / goodbye 遣散費

 

a golden hello 高額聘金（為了吸引對手公司員工加入的入職獎金）

 

a golden jubilee 金禧

= 50th anniversary 

   
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