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disarmament (n)
ดิซอาเมอะเมิน |
the fact of a country reducing the size of its armed forces or the number of weapons, especially nuclear weapons that has
การลดกำลังอาวุธและกำลังทหาร Mr. Obama was primarily related his stance on nuclear disarmament. |
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diplomatic (adj)
ดิเพลอะแมติค |
connected with managing relations between conuntries, having or showing skill in dealing with poople in difficult situations
เป็นทางการทูต อย่างรู้จักกาละเทศะ While the Nobel judes said they hoped to enhance Mr. Obama's diplomatic efforts, the prize could come as an unwanted distraction for a white house already facing significant obstacles in advancing its ambitious policy agenda. |
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scorn(n,v)
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a storng feeling that sb/sth is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak
การดูถูก (syn) contempt The honor is likely to provoke scorn from the righ, where critics have long accused Mr. Obanma, well before his years in the White House, of receiving undesevered accolades and attention. |
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coax(v)
โคคซ |
to persuade sb to do sth by taling to them in a kind and gentle way
เกลี้ยกล่อม,ชักชวน Obama aides are working to coax Iran away from its alleged nuclear-weapons program |
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tenuous (adj)
เท็นนิวอัส |
so weak that it hardly exists, extremely thin and eaily broken
(การโต้เถียง) ที่ฟังไม่ขิ้น, (ความเกี่ยวข้อง) เพียงเล็กน้อย the effort remains tenuous at best. |
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plaudit (n)
พลอดิท |
praise and approval
การแสดงความชื่นชม Mr. obama won international plaudits whne he promised to close the center during last year's campaign. |
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pledge (n)
pledจ,เพล็จ |
a serious promise
คำสัญญา คำปฎิญาณ pledge into reality has proved difficult |
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lukewarm (adj)
luwk wวm,ลูควอม |
not interested or enthusiastic
ไม่กระตือร้นร้น ไม่เต็มใจ The admisistration has also come under fire from human-rightsgroups for standing by some of the detention policies of Mr. Bush and fro its lukewarm efforts to pressure the Sudanese government over the long conflict in Darfur. |
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detention (n)
ditenfn ดิเท็นชั่น |
the state of being kept in a place, espcially a prison, the punishment of being kept at school for a time after other students have gone home
การหน่วงเหนี่ยว, การถูกกักตัว (confinement), การถูกถ่วงให้เสียเวลา |
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outstrip (v)
awt strip เอาทสทริพ |
to become larger, more important than sb/sth, to be faster, better or more successful than a competitor
(syn) surpass the president had nothing to fear from raised expectations or possible attacks from citics that the prize outstiprs his accom;ishments |
