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hiromichi
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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:17 pm Post subject: long-since-scuttled |
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What is the meaning of "long-since-scuttled" ?
The stimulus measures in the White House�s debt proposal stem from President Obama�s long-since-scuttled American Jobs Act proposal, and include a continuation of emergency support for long-term unemployed workers, an extension of the payroll tax cut, billions in infrastructure investment and a mortgage-refinancing proposal.
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Tao
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Obama's �long-since-scuttled� American Job Act proposal means to me that the proposal either failed or work on it was discontinued.
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Tao: I got it. Thank you.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 4:34 am Post subject: |
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Scuttle is a verb originally used with ships, meaning to sink your own, usually to stop others getting it.
But the modern meaning here is more like sabotaged or damaged past the point of repair, such that it is abandoned.
Hope helps,
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hiromichi
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IanT: Thank you for your explanation of the nuance。
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