Phrase collection

“Insistence on one’s ideals is obviously legitimate and praiseworthy.”Joseph Cheung.

The sentence is from “Miracles can happen:hold on to the 2012 ideal”.From the tropic, the writer supports to 2012 universal suffrage.

Insistence on (ph.)

Guess: believe your point of view permanently

Cambridge Dictionary: when you demand something and refuse to accept opposition, or when you say firmly that something is true

e.g.Insistence on better working conditions by the union has resulted in fewer employee absences.

legitimate(adj.)

Cambridge Dictionary:reasonable and acceptable

e.g.He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense.

Connections & Vocabularies

The phrase is that:

“No wonder political scientists and pundits have lamented the failure of major political parties to identify candidates from within their own ranks”from “Te by-election: it’s a party affair”

We seldom use this phrase “no wonder”.

“No wonder” has similar meaning to “it is not surprising that”

e.g. No wonder the students are exam-oriented because the exam emphasizes greatly within the existence of syllabus.

pundit (n)

possible guess: expert

Cambridge Dictionary: a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is therefore often asked to give an opinion about it

e.g.Economic pundits will interpret the social phenomenons and explain with evidences.

lamented (v)

Cambridge Dictionary: to express sadness and regret about

e.g.I lamented the decision for choosing Biology.

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