10/12 Photo-Bombing for Peace

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photobombing:
Intentionally posing in other people's photos, for a later surprise.
Usually people making funny faces in the background, without the knowledge of the main subjects of the photo.

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  1. town house
    a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls
    Medea Benjamin’s Capitol Hill townhome is like a life-size version of Barbie’s Dreamhouse
    townhome = town house
  2. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
    It is festooned with peace slogans and painted in hues of salmon and coral.
    festoon: 花彩
    festoon: feˈstuːn
    festoon
    to cover something with flowers, long pieces of material etc, especially for decoration
  3. hue
    the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength
    It is festooned with peace slogans and painted in hues of salmon and coral.
    hue: 色調
    hue: hjuː
    hue
    a colour or type of colour

    a type of opinion, belief etc
  4. provocateur
    a secret agent who incites persons to commit illegal acts
    Benjamin, 61, is the co-founder and chief provocateur of the antiwar group Code Pink.
    provocateur: 挑釁者
    KK[prə͵vɑkəˋtɝ]DJ[prəu͵vɔkəˋtə:]
    provocateur ol
    someone who is employed to encourage people who are working against a government to do something illegal so that they are caught
  5. inception
    an event that is a beginning
    Since its inception in 2002, Code Pink has added a colorful page to the protest playbook.
    KK[ɪnˋsɛpʃən]DJ[inˋsepʃən]Dr.eye 譯典通
    n.名詞

    開始, 開端, 起初
  6. effigy
    a representation of a person
    Its members have demonstrated topless, hurled shoes at an effigy of George W. Bush,
    effigy: 肖像
    effigy: KK[ˋɛfədʒɪ]
    effigy ol
    a statue of a famous person

    a roughly made, usually ugly, model of someone you dislike
  7. F
    the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
    Its members have demonstrated topless, hurled shoes at an effigy of George W. Bush, organized dancing flash mobs and donned vagina costumes.
    A flash mob (or flashmob) is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.
  8. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
    But these zany theatrics mask the group’s real contribution to the protest canon: Code Pink has figured out a hack for Congress.
    zany: 滑稽的
    zany: KK[ˋzenɪ]
    zany ol
    crazy or unusual in a way that is amusing
  9. canon
    a body of rules established as valid and fundamental
    But these zany theatrics mask the group’s real contribution to the protest canon: Code Pink has figured out a hack for Congress.
    canon: 教規
    canon: ˈkænən
    canon
    a Christian priest who has special duties in a cathedral

    a standard, rule, or principle, or set of these, that are believed by a group of people to be right and good
  10. L
    the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
    For all its flaws, the Legislative Branch is the only arm of government that allows ordinary citizens to show up and watch as the nation’s business unfolds,
    the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress.
  11. lifeblood
    an essential or life-giving force
    Publicity is the lifeblood of an activist movement,
    lifeblood: 生機的根源; 命脈
    lifeblood: ˈlaɪfblʌd
    lifeblood ol
    the most important thing needed by an organization, relationship etc to continue to exist or develop successfully
  12. antic
    act as or like a clown
    Congressional security has long been wise to Code Pink’s antics( => diversion, recreation).
    antics: 滑稽動作
    antics: ˈæntɪks
    antics ol
    behaviour that seems strange, funny, silly, or annoying
  13. piggyback
    the act of carrying something piggyback
    Code Pink has launched a frenetic campaign to piggyback on the publicity.
    把...扛在肩(或背)上
    piggyback: ˈpɪɡibæk
    piggyback
    if you give someone, especially a child, a piggyback, you carry them high on your shoulders, supporting them with your hands under their legs
  14. leaflet
    a small book usually having a paper cover
    It means leafleting outside House buildings and inside its cafeterias.
    leaflet: 傳單
    leaflet: ˈliːflət
    leaflet
    a small book or piece of paper advertising something or giving information on a particular subject
  15. O
    the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
    And it means promoting peace with its typically outré approach.
    outré (comparative more outré, superlative most outré)
    Very unconventional.  
    Synonyms[edit]
    (unconventional): bizarre, eccentric, outlandish
  16. paltry
    contemptibly small in amount or size
    who recently escaped with probation and a paltry fine after punctuating a 57-day hunger strike
    paltry: 微不足道的
    paltry: ˈpɔːltri
    paltry ol
    a paltry amount of something is too small to be useful or important

    unimportant or worthless
  17. peacenik
    someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
    Code Pink had a mailing list of 200,000 members and a rented clubhouse on Capitol Hill where peaceniks could gather.
    KK[ˋpisnɪk]DJ[ˋpi:snik]Dr.eye 譯典通
    n.名詞

    【俚】反戰分子, a member of a pacifist movement.
  18. cue
    a stimulus that provides information about what to do
    But many interpreted the election of an antiwar President in 2008 as a cue to pack up their signs.
    暗示, 信號; 線索
    cue: kjuː
    cue
    an action or event that is a signal for something else to happen

    a word, phrase, or action in a play that is a signal for the next person to speak or act
  19. heckle
    challenge aggressively
    Not Benjamin, who heckled Obama when he gave a speech on drone policy in May.
    heckle: 刁難
    heckle:KK[ˋhɛk!]DJ[ˋhekl]
    heckle
    to interrupt and try to embarrass someone who is speaking or performing in public
  20. petite
    very small
    a petite woman with blond bangs.
    petite: 小
    petite: KK[pəˋtit]DJ[pəˋti:t]
    petite
    a woman who is petite is short and attractively thin
  21. bang
    a border of short hair that hangs across the forehead
    a petite woman with blond bangs.
    前劉海
    bangs: hair cut straight across your forehead
  22. honk
    use the horn of a car
    cars speeding down Independence Avenue honked their horns at banners preaching peace.
    honk: 按喇叭
    honk: hɒŋk
    honk
    a loud noise made by a car horn

    a loud noise made by a goose
  23. hoist
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
    )吊起; 提起; 舉起; 升起
    hoist: hɔɪst
    hoist
    to raise, lift, or pull up something, especially using ropes
Created on 十月 8, 2013 (updated 十月 11, 2013)

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