| 单词 | Maginot |
| 例句 | “You know. Like the Maginot Line. She’s ruined. Mama said so.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “No plates are out. The Maginot Line didn’t eat out of one of Mama’s plates. Besides, Mama would just fuss all day if we told her.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The Maginot Line put a fat hand on one of the folds of her stomach and laughed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Irritated at being pushed aside, the Tommies swore, and taunted their allies with shouts of “Maginot!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Maginot Line yawned and said, “Come on, China. We can’t hang in here all day. Them people be home soon.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I saw a mild lonesomeness cross the face of the Maginot Line. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z One was China, and the other was called the Maginot Line. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “What for? The Maginot Line? Did he find out about the Maginot Line?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” the Maginot Line seemed interested in our problem. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Above us was the second-story porch, lined with slanting, rotting rails, and sitting on the porch was the Maginot Line herself. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Their annual brunch, held on the afternoon of the Honors show, was strictly invitation-only, a social Maginot Line that separated the arrived from the arrivistes. George Stevens made the Kennedy Center Honors. Here’s why he lost them. 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The Maginot Line, meanwhile, went unused, with the German invasion simply bypassing it completely with the Belgian invasion. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When Hitler’s Nazi Germany was quickly defeating European nations, Americans believed we were still safe because Hitler would not dare invade France, the strongest army in Europe, protected by the Maginot Line. Opinion | We can’t wait to stop Russia 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Moving through the forest, the Germans “squeezed between” the Maginot Line. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, this conjecture is likely to be merely a second rhetorical Maginot Line. Opinion | How Biden’s Afghan blunder is already endangering U.S. security 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The general’s championing of visionary weapons to prepare for this “big fight” also struck me as fanciful, like the failed security the French once found in their Maginot Line. Opinion | War comes in many shapes and sizes. We must be ready. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z German forces invaded France through southern Belgium, bypassing the Maginot Line’s “strong fortifications” entirely. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As O'Hehir describes, the Democratic Party is hunkered down in its own version of the Maginot Line while the Republican-fascist movement has outmaneuvered and encircled them. Democrats have the GOP playbook: They know how to fight back, but just won't do it 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “This shows there is no Maginot line,” said Mr. Castex, who was speaking after a special cabinet meeting to discuss France’s coronavirus response, referring to national fortifications built in the 1930s. France to Smooth Snarled Testing Process as Virus Pressure Grows 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Before Congress last week, the Biden administration conceded that one rhetorical Maginot Line supporting withdrawal had fallen. Opinion | How Biden’s Afghan blunder is already endangering U.S. security 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Hunspach is situated in north-east Alsace near the German border, in the northern part of the Vosges nature park, near the Fort de Schoenenbourg, one of the largest structures of the Maginot Line. France's favourite village of 2020 braces for tourist influx 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Reading the coverage, I’m reminded of Renee DiResta’s recent essay “The Digital Maginot Line,” which I first shared here last week. How Facebook Groups sparked a crisis in France 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The defenders of today’s Maginot Line will wake up some morning to discover that the enemy never had to storm the battlements. Trump’s new (non-Democratic) normal 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Like generals preparing to fight past wars, politicians constantly construct Maginot Lines to defend frontiers against dangers that no longer exist. Opinion | Trump finally feels gravity’s unforgiving pull 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z In some states, government unions have barricaded their benefit levels behind a Maginot Line of legal and even constitutional protections. Opinion | Connecticut is drowning in debt. Should the rest of us have to pay? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z I walked up to the nearest house on this side of my newly-discovered Maginot Line and explained my predicament. Strip away the politics and focus on terrified children 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z France then sat back to protect the lead, meeting some Belgian rushes with a Maginot Line of six defenders stretching the width of the field. France defeats Belgium, 1-0, to advance to World Cup final 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z In the wake of The Donald’s upset victory, journalists and pundits hastened to recommend a slate of advisers who could inject some gravitas into the new administration and restore an approximation of that Maginot Line. Trump’s new (non-Democratic) normal 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z But this is the equivalent of military strategists after the first world war building the Maginot line to prepare for trench warfare. The case for Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era law we need today | Ganesh Sitaraman 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z In 50 years, tourists will laugh at “America’s Maginot Line.” Opinion | Do the right thing for taxpayers and forget the wall 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z In fact, section 702 may be the worst military investment since the French constructed the Maginot Line. NSA PASS act would uphold Fourth Amendment rights 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z What really shone within the forested and mountainous terrain design was the chance to attack an authentic and massive concrete installation on the French’s Maginot Line left over from World War I. Zadzooks: ‘Sudden Strike 4’ review 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The truth is that testing is the Maginot Line in the fight against drugs in sport – well-intentioned and solid-looking at first glance, yet all too easy to get round in practice. Time is fast running out for athletics to act on the scale of problems it faces | Sean Ingle 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The French-German border was defended by a series of barriers and weapons called the Maginot Line, but the area to the north was only blocked by a forest. What actually happened at Dunkirk? - BBC News 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Think of the mighty Maginot Line, tested again and again by the German Army in 1940, until it found the weak point and rolled into Paris. A New Era of Internet Attacks Powered by Everyday Devices 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Think of the mighty Maginot Line, tested again and again by the German army in 1940, until it found the weak point and rolled into Paris. Attack reveals new vulnerabilities in nation’s ‘internet of things’ 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z All my signposts had gone up in one blinding, dizzying explosion: my second chances, my revenge, my nice thick anti-family Maginot line. Tana French’s Intimate Crime Fiction 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Together, they formed a moral Maginot line against the growing political influence of American Catholics as a threat to their vision of a Protestant America. The Democrats’ Methodist Moment 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z After all, Hilary Clinton is acutely aware of what is the Maginot line in asserting and act with toughness with China. Hillary Clinton, as Seen Through a Chinese Prism 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The Maginot Line of “European values” won’t prevail over people who recognize none of those values. Is Europe Helpless? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z He accuses Congress of “commandeering the courts to make a political judgment look like a judicial one” and claims the separation of judicial and legislative powers now “is but a constitutional Maginot Line.” Iran and the U.S. Constitution 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z On this logic hinges the great Maginot Line with which Trump will protect America from jihad. Why take the Trump stunt seriously? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In the modern age, any southern border wall would likely become a Mexican Maginot Line, the French defensive system which in 1940 the Germans simply bypassed. Why border walls – even with Canada – are not the Republicans' Trump card 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Dell’Orto recalled Mr. Kendall, at dinner one night, discussing at length the Maginot Line, built after the war. From Whitewater to Email: David Kendall, the Clintons’ Dogged Lawyer 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z In 1940, the Germans invaded France by violating Belgian neutrality and sweeping around the Maginot Line. No wall is impenetrable — just ask the French 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Parking boots appear as impregnable as the Maginot Line, but it turns out that, like the famous French fortifications, they, too, can be gotten around. Some drivers beat the boot by illegal means 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z In the President’s mind, there is a Maginot Line separating what he terms “working folks” and his favorite bogeyman – and that unsung source of sizable Obama campaign cash — Wall Street. Obama's 529 Tax Hike Fiasco Reveals Odd Insensitivity To How Average Americans Pay For College 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z It was for these reasons that Russia established two rainy day funds, which now equal $173 billion, as a Maginot line against falling energy prices. Western Sanctions And Rising Debts Are Already Strangling The Russian Economy 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Molitor, a Hall of Famer from St. Paul whose name sounds conveniently similar to Maginot, played most of his career with the Brewers but finished it with the Twins. Up Close on Baseball’s Borders 2014-04-24T14:09:24Z “The 20th century was all about building walls: The Maginot Line, the Siegfried Line, the Iron Curtain, the Bamboo Curtain and the Berlin Wall — we built walls everywhere,” Admiral Stavridis said. At War Blog: Globalization Creates a New Worry: Enemy Convergence 2013-05-30T14:26:36Z In 2010, she described the state of financial regulation before the crisis as “a financial Maginot Line that we believed couldn’t be breached.” Economix Blog: The Gorilla and the Maginot Line 2013-04-25T16:58:16Z The Old Course has become their Maginot Line, and now that it has been breached they realize the only ammunition left is a war cry: "Don't change the Old Course, change the golf ball!" St. Andrews: Nothing New Here 2012-11-30T05:00:00Z This is much better than the Maginot Line French politicians sometime fantasise about in order to prevent individuals moving to better business climates. French tech entrepreneurs revolt 2012-10-08T09:53:27Z Arquilla compared computer firewalls to the Maginot line – France's failed defence against Germany – and urged US state agencies and companies to use strong encryption and cloud computing to keep data on the move. US urged to recruit master hackers to wage cyber war on al-Qaida 2012-07-10T14:00:54Z Willis seems to have learned wall placement from Andre Maginot. Soccer Outsider D.C. United vs. L.A. Galaxy match diary, player ratings 2012-03-19T20:48:28Z The Maginot line was a fixed line of military fortifications built between the two world wars that failed to stop Germany from invading Belgium and France. SecurID maker says single nation behind data breach 2011-10-11T16:56:53Z French General Maginot never contemplated that a future opponent might learn from the past and attack differently where defenses were most vulnerable. Do No Evil? Google's Deceptive Practices Harm Consumers 2011-07-15T05:16:31Z Popper’s progeny never could establish any Maginot Line of legitimacy, some set of factors that might reliably separate real science from the imposter projects that had so exercised the great philosopher. How the Hippies Saved Physics [Excerpt] 2011-06-27T17:15:00.397Z Perhaps the Japanese earthquake community was fixated on a repeat of the 1923 Kanto earthquake, and they, thinking of the last war, built their own Maginot line. Dot Earth: The Varied Costs of Catastrophe 2011-03-29T21:48:54Z “The C.R.A. has been a financial Maginot Line — weakly defended and quickly overrun,” said Raymond H. Brescia, a professor at Albany Law School. Bank Branch Closings Tilt Toward Poorer Areas 2011-02-23T00:35:23Z Whether a school outreach programme equates to the puncturing of the Maginot Line others can decide, but a "Serota" clearly qualifies as a unit of political pressure. When the ship sinks, the elite grab all the lifeboats 2010-10-05T19:30:00Z They do not, however, identify all the other kinds of attacks that will still slip into an enterprise; the Maginot line will leak. The Truth About Einstein 2010-06-29T10:00:00Z Unfortunately, states and communities are defending their beaches with the oil-spill equivalent of the Maginot Line. The Gulf Disaster: Whose Asses Need Kicking? 2010-06-10T06:10:00Z Maginot Lines and Illusions Will world financial markets be patient enough to allows nations to get their budgets in hand, two economists ask. The Tax Breaks for Private Equity Partnerships 2010-06-04T10:00:00Z Many commentators suggest Spain is now the euro zone’s Maginot Line. Maginot Lines and Illusions 2010-06-03T10:00:00Z These valves and shears were the last line of defense, a supposedly impenetrable Maginot Line that made other fail-safes unnecessary. Lessons of the Spill 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z It was far eastward between the great Maginot Line of the French and the Siegfried Line of Adolf Hitler's Nazi legions. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk They had no thought of this disaster; The Maginot Line could never fail. Blue Ridge Country Rivers was dug in behind this innocent-purchase-and-sale-in-good-faith Maginot Line of his. Murder in the Gunroom In past weeks, though, global market forces circumvented this new Maginot Line without serious resistance, just as Germany did in 1940 with the original. Maginot Lines and Illusions 2010-06-03T10:00:00Z Maginot, living at Meziere, wife of M. Maginot, the timber inspector. The Downfall For the other, that swell French officer, Lieutenant Defoe, of the 157th Infantry Regiment, was going to take Dad and himself on a personally conducted tour of the famous Maginot Line! Dave Dawson at Dunkirk We now arrive at Messrs. Maginot & Pinette's system, the description of which will be greatly facilitated by the diagram that accompanies this article. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 He died soon after Gilberte's marriage to Maginot, the Inspector of State Forests. A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; If investors decide that risk-taking is no longer the right mode, many nations will be in trouble; there may be Maginot Lines, but they are worth nothing. Maginot Lines and Illusions 2010-06-03T10:00:00Z When pretty Madame Maginot was living at Charleville the year before the captain had been one of her best friends, and Gilberte had introduced him to her husband before they were married. The Downfall He took a step toward it, then snapped his fingers as he remembered Lieutenant Defoe had said that the Maginot Line was one place where even the President of France could not take a camera. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk Seventeen years old, and a trip to the Maginot Line! Dave Dawson at Dunkirk She had not changed a bit when, later, at the age of twenty, she married Maginot, the inspector of woods and forests. The Downfall |
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