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"Tack away" nghĩa là gì?
01 Jan, 2016
'Tack away' có từ tack là đổi hướng chạy của một con thuyền (change course by turning a boat’s head into and through the wind); và vì thế có nghĩa là thay đổi đường lối/chính sách.
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Though he plans to tack away from what he believes will be divisive issues, the long-serving Iowa senator also made remarks that are sure to infuriate Democrats.
BHP Billiton Ltd.’s diversification across commodities from aluminum to oil earned it darling status in an industry where many of its rivals were shackled to the fortunes of a single commodity. This week, though, investors expect CEO Andrew Mackenzie to shed more light on his proposal to tack away from that strategy as BHP completes plans for one of the largest spinoffs in mining history.
“If [Mr. Tsipras] uses the opportunity to tack away from the left platform, and tries to change public administration, attack vested interests and oligarchs and modernize Greek governance, it could be a turning point for a country that basically craves a European identify rather than that of a failed Balkan state,” independent economist George Magnus, former chief economist of UBS, said in an e-mail.
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