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"Hold water" nghĩa là gì?
12 Dec, 2020
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"Hold water" -> nghĩa là (lý lẽ) thuyết phục/hợp lý.
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Ver said that in 2011, “Bitcoin went from $30 down to $2—so that's more than a 90% drop—but now here it is. It's not $2 anymore, it's thousands of dollars—so his arguments don't hold water with me. And I don't think anybody in the crowd was schooled either.”
So the senator (thượng nghị sĩ) explains the discrepancy (bất đồng, sai lệch) in those accounts by saying, 'Listen, in the decade-plus since I was sitting at UC-Berkeley, I've been able, and feel more comfortable opening up about my story and my life and my experiences. Does that hold water to you?
The State Department has imposed (áp đặt) new rules to “impose reciprocity” (bắt chịu đặc quyền/nhân nhượng cho nhau) on Chinese diplomats (bộ ngoại giao), who must now notify the US government before any visits with US officials or to certain institutions (trụ sở cơ quan). China opposes (phản đối) the measure (phương sách, biện pháp) and said Washington’s rationale (lý do căn bản, cơ sở hợp lý) “doesn’t hold water at all.” RT America’s Michele Greenstein reports from Hong Kong for News.Views.Hughes.
Bin Kuan
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