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Senence meaning
'He looks poised to be impreached over dodgy government accounting.'
Does this sentence mean 'he is about to be accused for the accounting problem'? I'm not quite sure how the word 'poised' is used in the sentence above.
Thank you in advance!
2016年8月17日 00:03
回答 · 4
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Poised means "about to"
Imagine runners in the Olympics. Before they are running they are poised to run.
2016年8月17日
impeached has no "r" in it.
im·peach\im-ˈpēch\
verb
: to charge (a public official) with a crime done while in office
: to cause doubts about the truthfulness of (a witness, testimony, etc.)
2016年8月22日
You are right.
He is calm and he is controlling his behavior because he is convinced that is being preached over dodgy government accounting.
2016年8月17日
He is about to lose his job because he was dishonest when counting and distributing money.
2016年8月17日
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