Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
as vehicles to transmit lies
English answer:
as a medium to tell lies
Added to glossary by
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Mar 10, 2016 08:02
8 yrs ago
English term
as vehicles to transmit lies
English
Other
Government / Politics
sentence
"I do not believe there is anywhere else where people have suffered such a loss of confidence in images of their own, their own stories and myths, as we have... There is good reason for this distrust. Because never before and in no other country have images and language been abused so unscrupulously as here, never before and nowhere else have they been debased so deeply as vehicles to transmit lies."
What does" as vehicles to transmit lies" meas here?
What does" as vehicles to transmit lies" meas here?
Responses
| 4 +4 | as mediums to tell lies |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 5 +1 | as a means of spreading lies |
Robert Forstag
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Change log
Mar 13, 2016 08:41: Yasutomo Kanazawa Created KOG entry
Responses
+4
15 mins
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
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as mediums to tell lies
Vehicle here is not a car or a vessel, but means a medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished.
So, there is no other country where images and language have been abused and manipulated so unscrupulously than this particular country and they have been made into a medium to tell lies and not the truth.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vehicle
2. A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished: His novels are a vehicle for his political views.
So, there is no other country where images and language have been abused and manipulated so unscrupulously than this particular country and they have been made into a medium to tell lies and not the truth.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vehicle
2. A medium through which something is transmitted, expressed, or accomplished: His novels are a vehicle for his political views.
Peer comment(s):
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Jack Doughty
: "Medium" would be better in singular.
1 hr
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Thank you Jack, for the tip.
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| agree |
Sheri P
: Agree, and agree with Jack
4 hrs
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Thank you very much!
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| agree |
philgoddard
: Singular.
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Thank you very much for the tip!
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: 1. I agree with Jack. 2. As a way, as a medium ... 3. 好日子 / 喂 macky ...
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Thank you very much!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for help!"
+1
3 hrs
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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24
as a means of spreading lies
neither "medium" nor "mediums" is really natural here.
Peer comment(s):
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Daryo
: or even compatrable to "vectors" // as in "vectors" of spreading diseases
20 mins
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Thank you, Daryo.
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philgoddard
: I don't think it matters that the first answer was phrased awkwardly. The asker was just looking for an explanation.
1 hr
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