Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "System"

A: To rest on your laurels means to be complacent or satisfied with a past success - to stop trying to do anything good because you think that what you've done in the past is good enough.

For example, if a movie producer made a great movie 15 years ago and won an award for it, all of his films after that might be rubbish. He has stopped trying to make good films. He thinks he's a great producer because he made one great film. So he's "resting" on his "laurels" (past accomplishment).

A: An adversarial system of justice is a legal system where two advocates are chosen to represent two different sides of an argument or legal case. Then the advocates are put in front of a group or a person who is impartial to the situation and that person tries to judge accordingly.

A: It's a system used on lawns and gardens to spray water

A: 彼は私たちが「ロジック」という論理的な考え方のシステムを作った人だけじゃなくて、ライフサイエンスの父とも呼ばれている。

A: Common law is a legal system where previous court decisions are used to make new court decisions. The advantage of this system is that it lets the laws adapt to new situations rather than having to make a new law every time a new situation develops.

Britain was the first country to develop this system and spread it to their entire empire. It is also the country with one of the richest common law histories.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law

A: (About a little kid) "It's just a temper tantrum. Let him get it out of his system."

A: Do you use the Uber app to arrange a ride? If you do - it will describe to you the car that is coming and the name of the driver. It is helpful!

I would say this when they pull up to me:

Are you the Uber driver?
(If they say yes)

Who are you here to pick up?
(If they say your name)

That’s me! Thank you!

- safety tip - I wouldn’t tell them your name, I would ask for them to tell you. And make sure the car matches what the app says it is.

Does this help?

A: We donot really use these in daily life but maybe some do in a certain career

A: I agree with the comment above.

Elite system of education = sounds like the entire system is elite
System of elite education = specifies "elite education". Sounds like there is a system of elite education, and other systems for other (non-elite) kinds of education

A: There is no difference apart from how it is stated. I also think the first one is more natural, but that is my opinion. Both would be fine to use.

A: the first sentence is the correct tense however it should be (the system has malfunctioned)

A: There’s no difference.

Different words to say the same thing.

A: You're right. It's redundant, but it's phrase that sounds natural. "To be prepped and ready" is an idiom.

I think maybe you can think of it as being "absolutely ready". Like, you're not just ready, you've gotten all the preparations done, too, and know that you are surely ready.

A: As far as I can tell (although it's descriptively vague), this is perfect as it is.

A: Telehealth or telemedicine

A: The system is required.

A: Check the question to view the answer

A: "Crack the system" usually means to hack into a computer program, or take advantage of the government.

When somebody is really funny, we say, "You crack me up! "

A: × Whether the system works well means whether our working is valuable or not.
✓ Whether or not that system works well will mean whether or not our work is worth it.

× We came a long way to get here, we just do it.
✓ We have come this far, so we have to do it.

A: × In the past, after monarchy became absolute in Europe, the people began to resist it, at which point they needed a social idea to justify popular revolt against the monarchy.
✓ In the past, after monarchy became absolute in Europe, the people began to resist it to the point in which they needed a social idea to justify popular revolt against the monarchy.

A: × They keep making systems that could suffocate you but they don't stop making the systems because they take a lot of advantages from them.
✓ They keep making systems that could suffocate you but they don't stop making the systems because they benefit from it.

take a lot of advantages from them sounds off to me.
maybe they take advantage of it would be better.

A: × The system release planned to go live tomorrow was postponed yesterday.
✓ The system release that was planned to go live tomorrow was postponed yesterday.

× I was reported the trouble at the last minute.
✓ The trouble was reported to me at the last minute.

× Honestly, I’m sorry that my team members could not deal with it at all.
✓ Honestly, I’m sorry that my team members could not deal with it.

A: × Ironically, under this system, laborers were treated equally as men and women, and wages were set and paid according to the presence or absence of family members and the composition of family members, creating a benevolent work environment under the authority of the emperor that was rare in the world.
✓ Ironically, under this system, laborers were treated equally regardless of their gender; wages were also set and paid according to the presence or absence of family members; the composition of family members, thus creating a benevolent work environment under the authority of the emperor, which was quite rare in the world.

× At least that is what the Japanese people thought at the time.
✓ At least this is what the Japanese people thought at the time.

× Under the new Emperor MacArthur, labor laws based on the American model were implemented in Japan.
✓ Under the new supposed emperor MacArthur, labor laws were based on the American model and were implemented in Japan.

× Thanks to these laws, unions sprang up en masse throughout Japan.
✓ Thanks to these laws, unions sprang up en masse all throughout Japan.

× Contrary to the general's anticipations, however, these unions demanded that management set workers' wages according to the shape of their dependents, claiming that they were under MacArthur's authority.
✓ However, contrary to the general's anticipations, these unions demanded that the management set workers' wages according to the shape of their dependents; claiming that they were under MacArthur's authority.