Aug 19, 2018 10:46
5 yrs ago
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English term

anchor and propel

English Other Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Hello everyone,

It will take workplace innovation to identify exactly what humans can do better than machines and better with machines and increasingly train people for those roles. It will take geopolitical innovation to figure out how we collectively manage a world where the power of one, the power of machines, the power of flows, and the power of many are collapsing weak states, super-empowering breakers, and stressing strong states. It will take political innovation to adjust our traditional left-right party platforms, born to respond to the Industrial Revolution, the New Deal, and the Cold War, to meet the new demands for societal resilience in the age of the three great accelerations. It will take moral innovation—to reimagine how we scale sustainable values to everyone we possibly can when the power of one and the power of machines become so amplified that human beings become almost godlike. And, finally, it will take societal innovation, learning to build new social contracts, lifelong learning opportunities, and expanded public-private partnerships, ***to anchor and propel*** more diverse populations and build more healthy communities.

Thank you.

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give them ( more diverse populations) a more solid base/footing and drive them forward

anchor basically means to root something solidly to a place, establish a bedrock/footing/base

and propel means to drive forward/give impetus to/stimulate/motivate/spur

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Note added at 40 mins (2018-08-19 11:26:29 GMT)
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https://www.thefreedictionary.com/propel

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anchor

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Note added at 43 mins (2018-08-19 11:29:56 GMT)
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By the way, the first part of the sentence suggests some way to achieve this base or foundation to act as a way of driving forward: "build new social contracts, lifelong learning opportunities, and expanded public-private partnerships,"

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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2018-08-20 14:31:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
6 hrs
Many thanks:-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to everyone. Thank you, Yvonne."
4 hrs

to establish and promote

"To anchor" refers as "to establish" (to found, to start and stabilize something).
"To propel" would be like: to impulse, to promote, to foster, to encourage, stimulate.
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : Yvonne has already said this, using the same words, establish and stimulate.
3 hrs
neutral Yvonne Gallagher : I don't see how this is any improvement on my answer?
5 hrs
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13 hrs

to firmly establish/anchor and accelerate the development of

I would say

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Note added at 13 hrs (2018-08-19 23:51:13 GMT)
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nothing wrong with just leaving "anchor"

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Note added at 13 hrs (2018-08-19 23:57:32 GMT)
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was in St. Petersburg last month and spectacular... "anchor" is fine and hope it helps
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : I think Asker is really seeking comprehension, to aid with translation into another language.
5 hrs
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