mojo 這字 用例 The odd thing about Modi’s mojo. Elizabeth Warren has her 2020 mojo back.Bing vs. Google: Is Microsoft Losing Its Mojo?

 

Benetton's Faded Colors

By Peter Gumbel

Italy's Benetton family knitted an empire out of hip sweaters, but competition and recession are taking a toll. Can the next generation get the aging brand's mojo back?

Bing vs. Google: Is Microsoft Losing Its Mojo?
PC World
Also of interest: Bing's lost customers, gauging from StatCounter's data, appear to have gone to Google. Google shot up from 77.83 percent of the US search ...
GM is not the only company that's sputtering right now. Motorola, Citi, NASCAR, Starbucks, Sony, United Airlines, EMI, Kodak, Alitalia, Sprint Nextel, the New York Times, Unilever, AOL and Chrysler─these are just a few of the businesses that seem to have lost their mojo. Truth is, every organization is successful until it's not─and today, there are a lot that are not.

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Elizabeth Warren has her 2020 mojo back

CNN

Adversity and the need to satisfy coalition partners, seem to have made Narendra Modi more pragmatic. If he keeps that up, Indians will benefit hugely

economist.com

The odd thing about Modi’s mojo

mojo

n., pl. -jos or -joes.

1. A magic charm or spell.
2. An amulet, often a small flannel bag containing one or more magic items, worn by adherents of hoodoo or voodoo.
3. Personal magnetism; charm.

[Perhaps ultimately from Fula moco'o, medicine man.]

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Pronunciation: /ˈməʊdʒəʊ/

noun (plural mojos)

chiefly US

• a magic charm, talisman, or spell:someone must have their mojo working over at the record company
• [mass noun] influence, especially magic power: the name has no mojo

Origin:

early 20th century: probably of African origin; compare with Gullah moco 'witchcraft'

voodoo