timing is off/out, your timing is perfect.

用法学习: 1. The beautiful lie: It's too late. We've got to go. You were up for it 15 minutes ago. Your timing's all out( "Timing is off (the moment is not right) 时机不对, 不是时候": an action, event, or statement is occurring at an unsuitable, awkward, or unsynchronized moment, rather than the ideal time. It indicates poor coordination, a missed opportunity, or that circumstances are not aligned for success, often implying something is too early, too late, or out of rhythm. I wanted to ask for a raise, but the timing was off because the company just lost a major client. timing I. the time when something happens. the time at which an activity or event starts or happens, or is planned to start or happen: Timing and location are crucial when opening a new business. the timing of sth The timing of the plant manager's departure came ahead of an investigation into safety management at the site. "Are we too early?" "No, your timing is perfect 来得正好, 来得时间 - dinner is almost ready." timing device The bomb contained a timing device 计时器, 计时设备 set to make it go off at rush hour. II. the hours when someone is usually at work, or when an office or business is open: What are your office timings? III. 做事的时间. 时机. the ability to do something at exactly the right time. the ability to choose the right moment to do or say something, or the time when something happens: The difference between a joke told well and a joke told badly is the timing. The timing of the airline strike was bad for our vacation plans. good timing To be a good tennis player, you have to have good timing. the fact of doing something at the right time, or the ability to do this: bad/good/perfect timing There is a risk of bad timing - investing a lump sum just before prices fall. a matter/question/sense of timing Finding the right solution to the problem is partly a question of timing. Even fund managers can find it hard getting the timing right when it comes to making investment decisions. IV. the ability to play or sing all the notes in a piece of music at the correct speed and rhythm: There are one or two places where the timing 拍子不对 isn't quite right. V. the length of time an activity or event takes, or is planned to take: The job sheet includes data and precise timings for every stage of the job. ). What, MY timing's out? You're the one who just spent half an hour in the shower. What happened to, 'it only takes three minutes'? Have you booked a cab? Kasper, come on, mate. We've gotta go. 2. desecrate [ˈdesɪˌkreɪt] 亵渎 to deliberately spoil something special or holy. consecrated [ˈkɒn.sɪ.kreɪ.tɪd] 开光, 加持(charging), 封圣, 加冕 ( = canonize 特蕾莎修女封圣) = ordain, enshrine adj. Something that has been consecrated has been made holy and is able to be used for religious ceremonies: consecrated bread/wine/ground. I don't think the authorities would allow the burial on consecrated ground. consecrate [ˈkɒn.sɪ.kreɪt] I. to officially make something holy and able to be used for religious ceremonies: The new cathedral was completed and consecrated in 2002. II. to officially give someone the title of bishop in the Christian Church in a religious ceremony. ordain (someone) to a sacred office, typically that of bishop. "he was consecrated bishop of York". In 2015, Dame Sarah became just the fourth woman in the church's history to be consecrated as a bishop. III. make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious purpose. When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop. The church was consecrated in 1234. He defied the Pope by consecrating four bishops without his approval. ...the consecration of Barbara Harris as a Bishop. "the present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845". 3. Former nurse Sarah Mullally tasked with healing a wounded Anglican Church: When Sarah Mullally is officially installed as the leader of the Church of England, many senior clerics won't be in attendance. Conservative members of the church are appalled that the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury is a woman, the first in its 492-year history, and have refused to take part in the ceremony today. The boycott is emblematic of deeply entrenched issues within the church, issues that Archbishop Sarah will eventually have to address. Having worked in hospital wards, at the top levels of government, and in church naves, Professor Atherstone believes the new archbishop is well-positioned 有能力, 有资历 to navigate the challenges of 游刃有余, 来往穿梭( In power since 2019, Ms Frederiksen, 48, had campaigned on a promise that her tough and tested leadership skills would help the Nordic nation of 6 million people navigate 应对, 对付 a complex relationship with US President Donald Trump and the European response to Russia's war in Ukraine.) one of the most complicated and high-profile religious offices in the world. Speaking after her appointment, the incoming archbishop said the church had failed to recognise and take the misuse of power 滥用职权 seriously. She vowed that under her leadership, the church would listen to survivors, care for the vulnerable and foster a culture of safety and wellbeing. While there is strident opposition to the archbishop's installation 就职, there is also a sense of joy and excitement within the church. "She is a person who is full of hope, and she wants the church to be full of hope," he told ABC News. "That's not a hope that flies in the face of challenges and realities( fly in the face of 与...相悖, 背道而驰 be openly at variance with (what is usual or expected). to completely oppose what seems sensible or normal. If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them. ...scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense. He said that the decision flew in the face of natural justice. This is an argument that seems to fly in the face of common sense. "a need to fly in the face of convention". ), but I think it's a hope that I believe should carry us beyond those sometimes-difficult realities." 4. prickly pear (梨果仙人掌, 刺梨) I. a cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments, having barbed bristles and large pear-shaped prickly fruits. a type of cactus (= desert plant) that has oval fruit with sharp spines on them. A prickly pear is a kind of cactus that has round fruit with prickles on. The fruit, which you can eat, is also called a prickly pear. The fine golden dunes are dotted with local flora such as prickly pears. II. the edible orange or red fruit of the prickly pear. 有害仙人掌泛滥: Mr O'Connor said millions of hectares of arid land 干燥的土地(arid [ˈær.ɪd] I. 干燥的 very dry and without enough rain for plants. Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it. ...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions. ...the arid zones of the country. The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there. (of land or weather) having little rain; very dry: an arid region. II. unsuccessful: After several arid years, the company has started to become successful. III. not interesting and showing no imagination: I found his writing extremely arid. 单调无聊的, 乏善可陈的, 枯燥乏味的. If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy. She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known. ...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s. ) could potentially come under threat from the cacti, which could be as invasive as common prickly pear (Opuntia stricta), one of Australia's most notorious plants, "They're tough, they're hardy( I. 不怕苦的. 坚韧的. 坚强的. 能吃苦的. strong enough to bear extreme conditions or difficult situations. able to bear difficult or extreme conditions; strong and healthy. strong enough to deal with difficult situations: a hardy economy. a hardy group of campers. A few hardy souls continue to swim in the sea even in the middle of winter. II. 耐冷的, 耐寒的. Hardy plants can live through the winter without protection from the weather: a hardy perennial. ), they enjoy the semi-arid conditions, and they can propagate and reproduce quite easily by a piece of vegetation touching the ground." He said the "little town block", about 950 kilometres west of Brisbane, was mostly unoccupied as the owners would "come and go" to fossick ( [ˈfɒsɪk] I. rummage; search. to search for something amongst other things: fossick around (probe) We then had to spend about half an hour fossicking around for our bags. "he spent years fossicking through documents". II. search for gold in abandoned workings. to look for gold or valuable stones, especially in places where these things were once dug from the ground: fossick for They travelled to Glenalva to try fossicking for sapphires. note: In Australia, New Zealand and Cornwall, fossicking is prospecting, especially when carried out as a recreational activity. This can be for gold, precious stones, fossils, etc. by sifting through a prospective area. In Australian English and New Zealand English, the term has an extended use meaning to "rummage". The equivalent term used in searching for opal is noodling. "Noodling 筛查, 晒找: The practice of sifting through rejected mullock heaps for small pieces of precious opal inadvertently discarded by the miners. A number of people on the opal fields rely entirely on noodling for a living. They either sift through the waste material by hand ... or use a noodling machine. These people are 'professional' noodlers. Tourists and others casually searching the dumps for pieces of opal are also noodling." ) for opals. The Australian outback is already grappling with 挣扎, 苦恼不已, 烦恼不已, 不知如何是好 the spread of other pest succulents, including mother-of-millions (三角叶落地生根（學名：Kalanchoe daigremontiana）也叫大叶虎纹落地生根、大叶虎纹不死鸟、锐叶掌上珠，日语名缀弁庆. As the name suggests, mother of millions reproduces rapidly, producing hundreds of tiny plantlets which quickly form new colonies. It is adapted to dry conditions and can survive long periods of drought. This increases the plant's potential to persist and spread. Mother of millions is toxic when ingested by livestock; it is also poisonous to humans and household pets.), jumping cholla, and coral cactus — often from a rogue pot plant. Paroo Shire Mayor Suzette Beresford said the council was "monitoring the situation" closely, but the cacti appeared to be "contained 控制住了" and had not escaped the garden. "Just purchase from nurseries, because nurseries won't be selling plants that are invasive or prohibited, rather than just getting cuttings 剪枝 from someone else." A spokesperson for the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) said an "extensive" visual sweep of the Yowah township had not detected any additional cacti. The ABC understands the owners of the home with the confiscated cacti live at a primary residence outside of Queensland. Ms Milson said young cacti also blend easily into dry landscapes, their spines digging into native animals and making it even more difficult to stop their spread. She said anyone who believes they have "suspect" plants in their yard should contact their local council or DPI to get them identified and destroyed correctly. "If what you've found is an invasive plant, please don't just drop it at the dump." 5. probe I. to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions carefully and not directly 试探性的问. to try to discover information about a situation by asking questions and examining facts: probe into sth High-end investors began to probe into the fund's performance and demanded better returns. He says the problems prompted him as a journalist to probe deeper, even after the issues disappeared from the media. The interviewer probed deep into her private life. Detectives questioned him for hours, probing for any inconsistencies in his story. The article probes (= tries to describe and explain) the mysteries of nationalism in modern Europe. II. to examine something with a tool, especially in order to find something that is hidden: Using a special instrument, the doctor probed the wound for the bullet. They probed in/into the mud with a special drill. III. to search into or examine something: Investigators are probing into new evidence in the case. noun. I. a careful and detailed examination: The probe explored allegations of corruption in the police department. II. 探测器. A probe is also a long, thin tool used by doctors in medical examinations or operations. III. the process of asking questions and examining facts in a situation, often in order to discover information that someone may be hiding: corruption/criminal/federal probe Alarm bells rang around the City after the investment bank revealed it had widened its accounting probes. a probe into sth The fund manager was arrested following a probe into alleged corruption. launch/conduct/open a probe The Swiss Banking Commission is conducting a probe into possible insider dealing. probing (of a question) difficult to answer without telling the truth. intended to get information: She asked me a few probing questions. probing questions. 6. Hormones and steroids 激素, 生长素 have not been used in Australia's meat chicken industry for more than 60 years. The myth that hormones are behind rapid growth in meat chickens remains, despite the industry's efforts to dispel 驳斥谣言 it. Chicken meat is the most consumed meat in Australia. The Australian Chicken Meat Foundation (ACMF) has been battling to convince people that selective breeding, improved nutrition and animal husbandry are behind the change. Free range chicken meat is advertised in Australia as hormone-free, but ACMF deputy executive director Kylie Hewson said the reality was hormone use in meat chickens was outlawed in Australia decades ago. "A meat chicken, a broiler 肉鸡, reaches a market weight within 42 days and you never get that in your chook in the backyard," He said the modern meat bird was less physically active and more efficient at converting grain into growth, and was often raised in large sheds to control lighting, temperature, humidity, diet and biosecurity risks. "Factory farming is an aversive term, honestly it's a bit of an insult to the industry and all of the work that it puts into maintaining and optimising the welfare of our chicken flocks," she said. Professor Hoffman said poor animal husbandry ( husbandry I. Farming. Husbandry is farming animals, especially when it is done carefully and well. the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals. "all aspects of animal husbandry". ...soil-conserving methods of good husbandry. He gave a lecture on crop and animal husbandry. II. 资源精打细算. 资源优化使用. The prudent management or conservation of resources. the careful use of money, food, supplies, etc. management and conservation of resources. "low borrowing demonstrates astute husbandry of resources". ) would be unprofitable. "A really long time ago, back in the 50s and 60s, some people in the industry did trial using steroids or hormones to grow chickens bigger," Dr Hewson said. "What they quickly realised was that it was a lot more effective to use selective breeding to breed the traits they wanted in meat chickens." Dr Hewson said steroids and hormones had not been used in Australia's meat chicken industry for more than 60 years and antibiotic treatment was kept to an absolute minimum. On Tuesday, she emerged bruised both from the left and the right at home, where the cost-of-living crisis has come to the front of voter concerns, observers said. 7. self-suggestion = autosuggestion 心理暗示 psychology specialized a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his or her own behaviour or beliefs. the influencing of your physical or mental state by thoughts and ideas that come from yourself rather than from other people: We believe that self-suggestion is the key to building confidence. Individuals who had been hypnotized always acted in accordance with their own self-suggestions. note: Autosuggestion is a psychological technique related to the placebo effect, popularized internationally by pharmacist Émile Coué in the 1920s. It is a form of self-induced suggestion in which individuals guide their own thoughts, feelings, or behavior. The technique is often used in self-hypnosis. 8. Graphene [ˈɡræfiːn] 石墨烯 is a single-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in a 2D hexagonal (honeycomb) lattice. Known as a "wonder material," it is exceptionally strong (200x stronger than steel), flexible, transparent, and acts as an superior conductor of heat and electricity. It has massive potential in electronics, batteries, and composite materials. Graphene is a variety of the element carbon which occurs naturally in small amounts. In graphene, the carbon forms a sheet of interlocked atoms as hexagons one carbon atom thick. The result resembles the face of a honeycomb. When many hundreds of graphene layers build up, they are called graphite ([ˈɡræfaɪt] 石墨). Graphene is not a metal; it is a semi-metal or quasi-metal made of carbon, a non-metal element. While composed of non-metallic carbon atoms, graphene conducts electricity and heat exceptionally well, similar to a metal, due to its unique delocalized electron structure. It is often described as a 2D semimetal. Silicon [ˈsɪl.ɪ.kən] 硅 is not a metal; it is classified as a metalloid 类金属, which is an element that shares properties 属性 of both metals and non-metals. It has a shiny, metallic lustre, but it is brittle and acts as a semiconductor (not a conductor). It is commonly used in electronic chips and solar panels due to these intermediate properties. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic lustre, and is a tetravalent non-metal (sometimes considered as a metalloid) and semiconductor. It is a member of group 14 in the periodic table: carbon is above it; and germanium, tin, lead, and flerovium are below it. It is relatively unreactive. Silicon is a significant element that is essential for several physiological and metabolic processes in plants. Silicon is widely used as a semiconductor material in various electrical devices such as transistors, solar cells, and integrated circuits. It dominates semiconductor applications due to its low cost, excellent electronic properties, and adaptable physical characteristics.

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用法学习: 1. the upshot 最终结果 something that happens as a result of other actions, events, or decisions. The upshot of a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday. The upshot of the discussions is that there will be no layoffs. I guess from the initial excitement of the announcement, it was a bit devastating for us all about the cancellation, But then once we realised what the upshot was going to be for us, I think we started to become quite satisfied. stark I. Stark choices or statements are harsh and unpleasant. U.K. companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive. The conviction should send out a stark warning to other motorists. That issue is presented starkly and brutally. The point is a starkly simple one. II. If two things are in stark contrast to one another, they are very different from each other in a way that is very obvious. ...secret cooperation between London and Washington that was in stark contrast to official policy. Angus's child-like paintings contrast starkly with his adult subject matter in these portraits. The outlook now is starkly different. completely or extremely: The children were splashing in the river, stark naked. If I didn't exercise, I think I'd go raving mad (UK also stark staring mad) from sitting at a desk all day. III. Something that is stark is very plain in appearance. ...the stark white, characterless fireplace in the drawing room. The desert was luminous, starkly beautiful. The room was starkly 朴素的, 简单平凡 furnished. empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary: It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture. The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss. In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark (= extreme) contrast to the slums of the city's poor. stark staring mad = stark raving mad =  stark staring bonkers Completely insane; out of one's mind. go up in the world = come up in the world = move up in the world = rise (up) in the world 社会地位提升 to have more money or a better social position than you had before: Roger and Ann have gone up in the world 有钱了 - these days they only ever travel first-class. To elevate or improve one's social, political, or financial position in life; to become more successful than one was before. You're only going to truly rise up in the world if you make connections with those of a higher social standing. It's unsurprising how quickly Sarah has risen in the world when you consider that her tenacity and determination are only matched by her intelligence and talent. The Robinsons really rose up in the world after they won the lottery. 2. rend [rend] rent or US also rended 撕破. 划破. to tear or break something violently. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst. Powder rends a rock in blasting. Lightning rends an oak. With one stroke of his sword, he rent his enemy's helmet in two. Firemen had to rend him free of (= pull him out of) the burning car. II. (transitive, figurative) To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos. A terrifying scream rent the air. a scream that rent the air 划破长空. durry [ˈdʌrɪ] Australian slang a cigarette. I'm speaking as an ex-smoker who still has the occasional durry.  Nature is healing. On the other hand, what are the tradies going to listen to now while they tailgate and merge without looking on the eastbound M4? There's going to be a lot of clutching at singlets and rending of durries this week. placate [pləˈkeɪt] (appease often disapproving, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify ) make (someone) less angry or hostile. Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements. "they attempted to placate the students with promises". mollify [ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ 安抚, 安慰 (placate) verb I. to make someone less angry or upset. to make someone less angry or upset, or to make something less severe or more gentle: I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers. She was not mollified by his apology. greener pastures a new situation that is better than the previous one. a new and better situation. a better or more promising situation. There are drawbacks for nurses seeking greener pastures overseas, and many are put off by the lengthy process involved in going to work in the US. Many scientists working for the government have left for greener pastures in the private sector. I was frustrated at home, and dreaming of greener pastures elsewhere. Keep your CV and contacts up to date so you can always carry out your threat to move on to greener pastures. So many people in the community ended up leaving for greener pastures. Staff are demoralized by years of cost cutting and many have departed for greener pastures. political will 政治意愿, 高层想的话: Political will is defined as "the extent of committed support among key decision makers for a particular policy solution to a particular problem." It is also considered by political scientist Linn Hammergren to be "the slipperiest concept in the policy lexicon." Lack of political will is often blamed for unresolved political issues. The term is also used in public health discourse to denote a community's willingness and commitment to support or modify existing policies and programs or to develop new ones, based on public understanding and support, to enable the mobilization of resources necessary for their implementation. They require the sort of political will and investment our members have long called for. The insurgents 叛军 will try to win by eroding political will. But it takes political will to get this done. It has huge debts and there doesn't seem to be any political will to increase taxes to cut it down. The political will to grasp them, however, remains far more elusive. 3. lucid [ˈluː.sɪd] 表达清楚的, 说话清楚的, 口齿清楚, 头脑清醒 I. clearly expressed and easy to understand, or (of a person) thinking or speaking clearly. If someone is lucid, they are thinking clearly again after a period of illness or confusion. He wasn't very lucid, he didn't quite know where he was. The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity. She gave a clear and lucid account of her plans for the company's future. The drugs she's taking make her drowsy and confused, but there are times when she's quite lucid. II. (of speech or writing) clearly expressed and easy to understand, or (of a person) thinking or reasoning clearly. Lucid writing or speech is clear and easy to understand. ...a lucid account of the history of mankind. His prose as always lucid and compelling. Both of them had the ability to present complex matters lucidly. His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style. The author’s prose is lucid and entertaining. He didn’t seem very lucid after the accident. Terminal lucidity 回光返照 ( premortem clarity = lightening up before death, paradoxical lucidity 偶尔清醒) is the unexpected, temporary return of mental clarity 头脑清醒, memory, and consciousness in patients suffering from severe psychiatric or neurological conditions (e.g., dementia, Alzheimer's) shortly before death. This "rallying" phenomenon allows non-responsive individuals to speak, recognize loved ones, and act like their former selves, often signaling that death is imminent 马上来了, 马上到, 马上来临. Terminal lucidity is an unexpected return of mental clarity shortly before death in people who have previously been dull, confused, demented, or nonresponsive. The term was coined in 2009 by biologist Michael Nahm and psychiatrist Bruce Greyson. The most remarkable cases occur in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders. The phenomenon has been reported since antiquity and is also known as premortem clarity回光返照 or lightening up before death 回光返照. The related phenomenon paradoxical lucidity 偶尔清醒, 时而清醒 describes an unexpected surge of mental clarity in people with severe neurodegeneration of the brain, but its occurrence is not restricted to the time before death. Terminal lucidity is not considered a medical term and there is no official consensus on the identifying characteristics. Terminal lucidity is poorly understood in the context of medical and psychological research, and there is no consensus on what the underlying mechanisms are. It has occurred in cases of severe dementia, challenging the idea that such conditions are irreversible. Studying terminal lucidity presents ethical challenges due to the need for informed consent. Care providers also face ethical challenges of whether to provide deep sedation, which might limit terminal lucidity, and how to respond to requests for a change in care plans from family members. 4. chinwag a chat or gossipy conversation. a long and pleasant conversation between friends: We had a good chinwag over a bottle of wine. penny 一分钱都不要 used in expressions to refer to a very small amount of money: We have never taken a penny of aid from federal government. If you pay it back within six months, you won't pay a penny in interest. be penny-wise and pound-foolish 大师糊涂小事精明 to be extremely careful about small amounts of money and not careful enough about larger amounts of money. be two/ten a penny 不值钱, 到处都是, 非常常见 to be very common: Antique toy cars are ten a penny nowadays. in for a penny (in for a pound) 一不做，二不休, 要干就该干到底 used to express someone's intention to see an undertaking through, however much time, effort, or money this entails. something you say that means that since you have started something or are involved in it, you should complete the work although it has become more difficult or complicated than you had expected "oh hell, I thought, in for a penny, in for a pound, and scrubbed the place from top to bottom". not have a penny to your name 一贫如洗, 一文不名, 身无分文. the penny drops If the penny drops, you suddenly understand something: She looked confused for a moment, then suddenly the penny dropped. (a) penny for your thoughts 抛砖引玉 said when you want to know what another person is thinking, usually because they have been quiet for a while. a penny saved is a penny earned 省一分是一分. Turned up like a bad penny 不速之客, 不请自来 Used to describe a person who is unwelcome or disreputable, but continuously returns or reappears. Penny dreadfuls 耸人听闻的, 惊悚故事 a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine. cheap popular serial literature produced during the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts of 8 to 16 pages, each costing one penny. The subject matter of these stories was typically sensational, focusing on the exploits of detectives, criminals, or supernatural entities. two pennies' worth = two cents 浅见, 不成熟看法 (idiomatic, UK, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts. That's just my two pennies' worth; you can believe what you like. Usage notes: The US-originated terms two cents and two cents' worth have gained familiarity in the UK in the web era, just as various Briticisms have gained familiarity in the US. the juice is worth the squeeze 值得, 结果配得上努力 (informal) The effort put into something is justified by the outcome. The benefits of some endeavor or objective are enough to outweigh the potential hardship or fallout of pursuing it. A: "I'm just not sure if college is the right choice for me." B: "I can understand that. It's a lot of time money, and hard work. You've got to be sure that the juice is worth the squeeze. You robbed a convenience store for a few thousand dollars, and now you're facing 15 years in prison. Was the juice worth the squeeze? Usage notes: Occurs in various other constructions, such as negations and questions. 5. crown I. to put a crown on someone's head in an official ceremony that makes that person king or queen: be crowned queen Queen Elizabeth II was crowned queen in 1953. be crowned king He was crowned king in Westminster Abbey. I saw the spot where the Emperors were crowned. II. to give someone or something a particular title, usually because they have won it, or deserved it because of their achievements: The race to crown a new champion in US College Basketball continues. Sports Illustrated crowned him the greatest team player on the greatest team ever. be crowned something They are more determined than ever to be crowned European champions this season. She was the favourite to be crowned winner of the TV talent show. hitch noun. I. a temporary difficulty that causes a short delay. a difficulty or troubling fact esp. in a situation that is generally positive: I finally did get a job offer that sounded perfect – the only hitch was the low salary. The taping at Channel 4 went off without a hitch (= perfectly). technical hitch Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting half an hour late. without a hitch The ceremony went off without a hitch. a legal/technical hitch 技术难题, 法律难题 The airline has been plagued by technical hitches and staff shortages. The steady ascent of the company's profits continued without a hitch for an impressive 26 quarters. II. a knot that is used to attach a rope to an object or to another rope: A hitch 结 is a knot used to tie a rope to a fixed object. There are many different hitches, such as a barrel hitch, a boom hitch, a cow hitch and a pipe hitch. III. a device for fastening one thing to another, for example for fastening a caravan (= a wheeled vehicle for sleeping in) to a car: The unit can be mounted to most bikes with a special hitch. verb. I. to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook. to fasten something to another thing, such as a vehicle: We just need to hitch the trailer to the car and then we can go. be hitched to 绑到 The horses were hitched to a shiny, black carriage. hitch something onto something We just need to hitch the trailer onto the car and then we can go. hitch a lift/ride informal to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of travelling. to get a free ride in someone else's road vehicle as a way of traveling: Nancy hitched a ride with her husband's cousin. They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car. hitch your fortunes/future/wagon to sth/sb to rely on something or someone to bring you success: The former oil industry investor has hitched his wagon to renewable energy. 6. 美国政治: By late 2023, it was clear DeSantis was going to lose the Republican primaries to be the 2024 presidential nominee – and that Trump was going to win again. All business logic 商务逻辑 pointed towards the need for Fox News to make amends with 修补关系 Trump. And for Trump, political logic pointed towards the need for a détente ( detente [deɪˈtɑːnt] the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries. an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other: détente between The talks are aimed at furthering détente between the two countries. "his policy of arms control and detente with the Soviet Union". ) with the biggest and most influential conservative media organisation. The rapprochement began in January 2024. Fox staged a town hall event for Trump, the first time he had been live on the network for two years. It not only gave Trump a platform, but it was timed to overshadow the other Republican presidential candidates having a debate on CNN. DeSantis was angry, saying Trump has "got a Praetorian Guard ( The Praetorian ( = pretorian [priːˈtɔːrɪən] ) Guard 皇家保镖, 罗马禁卫军, 保驾护航 was the imperial guard of the Imperial Roman army that served various roles for the Roman emperor including being a bodyguard unit, counterintelligence, crowd control and gathering military intelligence. During the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guards were escorts for high-ranking political officials and were bodyguards for the senior officers of the Roman legions. In 27 BC, after Rome's transition from republic to empire, the first emperor of Rome, Augustus, designated the Praetorians as his personal security escort. For three centuries, the guards of the Roman emperor were also known for their palace intrigues, by whose influence upon imperial politics the Praetorians could overthrow an emperor and then proclaim his successor as the new caesar of Rome. In AD 312, Constantine the Great disbanded the cohortes praetoriae and destroyed their barracks at the Castra Praetoria. ) of the conservative media, Fox News, the websites, all this stuff". As a final act of obeisance ( obeisance [əʊˈbeɪ.səns] 服从 I. Obeisance to someone or something is great respect shown for them. the fact of obeying or respecting someone, or something you do that expresses this: One by one the noblemen made their obeisances (= bent at the waist) to the queen. While he was still young and strong all paid obeisance to him. II. An obeisance is a physical gesture, especially a bow, that you make in order to show your respect for someone or something. One by one they came forward, mumbled grudging words of welcome, made awkward obeisances. ), Murdoch attended the Republican National Convention. But it merely underlined his new marginality 边缘化. Trump, himself, was polite: "I speak with Rupert Murdoch a lot. […] He's 100% sharp, he's sharp as a tack." Donald Trump Jr, now the self-proclaimed MAGA enforcer, was less polite. He claimed he had been blacklisted by Fox News, which Fox denied. Then he said: there was a time where if your wanted to survive in the Republican Party you had to bend the knee to [Murdoch] or to others. […] I don't think that's the case any more. To annoy Murdoch further, one of the stars of the convention was Tucker Carlson, who was fired by Fox 15 months earlier. Carlson sat in Trump's VIP box next to the ex-president, while Murdoch was some distance away in a separate box. 7. backed up 用例: a. You got anything this afternoon? Cancel it. There's somewhere I want to take you. Well, if it's Delmonico's 牛排店, I should pass 我就不去了. I'm still a little backed up 吃得很撑, 现在还撑呢 from yesterday. Hoping Greek's gonna push it on through. b. What the hell are you doing? I'm a little backed up 拉不下屎来. A lot backed up. I haven't shit in three days. I'm like a bloated African famine baby. Could it be? Newton's Third Law of Motion......or lack of motion in your case (指对其偷喂女儿泻药让其减肥的报应), illustrated right here 真实展现, 现场演示 in our bathroom. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. What are you talking about? Karma, baby. Fuck you and your karma. Fine. Shit on my theory. Oh, but wait! You can't. So I guess that makes me right, huh? c. That takes care of 用来支付 last week's buy, this week's buy, my ring, my Rover. You surprise the shit out of me. I thought you was gonna end up broke, living in a trailer park... ...having to score SAG cards for your kids to put food on the table. So I see somebody got their bling back. That mean we doing all right? d. Keep on backsliding once again, I'm backed up against 被逼到 a fence I literally have no friends. e. I'm backed up 这一阵子比较忙 有点忙, 活多 for a while but if you can't find some one give me a shout. "I'm a little backed up with projects this week". "work is backed up 工作堆积. f. The non-RAIDed SSDs that I use are automatically backed up 备份 to Synology NAS boxes, which all have spinning disks with a maximum two-drive redundancy, and the working directories where I spend my days are being continuously backed up with SyncThing to the same NASs. g. If traffic is backed up, the vehicles have to wait in a long line because there are too many of them: The traffic is backed up 交通堵塞, 交通拥堵 for six miles on the road to the coast. "Traffic is backed up for miles on the highway". h. To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up 倒车, 倒退. Back up the car a little, you're blocking the driveway. Back up, you're standing too close to me! If you back up a little, then your car will be completely in that parking space. Don't back up or you'll step on Mom's flower bed. If you back up, the car or other vehicle that you are driving moves back a short distance. Back up, Hans. He backed up a few feet and rolled the window down. A police van drove through the protesters and backed up to the front door of the house. i. To undo one's actions. I couldn't see how to finish the project, so I backed up ( = back out) 还原, 恢复 and tried it another way. j. To reconsider one's thoughts. To return to an item previously mentioned. Whoa, back up 等一下—Janet and Jim are getting married? Back up just a minute there, missy. You failed your Chemistry test? A: "Oh man, it's been crazy here today. Michael got fired, the last issue had all kinds of printing errors—" B: "I'm sorry, back up—Michael got fired?" This isn't working. Let's back up 重新回去, 重新 and think about it. k. (idiomatic, transitive) To provide support or the promise of support to. You have to back up 背书 what I say to Mom so she believes it really was an accident, got it? Of course Jana backed her up 为我说话, 替你说话—those two are besties. You should be careful. This guy is backed up 支持, 撑腰 by the local gang. When he said I wasn't there, I told him I was, and my buddy backed me up. She backed up her claims with data. If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true. Radio signals received from the galaxy's centre back up the black hole theory. Her views are backed up by a Home Office report on crime. If an idea or intention is backed up by action, action is taken to support or confirm it. The Secretary General says the declaration must now be backed up by concrete and effective actions. It is time the Government backed up its advert campaigns with tougher measures. l. (plug up) To halt the flow or movement of something. To become clogged and impassable. I'm calling the plumber right now because the toilet is backed up again. Traffic is totally backed up, due to all that construction. They only have two cashiers for some reason, so the checkout line is all backed up 拥堵, 大排长龙. When I flushed the toilet, the plumbing backed up下水道堵塞了 and burst. "the sink is backed up". m. (idiomatic, intransitive) If a property backs up to another property, that means it abuts or shares a border with another property. We bought this house specifically because it backs up to 紧挨着, 后边就是 our son's school. 8. "In a fog" : This is an idiom meaning to be confused, mentally sluggish, or unable to think clearly. It feels like your brain is clouded, making it hard to focus or remember things. I'm such a fazehead (phasehead) = I'm in such a fog, I totally forgot you were coming. Don't smoke it all at once. What? What's wrong? I'm flush 有货. What do you mean, you're flush(flush adj. I. at the same level as another surface. If one object or surface is flush with another, they are at the same height or distance from something else, so that they form a single smooth surface. Make sure the tile is flush with the surrounding tiles. flush with I want the light fittings to be flush with the ceiling. II. informal having a lot of money. If you are flush with money, you have a lot of it, usually only for a short time. At that time, many developing countries were flush with dollars earned from exports. If we're feeling flush we'll probably give them champagne. I've just been paid so I'm feeling flush. noun. I. a red colour that appears on your face or body because you are embarrassed, hot, etc.: A faint pink flush coloured her cheeks. hot flush 潮红 UK. II. a flush of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc 一股子兴奋, 一阵阵的激动, 一阵怒火, 一股怒火. a sudden strong feeling of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc.: Lena felt a flush of shame at the memory. verb. When you flush, you become red in the face, especially as a result of strong emotions, heat, or alcohol: flush with She flushed with pleasure as she accepted the prize. The champagne had caused his face to flush. )? I'm cool. I'm stocked fat 有的是货. No needy more weedy. I only sold you a quarter last week. You can't have any left, way you smoke. I burned through that days ago. phase noun. I. A phase is one of the forms in which matter can exist, such as solid, liquid, or a gas 物质三态, 物体三态. The three primary phases of matter are solid, liquid, and gas, distinguished by how their constituent particles (atoms/molecules) are arranged and behave. Solids have a fixed shape and volume, liquids have a fixed volume but take the container's shape, and gases fill the shape/volume of their container. II. a stage in a series of events or in a process of development: the early/final/late phase The inflation rate is high, even for the early phase of an economic expansion. The project is only in the initial phase, but it's looking quite promising. We're entering a new phase in international relations. The project is only in its initial phase as yet, but it's looking quite promising. We're entering a new phase in international relations. the design/development/manufacturing phase After two years of discussion, the project is still at the development phase. the growth/start-up phase The merger has helped with the growth phase of our strategy. III. a period of strange or difficult behaviour that will stop after a while, especially a period that a young child or person goes through: When I was in my early teens I went through a phase of only ever wearing black. The phases of the moon are the regular changes in its shape as it appears to us on earth. IV. "It's just a phase" (meaning: a temporary stage, often said about teenagers or behaviors). "I'm going through a phase" (meaning: I am currently in a temporary period of life). "Know I'm not a phase" (meaning: an assertion that one's presence or commitment is permanent, not temporary).  verb. to introduce something in stages over a particular period of time. If an action or change is phased over a period of time, it is done in stages. be phased over 6 months/2 years, etc 分步, 分阶段. The closure of the regional offices was phased over an 18-month period and affected 435 staff. The redundancies will be phased over two years. He wants military commanders to plan a phased withdrawal starting at the end of the year. phase something in 逐步引入 to introduce something gradually or in stages: They will phase the new healthcare system in over a period of five years. phase sth down to remove or stop using something gradually or in stages: We are working to phase down the use of this dangerous gas. 9. space 迷糊 slang To be or become confused, disoriented, or stupefied, from or as from drug use. OK, Janet, I know you just took a lot of pills, but you need to stop spacing 清醒清醒 for a minute and tell me where Stephen went! Right in the middle of my speech, I just sort of spaced and forgot everything I was supposed to say. space out I. To be or become distracted, preoccupied, or unfocused from the present moment or the task at hand. Thomas, quit spacing out back there and pay attention! I love looking out the window on the train and just spacing out for a few minutes. Sorry I got spaced 我走神了. Unable to focus one's attention on something; distracted, preoccupied, or otherwise unable to take a proper, productive interest in something. A: "I've been feeling a little spaced at work lately." B: "Something on your mind? Is everything OK at home?" My parents are so spaced out, they'll never even notice that I was gone for the night. Get spaced" or "spaced out" typically means becoming dazed, distracted, or inattentive, often due to exhaustion or mental fatigue, or appearing intoxicated. It is commonly used to describe having a blank mind, forgetting something, or not paying attention, often expressed as "I totally spaced it". Forgetting: "I meant to call her, but I totally spaced it". Distracted/Daydreaming: "Sorry, I was just spaced out for a minute". Exhaustion: "I hadn't slept in 24 hours and felt completely spaced". II. To be or become confused, disoriented, or stupefied, from or as from drug use. Confused, disoriented, or stupefied, from or as from drug use. Getting knocked in the head like that left me pretty spaced out. You seem really spaced. Have you been smoking reefer again? OK, Janet, I know you just took a lot of pills, but you need to stop spacing out for a minute and tell me where Stephen went! In the middle of his speech, he just spaced out and trailed off into an unintelligible murmur. III. To cause someone to be or become confused, disoriented, or stupefied, from or as from drug use. Getting knocked in the head like that spaced Tom out pretty bad. I don't like the way these pills space me out—I'd rather just deal with the pain myself. spaced out Someone who is spaced out is not completely conscious of what is happening, often because of taking drugs or needing to sleep. not aware of or paying attention to what is happening around you: I just got home from work and I'm kind of spaced out. I hadn't slept for two days and was completely spaced out. 10. skeeve somebody out American English informal to make someone feel sick or upset because they think something is unpleasant. To disgust or repulse. I hate touching raw meat. I just get skeeved out. buffet [ˈbʌf.ɪt] 拍打着 (of wind, rain, etc.) to hit something repeatedly and with great force. If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people. The little boat was buffeted mercilessly by the waves. adulation [ˌædʒ.əˈleɪ.ʃən] very great admiration or praise for someone, especially when it is more than is deserved: As a born performer, she loves the excitement and she loves the adulation. Speaking at the official function, Mr Malinauskas said that although the result was "the best result our party has ever achieved, it's very important that no one confuses tonight's result as adulation". He said it instead should be seen as an invitation to continue to "work our guts out for the next four years". Firming renewables is the process of converting variable renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, into a reliable, dispatchable power supply. It involves adding storage (batteries/pumped hydro) or flexible, fast-acting backup generation (gas turbines/green hydrogen) to bridge gaps when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. fix something up 解决问题, 修理, 完善, 安排 I. to arrange a meeting, date, event, etc.: I'd like to fix up a meeting with you next week sometime. II. to repair or change something in order to improve it. to repair, decorate, or change something so that it is ready for use: He recently finished fixing up the 1920s-era bungalow he bought in 1992. Nick loves fixing up old cars. III. Smooth over or settle. You'd think they could fix up these small differences. fix someone up I. to provide someone with something that they need: fix someone up with something 提供 to provide something that someone needs: Before he left town Pat saw to it that I was fixed up with a job. Can he fix us up with somewhere to stay? II. to find a romantic partner for someone: fix someone up with someone Jacques tried to fix me up with his older sister. III. Nice to meet you. I wish you'd told me we were having company, I'd fix myself up 收拾一下, 打扮一下! Danny: Like it would help. Krista: You are so bad! fix-it informal of, pertaining to, doing, or involving repairs, adjustments, or improvements. a fix-it shop. a political fix-it man. 11. excise [ˈek.saɪz] 消费税 (用于征收烟草, 酒, 毒品等, 同时也用于造成污染的商品) noun. a tax made by a government on some types of goods produced and used within their own country. tax that is paid to a national or state government on some types of goods such as alcohol, cigarettes, or petrol: excise on The excise (duty) on beer was increased under the last government. Pennsylvania is one of just three states that does not collect an excise on cigars. The burden of tax borne by smokers is greater than that on any other excise goods. excise duty mainly UK There will be no change to vehicle excise duty in this year's budget. excise tax The government is raising the excise tax on cigarettes and alcohol. verb. 切掉, 切割. to remove something, especially by cutting: be excised from During a three-hour operation six tumours were excised from the wall of the patient's stomach. The official censors have excised the controversial sections of the report. An excise, or excise tax, is any duty on a category of goods that is normally levied by a government at the moment of manufacture for domestic consumption. This makes excise different from a sales tax or value-added tax (which are levied at a point of sale) or from customs duties (which are levied on goods when they cross a designated border). An excise is considered an indirect tax, meaning that the producer or seller who pays the levy to the government is expected to try to recover their loss by raising the price paid by the eventual buyer of the goods. Excise is thus a tax that relates to a quantity, not a value, as opposed to the value-added tax which concerns the value of a good or service. Excises are typically imposed in addition to an indirect tax such as a sales tax or value-added tax (VAT). Typically, an excise is distinguished from a sales tax or VAT in three ways: a. an excise is typically a per unit tax, costing a specific amount for a volume or unit of the item purchased, whereas a sales tax or value-added tax is an ad valorem tax and proportional to the price of the goods. b. an excise typically applies to a narrow range of products. c. an excise is typically heavier, accounting for a higher fraction of the retail price of the targeted products. Typical examples of excise duties are taxes on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (alcohol tax, for example, may consist of a levy of n euros per hectolitre of alcohol sold); manufactured tobacco (cigars, cigarettes, etc.); energy products (oil, gas, etc.); vehicles; or luxury products. The legislator's aim is to discourage the consumption of products it considers to have a negative externality (sometimes referred to as sin tax). More recently, excise duty has been introduced on certain forms of transport considered to be polluting (such as air transport) or on the consumption of products that generate polluting waste that is little or not at all recycled or harmful to the environment (such as electronic products, certain plastic packaging, etc.). 12. better angels 善心, 善良的一面, 道德的一面 (idiomatic) Morally upright or otherwise positive attributes of human character. The noble, moral, and similarly positive traits or impulses that humans possess. Tim's a good kid, who listens to his better angels. I'm not surprised to hear that he returned the wallet he found. Son, you can't tune out your better angels if your friends are trying to get you to do something stupid. Listen to your better angels because they'll never lead you astray. listen to (one's) better angels 听从自己的内心, 内心的善意 To heed the more noble, moral, and similarly positive impulses that one feels; to follow one's conscience. Tim's a good kid who listens to his better angels. I'm not surprised to hear that he returned the wallet he found. "We are seeing people are being able to live in a siloed echo chamber that reinforces their prejudices, that appeals to the worst demons of their nature rather than the better angels," Mr Turnbull said. redeeming feature Some positive, favorable, or beneficial trait or aspect of someone or something that offsets or makes up for other negative traits. The one redeeming feature of my long commute to work is that I get the chance to read plenty of books. He has a lot of faults, but his loyalty is his most redeeming feature. This movie is a total failure on every level, with no redeeming features to speak of. personal capital 为人的资本, 个人信用 I. Positive traits unique to a specific person, especially in a business setting. A: "This managerial candidate had very glowing references, especially regarding her ability to motivate a team. " B: "Wow, it sounds like she would bring a lot of personal capital 个人资本 to the position." II. One's authority or trustworthiness. Don't blow your personal capital 挥霍自己的信用 as a respected physician by backing something that you know is a placebo. 13. engender 促成, 激发(情感, 感觉, 气氛, 情境) to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist. If someone or something engenders a particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur. It helps engender a sense of common humanity. Mr Bowles could engender delight in students and musicians alike. Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy. The vice-president's speech did not engender confidence in his judgment. "It's symptomatic 症候, 症状 of a broader cancer on our democracy, and my principle motivation in putting this petition together has been to bring to the surface this national conversation - rather than people being too frightened to talk about it," Mr Rudd said. "Murdoch has engendered a culture of fear in Australia about this discussion because he goes after people individually who raise this question, including myself, including Malcolm." Disneyfication = disneyfication disapproving the process of changing something so that it entertains or is attractive in a safe and controlled way: Disneyfication of Many local residents are unhappy about the tourist-friendly Disneyfication of the city. He regularly argues against the Disneyfication of classic fairy tales. They have been complaining for years about the disneyfication of culture. Disneyfied = disneyfied disapproving made to entertain or be attractive in a safe and controlled way: The original books may surprise audiences raised on Disneyfied versions of stories. The city is now an almost Disneyfied vision of old Europe. The area has been disneyfied, but you can still have a great time there. 

scarpetta: 1. lair [leər] I. a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides. A lair is a place where a wild animal lives, usually a place which is underground or well-hidden. a fox's lair. the thieves' lair. II. Someone's lair is the particular room or hiding place that they go to, especially when they want to get away from other people. Green recounts how he once went to see Bremner in his lair. The village was once a pirates' lair. My wife and Pete Marino are here. I guess Dr. Scarpetta didn't enjoy being filled in after the fact? No, she didn't. I slept in a chair and my back hurts. Why a chair? Don't you have couches and beds in that plantation house (A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and expensive architectural works today, though most were more utilitarian, working farmhouses. )? It's not-- I slept in my childhood, uh, lair. 2. Can you believe Benton hid this shit from me? Yeah, but it's kind of his job, you know? I mean, he kind of had to, right? Come on. What? You wouldn't do that. I... Well, that's different, you know, I never had... I never had that much sense when it came to you. 3. Marino is not in love with Kay. Well, that's not what Janet says. Janet? Oh, oh, we go by ( go by I. to move past, in space or time: You can watch the trains going by from this window. You can't let an opportunity like that go by - it's too good to miss. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about her. II. to follow something or be shown the way by something: I'm sorry, madam, but we have to go by the rules. III. to follow or use information provided by something or someone: Don't go by 当真, 当回事, 听...说的 what she says – she's always wrong. IV. 由...来看. to base an opinion, decision, or judgment on something: What do you go by when you're deciding whether or not to employ someone? Going by what she said 从...说的看 yesterday, I would say she's about to resign. in days gone by in the past: The house was a train station in days gone by. if something is anything to go by If past experience is anything to go by, he'll completely ignore our suggestions and then change his mind at the last minute. ) Janet now? She's not even really a person. Oh, no... ( shushes ) You're not allowed to say that. No, no, no, I have been course-corrected( course-correct 纠正航向 I. To alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination. II. 纠偏. (ambitransitive) To make adjustments to an ongoing process or project in order to achieve a desired outcome. course correction I. (aviation, nautical, literally) An alteration to the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination. II. (figuratively) The act of recognizing and correcting an error, or the changing of a direction in order to achieve a desired outcome. A course correction is a change in direction or strategy to address a problem and return to the desired path or objective. It implies adjusting, calibrating, or changing plans to ensure a successful outcome. It often refers to fixing errors to avoid undesirable outcomes midcourse correction I. a navigational correction made in the course of a ship, airplane, missile, or spacecraft at some point between the beginning and end of the journey. II. a correction or adjustment made in the middle of a course of events, course of action, etc. If actual results begin to diverge from aspirations, that should trigger an in-depth review to explore whether a midcourse correction in strategy is needed. ) on that score (on this/that score 在这件事上, 在那个问题上, 在那一方面, 在这方面 about the thing or subject that has just been mentioned: I'll let you have the money, so there's nothing to worry about on that score. "The team has a lot of determination to win," declared the coach. "I have no doubts on that score." There's definitely accommodation available so we're all sorted on that score. He's certainly qualified for the job. I have no problem on that score. She's blameless on this score, at any rate. about the thing or subject that has just been mentioned. You can use on that score or on this score to refer to something that has just been mentioned, especially an area of difficulty or concern. I'll let you have the money, so there's nothing to worry about on that score. I became pregnant easily. At least I've had no problems on that score. If someone you know has cancer, don't let worry on this score stop you from visiting them. on that score Regarding a certain person, situation, outcome, or possibility.  so far as that (or this) is concerned. The police have done a lot to make the city safer—on that score, it's been a really positive past few years. I already got the kids' presents, so we don't need to worry on that score. The accommodation is excellent so I don’t think we need to worry on that score.) for the last couple days. 3. Don't mind me 不用管我, 不用理我, 不用搭理我 ( a polite English phrase used to tell others to ignore you or not let you interrupt their current activity. It acts as a way to minimize disruption, suggesting you are merely passing through or working quietly in the background. Rarely, it can express annoyance at being ignored. ), boss, just wanted to say congratulations again, one on one, in private. Whoa. That is, uh, some neck wound, huh? It's almost like Detective Marino was bent on obliterating it. Could you put your mask on, Dr. Reddy? Oh, that's not necessary, I'm not staying. 4. I just killed a man. What? He was a murderer, and I killed him with a plate. I can't breathe. Oh, I can't breathe. Somebody shot him to cover it up. Who? It doesn't matter. Uh, I think it does. Now I have to go and be feted like a hero and take credit for solving the case, and I think it's the end of me and I think it's the end of my career and it's like a runaway train 出轨的火车. Hey. Look at me. You have a medical degree, a law degree. It all cost you a pretty penny, and for what? Your shit job and your shit life? Come on. For God's sake, Kay, go take some credit for something. He was a filthy, disgusting murderer that needed to be stopped. You did that. You did that. Take the fսcking credit for the brains God gave you. Dare I say "bask in it"? You are Kay Scarpetta. Never forget your namesake. 5. Your wife wants you. Okay. Well, uh, her wish is my command( your wish is my command 你的话就是命令, 说什么就是什么 (often humorous) Whatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away. One's requests or orders must be fulfilled. one's word is law 说话算数. what someone says goes Used to indicate that someone has authority to make a final decision.). Hell of a shindig ( shindig I. a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something. "the glitziest of election night shindigs" II. a noisy disturbance or quarrel. a noisy event or situation, especially a large, energetic party, celebration, etc.: They're going to their neighbours' for a shindig. ). You know, I can tell when someone's spent a pretty penny, so best wishes, felicitations ( felicitations [fəlɪsɪˈteɪʃnz] a less common word for congratulations. words expressing praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion. an expression used to wish someone happiness, or to praise or show approval: May I offer my felicitations on your engagement. "it is my honour to extend the felicitations of the president of France to you".), and all that jazz ( and all that jazz 诸如此类的事情 and such similar things. used when speaking to mean "and other similar things": They sell televisions and radios and all that jazz. "oh, love, life, and all that jazz".). You did Lucy real nice. Thank you. 5. You got arrested? Marino: Yeah. For beating a guy? A suspect. And this was the day that you abandoned me at the restaurant when you were in a rage. What do we gotta relive 重提旧事 that for( relive 回忆起, 复述, 重提 live through (an experience or feeling, especially an unpleasant one) again in one's imagination or memory. to remember clearly an experience that happened in the past: Whenever I smell burning, I relive the final moments of the crash. "he broke down sobbing as he relived the attack". )? Look, it's a simple thing. The guy is a psycho with a long, involved ( I. 复杂的. 繁杂的. 难懂的. difficult to understand; complicated. not simple and therefore difficult to understand: an involved reason/excuse/argument. The plot of the film was too involved - I couldn't understand it. "a long, involved conversation". II. being in a close relationship with someone: emotionally/romantically involved. When did you two first become involved? involved with If someone is involved with someone else, they have a romantic relationship. As a doctor, you should not become too emotionally involved with the children in your care. III. 沉浸其中, 全神贯注 interested in something you are doing: Maria was so involved in her work that she didn't hear me come in. ) record. This charge is never gonna stick. How do you know that? Because I know about these things. Oh, how do you know that, Peter? What do you mean? I'm... uh, because I'm a cop. 6. By the way, I bailed you out. You are welcome. Okay. I'm sure she took credit. Uh, she who? the Doc? Yeah. Lucy: We got into a fight while we were waiting for you, and I left because she is... a bitch. Yeah, Auntie started whistling your tune ( whistle a different tune To change one's opinion or behavior. He never used to support that political candidate, but he's whistling a different tune all of a sudden. I used to be very pessimistic, but ever since surviving that car wreck, I've been whistling a different tune!) and she told me to move out. Marino: Okay. She told me to move out. Can we just, please, we-- maybe this is not the moment to get into all this. Oh, come on. You are so conflict-averse 不喜欢冲突. Unless it's, of course, with your fists. We are gonna move into a hotel tonight. Peter and I. We'll get you a room. Obviously, it won't be adjoining 连着的. 7. You're the one that just got arrested. Can we please stop already? Please? Okay, okay, okay. I lost my temper, you know? It happens. All right. Wasn't your fault. Oh, yeah? Whose fault was it? My sister. My sister has a deleterious effect on ( deleterious [ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəriəs] harmful. Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. deleterious to someone's health. deleterious effect 有害 Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it. Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life. These drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system. deleteriously in a harmful way: Many people have been deleteriously affected by their actions. His kidney failure has not yet impacted deleteriously on other systems. vocabulary: If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to mention your social life. My parents were worried that their divorce would have a deleterious effect on us kids, but in the end it was less harmful than watching them fight all the time. For most plants, a lack of sunlight has very deleterious consequences, but there are some plants that actually do very well in the dark. It's a wonder, given how well-established the science is, that we continue to do things that are deleterious to the fragile ecosystem. We must be willing to live with the deleterious effects. ) everyone in this house. Do you know that my own stallion-like spirit feels diminished by her? Peter, I want out. Out. Before this ends in a prison sentence for my beloved or the nuthouse for my daughter. We are leaving. So pack. Can we at least tell her before we leave? You know... Who? Oh, my sister? What is your obsession with her? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm not obsessed with her. You follow her around like a dopey dog. You just can't do enough for her. It's almost like you're content to just be in her presence just for the honor of anticipating what maybe she needs next. Marino was right. He's your patsy ( pasty adj. 苍白无力的. (of someone's face or skin) very pale and unhealthy looking. If you are pasty or if you have a pasty face, you look pale and unhealthy. My complexion remained pale and pasty. Ron Freeman appeared pasty faced and nervous. He's an unattractive man with long greasy hair and pasty skin. Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor. He is pasty-faced. (figuratively) He was feeling pasty. Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty. noun. a person who is easily fooled, tricked, taken advantage of, or forced to take the blame for others. It describes a gullible individual, often referred to as a "fall guy," "sucker," or "pushover" (Fall guy, sucker, chump, gull, doormat, pigeon, mook, soft touch). The term originated in the late 19th century, likely stemming from vaudeville acts or Italian immigration. When the boss realized the money was missing, he made his assistant the patsy for the theft. They're probably gonna pin it on some patsy 冤大头, 替罪羊, 替死鬼 and... have somebody else take the fall for Gwen's murder. Like, we've seen that a million times. If Gwen really was a spy, okay, wouldn't it be more likely that whoever Thor hired to guard their secrets killed her, maybe? ). 8. bloviate [ˈbləʊvɪˌeɪt ] 滔滔不觉得说, 自以为是的说 verb (intransitive) US to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner. To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. to speak a lot in an annoying way as if you are very important: Most women agree with this, but they don't feel the need to bloviate about it on the internet. What do they pay you to travel around, bloviate about psychos? Uh... you don't want to know, Pete. Usage notes: Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to president Warren G. Harding, again in the 1990s, and again during the 2000 presidential election. Its usage has increased since then. 9. So, I want to know what you said to my husband. Hmm? Good morning. I... What are you talking about? I didn't say-- I'm probably getting fired today. So I don't need you stirring up shit in my marriage. Kay, come on. Kay. What did you say to him? We had a couple drinks. Okay? That was all. And I have a headache. Do you have...? You must have aspirin. Ah, aspirin. Don't do that. My head is throbbing. It's one thing to force yourself in the middle of Lucy and I, but to put yourself in the middle of my marriage, now, that's too far. Kay, that is rich coming from a person who, without telling me, has apparently been in the middle of mine the whole fucking time. Really? What? Oh, it's true. I have no idea what you're talking about now. Come on. He prefers you, Kay. This is insane. He prefers you. He prefers your company, he prefers your conversation. He prefers you. 10. So many distractions in this case. So many distractions. What, you mean like the spaceship......and the astronauts and the spies? And if you just... Yeah.  But if you peel them all away 接下来, 抛一边, 抛开, what are we left with? Two dead women. Yeah. Both found in the exact same spot. Yes. Both joggers at night, both with similar head injuries, and both found with a signature penny at the crime scene. So it's the same person who murdered Cammie Ramada and Gwen Hainey-- Then that means it wasn't a Russian spy killer, and it wasn't some disgruntled Thor assassin. Or an angry boyfriend. No. What we're looking for here is a serial killer. 10. What are you listening to? Uh, self-help. Seems off-brand 不想你会做的事. TED Talk. Warmer. Did you get home at all last night? Yes, I was on the phone for most of it, assessing the level of national security breach we're in. It's a huge bag of shit, as far as PR. Well, it doesn't help that Farmer Joe and his pals saw the crash. Fortunately, some of them were open to memory erasure and mind control. By that, I mean moonshine( I. = bootleg (or illicit) whiskey. Moonshine is whisky that is made illegally. II. [disapproval] nonsense. 胡说八大. silly talk or ideas. If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality. As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine. ). Hmm. Jared Horton? Still in Russia. Extrication ( extrication [ˌek.strɪˈkeɪ.ʃən] 摆脱, 脱离, 脱难, 脱险, 解救, 救出 I. the act of removing something or someone from a place or setting them free with difficulty: Specially trained firefighters perform vehicle extrications (= helping people out of damaged vehicles). Rescue workers are continuing to work in an extrication effort. II. the act of getting yourself or someone else out of a bad situation with difficulty: his successful extrication from his recording contract. the extrication of their troops from the conflict. extricate to remove something or set something free with difficulty: extricate something from something It took hours to extricate the car from the sand. extricate yourself from something I tried to extricate myself from the situation. ) will be tricky, but the astronaut names are confirmed now. Richard Vance and Ivan Szewski. We need that ballistics info from your wife ASAP. You don't happen to have any of that moonshine left, do you? No chitchat over morning coffee? Uh, no. Pillow talk? I don't believe that that's your business. 11. So, you're setting up a trace on your aunt's work computer in case the murderer checks it to see what she knows about him? It's a trap, so if anyone tries to break into Aunt Kay's files, I'll be notified, but they'll never know I'm notified, so it'll be a secret. This shit just comes to you 天生就会, huh? Well, I do have to learn stuff, but it probably does come easier to me 学得快, 学起来容易 than for other people. Like you with writing, right? 

interpolate VS extrapolate: Interpolation is making a prediction within the range of known data points. Extrapolation is making a prediction outside the range of known data points. interpolate [ɪnˈtəːpəleɪt] I. insert (something of a different nature) into something else. to add something in the middle of a text, piece of music, etc.: In his adaptation of the script he interpolated the words "tempus fugit" and the translation "time flies". Coleridge-Taylor was keen on interpolating African-American spirituals into the classical music tradition. "illustrations were interpolated in the text". II. 插入一句话. interject (a remark) in a conversation. If you interpolate a comment into a conversation or some words into a piece of writing, you put it in as an addition. Williams interpolated much spurious matter. These odd assertions were interpolated into the manuscript some time after 1400. "'I dare say,' interpolated her employer". II. 内插法. to add a number or item into the middle of a series, calculated based on the numbers or items before and after it: They use special software to intelligently interpolate the missing values. Additional jobs are evaluated and their monetary values for each factor interpolated into the scale. III. to interrupt someone by saying something: "How very odd to say all that!" I interpolated. extrapolate [ɪkˈstrapəleɪt] verb I. extend the application of (a method or conclusion) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable. to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known. If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future. Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. It is unhelpful to extrapolate general trends from one case. His estimate of half a million HIV positive cases was based on an extrapolation of the known incidence of the virus. Speaking about global warming, she said that time periods of 15 and even 30 years are too brief to extrapolate changes in climate patterns. extrapolate (sth) from sth We as economists tend to just predict the future by extrapolating 提炼, 提取 from the past. extrapolate trends/patterns/risks. extrapolate figures/data/numbers. extrapolate from Extrapolating from the exit poll, this would amount to about 50,000 new votes. extrapolate something to something It would be dangerous to try to extrapolate these findings to any wild deer populations. extrapolate to. extrapolate something from something You can't really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample. "the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups". II. estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating. "the figures were extrapolated from past trends". III. extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. "the low-temperature results can be extrapolated to room temperature".