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用法学习: 1. buzzy [ˈbʌz.i] 讨论度高的, 最后活力, 最有人气, 最多人讨论的 I. exciting, especially because a lot of people are present and a lot of things are happening. If a place, event, or atmosphere is buzzy, it is lively, interesting, and modern. The cafe has an intimate but buzzy atmosphere. There's always a buzzy atmosphere in the restaurant. it describes something generating a lot of excited conversation, media attention, or anticipation.  "There's always a buzzy atmosphere in that new restaurant," or "That was a buzzy new movie". After signing dozens of books and happily posing for selfies with excited fans from his sold-out Sydney Writers' Festival discussion about one of the year's buzziest books, there are two things about which I'm gagging to ask man-of-the-moment Josh Silver before he's whisked off by publicists to continue his packed tour. Buzz has built on both sides of the globe. It was named one of the BBC's 12 must-reads for 2026 and ABC Arts listed it in April's top reads.. II. making a continuous low sound, like that of a bee (= a yellow and black insect that makes honey and can sting you): Despite the sound check, the sound started off buzzy and hissy. The buzzy engines generate lots of noise and vibration. a buzzy bee. 2. homestead 农耕用地 I. mainly US a house and the surrounding area of land, usually used as a farm. a house and the surrounding area of land, esp. land obtained from the government which is lived on and used for farming. II. in the past, land given by the government for farming. in the past, to build a house and grow crops on land given by the government. Developers are on the verge of taking over the family homestead. III. property that is your permanent home and not a second home or property that you rent to someone else: In some states your homestead can't be touched by creditors - no matter when it was purchased. 

dogpile; 驯服降服gentle = tame = break = subjugate; reinstate, restore, install;

用法学习: 1. dogpile mainly US informal noun. I. 摞在一起, 摞起来, 一拥而上. 叠罗汉. an occasion when a group of people jump or lie on top of each other, either because they are happy and excited, or because they are fighting: His game-winning double led to a huge celebratory dogpile. The kids all jumped on their dad, who was soon practically invisible under a dogpile of shrieking, wriggling bodies. He disappeared under a dog pile of swarming police. II. 围攻. 群起而攻之. an occasion when large numbers of people make a verbal attack on someone (= using words), especially on the internet, or the people themselves: Bravo to them for thinking for themselves and not just joining the dogpile. There is a lot of outrage from this dogpile, but you shouldn't believe everything that you see on the internet. verb. I. to jump or lie on top of another person or other people in a large group, either because you are happy and excited, or because you are fighting: The players dogpiled in celebration on the field. I was punched, kicked, thrown to the ground, and dogpiled. II. to verbally (= using words) attack and criticize someone in large numbers, especially on the internet: They've created a system where dissenting voices are reported and dogpiled and pushed off the platform. Don't dog-pile me. I'm just saying what I think. dogpile on I'm sure we all want to dogpile on the company manager for this screwup. 2. yardstick 标志, 尺度, 衡量标准, 标尺 I. a fact or standard by which you can judge the success or value of something. a standard used to compare similar things in order to measure their value or success: a yardstick for sth The firm uses the index as a yardstick for measuring itself against competitors. Productivity is not the only yardstick of success 成功的标志. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess schools. She had never had a boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by which to compare Charles's behaviour. A high salary isn't the only yardstick for success. The only valid yardstick for measuring traffic safety is deaths per miles driven. II. a ruler (= a long flat object used for measuring the length of things) that is one yard (= approximately 91.4 centimetres) long: The dressmaker measured the cloth with a yardstick. run the rule over (one) 查看, 审查, 注意 examine cursorily for correctness or adequacy. To examine, scrutinize, or inspect someone to see if they are worthy. Primarily heard in UK. Talent scouts for the football club have been running a rule over local players to see if there is anyone drafting up to the professional level. We've asked one of the directors to sit in on the interview and run a rule over applicants. A committee of directors will run the rule over would-be bidders. roll over I. 听命. 听从. 言听计从. 唯命是从. to agree to what someone wants, especially because you are under pressure or under someone's control: "If the bill passes, we're certainly not going to roll over and say that's fine," he said. They're not going to just roll over and let him play because they're getting pressure from everybody. If you roll over something on a computer screen, you move the mouse over an active place so that you can see information that is hidden under it: If you roll your mouse over a word, its definition will appear. III. to move something such as an amount of money from one place to another: roll sth over into sth 滚动增加, 累积 Investors can roll over their maximum £9,000 stake into a new tax-free account. Money left over from last year has been rolled over to this year's tutoring budget. IV. to move a debt or loan from one company to another, or to make a debt or loan arrangement continue for a longer period than previously agreed: Most government debt as it matures is rolled over. 3. bad penny 卑鄙小人, 坏人 an objectionable person or thing. A person with no value. Typically used in the proverb "A bad penny always turns up." A: "I don't think we'll see Todd again now that he's been disgraced at work." B: "You never know—a bad penny always turns up." I'm sure we haven't seen the last of your conniving cousin—a bad penny always comes back, after all. You can always count on Luke to turn up like a bad penny and make everything worse. turn up like a bad penny to appear again in a place where you are not welcome or wanted Pete goes down very well with everyone except Ross, who makes zero effort when he turns up like the proverbial bad penny. penny informal The sum of one's available money. I didn't have a penny back in college. I survived off of rice, beans, and plain pasta for weeks at a time. We put every penny we had into this business. I don't know what we'll do if it doesn't succeed. "Breaking a horse 降服 ( subjugate [sʌbdʒʊɡeɪt], tame, gentle ), 驯服烈马, 驯服" is the traditional term for training a young or unhandled horse to accept a halter, saddle, and rider. Modern equestrians prefer the term "starting" to reflect a process based on trust and communication rather than dominating the animal. Horse training is the variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrian activities, ranging anywhere from equine sports such as horse racing, dressage, or jumping, to therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities. Most young domesticated horses are handled at birth or within the first few days of life, though some are only handled for the first time when they are weaned from their mothers, or dams(A dam is simply the mother or female parent of a horse. The term is used primarily in horse breeding, pedigrees, and racing to designate the maternal half of an equine's lineage.). Advocates of handling foals ( [fəʊl] A foal is a young horse, mule, or donkey, usually up to one year of age. ) from birth sometimes use the concept of imprinting to introduce a foal within its first few days and weeks of life to many of the activities they will see throughout their lives. Within a few hours of birth, a foal being imprinted will have a human touch it all over, pick up its feet, and introduce it to human touch and voice. While a foal is far too young to be ridden, it is still able to learn skills it will need later in life. By the end of a foal's first year, it should be halter-broke, meaning that it allows a halter placed upon its head and has been taught to be led by a human at a walk and trot, to stop on command and to stand tied. Some people, whether through philosophy or simply due to being pressed for time, do not handle foals significantly while they are still nursing, but wait until the foal is weaned from its dam to begin halter breaking and the other tasks of training a horse in its first year. The argument for gentling ( gentle verb. I. to train a horse to be tame (= not wild or frightened of people, and safe around them), using methods that do not hurt or frighten the horse but teach it to trust people: If you are talking about gentling (sometimes called breaking) a completely untrained horse, you need a professional trainer. He trains wild horses, or to use the term he prefers, gentles them. adj. I not violent, severe, or strong: gentle exercise 缓度的, 轻度的锻炼 She had been advised that gentle exercise would help her recovery. gentle breeze A gentle breeze was blowing through the open windows. gentle persuasion 温柔说服 You can actually accomplish a lot more by gentle persuasion. II. not steep or sudden: gentle slope 轻缓的, 缓坡度 The path has a gentle slope. gentle gradient The easier ski slopes are very short, with gentle gradients.) and halter-breaking at weaning is that the young horse, in crisis from being separated from its dam, will more readily bond with a human at weaning than at a later point in its life. Sometimes the tasks of basic gentling are not completed within the first year but continue when the horse is a yearling. 4. The first is to accept the wisdom of former UK Prime Minister Lord Palmerston's adage that countries have no eternal allies, just eternal interests (Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.). The second is to recognise that an unbalanced alliance leads to servility (servility [sɜːˈvɪl.ə.ti] formal disapproving the quality of being servile (= too eager to serve and please someone else ): She found the servility of the hotel staff embarrassing. The world they want to create is one of constant submission and servility. servile [ˈsɜː.vaɪl] 驯服的, 听话的 too eager to serve and please someone else in a way that shows you do not have much respect for yourself: As a waiter you want to be pleasant to people without appearing totally servile.), not partnership. Perpetual VS Eternal: Perpetual (日常生活里设计合同法律或者日常夸张说法的. 没有终止日期但仍在时间概念之内的) implies something keeps going and going — it has a sense of repetition or continuity. It's still in time, just never stopping. A perpetual motion machine keeps running; a perpetual lease never expires; someone can be a perpetual complainer (always at it). Eternal (神圣的, 虚拟的, 情感方面的, 没在时间概念之内的) suggests something that stands completely outside of time — it has no beginning and no end, and the question of duration doesn't even apply. God is eternal (not subject to time at all); eternal truths don't "keep going," they simply are. A useful test: You can say perpetual noise (it just never stops), but eternal noise sounds odd — eternity is too grand a concept for something mundane. Conversely, eternal life works because it implies transcendence, whereas perpetual life just sounds like you're stuck living forever in ordinary time. In practice: Perpetual is the word for contracts, law, and everyday hyperbole. Eternal is reserved for the divine, the abstract, or the deeply emotional — "eternal love," "eternal damnation," "eternal truth." 5. perturbed [pəˈtɜːbd] (flustered, ruffled) 担心的, 烦恼的, 心绪不宁的, 烦躁不已的 worried or troubled: Ms. McCurdy was too perturbed to pay attention. He didn't seem unduly/overly perturbed by the news. I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with ​Lebanon, you know. vocabulary: Imagine a couple of snakes getting loose in a pet shop, and the manager running around trying to round up the snakes and calm down the customers, and you'll picture a perturbed person. Perturbed means flustered and confused. When you're perturbed, you're upset by something, and rattled enough by it to be thrown off your usual calmness into a state of confusion. In astronomy, perturbation is defined as "the effects on a large body when it is subjected to gravitational effects from more than one other large body." When a planet is perturbed in astronomy, it is pulled in different directions by strong forces, which is a great metaphor for what happens to a person who is perturbed. unperturbed [ˌʌn.pəˈtɜːbd] not worried about something, especially when this is slightly surprising: He seemed completely unperturbed at the idea of having to sing in a room full of strangers. dance to (someone's or something's) tune to do what a person or thing wants or forces one to do. do one's own dance 想做什么就做什么 = dance to one's own tune Netanyahu has a long history of doing his own dance, irrespective of what he has heard from Washington. 6. 制造业回归: This reshor­ing ( reshore to move a business or part of a business that was based in a different country back to its original country: Many companies are reshoring back to Britain. The company decided to reshore its manufacturing. ) suc­cess story has drawn plaudits ( plaudit 褒奖, 赞扬, 赞誉 an expression of approval; praise: She won plaudits for her toughness during tense labor negotiations. She's received plaudits for her work with homeless people. The quality of his photography earned/won him plaudits from the experts.) from the White House, even though a Chinese cor­por­a­tion now owns GE Appli­ances and its Amer­ican boss com­plains about Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump's tar­iffs. As the United States races to pro­duce 力争 more of what it con­sumes, GE'S exper­i­ence shows that bring­ing work home offers real advant­ages over ocean-span­ning sup­ply chains. But reviv­ing domestic pro­duc­tion means over­com­ing daunt­ing obstacles, includ­ing relent­less cost pres­sures, young Amer­ic­ans' aver­sion 反感, 厌恶 to fact­ory jobs and gaps in the nation's indus­trial base. "This should be a good proof case 实证, 明证 of, yeah, this can work. Is it easy? No. And do we have a lot of things work­ing against us? Yeah," said Kevin Nolan, GE Appli­ances' chief exec­ut­ive. What GE is try­ing has been a cent­ral Trump object­ive since he entered polit­ics more than a dec­ade ago, prom­ising to quickly reverse a loss of man­u­fac­tur­ing jobs that he attrib­uted to faulty trade deals. Yet even as GE and other U.S. com­pan­ies con­tinue repat­ri­at­ing work that had migrated to low-wage ven­ues, the labor mar­ket impact has been hard to dis­cern. 7. bottle it 不敢了, 退缩了, 却步了(balk at), 犹豫了 UK informal to not do something because you are frightened; to fail at something because you are frightened. If you say that someone has bottled it, you mean that they have lost their courage at the last moment and have not done something they intended to do. He was scheduled to appear on the TV show, but bottled it at the last minute. He should have taken the penalty but he bottled it. Walker should have been sent off for that but the referee bottled it. Under pressure, they bottled it. I was going to tell him what I thought of his plan but I bottled it. She denied that her team had bottled it. hot spot I. a place that is popular, for example, for vacations or entertainment: This summer's vacation hot spot is Alaska. II. a place where war or other fighting is likely to happen. III. a building or area where you can connect to the Internet at high speed without wires. a public place where people can use computers, mobile phones, etc. with wi-fi (= a system for connecting electronic equipment to the internet without using wires): There are wi-fi hotspots in all our cafés. 8. Are you Andy? Yeah. Is this yours? Did you write this stuff? My girlfriend, Jill, found your speed-dating card. Yeah, right. God, I've been looking for that speed-dating card. Thank you so much for bringing it to me. So, you actually wrote that one girl looked like... she was "hurting for a squirting"? Mmm-hmm. Yeah. Hurting for a squirting, I wrote that. So you wrote "ho fo show." Yeah, I remember that girl. She was a ho. Fo show. You are never gonna meet anybody... with that kind of mentality about women, you sick son of a bitch. Who the fuck are you to put me on trial 说三道四, 说东道西的? I've never even met you. So why don't you back the shit off, all right? And stop with the inquisition 盘问, 诘问, 审问(inquisition [ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən] formal disapproving I. a period of asking questions in a detailed and unfriendly way: subject someone to an inquisition The police subjected him to an inquisition that lasted twelve hours. II. in the past, an official organization in the Roman Catholic Church whose purpose was to find and punish people who opposed its beliefs. stop with something (用于一种行为, 习惯等): "Stop with something" is more nuanced. It usually means stop doing a particular behaviour or habit, often with a tone of irritation or exasperation. Very common in informal/spoken English. "Stop with the excuses." "Can you stop with the drama?" "Stop with the jokes, I'm trying to concentrate." It implies the behaviour has been going on for a while and is annoying. You wouldn't say "stop with the car" — it only works with ongoing behaviours or patterns. If what I am now writing is destined to meet the eye of any reader, young and inexperienced in dramatic compositions, let such either stop with me, if curiosity can be controlled, or be prepared to admire the brilliancy of the dialogue without approving of the pinciples of the speakers in the following scenes. The next day Luigi came to me with my wages, and told me, "As I was an honest man, I ought not to stop with thief takers any longer". ). That's how you talk? You know what, I don't have to answer to you. You ain't my bitch. Know what I saying? So, shit, man. Fuck it. You shouldn't even be hanging out with this pervert. I don't hang out with him. I work with him and that's it. I tried to introduce him to a few nice people... he made a fool of himself. I don't mess with him, baby. That's not me.You should keep your ho on a leash. Bro, I can't let you... Hey. I can't let you be talking to my woman like that, dawg. Know what I'm saying? Bitch is running wild(a woman (or a person being compared to a woman) is acting completely out of control, behaving outrageously, or speaking her mind aggressively without anyone to restrain her.), man. 9. flub 犯错, 做错, 出错, 弄错 US informal to fail or make a mistake, especially when performing. If you flub something that you are trying to do, you are unsuccessful or you do it badly. If you try a sales technique and flub it, not making a sale, will you try it again?  He really flubbed badly by not catching the ball. Sheila flubbed her lines 说错话 in the second act. noun. A flub is a mistake or an unsuccessful attempt to do something. ...a flub that made listeners cringe. I can tell she has no idea what's she's asking about because she's already flubbed her lines and he's had to repeat himself. meat on the bone 资源, 帮助, 意义, 价值, 真货, 答案 I. Some amount of substance, value, or meaning. We all were hoping to have our questions answered during the governor's press briefing, but there wasn't much meat on the bone 货真价实的东西, 实质性的东西. The game's premise and mechanics are interesting, but there's just no meat on the bone when it comes to story and gameplay variety. For a cheesy, special effects-laden action movie, the plot actually has quite a bit of meat on the bone. What's your answer? Every time I see this argument, there's no meat. II. Some amount of resources to be shared or depend on. We asked for more funds to help tackle the issue, but the city council told us there was no meat on the bone in the annual budget. This used to be a thriving industrial town, but after all the factories closed down, people started moving out in search of places with more meat on the bone. Where's the beef? I. What is the problem? This meaning uses "beef" in the sense of a conflict, complaint, grudge, feud, etc. So, he borrowed your sweater and then he returned it. Where's the beef? II Where is the most substantive or the important part (of something)? This usage originated with a popular catchphrase introduced in a 1984 commercial for the Wendy's fast food chain in which a woman humorously questioned the purported lack of meat in competitors' hamburgers. a phrase used when someone is "poetically" asking about the substance and value of a proposal or statement—"where is the substance and value of this?" So, if something proposed has a lot of flare (big bun), but no true substance (not enough meat) someone might remark: "Where's the beef". The phrase was further popularized that year when US presidential candidate Walter Mondale used it to question the substance of the policy proposals of his primary opponent, Gary Hart. Where is the substance?; Where is the important content? That's really clever and appealing, but where's the beef? Where's the beef? There's no substance in this proposal. The writing is good, but where's the beef? You need evidence to back up your claims. The program looks good on paper, but how do we know it will really work? Has any research been done? Where's the beef? flare-up I. a sudden burst of fire or light. a flare-up of the embers. II. a situation in which something such as violence, pain, or anger suddenly starts or gets much worse. a sudden increase in or occasion of something such as an illness, violence, or an expression of emotion: a flare-up of arthritis. There were flare-ups of anger during the long meetings. flare-up of 激化 There was another flare-up of rioting later that day. flare up I. Lit. [for something] to ignite and burn. The firewood flared up at last—four matches having been used. II. Lit. [for a fire] to burn brightly again and expand rapidly. After burning quietly for a while, the fire suddenly flared up and made the room very bright. III. Fig. 病情加重 [for a pain or medical condition] to get worse suddenly. My arthritis flares up during the damp weather. IV. Fig. [for a dispute] to break out or escalate into a battle. A war flared up in the Middle East. We can't send the whole army every time a dispute flares up. V. and flare up at someone or something Fig. to lose one's temper at someone or something. I could tell by the way he flared up at me that he was not happy with what I had done. I didn't mean to flare up. flare verb. I. to burn brightly either for a short time or not regularly: flare up The flame above the oil well flared up into the dark sky. New fires flared and people were told to leave their homes. II. When something bad such as violence, pain, or anger flares (up), it suddenly starts or gets much worse: Violence flared up again last night. temper flares Tempers flared after a three-hour delay at the airport yesterday. III. to (cause to) become wider: The horse's nostrils flared. He flared his nostrils in rage. The skirt fits tightly over the hips and flares just below the knees. noun. I. a sudden increase in the brightness of a fire: There was a sudden flare when she threw the petrol onto the fire. II. a very bright light or coloured smoke that can be used as a signal, or a device that produces this: We set off a flare to help guide our rescuers. Every agent is given a pack with rations, signal flares, and a first-aid kit. III. trousers that get wider below the knee: He grew his hair long and started to wear flares. IV. the fact of something, especially clothing, becoming wider at one end: This skirt has a definite flare. V. in American football, a short throw to a back who is running towards the sideline: Under pressure, he threw a flare to Wilson that lost three yards. He caught a flare pass from Merino and managed to make seven yards. VI. in baseball, a ball that is hit a short distance through the air into the outfield: Pitch him away and he gets his little flares and infield hits. Jones hit a flare to right that fell just inside the line. VII. in gymnastics, a movement in which the gymnast balances on their hands and moves their legs wide apart in a circular movement: It was an immaculate performance, full of crowd-pleasing flares and eye-catching manoeuvres. The American lost his rhythm on a flare sequence and finished sixth. 10. cravenly [ˈkreɪ.vən.li] formal disapproving in an extremely cowardly (= not brave) way: I cravenly agreed, simply in order not to antagonize him. He wrote to her afterwards, hoping cravenly that she had not been hurt. craven 没胆, 胆小如鼠, 胆怯, 懦弱 a person who is not at all brave and who is too eager to avoid danger, difficulty, or pain: I thought I was brave but I am a coward, a craven. a craven act of terrorism. Politicians are too craven to tackle this problem. overhead adj. I. relating to the overheads of a business: One way of increasing profit margins is to cut overhead costs. II. in sports played with a racket, hit from above head height: The winning shot was an overhead smash at the net. Squash has fewer overhead shots than other racket sports. II. in sports such as basketball, thrown from above head height. She set up the score with a two-handed overhead pass to Donnelly. III. at a level higher than a person's head; in the air or the sky above the place where you are: overhead lighting A flock of geese flew overhead. noun. I. (= overhead transparency) a transparent sheet used for showing text or pictures with an overhead projector. II.  overheads [plural] UK (US overhead [ C or U ]) 日常费用. 运营费用. the regular and necessary costs, such as rent, heat, electricity, and telephone, involved in operating a business: overhead expenses. We need to reduce our overheads. Many businesses are moving out of New York because the overheads there are so high. turn into a pillar of salt: I saw what you did with your friend. Oh, and you didn't turn into a pillar of salt. Good for you. Or you may find yourself transformed into a pillar of salt, or turned to stone and left to cry for all eternity. As a result, she was turned into a pillar of salt. All those who have ever made the mistake of crossing me have been turned into pillars of salt. wiki: In the Bible, Lot's wife is a figure first mentioned in Genesis 19. The Book of Genesis describes how she became a pillar of salt after she looked back at Sodom during its destruction by God. She is not named in the Bible, but is called Ado or Edith in some Jewish traditions. She is also referred to in the deuterocanonical books at the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom 10:7) and the New Testament at Luke 17:32. The story of Lot's wife begins in Genesis 19 after two angels arrived in Sodom at eventide and were invited to spend the night at Lot's home. The men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and prompted Lot to offer up these "strangers" to have sex with; instead, Lot offered up his two daughters but they were refused. As dawn was breaking, Lot's visiting angels urged him to get his family and flee, so as to avoid being caught in the impending disaster for the iniquity of the city. The command was given, "Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, lest you be swept away."  While fleeing, Lot's wife looked behind her at Sodom and was turned into a pillar of salt. 11. bullion [ˈbʊl.i.ən] 金条 pure gold or silver formed into bars. rare metal such as gold or silver, often in the form of thick blocks, that is bought and sold in large quantities as a commodity or investment: The price of gold bullion rose by 4.8%. A shipment of gold bullion was stolen. The simplest way of doing this is to hold the commodity in a tangible form, such as gold bullion. It was once so precious it was used as a currency - in the way that we might use gold bullion today. Beckham's sarong gate: Over the years, Beckham doubled down on having no regrets over the sarong, insisting past fashion choices were entirely his own. If anything, the incident has become part of brand Beckham mythology; an early indication of David and Victoria's fashion-forwardness 时尚超前意识 and media savvy that has morphed into today's multimillion-dollar sport, beauty and business empire. "He's very knowing ( knowing 很懂的, 懂行的 showing that you know about something, even when it has not been talked about. having or showing knowledge of private or secret information: My mother gave me a knowing smile. a knowing 洞悉的, 会意的, 心照不宣的, 心有灵犀的, 心灵相通的, 会心的, 心知肚明的, look/glance/smile. A knowing gesture or remark is one that shows that you understand something, for example the way that someone is feeling or what they really mean, even though it has not been mentioned directly. Ron gave her a knowing smile. Dan exchanged a knowing look with Harry. He smiled knowingly. )," said Doig, who added that Beckham always had "a bit of a laugh about it" when they discussed the sarong. Brand Beckham would not be the success it is today, "if it were not for the two of them making very daring 穿衣风格大胆 ( Daring (勇于冒险并向往刺激的) leans toward the excitement and drama of the risk itself — there's an element of flair or spectacle. A daring rescue. A daring escape. Bold (信心十足并且心意坚定的) leans toward confidence and willingness to stand out or face pushback, without necessarily implying physical danger. A bold claim. A bold strategy. Bold colours. The overlap: both can describe courageous action. "A bold move" and "a daring move" are often interchangeable, but daring adds a hint of thrill or audacity, while bold adds a hint of conviction and self-assurance. Quick test: if the courage is about excitement and risk, reach for daring. If it's about confidence and standing firm, reach for bold.) fashion choices in the '90s that put them front and center of every newspaper in the world," Doig added. 12. gangbanger 黑帮分子 I. a member of a violent street gang. a member of a violent group of young men, especially ones who use guns and commit crimes. II. a person who participates in a sexual gangbang. A Power of Attorney is a legal document allowing someone to make legal and financial decisions for you. There are 2 types of Power of Attorney documents: General Power of Attorney - A legal document that allows you to appoint a person to manage financial and legal decisions on your behalf, only while you have the ability to make your own decisions. A General Power of Attorney becomes invalid when you die, or you lose capacity to manage your own affairs. Enduring Power of Attorney - A legal document that allows you to appoint a person to manage financial and legal decisions on your behalf and continues even if you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself. It also becomes invalid when you die. A Power of Attorney is only valid during your lifetime. After death, your Will comes into effect. Lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) in English law were created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and came into effect on 1 October 2007. The LPA replaced the former enduring powers of attorney (EPA) which were narrower in scope. Their purpose is to meet the needs of those who can see a time when they will lack capacity to look after their own affairs. There are two types of LPA: health and welfare, and property and financial affairs; either or both may be created. The LPA allows them to make appropriate arrangements for family members or trusted friends to be authorised to make decisions on their behalf. 13. clam up = shut up like a clam 缄口不语, 沉默不语, 闭口不言, 拒不开口, 闭口不谈, 缄默 to become silent suddenly, usually because you are embarrassed or nervous, or do not want to talk about a particular subject. to refuse to talk or answer: He just clammed up when I walked in. He just clams up if you ask him about his childhood. install I. 安装家具. 安装机器. 安装设备. to put furniture, a machine, or a piece of equipment into position and make it ready to use: The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine 安装洗衣机. The company would like to install wind turbines on the hill. have sth installed The firm is having a new security system installed. II to put someone in an important job or position. to place someone formally in an official job of high rank: The new president of the university was installed before the graduation ceremony. install someone as something She has installed a couple of young academics as her advisers. He was installed as chief justice of the state Supreme Court. The new company will be headed up by Jo Riley, who will be installed as Managing Director. install someone/yourself in/at somewhere UK to put someone/yourself in a comfortable position where you want to stay: He seems to have installed himself in your spare room for good! instate I. to place in a position or office; install. II. to establish something: He pledged to instate new policies. reinstate I. If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them. The governor is said to have agreed to reinstate five senior workers who were dismissed. The prime minister announced his resignation, but he is expected to be reinstated within a few days. II. To reinstate a law, facility, or practice 重新实施 means to start having it again. ...the decision to reinstate 恢复政策 the grant. Her conviction was reinstated last month. restore I. To restore a situation or practice means to cause it to exist again. The army has recently been brought in to restore order. As they smiled at each other, harmony was restored again. The death penalty was never restored. His visit is expected to lead to the restoration of diplomatic relations. They were committed to the eventual restoration of a traditional monarchy. Some people are in favour of restoring capital punishment ( = death penalty ) 恢复死刑 for murderers. II. To restore someone or something to a previous condition means to cause them to be in that condition once again. restore sth to sth If you take totally abandoned land, you could restore it to profitability 恢复盈利 after about three years. We need to restore competition to the operating-system and browser markets. restore growth 恢复增长/profitability. We will restore her to health 恢复健康 but it may take time. He said the ousted president must be restored to power 复位, 官复原职. His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy. I owe the restoration of my hearing to this remarkable new technique. III. When someone restores something such as an old building, painting, or piece of furniture 修缮, 修复, they repair and clean it, so that it looks like it did when it was new. ...experts who specialise in examining and restoring ancient parchments. ...the beautifully restored old town square. I specialized in the restoration of old houses. The bones were 'mislaid' during the seventeenth-century restorations. IV. If something that was lost or stolen is restored to its owner 物归原主, it is returned to them. If the economy picks up, he expects to restore funding to road projects. The following day their horses and goods were restored to them. The burglars were arrested and my stolen property was restored. V. If you restore a quality or ability that someone has not had for a long time, you make it possible for them to have that quality or ability again: Doctors have restored his sight 恢复视力. The government is trying to restore public confidence 恢复公众信心 in its management of the economy. restore confidence/faith The move by the US Federal Reserve this week to cut interest rates has restored a lot of public confidence. The firm is battling to restore its reputation 恢复名誉, 恢复声誉 after the scandal. 14. give out I. If a machine or part of your body gives out, it stops working: At the end of the race his legs gave out and he collapsed on the ground. The batteries are likely to give out 完蛋 soon. He was old and his heart just gave out 不行, 不工作, 停止工作, 不堪重负. II. Irish English informal to complain about something: After this win hopefully people will stop giving out to the team and the coach. She's running out of things to give out about. III. old-fashioned to make a piece of information public, especially information that is not true: give out that They had given out that he had died of typhoid. It was given out that he had been shot while trying to escape. give it out Fletcher gave it out that it was all part of a grand plan. IV. to give something to each of a number of people: They're giving out free tickets to the circus. V. to last no longer, or to work no longer: Food supplies will give out 供应不足, 供应不上, 弹尽粮绝 by the end of the week. businesslike [ˈbɪz.nɪs.laɪk] I. getting things done in a quick and practical way. happening in a way that is practical and effective and is not personal, or typical of business. If you describe someone as businesslike, you mean that they deal with things in an efficient way without wasting time. Mr. Penn sounds quite businesslike. This activity was carried on in a businesslike manner. The meeting was brief and businesslike. We hope the meeting can be conducted in a businesslike way, without a lot of emotional statements. The meetings were very businesslike. She had a brisk and businesslike manner. II. suitable for a place of business: We work in a casual yet businesslike environment. To design a simple, professional letterhead, pick an attractive, businesslike font and use it to center your name and address at the top. 15. crèche [kreʃ] 育儿所(child care) a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop. a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop: Her son was in the crèche while she worked. There are no creche facilities provided for staff. Does your employer provide a crèche?

divide VS division VS gap, gulf VS chasm VS schism VS divergence VS rift: 

divide verb. I. to (cause to) separate into parts or groups: divide into 分组 At the end of the lecture, I'd like all the students to divide into small discussion groups. be divided into 分裂 After the Second World War, Germany was divided into two separate countries. II. to share: divide something among someone/something I think we should divide the costs equally among us. III. If something divides two areas, it marks the edge or limit of them: divide someone/something from someone/something 分隔, 切分 There's a narrow alley that divides our house from the one next door. dividing line 分隔线, 分界线 This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour's. IV. to use different amounts of something for different purposes or activities: divide something between something She divides her time between her apartment in New York and her house in the Berkshires. V. If Members of Parliament divide, they vote by separating into two groups, one group who want the law that is being voted on to be accepted and one group who are against it: After a lengthy debate, MPs/the House of Commons divided. VI. to cause a group of people to disagree about something: The party is divided over the issue of capital punishment. divide and rule = mainly US divide and conquer a way of keeping yourself in a position of power by causing disagreements among other people so that they are unable to oppose you: It's just a fact that the principle that underpins any empire is divide and rule. divide something by something to calculate the number of times that one number fits (exactly) into another: 10 divided by 5 is/equals 2. divide (something) into something If a number divides into another number, it fits (exactly) into it when multiplied a particular number of times: What do you get if you divide 6 into 18? noun. I. a difference or separation. a separation: The river forms a divide between mountains and coastal plains. divide between The divide between the rich and the poor in this country is continuing to grow. II. A divide is a significant distinction between two groups, often one that causes conflict. ...a deliberate attempt to create a Hindu-Muslim divide in India. It's on taxes that the divide between the two candidates is widest. III. 分界点. A divide is a moment in time or a point in a process when there is a complete change from one situation to another. The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth. IV.(watershed 分水岭) A divide is a line of high ground between areas that are drained by different rivers. division I. The division of a large unit into two or more distinct parts is the act of separating it into these parts. ...Czechoslovakia's division 分裂 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. II. The division of something among people or things is its separation into parts which are distributed among the people or things. The current division 划分 of labor between workers and management will alter. III. Division is the arithmetical process of dividing one number into another number. I taught my daughter how to do division 除法 at the age of six. IV. A division is a significant distinction or argument between two groups, which causes the two groups to be considered as very different and separate. The division 分歧 between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains. V. In a large organization, a division is a group of departments whose work is done in the same place or is connected with similar tasks. ...the bank's Latin American division 分部. ...the sales division. VI. A division is a group of military units which fight as a single unit. Several armoured divisions are being moved from Germany. VII. In the British Parliament, a division is a vote where the Members of Parliament go into separate rooms in order to record their vote. VIII. In some sports, such as football, baseball, and basketball, a division is one of the groups of teams which make up a league. The teams in each division are considered to be approximately the same standard, and they all play against each other during the season. Villa had just been relegated from the First Division. ...the Scottish Premier Division leaders, Dundee United. divisive [dɪˈvaɪsɪv] 有分歧的, 有争议的 likely to cause arguments between people. Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people. Abortion has always been a divisive issue. A referendum would be divisive. a divisive issue. divisiveness 分歧 We live in a world that seems ever more full of rancor and divisiveness. schism [skɪzəm , sɪz-] 分立, 分裂, 嫌隙, 分歧, 意见不统一 When there is a schism, a group or organization divides into two groups as a result of differences in thinking and beliefs. ...the great schism which divided the Christian world in the 11th century. The church seems to be on the brink of schism. an occasion when one group divides into two groups because of a disagreement. chasm [ˈkæzəm] 意见不一 I. a very big difference that separates one person or group from another. If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them. ...the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry. ...the chasm between rich and poor in America. chasm between: a widening chasm 区分, 分歧 between town and country. II. 裂缝. a very deep crack in rock or ice. divergence 分歧, 发散 I. a difference in the way that two or more things develop from the same thing. A divergence is a difference between two or more things, attitudes, or opinions. There's a substantial divergence of opinion within the party. This overall figure conceals wide divergences between the main industrial countries. The tenor of the opening remarks reflects the divergence in the priorities of the two sides. divergence between The divergence between the incomes of the rich and the poor countries seems to be increasing. divergence from Recently published statistics show a divergence from previous trends. II. The degree to which two or more things diverge. an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.  divergence of: a wide divergence of opinion on this issue. divergent things that are divergent are different from each other. Differing from another: two people who have divergent views. a divergent opinion分歧意见. convergence 汇聚, 会聚 I. The act of moving toward union or uniformity. The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. — Berkeley. II. 交汇点. A meeting place. We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers. disconnect verb. I. To disconnect a piece of equipment means to separate it from its source of power or to break a connection that it needs in order to work. The device automatically disconnects the ignition when the engine is switched off. Vicky Brown arrived home to find the men disconnecting her microwave. She ran back to the phone. The line had been disconnected. disconnect something from something Never try to fix a broken machine without disconnecting it from the electricity supply. II. If you are disconnected 被断掉, 断线, 切断 by a gas, electricity, water, or telephone company, they turn off the connection to your house, usually because you have not paid the bill. You will be given three months to pay before you are disconnected. If you are disconnected while speaking on the phone, the phone connection is suddenly broken and you can no longer continue your conversation. III. If you disconnect something from something else, you separate the two things. He disconnected the IV bottle from the overhead hook. IV. to stop being connected to the internet: be/get disconnected Our broadband keeps getting disconnected. If the signal is still weak, try disconnecting from your current network and using a different wireless connection. noun. a lack of a connection; disconnection. a situation in which two or more things are not connected in the way that they should be: disconnect between 割裂 The study found a disconnect between the state's social programs and some people who need government assistance. a disconnect between political discourse and the public.

Divide as a noun is narrower and more dramatic — it almost always refers to a deep, lasting gulf: the urban-rural divide. the digital divide. a divide between rich and poor. Gap — the most neutral. Simply an absence, a space between two things. Can be trivial (a gap in the schedule) or significant (a gap in understanding), but carries no inherent drama. Chasm: a gap so extreme it becomes almost unbridgeable. Borrows its weight from geology (a deep crack in the earth). Always dramatic; rarely used for minor differences. Divide — like chasm, suggests something deep and structural, but more often social or ideological than emotional. The north-south divide, the digital divide — these are systemic, baked-in separations rather than active quarrels.

social divide VS social division: Social divide: pictures two sides with a gulf between them — rich vs poor, urban vs rural. It’s vivid and binary. Journalists favour it because it's punchy and concrete. Social division is broader — society can have many divisions simultaneously (class, race, religion, gender). It's the more academic term, used when analysing the structure of inequality rather than painting a stark picture. The growing social divide between the wealthy and everyone else — stark, two-sided gap. Social divisions along racial and class lines — multiple fault lines, analytical tone. Social division within the community — the state of being fractured, not necessarily binary. Short answer: Use social divide when you want to evoke a stark, visible gulf. Use social division when the context is broader, more analytical, or involves multiple fracture lines. 

Divergence (成员意见不同意): Members' views start drifting in different directions.
Divide (成员意见对立, 截然相反): A clear line emerges between moderates and radicals. cultural divide 文化隔阂.
Division( 分成不同派系): The party formally splits into two factions (still in the same party).
Rift (drive/create几派领导间有嫌隙, 猜忌, 隔阂, gap是最中性的隔阂, drive a wedge, gulf 隔阂很大 ): A public argument causes lasting personal enmity between leaders. generation gap 代购. emotional barriers 疏离感 between people.
Chasm(隔阂很深, 难以调和): The two sides now hold completely opposite, irreconcilable worldviews.
Schism(某一派系独立出来): One group breaks off to form a new political party. 

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用法学习: 1. lumber 跌跌撞撞的走, 一瘸一拐的走 to move slowly and awkwardly. If someone or something lumbers from one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily. Large parts of its war effort are now unmanned, the robots, drones, and remotely piloted tanks giving it a sudden, albeit fragile, edge over a lumbering and strained Russian invader. He turned and lumbered back to his chair. The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road. He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry. In the distance, we could see a herd of elephants lumbering across the plain. lumber someone with something 丢给...处理 [British, informal, disapproval] mainly UK informal If you are/get lumbered with something, you have to deal with something or someone that you do not want to. If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you. I was lumbered with the job of taking charge of all the money. I hope no-one ever gets lumbered with you. I always seem to get lumbered with the job of clearing up after a party. pockmarked = pocked I. 满脸痘印的. 满脸麻子的. marked with pockmarks: a pockmarked face. II. 坑坑洼洼的. A pockmarked surface has a lot of holes or low areas in it: The old barn was pockmarked with bullet holes. Across the battlefield, control over location data is paramount, and sometimes they must feel their way using daytime recorded drone feeds and painstaking research of the best route over a pockmarked farming field. pock I. 水痘. a spot on the skin that contains pus (= thick yellowish infected liquid), caused by a disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, or a small hollow place that is left when the spot has healed: His face was covered in pocks and cysts. In rare cases the pock may reappear in the same place after it is apparently healed. II. a small hollow place or hole on a surface: Twenty-foot bomb craters pock the roads. The chickens have left little red pocks all over her legs. There are pocks left by hooves and shoes in the soft ground. verb. I. to create holes or raised areas on a surface: Heavy rain is pocking the roads with large potholes. Prairie dogs pock the golf course with their mounds, and take golf balls and hide them in their burrows. II. (of holes) to be all over a surface: Bulletholes pock the entrance to the tunnel. The scars of the trenches still pock the land. pockmark 痘印, 麻点, 麻子 a small hollow on your skin that is left after a spot caused by a disease, such as chickenpox or smallpox, has healed: a face covered with pockmarks. incurious [ɪnˈkjʊə.ri.əs] 不好奇的, 没有好奇心的. 司空见惯, 习以为常的 ot curious; indifferent or uninterested. not interested in knowing what is happening, or not wanting to discover anything new: incurious about He's strangely incurious about what goes on around him. One load is delivered in a non-descript farmhouse, where five boxes of ammunition are strapped onto a robot. It whirrs 嗡嗡着 to life as its remote pilot takes control from a bunker miles away, and trundles down the tiny mud path between two cottage fences, past incurious locals, beginning its 10-hour journey to the frontline. whirr = whir 嗡嗡叫, 嗡嗡着 verb. When something such as a machine or an insect's wing whirrs, it makes a series of low sounds so quickly that they seem like one continuous sound. The camera whirred and clicked. ...the whirring sound of the film projector. He could hear the whirr of a vacuum cleaner. Whirr, click, whirr, click–step by step the scan probed deeper. The silence was broken by the whirring of a helicopter. trundle 晃悠悠的走, 慢悠悠的游走 verb. I. If a vehicle trundles somewhere, it moves there slowly, often with difficulty or an irregular movement. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley. A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages. The train eventually trundled in at 7.54. II. If you trundle something somewhere, especially a small, heavy object with wheels, you move or roll it along slowly. (to cause something) to move slowly on wheels: She trundled the wheelbarrow down the path. Hundreds of trucks full of fruit and vegetables trundle across the border each day. The old man lifted the barrow and trundled it away. They trundled his mowers outside and dumped them. III. If you say that someone is trundling somewhere, you mean that they are walking slowly, often in a tired way or with heavy steps. Girls trundle in carrying heavy book bags. trundle something out mainly UK informal to produce in a boring way something that has often been seen or used before: They seem to trundle out the same old films every Christmas. 2. Puck bunny(Off Campus references the derogatory slang "puck bunny", which is used to describe female ice hockey fans who are more interested in the players than the game itself.) is a term used to describe a female ice hockey fan whose interest in the sport is purported to be primarily motivated by sexual attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Primarily a Canadian term, it gained popular currency in the 21st century, and in 2004 was added to the second edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. The term is somewhat analogous [əˈnaləɡəs] 可类比的 to the term groupie as it relates to musicians. Sociological studies of the phenomenon in minor league hockey indicate that self-proclaimed "puck bunnies" are "'proud as punch' to have sex with the [players]", as it confers social status on them. However, these transitory 短期的, 短时间的 relationships are often contrasted with those of girlfriends, with whom players have more stable, long-term relationships. In similar terminology, a female fan who hangs around rodeo cowboys is called a "buckle bunny", in reference to large belt-buckles given as awards. false dawn 落空的希望 I. something that seems to show that a successful period is beginning or that a situation is improving when it is not. a situation in which you think that something is finally going to improve but it does not. National elections are scheduled for next year, but this country has seen many false dawns before. Is it really heading for democracy and peace this time? The increase in sales at the end of the year proved to be a false dawn. We know the couple will end up in love, but the screenplay structure requires a false dawn before the real happy ending. There have been false dawns. First, the Membreys were told by police the killer had been found. But he was cleared. And now, police have reason to believe there is a new suspect. II. a time in which something such as the economy seems to be getting better but in fact it is not: In Japan, the concern is that the latest pick-up in activity will be another false dawn and that the economy will suffer a relapse. 3. incorporate I. to include something as part of something larger. to include something within something else: incorporate a component/an element/a feature 加入特色, 融入新特色, 新部件 Mobile phones incorporate features of desktop computers, personal digital assistants, and landlines. incorporate a concept/an idea/a theme Working with colleagues from other countries gives us the opportunity to incorporate new ideas and methods. incorporate sth into sth We've incorporated the hydraulic central heating into the floor tiles. incorporate sth with sth 融合 Thirty years ago, the idea that a phone could be incorporated with a computer and be held in one hand was the stuff of comic books. be incorporated into The European Convention of Human Rights has been incorporated into Irish law. be incorporated in Suggestions from the survey are incorporated in the final design. This aircraft incorporates several new safety features. But Frontier has been incorporating service upgrades. It restored call-in customer service for passengers in Spring 2024 after discontinuing it in 2022. It also recently started offering wider first-class seats, and Wi-Fi should be available by 2027.  II. business, law specialized to make a company or organization into a legal corporation (= a particular type of company). to legally make a company into a corporation or part of a corporation (= a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization), or (of a company) to become a corporation: The company was incorporated in 2008 and is privately owned. It was an offshore company incorporated in Nicosia, Cyprus. He set up a jewellery design business and incorporated it five years later. When a company incorporates, the articles of incorporation state how many shares are authorized and can be issued. the incorporation of black soldiers into Union ranks.  incorporate an association/a business/a company The association was incorporated in 1970. Our company was incorporated in Delaware after World War I. 4. low slung adj. I. lower or closer to the ground than usual: a low-slung convertible. a low-slung modern building. a low-slung sofa. The modern type of camper is very low slung and close to the road. I've always been intrigued by Jimmy Page's low-slung guitar position. The Luce does not have the low-slung profile 重心低, 底盘低 of a typical Ferrari. Powered by electric motors, it also does not have the distinctive engine noise. II. worn lower on the body than is usual: A beach town in the US state of New Jersey is passing a ban on the wearing of low-slung pants 低腰裤 or jeans on its boardwalk. 5. ham I. A ham is a person whose hobby consists of using special radio equipment to talk to other people with the same hobby, often people who are in other countries. I became a ham radio operator at the age of eleven. II. A ham actor 只会张牙舞爪的演员, 龇牙咧嘴的演员, 演技差的演员 is someone who acts badly, exaggerating every emotion and gesture. be a ham To exaggerate a performance or act in an overstated or over-the-top manner, often to the level of being irksome or inappropriate. This is a serious play, so please don't be a ham out there. My toddlers are always real hams whenever we have company over. That actor is such a ham in every role—he always ends up annoying me. go ham I. (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular, often with on) 发疯. To enter an enraged and uncontrollable state; to go berserk. If you use her fabric scissors, she's going to go ham on you. II. (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular, often with on) 竭尽全力. To do something with the maximum possible effort; to go all out. go the whole hog, full send, put one's whole pussy into. My costume last Halloween was pretty lame, but this time I'm really going to go ham. I ordered a couple burgers and just went ham on them. Etymology: Uncertain; the earliest use of the term in the idiomatic sense appears to be in the 2007 song "Go Ham on 'Em" by Soulja Boy (see quotation below), although isolated usage goes back earlier. "Ham" is often thought to be an acronym of "hard as a motherfucker" (with go ham then parsing as go hard as a motherfucker), although this may be a backronym. Alternatively, it could be a phonetic clipping of mayhem. The term was popularized by the 2011 song "H.A.M." by Jay-Z and Kanye West. The fact that go the whole hog and go ham have senses that are synonymous at least raises the question of whether the pig-portions connection is wholly coincidental or not. ham sth up 夸大, 做给人看, 演技夸张 (ham it up) I. If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused. To act in an exaggerated way, typically in order to be funny. Thrusting themselves into the spirit of the farce, they ham it up like mad. Your daughter loves to ham it up for the camera—you might have a little actress on your hands! This is a serious play, so please don't ham it up out there. My toddlers always seem to ham it up whenever we have company over. ham-fisted = ham-handed 笨手笨脚的, 笨拙的 I. Uncoordinated or clumsy with one's hands. My mother does beautiful calligraphy, but I'm so ham-fisted that I can barely hold the pen. No, I'm too ham-fisted to repair that delicate figurine. What were you thinking, letting John hold that priceless antique? You know that boy's ham-fisted! II. 反应太慢的. Inept in one's personal interactions. Tommy is so ham-fisted that he'll never be able to mediate this situation. Please, you're too ham-fisted—you'll never be able to sweet-talk the neighbor to help you out with this. Geez, you need to use some finesse! You can't be so ham-fisted if you're hoping for a reconciliation here. ham-handed In a clumsy manner; lacking care and skill. The candidate's ham-handed attempts to woo voters just ended up annoying them. Sorry for all the typos—I'm too ham-handed to hit the right keys on this tiny keyboard. Geez, you need to use some finesse! You can't be so ham-handed if you're hoping for a reconciliation here. 6. stupid is as stupid does Stupid behaviour indicates stupidity. One's actions indicate one's level of stupidity (or intelligence). The phrase was popularized by the film Forrest Gump. Of course that fool backed his car into own house! Stupid is as stupid does! Stupid is as stupid does, so judge her on her actions, not your first impression. Etymology: Apparently modeled on handsome is as handsome does. Attested since at least 1862, but popularized (perhaps independently) by the 1994 film Forrest Gump. handsome is as handsome does Handsomeness is defined by actions, not by appearance. bug out I. (slang, intransitive, originally military) To leave (a place) hastily. It's time I bugged out of this town: it ain't safe no more. II. (slang, intransitive) To abandon someone without warning. I'm not gonna bug out on you, I promise. III. (slang, intransitive) To miss school, play truant, play hooky. I go to Stockton High, but normally I bug out . IV. 躲一阵子. 躲避一下. (slang, intransitive) To leave civilization to live off the grid; to escape an apocalypse or emergency by leaving the area. to leave a place or situation quickly, especially because of danger: The position gave us good cover and the capacity to bug out in an emergency. When it all goes down, you're gonna want to bug out. V. (slang, transitive, of one's eyes) To cause to bulge. (of someone's eyes) to stick out or open very wide: When I tell people, their jaws drop and their eyes bug out 瞪出眼珠子, 凸眼. Kim Goodman holds the world record for bugging out her eyes. VI. (slang, intransitive, of eyes) To bulge; to protrude. The 3D imagery will make your eyes bug out. VII. (slang, intransitive) To freak out, to go crazy, e.g. from worry. to behave or think in a strange way, especially because of being very worried, frightened, or angry: It's month two of production on the show, and everyone involved is sweating and bugging out. I started kind of bugging out about the whole thing. VIII. (intransitive, slang, computing) To crash or glitch. My PC keeps bugging out and rebooting for no reason. bug-out bag A portable kit containing items needed for short-term survival. Peter Thiel appears to have found a new bug-out 避世, 世外桃源 spot. He isn't alone in looking beyond America's shores. 7. incessantly 无休止的, 不停的 [ɪnˈses.ənt.li] in a way that never stops, especially when this is annoying or unpleasant: She talked incessantly about the most trivial things. He checks his phone incessantly. incessant never stopping, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way: incessant rain/noise/complaints. To chamber a round 上膛 ( chamber 枪膛), you load a live cartridge from the magazine into the barrel's firing position, making the firearm ready to shoot. Safety and Procedural Standards: Understanding how a firearm functions is a matter of rigorous safety and professional training. The process involves mechanical components working in synchronization to move a cartridge from a storage source, like a magazine, into the chamber. distinguishable 有区别的, 可区分的, 易辨别的 different or separate from other things or people in a way that is easy to notice or understand: There are at least 20 distinguishable dialects of the language just on the south island. distinguishable from His days were barely distinguishable from one another. A few words were distinguishable among the slurred muttering. 8.  印度极热: By 6am, the sun over Banda had already forgotten it was morning. The light had the hard glare 炽热的阳光 of a summer afternoon. Shadows were shrinking before breakfast. Thirty kilometres from the district headquarters, the vegetable market at Atarra was already winding down before most cities had properly woken up. Farmers arrived at dawn with tomatoes, gourds, chillies, lemons and melons. Everyone wanted to sell their wares quickly and get home before the heat intensified. Where trading once bustled until late morning, activity now faded by 8am. By 10am, the market was almost deserted. Between the blazing 酷热的 sky and the scorched 烤人的 ground, people do what Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński once observed in another furnace-hot 熔炉一样热的 landscape in Africa: devote their energies to "the search for shade and a breeze". Sand mining 挖沙 and groundwater depletion 地下水干涸 have weakened the Ken river's ability to cool the surrounding landscape. Nearby, an 80-year-old woman named Chunubadi sat beside a repaired table fan held together with string and improvisation. The fan worked, but only just. It blew air that was dry and relentlessly hot. "The sweat dries," she said, watching the blades turn, "but these gusts are hard for an old body to bear." Then came a darker reflection. "In my 80 years, I've never seen heat like this. Old people die in extreme cold or extreme heat. I don't know whether I'll be able to endure this one." Like everyone else in Banda, Yadav had adapted 适应. But adaptation and relief are not the same thing. 9. Jodi Knott suffered 'gratuitous cruelty': Black and his partner Constable Timothy Trautsch stomp on Jodi as she lays on the road. Black kicks her in the head, and at one point drags her by the hair along the bitumen( Bitumen 沥青 (UK: [ˈbɪtʃʊmɪn] BIH-chuum-in, US: [bɪˈtjuːmɪn, baɪ-] bih-TEW-min, by-) is an immensely viscous constituent 成分 of petroleum. Depending on its exact composition, it can be a sticky, black liquid or an apparently solid mass that behaves as a liquid over very large time scales. In American English, the material is commonly referred to as asphalt. Whether found in natural deposits or refined from petroleum, the substance is classed as a pitch. Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Pitch produced from petroleum may be called bitumen or asphalt, while plant-derived pitch, a resin, is known as rosin in its solid form. Tar 焦油 is sometimes used interchangeably with pitch but generally refers to less viscous substances, including some derived from coal production, such as coal tar, and some from plants, such as pine tar.), leaving her back red and raw. He later points his can of pepper spray directly at grazes 擦伤伤口 on her body and sprays them. Jodi is also sprayed at close range in the face, something that is forbidden because of the risk of eye injuries. "Get it in her eyes, get it in her eyes," one officer can be heard saying in footage, recorded by Black's police-issued body-worn camera. By the end, both men have emptied their pepper spray canisters. "We need a taser," Black tells his partner. "God, please. I'm strong God, but not without you," Jodi yells in fear. Trautsch can be heard laughing. "Oi, is there a long baton in the car?" Black later asks. "Yeah, that'll settle her down 干死, 干倒, 撂倒," Trautsch replies. "They chose to continuously brutalise her and attack her every step, at every moment. She was down on that ground and they just continued to lay into ( lay into someone 痛打, 殴打, 狂批评 to attack someone physically, or to criticize someone in an angry way: In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason. ) her. It's horrific." The incident that landed Jodi in prison happened two days earlier. Jodi had tried to fill a prescription but the chemist called police after she started shouting. "Both OC (pepper spray) cans emptied on her. Was f***ed." The next day, Black sent another message. "She was f***ed, the whole body-worn is so good, shows her being f***ed. Nurses are lodging a complaint. [A senior officer] is investigating because we caved her, but she had a hold of 抓住, 抓着 the cuffs, and we had no other options," he wrote. 

Movie - Reptile: 1. Uh, our bad. We made a mistake, but, uh, don't worry. It's going to come out of our end 由我来支付, 由我们埋单. We'll, uh, get it fixed. 2. Excuse me, sir. Zoom in. Is it missing a hubcap? Right there, huh? It's a good catch 观察细致, 发现的好, 好眼力. 3. Let me ask you something. Does that look like a bite mark 咬痕 to you? 4. Heard of knives getting stuck before. First time I've ever seen it. We had to cut into the bone and pull it out. That's how hard it hit. Thirty-three and a half stab wounds in total. Semen in her vaginal [vəˈdʒʌɪnəl, US: ˈvædʒ.ən.əl] cavity, wrists were bound 绑着 by rope. Checked with the lab, there weren't any fingerprints anywhere. No bruises sustained below the waist. No sign of forced sexual contact. Well, we still can't rule out r*pe, home? No, that's right. We can't. We also recovered blond hair that doesn't belong to the victim. Can I show you something strange? See this on the edge 边边上, 边缘 of her left palm? It's not blood. It's paint. It's called calcimine. They used it in old houses. They don't make it anymore. Found traces of it in the rug. What are these from? Bruises. Probably a defensive wound. 5. I just wanna air it out ( air out something 晾晾, 晾晒, 晒晒, 透透气 I. To expose something to fresh air (often to improve its scent). After I spilled water on the blanket, I put it on the back porch to air out. She opened all of the windows to let her house air out on the first day of spring. You need to air out your goalie pads before the next game—they stink! II. (by extension) To discuss in the open; to address an issue or conflict that has long been avoided. She's been nursing a grievance for a while now. It's time to air it out 公之于众, 让大家都知道. III. (by extension, African-American Vernacular) To shoot up a location, particularly inside a building. IV. (American football, slang) To throw passes, especially long and high passes.). I love you. 6. Uncle Allen had a scare ( scare I. a sudden feeling of fear or worry: I got/had a scare 吓死人了, 吓死我了 (= I was very worried) when I looked at my bank statement this morning! You gave us a real scare (= frightened us) when you fainted, you know. II. an occasion when a subject receives a lot of public attention and worries many people, often when there is no real danger: a bomb/health scare. After his health scare, he started exercising more. The government are accused of employing scare tactics (= ways of frightening people in order to persuade them to do something). The papers have been publishing scare stories (= newspaper reports which make people feel unnecessarily worried) about the mystery virus. verb. I. to feel frightened, or to cause someone to feel frightened: Snakes scare me 我怕蛇. Jesse doesn't scare easily 不是胆小的人. Sudden noises scare her. She's very brave - she doesn't scare easily. He scared me out of my wits (= made me extremely frightened) by driving so fast. Meeting new people scares me stiff/to death (= makes me extremely nervous and worried). She scared the hell/life/living daylights out of me (= frightened me very much) when she fell out of the tree. scare something up US informal to find or get something despite difficulties or limited supplies. to find or obtain something that is not easily available: She's campaigning hard, trying to scare up votes. I'll scare up something for us to eat. There's hardly any food in the house, but I'll scare something up from these leftovers.). What do you mean? He was in the hot tub and he couldn't get out. He couldn't move. Deena had to pull him out all by herself. How is he now? He's fine. Deena should've called us. 7. I still feel bad though. I lied. About knowing that she was still sleeping with her ex. We all get fleeced ( fleeced [fliːst] To "get fleeced" means to be cheated, swindled, or ripped off, especially by being overcharged or deceived out of money. fleece verb to take someone's money dishonestly, by charging too much money or by cheating them: That restaurant really fleeced us! He was fleecing investors by setting up bogus companies and then manipulating the price of their stocks. They are fleecing their customers with poor value products. fleece sb out of sth A man was convicted for using bogus web pages to fleece Americans out of $500,000. noun. I. the wool of a sheep, or a soft, artificial material that looks like wool: Polyester fleeces are especially popular to provide warmth in coats. a type of cloth, usually made of polyester (= an artificial material), that is thick and soft on one or both sides, often used for making warm clothes: Fleece is warm and durable, and dries faster than natural fibres. II. a jacket made from artificial fleece material: wear a fleece He was wearing a green fleece and hiking boots. III. (also horticultural fleece) a very thin artificial material that allows some light to pass through, and that is used by gardeners to protect plants during cold weather: Place some fleece over the bulbs to help them get established more quickly. In severe weather, cover the plants with a sheet of horticultural fleece. fleecy soft and like a sheep's wool, or looking like this: fleecy cloud The sky over the campus was blue, dotted with fleecy clouds. fleecy top. ). 8. Where can I find the drug-related civil asset forfeitures ( forfeiture [ˈfɔː.fɪ.tʃər] 罚没, 没收, 充公, 赃物, 赃款 the loss of rights, property, or money, especially as a result of breaking a legal agreement. Forfeiture is the loss of money, rights, property, or privileges without compensation as a penalty for breaking a law, violating a contract, or failing to fulfill an obligation. It acts both as a punishment and a deterrent. He was deep in debt and facing forfeiture of his property. the loss of rights, property, or money, especially because you have not obeyed a rule or law: Properties are planted with drugs and then commandeered via civil asset forfeiture. forfeiture of sth I had been told that my client would face 40 years in prison and a forfeiture of his assets. forfeiture action/proceedings/suit If rent remains outstanding for 21 days after the due date, forfeiture proceedings may be brought against a tenant. Prosecutors are also seeking forfeiture of an undisclosed amount relating to the conspiracy. )? White Fish isn't active anymore. Do you have anything on it? All I got is an old PO box. That's it. 9. Hey, Allen, you're in? No, deal me out. Deal me out ( deal something out to someone I. 分发. to give something, especially a part of something that is being divided between many people, to someone: She dealt out a card to everyone in the room. We have only a small amount of food and clothing to deal out to each refugee. II. to say or do something, especially something bad or unpleasant, fairly equally to different people: He would deal out brutal punishments to any child who misbehaved. She routinely dealt out insults to the other members of her family. deal someone out 算进去, 不算进去, 不计算在内, 排除在外 To deal someone out means to exclude or omit someone from a particular activity, game, plan, or conversation. The phrase originated in card games, where it means to skip a player when distributing cards (the opposite of "dealing them in"). It is now commonly used in everyday life and business to indicate that someone is no longer involved or has removed themselves from a project. "If you don't have time to help with the project this weekend, just deal me out." "They decided to deal him out of the new business venture." ). You gotta take care of yourself.