Thursday, 24 March 2011
bachelor of CELO
单词学习: 1. bomb diggity totally the awesomesr, somthing that is cool or just the shit, no lie, the coolest, hippest, wannabewith person, off the Chain. "aw man rachel is beyond the bomb diggity" "Damn man, that trick was bomb diggity!". off the chain: 脱缰了, 好到爆了 Out of control, wild fun, a great deal of fun. Just like when your pitbull gets off the chain in the back yard and tears through the neighborhood. I may be a 35-year-old white DJ from Maine, but this joint is off the chain! KFC's new buffet is OFF THE CHAIN. 2. be touched 中邪了 Another way to say that someone is not quite "right" in the head. Usually accompanied by a knowing look and a nod along with the hand lightly tapped to the forehead, A person thats not quite right in the head or insane is touched, the word should be said whilst pointing towards the head. Fred would say about Lamont "That boy is touched" if he hooked up with a white girl. Or if you are trying to explain why you fizzled something at work, you could pat your head and say "I'm touched". 3. The CLEO Bachelors, common, but hot: CLEO editor Gemma Crisp says this year's top 50 list has moved away from抛弃, 抛开 what the women's mag杂志 calls the "scandal-magnets丑闻吸铁石" to focus on the "everyday hero." While the likes of Firass Dirani, Andy Lee, have been crowned in the past, the women's mag has now declared that in 2011 "fame is out and real is in名气不重要, 凭真本事". "I think everyone's sick to death烦死了 of the egotistical scandal-magnet and Australian women have so much going on in their lives that they really don't need any more drama, they can barely keep up as it is," said Crisp. "I think they just want someone who's going to be a great boyfriend, who they can take home to their parents, and not worry about their parents freaking out. I think they just wanted to be treated well." And this year's contenders aren't complaining that the ambitious "everyday guy" has emerged as the chief focus主要焦点. 4. whisper 小声讲话, 悄悄话 (You've) got me stumped. 难住我了(you got me there 这你可难住我了, 被你逮个正着. stump 树桩, 树墩; v. 作巡回政治演讲 to stump the country, to stump for the presidential candidate. 需要注意的是baffle意为"让某人困惑, 不解, 不知所措; 原意为抑制, 如baffle the noise" ) Inf. I can't possibly figure out the answer to your question. Bill: How long is the Amazon River? Jane: You've got me stumped. Bob: Do you know of a book that would interest a retired sea captain? Sally: You've got me stumped. stump someone to confuse or puzzle someone. I have a question that will really stump you. When was the Achaean League established? infertile 不能生育的, impotent 阳.痿的(ED) dud(不起作用的东西, 如没有爆炸的炸弹等, 失效的东西, 阳痿的人) n. a person or thing that proves ineffectual or a failure, One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful. A malfunctioning or failed idea, object or instance. a unfulfilled expectation. We went to the show...don't bother, it's a dud. Did you see that new Tom Cruise movie? Shit was a dud. He thought he was being funny, but his joke was a total dud. You can't get it up不举了. 6. make a point and make points I. Lit. to score a point in a game. Bob made a point in the last match. Karen made twenty points in the second half. II. Fig. to state an item of importance 说到点子上, 说得有道理. You made a point that we all should remember. He spoke for an hour without making a point. make a point(an issue) of someone or something 当作重要的事情, 当真, 当回事 Fig. to turn someone or something into an important matter. Please don't make a point of John's comment. It wasn't that important. I hope you make an issue of Tom's success and the reasons for it. 7. A Golden Raspberry/'r#z,beri: 注意p不发音/ Award 金酸草莓奖, or Razzie for short, is an award presented in recognition of the worst in movies. go to town (on something) 不遗余力的, 使出浑身解数的 to do something eagerly and as completely as possible Angie and Phil have really gone to town on their wedding. Usage notes: often used to describe an activity that involves spending a large amount of money. 有时候也用于讽刺, 如The Sex and City 在今年的Razzie上拿了很多奖项, 可以说 They went to town(不留情面的, 一棒子打死的; being relentless, don't let it up) on this movie. 8. Disposable income(税后收入, 可支配收入 口语中的说法是"take-home pay税后工资, net pay/gross pay") is total personal income minus personal current taxes个人所得税(income tax). In national accounts definitions, personal income, minus personal current taxes equals disposable personal income. Subtracting personal outlays (which includes the major category of personal (or, private) consumption expenditure) yields personal (or, private) savings个人所得. An income tax所得税 is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses (corporations or other legal entities). Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Discretionary (任意的, 无条件的, 可自由使用, 任意支配的, 相机行事的; discretion n. 斟酌决定, 慎重行事, 谨言慎行; It's up to local authorities to use their discretion in setting the charges. Honoray fellowships may be awarded at the discretion of[由...斟酌决定, 随...支配] the council. discreet adj. 谨慎的, 审慎的, 慎重的 ) income is money you have after you've paid off all of your bills. Discretionary income is income after subtracting taxes and normal expenses正常支出 (such as rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, medical, transportation, property maintenance, child support, inflation, food and sundries, &c.) to maintain a certain standard of living. It is the amount of an individual's income available for spending after the essentials (such as food, clothing, and shelter) have been taken care of: Discretionary income = Gross income - taxes - necessities. 9. Wrong family! 我们家不是这样的, 那不是我们家的传统, 你生错家庭了, 你投错胎了. Do you ever feel like you were born into the wrong family? blow-by-blow description/account 详细到家的, 一点一点的 a blow-by-blow description of an event gives every detail of how it happened, Fig. a detailed description (of an event) given as the event takes place. (This referred originally to reporting on boxing.) She gave me a blow-by-blow account of her car crash. I want to listen to a blow-by-blow account of the prizefight(A match fought between professional boxers for money.). The lawyer got the witness to give a blow-by-blow description of the argument. I am perfectly content我一点都不饿. perfectly content 万分满意 一般意思是 that everything in your life is going good and you have no problems with a single thing. 10. blow up(blowup) to become suddenly very angry He may blow up when he finds out how much money I spent. After the third blowup, she left him. One blowup after another from you. Control your temper! blow up 夸大, 夸张; 放大(照片等) an enlarged version of a photograph, map, chart, etc. (Usually blowup.) to exaggerate something [good or bad] about someone or something. I hope no one blows the story up. The media always blows up reports of celebrity behavior. The press blew the story up unnecessarily. Here's a blowup of the scene of the crime. Kelly sent a blowup of their wedding picture to all her relatives. lovey-dovey Informal Making an excessive or ostentatious display of affection, expressing affection in an extravagantly sentimental way; mushy. I like those lovey-dovey songs very much. nothing suss Suss is a British usage that means figure out. So Nothing suss would mean nothing figures out. Or that he is still in the dark. "Nothing suss!": Two men attempt to sell odd products (normally partner exercise equipment) in the medium煤质, 媒介 of an infomercial(信息详尽, 看似客观的广告片) for their mail order service. The two frequently use the exercise equipment to demonstrate and end up in sexually suggestive positions, while maintaining all the while(all the while at or during this time; all along 同时: She realized all the while that the cake would fall.) that there is "Nothing suss(自嘲, 竭力撇清)" about what they are doing. suss I. 领会到, 体会到, 会意, 弄清楚, 搞明白 To discover or realize information, usually with a level of intuition playing a role. She was able to suss out his lies very quickly. He's sussed it. She sussed out right away that there was something fishy going on. They're in a bit of a predicament, but I'm sure they'll suss it out. She had the Rubiks Cube completely sussed within a couple of days. Debbie just sussed out how to sell shares online. II. suss = sus 嫌疑犯 I don't know whats going on, its a bit suss. She looks pretty suss, wonder whats happening? 12. Full Frontal was an Australian sketch comedy series which debuted in 1993. He first got famous off this sketch show.