用法学习： 1. Despite the frenetic ( [fri'nɛtik] adj 疯狂的. distracted(心慌意乱的, 心烦意乱的, 慌张的. 错乱的) or frantic; frenzied. ) pace of the show, the live production ran over time
with Seal and Delta getting the hurry-up from被催促 host Darren McMullen, who
played bad cop as contestants came and went. Good cop/bad cop, known in British military circles as Mutt and Jeff (from an American newspaper comic strip of that name) and also called joint questioning and friend and foe, is a psychological tactic used for interrogation. 'Good cop/bad cop' tactics involves a team of two interrogators who take apparently opposing approaches to the subject被审问对象. The interrogators may interview the subject alternately or may confront the subject at the same time. The 'bad cop' takes an aggressive, negative stance towards the subject, making blatant accusations, derogatory comments, threats, and in general creating antipathy(=aversion 反感, 厌恶) between the subject and himself. This sets the stage for the 'good cop' to act sympathetically: appearing supportive, understanding, in general showing sympathy for the subject. The good cop will also defend the subject from the bad cop. The subject may feel he can cooperate with the good cop out of trust or fear of the bad cop. He may then seek protection by and trust the good cop and provide the information the interrogators are seeking. Although the technique is especially useful against subjects who are young, frightened, or naïve, it may still cause an instinctive psychological response 本能的心理抵抗 in those who are familiar with it. However, as they are aware of the attempted manipulation, they may just close-down entirely or attempt to disrupt the procedure. 2. pull up I. lift upwards or vertically. I pull up the level when I want to make my car go into first gear. II. (idiomatic) retrieve; get. Pull up that website for me, it looks quite interesting. III. (idiomatic) drive close towards something, especially a curb. Pull up to that curb slowly, you don't want to scratch that other car. Police can now pull up your driving record on the computer in their car. He asked me for those files yesterday and I still haven't pulled them up. pull up a chair to move a chair so you can sit with others in a group We're just talking about the picnic on Saturday - why don't you pull up a chair? Usage notes: often used as an invitation, as in the example. pull down I. (transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). II. (transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.). III. (transitive) To cause to fall to the floor. IV. to degrade someone; to humiliate someone. I'm afraid that your so-called friends are pulling you down behind your back. There is no need to pull down everyone. V. to get something The play
pulled down nominations for best play and best direction. The program
lets you log onto the Web from any computer and pull your e-mail down. pull down (an amount of money) Fig. Inf. to earn a stated amount of money. ("An amount of money" is expressed as a figure or other indication of an actual amount.) She pulls down over $100,000 a year. I don't know what he makes, but I know he's pulling it down. She pulls down about $40,000 a year. They pull down pretty good salaries. pull over I. (idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle) To come to a stop, and turn off the road (i.e. onto the roadside or hard shoulder). Can you pull over靠边停车 just after the post office? My house is nextdoor. II. (transitive) To cause to pull over. Police: Do you know why we pulled you over? Driver:Was it because I was driving dangerously? Police:Yes, please breathe into this, sir; we need to take a breathalyzer test. The cop pulled Betty over to the side of the road. I pulled the car over to the side. 3. snug I. comfortable; cosy (cozy); satisfactory. II. 形容衣服的时候指紧身的, 瘦的. close-fitting. "How is your suit? Have you try it on? Is it snug?" "I tried, it's good, not snug, I got a bit room to move.". snug as a bug in a rug (simile, colloquial) Very cosy and comfortable. You get in your nice warm bed with your teddy and you'll be as snug as a bug in a rug! snug down (some place) to become comfortable and warm in a place. The cat snugged down at the foot of the bed. Finally the children snugged down and we could go to sleep. 4. I won't put you down打击, 打压, you won't squash what I am asking. fiber I. a fine threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos. II. a slender filament 细丝: a fiber of platinum. IV. material composed of filaments. any of the filaments or elongated cells or structures that are combined in a bundle of tissue: nerve fiber. a plastic fiber. V. an essential character or strength. Basic strength or toughness; fortitude. Moral strengt h and resolve. The ordeal was a test of everyone's fiber. lacking in moral fiber. VI. Also called bulk , roughage. the structural parts of plants that are wholly or partly indigestible, acting to increase intestinal bulk and peristalsis. VII. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map. Under this map, any two values in the fiber of a given point on the circle differ by 2π. VIII. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution. The value of the ManagedThreadId property does not vary over time, even
if unmanaged code that hosts the common language runtime implements the
thread as a fiber. In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibers share address space. However, fibers use co-operative multitasking合作任务 while threads use pre-emptive multitasking抢占任务. Threads often depend on the kernel's thread scheduler to preempt a busy thread and resume another thread; fibers yield themselves to run another fiber while executing. Because fibers multitask cooperatively, thread safety is less of an issue than with preemptively scheduled threads, and synchronization constructs including spinlocks and atomic operations are unnecessary when writing fibered code, as they are implicitly synchronized. However, many libraries yield a fiber implicitly as a method of conducting non-blocking I/O; as such, some caution and documentation reading is advised. A disadvantage is that fibers cannot utilize multiprocessor machines without also using preemptive threads; however, an M:N threading model with no more preemptive threads than CPU cores can be more efficient than either pure fibers or pure preemptive threading. 5. Blotto 醉酒的 adj. a colloquial term meaning drunkenness. Intoxicated; drunk. unconscious, esp through drunkenness. I am gonna be blotto. pickled I. preserved by pickling. II. (slang) drunk. sloshed Very drunk. sozzled: (UK, slang) Very drunk. mashed rather drunk. whacked out ( wacko: A person regarded as eccentric or irrational. mad or eccentric.) Slang I. Exhausted. II. Crazy. III. Under the influence of a mind-altering drug. IV. intoxicated. whack off Vulgar Slang To masturbate. have/take a whack at Informal To try out; attempt. out of whack Informal Improperly ordered or balanced; not functioning correctly. preoccupied 心不在焉的. 心思不在这上边, 晃神的, 走神的 Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday. 6. How far would you go to get a pay rise. snowball I. To rapidly grow out of proportion or control. The high unemployment rates quickly snowballed into a major budget problem for the government. II. (intransitive) (sexual slang) To receive a man's ejaculate in one's mouth, and then to pass it back and forth between one's mouth and his. 7. ball-breaker = ball-buster I. (idiomatic, vulgar) a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence. A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing. My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker! II. Indicates that a person is determined to psychologically emasculate a male, not literally to crush his testicles. taskmaster I. Someone who supervises workers, especially one who imposes hard or burdensome work. II. (figuratively) A source of hard work or responsibility. to go down I. (transitive) To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. You'll need to go down two floors to get to that office. II. (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one. The unemployment rate has gone down significantly in recent months. III. (intransitive) To fall (down), fall to the floor. He went down in the second round, after a blow to the chin. IV. (computing, engineering) 当机. To stop functioning, to go offline. Did the server just go down again? We'll have to reboot it. V. (intransitive) 反响良好. 广受欢迎. 大受欢迎. To be received or accepted. The news didn't go down well with her parents. VI. (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as). Today will go down as a monumental failure. VII. (idiomatic) To perform oral sex. Some people just don't like to go down. VIII. (slang) To take place, happen. A big heist went down yesterday by the docks. heist[haist n. I. 打劫, 抢劫. a robbery or holdup. v.t. I. to take unlawfully, esp. in a robbery or holdup; steal. II. to rob or hold up. heist [haist] someone or something (up) Rur. to lift someone or something. See if you can heist that box onto the top shelf. Dad heisted me up so I could see over the fence. John groaned and heisted up the bale of hay. IX. (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To disappear below the horizon of a plane; to set. Usage notes: As down may be used as a preposition or adverb in its own right, the combination go down may also occur in cases where go is used literally. For example, down the street means "away from the speaker along the street in question" regardless of whether go is present: She lives down the street. Go down the street to get to her house. Idioms such as these are properly considered senses of down. 8. safe I. 保险箱. 保险柜. A metal container usually having a lock, used for storing valuables. II. A repository for protecting stored items, especially a cooled compartment for perishable foods: a cheese safe. III. Slang A condom. run a mile 避之惟恐不及, 躲得远远的 (informal) if you say that someone would run a mile if they had to deal with a particular situation, you mean that they would do anything to avoid it He flirts the whole time but it's not serious - he'd run a mile if a woman actually made him an offer. Trust me, you would run a mile. 9. dressed to the teeth/nines 包装到牙齿 Fig. dressed very stylishly with nothing overlooked. She showed up for the picnic dressed to the nines. Clare is usually dressed to the teeth in order to impress people. Robin Thicke: The r'n'b singer also explained his foray ( I. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. II. A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere. ) into a more poppy sound than his usual. infest 泛滥. v. To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs. Insects are infesting my basement! II. (pathology, of a parasite) 寄生于. To invade a host plant or animal. To live as a parasite in or on. livestock that were infested with tapeworms. infested with something to be contaminated with a swarm or throng of some pest. (be ~; get ~.) All the campers are infested with lice. The dog is infested with ticks. infestation a harassing or troublesome invasion: an infestation of termites. I asked a question, they both didn't answer me, leaving me hanging there(leave somebody hanging in the midair = leave somebody to) twist in the wind ). 10. When/While the cat's away (the mice will play) 山中无老虎, 猴子称大王. something that you say which means when the person in authority is absent, people will not do what they should do Do you think it's wise to leave the children alone for so long? You know, while the cat's away... shoot/sling the cat 呕吐 Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. I must have shot the cat a dozen times during the night. Shooting the cat is no fun when you're weak and dizzy. Suddenly Ralph left the room to sling the cat, I guess. That stuff will make you sling the cat. Look (at) what the cat dragged in! Inf. Look who's here! (A good-humored and familiar way of showing surprise at someone's presence in a place, especially if the person looks a little rumpled. Compare this with look like something the cat dragged in.) Bob and Mary were standing near the doorway talking when Tom came in. "Look what the cat dragged in!" announced Bob. Mary: Hello, everybody. I'm here! Jane: Look at what the cat dragged in! see which way the cat jumps 看情况再说 (Australian informal) to delay making a decision or doing something until you know what is going to happen or what other people are going to do. We'd better wait and see which way the cat jumps before we commit ourselves. not room to swing a cat (informal) if there is not room to swing a cat in a place, that place is very small. There isn't room to swing a cat in the third room, it's so tiny. Get a sofa in the living room? You'll be lucky - there isn't room to swing a cat in there. cat-o'-nine-tails 鞭梢分成九股的用来惩罚用的鞭子. The cat o' nine tails, commonly shortened to the cat, is a type of multi-tailed whip that originated as an implement for severe physical punishment, notably in the Royal Navy and Army of the United Kingdom, and also as a judicial punishment in Britain and some other countries. I. (nautical) A whip having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment. II. A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies. cramped ( 抽筋, cramp up抽筋) I. uncomfortably restricted in size. II. overcrowded or congested. III. 狭小的. 紧凑的. tight because of or like suffering a cramp. confined not free to move. 11. take pity on somebody 可怜, 怜悯, 同情 to do something because you feel sympathy for someone. She stood there shivering until Claudia took pity on her and put her sweater around the child's shoulders. get on/along (with someone) to be friends with someone; to have a good relationship with someone. (The friendship is always assumed to be good unless it is stated to be otherwise.) How do you get on with John? I get along with John just fine. We get along. get on (without someone or something) to survive and carry on without someone or something. I think we can get on without bread for a day or two. Can you get on without your secretary for a while? get on someone Fig. to pester someone (about something); to pressure someone. John is supposed to empty the trash every day. He didn't do it, so I will have to get on him. It's time to get on Bill about his homework. He's falling behind. get on (in years) 年纪渐长 to grow older; to be aged. Aunt Mat-tie is getting on in years. They were both getting on in years. get on(to) someone (about something) Fig. to remind someone about something. I'll have to get onto Sarah about the deadline. I'll get on Gerald right away.
新闻摘抄: 1. 女王海外行程减少: Far flung遥远的 Commonwealth countries such as Australia and New Zealand now appear off limits for the Queen after Buckingham Palace confirmed it was reviewing her long-haul royal trips. In a gradual move to cut down减少 the ageing monarch's ['monək] foreign trips, it's expected Charles will step in for future long-distance visits, like he and other royals did during the Diamond Jubilee year. "The Queen did not travel overseas at all last year but other members of her family represented her during the engagements overseas. "... All of the Queen's engagements of long-haul would certainly be looked at in light of various items, most importantly the Queen being 87." Respected royals commentator Richard Fitzwilliams applauded the move赞同这个举动 but said the Queen's remarkable stamina meant long distance visits in the future could not be totally ruled out. "As age approaches 随着年纪增长 you get limitations and obviously it's only sensible to take account of these," Fitzwilliams said. "I wouldn't rule out anything if you remember the remarkable tenacity of the monarch, but it is clearly a sign that it's important to pace it放缓." 2. 10年被拐: A neighbor of accused kidnapper Ariel Castro has revealed that she saw a naked woman in his backyard two years ago and reported the incident to the police. Nina Samoylicz says the cops didn't believe her story but very soon afterwards Castro put tarps 防雨布 over his backyard making it virtually impossible for anyone to see in. All three were found safe on Monday night after AmandaBerry bolted from ( bolt out (of some place) to run out of some place very quickly. Frank bolted out of the room in a flash. I bolted out after him. ) a home on Seymour Avenue, about three miles from where they were last seen. Police knocked on the door of the home where three missing girls were held captive 囚禁, 关禁闭 for a decade - but left when no one answered, it was revealed today. Police had been alerted to the man living at the home, Ariel Castro, now a suspect in the abduction, after he inadvertently 不经意的, 不小心的 left a boy at a bus depot while working as a school bus driver. No criminal charges were brought and no follow-up inquiries made. Questions will now be asked as to how police and federal investigators failed to find the girls who remained undetected at the home just three miles from the block where they all went missing. Ariel Castro has lived in the house since 1992. His two brothers - Pedro, 54, and O'Neal, 50, - do not live at the home but were arrested in connection with the three abductions. On Tuesday, Cleveland Police said: 'Every single lead每一个线索 was followed up on no matter how small. We dug up yards, canvassed ( canvass I. To make a thorough examination or conduct a detailed discussion. II. To solicit voters, orders, or opinions. ) neighborhoods. [The] real hero is Amanda Berry.' Until now the search for the missing women had been fruitless, a series of false leads and bitter disappointment for the desperate families. Last July, an empty lot 空地 on the west side of Cleveland was excavated for the body of Amanda Berry by forensic crews working on a tip 提供的消息, 探报 from a convict. The small lot turned up nothing. At the time, a local resident named Pedro Castro told Fox 8 that the search was 'a waste of money'. But mother Barbara Knight told Cleveland.com that long after police stopped searching, she kept the hunt up for her daughter handing out fliers on Cleveland's West Side. She told them that several years ago she believes she saw her daughter walking with an older man at a shopping plaza on West 117th Street. She said that she shouted out her daughter's name but the woman, who was being pulled along 拖着走 by her companion, did not turn around. She had spent the previous three years looking for her daughter, whose disappearance took a toll as her health steadily deteriorated, family and friends said. Councilwoman Dona Brady said she had spent many hours with Miller, who never gave up hope that her daughter was alive. 'She literally died of a broken heart,' Ms Brady said. In April 2004, Miller turned to a psychic on Montel Williams' nationally syndicated television show. The psychic, Sylvia Browne said She's not alive, honey.' 'Your daughter's not the kind who wouldn't call.' Browne said she envisioned Amanda's jacket in a Dumpster(= skip bin. a brand of large metal bin for refuse, designed to be hoisted onto a truck for emptying. ) with 'DNA on it.' In 2009, Wisconsin investigators believed there were striking similarities between Amanda and the body found by deer hunters. But test results 检测结果 comparing Amanda's DNA and that of the body came back negative. In January, a prison inmate was sentenced to four and a half years after admitting he provided a false burial tip in the disappearance of Berry. Last summer, Wolford tipped authorities to look for Berry's remains in a Cleveland lot. He was taken to the location, which was dug up with backhoes( A backhoe 挖掘机, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader. The section of the arm closest to the vehicle is known as the boom(挖掘机臂的第一段), and the section which carries the bucket is known as the dipper or dipper-stick (the terms "boom" and "dipper" having been used previously on steam shovels). The boom is attached to the vehicle through a pivot known as the king-post, which allows the arm to slew left and right, usually through a total of around 200 degrees. Modern backhoes are powered by hydraulics. ). Known as Gina, the seventh-grader in special education classes, was last seen near a payphone in Cleveland in mid-afternoon on 2 April 2004 with a classmate. The pair had called the friend's mother asking for a sleepover at the Gina's house, but when the girl's mother said no the pair parted ways. 'I gave her the $1.25 to catch the bus because it was cold outside,' said her mother, Nancy Ruiz. But she has 'the tendency to walk home and use the money for' after-school snacks, she explained. A bloodhound( I. One of a breed of hounds with a smooth coat, drooping ears, sagging jowls, and a keen sense of smell. II. Informal A relentless pursuer. ) tracked her scent a block from the corner of West 105th Street and Lorain Avenue, where she was last seen, to West 104th Street, then the trail went cold. In September 2006, police acting on a tip tore up the concrete floor of the garage and used a cadaver dog ( cadaver [kə'deivə] A dead body, especially one intended for dissection. Cadaver dog refers to a dog trained to detect dead humans. Police dogs, Search and rescue dogs. ) to search unsuccessfully for DeJesus' body. Investigators confiscated 19 pieces of evidence during their search but declined to comment on the significance of the items then. 补充: The three brothers 'who kidnapped three girls and kept them captive for 10 years' as it emerges the victims 'gave birth to at least FIVE babies in the home'. Police arrest 52-year-old 'captor' who owned house and his two brothers. Authorities have released pictures of 发布照片 the three brothers arrested after three missing women were found at a Cleveland home where they had allegedly been held captive 被关着, 囚禁 for a decade. At the press conference, authorities confirmed that the little girl was born to Berry while she was in captivity, but it is not known which of the three suspects - if any - is the father. Sources close to local station WOIO are telling the station that the women were reportedly tied up during their captivity and police found chains hanging from one of the ceilings. captive n. a prisoner. Two of the captives escaped. adjective kept prisoner. captive soldiers; The children were taken/held captive. captivity noun. a state of being a prisoner, caged etc. animals in captivity in a zoo. captor noun. a person who captures someone. He managed to escape from his captors. capture verb. I. to take by force, skill etc. The soldiers captured the castle; Several animals were captured. II. 捕捉. 捕获. 抓住. to take possession of (a person's attention etc). The artist captured her likeness. capture a likeness in a painting. The story captured his imagination. noun I. the act of capturing. II. something caught. A kangaroo was his most recent capture. capture someone's imagination/attention 引起了兴趣, 勾起了兴趣 Fig. to intrigue someone; to interest someone in a lasting way; to stimulate someone's imagination. The story of the young wizard has captured the imagination of the world's children. captivate ['kæpti,veit] vb (tr). 迷住, 迷惑住. 吸引住. to hold the attention of by fascinating; enchant. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. captive n. I. 被囚禁者. 被关起来的人. One, such as a prisoner of war, who is forcibly confined, subjugated, or enslaved. II. One held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion. adj. I. Taken and held prisoner, as in war. II. (=caged) 被圈起来的, 被关起来的. 被限制了的. Held in bondage; enslaved. III. Kept under restraint or control; confined. captive water held behind a dam. captive birds囚鸟. IV. 受限制的. 束缚了手脚的, 绑手绑脚的. Restrained by circumstances that prevent free choice: a captive audience; a captive market. V. Enraptured, as by beauty; captivated. captive audience身不由己的观众, 被迫的观众: a group of people who listen to or watch someone or something because they cannot leave. A captive audience is a person or a group of people who have gathered in a certain place for a purpose and are provided or exposed to information that are unrelated to their actual purpose of being there. For example, students may gather in a classroom to study physics but may be "bombarded" with 广告轰炸 soft drink advertising or promotion. People queuing up at a petrol station or at a supermarket check-out are considered a "captive audience." They are likely to stay there for a certain time and are thus "captives" for a while. Other examples may include people in a departure lounge in airports and sports stadium. Advertising for such "captive audience" is likely to be effective because there is a high probability of the advertising being read or listened or seen.
巨雕男的遭遇: Turns out it's legal to have a weapon of mass conception at the airport. Jonah Falcon was stopped and frisked ( I. to frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap. II. 搜身. to search somebody by feeling their clothes. The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana. ) by the TSA at the San Francisco International Airport on July 9 because of a bulging 鼓囊囊的 package hidden in his pants. In an exclusive interview with The Huffington Post, Falcon described his hard times with security guards after his extra carry-on became suspect. "I had my 'stuff' strapped to the left ( strapped I. (of a person, informal) muscular. II. (slang) armed, having a weapon. III. poor. IV. In financial needbadly in need (of money, manpower, etc.); short of: We are strapped for cash right now. strap I. To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash. II. (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap. III. (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor. A stirrup 马蹬. 马镫 is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap, often called a stirrup leather. Stirrups are usually paired and are used to aid in mounting and as a support while using a riding animal (usually a horse or other equine, such as a mule). They greatly increase the rider's ability to stay in the saddle and control the mount, increasing the animal's usefulness to humans in areas such as communication, transportation and warfare. shawl围巾披巾[ʃɔ:l] strap: a holder made of two or more straps attached to a handle and used for compactly carrying a shawl, steamer rug, or baggage roll行李卷, 包裹卷. ). I wasn't erect at the time," said Falcon, whose penis is 9 inches flaccid, 13.5 inches erect. "One of the guards asked if my pockets were empty and I said, 'Yes.'" "Another guard stopped me and asked me if I had some sort of growth(n. an abnormal mass such as a tumor. I have some sort of growth on my foot, it's about the size of a golfball. What should I do?)," Falcon said, laughing. By the age of 18, Falcon knew he had something special when his manhood reached a whopping 12 inches. His family jewel was hailed as the world's largest on record after an HBO documentary featured him in 1999. The Guinness Book of World Records does not record such feats, but Falcon did show his standout feature to us. Falcon has been contacted by porn companies (though he's never accepted) and has been featured on just about every talkshow in the country. As he passed through airport security, Falcon said a younger security guard felt threatened by his "very noticeable" package -- and interpreted it as a biological threat. "I said, 'It's my dick,'" Falcon said. "He gave me a pat down but made sure to go around [my penis] with his hands. They even put some powder on my pants, probably a test for explosives. I found it amusing." The screener gave up the extensive search without so much as a blush or a smile. Falcon made his flight back to New York on time. At first glance, Jonah Falcon is just another statistic(I'm more than another statistic.). Since being profiled in Rolling Stone, the 39-year-old Brooklyn native has struggled to find a steady job稳定的工作 and is now living at home with his mother.
"和好如初, 重归于好"的说法: The two girls quarreled, but they soon made it up( make up I. 弥补 to compensate, fill in or catch up. He
can make up the time next week. I plan to make up for my failed
midterm. Cuba took limited free market-oriented measures to alleviate
severe shortages of food, consumer goods, and services to make up for
the ending of Soviet subsidies. II. 重归于好. to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight. They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up. smooth something over to make problems seem less serious He's on a three-day visit to smooth over a crisis. They failed to agree on the main issue, and he certainly wasn't going to ignore it or try to smooth it over. ). The relations between the Toms and Shaws have been patched up. Mary and Joan quarreled, made up after a while. The bread mixture was set beside the fire to rise发酵, 长. Have you made your peace with your wife yet? They had words together but were reconciled with each other later. We had been enemies a long time, but after the flood we buried the hatchet尽释前嫌, 冰释前嫌. Eva Longoria and Tony Parker are back on good terms, but there is no reconciliation in sight. Sorry people. patch something up 改善关系, 和好如初 to fix a relationship. to "repair" the damage done by an argument or disagreement. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are trying to patch things up. We patched up our argument, then kissed and made up. Charles said they wanted to patch up any outstanding differences as soon as possible. Early in our marriage, we sometimes argued about money, but we always patched things up. on good terms (with somebody) 交好, 感情好, 处的很好 friendly with someone or with each other Although
she is on good terms with her parents now, Angie said she doesn't want
to live with them, even for a short time. Even after their divorce, they
remained on good terms. Usage notes: also on bad terms (with someone), with the opposite meaning: She and her brother have been on bad terms for many years. He was taken up with忙于 the reconciliation 调解, 调停 ( [,rɛkən,sili'eiʃən]. mediate [mi:'dieit]: He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. mediate the struggle for water resources. to settle a quarrel. resolve/settle/solve a dispute. The fight between the boys had become so fierce ( = furious. dispute or argument: heated, bitter) that the teacher had to come out to pour oil on troubled waters. pour oil on troubled waters to do or say something in order to make people stop arguing and become calmer She
was furious with Dave for forgetting her birthday so I tried to pour
oil on troubled waters by offering to take them both out for a meal. ) of husband and wife. recoile ['rɛkən,sail] ( reconciliation [,rɛkən,sili'eiʃən]. reconcilable ['rɛkən,sailəbəl ˌrɛkən'sai-]. irreconcilable 不可调和的, 难以调和的. 无法解决的. [iˈrɛkənˌsailəbəl iˌrɛkən'sai-] irreconcilable differences 无法调和的不同. unresolved conflicts. ) I. 不得不接受. 无奈接受. (often passive; usually foll by to) to make (oneself or
another) no longer opposed; cause to acquiesce in something unpleasant.
To bring (oneself) to accept: She reconciled herself to poverty. He finally reconciled himself to the change in management. II. to
become friendly with (someone) after estrangement or to re-establish
friendly relations between (two or more people). 和好, 重归于好. 冰释前嫌. The estranged couple reconciled after a year. The summer the Rosens reconciled合好 after two years apart.
He had been reconciled with his family. I managed to reconcile them after their quarrel. III. to settle (a quarrel or difference). IV. to make (two apparently
conflicting things) compatible or consistent with each other. Reconcile my way of thinking with yours. The figures would not reconcile. reconcile something with something to bring something into harmony, accord, or balance with something. The
accountants were not able to reconcile the expense claims with the
receipts that had been turned in. I can't reconcile your story with
those of the other witnesses. reconcile their words with their actions言行一致. Must they reconcile themselves to 甘心接受, 甘心忍受 their fate? They are reconciled to living安心, 无奈接受 there. reconcile oneself to [doing] something 适应了. 无奈接受, 说服自己去接受. to grow to feel comfortable with an undesirable or challenging situation. John reconciled himself to living alone. Anne reconciled herself to having to wear glasses. They were reconciled to the fact that he wouldn't be coming back. I've reconciled myself to having no money while I'm a student. I'm reconciled to doing without a holiday. reconcile sb. with [to] another person 使某人与另一人重新和好. compromise I. To settle by mutual concessions, To arrive at a settlement by making concessions. 互相让步, 互相妥协达成的一致: a dispute that was compromised. I intend to compromise on this matter with them. Are you going to compromise with me on this issue? II. To reduce the quality, value, or degree of something妥协, 危及安全, 暴露的. The incongruous design is a compromise between high tech and early American. A secret mission that was compromised and had to be abandoned; compromise one's standing in the community. reach a compromise 达成谅解 to achieve a compromise; to negotiate an agreement. After many hours of discussion, we finally reached a compromise. We were unable to reach a compromise and quit trying. reconcile ['rɛkən,sail] I. To reestablish a close relationship between, to become friendly with (someone) after estrangement 和好如初, 冰释前嫌. The estranged couple reconciled after a year. II. To bring (oneself) to accept 无奈接受, 妥协并接受, 调整自己以接受并适应(adapt) [reconcile oneself to sth] to grow to feel comfortable with an undesirable or challenging situation. John reconciled himself to living alone. Anne reconciled herself to having to wear glasses. He finally reconciled himself to the change in management. reconcile my way of thinking with yours. She reconciled herself to poverty. III. To become compatible or consistent, to make (two apparently conflicting things) compatible or consistent with each other 使互相兼容, 使和血: The figures would not reconcile. come to terms (with someone or something) I. to come to an agreement with someone 达成一致意见. I finally came to terms with my lawyer about his fee. Bob, you have to come to terms with your father. II. to learn to accept someone or something学会接受, 让自己接受. She had to come to terms with the loss of her sight. She couldn't come to terms with her estranged husband.
