用法学习: 1. dress sense服装品味: the ability to dress well in attractive combinations of clothes that suit you. the ability to choose clothes that look good or combine well together搭配得体. Brazil is considered a middle power(after great power, superpower) in international affairs国际事务, and has been identified as an emerging power新势力. However, currently the United States is the only nation for which there is a broad consensus 广泛认可 of its superpower status. Some people doubt the existence of superpowers in the post Cold War era altogether, stating that today's complex global marketplace and the rising interdependency between the world's nations has made the concept of a superpower an idea of the past过时观念 and that the world is now multipolar. vilify ['vili,fai] I. (transitive) 贬斥, 贬低. 诋毁. To say defamatory things about someone or something. to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign. To make vicious and defamatory statements about. He has been vilified in the tabloid press. II. (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down. berate To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. 2. A URI can be broken up into 分解 a series of elements - typically, scheme, authority, and path. The Uri class in the System namespace performs just this division分解, exposing a property for each element. This is illustrated in Figure 14-2. The Uri class is useful when you need to validate the format of a URI string or to split 分解 a URI into its component parts. A relative 相对路径的(absolute 绝对路径的) Uri, such as page.html in this example, will throw an exception if you call almost any property or method other than IsAbsoluteUri and ToString( ). You can instantiate 初始化 a relative Uri directly as follows: Uri u = new Uri ("page.html", UriKind.Relative);. WebClient is simply a façade class that does the work of calling WebRequest and WebResponse, saving you some coding. WebClient gives you a choice of dealing in strings, byte arrays, files, or streams; WebRequest and WebResponse support just streams.
癌症康复的心理路程: Growing up, I had always been an avid bookworm and a straight-A student. I approached my cancer the same way I approached writing my senior thesis in college: I buried my head in research journals, interviewed experts and scoured the Internet for information. As they say, knowledge is power. And I believed that the more I could learn about my disease, the greater my chances of survival. Two and half years later, I realized how naïve I was. Knowledge, I've learned, has its limits. Back in 2011, after four weeks in isolation in the oncology ward at a New York City hospital, my doctors had bad news: not only had the standard treatments标准治疗方式, 常规治疗方式 not worked, but my cancer seemed to have become more aggressive. Despite the chemotherapy, I was going into bone marrow failure. My immune system was no longer functioning, and my body could not produce blood products on its own, leaving me dependent on blood transfusions输血. At the age of 22, I began to consider my own mortality( I. The quality or condition of being mortal. II. Mortals considered as a group; the human race. III. Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life: the mortality wrought by an epidemic. IV. Death rate. V. The rate of failure or loss: the high mortality among family-run farms.). It had never occurred to me that, with all of the progress that has been made in cancer research, none of the standard treatments would work for me. That's when I learned about something called a clinical trial临床实验. When my doctors first recommended I enroll in an experimental clinical trial, which involved a combination of two chemotherapy drugs that I had never heard of, I was skeptical. Well, to be perfectly honest, I was terrified. In my mind, clinical trials were only for the terminally ill — a last resort option万不得已的办法, a shot in the dark( a shot in the dark 孤注一掷, 背水一战, 瞎猫碰死耗子, 瞎子摸象. a very general attempt; a wild guess. an attempt to guess something when you have no information or knowledge about it. an attempt to do something without knowing much about it. When I applied for the scholarship, it was just a shot in the dark – I had no idea how important and competitive it was. The whole theory is a shot in the dark - no-one will ever take us seriously. ). The words "experimental" and "trial" conjured up images of 让人想起 mad scientists and guinea pigs. At a time when everything seemed so uncertain, I craved hard facts, statistics and proof that my cancer treatments were worth the havoc they wreaked on my mental and physical health. The last thing I wanted was to become one of those guinea pigs. I wanted a cure, not a trial. Suddenly, I found myself faced with a leap of faith that wasn't based on religion, but it felt deeply spiritual anyway. No treatment had worked so far, so how could I be sure that this one would? My doctors had no certain answers for me. After a few sleepless nights, I hesitantly agreed to try it. After all, I had very few other options left, and the longer I waited, the slimmer my options might become. The clinical trial tested my faith each step of the way每一步. The combination of chemotherapy drugs weakened my immune system to dangerous levels. I spent countless nights in the emergency room with surging fevers that worried my doctors, and I was hospitalized with life-threatening complications ranging from septic shock to a risky infection with Clostridium difficile. I still don't pray or attend church or consider myself religious. But I have a different kind of faith now — a faith in my incredible team of doctors, in the strength of my body and in the power of scientific research. But I'm still left with a lot of questions. Why did my good friend Anjali, who was also young and had the same disease, not respond to the treatments that saved my life? Part of the answer has to do with science. But the other part is a mystery. And even if I don't practice a formal religion, I spend a lot of time thinking about why I'm still here.
悉尼大学学生报纸封面乌龙事件: The Honi Soit editors said the purpose of the cover was to make a stance about body ownership. "We are tired of society giving us a myriad of things( ['miriəd] adj. I. Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean. II. 丰富多彩的. 多彩多姿的 Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis. n. A vast number: the myriads of bees in the hive.) to feel about our own bodies. We are tired of having to attach anxiety to our vaginas," they said in a statement. "This cover is intended to reassure other women". After the SRC expressed fears the cover was against the law, Ms Ryan said the editorial team liaised with lawyers and were advised 建议的 to censor the cover prior to its publication. "The advice we got was to put black bars over the labia ( ['leibiə]) and the clitoris in order to minimise the risk of being convicted of a crime," she said. Portions of the cover were censored with opaque black bars and sent to the printer. But when the papers were delivered and distributed around the university campus on Wednesday, the censored bars appeared more revealing and transparent than the Honi Soit editors had intended. Ms Ryan blamed a printing error and said the first time she or any of the Honi Soit staff saw the printed covers was when they were available on the stands for the student population. "I was surprised it wasn't fully opaque, but I was slightly happy 一点点高兴 it happened because the original plan was to publish it without the black bars". The SRC promptly ordered all copies of the student newspaper be removed from the stands and returned to their offices and locked up. Ms Ryan said the covers were expected to be guillotined by the SRC, following which the paper would be re-released without any cover. "Personally my view is the cover is demeaning ( demean I. To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner: demeaned themselves well in class. II. To debase, as in dignity or social standing: professionals who feel demeaned by unskilled work. III. To humble (oneself). ) to women but I do realise I'm not the target audience for Honi Soit. However, the student body at the University of Sydney has a long and proud tradition of independence and it's a tradition we will continue to uphold," Dr Spence said. Ms Ryan said she wasn't too concerned about having broken any laws, and emphasised the entire incident exemplified the point放大了这个点 she and her editorial team were originally trying to make. "The motivation behind this cover was to say to women that their vaginas were just body parts like any other. But this is the perfect example; women have to be ashamed by our bodies and they have to hide." 机场停车场大赚钱: Car parking is a big money spinner ( a money-spinner 摇钱树 (British & Australian) a business or product that makes a lot of money for someone. Cookery books are becoming a real money-spinner for the publishing industry. cash cow I. (idiomatic, business) A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows. II. (idiomatic, by extension) Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker. money-changer A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage. The money changer gave me rupees for my dollars. ) for Sydney Airport but a larger slice of its total income comes from retail, especially from the international terminal. Sydney Airport will open another 900 parking spaces near the domestic terminals over the coming months, which has been timed to coincide with时间上赶得上, 赶得及(coincide with something to agree with or match something; [for something] to happen at the same time as something else 碰巧同一时间, 凑在一起. This pattern coincides with the pattern we see in the carpet. My birthday sometimes coincides with Thanksgiving Day.) the Christmas peak travelling period. As part of its move to demystify its structure, the airport announced last week that it will buy out the remaining 15.2 per cent it does not already own. This will be done via a share-swap to minorities who want to remain investors in the company, while those who want to sell out will be paid cash.
Prison Break hunk coming out (Wentworth Miller): In a letter to the festival's organisers, that was also posted on gay rights organisation GLAAD's website, the British-born actor said he could not "in good conscience" ( in (all) good conscience 良心不安 良心欠安, 良心不安 Fig. having good motives; displaying motives that will not result in a guilty conscience. without feeling guilty. I could not in good conscience recommend a family member for the job. In all good conscience, I could not recommend that you buy this car. In good conscience, she could not accept the reward. She had only been acting as a good citizen should.) attend the event because of the country's stance. "As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of 一定程度的 Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline." "I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. "The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly." "Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve. I'll be free to make a different choice. Until then.". 其他报道: Prison Break star Wentworth Miller comes out as he takes a stand against( take a stand (against someone or something) to take a position in opposition to someone or something; to oppose or resist someone or something. The treasurer was forced to take a stand against the board because of its wasteful spending铺张浪费. The treasurer took a stand, and others agreed. take a stand 公开表态 to publicly express an opinion about something, especially to say whether you support or are against something (usually + on ). Many politicians fail to take a stand on equal rights for women. Finally, somebody is going to have to say this is the right thing to do, to take a stand. stand/stick out a mile to be very obvious. She sticks out a mile with her red hair. Of course he's unhappy - it stands out a mile. can't stand/take the pace 承受不住压力 to be unable to do things well when you are under a lot of pressure. If he can't stand the pace he shouldn't be doing the job - it's as simple as that. set the pace to do something that establishes a standard. What institutions set the pace for TV news? Our company is setting the pace for flexibility and responsiveness in the industry. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of set the pace (to establish the speed at which a group moves). stand/turn something on its head 掉转方向, 掉过头来 I. to make an idea or belief the opposite of what it was before. The first feminists simply took the accepted view that men were superior to women and turned it on its head. II. 搅局. 搅场子. to stir up, baffle, or surprise a group or organization. The new owners came into the company and stood it on its head. Nothing will ever be the same. The mayor set out to stand the town on its head, but after one month, it was business as usual. stand by your guns / stick to your guns 坚持信仰. to refuse to change your ideas although other people try to make you change them. to refuse to change your beliefs or actions. Usage notes: If a soldier sticks to his guns he continues to shoot at the enemy. To continue shooting at an enemy although it puts you in great danger. David's family were against him becoming an actor but he stuck to his guns. Stand by your guns and don't let them talk you into working full time if you don't want to. hold/stand your ground 坚持己见 I. to refuse to change your opinions or behaviour, even if other people try to force you to do this. The union stood its ground in negotiations despite pressure by management to accept a pay cut. II. to refuse to move backwards, especially when you are being attacked. The small, poorly armed band of guerrillas stood their ground against an overwhelming attacking force.) Russia's homophobic laws. Earlier this month, Lady Gaga tweeted her outrage over Russia's treatment of LGBT people. "Sending bravery to LGBTs in Russia. The rise in government abuse is archaic( archaic [ɑ:'keiik] adj I. belonging to or characteristic of a much earlier period; ancient. II. 过时的. out of date; antiquated. No longer current or applicable; antiquated: archaic laws. an archaic prison system. ). Hosing ( hose someone or something down I. to wash something down with water from a hose. Hose her down to cool her off and maybe she will do the same for you. Please hose down the driveway. Hose it down. II. to kill someone. (Underworld. From the image of spraying someone with bullets.) Mr. Big told Sam to hose Wilbur down. The thugs tried to hose down the witness. ) teenagers with pepper spray辣椒水? Beatings? Mother Russia?" she first tweeted, followed by "The Russian government is criminal. Oppression will be met with revolution压制意味着革命. Russian LGBTs you are not alone. We will fight for your freedom.Why didn't you arrest me when you had the chance, Russia? Because you didn't want answer to the world?". Wentworth's bold show of support sends a powerful message to LGBT Russians, who are facing extreme violence and persecution. Wentworth Miller has come out as a gay man, and used the announcement to weigh into the growing debate over gay rights in Russia. Before releasing the statement, and despite persistent speculation, Miller had not publicly acknowledged his sexuality. The issue came to prominence in reaction to Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision in June to sign an act banning the "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations". As people from across the globe continue to speak out against this horrific law, more celebrities and corporations should follow his courageous lead in openly condemning Russia's anti-LGBT law.". Miller, has had no high-profile relationships, which has always caused speculation引人遐想, 引起猜测, 揣测. Previously he spoke out about the rumours. "I'm not gay, but that rumour can't be killed," he is quoted as saying at the time. "I know these rumours are out there … I'm cool with the fact that they exist, I mean this is about fantasy. Certain people are going to have certain fantasies遐想, if someone wants to imagine me with a woman, or a man or one of each that's cool with me as long as you keep watching the show."
喷泉和音乐喷泉: "喷出, 喷射spurt; spout; gush; jet"有关的动词: A volcano spouts flame and lava. The fountain spurted water into the air. Oil gushed from the well. Water spouted from the break of the pipe. Blood spurted from the wound. 喷洒spray; sprinkle: sprinkle some water on the flower; spray fruit trees with insecticide. A fountain ['faintin] is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets 喷射, 喷 it into the air(jet I. to issue or cause to issue in a jet. To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure. water jetted from the hose. he jetted them with water. II. to transport or be transported by jet aircraft. n. a thin stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small aperture or nozzle喷嘴.) to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect. Fountains were originally purely functional, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to provide drinking water and water for bathing and washing to the residents of cities, towns and villages. Until the late 19th century most fountains operated by gravity, and needed a source of water higher than the fountain, such as a reservoir or aqueduct, to make the water flow or jet into the air. In addition to providing drinking water, fountains were used for decoration and to celebrate their builders. A musical fountain音乐喷泉 is a type of animated fountain for entertainment purposes that creates an aesthetic design (including three-dimensional images). This is achieved by employing the effects of timed sound waves and timed light (including laser) against water particles. The water refracts and reflects the light, and in doing so, three-dimensional images can be produced. Installations can be large scale, employing hundreds of water jets and lights, and costing into the millions of dollars, or in smaller household forms, where a budget of one thousand dollars is feasible. Musical features tend to be complex, and require a degree of mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic components out of view that might be as impressive to its audience as the show itself. gush over someone or something I. Lit. [for liquid] to flood over someone or something. The floodwaters gushed over the farmland喷涌而出. The hot soup gushed over the cook as the huge pot tipped over. II. 不吝赞美之词. 赞不绝口, 溢美之词. Fig. [for someone] to heap praise, flattery, and compliments on someone or something. Aunt Mattie always gushed over us children so much that we dreaded her coming. All the guests gushed over my beet salad. gush with something [for something] to flow with something. The stream gushed with the sudden runoff of the storm. The faucet gushed with brownish water, so I turned it off. gush (forth/out) (from/out of someone or something) = spout out of sb/sth (Can be words, water, blood, vomit, etc. The optional elements cannot be transposed.) The blood gushed forth from his wound. Curses gushed forth from Sharon. Water gushed forth out of the broken pipe. The words gushed out from her mouth. The curses gushed from her mouth in torrents. be up the spout (British informal) I. to be pregnant His sister's only just turned sixteen and she's up the spout. II. wasted or spoiled. Pete lost his job so that meant our holiday plans went up the spout. And they refused to give me a refund so that was two hundred pounds up the spout. in a delicate/interesting condition Euph. pregnant. (Old fashioned.) Are you sure you're up for this hike? I know you're in a delicate condition. She shouldn't be lifting those boxes. She's in a delicate condition. spout from something [for a liquid] to gush from something. A plume of water vapor 一柱水柱 spouted from the blowhole of the whale. Water spouted from the top of the fountain and flowed down the sides. spout off (about someone or something) I. to brag or boast about someone or something. Stop spouting off about Tom. Nobody could be that good! Alice is spouting off about her new car. II. to speak out publicly about someone or something; to reveal information publicly about someone or something. I wish you wouldn't spout off about my family affairs in public. There is no point in spouting off about this problem.
叙利亚内战化学武器: Syrian opposition sources said rockets with toxic agents 毒剂 hit the Ghouta area, east of the capital, where there is a rebel presence. The opposition Sham news network reported that the nerve agent sarin had been used. The patients, many of them children sprawled on tiled floors and piled on hospital beds, have been stripped down seemingly in an effort to free them of the toxic substances有毒物质 on their clothes. Other videos show lines of dead bodies一排排的尸体 on the floor. Experts have said that they appear to show evidence of use of a poisonous gas毒气 but it is impossible to tell which one without further investigation. "Many of the casualties are women and children," she said. "They arrived with their pupil dilated ( dilate [dai'leit di-] 瞳孔放大 (dilated pupil) vb I. (Medicine) to expand or cause to expand; make or become wider or larger. the pupil of the eye dilates in the dark. II. (intr; often foll by on or upon) to speak or write at length; expand or enlarge. dilate on something Fig. to speak or write in great detail on some subject. I am sure you do not wish me to dilate further on this matter. If you do not see my point, I would be pleased to dilate on this matter further. constrict [kən'strikt] 瞳孔缩小 (constricted pupil) I. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing. If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower. Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts 收缩 the blood vessels. My throat constricted 锁紧, 锁喉, so that I had to concentrate on breathing. His throat began to feel swollen and constricted. The pain is produced by constriction of the blood vessels 血管收缩. II. To squeeze or compress. III. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp. If something constricts you, it limits your actions so that you cannot do what you want to do. She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style. Many of the women I spoke to left because they felt constricted 受到约束的, 被拘束的. I find the office environment too rigid and constricting. The bill is filled with constricting 限制人的, 约束人的 amendments. Her anxiety increased, leading to a constriction of her normal activities. lives constricted by poverty. ), cold limbs四肢发冷 and foam in their mouths口吐白沫. The doctors say these are typical symptoms of nerve gas victims." One photograph purportedly taken by activists in Douma showed the bodies of at least 16 children and three adults, one wearing combat fatigues军服, laid on the floor of a room in a medical facility, where the bodies had been collected. In a statement hours after the alleged incident, Hague (英国外交秘书) said: "I am deeply concerned by reports that hundreds of people, including children, have been killed in air strikes and a chemical weapons attack on rebel-held 叛军占领区 areas near Damascus. "These reports are uncorroborated没有证据支持的 and we are urgently seeking more information. But it is clear that if they are verified(confirmed 证实), it would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria." He added: "Those who order the use of chemical weapons, and those who use them, should be in no doubt that we will work in every way we can to hold them to account. International attention on Syria, which was already fading注意力减弱, has been further diverted注意力转移 in recent weeks by the crisis in Egypt. Ghouta has been the focus of intense clashes between government and Hezbollah soldiers and rebel forces判军. Both sides are anxious to secure the outskirts of Damascus near the border with Lebanon to the country's north, where Jabhat al-Nusra and other extremist groups are concentrated. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency, the area is an important link in the chain of the weapons supply route from Jordan. Around 1.5 million people in eastern Ghouta have been trapped in an intermittent siege and cut off from basic supplies 切断基本生活供应 since their liberation by the Free Syrian Army in early 2012. The Obama administration "strongly condemned" the reported use of the weapons which, if confirmed, would be by far the worst known use of poison gas during the country's deadly civil war. "We are hopeful that the Assad regime will follow through on 遵守承诺 what they have claimed previously, that they are interested in a credible investigation that gets to the bottom of reports that chemical weapons have been used," White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Videos apparently showing the graphic and disturbing aftermath of the alleged attacks on the rebel-held eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta were posted to social media but could not be independently verified. The clips showed children choking干呕 and vomiting, while adults writhed in agony痛苦的蜷在一起, 蜷缩起来( writhe [raið] 痛苦的扭动翻滚, 打滚. I. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment. II. To move with a twisting or contorted motion. III. To suffer acutely. writhe under something I. Lit. to squirm with pain from being beaten with something. The sailor writhed under the sting of the lash. The child writhed under the pain of his spanking. II. Fig. to suffer under a mental burden. I writhed under her constant verbal assault and finally left the room. Why do I have to writhe under her insults? writhe with something I. and writhe in something [for someone or an animal] to squirm because of something, such as pain. Carl writhed with pain and began to cry. He was writhing in pain when the paramedics arrived. II. [for something] to support or contain something that is writhing. The pit was writhing with snakes and other horrid things. The floor of the basement was writhing in spiders and crawly things.). "There were some symptoms like numbing of the body, constricted pupils of the eye, foam coming out of the mouth, paleness of faces脸色苍白, shortness of breath," he rebel spokesman said. "The areas that were targeted were civilian areas平民区, they are not military areas. They targeted women and children to apply pressure on the Free Syrian Army." The gas was heavy and sunk into basements, witnesses told NBC News. Some people lit tires on fire, hoping the smoke from the burning tires would offset the gas. The black smoke, however, only created more chaos and panic. A doctor said some victims reported smelling a faint odor of insecticide闻到一股杀虫剂味道 at the time of the rocket attacks. Most of the victims were sleeping when the attacks took place. The first rocket assaults on the eastern villages lasted roughly an hour; then, villages to the north began to be attacked in the same way -- surface-to-surface rockets that exploded to release a poison gas. Conflicting death tolls from different sources could not immediately be reconciled by NBC News. Witness accounts are impossible to verify because Syria does not allow journalists to operate freely inside its borders.
