guilt trip; piss away/squander/conspicuous consumption, shell/splash/splurge out big amount of money, throw around ; catch up with sb/take the toll; make it do or do without; repurpose; sack/tote bag; go along to get along; empty shell of oneself/ a shadow of oneself; lack of character, the kicker is that;

用法学习: 1. A memory barrier, also known as a membar, memory fence or fence instruction, is a type of barrier instruction which causes a central processing unit (CPU) or compiler to enforce an ordering constraint 限制 on memory operations issued before and after the barrier instruction. This typically means that certain operations are guaranteed to be performed before the barrier, and others after. Memory barriers are necessary because most modern CPUs employ performance optimizations that can result in out-of-order execution. This reordering of memory operations (loads and stores) normally goes unnoticed within a single thread of execution, but can cause unpredictable behaviour in concurrent programs and device drivers unless carefully controlled. The exact nature of an ordering constraint is hardware dependent and defined by the architecture's memory ordering model. Some architectures provide multiple barriers for enforcing different ordering constraints. Memory barriers are typically used when implementing low-level machine code that operates on memory shared by multiple devices. Such code includes synchronization primitives and lock-free data structures on multiprocessor systems, and device drivers that communicate with computer hardware. 两个可能因优化而导致的问题: The compiler, CLR, or CPU may reorder your program's instructions to improve efficiency. The compiler, CLR, or CPU may introduce caching optimizations such that assignments to variables won't be visible to other threads right away. C# and the runtime are very careful to ensure that such optimizations don't break ordinary single-threaded code—or multithreaded code that makes proper use of locks. Outside of these scenarios, you must explicitly defeat these optimizations by creating memory barriers (also called memory fences) to limit the effects of instruction reordering and read/write caching. 2. guilt trip n. Informal A usually prolonged feeling of guilt or culpability. a feeling of guilt or responsibility, esp. one not justified by reality. to attempt to instill a guilt trip in; play upon the guilt feelings of. lay/put a guilt trip on somebody (American informal) send somebody on a guilt trip 让你觉得不好意思, 让你自觉惭愧 to make someone feel very guilty. I'm tired of environmentalists who put a guilt trip on the rest of us for causing pollution with our life styles. She's sent me on a guilt trip about my treatment of Steven. "He convinced me to do what he wanted by guilt tripping me!" by the same token 同样的, 同理可得 Cliché a phrase indicating that the speaker is introducing parallel or closely contrasting information. Tom: I really got cheated! Bob: You think they've cheated you, but, by the same token, they believe that you've cheated them. Some say he is a real charmer, but by the same token others are put off by his manner. When he liked a person, he loved them, and, by the same token, when he didn't like a person, he hated them. dwell time I. (chiefly engineering) 停留时间. The period of time that a system or element of a system remains in a given state. The drone has a dwell time of about six hours when operating from an in-theater airfield. The part needs a total dwell time in the autoclave of 95 minutes. II. (military) The duty time soldiers have at their domestic home base between foreign deployments. III. The time cargo remains in a terminal's in-transit storage area while awaiting shipment by clearance transportation. 3. Conspicuous consumption 炫耀性消费 is the spending of money for and the acquiring of luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power显示经济实力—either the buyer's income or the buyer's accumulated wealth. Sociologically, to the conspicuous consumer, such a public display of discretionary economic power ( discretionary I. Left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment. II. 可任意支配的. Available for use as needed or desired. having or using the ability to decide at one's own discretion discretionary powers. a discretionary fund. Disposable and discretionary income ) is a means手段 either of attaining or of maintaining a given social status. Moreover, invidious consumption示威式的消费( invidious I. 招致怨恨的, 极其不满的. Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations. II. 轻蔑的. 蔑视的. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions. III. Envious.), a more specialized sociological term, denotes the deliberate conspicuous consumption of goods and services intended to provoke the envy of other people, as a means of displaying the buyer's superior socio-economic status.  Kate Blanchett on David Letterman show to promote blue jasmine: squander I. 挥霍. 大把的花. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. squander all her money. II. 错失, 浪费. To fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for: squandered an opportunity to go to college. squander something away to waste something; to use up something valuable wastefully. Where is all the money I gave you last month? Did you squander it all away? Frank squandered away all his assets. squander something on someone or something to waste all of something on someone or something. I am tired of squandering money on this rickety old house. I squandered a fortune on Roger and what did it get me? blow one's money 挥霍, 浪费钱财, 大手大脚的花钱 waste one's money, spend one's money on something useless. I blew my money when I spent $1000 on tickets to the hockey game. If you keep blowing your money on stupid things, you'll never be able to go to university. Justin Bieber song Boyfriend: I got money in my hands that I'd really like to blow. go to town on something 太花特花 I. to do something in a very eager way and as completely as possible, especially by spending a lot of money. 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. II. to work hard or very effectively. Look at all those ants working. They are really going to town. Come on, you guys. Let's go to town. We have to finish this job before noon. go to town on (one's self) verb to masturbate. I went to town on myself last night. You can't go to town on yourself in the Big Brother house even in the toilet, you have to hold out坚持, 坚忍, 忍着, a lot of self-control. paint the town red 大玩特玩 (informal) to go out and enjoy yourself in the evening, often drinking a lot of alcohol and dancing. Jack finished his exams today so he's gone out to paint the town red. have a blowout I. 爆胎. [for one's car tire] to burst. I had a blowout on the way here. I nearly lost control of the car. If you have a blowout in one tire, you should check the other tires. II. Sl. to have a big, wild party; to enjoy oneself at a big party. Mary and Bill had quite a blowout at their house Friday night. Fred and Tom had quite a blowout last night. blow something out I. cei了灯泡了. to make something stop working. I turned on my new television and blew out the picture tube. II. to extinguish a flame with a puff of breath. I blew the candle out. I blew out the candles one by one. blow someone out I. Sl. to kill someone, especially with gunshots. (Fixed order.) Lefty set out to blow Max out once and for all. Lefty wanted to blow Max out too. II. to defeat someone completely Sometimes you play really badly and get blown out. blow off I. Lit. [for something] to be carried off something by moving air. The leaves of the trees blew off in the strong wind. My papers blew off the table. II. Lit. [for a valve or pressure-maintaining device] to be forced off or away by high pressure. (See the examples.) The safety valve blew off and all the pressure escaped. The valve blew off, making a loud pop. III. Fig. [for someone] to become angry; to lose one's temper; to blow off (some) steam. I just needed to blow off. Sorry for the outburst. I blew off at her. IV. Sl. to goof off; to waste time; to procrastinate. You blow off too much. All your best time is gone—blown off. V. Sl. a time-waster; a goof-off. (Usually blow-off.) Fred is such a blow-off! Get busy. I don't pay blow-offs around here. VI. Sl. something that can be done easily or without much effort. (Usually blow-off.) Oh, that is just a blow-off. Nothing to it. The test was easy—a blow-off. VII. and blow someone or something off Sl. to ignore someone or something; to skip an appointment with someone; to not attend something where one is expected. He decided to sleep in and blow this class off. It wasn't right for you to just blow off an old friend the way you did. VIII. blow someone off Sl. to ignore someone in order to end a romantic or other relationship. She knew that he had blown her off when he didn't even call her for a month. Steve blew off Rachel before he started seeing Jane. IX. Sl the final insult; an event that causes a dispute. (Usually blow-off.) The blow-off was a call from some girl named Lulu who asked for Snookums. When the blow-off happened, nobody was expecting anything. X. Sl. a dispute; an argument. (Usually blow-off.) After a blow-off like that, we all need a break. There was a big blow-off in the office today. blow on something 吹气, 吹 to force air across something especially with a puff of breath. Jill blew on the hot soup. Blow on the fire to make it burn hotter. splash out (sth) on sth Brit to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need. to spend (money) freely or extravagantly (on something): They splashed out £3,000 on a holiday. shell out (an amount of money) = splash out, splurge on 花费高昂, 花一大笔钱, 花大价钱 to spend a certain amount of money. to pay money The insurance giant estimates that in Texas alone it will have to shell out $85 million to settle these claims. How much does the company expect to shell out for a solution to the problem? Usage notes: usually said about large amounts of money. I'm not going to shell out $400 for that! Come on. You owe me. Shell out! 例句: These men are shelling out US$3,000 ($3,350) a month for a sugar baby. That's not something that a man is going to spend for a simple, one-night engagement一夜情.". splurge [splɜ:dʒ] n I. an ostentatious display, esp of wealth. II. a bout of unrestrained extravagance. vb. (often foll by on) to spend (money) unrestrainedly or extravagantly. To indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury. 炫耀消费.To be showy or ostentatious. splurge on someone or something to spend a lot of money on someone or something. I really splurged on my wife for her birthday. Mary really splurged on that dinner! Diamonds are a girl's best friend! Brad Pitt splurges on $250,000 worth of jewels for Angelina Jolie in Hong Kong: It can't be easy being a parent to six young children. And Brad Pitt clearly likes to show Angelina Jolie his appreciation once in a while for all she does for their family. The couple - who were named the highest-earning acting couple in Hollywood after earning $50 million this year - made the extravagant purchases at Emperor Watch And Jewellery Store. According to the store's Facebook page, Brad also bought Angelina an 18-carat rose gold necklace called the 'Sunray' that sported a circular diamond pendant, said to represent warmth, as well as a 'wishful' silver bracelet meant to promote happiness and safety. The Oscar-winning actress looked stylish in black as she enjoyed a shopping trip with her kids over the weekend. piss away = squander away 浪费, 挥霍, 挥金如土 (throw around) 大手大脚 To waste; to squander; to fritter away; To spend wastefully. I pissed away four years of my life in university and didn't graduate. The old mayor pissed millions of dollars away on stuff nobody wanted. He pissed away his opportunity to get the job by arriving late for the interview. catch up with I. To find or arrest after a period of pursuit: The police finally caught up with him in Omaha. II. = take the toll. To have unpleasant consequences for, especially after a period of quiescence: mistakes that caught up with him when he ran for President. 评价David Letterman访问中问的蠢问题: A very smart older statesman of television asking all those stupid questions? I don't really buy it, unless old age is catching up with him 真的年纪大了, 岁月不饶人, 老糊涂了. take [quite] a/its/their toll [on sb.] to have a bad effect on someone or something (often + on ). to cause damage or wear by using something or by hard living. Years of sunbathing took a toll on Mary's skin. Drug abuse takes quite a toll on the lives of people. Bringing up nine children had taken its toll on my mother. The disease has taken a horrendous toll in parts of western Africa. III. 补上. Do something that should have been done earlier. I'm going home to CATCH UP WITH my sleep补觉. catch someone in the act (of doing something) 抓现行, 人赃俱获. 当场抓获 to discover someone doing a [bad] deed at the very moment when the deed is being done. I caught her in the act of stealing the coat. He was caught in the act of taking money from the cash box. 4. throw (your) money/cash around informal disapproving to spend money, especially in an obvious and careless way, on things that are not necessary: He lost his job, but still seems to have plenty of money to throw around. 4. righteous ['raitʃəs] adj I. characterized by, proceeding from, or in accordance with accepted standards of morality, justice, or uprightness; virtuous. a righteous man. the righteous. a righteous judgment. a righteous parishioner. II. morally justifiable or right, esp from one's own point of view. Morally justifiable: righteous anger. righteous indignation. You want to get the righteous, but the judge doesn't do righteous, they only do the law. 5. She isn't one to hold back说话不顾忌的人, 无话不说. scar I. To form a scar: The pustule healed and scarred. II. To become scarred: delicate skin that scars easily. a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche; scarred adj. deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury "Could her scarred mind ever be free of fear?"; "a face scarred by anxiety"; "the fire left her arm badly scarred". For kids of his age, Miley's twirking would leave them pretty scarred. Groovy (slang. very pleasing; fashionably attractive; wonderful: a groovy car. You are very groovy, grandma, you are using Facebook.)(or, less common, "Groovie" or "Groovey") is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "cool", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context. 6. International Meme(meme [mi：m] A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation.): The blood and gore of the Syrian war zone has not stopped one rebel's striking, photogenic appearance becoming an online sensation. If anything, the nonchalant stride and sculpted physique of this Syrian freedom fighter seems even more astonishing considering the worsening conflict raging around him and across the country. The photo of an unidentified fighter, complete with RPG casually resting on his shoulder, taken by Khalil Hamra near Idlib in Syria on June 15 has gone viral in an internet meme. While the U.N. accuses rebels and government forces of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, people have found a lighter side 轻松的一面 to the conflict thanks to a good-looking rebel with a close-cropped hair cut, steely eyes坚定的眼神 and a saunter ( saunter ['sɔ:ntə] 闲庭信步, 漫步 vb (intr) to walk in a casual manner; stroll. n. a leisurely pace or stroll. ) through the war zone. How does he do it? Fans have commented on his surprisingly clean cut and chiseled features asking 'how can he be in the middle of a civil war and have hair like that?'  For added effect: A superimposed bomb blast in the background adds to his saunter. Another wrote: 'Sometimes you just need to look good. If you're going to face death, might as well look snappy ( Make it snappy! Inf. Hurry up!; Move quickly and smartly. Andy: Make it snappy! I haven't got all day. Bob: Don't rush me. Mary: Do you mind if I stop here and get some film? Bob: Not if you make it snappy! Mary: Don't worry. I'll hurry. snappy adj. I. Also snappish apt to speak sharply or irritably. II. Also snappish apt to snap or bite. III. crackling in sound. a snappy fire. IV. brisk, sharp, or chilly. a snappy pace, snappy weather. V. smart and fashionable. a snappy dresser. ) as hell.' He told ABC's Good Morning America that his overnight stardom一夜成名 was perhaps 'the most flattering way to get spread across the Internet,' while noting how it can instead be quite vicious. 7. hoot: v. I. To shout down or drive off with jeering cries: hooted the speaker off the platform. II. To express or convey by hooting: hooted their disgust. n. I. a similar sound, such as that of a train whistle. II. a jeer of derision. A cry of scorn or derision. III. Informal One that is hilariously funny. an amusing person or thing. an amusing situation or person: Your mom's a real hoot. "Emmett, that skirt is a hoot!" not give/care a hoot/ two hoots To be completely indifferent to: I don't give a hoot what you think. hoot someone off the stage 哄下台, 赶下台 [for an audience] to boo and hiss until a performer leaves the stage. The rude audience hooted Carl off the stage. Carl was hooted off the stage. 8. A "broken/empty shell of a man/oneself 只剩一具空壳, 行尸走肉, 失去灵魂" is a sad thing to be: He is a broken hearted man. He feels empty inside - he walks in sorrow without a soul for he cannot overcome this terrible loss. Can't think, cant' eat or work, his companions are pain and nothingness. Pretty bad stuff - Now it can be said of other reasons than being cast aside - any shattering loss can make a man a "broken shell" if he lacks character ( Good character used to mean you obeyed the Ten Commandments in the Christian Bible. However, since we now live in the post Christian era, good character means about anything you want it to mean. The kicker, however, is that ( kicker I. One that kicks: a soccer player who was an excellent kicker. II. Informal a. 风云突变的是. 让人难料的是, 世事难料的是 A sudden, surprising turn of events or ending; a twist. b. 不利因素是. A tricky or concealed condition; a pitfall. US and Canadian slang a hidden and disadvantageous factor, such as a clause in a contract. "The kicker is that the relationship of guide and seeker gets all mixed up with a confusing male-female attachment" (Gail Sheehy). III. A condition that imposes an automatic increase, as in a pension plan. ) God has never cancelled the Ten Commandments. He still expects them to be obeyed. Somebody with lack of character is someone that is probably a little boring, has a bland personality and just blends into the background. Somebody with good character is somebody who is confident, interesting and has lots of personality ). It is an expression with a lot of meaning. It means the guy is wiped out, exhausted emotionally, maybe physically also. It means he has lost his purpose in life and maybe also his will to live. Usually it is used of someone who has been through some terrible personal experience or disaster, and they are left like an empty shell (for instance, a seashell) that no longer has anything living in it. Everytime I read that phrase, I imagine someone walking down the street not paying attention to anything and with a sad look in his eyes. Usually this expression is used to describe someone who has just suffered great loss. After the second Holyfield fight where he lost his cool and bit Evander's ear off, he was suspended for a year and a half and by the time he came back, he was a shell of himself who was fighting simply for the money. He looks the same as before, but inside he is empty of all the greatness he once possessed. shadow of oneself Fig. Someone or something that is not as strong, healthy, full, or lively as before: The sick man was a shadow of his former self. The abandoned mansion was merely a shadow of its old self.  Just to add something: we, humans, are supposed to consist of body and soul. The body is the shell that contains our immortal soul and the soul is the one that makes up our personality. When we have no soul, what is left of us is the empty shell - the body. So this is the image that the phrase "empty shell" invokes in my mind and everything else that it implies comes as a consequence - he fought like a robot, without any heart or passion. He did it for the money, without caring about glory, pride, reputation, etc. While a shadow of himself and a shell of himself are similar in that they suggest that something essential has been lost, I think the focus is different. If I am told that someone is a mere shell of himself, I think his outward appearance hasn't changed, or even that he is concentrating presenting a good imitation of his previous self, though something of the spirit is missing. If I am told that he is a shadow of himself, then I am likely to think that he has wasted away physically as well. He was a shadow of himself. The handsome, athletic, and energetic man of his young adulthood was gone. Now, at forty, he was worn out, weak, and sick, with white hair and yellow skin, in much worse shape than many old village men in their late seventies. As the 1950s began, the new school of cool jazz caught the public's attention and Charlie drifted into semi-obscurity. His health went downhill and he was a shadow of himself, although still able to pull things together and play like an angel when some special occasion demanded it. get/bring one out of one's shell; bring/get one out Fig. to make a person become more open and friendly. (Alludes to a shy turtle being coaxed to put its head out of its shell.) We tried to bring Greg out of his shell, but he is very shy. He's quiet, and it's hard to get him out of his shell. fend/shift for oneself 自给自足, 自力更生 to get along by oneself; to support oneself. I'm sorry, I can't pay your rent anymore. You'll just have to shift for yourself. When I became twenty years old, I left home and began to fend for myself. 9. religious Extremely scrupulous(I. 一丝不苟的, 严谨的, 认真负责的. a scrupulous worker 办事认真的工作人员. scrupulous attention to detail 一丝不苟. She is scrupulous to a degree. 她非常谨慎. II. 按良心和道德原则办事的. 讲良心的. 正直的. a scrupulous businessman正直的商人. III. 有顾忌的, 有顾虑的 Poets are not so scrupulous as you are.诗人并不像你那样顾虑多. prudent 谨慎的. 审慎的. continued prudent 继续审慎的 saving and borrowing behaviour would help support households' ongoing financial resilience.) or conscientious: religious devotion to duty. listen to the show religiously.

 艰难求生, 维持生计: make do I. 因陋就简 (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) to survive, get by with, or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources). There is barely enough money, so we will have to make do with what we have. II. (transitive, informal) to put into action. Make the movie do! (Put on the movie!) Brandon's makin' the grill do so we can get to eatin'. III. (transitive, informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose. make it do or do without If you don't have a lot of money, extend the life of what you have. do/go without (somebody/ something) to manage to work or act without someone or something. I guess I'll just have to learn how to do without your help. They have relied on Henry for so long, I wonder how they will do without him. I can't go without a doctor much longer. I need a doctor now. I simply can't go without. We can go without food for only so long. Usage notes: often used in the form not do without someone or something: My driver really annoys me, but I know I can't do without him. use it up wear it out make it do or do without节俭金句： This saying from the Great Depression shows the way to true frugality. If you want to get the most out of your money, follow the steps outlined in this little rhyme. Use it up: Don't let anything go to waste. Before you throw something out ask yourself if there's anything else you could use it for. Many frugality tips revolve around repurposing materials for new uses. Wear it out物尽其用: Make sure you get the full use out of anything you have. This is a lot like the first step above, but we should also include maintenance in this category. Take good care of the things you own so you can get the full use out of it. This especially applies to appliances and automobiles. This also means you shouldn't buy cheap just for the sake of getting a bargain. Quality items will last much longer making them worth the extra cost. You'll also save time by not having to shop for a replacement as often. Getting the most value for your dollar doesn't necessarily mean paying the lowest price. Make It Do: Before throwing something out, see if you can fix it. Many things that wear out or break can often be repaired for a fraction of what it costs to buy new. Do a little research or ask someone you know who is knowledgeable and find out if it can be fixed. If you can, fix it yourself. You'll learn valuable skills and likely save money over paying someone else to do it. If not, find a trustworthy person to do the repairs for you. Do Without: Contentment满足 is the key to the final aspect of this wise saying. Knowing how to separate your needs and wants gives you powerful control over your finances. Learning what is "good enough" for you will help you delay purchases and get the maximum use out of the stuff you already have. Ignoring the cultural expectations to keep up with the latest fads will save you more money than you can imagine. During the Great Depression, frugality was considered a virtue节俭是美德 and the phrase "Use it up, Wear it out and Make it do" was the guiding principal in most households. Times were tough, which meant that everything from bits of strings to worn-out clothing was saved and re-purposed 做其他用途, 废物再利用 in some other manner. Not only that, but every last bit of food from a can or bottle was swished out with a bit of water and used to flavor a soup or stew. Printed chicken feed sacks鸡饲料袋子 (sack I. 粗布袋子. a large bag made of coarse cloth, thick paper, etc., used as a container. II. Also called sackful the amount contained in a sack, sometimes used as a unit of measurement. III. also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children. IV. Slang Dismissal from employment: finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude. V. Informal A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag. 关于鸡饲料袋子的再利用: If you are a chicken-keeper养鸡的人, then surely you have gone through more bags of feed, scratch and black oil sunflower seeds than you care to recall. I have a sizeable stash of chicken feed bags in my basement waiting to be re-purposed. There are many uses用途 for feed bags, from garden weed blocker to tote bags(手提袋. 可以是简单的手提袋, 也可以是比较时尚的那种. A tote bag is a large and often unfastened bag, with parallel handles that emerge from the sides of its pouch.). I even  fashioned one into a piece of 'art' for my chicken coop. Here is my best attempt to date at sewing a tote bag from feed bags. The handles are a little bit odd, but it's sturdy结实耐用的 and spacious空间很大的. I'm sure I would not be able to recreate this design if I tried. Alas, the seventh grade home economics sewing lessons were lost on me. ) became skirts and flour sacks became underwear. Nothing was wasted什么都不浪费. These days, most of us are too young to have lived through the Great Depression and yet, because we know that a second Great Depression could happen at any time, we strive to learn from the old ways and to embrace the time-honored frugal ways that were a way of life ( a way of life 一种生活方式, 生活的一部分 accepted as a regular part of something. Unfortunately, arguments and anger have been a way of life at the art center for several years. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of a way of life (how a person lives). ) for our parents and grandparents. eke [i:k] out I. (transitive) to supplement. The old man eked out his pension by selling vegetables from his garden. II. (transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort. He eked out a living 艰难维生, 谋生 selling vegetables from the garden. get by 维生. 维持生计 (intransitive, idiomatic) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level. Do you think they can get by on only one salary? get along I. (intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. I wish the kids would get along better. She never did get along with her brother. II. (idiomatic) To survive; to do well enough. She didn't have a lot of money, but she had enough to get along. go along to get along (idiomatic) 妥协以谋生存 To conform in order to have acceptance and security. Nobody wanted to speak out of turn. Nobody wanted to go against the prevailing wisdom. Everyone wanted to go along to get along. That’s how you got promoted in the IMF. Sezer, meanwhile, was put up by the three-part coalition that was in power as a puppet, someone who would go along to get along. But like a Supreme Court Justice who doesn't vote the way you want, he's turned into a reformer.

 South Pacific: South Pacific revolves around 围绕着 life on a US naval base as the sailors wait to be called to action during World War II. The relationship and its potential are strained by her refusal to accept his first marriage to a Polynesian woman. Opera Australia has pulled out all the stops( pull out all the stops 费尽全力, 竭尽全力, 费尽心机 to do everything you can to make something successful. to make every effort to achieve something. Both sides promise to pull out all the stops, running more TV and newspaper ads and making more phone calls to supporters. Usage notes: The stops are handles on an organ (= a large instrument used in churches), which you pull out when you want to play as loudly as possible. They pulled out all the stops for their daughter's wedding. (often + to do sth) The airline certainly pulled out all the stops to impress us. ) to cast South Pacific. Christine Anu is the boisterous ( I. 热闹的, 闹腾的. 喧闹的. 爱闹的. 狂欢的. As midnight drew on, the party became more boisterous. II. 凶猛的,粗鲁的. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle. ) Bloody Mary(Bloody Mary is a folklore legend( urban legend ) consisting of a ghost or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called multiple times. The Bloody Mary apparition ( apparition [,æpə'riʃən] 特异景象, 活见鬼, 白日见鬼 n. I. an appearance, esp of a ghost or ghostlike figure.  A ghostly figure; a specter. I. A sudden or unusual sight: "[The designer's] indoor-outdoor reversals室内室外颠倒, 倒置 and juxtapositions并置, 并列 call forth a Magritte apparition beneath a Miami moon" (Herbert Muschamp). III. the act of appearing or being visible. The act of appearing; appearance. In psychology and parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience. It is characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception. The person experiencing the apparition is awake, excluding dream visions from consideration. ) may be benign or malevolent(malevolent [məˈlɛvələnt] wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; malicious. ), depending on historic variations of the legend. The Bloody Mary appearances are mostly "witnessed" in teenage group participation games, often as part of a game of truth or dare. ), who works to convince Blake Bowden's Lieutenant Cable to stay with Liat, played by Celina Yuen. Meanwhile, Gyton Grantley takes on the role of conniving(connive [kə'naiv] I. 密谋 ;搞阴谋. 合伙. 合谋. To cooperate secretly in an illegal or wrongful action; collude: The dealers connived with customs officials to bring in narcotics. II. 默许;纵容. To feign ignorance of or fail to take measures against a wrong, thus implying tacit encouragement or consent: The guards were suspected of conniving at the prisoner's escape. Her brother is believed to have connived at her murder. connive at/in [sth with sb] 对(明知错误的事情)视而不见；默许；纵容. to scheme at something (with someone); to plot something (with someone). Are you conniving at something with Ronald? Are you and Ronald conniving with Tom at something I should know about? Stop conniving with people! The general is accused of conniving in a plot to topple the government. Her brother is believed to have connived at her murder. ) Luther Billis. Celina's love of all things musical was impetus (impetus ['impitəs] 原动力. 动力. n. I. an impelling movement or force; incentive or impulse; stimulus. The approaching deadline gave impetus to the investigation.) for her move from country Queensland to Melbourne, Victoria. With ambitions to combine her passions of music and theatre, Celina enrolled in, and completed studies in a Diploma of Fine Arts (2011) at Dance World Studios. 有关Bloody Mary四个网络的故事: Also known as "Mary Worth," "I Believe in Mary Worth," "Mary Worthington," "Mary Jane," "I Believe in Mary Whales," "Mary White," "Hell Mary," etc. 1. Some of my friends, five of us, cramped ourselves into a small bathroom in my friend Cathryn's House. We ended up saying Bloody Mary (more like chanting it) about 20 times or so for anything to appear. When we did finally see something it started out as a green glow then the darkened portrait of a face became more visible, by that time half of us were screaming so we knocked each other down trying to get out of the bathroom and then I flipped on the light. It was a welcome relief. 2. Some girls Kat didn't know invited her over for a sleepover. That night they played Truth or Dare. When it was Kat's turn she picked dare. One of the girls said, "I dare you to do Bloody Mary." Kat accepted. They gave Kat a lit candle and pushed her into the bathroom. Kat spun around three times and said, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary." When nothing happened, she walked to the door. Before she could reach it, her only light blew out. She banged on the door, begging the girls to open it, but they just laughed. She backed up against the door. The sink and the bath started to run. It poured out thick blood. It soon was overflowing onto the floor. Kat screamed a blood-curdling scream as Bloody Mary rose from the water then crawled out. When she reached Kat she slit her throat and dragged her back to the bath. The next morning, the girls checked on her. When they saw her, their screams could be heard for miles. 3. When I was about 9 years old, I went to a friend's for a birthday/slumber party. There were about 10 other girls there. About midnight, we decided to play Mary Worth. Some of us had never heard of this so one of the girls told the story. Mary Worth lived a long time ago. She was a very beautiful young girl. One day she had a terrible accident that left her face so disfigured that nobody would look at her. She had not been allowed to see her own reflection after this accident for fear that she would lose her mind. Before this, she had spent long hours admiring her beauty in her bedroom mirror. One night, after everyone had gone to bed, unable to fight the curiosity any longer, she crept into a room that had a mirror. As soon as she saw her face, she broke down into terrible screams and sobs. It was at this moment that she was so heartbroken and wanted her old reflection back, that she walked into the mirror to find it, vowing to disfigure anybody that came looking for her in the mirror. After hearing this story, which was told very scarily, we decided to turn out all of the lights and try it. We all huddled around the mirror and starting repeating "Mary Worth, Mary Worth, I believe in Mary Worth." About the seventh time we said it one of the girls that was in front of the mirror started screaming and trying to push her way back away from the mirror. She was screaming so loud that my friends mom came running into the room. She quickly turned on the lights and found this girl huddled in the corner screaming. She turned her around to see what the problem and saw these long fingernail scratches running down her right cheek. I will never forget her face as long as I live!! 4. You are now cursed. You must send this on or you will be killed. Tonight at 12:00am, by Bloody Mary. This is no joke. So don't think you can quickly get out of it and delete it now because Bloody Mary will come to you if you do not send this on. She will slit your throat and your wrists and pull your eyeballs out with a fork. And then hang your dead corpse in your bedroom cupboard or put you under your bed. What's your parents going to do when they find you dead? Won't be funny then, will it? Don't think this is a fake and it's all put on to scare you because your wrong, so very wrong. Want to hear of some of the sad, sad people who lost their lives or have been seriously hurt by this email? CASE ONE - Annalise [Surname Removed] he got this email. Rubbish she thought. She deleted it. And now, Annalise dead. CASE TWO - Louise [Surname Removed]: She sent this to only 4 people and when she woke up in the morning her wrists had deep lacerations on each. Luckily there was no pain felt, though she is scarred for life. CASE THREE - Tommy [Surname Removed]: He sent this to 5 people. Big mistake. The night Thomas was lying in his bed watching T.V. The clock shows '12:01am'. The T.V mysteriously flickered off and Thomas's bedroom lamp flashed on and off several times. It went pitch black, Thomas looked to the left of him and there she was, Bloody Mary standing in white rags. Blood everywhere with a knife in her hand then disappeared. The biggest fright of Thomas's life. We strongly advise you to send this email on. It is seriously NO JOKE. We don't want to see another life wasted. ITS YOUR CHOICE... WANNA DIE TONIGHT? If you send this email to... NO PEOPLE - You're going to die.  1-5 PEOPLE - You're going to either get hurt or get the biggest fright of your life.  5-15 PEOPLE - You will bring your family bad luck and someone close to you will die. 15 OR MORE PEOPLE - You are safe from Bloody Mary.