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用法学习: 1. A 41-year-old man claims he was accosted by(I. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. II. To solicit for sex.) a Lions player who tipped him from his wheelchair at a Brisbane taxi rank, threw food at him and took his cab. "I mean it's pretty hard to keep these things quiet不让人知道. But look we're taking the matter seriously and we'll look into it." The allegation comes the same week St Kilda players were accused of burning the clothes of an entertainer as part of its Mad Monday celebrations. come out ahead to end up with a profit, benefit, or advantage. It was a tricky deal, and no one came out ahead of anyone else. I never come out ahead after paying my bills. 2. A sleeper hit is a term used in the entertainment industry for a film that plays successfully for a long period and becomes a big success, despite having relatively little promotion or lacking a successful opening. It is also used in a similar sense for songs. In 1991, Naomi starred along Kidman in the sleeper-hit Flirting (1991) directed by John Duigan. ice block = ice cube 冰块. mind one's baby照顾孩子. 照看孩子. babysit (with/for) someone to attend and care for a child for someone for a short period of time. I promised to babysit for Mrs Plunkett. I'm looking for someone to babysit for my cousin. Will you babysit with my cousin? Would you mind babysitting Roger for me for a few minutes? Sure, I will babysit for you. sit with someone I. to stay with someone; to sit up with someone. My uncle sat with me my first day in the hospital. II. to stay with and care for one or more children; to babysit for someone. I hired Mrs. Wilson to sit with the children. We couldn't go out for dinner because we couldn't find anyone to sit with the kids. slime [slaim] I. soft thin runny mud or filth. II. any moist viscous fluid, esp when noxious or unpleasant. III. Slang A despicable or repulsive person. a slime ball (informal) an unpleasant man who is friendly in a way which is not sincere. I don't know what she sees in him - he's such a slime ball! slimy ['slaimi:] adj. 似黏液的,黏滑的. The seaweed felt cold and slimy. The steps were slimy with moss. The walls were all slimy and green. 3. Sydney Aquarium spokesperson谈及Angilina Julie来访: "They were a pleasure to host and we look forward to welcoming them back again soon." The Jolie-Pitt children were said to be particularly taken with dugongs Pig and Wuru, two of only six on display in the world. 关于Vaucluse区: The first European activity in the area took place not long after settlement, when a makeshift signalling station was set up on the ridge overlooking the ocean. Its role was to signal the colony if a ship was approaching. Pilots based at Camp Cove, Watsons Bay, could then meet the ship and guide it through the harbour. 4. parachute kids 小留学生(空降到美加澳等读书的孩子), astronaut parents(小留学生做空中飞人的父母). In the first of the two overnight robberies, two men armed with a gun and a knife made off with cash ( make off/away with someone or something to take someone or something away; to make someone or something disappear. The robber made away with the jewelry. The maid quickly made off with the children. We only saw them for a moment. ) from a hotel on Robey Street in Mascot about 11.10pm. 标准普尔指数信用评级不变:Standard Poor's has maintained its AAA sovereign credit rating for Australia after the election of the coalition government. 'The ratings on Australia reflect the country's significant fiscal and monetary flexibility, economic resilience, and public policy stability,' the ratings agency said on Monday. 5. 美记者随难民船到澳洲: "He's a war photographer so he's done embeds with the US army, done embeds with the Afghan army, which is even more worrying, but this trip gave me anxiety," she told the ABC. "They've obtained accommodation and are probably having a sleep right at this minute, I would imagine, after the voyage across. I was advised that they did look weary, a bit bedraggled( bedraggle [bi'drægəl] vb. (tr) to make (hair, clothing, etc.) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud. )." 6. gang up on somebody 合起伙来反对 I. to unite as a group against someone. To join together in opposition or attack: The older children were always ganging up on the little ones. It seemed like my creditors were ganging up on me. II. To act together as a group: various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs. noise, din, racket2, uproar, pandemonium, hullabaloo, hubbub, clamor, babel: These nouns refer to loud, confused, or disagreeable sound or sounds. Noise is the least specific: deafened by the noise in the subway. A din is a jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds: the din of the factory. Racket(rattling racket) is loud, distressing noise: the racket made by trucks rolling along cobblestone streets. Uproar, pandemonium, and hullabaloo imply disorderly tumult together with loud, bewildering sound: "The evening uproar of the howling monkeys burst out" (W.H. Hudson); "a pandemonium of dancing and whooping, drumming and feasting" (Francis Parkman); a tremendous hullabaloo in the agitated crowd. Hubbub emphasizes turbulent activity and concomitant din: the hubbub of bettors, speculators, tipsters, and touts. Clamor is loud, usually sustained noise, as of a public outcry of dissatisfaction: "not in the clamor of the crowded street" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow); a debate that was interrupted by a clamor of opposition. Babel stresses confusion of vocal sounds arising from simultaneous utterance and random mixture of languages: guests chattering in a babel of tongues at the diplomatic reception. 7. odds and ends 零碎的东西, 零七碎八的东西, 小零碎 (British, American & Australian) also odds and sods (British & Australian informal) a group of small objects of different types which are not very valuable or important. I eventually found my keys buried beneath the odds and ends in the bottom of my bag. If anyone is interested, I came across this Koleos being wrecked for parts, it's in Sydney... It would be good if anyone else sees a koleos being wrecked to post it, may help with odds and ends. figure someone or something in(to) (something) 容纳, 纳入, 挤入, 进入 to reckon someone or something into the total. I will figure the electric bill into the total. We can figure in one more person. figure in something [for someone or something] to play a role in something. Tom figures in our plans for future office management. I don't wish to figure in your future. Even though the IITs figure in the list of the world's top 800 institutes, majority of them have actually fallen in ranking in 2013 as compared to their standing in 2012. 8. hang a left/right (American informal) if you tell the driver of a car to hang a left/right, you mean turn left/right. You hang a left at the gas station and then drive straight ahead for two miles. Hang a right about here. I told him to hang a right at the next corner, but he went on. This shirt never hang right on me从来就没有合适过. on the off chance 万一的情况下 because of a slight possibility that something may happen or might be the case; just in case. I went to the theater on the off chance that there were tickets for the show left. We didn't think we would get into the football game, but we went on the off chance. IPhone 5S: For one, gold is in right now, seen as glamorous after years of being considered gaudy ( adj. 土气的. 鲜艳的土气的. 俗气的. 没品味的. Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way. gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish. n. Brit a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges. gaudy, flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry: These adjectives mean tastelessly showy: a gaudy costume; a flashy ring; garish colors; a loud sport shirt; a meretricious yet stylish book; tawdry ornaments. ). Plus, anodizing 镀 gold onto the iPhone would be far easier than anodizing the slate color used on the black iPhone 5. And beyond that, gold seems to be one of the most used colors in iPhone cases and after-purchase customization. get/pull your finger out (British & Australian very informal) if you tell someone to get their finger out, you mean they should start working hard. You'd better pull your finger out, you should have finished this job hours ago. nag 爱唠叨的人 One who nags. You don't want to be a nag. in a rut Fig. in a type of boring habitual behavior. (As when the wheels of a buggy travel in the ruts worn into the ground by other buggies making it easiest to go exactly the way all the other buggies have gone before.). kept in an established way of living or working that never changes. David felt like he was stuck in a rut, so he went back to school. Anne was tired of being in a rut, so she moved to Los Angeles. My life has gotten into a rut. I try not to get into a rut. 9. too hard basket(put it in that basket归到那一类) I. the theoretical basket in which certain tasks are placed when they are deemed to be tedious or difficult. This can include office work and household chores. Rodney: Hey Stephen, did you finish that report I asked you to do?Stephen: No Rod. I put it in the Too hard basket. II. A metaphorical in-tray, or basket, into which ideas and/or tasks are mentally placed because they are deemed to be taboo or extremely difficult to handle. Sex for the seriously disabled is a subject that goes into many people's too hard basket. The ordination of homosexual bishops is a concept that finds it's way into the too hard basket of many conservative church goers. put all your eggs in one basket 孤注一掷 to depend for your success on a single person or plan of action. Dedicate all your resources into one thing. I'm applying for several jobs because I don't really want to put all my eggs in one basket. My stockbroker says I should buy shares in a lot of different companies, and not put all my eggs in the one basket. Our company should distribute many different products from many different companies. If we put all our eggs in the one basket, we'll get into trouble if there's a problem with that one product or company. head of the class There was a time when teachers would organize their students' seating arrangement according to their achievement. Those with the best marks would be given the honor of sitting in the front (head) of the class.T he students with the best grades (BE:marks) were seated in the front of the classroom and the less successful trickled out to the rear. Nowadays, it's a metaphor. "Go to the head of the class" means "You're right!," especially if others are pondering the same question. "Head of the class" has long since become a metaphor for "the best at" some activity. There might not even have been rank-order seating in the school or classroom where this incident took place. He has not been so astonished since he got to the head of the spelling class; that was the awfully rainy day when there was only two children in the class. 10. We don't condone ( to overlook or forgive (an offence). To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior. ) cheating. lull someone into a false sense of security also give somebody a false sense of security Cliché to lead someone into believing that all is well before attacking or doing someone bad. We lulled the enemy into a false sense of security by pretending to retreat. Then we launched an attack. The boss lulled us into a false sense of security by saying that our jobs were safe and then let half the staff go. She is married with two kids. 11. 关于求婚的句子: go down on one knee单膝跪地. I thought the time was right after four years of being together, but I got bounced / rejected. not be the marrying kind (humorous) if a man is not the marrying kind, he does not want to be married. Usage notes: People sometimes use this phrase to mean that the man is homosexual (= sexually attracted to other men). George has had several girlfriends, but he's not the marrying kind. In leap year, girls are allowed to propose, if the guys say no, they'll get penalized. gutted ['gʌtid] adj Informal disappointed and upset. The father couldn't resist buy post this online. 12. 恶作剧闯祸: A 13-year-old boy who took a photo of his genitals and sent it to his school mates could be placed on a sex offenders' register计入黑名单, 花名册. POLICE have warned a group of 13-year-old students that they face being listed on the sex-offenders register after a boy took photos of his genitals and emailed them to friends, who forwarded them. The teenager has since been reported by police for producing and disseminating 制作或者分发 child exploitation material. The case showed the current laws, which placed sex offenders on a register and restricted their future work and activities, were flawed有缺陷的, Dr Such said. The laws were not designed to turn silly 13-year-olds into criminals, he said. "We need to make sure that the mischief that the sexual offenders' register was seeking to address is not diluted in any way," he told reporters on Thursday. "But also we don't want to label young people for life for some silly prank." Attorney-General John Rau said at present there were no children on the sex offenders register and the default position for judges in the Youth Court was not to put convicted offenders on the register. "The judge has to be convinced that their behaviour is so bad that they need to be on the register," Mr Rau said. "That's completely different to an adult person, they automatically go on the register." But even then, the chance of a judge ordering their names be placed on the sex offenders' register was "very, very small". Dr Such raised the matter after the parents of a girl, contacted him to complain that police had been heavy handed 下手太重, 太过严厉 in dealing with the "pornography" incident. The mother said her daughter had been told she would be unable to work with children later in life if she was placed on the sex-offenders register. Three others who initially received the photos were reported for possessing and disseminating the material. "As part of that process, it is responsible and appropriate that police inform students of the possible life-long repercussions that a seemingly harmless prank can have," Mr Burns said. "This includes potential criminal proceedings and being placed on (the sex-offenders register)." South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said the issue needed to be investigated because there could be young people caught by a system that tarred their reputations for life for a "silly prank". 14. Nicole Kidman is reportedly pressing charges against a paparazzo who allegedly knocked her to the ground while riding his bike. capricious 情绪无常的, 变化莫测的, 变幻无常的, 情绪化的 (adjective) Characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude or behavior. whimsical, impulsive. My wife's capricious mood swings are beginning to worry me, and I fear she may need professional help. 15. Prince William wraps up his job: He plans to expand his work in the field of conservation动物保护, particularly in respect of endangered species, through the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.. The foundation has partnered with seven of the world's most influential conservation organisations under United for Wildlife, a long-term commitment to preserve the world's natural resources. Prince William said: "The threats to our natural heritage are extensive, but I believe that this collaboration of the best minds in conservation will provide the impetus for ( impetus ['impitəs] I. 推动力. 推进力. an impelling movement or force; incentive or impulse; stimulus. Increased activity in response to a stimulus: The approaching deadline gave impetus to the investigation. II. Physics the force that sets a body in motion or that tends to resist changes in a body's motion. ) a renewed commitment and action to protect endangered species and habitats for future generations. "At the root of the illegal wildlife trade, for example, is the demand for products that require the deaths of tens of thousands of these animals every year, pushing them further towards extinction. "As you might have gathered, Catherine and I have recently become proud parents - of a baby who has a voice to match any lion's roar," he said. "This is actually our first evening out without him, so please excuse us if you see us nervously casting cheeky glances at our mobile phones to check all is well back home. The duke continued: "Like any new parents, our thoughts inevitably turn to the world that our child will inherit. "It is unfathomable ( [ʌnˈfæðəməbəl] I. 难以理解的. 难懂的. Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible: unfathomable theories. II. 深不可测的. Difficult or impossible to measure: the unfathomable depths. ) to imagine a world in which children who have been born in the past couple of months may grow up in a world in which rhinoceros have ceased to exist in the wild." Tuesday's final RAF shift brought to an end a three-year posting 外派 on Anglesey for the prince. In a speech at the Anglesey Show in August, the duke thanked the island's people for being so welcoming to him and his wife. "I know that I speak for Catherine when I say that I have never in my life known somewhere as beautiful and as welcoming as Anglesey," he said. "From the bottom of my heart发自内心的, thank you for making my wife and me so welcome when we arrived here, as you do thousands of visitors each year.".

 光天化日抢银行: A WESTPAC in Sydney's CBD has been ramraided ( Ram-raiding is a variation on burglary in which a van, SUV, car, or other heavy vehicle is driven through the windows or doors of a closed shop, usually a department store or jewellers shop, to allow the perpetrators to loot it. Notably, large trucks are used to break into technology companies and steal high-value equipment for resale on the black market. Commercial properties in areas prone to ram-raids often erect strong barriers or obstructions, such as bollards, to discourage such attacks. ATM centres are also victims of ram-raiding. Many companies have come up with solutions to ram-raiding. Everything from electronic bollards to electronic barriers have been employed to keep property from the raiders. Another solution is security guards, but teams of "round the clock" security are expensive and often not the most economical way of dealing with ram-raiding. smash-and-grab [raid] 破窗而入抢劫 adj Informal of or relating to a robbery in which a shop window is broken and the contents removed. ) in a brazen daylight robbery attempt. Three masked bandits 土匪强盗 in a black Porsche Cayenne - worth more than $100,000 - smashed into the Westpac Bank on Kent St in the CBD at 11.20am. Witnesses said the trio - armed with sledgehammers and wearing balaclavas - got out and stole cash from the machine, before running to a waiting blue Suburu WRX being driven by a fourth man. Worker Bruce Neil said the group had been "in and out in two minutes total". "The blue WRX pulled up first then the second car came and rammed into the wall," Mr Neil said. "He's reversed back again and hit the wall a second time."Two men jumped out and went between the gap in the wall and the ATM. "About a minute later the WRX started blowing its horn like crazy and the first guy came out with a bag." Mr Neil said the first man was soon joined by his parter. "The second guy came out with a bag as well," he said. "He dropped his sledgehammer and went back for that but then he jumped in and they sped away. 其他报道: Police say the four-wheel drive crashed into a wall beside the ATM and three men armed with sledgehammers entered the bank through the opening and took money from the tellers. A blue Subaru sedan was waiting for the men to escape in. Police say they have fielded a large number of calls(field I. Sports a. To retrieve (a ball) and perform the required maneuver, especially in baseball. b. To place in the field to play: field a team. II. Informal To respond to. to deal with or handle, esp adequately and by making a reciprocal gesture. to field a question. fielded tough questions from the press. III. To place in competition. To put into action. to enter (a person) in a competition. each party fielded a candidate. field an army of campaign workers. take the field To begin or resume activity, as in military operations or in a sport. ) from witnesses who described the incident as a ram raid or armed robbery. "I just thought it was an accident and I thought this guy was trying to get away," she said. "But then he, with a lot of force, had the second go at it... then I thought 'He's a maniac'. "I usually go to that ATM. I always got to that ATM ... normally there's a line-up in this street for that ATM.

 森林大火: 1. Controlled or prescribed burning, also known as hazard reduction burning or swailing, is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. Hazard reduction or controlled burning is conducted during the cooler months to reduce fuel buildup and decrease the likelihood 降低可能性 of serious hotter fires. Controlled burning stimulates the germination of some desirable forest trees, thus renewing the forest. Some cones, such as those of Lodgepole Pine and Sequoia, are serotinous, meaning they require heat from fire to open cones to disperse seeds. In industrialized countries, controlled burning is usually overseen by fire control authorities for regulations and permits. The party responsible must delineate the intended time and place. Obtaining a permit may not limit liability if the fire burns out of control. 2. Back burning, although sometimes confused with controlled burning is a separate practice, with a different purpose. While controlled burns are planned during times that the area is not burning in a wildfire, back burning or backfiring is done to stop a wildfire that is already in progress. Back burning is a way of reducing the amount of flammable material during a wildfire by starting small fires along a man made or natural firebreak in front of a main fire front. It is called back burning because the small fires are designed to 'burn back towards the main fire front'. The basic reason for back burning is so that there is little material that can burn when the main fire reaches the burnt area. The firebreaks that may be used to start a line of fires along could be a river, road or a bulldozed clearing etc.

 税务减免: Tax break is a term referring to any item which avoids taxes, including any tax exemption免税, tax deduction减税, or tax credit(A tax credit is a sum deducted from the total amount a taxpayer owes to the state. A tax credit may be granted for various types of taxes, such as an income tax, property tax, or VAT. It may be granted in recognition of taxes already paid, as a subsidy, or to encourage investment or other behaviors. In some systems tax credits are 'refundable' to the extent they exceed the relevant tax. Tax systems may grant tax credits to businesses or individuals, and such grants vary by type of credit.). "Tax break", or "tax loophole", is used pejoratively in the United States to refer to purportedly favorable tax treatment of any class of persons, as in "individuals get a tax break for so and so". The purpose of a tax break should be to promote an activity that benefits society in the future and to give relief to those who currently need help. Later reports suggested a retail price between A$85,000 through to A$130,000 due to a lack of tax break incentives by the Australian government. 美国电力汽车Tesla: In the United States, Tesla is currently selling their cars from 16 stores in 12 States with each of these being company stores, a significant departure from the norms of the US marketplace. This has had mixed reception, since this is not always legal. North Carolina and New Hampshire in June 2013 sided with 支持 Tesla in allowing stores owned and operated by an automaker, but Virginia and Texas have taken the opposite position. Tesla unsuccessfully sued British television show Top Gear for their review of the Tesla Roadster in a 2008 episode in which Jeremy Clarkson could be seen driving one around the Top Gear test track, complaining about a range of only 55 miles (89 km) before showing that car being pushed into the garage, supposedly out of charge. Tesla filed a lawsuit against the BBC for libel 诽谤 ['laibəl] and malicious falsehood 恶意虚假报道, 不实报道 ( falsehood 1. An untrue statement; a lie. II. The practice of lying. III. Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy. ), claiming that two cars were provided and that at any point, at least one of them was ready to drive. In addition, Tesla believes that neither car ever dropped below 25% charge, and that the scene was staged. On October 19, 2011, the High Court in London rejected Tesla's libel claim. The falsehood claims were also struck out by February 2012, with Mr. Justice Tugendhat describing Tesla's malicious falsehood claim as "so 'gravely deficient' it too could not be allowed to proceed." 

 工党大选惨败总结: "I understand that Mr Rudd has tendered his resignation to the Governor-General and in the usual course of things通常情况下, he will remain as caretaker prime minister until there is an opportunity to swear-in Tony Abbott as prime minister and his ministry," Ms Bishop told the ABC last night. "There will be a party room meeting at some point to reaffirm the leadership of Tony Abbott and me and the National Party will no doubt hold a similar party room meeting, and then we will decide on the ministry and hopefully be able to swear in the ministry early next week. "We are focusing on the immediate transition to Government so that we can get on with the business of ( get down to work/business/it to begin to get serious; to begin to negotiate or conduct business. All right, every one. Let's get down to business. There has been enough chitchat. When the president and vice president arrive, we can get down to business. Usage notes: sometimes used without get: Our professor is very down to business and very well prepared. ) implementing our policies and the promises we took to the election as soon as possible." "There's no doubt that the election was a referendum on the carbon tax - one of our major policies is to repeal the carbon tax," she said. As the Coalition divides 分享 the spoils of victory战利品, Labor is left to decide who will lead the party in Opposition after former prime minister Kevin Rudd announced he would stand aside after the election defeat. Outgoing finance minister Penny Wong has joined the chorus of other Labor figures blaming more than three years of leadership instability on the party's resounding election loss. "We did do a lot of things when it comes to making sure we created more fairness and more opportunity, whether through education, through the increases in childcare, whether it's through the improvements to Medicare and, of course, the building of DisabilityCare just to name a few," she told ABC TV. "Not to mention the national broadband network and the infrastructure of the 21st century but the reality was that that story was overshadowed and drowned out 淹没 by too much discussion of our internals. "It's in our interests and in the nation's interests for us to draw a line here and move on." Senator Wong refused to be drawn on ( be drawn on something To be persuaded to talk or give information. He refused to be drawn on his plans. ) who she would support for the role and says the discussions about leadership should be held behind closed doors. However, she says despite the weekend's electoral drubbing( drub I. to beat as with a stick; cudgel; club. II. to defeat utterly, as in a contest. III. to drum or stamp (the feet). IV. to instil with force or repetition. to drive as if by flogging: Grammar was drubbed into our heads. the master drubbed Latin into the boys. ), whoever becomes leader should not dump all of Labor's policies - putting the party on a collision course with 对着干 the new government. "We're a party of Government and we're a party that also is a party of strong values and a very strong focus on the future so I don't believe in simply a blank slate全部推倒重来," she said. "I said last night, very clearly, on carbon I don't believe we should be for the turning. "The very important lesson that we all know in theory and we've learned again in practice通过实践又学习一遍 and that means that people have got to learn from it and it cannot continue - you can't have disunity," he said. Former Labor leader and senior minister Simon Crean backed calls for the party to learn from its mistakes of the last six years in government and nominated outgoing education minister Bill Shorten as the man lead the party. "The Labor Party's problem over the last three years is that it looked at its political fortunes just through the prism of the leader," he said. "I think we've got to understand here's the opportunity to reinvigorate, to refresh, to present a new approach and put the in-fighting 内斗, 内战 that was Gillard-Rudd behind us. Just draw the line and move forward." Mr Crean, who supported Mr Rudd's return to the party leadership in June, says the electoral defeat can also partly to attributed to the government's poor campaign. "Tony Abbott's not Prime Minister because of any great vision he had for the country, in fact I don't know what his vision for the country is," he said. "He was a disciplined campaigner and Labor's campaigner and Labor's campaign wasn't that crash hot( crash hot (slang, Australia, New Zealand) Very good, excellent; very well. Well well well, don't you look crash hot in your new sunnies! I'm sorry boss, I can′t come in to work today, I′m not feeling too crash hot.). I think most people acknowledge承认 that."

 hoon: 1. hoon = hooligan 足球流氓 (Hooliganism refers to unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behaviour) I. To travel at speed in a confined area, or do burnouts on a public road in traffic. II. To show off in a dagerous manner, mostly with a vehicle or engine powered item. Oh, you got your license, did you drive for a hoon this weekend? Look at that bloody dangerous hoon. 2. A 21-year-old man was doing burn-outs (n. I. A failure in a device attributable to burning, excessive heat, or friction II. One who is worn out physically or emotionally, as from long-term stress. II. A burnout (also known as a peel out or power brake) is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary (or close to) and spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke resulting from friction.) in a Preston shopping centre car park just 30 metres from a police car yesterday. His car has been impounded ( I. 没收, 收押 to seize or appropriate, take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork." II. to take possession of (a document, evidence, etc.) and hold in legal custody. ) under Victoria's anti-hoon laws (Hoon is a derogatory term used in Australia and New Zealand, to refer to a young person who engages in loutish[ 愚蠢的 ['lautiʃ] characteristic of a lout; unpleasant and uncouth, Having the characteristics of a lout; awkward, stupid, and boorish. ], anti-social behaviour. In particular, it is used to refer to one who drives a car or boat in a manner which is anti-social by the standards of contemporary society, that is, fast, noisily and/or dangerously. In New Zealand, the term "boy racer" is also widely used. Another slang term, revhead—derived from "rev", an alternate term for RPM—is sometimes used in place of hoon. However, "revhead" can refer to any car enthusiast, while hoon is always pejorative. "Anti-hoon laws", while they generally concern road vehicles, sometimes also target anti-social behaviour in motor boats. Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts or screeching tires. Those commonly identified as being involved in "hooning" or street racing 接头赛车 are young and predominantly male, although increasingly female, drivers in the age range of 17 and 35 years. Hoon control laws are beginning to be extended to dangerous and annoying hoon behaviour using boats and other vessels, particularly jet skis. The State of Victoria, Australia passed legislation in late 2009 to control hoon activities using recreational vessels. hooligan a rough lawless young person. Now, the term became associated with drunken vandalism and sporting events. Hooliganism refers to unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behaviour. Such behaviour is commonly associated with sports fans, particularly supporters of the New York Yankees. The term can also apply to general rowdy behaviour and vandalism, often under the influence of alcohol and or drugs. Football hooliganism, also known as the English Disease is unruly and destructive behaviour—such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation—by association football club fans.) and the man will be charged on summons with traffic offences.