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用法学习: 1. sleep like a log/baby/top to sleep very soundly. Everyone in our family sleeps like a log, so no one heard the thunderstorm in the middle of the night. Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby. I don't know if it had anything to do with the wine we drank but I slept like a log. With a full stomach and a warm blanket, I slept like a log. To be fair, West, who is currently facing criminal battery and attempted grand theft charges for allegedly attacking a member of the paparazzi in July, has been doing his best to steer clear of photographers( steer clear (of someone or something) 躲着, 离远点, 避开, 躲远点 to avoid someone or something. to avoid something or someone because they are dangerous or bad for you. John is mad at me, so I've been steering clear of him. Steer clear of that book. It has many errors in it. I'd steer clear of Joe if I were you - he's in a terrible mood. They invited me to comment on the proposals, but I think I would rather steer clear. Usage notes: usually the person or thing you avoid is dangerous or likely to cause trouble. ) -- so Brown's advice about adding more security might not be necessary. come out of the blue / a clear blue sky/ the clear blue sky 晴天霹雳, 意料之外, 忽然的事情 suddenly; without warning. Then, out of a clear blue sky, he told me he was leaving. My sister Mary appeared on my doorstep out of the blue, after years with no word from her. You may feel all of these things come out of the blue, but he has been thinking about ending the marriage for months, he already checked out.  2. Sportsmanship运动精神, 精神风尚 (or sometimes sportspersonship) is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors. A sore loser输不起的人 refers to one who does not take defeat well, whereas a good sport ( (a) good sport 开得起玩笑的人 someone who can accept a loss in a competition or can accept being the butt of a joke. Bob is usually a good sport, but this time he didn't seem to appreciate your joke. ) means being a "good winner" as well as being a "good loser". Sportsmanship can be conceptualized as an enduring and relatively stable characteristic个性 or disposition性情 such that individuals differ in the way they are generally expected to behave in sport situations. In general, sportsmanship refers to virtues such as fairness, self-control, courage, and persistence, and has been associated with interpersonal concepts of treating others and being treated fairly, maintaining self-control if dealing with others, and respect for both authority and opponents. Sportsmanship is also looked at as being the way one reacts to a sport/game. A competitor who exhibits poor sportsmanship after losing a game or contest is often called a "sore loser" (those who show poor sportsmanship after winning are typically called "bad winners"). Sore loser behavior includes blaming others for the loss, not accepting responsibility for personal actions that contributed to the defeat, reacting to the loss in an immature or improper fashion, making excuses for the defeat, and citing unfavorable conditions or other petty issues as reasons for the defeat. A bad winner acts in a shallow fashion after his or her victory, such as by gloating about 洋洋自得, 洋洋得意 his or her win, rubbing the win in the face(s) of the opponent(s), and lowering the opponent(s)'s self-esteem by constantly reminding the opponent(s) of "poor" performance in comparison (even if the opponent(s) competed well). 3. run with it/that thought/ that idea: It means to use a particular idea and experiment with it, taking it further. You might get an idea and keep it in mind and try to see if it works by trying things out, as the thought may seem to be a good one. It may be something that you think will work, but are not yet sure, and so you "run with it", to see if it does work or not. I think this is a good idea, I am gonna run with that one. run with it to do something independently. You just have to give them the job and let them run with it. take/pick up the ball and run with it to continue an activity or process that someone else has started, often when that person could not finish it or make it work: We had a very vague idea of what we wanted, but the marketing team just took the ball and ran with it. take up where somebody/something left off to continue something that was started by someone or something. Five years after their first album, the band takes up where they left with the release of their new disc. If the legislature won't approve the deal, the court will try to take up where the legislature leaves off and impose a settlement. 4. compromising position It normally means caught in a sexual act(caught in the act抓现行) or a position where you have left wide open for speculation引起遐想, 有遐想空间. It could mean many things. A sexually compromising position is one interpretation(interpretation [in,tɜ:pri'teiʃən] n I. the act or process of interpreting or explaining; elucidation. 一种解释. II. the result of interpreting; an explanation. II. a particular view of an artistic work, esp as expressed by stylistic individuality in its performance. IV. explanation, as of the environment, a historical site, etc., provided by the use of original objects, personal experience, visual display material, etc.). Say, if you're "straight" but get caught doing the naughty with another guy. Politically, a compromising situation can be much more slippery (I.  causing or tending to cause objects to slip a slippery road. II. 滑手的. 滑的. liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc. likely to slip away or escape. a slippery bar of soap. slippery prospects. III. not to be relied upon; cunning and untrustworthy. a slippery character. IV. (esp of a situation) liable to change; unstable. unstable or insecure, as conditions: a slippery situation. "How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is" (James Agee). slippery slope a course of action that will lead to disaster or failure. in a situation that is likely to become more difficult or complicated. a dangerous pathway or route to follow; a route that leads to trouble. The matter of euthanasia is a slippery slope with both legal and moral considerations. slippery as an eel 不可信的, 滑的很, 滑如泥鳅, 狡猾的像鳗鱼, 山芋. devious and untrustworthy, but impossible to catch. Don't sign a lease with that landlord; I think he's as slippery as an eel. The con artist was slippery as an eel. Although he defrauded many people, he never went to prison. We started arguing, and then we got on the slippery slope of what's fair and what's not fair. So far, we have taken only the first few steps toward a society in which different people would have different rights, but we are on a slippery slope. Usage notes: sometimes used without on: Where does this slippery slope end? slippery customer I. Fig. a clever and deceitful customer. Watch out for that guy with the big padded coat. He may snatch something. He's a real slippery customer. II. Fig. a slippery creature. This little fish is a slippery customer. Get me something to scoop it back into its bowl. ). To openly support one position, but be found to have values closer to the opposing position. When you are hanging out/ dating someone and someone, normally related to you walks in and sees you doing something, you probably shouldn't be doing. Like cuddling with a boy that isn't supposed to be at your house when you are alone. Dude, last night her mom walked in and saw us in compromising positions. "She found herself in a compromising situation". As a ploy to discredit 搞臭, 搞坏名声 the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations. One photo shows Riewold standing naked next to teammate Zac Dawson who is shirtless but wearing jeans. The other photo shows Dal Santo laying down on a bed in a compromising pose. 5. double down I. (idiomatic, gambling) 增加筹码, 加码. To double one's wager. double a bet after seeing one's initial cards, with the requirement that one additional card be drawn: the amount only increases when you choose to split or double down he doubled down on a pair and lost. II. (idiomatic, by extension) To double or significantly increase a risk, investment, or other commitment. strengthen one's commitment to a particular strategy or course of action, typically one that is potentially risky: He decided to double down and escalate the war. The third quarter of the year saw central banks doubling down on the quantitative easing approach. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama all want to get out of Iraq. They all want to double down in Afghanistan. 网友解释：to engage in risky behavior, especially when one is already in a dangerous situation. This figurative usage as appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary is a meaningful explanation of "double down" other than the ubiquitous "to double the wager in exchange for only one additional card in Blackjack gambit" in every online dictionary. Don't try to double down the exposures of your retirement money in aggressive investments. It is the time to double down on the commitment of solar energy, rather than to scale back. HP is going to double down on Palm's webOS. 6. disregard 不管, 不顾, 不理会, 无视, 漠视, 忽视, 蔑视, 不予考虑, 不屑一顾 (callous, cavalier, cynical. blatant, flagrant; reckless, wanton.) She completely disregarded all our objections. You can't just disregard the security problem! He did it in disregard of any advice. blatant disregard 公然无视 for the law. their reckless disregard for human life草菅人命.  He utterly disregarded my warnings and met with on accident. The agency would not comment on the man's case but was dismissive 嗤之以鼻的, 不屑一顾的 of the idea that appeal rights for its operatives were limited. hail I. To precipitate in pellets of ice and hard snow. It was hailing just now, I though it was just raining. II. To fall like hailstones: Condemnations hailed down on them. To pour (something) down or forth: They hailed insults at me. hail someone as something to praise someone for being something. The active members hailed him as fraternity brother of the year. Sally was hailed as an effective leader. hail a cab/taxi to signal to a taxi that you want to be picked up. See if you can hail a cab. I don't want to walk home in the rain. hail from (some place) to come from some place as one's hometown or birthplace; to originate in some place. He hails from a small town in the Midwest. Where do you hail from? within hailing/calling/shouting distance close enough to hear someone call out. When the boat came within hailing distance, I asked if I could borrow some gasoline. We weren't within shouting distance, so I couldn't hear what you said to me. caprice [kə'pri:s] (holdon caprice/ statesman 是一款车) n. I. a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc.; whim. A sudden, unpredictable action, change, or series of actions or changes: A hailstorm in July is a caprice of nature. II. a tendency to such changes. capricious [kəˈpriʃəs] adj characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude or behaviour; impulsive; fickle.

 澳大学排名整体下滑: Australia's top-ranked universities have lost ground 下滑 in the latest international rankings, ceding to stronger competition from their regional counterparts. Only five of Australia's ranked universities gained ground前进, 上升, with the other seven all suffering falls. Rankings editor Phil Baty says the poor performance should be a reality check for Australia. "It's not as if suddenly Melbourne's got a lot worse, it's just that it's not competing as much," Mr Baty said. "Standing still 原地踏步 isn't really enough in this very intense competition among the very best in the world." Australia also lost a top 200 institution in the University of Adelaide, which dropped from 176th into the 201-225 bracket区间. Mr Baty says the results will be particularly alarming引人警醒的, 发人深省的 to the sector, given it is yet to feel the full impact of $2.3 billion in planned cuts. "The funding environment isn't helping, it's damaging the universities' ability to really stay at the top of their game and to compete on equal terms," he said. "Australia risks losing a really strong position in the Asia-Pacific region because it lacks enthusiasm at government level for its universities." He says the new Abbott Government has not indicated it is looking to reverse any of the cuts and its attitude to arts and humanities in particular is also worrying. "Falls of two or three places are really statistically insignificant, it's where there are significant falls and they're occurring fall on fall where you would worry," he said. "Countries like Taiwan, South Korea and of course China - which have all made very heavy investments in their systems, not only in research but in education and other activities as well - they're all doing well, so the competitive tide is rising," he said.

 中国游客教育: China's Communist Party has issued an official 64-page guidebook for the country's holidaymakers after a spate ( spate [speit] I. a fast flow, rush, or outpouring a spate of words. II. Chiefly Brit a sudden flood the rivers were in spate. III. Chiefly Brit a sudden heavy downpour. be in full flow/spate (British & Australian) if an activity is in full flow, it is happening fast and with energy. He had this annoying habit of interrupting her when she was in full spate. The royal wedding preparations were now in full flow. ) of embarrassing incidents involving the Chinese abroad. Its advice ranges from the commonsensical 常识性的 to the downright odd奇怪的. Last year, mainland Chinese citizens made 83 million trips abroad – eight times more than in 2000 – during which they expended US$102 billion, leapfrogging the US and Germany to become the world's biggest-spending tourist nation. In past times过去, China's Community Party offered only a single sheet of advice, but as tourist behavior has become an official image concern, a much longer illustrated guide has been produced. It was published ahead of the Golden Week holiday, the annual October celebration of the Communist takeover in China, which has somewhat ironically become the preferred time for wealthier citizens to travel to faraway bastions of capitalism. Much of the information in the pamphlet is uncontroversial. Chinese tourists are encouraged to use shower curtains in hotel rooms, not to urinate in public pools, and to stop roping in locals ( rope somebody/something in to persuade a person or group to do something. They're running ads that they hope will rope in the undecided voters. Once they're interested in the product, we try to rope them in and sell it to them. Usage notes: also used in the form rope someone into doing something: He roped me into helping him clean up the yard.  to cause someone to get involved in some project. She's always trying to rope me into her club. Let's rope in someone to help with cleaning up.) to take photos of their group. The crowning glory ( I. the most impressive and most important part of something. II. your hair. ) of the expanded guide are culture-specific tips for popular destinations. Some of it – such as not asking for pork in Muslim countries, or calling black people 'negroes' – could potentially help Chinese tourists to, at the very least, sidestep 避开 awkward situations. But other pieces seem strangely over-specific太过具体, 太过详细. When in Spain, women should wear earrings at all times, or they will be considered naked. The guide will be freely - and perhaps forcibly - distributed, but at least one person is unconvinced that it will succeed in changing habits overnight. "While Chinese are more open to Western ideas now, that has not necessarily sunk in深入人心, 深入内心 when actually interacting with the outside world. About 5 tons of trash were strewn across Tiananmen Square after National Day celebrations. Bloggers wonder why freedom-loving Americans are comparatively neater. The mass littering reignited a national debate about patriotism and public behavior in China, where food-wrapping, bottles, fruit peels and wastepaper often wind up on the ground instead of in trash cans and spitting and cutting in lines 插队 are common. "Enjoy a happy holiday time, and don't forget to take away your trash," pleaded the Beijing city government, rather belatedly姗姗来迟的, on the same micro-blogging service Wednesday. From social inequality to deadly air, China faces far greater problems than thoughtless trash disposal. But littering is angering many Chinese and may even cause problems for the Communist Party rulers. Many Chinese online accused the attendees of Tuesday's National Day ceremony of being poor patriots(['peitriət 'pæt-] patriotic [,pætri'otik] ) for scattering trash during the flag-raising. "When I went to America, I couldn't figure out why the common people in the country that promotes individualism are so very public-spirited公共意识的, but people in the country imbued with collectivism (China) are instead indifferent and selfish," wrote Wang Weijia, a businessman in Beijing. Li Nuoyan, a blogger on social issues, highlighted the weakness of "The people" in China's socialist system where the Communist Party has ruled unopposed and unelected for over six decades.

 怪异访问: "IT'S REALLY exciting to talk to you, especially right in the middle of 正当时 your public meltdown," says Zach Galifianakis to Justin Bieber. This question sets the tone for the latest hilarious Between Two Ferns interview which was released on funnyordie.com overnight. Nothing is off limits 百无禁忌 in this chat, with The Hangover star asking Biebs about peeing in a bucket, his drug use and why he thought Anne Frank would be a 'belieber'. The highlight though is when Galifianakis, frustrated with the pop star's recent behaviour, removes his belt and starts whipping the terrified teen. If you've never seen an episode of Between Two Ferns before, your eyes are about to be opened to a wonderful world. Celebrities willingly自愿的 submit themselves to be taunted by Galifianakis and they somehow manage to keep a straight face as he insults them throughout the interview. Some of Hollywood's biggest names, such as Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Jennifer Aniston and Bruce Willis have all appeared on the show in the past.

 Nathan Verhelst euthanised in Belgium after botched sex change: A 44-YEAR-OLD man who was born a woman has been euthanised( euthanasia [,ju:θə'neiziə] n. the act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness. Also called mercy killing. euthanize [ˈju:θəˌnaiz] To subject to euthanasia.) in Belgium on the grounds of "unbearable难以承受的 psychological suffering." The Telegraph reports that Nathan Verhelst, who was born Nancy, was given legal euthanasia by Wim Distelmans, a cancer specialist who made headlines last year when he gave 45-year-old twins Marc and Eddy Verbessem a lethal injections because they feared they were going blind as well. Verhelst told Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws that he had hormone (hormone ['hɔ:məun] ) therapy in 2009, followed by a mastectomy and a penis constructed in 2012 but "none of these operations worked as desired". "I was the girl that nobody wanted," he said in the hours before her death. "While my brothers were celebrated, I got a storage room above the garage as a bedroom. 'If only you had been a boy', my mother complained. I was tolerated, nothing more." "I was ready to celebrate my new birth," he told the newspaper. "But when I looked in the mirror, I was disgusted with myself. My new breasts did not match my expectations and my new penis had symptoms of rejection. I do not want to be... a monster. " Dr Distelmans has defended his call to proceed with the euthanasia. "The choice of Nathan Verhelst has nothing to do with fatigue of life生活疲累, 厌倦生活," said Dr Distelmans. "There are other factors that meant he was in a situation with incurable, unbearable suffering. Unbearable suffering for euthanasia can be both physical and psychological. This was a case that clearly met the conditions demanded by the law. Nathan underwent counselling for six months." Jacqueline Herremans, a member of the national euthanasia committee, told RTL television he had been examined by two doctors, including a psychiatrist, to make sure he was not suffering from a temporary depression. The case has revived the debate in Belgium over whether euthanasia should be given to those who are psychologically troubled or only to terminally ill patients. The country is also deciding if it should extend euthanasia to children. While there were only six cases of euthanasia recorded on psychological grounds in 2004, there were 33 in 2011 and 52 last year. Belgium recorded a record number of 1432 cases of euthanasia in 2012, up 25 per cent from the previous year. Euthanasia carried out by doctors is only legal in three European countries, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

 Strange bedfellows Pope Francis and Xi Jinping champion religion over the love of money: The Roman Catholic Church hasn't found usually much common ground 共同点 in its icy relationship with China and its Communist Party rulers, but are the two secretive institutions moving, albeit unwittingly, closer together? Recent comments by Pope Francis and officials close to Chinese president Xi Jinping that decry指责 the abandonment of moral traditions 道德传统 for the unbridled 无禁忌的, 无所顾忌的, 肆无忌惮的, 随心所欲的, 脱缰的, 无束缚的 pursuit of wealth( unbridled [ʌn'braidəld] I. Unrestrained; uncontrolled: unbridled anger. II. Not wearing or being fitted with a bridle: an unbridled pony. ) sound eerily ( eerie = eery ['iəri] adj. (esp of places, an atmosphere, etc.) mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly. ) similar. Xi "is troubled by what he sees as the country's moral decline道德衰落 and obsession with money," three sources with ties to China's leadership told Reuters on Sunday, and he hopes the "traditional cultures" of China's three largest faiths—Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism—"will help fill a void that has allowed corruption to flourish." Similarly, Pope Francis made headlines last week by lashing out at( lash out (at/against somebody/something) I. to burst into or resort to verbal or physical attack. to angrily criticize someone or something. The mayor often lashes out at people who don't agree with him. Usage notes: usually criticism of an opinion or statement. Amy was angry with Ed and lashed out at him just to show who was boss. She was so angry with him that she just lashed out against him. Gretchen was fed up with the cat and lashed out savagely in her anger. II. Brit informal to be extravagant, as in spending. ) "an economic system which has at its center an idol called money," and called for "financial reform along ethical lines道德界限, 道德底限 that would produce in its turn ( in turn I. one after the other. She spoke to each of the guests in turn. II. (slightly formal) as an equal or related effect. 同样的. Yiddish has borrowed words from German, and German has in turn borrowed from Russian. The agency wants to put pressure on local business people, so they, in turn, will put pressure on state officials. ) an economic reform to benefit everyone." He concluded: "Money has to serve, not to rule." Xi has made long-made warnings about "moral" problems in China, usually meaning corruption, that could threaten the party's rule. But his potential willingness to let religion take a bigger role in China—at least according to Reuters' sources—is a new development新变化, and it is not yet clear what such a move would mean. The government says there are only 50 million practitioners of Buddhism and Taoism, 23 million Protestants, 21 million Muslims and 5.5 million Catholics among China's 1.35 billion people. That stance 立场 is unlikely to change much in the short term, as maintaining social stability 维持社会安定 remains the top goal of party officials. "The influence of religions will expand, albeit subtly," one of Reuters' sources said. "Traditional cultures will not be comprehensively popularized, but attacks on them will be avoided." As for Pope Francis, his remarks on wealth have centered largely on those who have been ill-served by the globalized economy, critiquing "ideologies 意识形态 which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation投机, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good( The common good or common weal 公共利益 is a term that can refer to several different concepts. In the popular meaning, the common good describes a specific "good" that is shared and beneficial for all (or most) members of a given community. This is also how the common good is broadly defined in philosophy, ethics, and political science. However there is no strict definition of the common good for each situation. The good that is common between person A and person B may not be the same as between person A and person C. Thus the common good can often change, although there are some things — such as the basic requirements for staying alive: food, water, and shelter — that are always good for all people.)." China's rulers would presumably be cool with preserving state control of the economy, and with Pope Francis' assertion that "where there is no work, there is no dignity." But their common ground with the Pope can only go so far. He probably lost them with this comment last week: "We can never serve God and money at the same time. It is not possible: either one or the other. This is not Communism. It is the true Gospel!".

 英语成ACT高中必修课?: Ms Burch said stakeholders 利益相关者 would be consulted and students would be given an adequate phase-in period so as not to be disadvantaged. Ms Burch noted that her focus was on mandatory English and that mandatory maths subjects might be introduced at a later date. At present, the ACT is the only jurisdiction in Australia that does not require students in years 11 and 12 to complete any requirements in literacy or numeracy subjects. "It will be quite a significant change for us, but I expect it will be accepted by parents as good sense( good sense sound practical judgment; the quality someone has when they are able to make sensible decisions about what to do. "Fortunately she had the good sense to run away". Mrs Booth showed a lot of good sense. have the good sense to do something: Mark had the good sense not to argue. It makes good sense (=is sensible) to do some research before buying. )," she said. The board's executive officer, Helen Strauch, said the issue had been raised before in the ACT, but local results had been so strong in literacy and numeracy that mandatory subjects had not been adopted. Ms Burch said this would be a logical progression for the ACT to make, although it was too early to determine what the standard would be or the time frame 时间表 for its implementation. Ms Strauch said the mandatory subjects would be a priority for the board's consideration as part of its strategic review and reflected wider national concerns about poor literacy standards among young people entering the workforce and university. Ms Burch noted there was national consideration of requiring prospective teachers to meet minimum literacy requirements before being admitted to an Education degree and she did not want to see ACT students disadvantaged in this regard. "For many students, the senior secondary college years may be the last chance they get to actually get some support in those areas and to become competent in basic literacy before they leave school," she said. While only a small percentage of students was avoiding English in college, Ms Strauch said they may be the students who need it most.