用法学习: 1. The song is a power ballad with "anguished" 极度痛苦的, 痛苦万分的 vocals by Cyrus, "Wrecking Ball" has been described as a "heartbroken counterpoint参照物, 参照点, 对照点( reference/reference object 参照点. 物理上用的较多. benchmark 参考价, 参考. 参照. )" to the "hedonism享乐主义" of her previous single, "We Can't Stop". Complex wrote: "This song seems to be a very personal one for the young singer, as she addresses love and heart break in a very passionate manner" and described it as a "drastic departure" from the "happy-go-lucky content" of We Can't Stop. Popdust described it as "a power ballad from the '80s or a Demi Lovato song. A little angsty(焦虑不安, 烦躁. adolescent angst青春躁动不安. My hair causes me angst. ), but certainly a nice foil to the debauchery ( I. excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance. II. debaucheries, acts or instances of such indulgence. foil One that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another: "I am resolved my husband shall not be a rival, but a foil to me". ) of 'We Can’t Stop'." HitFix gave it a "D+" grade, saying: "is a blunt-force instrument of pop songcraft that could've easily been sung by Katy Perry and in that sense it more than lives up to 不辜负, 对得起 its central metaphor. But while the song is fine in its quieter moments, it's so overwrought on the chorus that, like the tune's narrator (who I'll assume to be Cyrus herself), it tries to "force" its way in when it should have trusted its audience to get the message without being battered by it." 2. Ironic processing is the psychological process whereby an individual's deliberate attempts to suppress压抑一种想法 or avoid certain thoughts (thought suppression) render those thoughts more persistent. Similar ideas appear throughout popular culture and sayings, often with variations on animal and color, such as "It's as hard as trying not to think of a pink rhinoceros." George Lakoff tells his cognitive science students, "Don't think of a pink elephant," resulting in his students thinking of exactly this. Ironic process theory is also the basis for the mind game known simply as "The Game" which constitutes trying not to think about the Game. Thought suppression is the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts (Wegner, 1989). It is often associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder, in which a sufferer will repeatedly (usually unsuccessfully) attempt to prevent or "neutralize" intrusive distressing thoughts centered around one or more obsessions. It is also related to work on memory inhibition. 3. space (someone) out 眩晕 to cause someone to become giddy. to become giddy or disoriented. Judy spaced out during the meeting and I
didn't understand a word she said. I have a tendency to space out at
the end of a hard day. The circus clowns just spaced me out. The hilarious spectacle spaced out the entire audience. spaced-out Slang I. Stupefied or disoriented from or as if from a drug. dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality; disoriented, forgetful, or dazed. To be stupefied ( stupefy ['stju:pi,fai] vb I. to render insensitive or lethargic. II. to confuse or astound. stupefied adj. 呆了, 傻了, 目瞪口呆. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.) and have dulled down senses due to drinking or using drugs. II. A moment you have when you just stop what your doing, freeze, and not pay attention to any of your surroundings at all. Dosen't have to involve drugs or alcohol. It can just be random most of the time. Person1: I was talking to you, and you completly ignored me! Person2: Oh sorry, I was spaced out. (there is) never a dull moment 没有不有趣, 无聊的时候 something interesting is always happening One thing about an ice show – there's never a dull moment. be as dull as dishwater/ditchwater (informal) to be very boring. He loved the book but I thought it was as dull as ditchwater. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Prov. It is not healthy for someone to work all the time and never play. (Often used to exhort someone to stop working, or to justify why you have stopped working. You can substitute the name of the person you are addressing for Jack.) Don't come to the office this weekend. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I'd like to take a week's vacation next month. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 4. dumb down I. (idiomatic, transitive) 变得通俗易懂. 大众化. To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it. II. (idiomatic, intransitive) 变得弱智. To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic. Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years. wiki: The term dumbing down describes the deliberate diminishment of the intellectual level of the content of schooling and education, of literature and cinema, and of news and culture. The occurrences of dumbing down vary in nature, according to the subject matter under discussion and the purpose of the simplifier, but the dumbing-down usually involves the over-simplification of critical thought to the degree of conceptually undermining the intellectual standards of language and of learning of a society; by such simplistic means the writer and the speaker justifies the trivialization of cultural, artistic, and academic standards, as in the case of popular culture. Nonetheless, the term dumbing down is subjective, because what a person considers as a dumbed-down cultural artefact usually depends upon the taste 口味 (value judgement) of the reader, the listener, and the viewer. 5. up oneself (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Smug; arrogant; self-important and self-satisfied. I don't like her; she is really up herself. Don't be so up yourself. I had felt too that Putin was far grander than before, much more up himself, a bit peevish. work oneself up to allow oneself to become emotionally upset. Todd worked himself up, and I thought he would scream. Don't work yourself up over Sally. She's not worth it. work oneself up (to something) I. to prepare oneself with sufficient energy or courage to do something. I can't just walk in there and ask for a raise. I have to work myself up to it. I worked myself up and went into the boss's office. II. work one's way up (to something) to progress in one's work to a particular rank or status. I worked myself up to sergeant in no time at all. Claude worked his way up to master sergeant. 6. 广播节目颁奖: "To be appreciated by your peers, that's what everyone enjoys," said Wippa, "but at the end of the night it is just a big piss up( a piss-up (very informal!) a drinking session. a social occasion where everyone drinks a lot of alcohol. The party was a complete piss-up. couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery (British & Australian very informal!) if someone couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery, they are very bad at organizing things. Usage notes: A piss-up is a social occasion where everyone drinks a lot of alcohol, and a brewery is a place where beer is made. For god's sake don't ask Martin to make the arrangements. He couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery. piss up I. (idiomatic, transitive) to screw up, make a mess of. II. (idiomatic, intransitive) to blunder, to make a mistake. piss up a rope (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To engage in futile or impossible activity. "You can't park here, I'm saving this spot for my friend." "Go piss up a rope." pound
sand 捶沙子 I. (idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity. II. (idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell. 同义词: (do something futile) 徒劳无功的事情: get blood from a stone, piss up a rope. (go away) 滚走: get lost, go fly a kite, take a hike, fuck off. piss up the wall/piss it up the wall or piss money up the wall = piss away to waste money, normally through ineptness in business. ), isn't it." Sandilands' win comes as 2Day FM's parent company is said to be doing all it can to keep the presenter on its books with his contract up for renewal. Ray Hadley of 2GB won best talk presenter, adding to his previous swag of 23. "My recent successes have been more to the fact that Alan (Jones) has retired from nominating himself," Hadley laughed. 7. doggy/doggie bag 打包饭盒 n. A bag for leftover food that a customer of a restaurant may take home after a meal. a bag into which leftovers from a meal may be put and taken away, supposedly for the diner's dog. wiki: Leftovers are the uneaten edible remains of a meal after the meal is over, and everyone has finished eating. Food scraps that are not considered edible (such as bones or the skins of some vegetables and fruits) are not regarded as leftovers, but rather as waste material; any remaining edible portions constitute the leftovers. The ultimate fate of leftovers depends on where the meal was eaten, the preferences of the diner, and the prevailing social culture. Home cooking leftovers are often saved to be eaten later. This is facilitated by being in a private environment, with food preserving facilities such as airtight containers and refrigeration close at hand. Some leftover food can be eaten cold from the refrigerator, while others may be reheated in a microwave or a conventional oven, or mixed with additional ingredients and recooked to make a new dish such as bubble and squeak. Leftovers from a restaurant meal may either be left behind to be discarded by the restaurant, or taken away by the diner for later consumption. In order to take the food away, the diner may make a request for it to be packaged. The container used for such leftovers is commonly called a doggy bag or doggie bag. It is speculated that this derives from the euphemistic pretense that the food will be given to the diner's pet, rather than eaten by a person. 8. A business owner who handed over the footage to police last week said Kelsall, who can be seen on the footage wearing black and white checked pants and a dark-coloured T-shirt, appears to be wandering aimlessly in the laneway. "It's grainy vision…but you can see that the person is just loitering around( loiter ['lɔitə] vb (intr) to stand or act aimlessly or idly. loiter something away to idle away a period of time. Those boys will loiter half their lives away. They loitered away their summer vacation. loiter around to idle somewhere; to hang around. Stop loitering around! Get going! The kids were loitering around for most of the summer. loiter over something to dawdle or linger over something. Don't loiter over your meal. I want to start the dishwasher. I wish you wouldn't loiter over your chores. wiki: Loitering 闲晃 is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time. Under certain circumstances, it is illegal in various jurisdictions. Police officers in South Australia may ask a person to stop loitering in a public place (in other words, to leave the place) where they believe on reasonable grounds有理由相信: that an offence has been, or is about to be, committed by the person or by others in the vicinity (as more usually happens); that a breach of the peace has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur, in the vicinity of the person or group; that there is, or is about to be, an obstruction to pedestrians or traffic caused by the presence of the person or of others in the vicinity; that the safety of a person in the vicinity is in danger.). It's not like he walks straight along the street, he hangs there for quite a while," the business owner said. The laneway is across the road from the bar where Mr Huxley, 31, sat alone drinking a beer, before the hotel closed at 1.30am, and he left. Police sources said Kelsall was "tagged and released", but earmarked for further questioning, after they initially spoke to him about Mr Huxley's killing. Mr Kelsall has also been charged with larceny(larceny [ˈlɑ:sini] 盗窃, 偷盗 The unlawful taking and removing of another's personal property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner; theft.), but police say there were no signs of a break-in at Mr Huxley's unit. 8. put in a good word (for somebody) with sb 说一句好话, 说好话 to say positive things about someone. I'm applying for a job in your department, so please put in a good word for me. Usage notes: often you put in a good word with someone who has a position of authority. put a word in 递上一句话. 传一句话. put the word about/around/out/round 放出话去 to tell people a new piece of news: So, the new manager has been appointed - should we put the word around告诉大家? throw/toss a idea around I. Fig. to discuss something. to consider or think about something. Some of us have been tossing around
suggestions for improving the show. The morning newspapers print the
news, and then commentators toss it around on the evening TV news shows. I have a few things to discuss. Can we meet later and toss them around? We tossed around a few ideas after dinner. II. to use words without thinking carefully about them. The financial press tossed around words like crash and disaster. Students toss bad words around freely. throw something into the pot if you throw an idea or a subject into the pot, you suggest it for discussion. Right, I think we've had enough talk of education. Does anyone have anything else they want to throw into the pot? 9. snoop around (something) 探头探脑的, 东张西望, 鬼头鬼脑的, 到处搜罗 to look around in a place, trying to find out something secret or about someone else's affairs. Why are you snooping around my house? I am not snooping around. chick magnet A man who attracts women the way a magnet attracts iron shavings. A person or object which attracts the ladies. All the ladies want to pet my monkey, Oliver Clothesoff, everytime I take him to the park; Oliver is a Chick Magnet. Babes can't keep their hands off that guy; he's a total chick magnet. live in a bubble 活在幻想里, 活在象牙塔里, 脱离现实 To live sheltered from the outside environment. You can't live your life in a bubble, you need to face hard times and deal with it. 10. Channel 9 Today Show主持人合好: Wilkinson has told Woman's Day her walk-off last month was sparked by "differing opinions" with Stefanovic over how a segment was going to be handled. Sources at Nine say relations between the pair have been seriously strained for at least two years but they "paper over the cracks"(paper/smooth over the cracks to hide problems or faults, especially arguments between people, in order to make a situation seem better than it really is. to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way. The two-party coalition has so far been successful in papering over the cracks. (sometimes + in ) I'm tired of smoothing over the cracks in our marriage - I want a divorce! paper over something I. Lit. to put a layer of wallpaper on a wall. We papered over the wall, giving the room a bright, new look. We papered over the old plaster on the wall. II. to cover up some sort of blemish on a wall with wallpaper. We papered over a lot of little cracks. Sam papered over all the flaws in the plaster wall. III. Fig. to conceal something; to cover something up. Don't try to paper over the mess you have made. George tried to paper over all his mistakes. They papered over their disagreements in order to end the meeting on a positive note. She has a solid record of bridging differences between groups, not just papering them over.). "Karl needles away at ( A Needle in a haystack 沧海一粟, 大海里捞针 is a figure of speech used to refer to something that is difficult to locate in a much larger space. ) her and she annoys him by complaining that he gets to do the big interviews," one source said. Nine boss David Gyngell is believed to have ordered the Today team to cool down ahead of the media company's $2.5 billion business float in December. The hosts turned to social media last week to make light of the situation, both posting a photo of Wilkinson putting Stefanovic in a headlock锁喉 on their Instagram accounts. 11. 赛车手死亡: Edwards is believed to have been sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle when it crashed into a wall and burst into flames on Tuesday morning. Fairfax Media understands the well-credentialed ( credential I. That which entitles one to confidence, credit, or authority. II. credentials Evidence or testimonials concerning one's right to credit, confidence, or authority: The new ambassador presented her credentials to the president. v. To supply with credentials: "trained, professional, credentialed child care" (Lee Salk). Usage Note: The use of the participle分词 credentialed to refer to certified teachers and other professionals is well established (She became credentialed through a graduate program at a local college), but its more general use to mean "possessing professional or expert credentials" is still widely considered jargon. The sentence The board heard testimony from a number of credentialed witnesses was unacceptable to 85 percent of the Usage Panel. ) driver was on a working holiday in Queensland ahead of the racing at Abu Dhabi in November. The Porsche specialist shot to European fame this year by winning the gruelling Nurburgring 24-hour race in a Mercedes-Benz shared with Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Nicki Thiim. 12. tyre kicker (idiomatic) From the pointless act of kicking the tyres of a car as part of the inspection. A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it. "Their request was for us to identify some serious Victorian companies that want to export to China. They will find willing importers or partners. Equally they asked can we find Victorian companies looking for investment partners?" he said. "The Chinese believe they get a lot of tyre kickers from lots of countries. Rather, they want that pre-planned, pre-prepared, business-to-business connection.".
赌场, 赌博相关: high roller n. Slang I. 花钱大手大脚的人. 乱花钱的人, 奢侈的人. One who spends freely and extravagantly, as for luxuries or entertainment. II. 赌钱赌很大的人. 豪赌的人. One who gambles rashly or for high stakes. a gambler who bets heavily. They welcomed me at the casino because I had the same name as one of their high rollers. III. An organization, such as a large corporation, that spends or invests liberally or rashly. 关于豪赌者: A high roller, also referred to as a whale in the casino industry, is a gambler who wagers large amounts of money. High rollers often receive lavish "comps" from casinos to lure them onto the gambling floors, such as free private jet私人飞机 transfers, limousine use and use of the casinos' best suites. Casinos may also extend credit to a player to continue betting, offer rebates on betting turnover or losses, and salaries of employees may also contain incentive arrangements to bring in high rollers. The definition of a high roller varies. At Crown Casino in Australia it involves bringing between A$50,000 and $75,000 to the table. High roller players often have very high table limits ( The table limit is the minimum and maximum bet that a gambler can make at a gaming table. It is a form of yield management in that the limits can be changed to optimize the profit from a gaming table. Gaming tables have a limited resource to sell, the seats used by the players. ) allowing the high roller exclusive use. Casinos compete on bet limits, in Australia limits of A$300,000 are common, in Las Vegas they are between US$150,000 and $300,000, and in Macau they are up to US$500,000. Only casinos with "substantial financial firepower" can accommodate high-stakes gambling高风险的 due to the "volatility 多变性, 不可预测性" of results. High rollers may also be subject to 享受到例外 exceptions from various rules and regulations, for example the high roller rooms at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia are the only licensed venue in the state not subject to a ban on smoking. One example of a high roller is an Australian man who turned over more than A$1.5 billion in a 14 month period from 2005, becoming "one of Crown's largest Australian players but not in the same league as 不在同一档次 [its] top international players". There have been many cases around the world where high rollers have committed fraud 欺诈 to provide funds for gambling beyond their means, after becoming seduced by the lifestyle. While high rollers may not provide a significant portion of the revenues in the casino industry as a whole, they can have a major effect on the net income of casinos that cater to them. There are significant costs associated with attracting the highest stakes gamblers, so if a casino takes this chance and the whale wins, its expenses can be extraordinarily large. But if the casino's investment pays off and the high roller loses, the casino's gain can far exceed its expenses for the high roller's visit. 关于免费的项目: In the context of casinos, comps are complimentary items and services given out by casinos to encourage players to gamble. The amount of comps that a player is given usually depends on what game they play, how much they bet, and how long they play. Most casinos have hosts who are responsible for giving out free items and contacting players to bring them back to the casino. Pit bosses can also award comps at table games. Most casinos now require a player to have a player's club or similar card, so that their play can be tracked and comps awarded. The lowest level of comp available at most casinos is free alcohol and other beverages. Many casinos provide free drinks to anyone who is gambling. The next level of comps is usually free hotel rooms. Many casinos have attached hotels附属的宾馆, but those that don't may have the ability to comp rooms to a hotel nearby. Many casino hotels have higher quality rooms, such as suites, villas, presidential suites总统套房 and so on for bigger bettors. Many players who receive hotel rooms receive a package called "RFB" for "room, food, and beverage" or "RF" for smaller bettors, or jurisdictions where casinos are not allowed to give free alcohol. Many casinos also offer other comps, especially to high rollers. These may include airfare reimbursement, limo rides, prostitution services, tickets to shows, golf, free concierge services, cash back, private gaming areas, and private jet service. Casinos also frequently offer players comps by mail. These may be free bet offers, free meals, discounted or free rooms, or entries into tournaments or prize drawings. There are players, known as comp hustlers, who attempt to maximize the amount of comps that they receive, as well as minimize their expected losses in gambling to receive those comps. Comp hustlers play games with a low house advantage, such as blackjack or video poker. Comp hustlers may use tactics such as placing large bets when a pit boss is checking their bet size to rate them for comps, and then moving to a smaller bet size when the boss is not watching. They may also take frequent breaks from playing, play at full tables to be dealt fewer hands per hour, and play more slowly. Comp hustling is a type of advantage gambling. 关于pit boss: A pit boss (more commonly known today as the pit manager) is the person who looks after the employees who work in a casino pit. The job of the pit boss is to watch the floormen, who are the supervisors for table games dealers in a casino. One pit boss monitors all floormen in the pit; there is usually one floorman for every three dealers. The floormen correct minor mistakes but if a serious gaming discrepancy arises (such as duplicate cards being found in a deck), it is the job of the pit boss to sort it out. They did up 整修 a bit on the old casino, Star City, but still not good compared to Crown Casino in Melbourne, just the way it laid out ( lay out something I. to plan or explain something very carefully and in great detail. to explain a plan of action or a sequence of events. Let me lay it out for you. Lay out the plan very carefully, and don't skip anything. Plans for the ceremony were laid out so well that everyone knew what they were to do. Let's review the points one more time before we lay them out for the press. II. to spend money. I can't believe he laid out $100 for flowers and $150 for two bottles of wine! Usage notes: often the amount of money seems like too much. III. 摊开, 布局. to arrange something. to spread something out. The nurse laid the instruments out for the operation. The valet laid out the clothing for his employer. First the pictures are approved by the editor, then the designer lays them out on pages. lay someone out I. Sl. 放倒. to knock someone down with a punch; to knock someone unconscious. Tom laid out Bill with one punch to the chin. The policeman laid the thief out. II. to prepare a corpse for burial or for a wake. They laid out their uncle for the wake. The women of the community used to lay their dead out. III. Sl. to scold someone severely. Don't lay me out! I didn't do it! She really laid out the guy but good. What did he do, rob a bank? ) isn't good.
美国小镇里的强奸案: Anonymous(一个组织) said the entire town was responsible for allowing charges relating to the alleged assault of Daisy and her friend to be dropped and for the harassment which Daisy's family say they received after they went to the police. "If Maryville won't defend these young girls, if the police are too cowardly or corrupt to do their jobs, if justice system has abandoned them(She is denied justice,), then someone else will have to stand for them. Mayor Jim Fall your hands are dirty. Maryville expect us. We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive or forget." The 17-year-old - the grandson of a longstanding local political figure - and his friends later allegedly left Daisy outside her front door in minus-5C weather, wearing only a T-shirt and track pants. Daisy was discovered by her mother after several hours, her hair frozen and with frostbite 冻疮( Injury or destruction of skin and underlying tissue, most often that of the nose, ears, fingers, or toes, resulting from prolonged exposure to freezing or subfreezing temperatures. ) on her extremities( I. the farthest or outermost point or section; termination. II. the greatest or most intense degree. III. an extreme condition or state, as of adversity or disease. IV. 四肢. a limb, such as a leg, arm, or wing, or the part of such a limb farthest from the trunk. ). Police arrested two teenagers within hours and charged them with felonies, but a few weeks later the prosecutor dropped the rape charges, citing insufficient evidence. The 17-year-old accused by Daisy was not charged with statutory rape, as in Missouri that law generally applies in cases when a victim is under 14 years old or the perpetrator is over 21. But statutes also define sex as non-consensual when the victim is incapacitated 酒后无行为能力 by alcohol. Hospital tests roughly seven hours after Daisy stopped drinking showed her blood alcohol content still at 0.13. In addition to admitting his own sexual encounter with the younger girl, according to police records, the 15-year-old said the boys left Daisy "outside sitting in 30-degree (-1C) weather" - more dangerous with a high alcohol level in the bloodstream. Although sympathy initially was with the girls, a sizable number of people stood by the accused boys and their families. In an interview, the prosecutor who dropped the charges against the boys called it a case of "incorrigible ( incorrigible [in'koridʒəbəl] adj I. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. II. 根深蒂固的, 难以消除的. 难以磨平的. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. III. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child. ) teenagers" drinking alcohol and having sex. "They were doing what they wanted to do, and there weren't any consequences. And it's reprehensible. But is it criminal? No," he said. Daisy was soon subjected to cyber bullying, including victim-shaming羞臊. She was suspended from the cheerleading squad for her role in the night's events and twice attempted suicide. Mrs Coleman lost her job at a veterinary surgery. She says it was because the case put too much strain on work relationships in the clinic, while her boss says it was also a mismatched work ethos. But, she said, "If you were to ask me point-blank ( point blank I. 坚决拒绝, 不留余地的拒绝. if you refuse point blank, you refuse completely and will not change your decision. He locked himself in the bathroom and refused point blank to come out. II. if you ask or tell someone point blank about something that could upset or embarrass them, you ask or tell them directly. You'll have to ask him point blank whether he took the money or not.) (why Mrs Coleman was fired), I would say it's because our style of medicine didn't jive ( I. a style of lively and jerky dance performed to jazz and, later, to rock and roll, popular esp in the 1940s and 1950s. II. Also called jive talk a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Blacks, esp jazz musicians. III. Slang chiefly US deliberately misleading or deceptive talk. jive talk. vb. I. (intr) to dance the jive. II. Slang chiefly US to mislead; tell lies (to). )".
body count死伤人数:
n. A count of individual bodies, such as those of troops killed in
combat operations. The number of military personnel killed in a
particular action or during a specified period. sapper工兵: A sapper, also called pioneer or combat engineer, is a combatant or
soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties such as
bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field
defenses and general construction, as well as road and airfield
construction and repair. They are also trained to serve as infantry
personnel in defensive and offensive operations. A sapper's duties are
devoted to tasks involving facilitating movement of allied forces and
impeding those of enemies. The term "sapper" is used in the British Army, Polish Army, Commonwealth nations and the U.S. military. demolition [,dɛmə'liʃən ,di:-] I. 爆破, 破坏 = demolishment. The act or process of wrecking or destroying, especially destruction by explosives. II. demolitions Explosives炸药, especially when designed or used as weapons. III. 拆除. They underwent courses in radio communication, demolition, and sabotage. The church has been threatened with demolition for years. They started a campaign to save the houses from demolition. wiki: Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use.
For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories
high, demolition is a rather simple process. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry砖瓦工程, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. A wrecking ball is a heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is used for demolishing large buildings. With the invention of hydraulic excavators and other machinery, the wrecking ball has become less common at demolition sites because its working efficiency is smaller compared to that of long reach excavators. Although the wrecking ball is still the most efficient way to raze a concrete frame structure, it is decreasing in use.
妈妈设计捉娈童犯: A court heard how he groomed her on Facebook, sending intimate pictures of himself and posting explicit messages. He offered to buy her presents in return for meeting up for sex, but his plan was scuppered( scupper1. n. I. Nautical 出水口. An opening in the side of a ship at deck level to allow water to run off. II. An opening for draining off water, as from a floor or the roof of a building. scupper2 v. 1. Chiefly British To overwhelm or massacre. II. To ruin or destroy: "The world oil glut combined with disastrous federal energy policies to scupper Alberta's economy" (Christian Science Monitor).) when the girl's mother discovered the messages. Posing as her daughter, she arranged to meet him - then tipped off police who went to arrest him when he arrived. Clough was described in court as "at high risk of re-offending". When officers raided his home they found more than 900 child porn images and seven movies on his computer. But he was let off 被释放 with a community sentence after a judge at Newcastle Crown Court said he needed treatment rather than prison. Yesterday, the girl's mother said the family was "traumatised" by the experience and hit out at Clough's soft sentence( hit out vb (intr, adverb; often foll by at) I. to direct blows forcefully and vigorously. II. to make a verbal attack (upon someone). hit out (for something or some place) Rur. to start out for something or some place. We hit out for the top of the hill early in the morning, and it was noon before we got there. We'll hit out about noon. ). "The police said they were classing him as a serious sexual predatory pedophile because he had indecent images of children and that scared me," she said. "That's what scares me - they are letting them walk about still." The mother, who cannot be named, turned detective after overhearing her daughter tell friends about a 21-year-old man she had met on Facebook. She then demanded to see all the messages between them, and was horrified to find their graphic content. Prosecutor Katherine Dunn told the court the mother sent a message to Clough from the account, saying: "I'm ringing the police now and reporting you for picking young girls up and asking them for sex, you pervert." When he continued to send messages, she took over her daughter's account and arranged a meeting posing as the girl. When officers arrested him, they found a bottle of vodka, female underwear including a basque( A basque 贴身的singlet似的乳罩 is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, refers to a type of bodice or jacket, and in modern usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the fashion was adopted from Basque traditional dress, initially by the French and then throughout Western fashion. ), a book on sex toys, a knuckle duster( brass knuckles US 戴在手上, 可以增加手击力量的金属武器. A weapon made of metal worn around the knuckles that strengthens the impact of a punch; brass knuckles. Brass knuckles, also sometimes called knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, knucklebusters, or knuckledusters, are weapons used in hand-to-hand combat. Brass knuckles are pieces of metal shaped to fit around the knuckles. Despite their name, they are usually made of steel. Designed to preserve and concentrate a punch's force by directing it toward a harder and smaller contact area, they result in increased tissue disruption, including an increased likelihood of fracturing the victim's bones on impact. The extended and rounded palm grip also spreads across the attacker's palm the counter-force that would otherwise be absorbed primarily by the attacker's fingers, reducing the likelihood of damage to the attacker's fingers. ) and a police baton. Clough, a garage worker from Chester le Street in County Durham, had used a fake name while messaging the girl and knew she was 15 throughout 自始至终, 从头到尾. He admitted grooming, possessing indecent photographs of children and having offensive weapons. Speaking after the case, the girl's mother, who is 37 and from Wearside, said that she is "thankful every day that she hadn't been raped or murdered. All the things that were found in his car prove it wasn't just an innocent ride out 随便的开车外出( ride out (of some place) to travel out of a place on something such as a horse or bicycle. All the racers rode out of the starting area and began the bicycle marathon. At the sound of the starting gun, all the contestants rode out. ride something out to endure something unpleasant. (Originally referred to ships lasting out a storm.) It was a nasty situation, but the mayor tried to ride it out. The mayor decided to ride out the scandal. ride out/weather the storm 硬挺过去 to continue to exist and not be harmed during a very difficult period. When smaller companies were going bankrupt, the big companies with wider interests managed to ride out the storm. It remains to be seen if the President will weather the political storm caused by his remarks. ride something out to continue to work or exist through something difficult or dangerous. He
rode out the recession very well, and, in fact, his business actually
grew. There was a big storm, but the ship managed to ride it out.). "At the time she was an impressionable ( I. 容易被影响的. 轻信别人的. unwise to the ways of the world不懂事的. Readily or easily influenced; suggestible. easily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influence. an impressionable child an impressionable age impressionable young people. II. Capable of receiving an impression; plastic: impressionable plaster. ) 15-year-old girl, a boy fancied her and she was flattered. "Reading those things that somebody's saying to your child and the replies that she was putting...I was absolutely traumatised and disgusted."
