用法学习: 1. Women's drawcards ( drawcard (UK) Something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc. to a place or an event. He was the defending champion, a proven drawcard and a player of the future. ) crash in Sydney: Refusing to panic, Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki insist they remain Australian Open contenders despite making premature exits提前退出 from the Sydney International. 3. 壳牌澳洲要卖掉: SHELL'S iconic red and yellow scallop logo could disappear from petrol stations if a big shake-up of the nation's fuel retailing goes ahead. BP and Shell are both considering plans to sell their Australian petrol stations and refineries as they shift their focus to exploration and production, according to market speculation. BP is also considering a similar sale of its petrol stations and refineries in Queensland and Western Australia, according to market talk. IBISWorld research analyst Ryan Kerin said any sale here was likely to follow the Kiwi model, where the buyer paid a royalty to use Shell branding品牌 for a set time一段固定的时间 while a new corporate face was phased in新的品牌形象逐步推出. Mr Kerin warned less profitable outlets would come under pressure. "Any new owners will be looking to extract value," he said.
新西兰球员因暴力被判刑: The court heard he repeatedly punched the 22-year-old and stomped 脚踩, 踩踏 on his head in the attack, which left the victim unconscious with a fractured eye socket眼窝. In sentencing, Magistrate Greg Grogan described the assault as deplorable ( I. 糟糕透顶的, 糟透的. 恶劣的. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach. worthy of censure or reproach; very bad: deplorable behaviour. a deplorable act of violence. II. Lamentable; woeful: My finances were in a deplorable state of neglect. a deplorable lack of taste.. II. Wretched; bad: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city.) and cowardly( Exhibiting the characteristics of a coward, particularly ignoble(not noble) fear: a cowardly surrender. ) and said the courts were sick of alcohol-related violence as he imposed the maximum penalty available to him on Packer. Mr Packer snr last night told the Herald he was shocked. He said his son, who had started pre-season training with the Knights and could have been a chance for the Auckland Nines next month, was in a good mood at the time as Ms Wilcox and their two young children had recently joined him in Australia. "He told me 'I've got two lawyers on it, dad, everything is sweet'." It would take time for the reality to hit home. "She just has to go through that period ... you can't get much sense out of her(make (some) sense (out) of someone or something to understand someone or something. I can't make sense out of Doris and what she has done! No one can make sense out of Tom's story. A person talks about his visit to a man from whom he's trying to get information. He doesn't know him before hand: "He's crazy. I couldn't get much sense out of him." knock some sense in 变聪明点, 明白点事理, 变乖点 to strike one, making one smarter, or at least obedient. I think his father finally knocked some sense into him. The accident finally knocked in some sense. I thought that last week's experience would knock some sense in. out of one's senses/ mind/ head Fig. to be silly and senseless; to be crazy and irrational. (be ~; go ~.) Why did you do that? You must be out of your mind! Don't drive so fast, Tom! You have to be out of your head! bring (one) to one's senses to cause someone to return to normal [after being out of control or irrational]. A gentle slap in the face brought him to his senses. Liz was brought to her senses quickly. come to one's senses to begin thinking sensibly. I'm glad he finally came to his senses and went on to college. I wish you would come to your senses and look for a better job. ain't got a lick/grain of sense Rur. is or are foolish. Mary spends money like there's no tomorrow. She sure ain't got a grain of sense. I wouldn't trust Jim to take care of my kids. He ain't got a lick of sense. lull someone into 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. in the strict sense also in the strictest sense according to the most limited and exact meaning of a word or idea. "Conservative" in the strict sense of the word is not a label that fits her. The novel is not tragic in the strictest sense, but it is certainly full of sadness. Usage notes: usually used to say that someone or something does not have the characteristics of this limited meaning. horse sense (old-fashioned) ordinary practical knowledge of the best way to deal with people and situations. Has he got enough horse sense not to get into debt? but not in the biblical [ˈbiblikəl] sense (humorous) if you say you know someone but not in the biblical sense, you mean you have not had sex with them. Usage notes: In the Bible, 'to know' someone meant to have sex with them. 'Did you know her then?' 'Yes, but not in the biblical sense.' )."Mr Packer snr said he could not understand why his son was jailed, having admitted his guilt early on. "It's a bolt out of the blue, I'm gutted, mate. There are people around who do more serious things and they get a slap on the hand(pimp slap 掌掴, 掴耳光)." The jailing comes as Sydney grapples with ( grapple with something Fig. to deal with a problem; to get a "good hold" on a problem. I have enough to grapple with now. No more problems, please. I cannot grapple with any additional problems.) an outbreak of violent assaults. "I think they're making a point(make points or make a point I. Lit. to score a point in a game. Bob made a point in the last match. Karen made twenty points in the second half. II. Fig. to state an item of importance. You made a point that we all should remember. He spoke for an hour without making a point. III. (idiomatic) To argue or promote an idea. I suppose the people who wrote that stuff on the wall were trying to make a point, but they mainly made a mess. IV. (idiomatic) To take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done. Make a point to 一定要记住, 一定要 carry your calendar with you at all times. make an issue/point of someone or something Fig. to turn someone or something into an important matter. Please don't make a point of John's comment别当回事, 别当真. It wasn't that important. I hope you make an issue of Tom's success and the reasons for it. ), people going around king-hitting people. So they making Russ an example树典型, 杀鸡儆猴 ..." Packer's lawyer, Murugan Thangaraj, told the court his client over-reacted反应过度 and while the injuries were serious, the assault was not a king-hit. Packer was having counselling for anger management and alcohol issues. The Knights said Packer had been stood down from club duties but would not comment further.
bad wrap 一种味道难吃的三明治 VS bad rap (诬告而致的, 不实的)不良声誉, 坏名声 VS bad rep: A bad wrap is an unappetizing sandwich made of fillings wrapped in a tortilla( A tortilla(tɔ:ˈti:ə) (or flour tortilla 烙饼 to differentiate it from other uses of the word "tortilla") is a type of thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour. Originally derived from the corn tortilla (tortilla in Spanish means "small torta", or "small cake"), a bread of maize which predates the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the wheat flour tortilla was an innovation after wheat was brought to the New World from Spain while this region was the colony of New Spain. It is made with an unleavened, water based dough, pressed and cooked like corn tortillas. Flatbread tortillas have been eaten for thousands of years in north, northwest and northeast Mexico, where they are a staple, as well as many southwestern US Native American tribes. More recently, other countries have begun producing them to serve the expatriate Mexican market and the growing demand for Mexican food, particularly in North America, Europe and Eastern Asia. Tortillas are commonly prepared with meat to make dishes such as tacos, burritos (a dish originating in northern Mexico), and enchiladas. Tortillas are also used to make baleadas, a typical dish from Honduras.). A bad rap—otherwise known as a bum rap(I. a trumped-up or false charge. II. an unjust punishment.)—is dishonor resulting from false accusations or trumped-up charges. No hyphen is needed in this noun phrase. There's also bad rep (where rep is short for reputation—an abbreviation that dates back centuries), which makes more sense than bad wrap. To have a bad rap is to have a bad rep, but bad rep appears only rarely, and some readers might interpret it as a misspelling of bad rap. The rap in bad rap is related to an American sense of the word dating from the late 18th century—namely, a reprimand or a criticism. It's closely related to the rap in rap sheet, which refers to a list of one's past criminal offenses. All these senses of rap probably descend from older senses relating to blows and strokes delivered as punishment. The fact that rap sounds like rep might also have contributed to the modern sense of bad rap. 例句: The 250 million cars and trucks on America's roads get a bad rap for being environmentally unfriendly. For-profit colleges and universities have been getting a bad rap for the past several months for allegedly being diploma mills文凭工厂 that provide little guarantee that their graduates will be employable once they finish their programs. Despite this important role in our society, the media often receive a bad rap. They are often blamed for blowing things out of proportion and causing concern where some feel they shouldn't. BrisbaneTimes网站上的一篇报道: 'Frankston is Melbourne's whipping boy': Former Frankston mayor Christine Richards is tired of her community getting a bad wrap(误用, 应该是bad rap) and says it's time to give Frankston a chance.
商量余地, 活动空间, 灵活性, 回旋余地 (accommodation, accommodating): leeway ['li:,wei]
n. I. room for free movement within limits, as in action or expenditure.
A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude,
elbowroom. Leeway is the amount of drift motion to leeward of an object floating in the water caused by the component of the wind vector that is perpendicular to the object's forward motion. I don't think we have a lot of leeway when it comes to proper formatting.
II. The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being
steered. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift. III. (UK) An adverse
discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway = build in leeway. 论坛人的解释: "Leeway" is a certain amount of "wiggle room" (as one casual phrase calls it). A ship's berth with no leeway
would be a narrow berth that was barely larger than the ship itself.
There would be no margin for error during the docking process. "I've given the students lots of leeway on this assignment" means that there is not a narrowly-defined set of requirements for the assignment or a strict procedure to follow. Leeward (下风向. 和顺风是同一个方向. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing.
of, in, or moving to the quarter towards which the wind blows. Downwind 顺风: in the same direction as the wind is blowing. upwind: 逆风. in the direction from which the wind is blowing. Windward上风向 is the direction upwind from the point of reference. Leeward is the direction downwind from the point of reference. The side of a ship that is towards the leeward is its lee side. If the vessel is heeling under the pressure of the wind, this will be the "lower side".
During the age of sail, the term "weather" was used as a synonym for
"windward" in some contexts, as in "the weather gauge." The traditional
nautical pronunciations are the elided forms [ˈljuːərd] and [ˈwinərd].
However, these are sometimes regarded as old-fashioned at present, and
the more literal [ˈli:wərd] and ['windwərd] are common. ) means on the side away from the wind,
i.e. the side towards which the ship is being blown by the wind. If the
wind is coming from the right then the ship will naturally be pushed
leeward (to the left, in this case) as it moves forwards. If you are
going round a headland(I. 岬 A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape. II. The unplowed boundary of a field.),
you must remember to give yourself leeway, i.e. steer sufficiently to
the right of the headland to account for the leeway, the fact that the
ship will move left as it moves forward. wiggle room 回旋余地, 商量空间. n. Flexibility, as of options or interpretation: ambiguous wording that left some wiggle room for further negotiation. 是由于表达不清, 措辞模糊造成的可商讨余地. leeway更偏向于规定宽松而产生的"自由决断空间". give someone or something a wide berth 离远点, 保持距离.
Fig. to keep a reasonable distance from someone or something; to steer
clear (of someone or something). (Originally referred to sailing ships.)
The dog we are approaching is very mean. Better give it a wide berth. Give Mary a wide berth. She's in a very bad mood. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form give a wide berth to something 疏远, 保持距离: Consumers continued to give wide berth to shopping malls last month. berth (和birth发音一样.) I. Sufficient space for a ship to maneuver; sea room: kept a clear berth of the reefs. II. A space for a ship to dock or anchor: a steamship moored to its berth at the pier. III. 泊位. A space where a vehicle can be parked, as for loading装货. moor I. 停泊, 系泊, 泊船 To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower. II. To fix in place; secure.
