用法学习: 1. "This time round/around = on this occasion" is used to describe events that happen in a repeating cycle, like a circle. Every time you go around the circle, you pass the same point again. If you take out the word "round", the meaning of the sentence does not change. Note: sometimes people will say "this time around", and it still means the same. "This time round" (also this time around) means on this occasion, in contrast to past similar occasions. It refers to the present iteration of an event that has occurred before. You also hear "the second time around第二次的时候, 第二回的时候" (the second time that something happens), in fact there is a song called this: "Love is lovelier, the second time around". "Around" refers to a cycle of events: something coming around (or round) again. 2. animal I. somewhat informal : a person or thing of a particular kind. You want someone who will love you and give you everything you want but ask nothing in return? Let's face it, there's no such animal根本就没有这样的人, 根本就不会有这样的人. [=there is no person who will do that]. Everyone wants a computer that always works perfectly, but there's no such animal. First, please understand there is no such animal as proper English, quotes mine, English is a whore of a language英语就是个婊子 which picks up anybody who'll use it. The sport has changed. It's a very/completely different animal today. [=it's very/completely different today]. His wife has always been a political animal. [=has always been very interested in politics]. II. a person who behaves in a wild, aggressive, or unpleasant way. He's a party animal. He's a real animal. You're all behaving like a bunch of animals. 3. have your eye on somebody 中意, 属意 to watch someone carefully. to have seen something that you want and that you intend to get I've got my eye on a really nice sofa - I just hope we can afford it. I've had my eye on her for some time, and I believe she is the best person for the job. have an eye for something 有眼力, 有见识 to be good at noticing a particular type of thing. to have a taste or an inclination for someone or something. Bob has an eye for beauty. He has an eye for color. She has an eye for detail. He had an eye for the unusual and the exotic which made him a very good shopping companion. only have eyes for = have eyes only for 只喜欢, 只爱, 心无他属 Fig. [to be] loyal to only one person, in the context of romance. to be interested in or attracted to only one person. You've no need to be jealous. I only have eyes for you. Oh, Jane! I only have eyes for you! Don't waste any time on Tom. He only has eyes for Ann. lay/set eyes on someone or something Fig. to see someone or something for the first time. I knew when I set eyes on that car that it was the car for me. Have you ever laid eyes on such a beautiful flower? 4. Hoffman之死: The Enquirer interview, published today, claimed Hoffman was confused about his sexual identity and this caused the collapse of his 14-year relationship with the mother of his three children, Mimi O'Donnell, as well as his relapse into addiction. But Katz categorically denies 断然否认( categorical 断然的, 确切无疑的, 明确无疑的, 无条件的, 绝对的. 百分百的. without exceptions or conditions; absolute: a categorical statement. a categorical denial. Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams. He issued a categorical denial that he had had an affair. II. 分类的, 分门别类的. According to or using categories: a categorical arrangement of specimens. ) ever making such comments说过这样的话 or even ever talking to the Enquirer. It has been widely assumed the 46-year-old died from a heroin overdose, but the release today of autopsy results on Hoffman's body have proved inconclusive不一定的, 没有确切答案的. It gave no time frame for when(There is no time frame没有给个时间, 没有一个说法 for when the new plane is coming. ) they might be available other than indicating it might take several more days. A spokeswoman refused to detail the specific nature of the tests but it is not uncommon for further tissue and toxicology reports to be ordered in such cases. Police investigating the death raided an alleged drug den last night, acting on a tip-off, and arrested suspected dealers嫌疑犯 who may have sold heroin to Hoffman. 5. "(The mother) was a bright person, she was a complex person( complex 多层面的 Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple. a complex being; a complex idea. ), (she) was an out-there ( out there I. (idiomatic) Crazy, nutty, loony. 1. crazy; mentally deranged; scatter-brained, loony. very strange or unusual. out of the ordinary. unconventional or eccentric: he blends sublime pop moments with some real out-there stuff. I like the ideas Melissa came up with but Brad's ideas were just out there. His ideas are really out there. Pay no attention to Wyatt - he's really out there. II. so extremely individualistic so as to appear mentally unstable. III. Not conforming to mores, accepted norms, or standards. out-thereness The quality of being out there. ) girl, she had a lot of friends.
"出错" 的各种说法: go pear-shaped ( BrE. To go wrong; to go awry. "Uh oh, things are starting to go pear-shaped".), go belly-up ('Belly-up' is an allusion to fish, which float that way when 'dead in the water'.). tits-up ( adj. I. (idiomatic, slang, usually of a woman, usually naked) Lying down face up. II. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Broken; failed; inoperable. III. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Dead. IV. The term is also used to mean fallen over (on one's back). ), going wrong/awry. "gone bust"/"went bust" to go bankrupt. A business that failed can be said to have "gone bust." It "went bust". You may get away with using it in non-business situations. "all botched up" My lab experiment got all botched up. --usually because I botched it up. "go haywire" - Things went haywire. derived from a reference to poorly done electrical wiring - too many wires, crossing wires, etc. go haywire 乱了套, 发了疯, 发了狂, 疯了 I. Rur. to go wrong; to malfunction; to break down. I
was talking to Mary when suddenly the telephone went haywire. I haven't
heard from her since. There we were, driving along, when the engine
went haywire. It was two hours before the tow truck came. II. to behave or work in a crazy or disorderly way. The system went haywire, and they charged her 71 times for a $50 check. She arrived at work early, hoping to get a lot done, but within minutes things went haywire. Etymology: based on the idea that something is in such bad condition that it has to be held together with haywire (wire used to tie together dried grasses). go down the tube/tubes to fail or become much worse His
business is going down the tubes and he's about to lose his house.
Prices are going up and the service is terrible - everything's going
down the tubes. head/go/turn/move South 消失不见, 找不到了. 没有影踪了. 没有消息, 杳无音讯 I. Sl. to make an escape; to disappear. (Not necessarily in a southerly direction.) Lefty went South the minute he got out of the pen. The mugger headed South just after the crime. II. Sl. to fall; to go down. (Securities markets.) All the stock market indexes went South today. The market headed South today at the opening bell. III. Sl. to quit; to drop out of sight. Fred
got discouraged and went South. I think he gave up football
permanently. After pulling the bank job, Wilbur wen South for a few
months. IV. 变差, 恶化. 变糟糕. To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse. I should have walked away from the casino when my luck went south, but I stayed and ended up in the hole. He was unconcerned that his health might turn south. Yesterday the stock market moved south, ending up on a loss for the day. Afterward, when company profits had ventured a bit too far southward, the CFO began to get nervous.
This idiom is constructed with a variety of terms, all consisting of a
verb indicating movement and a direction indicating the movement is to
the south (southerly, southward, etc.) The exact construction may be modified to fit the circumstances. sidetrack I. 分心的, 分神的. =distract, digress. To divert from a main issue or course: I was sidetracked from my work by an unexpected visitor. II. To delay or block the progress of deliberately: "a bill that would sidetrack food irradiation in this country". III. To switch from a main railroad track to a siding. someone "got sidetracked," meaning they went astray, lost track, got caught up in something else. undivided
attention 全部注意力. 专注的. 一心一意 undivided adj. 全神贯注的;一心一意的, 未分开未分心的. 心不在焉的 unenthusiastic ( enthusiasm [inˈθju:ziˌæzəm]), half-hearted. absent-minded 不专心的, 心不在焉的, 注意力不集中的 preoccupied; forgetful; inattentive. preoccupied with one's thoughts so as to be unaware or forgetful of other matters. engrossed or absorbed in something, esp one's own thoughts. 心不在焉的例句: She had a dreamy look 眼神涣散, 眼神空洞 in her eyes. He listened with an absent air神情 and kept glancing at the door. The absent-minded脑子不知在想什么的 professor forgot to get off at Newcastle and was taken on to Edinburgh. He wore a look of abstraction若有所思 and I knew his thoughts ware far away. He pretended not to notice that Mildred was inattentive没注意的. He had an absent look on his face. She glanced at them a moment with the benign but vacant eye 空洞的眼神 of the tired hostess. (关于dreamy I. 多梦的. abounding in dreams. full of dreams a dreamy night's sleep. II. 梦幻般的 suggestive of a dream or dreamlike state. a dreamy smile. III. 爱做梦的, 不现实的. tending to dream instead of thinking about what is real or practical. full of dreamy ideals. He's like some dreamy kid. She was a dreamy young woman who never gave much serious thought to her future. IV. 游移的, 梦游的, 不专心的. having a quality which shows or suggests that you are not noticing or thinking about what is happening around you. His face assumed a dreamy expression. He gazed at me with a dreamy look in his eyes. eyes are glassing/ glazing over. V. 浑然如梦的. pleasant, peaceful, and relaxing. inducing dreams or a dreamlike mood, esp. pleasantly: dreamy music. a dreamy, delicate song. VI. 梦寐以求的. wonderful; marvelous: a dreamy new car. ) get/have sb's
undivided attention 得到某人的全心关注 Students are listening with undivided
attention. I'll just finish writing this sentence, and then you
can have my undivided attention. put
off I. 延期, 推迟 They decided to put the meeting off until after
Christmas. Owing to the state of the ground, the match has
been put off. II. 使分心 I don't like music playing when I'm
working. It puts me off. If I am once put off I find it
very difficult to recapture the same train of thought. III. 敷衍, 推诿, 推脱. 糊弄. When he asked her to name a day for订个日子 their
wedding, she put him off. I'm not going to be put
off with that excuse. I won't be put off with such vague
promises. off on a sidetrack 离题万里, 跑题 Fig. on a digression; discussing a topic that is not the main topic. (Alludes to a train waiting on a siding. be ~; get ~; get someone~.) Anne got off on a sidetrack and never returned to her topic. The ineffective committee got off on one sidetrack after another. get carried away Fig. to be overcome by emotion or enthusiasm (in one's thinking or actions). Calm down, Jane. Don't get carried away. Here, Bill. Take this money and go to the candy store, but don't get carried away. I got carried away and bought four new shirts. Not everyone was carried away by the news that the team had won. go astray I. Lit. to wander off the road or path. Stick to the path and try not to go astray. I couldn't see the trail and I almost went astray. II. Fig. 丢了, 找不到了. [for something] to get lost or misplaced. My glasses have gone astray again. Mary's book went astray or maybe it was stolen. III. Fig. 走上邪路. 不走正路. 不走正道. to turn bad or wander from the way of goodness; to make an error. I'm afraid your son has gone astray and gotten into a bit of trouble. I went astray with the computer program at this point. IV. 搞丢了. to fail to arrive where it should. I don't understand how my e-mail went astray. V. to stop doing something in the way that you should. Sometimes even the most well-thought-out plans go astray. lead somebody astray I. 引上邪路. to influence someone so that they do bad things. Parents always worry about their children being led astray by unsuitable friends. II. to cause someone to make a mistake. The police were led astray by false information from one of the witnesses. sideways I. Toward one side: took a step sideways; a sideways glance. II. From one side: a painting lit sideways; sideways pressure. III. With the side forward: turned sideways to show the profile; a sideways
view. knock somebody sideways (British & Australian) to surprise, confuse or upset someone very much. The news of her brother's death knocked her sideways. go sideways verb. I. to become worse. Things have gone sideways. Don't go sideways on me. II. 出差错. Jargon; most commonly found among enforcement officers, military, and those in similar circles, including criminals. Used to describe when a tense situation, usually an operation of some kind, suffers a catastrophic breakdown and devolves into near-chaos, usually requiring violence and/or aggression to restore order. Likewise, to say something "almost went sideways" means that such a breakdown was narrowly averted. The drug bust went sideways when the dealer found the undercover cop's wire窃听器. The bank robbery almost went sideways when someone set off an alarm, but the robbers got their money and got clear before the police could respond. "Man, I hope this chopper patrol doesn't go sideways on us." (wire I. (informal) A telecommunication wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; a telegram. II. (slang) 窃听器. A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence. III. (informal) A deadline or critical endpoint. This election is going to go right to the wire.) To go sideways(不太常用)
means "not going according to plan, but not necessarily going towards
an unpleasant outcome". It might be like serendipity. One known phrase
is the "lateral promotion". An upper-level manager might not get the vice president slot,
but instead be moved to another upper-level managerial slot. This may
be an unpleasant outcome, if the person really wanted the VP job, but at
least s/he didn't get demoted or fired. The expression "went sideways" does in fact mean that something went wrong, or awry. If you had plans but something else happened to cause those plans to go wrong, then you could say, "well that went sideways." lateral move or lateral promotion平调, 平升: A lateral promotion means you will have another sets of responsibilities, which could give you more authority and independence in making decisions, sans (sans [sænz] prep an archaic word for without. a bird sans feathers.) the topic of salary. In other words, more work and responsibility but no additional pay. This kind of a promotion has one pro: you will have a higher title at work,
which means you will be respected and recognized. The best thing about a
lateral promotion is you will be a vital part of your organization's
decision making process. Your ideas and thoughts will be valued.
Meanwhile, the only con side 不好的方面 of this lateral promotion simply lies on the money.
The additional responsibilities might not be worth your current salary.
Period. On the other hand, a lateral move means you are transferred to
another department or given a job which is different from your original
job, still, sans the topic of money. For example, you might be changed
from being the admin Assistant Manager to being the HR Associate. You
will have a totally different job description, but you are still in the
same company.
Wet 'n' Wild Sydney loses fans over premium ticket price高票价: It's been promoted as a water playground for western Sydney but the premium season ticket price for Wet'n'Wild in Prospect has left many locals high and dry ( 三组不同意思的词组. A: leave somebody high and dry 丢下不管 to put someone in a very difficult situation which they have no way of making better. To abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment. He just walked out and left her high and dry with two kids and a mortgage. The stock market crash崩溃, 崩盘 left us high and dry with debts of over £200 000. We were left high and dry, without any money or credit cards. hang somebody out to dry 任其自生自灭, 让其自生自灭. To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague
or one dependent. If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when
they are in trouble. When the department got into difficulties, his bosses simply hung him out to dry. After losing the election, the party is going to hang him out to dry. Etymology: based on the practice of hanging an animal that has been killed in a tree so its meat can dry. keep/leave someone or something hanging (in midair) 不上不下, 吊在半空中, 上不去下不来 = (leave somebody to) twist in the wind. I. Lit. to keep someone or something suspended in midair when support for the person or thing is removed. The ladder collapsed and left me hanging in midair. Fortunately, I grabbed onto the windowsill. II. Fig. to suspend dealing with someone or something; to leave someone or something waiting to be finished or continued. to delay making a decision about something. We don't know if we can buy the house yet because the bank left our loan application hanging. She left her sentence hanging in midair. Tell me the rest of the story. Don't leave me hanging in midair. twist in the wind I. (idiomatic) To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure. There
seemed to be a shared perception of Colonel North as a good and
honorable serviceman who had been left to twist in the wind, the
scapegoat of an operation gone awry. II. (idiomatic) To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time. McGuinty
just says, "Don't worry, the investigation will be over soon enough,
we'll do something in due course," and people are expected to twist in
the wind in the meantime. limbo
n. I. The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can
enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of
Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children.
II. 无着落, 悬而未决, 惴惴不安的等待之时 Neither party accepted her, so she
was in limbo. In limbo waiting for people to decide what
to do. My application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks. "We are here to make limbo, to ferry 超度 wounded souls 超度受伤的灵魂 across the river of dread
until the point where hope is dimly visible. Then stop the boat, shove
'em in the water and make 'em swim." "That's really impressive. Are you
gonna put that in your book?". with bated breath(不是baited breath) 焦急的等. if you wait for something with bated breath, you feel very excited or anxious while you are waiting. We were waiting with baited breath for the prizes to be announced. leave (someone) in the/a lurch (idiomatic) To abandon somebody; especially, to abandon somebody and leave him or her in a difficult situation. He left me in the lurch and I had to finish the whole project by myself. lurch I. To stagger. II. To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically: The ship lurched in the storm. The car gave a start and then lurched forward.
n. I. A staggering or tottering movement or gait. II. An abrupt rolling
or pitching. III. The losing position of a cribbage player who scores
30 points or less to the winner's 61. lurch forward 晃 to jerk or sway forward. The car lurched forward and shook us around. When the train lurched forward, we were pushed back into our seats. leave somebody/something in the dust I. to move quickly away from someone or something If a big truck bears down on you from behind, this powerful car can leave it in the dust. II. to replace someone or something with something new. This new computer virus left last year's killer virus in the dust. leave to one's own devices 丢下不管, 丢下自己 (transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance. Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking. Let's leave her to her own devices and see what she comes up with. leave somebody out in the cold 丢下, 抛弃 to not allow someone to become part of a group or an activity. to ignore or not include someone. If you can't be pleasant to other people, then you will most certainly be left out in the cold. The
government's transport policy leaves people who do not own cars out in
the cold. Women's football teams feel they are left out in the cold as
far as media coverage is concerned. up shit's/shit creek [without a paddle]. (idiomatic) In trouble; in a difficult situation. The addition of "without a paddle" in alternative forms is considered by some to suggest an intensification of the difficulty of the situation. B: leave (somebody) holding the bag/baby I. (idiomatic) To abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame. to leave someone appearing to be guilty. They all ran off and left me holding the bag. It wasn't even my fault. It was all the mayor's fault, but he wasn't left holding the bag. After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag. II. (idiomatic) To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container. bear the brunt (idiomatic) To endure the worst part of something. take sb to task (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions. hold (someone) to account
(transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility
for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has
occurred. take the fall
I. (idiomatic, informal, sports, especially boxing) To willingly lose a
match, as in a fixed fight. II. (idiomatic, informal) To bear the blame
or punishment for a failure or a misdeed. It was good of him to take the fall for you like that, I just wonder if he will come out of this one unscathed. C: leave someone cold 没影响, 无动于衷, 没觉得怎样 to leave someone unaffected or bored. if something leaves you cold, it does not cause you to feel any emotion Mary said the book had her in tears, but it left me cold. He said it was dull, and it left him cold. The music's good, but the story left the producer cold. ). Quakers Hill mother-of-three Eleanor Harrison said the price was "outrageous"价格太夸张, 太离谱( outrageous = I. passing reasonable bounds: an outrageous price. II. violent in action or temper. III. extravagant; remarkable: outrageous cleverness. IV. Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. grossly offensive to the sense of right or decency. Extremely unusual or unconventional; extraordinary: loved to dress in outrageous clothing; found some outrageous bargains. outrageous behavior. V. Being beyond all reason; extravagant or immoderate: spends an outrageous amount on entertainment. You're about to be slugged ( slug I. Informal
A shot of liquor. An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is
swallowed in one gulp; a swig. II. A small metal disk for use in a
vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally. III. US and Canadian a metal token for use in slot machines, etc. IV. A round bullet larger than buckshot. V. US and Canadian a slow-moving or lazy person or animal. v. I. Informal To drink rapidly or in large gulps: slugged down (=gulp down) a can of pop.
II. To strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat. 也可做名词表示:A
hard heavy blow, as with the fist or a baseball bat. III. (tr) Austral and NZ to charge (someone) an exorbitant price. exorbitant (iɡˈzɔ:bitənt) 不合理的价格. 过分的价格. adj (of prices, demands, etc) in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate. slug it out I. to fight, compete, or struggle with fortitude. to fight something out; to argue intensely about something. They finally went outside to slug it out. We'll just have to sit down in the conference room and slug it out. II. to compete against someone or something for first or highest position Will
the rest of the country find these teams interesting enough to watch
them slug it out on TV for seven games? Two new mystery novels are
slugging it out in the bookstores. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of slug it out (to fight, esp. by hitting with the hands). duke it out I. to compete against someone or something. The airlines are duking it out, offering better service and cheaper fares as a way of attracting passengers. Usage notes: often used in newspaper writing to describe competition between political candidates: Candidates are still duking it out in state primaries, with no one the clear winner yet. Etymology: based on the slang meaning of duke (to hit or fight someone with your hands). ) a booking fee. and would be out of reach for many young families like hers. "I had been counting down to the opening but at these prices there's no way we'll be going," she said. But its manager said "The gold season pass is good value, especially when you consider it allows for unlimited entry to the park," he said. "There are going to be certain price points that appeal to certain people and thousands of people have already purchased the gold season passes. "It has almost got to the point where we are going to have to cut them off 停售 because they have been so popular." Wet'n'Wild Sydney now features 42 slides and attractions, as well as food and beverage stands 摊位 to the tune of $120 million. Management boasted that it is set to be the biggest water theme attraction in the southern hemisphere. From fast-paced 快速的 racing slides to a wave simulator, managing director Chris Warhurst said the park was designed to be suitable for any age to beat the heat. The shuttle bus operates daily from 9am, December 12 until December 31. The shuttle departures are scheduled every hour, on the hour每小时整点, up until one hour before the park closes. Bus shuttles return to Parramatta from the water park every hour on the half-hour until just after the park closes for the day.
