用法学习: 1. blushy 害羞了, 脸红了. Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. The feeling one gets from being flattered by someone you like. Incessant flirting from her crush had caused her to become blushy.
关于Dorset County: 1. Dorset has seen much civil unrest: during the English Civil War an uprising of vigilantes was crushed 起义被镇压 by Cromwell's forces in a pitched battle 阵地战 ( I. (Military) a battle ensuing from the deliberate choice of time and place, engaging all the planned resources. a battle in which the time and place are determined beforehand, rather than a casual or chance skirmish遭遇站, 冲突. An intense battle fought in close contact by troops arranged in a predetermined formation. a large fight, or a battle in which both sides stay in the same place: A pitched battle between the two sets of fans developed on the terraces after the match was over. a violent confrontation involving large numbers of people: students engaged in pitched battles with the police. II. any fierce encounter, esp one with large numbers. A fiercely waged battle or struggle between opposing forces. wiki: A pitched battle or set piece battle is a battle wherein both sides choose to fight where and when either side can disengage ( I. to release or become released from a connection, obligation, etc. to release from attachment or connection: to disengage a clutch. press the clutch to disengage the gears. II. (Military) military to withdraw (forces) from close action. ) before or shortly after the battle starts. A pitched battle is not such a chance encounter as a skirmish, wherein one side must fight. An example is the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, the Battle of Edgehill, which was fought when the Royalists moved off an escarpment to a less advantageous position不占优势的位置 ( escarpment (iˈskɑ:pmənt) 陡坡 I. A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations. II. A steep slope in front of a fortification.) so that the Parliamentarians would fight them. Pitched battles may result from meeting engagement, where instead of disengaging the opposing generals choose to reinforce their positions and turn what was initially a skirmish into a pitched battle as had happened in the Battle of Gettysburg, fought during the American Civil War.) near Shaftesbury; the Duke of Monmouth's doomed rebellion began at Lyme Regis; and a group of farm labourers from Tolpuddle were instrumental in the formation of the trade union movement. During the Second World War, Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points登陆点 on D-Day. 2. A gamekeeper野生动物管理员, 狩猎区管理员 (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling(I. 垂钓. To fish with a hook and line. II. 耍心机, 耍心眼, 曲线救国. To try to get something by indirect or artful means: angle for a promotion.), and who actively manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish and wildlife in general. Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the UK by a country estate, to prevent poaching ( Poaching 非法狩猎(另一个意思是"西式炖肉", 见后边) has traditionally been defined as the illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Until the 20th century, mostly impoverished peasants poached for subsistence purposes为求活路, 为了生存, 求生 ( subsistence (səb'sistəns) A means of subsisting, especially means barely sufficient to maintain life. The means by which one maintains life. subsist (səb'sist) 维持生活, 维持生计, 维生 To maintain life; live. (often foll by on) to be sustained; manage to live: to subsist on milk. subsisted on one meal a day. ), thus supplementing a scarce diet吃不饱. By contrast, stealing domestic animals such as cattle raiding is considered theft, not poaching. Since the 1980s, the term poaching has also been used for the illegal harvest of wild plant species. In 1998, environmental scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst proposed the concept of poaching as an environmental crime, defining any activity as illegal that contravenes the laws and regulations established to protect renewable natural resources including the illegal harvest of wildlife with the intention of possessing, transporting, consuming or selling it and using its body parts. They considered poaching as one of the most serious threats to the survival of plant and animal populations. Poaching is considered to have a detrimental effect on biodiversity生态多样性 both within and outside protected areas as wildlife populations decline, species are depleted locally, and the functionality of ecosystems生态系统 is disturbed干扰. Poaching 西式炖肉 is a type of moist heat cooking technique that involves having an item cooked by submerging it in liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine. Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relatively low temperature (about 160–180 °F (71–82 °C)). This temperature range makes it particularly suitable for delicate food, such as eggs, poultry, fish and fruit, which might easily fall apart or dry out using other cooking methods. It is often considered as a healthy method of cooking because it does not use fat to cook or flavor the food. However, poaching can lead to the production of mutagenic agents, the effects of which are not fully understood. One of the most well-known dishes made with the use of poaching is Eggs Benedict.), to rear饲养 and release game birds such as common Pheasants('fɛzənt) 野鸡, 雉鸡 and French partridge(ˈpɑ:tridʒ) , eradicate消灭 pests祛除害虫, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as weasels, to manage habitats to suit game, and to monitor the health of the game. 3. We sell sporting days ( Sports days, sometimes referred to as field days, are events staged by many schools and offices in which people take part in competitive sporting activities, often with the aim of winning trophies or prizes. Though they are often held at the beginning of summer, they are also staged in the autumn or spring seasons, especially in countries where the summer is very harsh. Schools stage many sports days in which children participate in the sporting events. It is usually held in elementary schools, or grades Kindergarten-8th Grade. ) of pheasant and partridge, but we can't rear enough ourselves so we have to buy in. I love my job, the countryside has always been my passion, it gets lonely some times, but I see people often so its okay, and my girlfriend comes down and sees me often so.
Banana republic: 1. A Banana republic 香蕉共和国 is a pejorative term for a country with a kleptocratic ( kleptocratic (ˌklɛptəuˈkrætik) A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption. ) government, often with a primitive 原始的经济 economy and sometimes a puppet state 傀儡国 of a major power. Banana republic is a term in political science for a politically unstable country whose economy is largely dependent on the export of a single, limited-resource product, e.g. bananas. It typically has stratified social classes, including a large, impoverished working class and a ruling plutocracy ( plutocracy (plu:ˈtokrəsɪ) 富裕阶层, 权势阶层 = The powers that be I. Government by the wealthy. II. A wealthy class that controls a government. III. A government or state in which the wealthy rule.) that comprises the elites of business, politics, and the military. This politico-economic oligarchy controls the primary-sector productions and thereby exploits the country's economy. In political science, the term banana republic is a pejorative descriptor for a servile dictatorship that abets 怂恿, 纵容, 放纵不管 ( I. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. II. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.) or supports, for kickbacks回扣, the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture, especially banana cultivation. In economics, a banana republic is a country operated as a commercial enterprise for private profit, effected by a collusion 官商勾结 between the State and favoured monopolies, in which the profit derived from the private exploitation of public lands is private property, while the debts incurred thereby are a public responsibility. Such an imbalanced economy remains limited by the uneven economic development of town and country城乡经济发展不均衡, and tends to cause the national currency to become devalued paper-money(Currency in the form of government notes and bank notes. paper currency issued by the government or the central bank as legal tender and which circulates as a substitute for specie.), rendering the country ineligible for international development-credit. 洪都拉斯的例子: Because of its resulting political instability, stalled economy停滞不前的, and huge external debt巨额外债 (of about $4 billion), the Republic of Honduras was excluded from international capital investment. Its financial deficit perpetuated ( I. To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual. II. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered. to cause to continue or prevail: to perpetuate misconceptions. The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning.) its economic stagnation, and so perpetuated its banana republic image as well. With the native government hobbled with ( I. To walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp. II. To put a device around the legs of (a horse, for example) so as to hamper but not prevent movement. to walk with a lame awkward movement. ) a historical历史遗留的, inherited foreign debt, such fiscal weakness undermined the Honduran Government's functions, and so allowed foreign multinational corporations to manage the country and the people of Honduras more effectively and efficiently — especially because the fruit companies had built, and thus controlled, the Honduran infrastructure (road, rail, port); had established long-distance communications (telegraph, telephone); and so were the principal employers in the economy of Honduras. In the event, the U.S. dollar became the legal-tender currency of Honduras; the mercenary Gen. Lee Christmas became Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Honduras, and later was appointed U.S. Consul to the Republic of Honduras. Nonetheless, twenty-three years later, by means of a hostile takeover(In business, a takeover( 对上市公司的收购) is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer, or bidder). In UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition 对私有公司的收购 of a private company. A "friendly takeover" is an acquisition which is approved by the management. Before a bidder makes an offer for another company, it usually first informs the company's board of directors. In an ideal world, if the board feels that accepting the offer serves the shareholders better than rejecting it, it recommends the offer be accepted by the shareholders. In a private company, because the shareholders and the board are usually the same people or closely connected with one another, private acquisitions are usually friendly. If the shareholders agree to sell the company, then the board is usually of the same mind 意见一致, 想法一致 or sufficiently under the orders of the equity shareholders to cooperate with the bidder. This point is not relevant to the UK concept of takeovers, which always involve the acquisition of a public company. A "hostile takeover恶意收购" allows a suitor to take over a target company whose management is unwilling to agree to a merger or takeover. A takeover is considered "hostile" if the target company's board rejects the offer, but the bidder continues to pursue it, or the bidder makes the offer directly after having announced its firm intention to make an offer. Development of the hostile tender is attributed to Louis Wolfson. A hostile takeover can be conducted in several ways. A tender offer收购意向 can be made where the acquiring company makes a public offer at a fixed price above the current market price. Tender offers in the United States are regulated by the Williams Act. An acquiring company can also engage in a proxy fight(A proxy fight or proxy battle is an event that may occur when a corporation's stockholders develop opposition to some aspect of the corporate governance, often focusing on directorial and management positions. Corporate activists may attempt to persuade shareholders to use their proxy votes (i.e., votes by one individual or institution as the authorized representative of another) to install new management for any of a variety of reasons. Shareholders of a public corporation may appoint an agent to attend shareholder meetings and vote on their behalf. That agent is the shareholder's proxy.), whereby it tries to persuade enough shareholders, usually a simple majority, to replace the management with a new one which will approve the takeover. Another method involves quietly purchasing enough stock on the open market, known as a "creeping tender offer", to effect a change in management. In all of these ways, management resists the acquisition, but it is carried out anyway. Reverse takeovers反向收购: A "reverse takeover" is a type of takeover where a private company acquires a public company. This is usually done at the instigation of the larger, private company, the purpose being for the private company to effectively float itself while avoiding some of the expense and time involved in a conventional IPO. ), Sam Zemurray assumed control of the rival United Fruit Company, in 1933. 2. Banana republic 服饰品牌 was a two-store safari and travel themed clothing company. The majority of sales came from its eccentric怪异的, hand-illustrated ([ˈiləˌstreit] = hand-drawn)手绘的 catalog, which presented high-end and unique items with chatty, usually fictional backstories from exotic locations, as well as more pedestrian high-volume products deliberately spiced up with a similar treatment. Many of the backstories were written by well-known authors including Cyra McFadden, author also of The Serial and Rain or Shine. As Banana Republic expanded its retail operation, it became known for the themed decoration 主题装饰 in its stores, often featuring authentic elements, such as real Jeeps and foliage, as well as atmospheric elements空气元素, such as fog and steam. The Gap, Inc. acquired Banana Republic in 1983, eventually rebranding it as a mainstream luxury clothing retailer. The literate articles, hand-drawn catalogue, and eccentric tourist-oriented items were phased out and were replaced with more luxurious, but less unique, items for which the brand is currently known (as of 2012). To set itself apart from 区别开来 Gap as a more upmarket brand, Banana Republic occasionally buys and refurbishes historic 有历史意义的 buildings for its retail locations.
University of Sydney leg-up scheme has ATAR system on ropes( at the end of your rope 达到忍耐极限 mainly American spoken The British expression is at the end of your tether. very upset or angry, so that you can no longer deal with something or someone calmly. give someone enough rope (to hang themselves) to allow someone to do something in the way that they want to when you know that they will probably fail. know/learn the ropes informal to know or learn how to do something, especially a job. It didn't take her new assistant long to learn the ropes. show/teach someone the ropes to teach someone how to do something, especially a job. Jack has been here for years – he'll show you the ropes. ropes Fig. knowledge of how to do something; how to work something. (know ~; learn ~; show someone ~; teach someone ~.) I'll be able to do my job very well when I know the ropes. John is very slow to learn the ropes. on the ropes informal having serious problems, and likely to fail. The opposition has the government on the ropes. the rope an old way of referring to the punishment of hanging people as a way of killing them. the ropes the thick ropes that enclose an area that is used for boxing or wrestling. He stumbled back against the ropes. rope someone into doing something = rope someone in Fig. to persuade or trick someone into doing something. I
don't know who roped me into doing this, but I don't want to do it. See
if you can rope somebody into taking this to the post office. 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. ): The primacy(primacy (ˈpraɪməsɪ) the state of being first in rank, grade, etc. The state of being first or foremost.) of the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank as the gateway into university is under siege. Students from disadvantaged (ˌdisədˈvɑ:ntidʒd) backgrounds given a leg up into the University of Sydney ( leg up 助一臂之力, 帮一把, 扶一把 I. A position of advantage; an edge. to help someone to be more successful. It must give you a leg up if you want to be an actor and your parents are both in the profession. We have a leg up on the competition. II. Fig. a kind of help where someone provides a knee or crossed hand as a support for someone to place a foot on to get higher, as in mounting a horse or climbing over something. to help someone to improve their situation, especially at work. (get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I gave her a leg up, and soon she was on her horse. Can I give you a leg up? Could I please have a leg up?) are outperforming their more affluent peers. Last year, the students, targeted under a new scheme known as E12, were 5 per cent more successful in completing their units of study. Their entry into some of the university's most prestigious courses - including engineering, law and architecture - was only possible after a substantial ATAR discount. In some cases, the reduction 减分 was up to 15 points. Instead, the university placed greater importance on recommendations from principals, interviews and portfolios. University vice-chancellor Michael Spence declined to declare ATAR dead and buried( dead and buried I. Lit. dead and interred, and soon to be forgotten. Now that Uncle Bill is dead and buried, we can read his will. II. Fig. 永不再有了, 永远的过时了. gone forever. That kind of old-fashioned thinking is dead and buried. dead and gone I. Lit. [of a person] long dead. Old Gert's been dead and gone for quite a spell. When I'm dead and gone, I hope folks remember me at my best. II. Fig. [of a thing] gone long ago. That kind of thinking is dead and gone. The horse-and-buggy days are dead and gone.). But he said it failed to fairly assess of students from poorer areas, Aboriginal families and regional areas. "If we are deciding on the worth of two boys from Sydney Grammar, ATAR is perfect for differentiating between them at a low cost," Dr Spence said. "But, in the 18 months preparation for the HSC, we now know that some young people are facing various sorts of extreme challenges. As a result, they don't perform as well as their natural ability. "It's really important a student cohort ( cohort ('kəuhɔ:t) I. A group or band of people. II. A companion or associate. III. A generational group as defined in demographics, statistics, or market research: "The cohort of people aged 30 to 39 . . . were more conservative" (American Demographics). IV. (Statistics) a group of people with a statistic in common, esp having been born in the same year. ) represents the breadth of the community it serves." Without the E12 scheme, Taneika Dalton, 18, would never have studied physiotherapy at the University of Sydney. Growing up on a wheat farm outside Hillston, north-west of Griffith, she is the first family member to attend university. Her year 12 at Hillston Central School had 14 students. "I was inspired by the health professionals in my town, and the role they played in keeping our community healthy. In such a small town, they have really diverse roles - each one really needs to be a jack-of-all-trades多面手, 全才," she said after taking a break driving a tractor on the farm. "I wanted to study physiotherapy, but I never expected it to be in Sydney." The university's social inclusion director, Annette Cairnduff, said the largest number of E12 applicants were from southern and western Sydney, the Blue Mountains and south-western Sydney. Up to 201 formal offers had been made this year, including 20 students who would go into law. "We spoke to principals and teachers from low socio-economic schools who told us that they knew they had students who would succeed and benefit from coming to Sydney, but that the students themselves ruled it out as an option," she said.
Disaster zone laid bare(lay bare something 公布, 公开, 公之于众 to make something known. To expose to view, reveal, uncover. to discover or tell people about something that was not previously known or was previously kept secret. It's been promoted as the biography that lays bare the truth behind the legend. Her story lays bare the conflicts between two ambitious brothers. The trial was the first to lay bare the secrets of the organization. ): Prime Minister Tony Abbott has seen first hand the devastation the drought is causing in Western NSW but he is yet to announce any federal government assistance for struggling farmers. Mr Abbott, federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce and Parkes MP Mark Coulton encountered rain 遭遇降雨 as they talked to those in Bourke who have been worst hit 受害最严重 by the drought. However the Prime Minister recognised that one wet day doesn't mean the drought is over and he indicated a package could be announced when Parliament resumes next week. "Today is good soaking rain. It doesn't mean the drought is over but nevertheless 仍然, 还是 ( In spite of that; nonetheless; however: a small, nevertheless fatal error. ) it is very encouraging and very hopeful," he said as the rain began to fall at Phil and Di Ridge's 40,000 hectare property Jandra, near Bourke. "It takes time to recover from a period of intense drought and that's why it's important that whatever might happen in the next few days and weeks, that there is a significant drought adopted by the government, that's what will happen. While treasurer Joe Hockey has shown reluctance to 显得不太情愿 assist industries that have been doing it tough(do it tough (intransitive, Australia, idiomatic) To be in a desperate situation; to struggle. Families doing it tough will receive more assistance from the government. ), including car manufacturer and food production, Mr Abbott said the government would respond to the drought in a way that was 'fair and responsible'. He said despite the best intentions(intention a plan in your mind to do something. What is your intention? intention 打算, 意图 of doing something: Megan suddenly announced her intention of selling the house. have no intention of doing something: We have no intention of giving up. with the intention of doing something: No one goes to college with the intention of failing. have every intention of doing something 真的很想, 真的想, 真打算来着 (=really intend to do it): I had every intention of phoning her this morning, but I just didn't get a chance. intention to do something不是故意要: It wasn't my intention to upset you. good/bad intentions (=plans to do something good/bad) 一片好意, 一片好心: You may be full of good intentions but not everyone will share your enthusiasm. the best (of) intentions: I know you had the best of intentions, but you should have consulted me first. intention that: It was never our intention that people should suffer as a result of these cuts in spending.), sometimes it is impossible for farmers to prepare for drought. "Drought is for farmers what flood and fire are for people in other parts of the economy. It's a natural disaster. "If you are a good farmer you factor a certain amount of drought into your ordinary business plan but occasionally you get hit by a drought which is not routine, it's something that happens every 20 or 50 years, in the same way you get a once in 20 or 50 years flood." "The important thing is that we get an intelligent response to the problem of drought which is fair and responsible and that is what the government intends to put in place fairly swiftly." Mr Abbott suggested the package would include social, income and loan support. Mr Joyce said he was pleased to get the Prime Minister out to the worst affected areas and he said farmers need financial assistance because the drought had longer than farmers could reasonably be expected to manage themselves. "Two years you should try to manage it yourself but in any other organisation they would say after two years without any money it's not possible. After that you can't have a business plan where you are managing," he said.
