用法学习: 1. My ears are just flat, I don't pin them back. God, I feel like I can do no right怎么都不对. 男子失忆: A man who was recently discovered in an Oslo snow drift( A snowdrift雪堆 is a deposit of snow sculpted by wind into a mound during a snowstorm. Snowdrifts resemble sand dunes and are formed in a similar manner, namely, by wind moving light snow and depositing it when the wind has virtually stopped, usually against a stationary object. Snow normally crests and slopes off toward the surface on the windward side of a large object. On the leeward side, areas near the object are a bit lower than surrounding areas, but are generally flatter.) with no memory of his past is appealing to the public for help. The man, who was discovered collapsed in the cold four months ago, speaks an incredible five languages but is unable to remember his own name. The 6'1, blonde-haired and blue-eyed man is currently known only as John Smith, is in his mid-20s and is suspected to have been the victim of violent crime judging by the wounds he was found with. "Therefore we are now, in consultation with the man himself, releasing his picture.". 2. tough shit (rude) I have no sympathy. harsh way of saying too bad. A: Mrs. Smith I forgot what the homework was. B: Tough shit, pal! I know you don't want to go, but tough shit! tough luck/cookies (spoken) I do not have any sympathy for your problems. Anyone who misses three classes will fail, and if you don't like it, tough luck! Usage notes: sometimes used to say you are sorry that someone is having problems: If a beggar approached us, she would murmur "tough luck" and give him a few coins. sinister [ˈsɪnɪstə(r)] 邪恶的 threatening to do harm or to do something evil. a sinister and dangerous criminal who has finally been apprehended. There's a sinister feeling about this old abandoned house. There is no foul play, nothing sinister, she died of natural cause. 3. snub /snʌb/ v. to insult someone by ignoring them or being rude to them. He was snubbed. n. an action or remark that is intended to snub someone. snub-nosed with a short nose that looks rather flat. filter through (something) to pass or seep through something. The water filtered through the coffee grounds and dripped into the pot. The clear water filtered through and left the sand behind. sleep rough露宿街头 to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter. In the 1960s, the nature and growing problem of homelessness changed in England as public concern grew. The number of people living "rough" in the streets had increased dramatically. However, beginning with the Conservative administration's Rough Sleeper Initiative, the number of people sleeping rough in London fell dramatically. This initiative was supported further by the incoming Labour administration from 2009 onwards with the publication of the 'Coming in from the Cold' strategy published by the Rough Sleepers Unit, which proposed and delivered a massive increase in the number of hostel bed spaces in the capital and an increase in funding for street outreach teams, who work with rough sleepers露宿街头者, 无家可归者 to enable them to access services. 4. grouch (ɡrautʃ) n. I. 爱抱怨的家伙. A habitually complaining or irritable person. someone who complains a lot or is often in a bad mood. II. A grumbling or sulky mood: in a grouch about the long line for tickets. III. A complaint; a grudge: had only one grouch against the landlord. v. 牢骚满腹. to complain a lot, often without good reason. streak I. a line or long mark on something that is a different colour from the colour surrounding it. The bird can be recognized by the dark streaks on its breast. streak of: a streak of lightning (=a long line of lightning). a. streaks [plural] lines of a lighter colour that you put in your hair. II. a part of someone's character, or a type of behaviour that is different from the rest of their character. The child has a stubborn streak. streak of: There may be a streak of insanity in the family. a winning/losing streak a series of wins/losses following one after another in a game or sport. They seem to be on a winning streak at the moment. 电影Marley & Me 2008: I know that we haven't had sex since-You know. But I don't think we're breaking that streak tonight. 5. precautionary 预防性的, 以防万一的 done or used for protection against possible harm or trouble. He was taken to hospital for a precautionary examination. a precautionary step/measure. Lambert substitution precautionary, says Perez: Southampton assistant manager Jesus Perez says the withdrawal of Rickie Lambert was precautionary after the striker suffered a dead leg. A charley horse腿抽筋 is a popular North American colloquial term for painful spasms or cramps in the leg muscles, typically lasting anywhere from a few seconds to about a day. It can also refer to a bruise on an arm or leg and a bruising of the quadriceps 四头肌 muscle of the anterior or lateral thigh, or contusion of the femur, that commonly results in a haematoma and sometimes several weeks of pain and disability. In this latter sense, such an injury is known as dead leg. In Australia it is also known as a corked thigh or corky. It often occurs in contact sports, such as football when an athlete suffers a knee (blunt trauma) to the lateral quadriceps causing a haematoma or temporary paresis and antalgic gait as a result of pain. Another nuance for the term jolly horse抽筋 is used to describe simple painful muscle cramps in the leg or foot, especially those that follow strenuous exercise. 6. "I am high on life 我人生过的很好, 我的人生很尽兴". Pretty Woman中基尔为大嘴买了酒, 自己却不喝, 他说"I am high on life". "I don't need to do drugs to feel joy." "I am in the moment("to be in the moment 全情投入, 全身心投入, 心无旁顾 (to live in the moment 活在当下)" This means a person is completely focused on the present, and is not thinking about the past or the future. Being in the moment results in clearer thinking, without being affected by one's own past. Practicing yoga or any other system to be at peace leads to "being in the moment". "he/she has their moment" This usually means the person is normally one type of personality, then at some times is briefly very different. A friendly, calm person can "have a moment" and angrily yell at someone, then return to being friendly and calm. urbandict: Totally, completely, 100% immersed in the situation at hand (usually a party or social event) with no care, worry or thought of anything else in your life/the lives of others. You are characterized as "in the moment" if wherever you are, whatever you are doing, your mind and body are right there as well. No dwelling on the past, the future不要沉溺于过去, or any obligations or troubles you may be encountering in your life. If you are in the moment, you are right here, right now, nowhere else. This is contrasted with being "out of the moment," which is defined as being so preoccupied with other things going on in your life or the lives of others that you don't take time to sit back and enjoy the current moment or try to make the current moment enjoyable. If you go to a party and one of your friends is sitting around, daydreaming, texting a girl he just broke up with and not drinking at all, complaining about how mad his parents are going to be when he returns home the following morning, he is characterized as being "out of the moment." If the same friend is playing drinking games, bonging beers, singing songs and having a great time without a care in the world in regards to his girl problems or early sales shift at the shoe store in the morning, or the reactions of his parents upon his return, then he is totally and completely "in the moment." have your/its moments to be sometimes very successful. to be sometimes very good or successful: This album may not be as good as their last one but it has its moments. This album's not as good as their last one, but it has its moments. ) and life is happening through me and not to me". You are living life to the fullest. and you are just staying happy and joyful and you don't need a drug to get high because you have life. It means someone enjoys their life as it is. They don't feel the need to take drugs or use alcohol to attempt to make their life better. Life as it is, is satisfying enough. The feeling that you get when you live life to its fullest. Someone who is high on life can find reasons to smile in the smallest things, and won't let any random thing ruin his or her day. Someone who is high on life has no reason for drugs because they can find fulfillment in their every day life. Steven: Hey, man. How come you never wanna hang with us and get high? Jonathan: I don't need that shit, dude. I'm already high on life. You should try it some time. Mark: How's about some angel dust to liven things up? Jace: Drugs are for losers that are too boring to get high on life. No thanks. 7. beck (bɛk) n. I. a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal. II. at someone's beck and call 任你差遣, 随你调遣, 供你差遣 ready to obey someone's orders instantly; subject to someone's slightest whim. subject to someone's every wish. Someone who does everything for you, no matter when you ask, is at your beck and call. Pretty Woman中基尔对大嘴说他想雇她做他的beck and call. turn tricks (chiefly US, idiomatic) To work as a prostitute, providing sexual services for money. By 1996, she was a hooker站街女 sleeping in the streets or at ratty hotels in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, turning tricks to get her next bag of heroin. turn a trick (chiefly US, idiomatic, of a prostitute) To perform a sexual service for a customer. Pretty Woman中大嘴说: You don't want to get personal in turning tricks. 基尔对朋友说, 大嘴is just a hooker. 8. dead tree I. A quantity of paper; a collection of paper such as a book or newspaper. II. A tree that is still standing, but no longer alive. dead tree edition (idiomatic, pejorative, humorous) Paper version of a publication that can be found online. hard copy A printed copy of a digital document, as opposed to a copy in electronic form. soft copy A digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper. 8. What does the witches pointed hat 尖顶帽, 尖帽子 signify? The history of the witch's hat: origins of its pointy尖尖的 design. Thanks in part to The Wizard of Oz, the word witch has become code for a certain type of dress. Flowing black robes. Black boots. Accessorize as you wish with a broom or a grassy complexion, but on pain of expulsion from the coven, do not forget the peaked, black, wide-brimmed hat. The hat makes the witch, to paraphrase Mark Twain. And yet the story of this particular hat—where it originated, and how it took on its demonic resonance—is a murky 模糊不明的 one. That's largely because history is full of pointy hats, from the tapering hennins favored by medieval noblewomen to the soft Phrygian caps adopted by French revolutionaries (and Smurfs). There are simply too many varieties of pointy hat to describe in a single blog post, more possible antecedents than can be ruled out. Hygrocybe conica 伞形蘑菇, 伞状蘑菇, commonly known as the witch's hat, conical wax cap or conical slimy cap, is a colourful member of the genus Hygrocybe (the waxcaps), found across northern Europe and North America. Originally described as Hygrophorus conicus, it may actually be a complex of closely related and similar species. Traffic cones, also called traffic pylons, road cones, highway cones, safety cones, witch's hat, or construction cones, are usually cone-shaped markers that are placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner. They are often used to create separation or merge lanes during road construction projects or automobile accidents, although heavier, more permanent markers or signs are used if the diversion is to stay in place for a long period of time. 9. look to someone or something (for something) 期待得到 to expect someone or something to supply something. Children look to their parents for help. Tom looked to the bank for a loan. look to do something 希望, 打算, 期待, 计划 to expect or plan to do something. 换钱: We are looking to get 1000 US dollar, how much Australian dollar would that need? In the following year, Columbia looked to expand its operations in either film or radio.
measure的使用大全: measure I. 措施. 手段. an action that is intended to achieve or deal with something. This is a temporary measure to stop the problem from getting any worse. take measures to do something: Stronger measures will have to be taken to bring down unemployment. take measures against someone/something: When you are attacked, you take defensive measures against the attacker. II. 量级. 数量. an amount of a particular quality that is neither large nor small. The system gives people a measure of protection against pollution. Most (jokes about communism) make you giggle and groan in equal measure. I found that irritating and beguiling in equal measure. beguile [bɪˈɡaɪl] 魅惑, 诱惑 to persuade or trick someone into doing something, especially by saying nice things to them.(两层含义: To deceive or delude (using guile). To charm, delight or captivate.) She was beguiled by his charm. guile /ɡaɪl/ 手段, 骗人的把戏 the skilful use of dishonest means to trick people or to make them do what you want. Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.. She felt equal measures of hope and fear. The province has gained a large measure of freedom. Their children want a greater measure of independence. The coating provides a measure of protection [=provides some protection] against corrosion. The proposal has been met with a measure [=a certain amount, element] of skepticism一丝怀疑. The alarm system provides an added measure of security. The show mixes comedy and drama in equal measure同等量的. He returned their hostility in full measure全部火力. The company's success is due in no small measure 不小程度上 to her talents. [=its success is largely due to her talents]. Their actions were motivated in large measure很大程度上 by a desire for revenge. An occasion like this calls for some measure of decorum礼貌. decorum [dɪˈkɔ:rəm] polite behaviour. III. 衡量标准, 衡量方式. a way of judging something. measure of: The tests are not an accurate measure of performance. IV. a unit in a system of measurement. standard measures of the metric system such as the litre. a. formal an object such as a ruler used for finding out a particular measurement. b. formal a system used for expressing a particular quantity. liquid and dry measures. c. a standard amount of alcohol served in a bar, restaurant etc. Measures sold in Scotland have been traditionally larger. V. music American a bar in a line of printed music. be a measure of something to show how good a particular quality is. The huge volume of mail is a measure of her popularity. beyond measure mainly literary very large or great. beauty beyond measure. for good measure as a way of making something complete or better. Throw in a splash of red wine for good measure. the full measure of something formal all of something, or something at its strongest, most powerful etc. We were treated to the full measure of her anger. get the measure of someone/take someone's measure 摸清门道, 把好脉, 搞懂, 把好脉门 to understand what someone is really like so that you can decide how to deal with them or defeat them. She seems to have got the measure of the champion. in full measure formal to the greatest degree, or in the largest amount possible. My expectations have been met in full measure. in large/no small measure formal to a great degree Our success is due in large measure to the company's founder. measure off to measure a particular length, width, height etc, often at a point where something is to be cut. He took the fabric and measured off a couple of metres. measure out 称出来 to take a particular amount of something from a larger amount. Measure out 10 grams of sugar. measure up I. [intransitive] to be good enough. The machines are being trialled to see how they measure up. measure up to 撑得起, 称得起, 称得上: Will he measure up to the challenges that lie ahead of him? II. [transitive] to measure something in preparation for making, building, or fitting something else. I measure up the boards and then Joe cuts them. half-measure 做了一半的, 半途而废的 something that is done in a way that is not complete or is only partly effective. As Baryalai observes, "In Afghanistan you can't be involved in half measure. The civil engineer went on: Nicola was such a happy girl and never did anything by half measure. tape measure a tool for measuring things that consists of a long narrow piece of cloth, soft plastic, or thin metal with numbers on it. made-to-measure 量身定做的 made to fit a particular person. Clothes that have not been made for a particular person are ready-to-wear or off-the-peg.
热情好客和款待: Hospitality(corporate hospitality entertainment provided by companies for their customers, for example at major sports events, in order to get more business. hospitality tray a set of things such as an electric kettle, cups, milk, and tea or coffee provided in a hotel room for making a hot drink.) is the relationship between the guest and the host, or the act or practice of being hospitable/hoˈspɪtəb(ə)l/(hospitality I. friendly and generous behaviour towards visitors and guests, intended to make them feel welcome. We were delighted by the wonderful hospitality of the local people. Just a note to thank you for your hospitality. II. food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization. a hospitality suite/room/tent the hospitality industry (=hotels, restaurants etc). hospitable I. generous towards visitors and guests. II. 应有尽有的. 什么都不缺的, 要什么有什么的. providing the conditions that something needs to exist in a place. a hospitable environment. ). This includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. The hospitality industry待客行业, 接待行业 is a broad category of fields within the service industry 服务业 that includes lodging, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a several billion dollar industry that mostly depends on the availability of leisure time and disposable income. A hospitality unit such as a restaurant, hotel, or even an amusement park consists of multiple groups such as facility maintenance, direct operations (servers, housekeepers, porters, kitchen workers, bartenders, etc.), management, marketing, and human resources. Usage rate使用率 or its inverse "vacancy rate"空置率 is an important variable for the hospitality industry. Just as a factory owner would wish a productive asset to be in use as much as possible (as opposed to having to pay fixed costs while the factory isn't producing), so do restaurants, hotels, and theme parks seek to 寻求 maximize the number of customers they "process" in all sectors. This led to formation of services with the aim to increase usage rate provided by hotel consolidators. Information about required or offered products are brokered on business networks used by vendors as well as purchasers. In looking various industries, "barriers to entry门槛" by newcomers and competitive advantages between current players are very important. Among other things, hospitality industry players find advantage in old classics (location), initial and ongoing investment support (reflected in the material upkeep of facilities and the luxuries located therein), and particular themes adopted by the marketing arm of the organization in question (for example at theme restaurants). Very important is also the characteristics of the personnel working in direct contact with the customers. The authenticity, professionalism, and actual concern for 真正关心 the happiness and well-being of the customers that is communicated by successful organizations is a clear competitive advantage.
新闻摘抄 - 1. KFC恶作剧广告: A tongue-in-cheek ad for the corsage( corsage [kɔ:(r)ˈsɑ:ʒ] 佩花, 胸花, 腕花 a decoration made of flowers that a woman wears on a dress or suit. ) posted on KFC's website shows an awkward-looking teen present the chicken treat (状似胸花, 中间却是一块鸡块) to his weary date. She is apprehensive ( slightly worried or nervous. apprehensive about: Leonora felt very apprehensive about his visit. apprehensive of: It's a strategy that many teachers are apprehensive of using不敢用的, 犹豫的. ) at first but soon warms to 热衷起来, 热络起来 ( warm to someone/something to begin to like someone or something. She's the kind of person you warm to immediately. It might take them a while to warm to the idea. warm I. [transitive] 弄热, 热. I'll warm up some soup for lunch. II. 暖身子. [intransitive] to become warm. Drink this and you'll soon warm up. III. if you warm up a machine or an engine, you switch it on and wait for a little while until it is ready to be used. a. [intransitive] 热车. 热发动机. if a machine or an engine warms up, it becomes ready to be used after someone switches it on. In cold weather it takes longer for the car to warm up. IV. 热身. [intransitive/transitive] to prepare for a sport or activity by doing gentle exercises or practising just before it starts. The players are already on the field warming up. stretching exercises to warm up your calf muscles. a. [intransitive] to prepare for a particular race, game, or competition by competing in less important events first. The boys warmed up for their big game with a 4–0 win at Derby last week. V. 暖场. 热火起来. [intransitive/transitive] if an event or situation warms up, or if something warms it up, it starts to become enjoyable, interesting, or busy. By midnight the party had really warmed up. VI. 暖场. [transitive] if a minor performer warms up an audience, they put the audience in the right mood for the main performance. ) the cheesy offering, taking a bite as the couple slow dance. 立陶宛人失踪三年后发现尸体: It was only discovered the 21-year-old was dead two weeks ago after a dog emerged from the bushes at a golf club near Bournemouth, clutching ( clutch I. 紧抓着. [transitive] to hold someone or something firmly, for example because you are afraid or in pain, or do not want to lose them. Women clutched small children as they left. a. [intransitive] to try to take hold of someone or something because you are afraid or in pain, or in order to stop yourself from falling. clutch at: An officer stumbled and clutched at the handrail. ) a decomposing 腐烂的 human arm in its mouth. The grisly 骇人的, 令人恐怖的 ( [ˈɡrɪzli] involving death or violence in a shocking way. ) find sparked a search which eventually led to the discovery of Mr Silachtecov's body in the branches of a tree. In a further strange twist 更离奇的是 a local man approached police a day after the news broke holding a plastic bag with two more human bones inside. 之前对于死者失踪的报道: Officers believe that he may come to some harm遇害(to experience something bad; to get damaged or harmed. I sincerely hope that you do not come to harm. I hope no one comes to harm.). "His friends originally believed that he may have returned to his native Lithuania. "After contact with Jurij's family in Lithuania it has been established he has not returned to his family. 医生性贿赂: A top Sydney cosmetic surgeon has been struck off the medical roll after swapping botox for sex. Dr Fabian Baez was disqualified from registering as a doctor for five years. "The protection of the community … requires that the public be protected from Dr Baez; and moreover, that other doctors understand that the exploitation for sexual gratification 性满足, 满足兽欲 ( gratify I. [usually passive] to make someone feel pleased and satisfied. She was gratified to find that her advice was of some use. gratify someone's desire/need/curiosity etc 满足欲望, 满足好奇心, 满足需要 formal to give someone what they want, or to tell them what they want to hear. gratification [ˌɡrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] sexual gratification. ) of young and otherwise vulnerable patients will be met with stern protective orders," deputy chairman Judge Andrew Colefax said.
The ticking time bomb 定时炸弹 scenario is a thought experiment that has been used in the ethics debate over whether torture酷刑 can ever be justified. Simply stated简单来说, the consequentialist argument is that nations, even those that legally disallow torture, can justify its use if they have a terrorist in custody who possesses critical knowledge, such as the location of a time bomb or a weapon of mass destruction that will soon explode and cause great loss of life. Opponents to the argument usually begin by exposing certain assumptions that tend to be hidden by initial presentations of the scenario and tend to obscure混淆视听 the true costs of permitting torture in "real-life" scenarios—e.g., the assumption that the person is in fact a terrorist, whereas in real life there usually remains uncertainty about whether the person is in fact a terrorist—and rely on legal, philosophical/moral, and empirical grounds to reaffirm the need for the absolute prohibition of torture. The problem that even the most virtuous 善良的 people face when thinking about torture is whether there is ever a case when a good result produced by torture justifies the evil act of torturing someone. It's often illustrated by a version of the 'ticking bomb problem', which asks us to put ourselves in the position of a senior law officer facing a situation like this: A terrorist group states that it has concealed a nuclear bomb in London; The authorities have captured抓获, 逮住 the leader of the group; He says that he knows where the bomb is; He refuses to reveal the location; Torture is guaranteed to produce the information needed to ensure the authorities find and make the bomb safe. In fact torture is not guaranteed to be useful in producing accurate information, but please just accept this premise in order to focus on the points of principle. Is it ethically acceptable for you to have him (or his family) tortured to find out where the bomb is and thus save thousands of lives, or is it unethical to torture him, no matter how many die as a result? This is not, in fact, a particularly realistic scenario but arguing through this problem can illuminate many of the issues involved in torture. It's important to acknowledge, however, that the problem may not be solvable in the terms in which it's stated above.
