用法学习: 1. feed the beast
metaphorically, the beast is an immovable, powerful, system, or
organization, or a powerful force, or unwanted urge. Anything that you
cannot control. Give a massive immovable system what it wants. Keep
paying, giving it resources and money, because no-one has the ability or
ambition to change things. Or give in to an unstoppable urge填不满的欲望, 欲壑难填, 欲求不满 and do what it wants. That is the gist, examples, the meaning will depend on context. In one context it means, to gratuitously ( gratuitous [ɡrəˈtju:itəs] 不必要的 done or shown without any good reason. There's too much gratuitous violence in the film. ) satiate ( satiate [ˈseɪʃieɪt] 满足不了的欲望, 填不满的欲壑 to satisfy a need or desire completely, sometimes in a way that makes you feel as though you have had too much. Nothing seems to satiate people's need for gossip. ) a voracious ( voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] I. 管不饱的, 吃不饱的, 填不饱的. a voracious person/animal eats a large amount of food. II. very keen to learn or to do something. a voracious appetite for something欲壑难填: She has always had a voracious appetite for reading. III. willing to do anything in order to get money or gain an advantage. the voracious music industry. ) appetite, not necessarily for food. It could be a thirst or hunger for knowledge, affection, attention, consolation, appeasement, money, sex or some other primal need or desire 原始需求( primal [ˈpraim(ə)l] 原始本能, 原始冲动 relating to something very basic, especially very basic needs or emotions. primal instincts/urges. ), someone's demanding ego or their co-dependency, or their addiction. Just about anything. Feeding the beast could also mean being obsequious ( obsequious [əbˈsi:kwiəs] 溜须拍马, 奉承巴结, 卑躬屈膝的 too keen to please someone, in a way that does not seem sincere. obsequious waiters. ), or a sycophant ( sycophant [ˈsikəfənt] 拍马屁者, 溜须拍马者, 舔屁股者(arse-kisser) an insulting word for someone who praises rich or powerful people in order to gain an advantage. ), as in 'brown nosing' ones boss, or 'kissing their ass'. Coworker1: "Have you seen Shelia? Where is she? I need those TPS reports!" Coworker2: "Ha, she's feeding the beast, sucking up to John in his office.". Addict1: "man, I need to score or I'll go crazy...". Addict2: "yeah, I know man, let's go feed the beast.". Jimmy:
"Hey, Paul, let's go have some beers after work tonight." Paul: "I
can't Jimmy, I need to stay home with the wife and feed the beast.". Jane:
"Hey Jenny, let's go shopping!". Jenny: "Okay sure, I'm tired of
staying at home feeding the beast with Paul, he's such a jerk lately.".
Jane: "Let him starve for a little while. There's a sale at Tiffany's,
and that guy who works in the jewelry department is gorgeous. Let's go
feed that beast instead!". "Starving the beast" is a political strategy employed by American conservatives in order to limit government spending限制政府花销 by cutting taxes in order to deprive the government of revenue in a deliberate effort to force the federal government to reduce spending.
The term "the beast" in this context refers to the United States
Federal Government and the programs it funds, particularly social
programs such as welfare, Social Security, and Medicare. A related idea
known as "Feed the Beast", refers to increasing taxes for the purported
purpose of balancing the budget only to make the government spend those
inflows. 2. Fish heads鱼头, either separated or still attached to the rest of the fish, are sometimes used in food dishes, or boiled for fish stock鱼汤. There are a number of definitions for the slang term fish head, one of them being, racist slur for a Chinese Person! 3. Stranger danger 陌生人危险(Remember stranger danger) is the danger to children presented by strangers. The phrase stranger danger is intended to sum up the danger associated with adults whom children do not know. The phrase has found widespread usage
and many children will hear it (or similar advice) during their
childhood lives. Many books, films and public service announcements have
been devoted to helping children remember this advice. The concept has been criticized for ignoring the fact that most child abductions and harm are not due to strangers, but rather someone the child is familiar with or related to. Although there are other dangers such as kidnap for ransom, the main threat stranger danger campaigns concern is sexual abuse. In recent years, the emphasis of such campaigns has shifted somewhat, in order to reflect the risk of abuse by persons known to the child. 4. daggy adjective Australian informal, showing disapproval I. not fashionable. Book-reading club? That sounds daggy. II. untidy, dirty, and unpleasant. 新闻: The pictures of the iPhone 6 seem to align with prior rumors和谣传的一致, 相符(align 向...看齐. I. to give your support publicly to a group, political party, or country. Many women do not want to align themselves with the movement. The union's leaders are aligned with the ruling party and the military. II. to organize things so that they form a straight line or are in the correct position in relation to other things. The graves were all perfectly aligned. III. to organize activities or systems so that they match or fit well together. We have closely aligned our research and development work with our business needs.), including the device's much thinner bezel and newly designed aluminum ([əˈlu:mɪnəm]) back-plate. More interestingly, the camera appears to protrude突出来, 凸出, 鼓起来 from the otherwise flat surface, similar to a sixth-gen iPod Touch.
Former quadriplegic Scotty Masters backs Alex McKinnon: He said his specialists still don't understand how he managed to recover from the injury so quickly and said "someone was clearly looking out me". "I still have some issues with bone spurs ( Osteophytes, commonly referred to as bone spurs骨刺 or parrot beak, are bony projections that form along joint margins. They should not
be confused with enthesophytes, which are bony projections that form at
the attachment of a tendon or ligament. ) that have formed where my neck broke. I have the shoulders and back of a 70-year-old man," he said. McKinnon was placed in a coma after breaking two vertebrae ( The vertebral column, also known as backbone or spine, is a bony structure found in vertebrates. It is formed from individual bones called vertebrae [ˈvɜ:(r)təbrə or ˈvɜ:tɪbrə] (singular: vertebra). ) in a tackle against Melbourne Storm players nine days ago. On Monday night, it emerged that may be a quadriplegic ( [ˌkwodrɪˈpli:dʒɪk] 四肢瘫痪的. Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is paralysis caused by illness or injury to a human that results in the partial or total loss of use of all their limbs and torso; paraplegia is similar but does not affect the arms. The loss is usually sensory and motor, which means that both sensation and control are lost. Tetraparesis or quadriparesis, on the other hand, means muscle weakness affecting all four limbs. It may be flaccid or spastic( flaccid I. flaccid skin or muscles are loose and soft. a. medical a flaccid penis is not hard. II. a flaccid argument or idea is not effective. The article's thesis is flaccid and misguided. spastic[ˈspæstɪk] I. 痉挛性麻痹症的. affected by cerebral palsy. This word is now considered offensive. II. 笨拙无能的. an insulting word for someone who is not good at doing physical things or who is considered stupid. This word is mainly used by children. ). Paraplegia( [ˌpærəˈpli:dʒə] paraplegic [ˌpærəˈpli:dʒɪk] 下肢瘫痪的 ) is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities( extremity I. [countable] [usually plural] a part of your body that is furthest from the main part, for example a finger or toe. a. [countable] a part of something that is furthest from the main part. The boatyard is located at the southern extremity of the harbour. II. [uncountable] an extreme degree of something. silenced by the extremity of his anger. III. [countable] 极端情况. a very bad situation, such as being very ill, injured, or poor. He had never been reduced to such an extremity before. ). It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal. The area of the spinal canal that is affected in paraplegia is either the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral regions. If all four limbs are affected by paralysis, tetraplegia is the proper terminology. If only one limb is affected, the correct term is monoplegia. Spastic paraplegia is a form of paraplegia defined by spasticity of the affected muscles, rather than flaccid paralysis.). Quadriplegia involves a complete or partial loss of limbs and torso use, although it is possible for people to increase mobility with treatment over time. "I guess the good thing is that his parents and doctors haven't said this is a long-term diagnosis," said Masters. "That's essentially what I went through and I hope he'll come good." Masters urged McKinnon to "stay strong and follow your doctors' advice and hopeful you'll make a great recovery". But he warned against overreactions to violence associated with the game saying rugby league has come a long way from ( have come a long way 好很多了, 进步多了 to make a lot of progress and improvement. to have advanced to an improved or more developed state: Information technology has come a long way in the last 20 years. The five-member rock group has come a long way since recording its first album. Computer graphics have come a long way in the last few years. ) the aggression of previous decades. "At the end of the day I don't think there was any malice in the tackle that caused the injury to Alex," he said. When asked if his own or McKinnon's injury would dissuade him from supporting rugby league or from allowing family members close to him play to the game he said, "God no". "If my eight-year-old came to me and said he wanted to play rugby league then I'd be first in line buying him a helmet and supporting him," he said.
关于AFL Gxy Player的一些句子汇抄: Speaking of cradle-robbing(rob the cradle Fig. to marry or date someone who is much younger than oneself. I hear that Bill is dating Ann. Isn't that sort of robbing the cradle? She's much younger than he is. Uncle Bill—who is nearly eighty—married a thirty-year-old woman. That is really robbing the cradle.), when 23-year-old David Zaharakis burst onto the scene(burst onto the scene I. Fig. to appear suddenly in a location. When
Charles burst onto the scene, no one was prepared for the news he
brought. The police suddenly burst onto the scene and arrested everyone
in the room. II. 一夜成名. to suddenly become famous. Marsalis burst onto the scene in the early 1980s and proved that jazz could have its own superstars. ) in 2009 by kicking the winning goal in the Anzac Day game, you just knew a young man of serious talent had arrived. And that golden tan! You could melt butter on that skin....H.O.T. There are gxy AFL players out there. But will they stand up and be counted(敢
于站出来. 公开承认. to state one's support (for someone or something). to let
people know your opinions, although it might cause trouble for you. Those
who did have the courage to stand up and be counted were arrested and
imprisoned. If you believe in more government help for farmers, write
your representative—stand up and be counted. I'm generally in favor of
what you propose, but not enough to stand up and be counted.)? Gxy slurs are a regular part of the language of many clubs. That's sort of part of the culture, it's a very blokey culture(blokey Associated with the mainstream male culture, particularly blue-collar. Tennis isn't a blokey sport. )," he said. The former Victorian premier and Hawthorn Football Club president said players who concealed 掩饰, 掩盖, 遮掩 their sexuality from teammates were at risk of depression and, in this area, the sport had "a long way to go.'' "Not only am I not surprised at the number of players in the AFL who are suffering from stress, anxiety and depression - many of whom haven't sought help for fear of 由于担心, 由于害怕 being ridiculed 被讥讽, 被嘲笑 or not selected - I'm also quite sure within the AFL there are a number of young men who are gxy, who keep that fact to themselves,
worried about how they're going to be treated by their colleagues,'' 评论某球员的外貌: If he's good enough for Megan Gale, he's good enough for me. At 201cm tall there's no shortage of body to snuggle up ( snuggle 依偎, 相依
to put yourself into a warm, comfortable, safe position, for example by
sitting with your body against someone else's body or by sliding your
body down under the covers on a bed. an evening snuggling together on the couch. snuggle down/under/into etc: I snuggled down into my sleeping-bag.) to on the cold winter nights ahead.
