用法学习: 1. fish I. [intransitive] to try to find something by feeling inside a bag, a box etc
fish for: She stopped and fished for her door key. fish around四处探听: Matthew started fishing around in a pile of papers. II. [intransitive] to try to make someone tell you something, without asking them directly. Stephen was fishing, but I didn't tell him anything. fish for 打探消息: 'Having trouble?' he asked casually, fishing for information. fish for compliments: When I said I was overweight, I wasn't fishing for compliments. fish out I. to pull someone or something out of the water. A tourist jumped into the canal to fish the boy out. II. to pull something out of a bag or other container. She reached into her bag and fished out a pen. snoop I. to secretly try to get information that someone would not want you to have. She's been snooping round asking questions. Somebody went snooping through my desk while I was gone. II. to watch someone secretly in order to learn about their personal life or business. snoop on: I hear they use detectives to snoop on employees. 2. the gift of the gab UK (US the gift of gab 会说, 伶牙俐齿) informal the ability to speak easily and confidently in a way that makes people want to listen to you and believe you. the ability to talk a lot without feeling shy, especially when this means you can get out of difficult situations: She's got the gift of the gab - she should work in sales and marketing. gab: to talk a lot and for a long time about unimportant things. What were you two gabbing about all evening? glib I. showing disapproval a glib person speaks easily and confidently. This word shows that you do not trust the person or what they are saying. readily fluent, often superficially or insincerely so: "a glib tongue". a glib talker; glib answers. His opponents say he is glib舌灿莲花, 能说会道的 and deceitful. II. a glib remark is made without careful thought and suggests that a situation is better or simpler than it really is. glib answers/ explanations. III. easy or unconstrained: glib manners. a glib denial; a slick commercial; a smooth-tongued hypocrite. 3. It'll never fly. it won't fly不会管用的, 没用的, 徒劳无功的: Fig. It will never work!; It will never be approved! (Refers originally to an evaluation of an unlikely-looking aircraft of some type.) something that you say when you think an idea will not be successful. He sent me a movie script but it'll never fly - it's just too
unbelievable. I have read your report and studied your proposal. It'll never fly. Your design for a new electric automobile is interesting, but it'll never fly! Kids need to learn from experiences, It won't fly by telling them. saffron 藏红花: Saffron ([ˈsæfrən] or [ˈsæfron]/) is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus. 4. you get what you pay for 一分钱一分货 In commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise. Usage notes: Primarily used to denigrate inexpensive goods as naturally inferior – "This dollar beer tastes awful!" "What do you expect – you get what you pay for." In this sense, particularly used in response to complaints by others ("what do you expect?"), or to express disappointment oneself ("oh well"). Also used to refer to expensive goods, to justify the high price – "I really like this car, but the price is a bit high." "Well, you get what you pay for." In both cases, the connotation is limitation – you get no more than you pay for (if you want quality, you have to pay). Sometimes used with the opposite nuance, meaning that because something is expensive, it is thus high quality – "This luxury car is awesome!" "Yeah, you really get what you pay for." In this context "really" is often used for clarity and emphasis, and the alternative phrase get one's money's worth is often used instead. get/have one's money's worth 值回票价 I. (business) In a transaction, to receive a good or service which is considered to be of a value equal to or greater than the amount of money expended. II. (idiomatic, by extension) To derive satisfaction from an experience or occurrence; to have one's expectations or hopes fulfilled. you pays your money and you takes your choice (you pays and you takes) 你自己的钱, 你自己做决定 Each person should make their own decisions. You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice. Usage notes:This phrase is almost always pronounced in the ungrammatical form: you pays and you takes. 5. Bells and whistles零碎, 鸡零狗碎(the additional features that make something attractive to use or look at. It's got a fast modem, video card...all the bells and whistles.): With six bedrooms, a pool, spa, cinema, gym and more, guests aren't left wanting别无他求, 夫复何求, 别无所求. stiletto [stɪˈletəu] 高跟鞋 I. stiletto heel. a thin high heel on a woman's shoe. a. a shoe that has a thin high heel. II. a small knife with a thin blade. silhouette [ˌsiluˈet] the dark shape or shadow of something, especially something that you cannot see clearly. The silhouette of a bird crossed the night sky. Most designers have chosen a narrower silhouette this year. 6. 句1: Police have urged people attending Vivid Sydney to be patient following overcrowding and missed stops on trains, buses and ferries as large crowds make the most of the unseasonably反季的 warm weather. 句2: According to Mr Bond's statement of claim, that wheeling and dealing (wheeling and dealing 投机钻营, 投机倒把, 蝇营狗苟 (profiteering, speculation ) complicated and sometimes dishonest agreements in business or politics that people try to achieve in order to make profits or get advantages. looking for and using a good opportunity. an attempt to make a deal or get an advantage by using complicated and sometimes dishonest or unfair methods: There was a lot of behind-the-scenes political wheeling and dealing going on. He was always wheeling and dealing to get financial support. It's an article about all the wheeling and dealing that goes on in financial markets. Usage notes: usually said about business or financial opportunities, and also used in the form wheel and deal: If you want to be successful in this business, you have to wheel and deal. engage in commercial or political scheming, especially unscrupulously. "the wheeling and dealing of the Wall Street boom years". ) was ''conducted on the same terms and conditions as the Candy Club''. Aside from disclosing the identities of so many customers, the leaked documents also lift the lid on how much is at stake between the warring ( warring 交战双方的, 打的不可开交的, 争吵不休的 arguing or fighting with each other. warring factions/parties/sides. ) men. Company tax returns reveal the brothels collectively reaped more than $2.7 million in revenue in 2011.
新闻: 1. 泰局势: The Thai general who took power in a coup is a staunch royalist ( staunch [stɔ:ntʃ] loyal, and showing strong belief in something or strong support for something. a staunch critic/opponent/supporter. ) with a penchant for ( penchant (ˈpoŋʃoŋ) a
feeling of liking something very much or a tendency to do something a
lot. to have a taste, desire, or inclination for doing something. a
great liking for something. He had a penchant
for luxury hotel suites, limousines, and high-priced meals. John has a
penchant for eating fattening foods. Ann has a penchant for buying
clothes. penchant for: He has a penchant for giving lavish private parties. ) wading ( wade in 介入 [intransitive] British informal to become involved in someone else's discussion, argument, or fight in a confident way that may not be very welcome. She just waded in and gave the kid a smack. ) ruthlessly ( ruthless [ˈru:θləs] willing to make other people suffer so that you can achieve your aims. a ruthless dictator/killer. She showed a ruthless determination to succeed in her career. ) into the country's political turmoil — and justifying his actions as a defence of the nation and its revered monarchy. Stern ( stern I. a stern person, expression, or statement 强烈措辞, 强烈表达, 强硬的人 is serious and severe. A smile suddenly transformed her stern face. The court issued a stern warning to the driver. II. a stern 强力措施 action is so firm that you cannot oppose it. The president was prepared to resort to stern measures to get his way. be made of sterner stuff to be stronger in your character than people expect. ), pugnacious ( pugnacious [pʌɡˈneɪʃəs] 好战的, 好斗的, 好挑衅的 (belligerent) quick to argue or fight with people. ) and known for bluntly stating his opinions, the 60-year-old army chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha was due to retire this September from an office he has held since 2010. But as he imposed martial law across the kingdom on Tuesday, he hinted at his intention to occupy centre-stage for as long as the nation's political crisis persisted. The warning took on substance有实质, 兑现, 变成现实 just two days later after talks between the nation's bitter political rivals ended in Prayut declaring a dramatic coup — with all of the parties whisked away to an unknown location in military trucks. belligerent [bəˈlɪdʒərənt] (pugnacious) I. 好斗的, 好战的. very unfriendly and angry. belligerent behaviour. II. formal at war with someone. beleaguered [bɪˈli:ɡə(r)d] I. 身陷困难的. having a lot of problems or criticism to deal with. a beleaguered football manager. The beleaguered actor refused to talk to reporters today. The
beleaguered station has launched and axed two breakfast shows in the
space of 27 months after announcing Wake Up will end on Friday. The
network threw mountains of cash at the show, starting with the recruitment of Adam Boland, the creator of the Seven Network's breakfast bonanza Sunrise. Then came a purpose-built 专门建造的 set
at Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club, with Sydney's Manly Beach
providing a spectacular backdrop, which included cables between Ten's
studios at Pyrmont and Manly. Studio 10 has performed only slightly better than Wake Up in ratings but is seen as a slow burner 慢热的 for the station. When Natarsha Belling told viewers it was 'a glass half full kind of morning
here at the beach house,' he joked: 'Glass half full of whisky.'
Mathison said he was 'fiercely proud' of Wake Up and said that he and
Belling 'look after each other, and that's been the ethos of this show.'. II. mainly literary surrounded by an army and not able to escape. see the glass (as) half full to believe that a situation is more good than bad. I'm an optimist - I see the glass as half full and think we'll come through this difficult time OK. Usage notes: also used in the form the glass is half full (the situation is seen as good or hopeful): To some people, the glass is always half full. 2. Superintendent Glenn Weir from North West Metro told The Age the man was found in a pool of blood leaning against a tree靠着树 and that it was highly unlikely he had been there for long. The corpse of a shirtless, badly beaten man was found propped against 支着树 a tree next to a main road and a cemetery in Melbourne. "The male has suffered significant trauma injuries to the head, and there was a large amount of blood on and around the body," Spt Weir said. "We have a busy arterial [ɑ:(r)ˈtiəriəl] road 主干路(I. relating to the arteries. arterial blood/bleeding. arterial blood pressure. II. an arterial road or railway is part of a larger road or rail system. ) here, a cemetery on one side and an industrial area on the other. Spt Weir said police were unsure whether the man had been killed at the scene and said officers would be scouring 排查, 筛查 nearby business, roads and traffic cameras for any clues related to the death. 3. 美国男孩疯狂屠杀案: The document, titled "My Twisted World", details Elliot Rodger's anger at his inability to find a girlfriend and at humanity ( humanity [hju:ˈmænəti] I. 全人类. all the people who are living in the world. Weapons of this type are a threat to the survival of humanity. a crimes against humanity (=crimes against a very large number of people). a very serious crime that makes a lot of people suffer, often committed during a war: He was charged on six counts of crimes against humanity. II. 人性. a kind and sympathetic attitude towards other people, especially when they are suffering in some way. He was lacking in basic humanity. III. the state of being human, and of behaving and thinking in the same way as other people. By respecting other cultures, we affirm our common humanity. ) in general for "casting him out 排除在外 ( ostracize. on the outer: not included in a particular activity; a social misfit. )". "All I ever wanted was to fit in and live a happy life amongst humanity, but I was cast out and rejected, forced to endure an existence of loneliness and insignificance, all because the females of the human species were incapable of seeing the value in me看不到我的好, 看不到我的优点," Rodger wrote. "All of those beautiful girls I've desired so much in my life, but can never have because they despise and loathe me( [ləuð] to dislike someone or something very much. I loathe having to get out of bed so early on a Saturday. She simply loathes her ex-husband. ), I will destroy." The news of the manifesto ( manifesto [ˌmænɪˈfestəu] 自白书 a formal statement expressing the aims and plans of a group or organization, especially a political party.) comes after it was revealed Rodger had been interviewed by police but managed to convince officers he wasn't a threat to others. A local mental health department official requested law enforcement carry out a welfare check on Rodger following a tip-off, and sheriff's deputies visited the troubled man, Brown told CNN. "They found him to be rather shy and timid, polite, well-spoken," Brown said. "He explained to deputies that it was a misunderstanding ... He was able to convince them that he was not at that point a danger to himself or anyone else." Looking back, "we certainly, you know, wish that we could turn the clock back时光倒转, 拨回时钟 and maybe change some things," Brown said in a separate interview on CBS's Face the Nation. But at the time, there were no grounds for 没根据, 没道理, 没理由 placing Rodger on an involuntary hold强制收押, 强制关押, an order which allows authorities to commit individuals to a mental health facility for further observation进一步观察, Brown said. Questions about how Rodger was free to carry out his bloody assault have swirled after it emerged he also left several manifestos in print and videos posted online explaining his motives, some of which were posted weeks before Friday's rampage屠杀, 杀戮, 大开杀戒. Rodger, son of Hollywood director Peter Rodger, wrote that he feared the police would discover the cache of weapons and bullets hidden in his room and arrest him. "If they had demanded to search my room ... that would have ended everything," he wrote. "When they left, the biggest wave of relief swept over me. It was so scary." Elliot Rodger often complained on his YouTube videos that his life
wasn't fair. But, his own social media presence reveals that the son of
Hunger Games assistant director Peter Rodger lived a life of privilege.
His father is Peter Rodger, a top Hollywood honcho, who served as
assistant director for The Hunger Games. His grandfather, George Rodger,
was a legend in the photography world who was a founding member of
Magnum Photos. Elliot Rodger took great pains 不厌其烦的 on his social media
accounts to boast about his luxurious life. 关于manifesto中提到的女孩: "It was just an illusion this kid built in his own mind头脑中自己想象罢了, I guess because he couldn't have her ... She hadn't seen him since seventh grade. She just knew he was an odd type of person at the time. I guess he had this secret crush on her that no one knew about." "She's devastated by this," Mr Moio said. "She doesn't even remember this guy...For him to call her a bully, this kid was really disillusioned纯粹是错觉." He said he and his daughter were thinking about the families 把...放在心里 of Rodger's victims. "She wounded me deeply," he wrote in the manifesto. "She must have thought I was an ultimate loser." "I hated her so much, and I will never forget her. I started to hate all girls because of this. I saw them as mean, cruel, and heartless creatures that took pleasure from 取笑, 取乐 my suffering." Rodgers emailed his manifesto to his parents and two dozen others before he murdered six people and wounded 13 others in a prolonged killing spree. He then apparently shot himself inside the black BMW used during his shooting spree. 受害者们: In his rambling screed(a long boring speech or piece of writing.), Rodger talks about having to kill his housemates "to secure the entire apartment for myself as my personal torture and killing chamber." In videos and a written diatribe(diatribe [ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb] a speech or piece of writing that angrily attacks someone or something. The senator launched into a furious diatribe against handguns.), Elliot Rodger, 22, vowed retribution against those he believed had slighted 轻视, 看不起 him. Authorities said he acted on those plans Friday. A studious 勤勉的, 勤奋好学的 kid and avid 热衷读书 reader, Michaels-Martinez was also an athlete from a young age, his father said, beginning with soccer and going on to play football and basketball. He said many of her friends went on to other prestigious schools such as Princeton and she wanted to go to the University of Washington. But the out-of-state tuition and financial situation made that prohibitive( prohibitive [prəuˈhɪbɪtɪv] I. a prohibitive cost or price 让人望而却步的 prevents people from buying something because it is too expensive. The cost of conversion to western technology would be prohibitive. II. limiting something, or preventing something from being done. prohibitive laws. ). He said she always organized events for her circle of friends. He described her friends as nerds and serious students. "She wanted to be a financial wizard, and use her high aptitude with ( natural ability that makes it easy for you to do something well. an aptitude test. aptitude for 天生能力: I had no aptitude for accountancy and began to hate it.) complicated math." She didn't know many people at the Santa Barbara campus but the sorority gave her a built-in circle of friends, he said. Katherine Breann Cooper was a painter with an outgoing side开朗的一面. 4. 澳洲甜心婚姻危机: The heartbreak of a long-distance relationship, jealousies, flirtations, one career in crisis while the other soars蒸蒸日上, 兴旺… it's been a challenging year in Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's marriage. And now their union appears to be on its shakiest ground yet, with the couple spending their time almost entirely apart. The depth of their troubles was made very much apparent last week, when Keith was conspicuously absent from his wife's side at the Cannes Film Festival, where she faced the universal panning ( informal to criticize someone or something very strongly. ) of her new film Grace Of Monaco alone. Keith's inability to even free up one day空不出一天来, 腾不出一天(free up to make someone or something available to be used for something else. By scrapping this scheme, the government has freed vital resources. free someone/something for something: We need to free more police officers for street duties. free someone/something to do something: A classroom assistant frees teachers to concentrate on teaching.) in his schedule at such a critical and difficult time in Nicole's professional life has raised eyebrows and been a shattering blow 心碎打击 to the already-fragile actress. 5. 丹麦王子的疯狂: Partying like there's no tomorrow at a popular Danish nightclub, the handsome 45-year-old flirts up a storm ( cook ~; gab ~; sing ~; kick ~; talk ~. up a storm 卖力的 with a lot of energy Her dog barks up a storm every time the phone rings. They were sitting in a corner, talking up a storm. Usage notes: used after action verbs, as in the examples. Whenever we get together, we always talk up a storm. Everyone was gabbing up a storm and didn't hear the chairman come in. "up a storm" is an expression used to say that there's is a large amount of something. With that, I think you can figure out what he meant ) on the dance floor, even grabbing a lamp to use as a spotlight on the girls. Little wonder( little/small wonder it is not really surprising: After five years with the company she hadn't been promoted - small wonder then that she decided to quit her job. Her car's been broken for the past two months, so it's little wonder (that) she hasn't come to visit you recently. ) fellow revellers were shocked at flirty Fred's far-from-Prince Charming behaviour on a recent Friday night out at Bar O in Copenhagen. His scandalous behaviour has once again sent the Danish press into a frenzy over this latest wild night away from his wife – with whom he recently marked a 10th wedding anniversary – and left her embarrassed and in tears. 6. 泰局势之二 - Thai junta(junta [ˈdʒʌntə][ˈhuntə] 军事政变领导人 a group of military officers that governs a country, usually without having been elected. A junta or military junta (/ˈhʊntə/ or /ˈdʒʌntə/) is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish word junta, meaning committee or meeting; specifically a board of directors. ) sets ultimatum for defiant 目无法纪的, 无视法纪的, 抗旨不尊的 anti-coup protesters. Thailand's ruling junta warned protesters it would not tolerate any further rallies against its coup after tense standoffs Sunday between soldiers and angry crowds in the capital Bangkok. Dozens of demonstrators faced off against lines of armed soldiers before and after more than one thousand protesters marched through the city, the largest show of dissent since the army seized power 夺权, 篡权 on Thursday following months of political turmoil. 7. 关于加油站加油: Drove past this Caltex/Woolies petrol station last night. The large luminous sign displayed E10 139.9 and Premium ULP 95 152.9. The price was good, so queued up to top up the thristy tank. The petrol station was busy with people filling up. When I squeezed the pump handle, pump did not start and price went blank. I tried to catch the attention of attendent to reset the pump but he was busy serving other customers. When asked, attendent said he just received the call and put the price up. Other motorists were on the queue paying without noticing the price was changed and heard our conversation. 回复: Way back when I was developing and programming pumps and pump consoles (in Victoria), it wasn't possible to change the pump price while any of the pumps were in use. The attendant could press a button to signal that a price change was required, but it couldn't proceed until every pump was back on the hook. The console doesn't maintain the pump values, it just sends them to the pump as part of the initialisation, and the pump does the delivery, then the pump sends the amount of fuel and the price back to the console at the end. The pump price cannot be changed during a delivery. So, the price shown on the pump at the start of the delivery must be the same as at the end of the delivery. I also seem to recall that 好像记得, 依稀记得 there was a regulation (in Victoria anyway) that the large signs had to be changed before the pump price was allowed to be changed. I've been out of the game for more than 20 years, so I don't know whether that's still a rule, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't. The pumps also do a kind of countdown from 60 during which time the console operator will usually use the PA to explain why no one can get any fuel until the countdown finishes. If the price change is to go up the advertised price MUST go up first. There can be big fines issued if it is done intentionally to mislead customers. Speaking from experience以我的经验, the system will intorduce a price change while you are conducting a sale so if you go to press a button to finalise a sale you have supposedly authorised a price change next thing you have to do depends on the attendant and how the price board operates whether it can be changed remotely or if it's old school and the attendant has to go outside especially when its busy and maybe by themselves. Is it a fact or myth that it is better not to fill up when the tanker truck is pumping fuel to storage in petrol station? Heard the new fuel is more likely to vaporize. 8. 房产的冬天: It was the third week in a row that prices had posted significant falls, but not necessarily an indication that并不表示, 并不代表 the market has topped out and, at long last, begun the slump that pundits have been forecasting for years now. There are two reason to doubt that the boom is now going bust( to become bankrupt ). One is that the market dipped 触底 at the same time last year, and to about the same degree - around two per cent or a bit more by RP Data measure. Both times it had recovered all the lost ground 收复失地 by the end of June. There is an obvious seasonal pattern. Consumer confidence figures since the budget the week before last suggest households have had their equilibrium disturbed ( equilibrium [ˌi:kwɪˈlɪbriəm] I. 平衡. 和平的状态. a situation in which there is a balance between different forces or aspects. A new arms race in the region would upset the delicate equilibrium between the opposing factions. in equilibrium: a situation in which supply and demand are in equilibrium. II. 内心的平静, 平和的状态. a calm mental state in which you are in control of your feelings. He tried hard to maintain his equilibrium. III. physics a state in which an object is not moving in any way, or is moving at the same rate all the time, because there is a balance between any forces affecting it. ). So the coming few weeks, especially the latter half of June when prices would normally be expected to recover from their winter blues(Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression, winter blues, summer depression, summer blues, or seasonal depression, was considered a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or summer. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV and DSM-5, its status was changed. It is no longer classified as a unique mood disorder but is now a specifier called With seasonal pattern for recurrent major depressive disorder that occurs at a specific time of the year and fully remits ( remit [ˈri:mɪt] v. I. formal to send money to someone, for example as payment for goods or services. II. legal to send a case back to the original court to be dealt with there. n. a particular area of work that someone is responsible for. The remit is to examine how staff deal with abusive customers. within/outside the remit of: I'm sorry, but these problems fall outside the remit of the department. ) otherwise. Although experts were initially skeptical, this condition is now recognized as a common disorder, with its prevalence in the U.S. ranging from 1.4% in Florida to 9.7% in New Hampshire.) as they did last year and the year before, will be a critical time for the housing market. If the recovery does not proceed as normal, investors will be prompted to wonder whether the easy ride is over.
