用法学习: 1. Home and Away前明星: After being on the show for more than four years, there was a personal feeling of "stagnation停滞不前(a situation in which there is no progress or development.)", she recalls, and a sense that she wasn't "being my full creative self". However, she's not in a rush to move to the US. In fact, she admits to being frightened by the thought! "LA is scary!" Amy laughs. "You're either LA or you're not. "You need an aggressive tenacity for success( tenacity [təˈnæsəti] tenacious behaviour. tenacious 坚韧不拔, 不屈不挠的, 不服输的 I. a tenacious person is very determined and is not willing to stop when they are trying to achieve something. II. tenacious ideas, beliefs, or habits continue for a long time and are difficult to change.). You've got to really chase it. I'm happy here. America isn't quite me." prerequisite [pri:ˈrekwəzit] 必须的, 首要的 n. something that must exist or happen before something else is possible. Good language skills are a prerequisite for the job. a. a course that you must take before you are allowed to take another particular course. adj. necessary in order for something to happen. 2. can't hold a candle to somebody/something 差得远了, 提鞋都不要(not be a patch on sth to be much less good than something: This new washing machine isn't a patch on our old one.) if someone or something cannot hold a candle to someone or something else, they are not as good as that other person or thing. To compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another. The old computer just doesn't hold a candle to the latest models. These pop bands that you hear nowadays can't hold a candle to the groups we used to listen to in the sixties. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form something can hold a candle to something else: Not one of her drawings can hold a candle to yours. Etymology: Probably from the custom of apprentices to a trade holding a candle so the master worker could see clearly. If a person was not even good enough for such a simple task, then they were worthless. 3. corrugated iron/cardboard 瓦棱的 [ˈkorəˌɡeɪtɪd], stinker a. An irritating, disgusting, or contemptible person. b. Something very difficult: The interview was a real stinker. c. One that is of poor quality or is shoddy: a new sitcom that was quite a stinker. From Frozen: Elsa, It's me, Anna... Your sister who didn't mean to make you freeze the summer. I'm sorry. It's all my fault. Of course, none of this would have happened if she'd just told me her secret... ha... She's a stinker. dope I. [countable] a stupid person. II. [uncountable] an illegal drug, especially cannabis. a dope dealer. III. the dope mainly American all the information or latest news about someone or something. dope on: What's the dope on Kate's new boyfriend? v. I. dope up to give someone a drug to take away their pain or to make them sleep. They've doped her quite heavily because she was in such pain. II. to give a person or an animal a drug so that they run faster in a race. Tests revealed that the horse had been doped. 4. buck's party 恶作剧: This hilarious video of a blindfolded groom-to-be tricked into leaping into a pond after being told he was bungee jumping from a bridge in Belgium has gone viral. The bachelor thought he was standing high up on a platform and would soon be leaping through the air with a bungee cord strapped to his feet绑在脚上. The buck's legs were fastened together and the handcuffs behind his back undone as they walked him to the edge of the platform. The friends milked the event for all it was worth( milk 持续的取笑 To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to take advantage of (a situation). When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs. ), stalling for two minutes as the groom-to-be stood ready and waiting to fly off the bridge. When he finally took the bungee jump his friends collapsed in laughter when the buck hit the water, bringing his plunge to an abrupt and unexpected stop. 5. sleep/live rough British if you sleep or live rough, you sleep or live outside. 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. switched-on 明白事的, 知道发生了什么的, 精明的 adj I. British informal aware of what is going on or what is up to date. Someone who is switched on is alert and intelligent. alert and up-to-date; with it. quick to know about or be involved with the most recent fashions and ideas. My brother is switched on and has lots of
friends. I'm not switched on. In fact, I am pretty dull. That Ohlsson seems really switched on. I think he has a lot of potential. Although she is just three years old, she is pretty switched-on. II. Sl. excited. I get switched on by that kind of music. I am never switched on by raucous music. 6. 巴厘岛附近火山爆发: "At this stage it's speculation都是猜测... from what I can tell据我看, as the ash moves it dissipates( dissipate[ˈdɪsɪpeɪt] I. [intransitive/transitive] 消弱. to gradually disappear by becoming less strong, or to make something do this. a material designed to dissipate heat. II. [transitive] to waste something such as time, money, or supplies by not using it in a sensible way. The benefits of smaller wage increases for workers have been dissipated by the Government.) so it could be good news for tomorrow," she said. Australian aviation authorities recommend against 不推荐 flights into areas with visible volcanic ash clouds because the fine particles are hazardous to aircraft engines. "But going on past experience据过去的经验来看, this is usually [a] 24-hour type event." "This is currently being fully assessed全面评估." Airservices Australia has reportedly begun diverting international flights around the ash plume [plum]. "All of the plumes will be affecting aviation," he said. 7. celibacy [ˈselɪbəsi] 禁欲(celibate [ˈseləbət] not having sex. never having sex, often because of religious beliefs.) a state of not having sex for a period of time, or never having sex. Their priests take a vow of celibacy (=promise to not have sex). stop trying to con me into watching football. daggy not fashionable. untidy, dirty, and unpleasant. half-done 革命尚未成功(job half-done)
adj (of a job, task, project, etc) only partially completed. Smith
tweeted on Monday night: "Injuries are always tough especially when you
feel job is half done. Sad to be leaving". Don't leave the job half
done: Why salespeople need to be both hunter and farmer. 8. back-alley/back-street 黑市的, 非法的 done secretly or illegally by people who are not very skilful. Secret and illegal. a backstreet abortion. A Tasmanian man has been jailed for almost 10 years for battering a HIV positive lover to death in a back-alley in central Sydney. Paul Darcey Armstrong bashed Felipe Flores after a sexual encounter off Lincoln Crescent, a "lovers' lane" in Woolloomooloo in September 1991, during the global AIDs crisis and amid a spate of gay bashings ( spate I. a large number of things of the same type, usually bad things, that suddenly happen in a very short period of time. spate of 大量突发的事件: a spate of bombings/thefts/violence. in spate if a river is in spate, it is much deeper than usual and the water in it is moving very fast, for example after snow melts in the spring. ) across Sydney. The pair had met in a nearby pub. After the tryst, Flores revealed he was HIV positive, prompting Armstrong to lose control and attack the Ecuadorian national with such fury that he nearly split his liver. Flores, who moved to Australia in 1988, suffered multiple injuries and major internal bruising and his body was found by a security guard dumped nearby about an hour after the attack. Armstrong has previously been convicted for two rapes. His non-parole period for those crimes, which were separate to the Flores attack, ran out in October 2012 不可保释期已过.
关于man flu: Man flu is a pejoratively used phrase that refers to the idea
that men, when they have a cold, exaggerate and claim they have the flu.
Whilst a commonly used phrase in the UK and Ireland, it is referred to
in other cultures and there is a continuing discussion over the
scientific basis for the phrase. 例子: 'Man flu left me
paralysed': Teacher is forced to learn to walk again after common cold
left him comatose in hospital: A teacher who was left paralysed after a
bout of 'man flu' has taught himself to walk again. Tom O'Neill, from
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, picked up a runny nose and cough from
one of his pupils. When he complained about feeling under the weather,
his wife Hayley told him to stop exaggerating his symptoms. But within
days, the maths teacher's condition had deteriorated. Mr O'Neill, 27,
found himself unable to move his legs, and the paralysis crept across
his body, rendering him unable to move. He slipped into a coma while in
hospital, as doctors worked to determine what was causing his body to
shut down. Remarkably Mr O'Neill has battled back from the illness, and
after re-learning to walk, he is preparing to return to work.
Is Kurt Coleman the vainest ( vain I. showing disapproval 自恋的. someone who is vain is very proud and thinks they are very attractive or special. Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. He was vain about his looks, spending hours in the gym. II. unsuccessful, or useless. a vain attempt/bid/effort: They made a vain attempt to protect the town from attack. vain hope: He underwent a knee operation in the vain hope of getting into the team.) boy in the world? 史上最自恋男孩: Self-obsession (narcissist, love me) and selfies rocket Australian teenager to Internet fame: Seventeen-year-old Kurt Coleman has garnered an enormous following online by posting selfies and boasting about his good looks. Kurt is particularly popular in Australia and there are even businesses which sell Kurt Coleman merchandise周边商品. "It's ridiculous, they're making money off my face, I'm going to get around to getting money out of them." In a manner not dissimilar to Justin Bieber, the social media star polarises opinion. Some admire his beauty and liberating individualism(making you feel that you have more freedom to do what you want.) but others lament the popularity of a modern-day Narcissus现代的自恋者 whose looks have stunted the development of his personality. When 17-year-old Kurt Coleman walks past his own reflection he stops in awe to look at the teenager staring back at him. But it's a trait his Mother has grown to love about her selfie obsessed son, who spends more time behind the camera and in front of a mirror than you care to imagine. Speaking about the teenager, Maureen Coleman has delved into ( delve 探入, 深入 I. to look for information by searching through something thoroughly. This biography delves deep into the artist's private life. II. to search for something in a bag, pocket etc. Frank delved into his pocket and brought out a few coins. ) the private life of a very public teenager who in an interview with New Idea told the magazine about the bullying which forced him to drop out of school. But apart from a few online taunts ( taunt [tɔ:nt] v. 谩骂 to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. to shout cruel things at someone in order to make them angry or upset. n. a cruel remark that is intended to make someone angry or upset. ), which his mother said he has learnt to rise above ( rise above something I. to deal well with a difficult or unpleasant situation. Cara did her best to rise above the shocking news. a. to be morally good enough not to do something bad, especially something that most other people do. He was able to rise above the prejudices of his generation. II. 卓然群雄 to be better than other things of the same type. This book clearly rises above the thousands of its competitors. ), it it has been a largely fruitful 基本上是成果卓著的 rise to stardom for the online wonder kid who is now under the wing of a full time publicist. It is claims such as the one where he declared himself god's gift to earth and that he is Australia's answer to Paris Hilton which has raised his teenage profile. Naturally, comments such as the claim he is Australia's answer to Paris Hilton has elicited 招来, 招致 some strong reaction online, but Maureen supports her son's positive attitude and outgoing lifestyle. 'I'm not surprised he has become successful, I've always told him to dream big远大理想, 大梦想.' But while this kind of self-delusional attitude has rustled the feathers of 惹恼, 激怒 many active people on social media, the one woman closer to him than any other said there's never a dull moment when he's around. She said on one occasion she came home to find him re-arranging 重新布置 his room to have the end of his bed facing the mirror. His reason? so that when he woke up the first person he saw was himself. His jaw-dropping 令人咂舌的 popularity has also spawned a mini-industry, with businesses set up in Australia flogging Kurt Coleman-related merchandise.
