用法学习: 1. bite the hand that feeds you 反咬一口, 忘恩负义 to treat someone badly who has helped you in some way, often someone who has provided you with money. To cause harm to a benefactor. to severely criticize the person or organization that helps you or pays you. It is unwise to bite the hand that feeds you, but TV journalists need to tell the truth about the news business. Leaving the company after they've spent three years training you up - it's a bit like biting the hand that feeds you. vice I. 缺陷, 弱点. In spite of his vices, he was loved by all. His worst vice is his continual chattering.
II. 不道德行为, 堕落. an immoral or wicked personal characteristic. immoral or
wicked behavior. criminal activities involving prostitution,
pornography, or drugs. Ingratitude忘恩负义 is a despicable vice. The police wage war on crime and vice. III. 恶习. a weakness of character or behavior; a bad habit. He used his inheritance to indulge his vices of drinking and gambling. Smoking is a harmful vice. come back to bite you If something will come back to bite you, it will cause problems for you in the future. Her unpleasant remarks may well come back to bite her later. bite in the ass 吃尽苦头, 吃不了兜着走 to have negative consequences. If you don't study hard in the beginning of the semester, it'll bite you in the ass later. chew somebody's ass (out) (American very informal!) to speak or shout angrily at someone because they have done something wrong His boss will chew his ass if he doesn't finish the report on time. bite off more than you can chew 不自量力, 高估自己 (informal) to try to do more than you are able to do Don't bite off more than you can chew. Let someone else organize the party. 2. death stare/glare 恶狠狠的盯着看 informal A hostile or contemptuous look directed at a particular person: Bruce gave her a death stare that was even detectable through his sunglasses. go out on a limb I. (idiomatic) To take a risk. He doesn't want to go out on a limb, but he really should give it a try sometime. II. 大胆一猜. to hazard a guess. I'm going to go out on a limb and take a guess that you have never travelled to Vietnam? I'm going to go out on a limb here. You're together? III. if you go out on a limb, you state an opinion or you do something which
is very different to most other people. I don't think we're going out on a
limb in claiming that global warming is a problem that must be
addressed. Rob Thompson, the producer, admits the series is going out on
a limb in that it is quite different to anything else currently on
television. 3. Sceptics, however, have pointed out that the man's name and passport number had been obliterated ( obliterate To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy. ) by the drawing and the doodles may have been digitally manipulated, arousing suspicion that the whole episode is a fake整件事都是假的. The supposed felt tip pen marks ( A marker pen, marking pen, felt-tip pen( felt I. 毛毡. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. II. A hat made of felt. Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibres together. Felt can be made of natural fibres such as wool or synthetic fibres such as acrylic. There are many different types of felts for industrial, technical, designer and craft applications. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can vary in terms of fibre content, colour, size, thickness, density and more factors depending on the use of the felt. ), flow, marker or texta (in Australia), is a pen which has its own ink-source, and usually a tip made of a porous, pressed fibers such as felt. ) also do not appear to have made any indentation or smudging ( I. 污点, 污迹, 污斑(stain). A blemish; a smear. a small untidy mark made by a substance such as dirt or ink. There was a smudge on the paper. II. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation. blemish [ˈblemɪʃ] a mark or spot that spoils the appearance of something. a. a mark on someone's skin, such as a spot or a scar. II. a mistake or dishonest action that spoils someone's reputation or career. blemish on: This is a serious blemish on the minister's record. ) on the passport paper at all. Gaming website Kotaku has also taken a fine comb to the alleged photograph, dismissing it as a hoax. 4. Engineer dog plays fetch 扔球再去取回来 by himself: An engineer with a penchant for DIY
has discovered a way to entertain his enthusiastic pooch without
lifting a finger不费吹灰之力. A rumble seat (American English), dicky seat, dickie seat or dickey seat (British English), also called mother-in-law seat, is an upholstered exterior seat which hinges or otherwise opens out from the rear deck of a pre-World War II automobile, and seats one or more passengers. An 1899 Century Dictionary describes a rumble as "A seat for servants in the rear of a carriage". Roadster, coupe and cabriolet auto body styles were offered with either a luggage compartment or a rumble seat in the deck. Models equipped with a rumble seat were often referred to as a sport coupe or sport roadster. Rumble seat passengers were essentially seated out in the elements, and received little or no protection from the regular passenger compartment top. Folding tops and side curtains for rumble seats were available for some cars (including the Ford Model A) but never achieved much popularity. 5. territorial /ˌterəˈtɔːriəl/ I. 领土的. relating to the land of a particular country. territorial disputes/claims. II. territorial animals or people 捍卫领土的 do not like other animals or people entering an area that they believe belongs to them. Sharks are extremely territorial and antagonistic towards their own kind. territorial waters 领海. the sea near the coast of a country that is controlled by that country. antagonistic /ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk/ 不友好的, 厌恶的 I. disliking someone or something very much and behaving in a very unfriendly way towards them. antagonistic towards/to: You sound very antagonistic towards her. II. opposing something strongly. 6. A dress shoe 皮鞋 (U.S. English) is a shoe to be worn at smart casual or more formal events. A dress shoe is typically contrasted to an athletic shoe. Dress shoes are worn by many as their standard daily shoes, and are widely used in dance, for parties, and for special occasions. Men's dress shoes are most commonly black or brown. Other possible colors include: burgundy, oxblood, chestnut, cordovan or white. Cordovan or oxblood shoes are worn sometimes in the United States, while the other colours are worn by men of many nationalities. They are all made of leather, usually entirely, including the outers, lining, and sole, though for more durability at the expense of elegance, many shoes are made with rubber soles. Smart casual is an ill-defined dress code that is generally a neat yet informal attire. The locality, type of event, context or culture constitutes the various interpretation of the dress code and therefore the designating of certain clothing pieces as smart casual is disputed—for example, jeans. Personal judgement 个人判断 is required to interpret the ill-defined term smart casual based on its context, theme, people, location, weather and spirit. Australia's national dictionary, Macquarie Dictionary, defines smart casual as "well-dressed in a casual style". Oxford defines it as "neat, conventional, yet relatively informal in style, especially as worn to conform to a particular dress code". 7. Ange Postecoglou put Australia on the path to regeneration重生, 再造 and he is not turning back, with the Socceroos coach defending his decision to omit experienced defender Luke Wilkshire from his final World Cup squad. coincidence I. [countable/uncountable] a situation in which separate things happen by chance at the same time or in the same way. when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual. 'I'm going to Appleby tomorrow.' 'What a coincidence真巧, 太巧了! I'm going up there too.' coincidence that凑巧, 碰巧, 巧合: It was rather a coincidence that she appeared at that exact moment. It was a happy coincidence美丽意外, 美丽的巧合 that Robert arrived at the same time. by coincidence: By coincidence, John and I both ended up at Yale. By coincidence, his teaching contract finished at about the same time his first book was published. no coincidence 绝非巧合: After the fourth attack on her car she was convinced that the vandalism was more than just coincidence. It is no coincidence that coastal communities have often been deeply religious. pure/sheer coincidence纯属巧合: I didn't set out to find you - it's sheer coincidence that I should walk along the same street. It might have been planned or it might have been pure coincidence. II. [singular/uncountable] formal a situation in which ideas or opinions are the same. coincidence of: They have a substantial coincidence of business interests. a coincidence of interest between the mining companies and certain politicians. 8. lean(leand or leant) I. [intransitive] to move your body so it is closer to or further from someone or something, for example by bending at the waist. lean forward/back/towards/across etc弯腰: The other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on. I leaned over her shoulder to study the maps spread out on the table. Bigelow leaned across the desk and lowered his voice. II. [intransitive] to stand or be set at an angle against something for support instead of being upright. Two of the walls lean slightly inwards. lean against靠着, 依靠着, 支撑着, 倚着: Corey leaned against the apple tree. lean on: He walked in, leaning heavily on a cane. Mr Orchard, 33, said: 'It was a stand-up mirror in her room, and it was always leant up against the wall靠着墙 so we never saw behind it. a. [transitive] to put something at an angle against something for support. lean something against something: John leaned his rake against the side of the barn. III. [intransitive] to tend to choose or support something. lean towards/to/in favour of倾向于: She is leaning towards supporting military action. The board of directors is leaning in favour of supporting the merger. lean in the direction of something: The decision to increase the budget hasn't been made, but the committee is leaning in that direction. lean on someone I. to depend on someone. Everybody needs someone to lean on in times of trouble. II. informal to put pressure on someone in order to make them do something. The Prime Minister's been leaning pretty heavily on her to resign. lean on something to press the horn of a car in a determined way. The taxi driver was waiting out front, leaning on the horn. lean-to noun [countable] British English a simple outdoor building or shelter that uses the side of another building as one of its walls and has a sloping roof.
Sacked Carlton player asked fan for 'sex session': Sacked AFL player Josh Bootsma propositioned ( proposition/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ I. a statement that people can examine in order to decide whether it is true. proposition that: the proposition that all religions are equally valid. II. an offer or suggestion, especially involving business or politics. I have a business proposition to put to you. a. an offer to have sex with someone, especially when the offer is considered offensive. III. something or someone that you have to deal with, described as having a particular quality. Finishing the run in the rain wasn't a very attractive proposition. v. to offer to have sex with someone, especially in an offensive way. ) a young fan for sex within 15 minutes of connecting on social media, according to reports. The 21-year-old Carlton Blues draft pick sent the 23-year-old woman explicit images and asked her around (ask round/around I. (idiomatic, intransitive) To enquire about something to different people. I don't know the answer to that, but maybe someone else does - I'll ask round. II. (idiomatic, transitive) To invite someone to your house. I think I'll ask John and Betty round for supper on Friday. Usage notes: In the transitive sense 2 the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.) to his house, telling her he was single despite having a girlfriend who was pregnant, the Herald Sun reports. "I think you are a sexy girl who deserves to be treated like a princess," one of his messages read. "Are you up for a sex session on Tuesday?" a later message read. Bootsma was sacked by Carlton on Tuesday after his inappropriate use of social media proved to be the last straw in a series of discipline issues over several months. Carlton would not offer details but several media outlets reported at the time it involved explicit images. The woman, an aspiring makeup artist who was not named by the Herald Sun, admitted she was an obsessed Blues fan who started following Carlton players on Instagram. She said she met Bootsma in person at an open training day last August and he started sending her messages the next day on Kik, a mobile instant messaging app. "At the start he was sweet and trying to woo me but I'm not stupid," she was quoted as saying. "I caught on ( catch on I. [with someone] to become popular or fashionable. Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. II. to understand. He didn't catch on at first. catch on to: Then I caught on to what it was the man was saying.) pretty quickly what he was about." The woman said the messages stopped by November when Bootsma's girlfriend became aware of their online chats.
新电台收听率出炉: High-priced KIIS1065 recruits Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O
relinquished top spot in FM to WSFM stablemates "Jonesy and Amanda" in a
zero-sum 零和博弈 third ratings survey for ARN, where WSFM usurped its newly
rebranded KIIS1065. MACQUARIE Radio Network's 2GB celebrated ten straight years as Sydney's top-rating radio station today. The
Sydney talk station, led by breakfast host Alan Jones and morning host
Ray Hadley, registered its 80th consecutive survey win, and Jones
stretches his reign to the top to approximately 180 consecutive wins
when adding his previous supremacy ( [suˈpreməsi] 尊贵, 地位崇高, 崇高无尚, 白人至上 a situation in which one person, group, or thing has more power or influence than any other. Rival gangs battled for supremacy. white supremacy the belief that white people are better than people of other races. Justin Bieber also allegedly jokes about joining white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan. It's got us wondering… Just how much more incriminating 致命的, 足以治罪的 ( to show or make you think that someone is guilty of a crime. Be careful you don't say anything to incriminate yourself. No incriminating evidence was found. ) evidence of Justin is lying around? "Unfortunately this is the devastating reality of how Justin has behaved and reveals his attitude toward such a deeply emotive subject," a source told the paper. ) at 2UE. Jones said he was bemused ( confused My father looked slightly bemused. They exchanged bemused glances交换眼神, 疑惑不解的眼神. ) by
the headlines FM personalities generate. "I never understand the
difference between FM and AM," he said. "Ratings are ratings; you either
win them or you don't but it seems for convenience we hive off ( I. business to separate part of an organization or service and sell it. Public services have been hived off to specialist agencies. II. to consider something as separate from other things. ) the FM
to believe that that's some special mountain that only special people
can climb." "In this game we're all trying to climb the same
mountain and today, as on other days, we've got to the top before they
did," Jones said.
Putting green: The
putting(putt /pʌt/ in golf, a gentle hit of the ball so that it rolls along the ground a short distance towards the hole. off-putting I. used for describing something that you want to avoid because it is unpleasant and not attractive. It tasted OK but the smell was a bit off-putting. II. used for describing something that stops you concentrating on what you are doing. I prefer films that have been dubbed into English. Subtitles are so off-putting. ) green, or simply the green, is an area of very closely trimmed
grass on relatively even, smooth ground surrounding the hole, allowing
players to make precision strokes on it([prɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n] the quality of being very accurate and exact. He kicks the ball with precision and accuracy精准. with mathematical precision 像数学一样精准的: planning or doing something very accurately and carefully. He arranged the items with mathematical precision on the plate. a mathematical certainty something that will definitely happen. Victory is now a mathematical certainty. ). To "putt" is to play a stroke
on this surface, usually with the eponymous ( eponymous /ɪˈponɪməs/ 同名的 the eponymous character in a story has the same name as the title of the story.) "putter" club, which has
very low loft so that the ball rolls smoothly along the ground, and
hopefully into the cup.
'Ladies in need of a companion whilst in the land of gods, I'm an Australian... living in Bali': The cringeworthy ad promoting 'sex addict' Todd Gisondi as a gigolo(gigolo [ˈdʒɪɡələu] a man who is paid to have romantic or sexual relationships with women.) - written by his MOTHER. He has made a name for himself bedding tourists in Bali, now it looks as though Australia's self-proclaimed sex addict Todd Gisondi is looking to turn his sex life into a money spinner( a money-spinner 摇钱树 (British & Australian) a business or product that makes a lot of money for someone. Cookery books are becoming a real money-spinner for the publishing industry. ). The man, who critics are giving a spray back home for ruining Australia's reputation abroad, is taking his self-proclaimed sexual exploits one step further in a move likely to outrage Aussies even more. The mother of the Bali-based expat(expatriate /eksˈpætriət/ someone who lives in a country that is not their own country. Prague has a large population of American expatriates. ), who stars in reality TV series What Happens In Bali, has waged into her son's controversial and unemployed lifestyle by convincing the 25-year-old to work the corners ( work the corners To do prostitution or be a hooker. To sell yourself on the streets in the corner. Sally: I got a new job to work the corners. Bob: Oh you're selling food? Sally: sure i am! ) of Kuta's party district as a gigolo - searching for tourists 'looking for a companion whilst in the land of gods.' Gisondi, 25, is originally from Newcastle but up and fled to Bali after splitting with his long-time girlfriend. He says he has slept with more than 100 women since making the move four months ago, and on the program claims to never come home from a night out without a woman. 'I'm 100 per cent gonna go home with someone,' he says. It is claims such as this which has lead his mother to convince him to work as a pimp, and Gisondi wants to charge his clients up to $100 an hour for his services. Referring to himself on the program in the third person第三人称, Gisondi says: 'Mum's a bit worried about precious Toddy.' So, she's like 'you know you're sleeping with all these girls, how about you start getting paid for it Toddy?.' The job description paints him as 描绘成 an part Australian, part Italian stallion whom ladies looking for a good time would be hard pressed to ( be hard pressed/pushed to be having difficulty doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money (usually + to do sth). I'll be hard pressed to get this report done by Friday. You'd be hard pushed to find a good car for under £1,000. With cuts in government funding, hospitals are hard pressed at the moment. ) refuse难以拒绝. 'Ladies in need of a companion whilst in the land of gods, I'm an Australian with Italian origin, 25-years-old now living in Bali,' it reads. It is the solution, his mother claims, to keeping him out of trouble and preventing him from getting girls pregnant. The 25-year-old checks himself into a sex clinic, a prerequisite 先决条件 required of gigolo's to ensure they have a clean bill of health. Gisondi has copped a spray( Cop a spray猛喷口水: To get angrily yelled at, and in the process, copping a spray of saliva. My boss caught me f*cking around at work... man, did I cop a spray! spray I. [intransitive/transitive] if you spray a liquid, or if it sprays, it is forced out of a container through a small hole into the air. To project a liquid in a dispersive manner. The firemen sprayed the house. Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters. Spray some ointment on that scratch. The fountain's cool water sprayed upwards with a pleasant hiss. Mansell stood on the podium and sprayed champagne into the air. spray someone/something with something: I caught the kids next door spraying my dog with cold water! spray something on/onto/over something: The chemical is sprayed onto the roof to weatherproof it. a. to cover crops or a large area of land with a chemical spray in order to kill insects or to prevent diseases. Health officials have sprayed the areas where the virus was active. Farmers have to apply for permits to spray from the air. spray for: They're spraying for mosquitoes this weekend. b. British to paint a car by spraying paint on it. II. [transitive] to shoot a large number of bullets at something, covering a wide area. spray someone/something with something: The men sprayed the vehicle with automatic gunfire. III. [intransitive/transitive] if a cat sprays a particular area, it urinates in many places around the area to show other cats that it lives there. n. I. [countable/uncountable] a liquid product in a container that you use by pushing a button so that the liquid is forced out through a small hole into the air. Don't forget to pack the insect spray. a spray bottle/can. II. [singular/uncountable] many small drops of water that are forced into the air together, for example from the sea. The cold spray from the rocks below stung her face. The dog shook himself sending a spray of water into the air. III. [countable] a small branch with flowers or berries on it, used for decoration. fresh sprays of evergreen. ) back home for his sexual exploits on the show What Happens In Bali. The ad goes on to describe Gisondi, best known for picking up women using his dog Tito and for acts constituting sex with two or more women at one time, as 'athletic, tanned, well built, well educated and well spoken( I. someone who is well spoken has an intelligent and pleasant way of speaking. II. words that are well spoken are chosen well and express exactly what the speaker wants to say.).' It advises that 'all areas of discretion ( /dɪˈskreʃ(ə)n/ I. the right or ability to make a judgment or decision. at someone's discretion 根据自己的判断 (=according to someone's judgment or decision): Shops will exchange unwanted goods entirely at their discretion. exercise/use discretion 谨慎小心: Teachers must be allowed to exercise their own discretion in choosing suitable classroom materials. II. careful and sensitive behaviour that does not upset or offend people. The investigation will be carried out with the utmost discretion. ) are assured' for women wishing to sleep with 'Anthony,' the pimp pseudonym his mother chose. Those he perceives fortunate enough to sleep with him will pay just $100 an hour for his company. 'Mate, I'm gonna have to pop some Viagra to pump out an hour,' he says. It's a sure fire way to russle some of the feathers of the Australian public who haven't taken well to 不能接受 Gisondi's overseas antics. 'Disgusting television. Todd is vial ( A vial 试管, 小瓶. (also known as a phial or flacon) is a small glass or plastic vessel or bottle, often used to store medication as liquids, powders or capsules. They can also be used as scientific sample vessels; for instance, in autosampler devices in analytical chromatography. Vial-like glass containers date back to classical antiquity; modern vials are often made of plastics such as polypropylene. ) and his attitude to women is appalling,' Ellie Thomas wrote on the program's Facebook page. 'Obviously there are no female producers because any self respecting woman would not let this trash air.' Kylie Atkinson said: 'He was such a tool, I couldn't stand him. Why did they devote so much time to this idiot? This is not a documentary!!' And they're also unlikely to be charmed by his visit to a Bali sex clinic - describing to the doctor his sexual activities when asked how many times he has used a condom. 'None. Maybe once, but I took it off,' he says. Asked if he ever questions his partners about their own sexual history he says 'I usually have sex with them and leave. I don't really talk to them after it. I'm just like 'see you later'. But his mother has vowed to defend her son against any criticism. 'Full support to the prince of poppies(poppies lane in bali) lol… yeh love his guts lol funny as all fark.' There are two main ways he trawls for ( trawl /trɔ:l/ I. to look for someone or something, for example by searching through a large amount of information. I've been trawling the Internet to find a new job. He has trawled through hundreds of documents in the library. II. 捕捞. to catch fish by pulling a large net behind a boat. ) women – walking up and down the beach with his dog Titto or going out drinking in Poppies Lane in the party district of Kuta. The rugby player - who only targets tourists, never locals or expats - uses his dog to break the ice, and has a very specific system for scoring girls. He gets a 'cat conversion' if he succeeds in taking a girl home before midnight. He gets a 'double double' if he gets a cat conversion and then goes out and finds another girl to take home. But apart from his self-proclaimed sexual expertise, the Australian expat also counts rapping as among his aspiring talents. He goes by the name of The Prince when he's performing on stage.
