用法学习: 1. Underwriting refers to the process that a large financial service provider (bank, insurer, investment house) uses to assess the eligibility of a customer to receive their products (equity capital, insurance, mortgage, or credit). underwriter: One that underwrites, especially: a. A person or firm engaged in the insurance business. b. An insurance agent who assesses the risk of enrolling an applicant for coverage or a policy. c. One that guarantees the purchase of a full issue of stocks or bonds. I have a NAB QANTAS PLAT credit card which has complimentary travel insurance for the family. I believe the underwriters are QBE. 2. In medical terminology, a terminal illness is a disease that will result in the death of the patient regardless of any treatment intervention. A patient who has such an illness may be referred to as a terminal patient, terminally ill or simply terminal. Often, a patient is considered terminally ill when their estimated life expectancy is six months or less, under the assumption that the disease will run its normal course. The six-month standard is arbitrary, and best available estimates of longevity may be incorrect. 3. absquatulate (æbˈskwotʃ əˌleɪt) Slang. to flee; abscond. to leave; decamp. 句摘: Far from his original expectation that DIY Rainbows would peter out(To dwindle; to tail off; to diminish to nothing. What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing. Etymology: 1846 US miners' slang, from 1812 peter ("to become exhausted"). Various speculative etymologies have been suggested, either from St. Peter (from sense of "rock"), French péter ("to fart"), or saltpeter (ingredient in gunpowder, hence used in mining). ), Brechney now faces a huge audience boost and the potential to further grow the pride project that was sparked as a tribute to the popular Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras installation on Oxford Street in February last year. Brechney jets out at the end of the month. 4. London, New York, Sydney: World's most expensive cities to visit: TripAdvisor spokesman Scott Wegener said the results showed that Asian destinations were still the most affordable, while European destinations continued to top the most expensive list. "However, eastern European countries such as Bulgaria and the Czech Republic seem to be bucking this trend ( buck the trend 异军突起 to be noticeably different from the way that a situation is developing generally, especially in connection with financial matters. Spending is down this season, but the tourist industry is managing to buck the trend, with thousands more holidays sold. ), so may serve as the alternative places for Australian travellers looking for a city break in Europe.". 6. 悉尼女人被撞: The 40-year-old woman was taken to Westmead Hospital with a fractured pelvis after she was struck by a vehicle that accelerated towards her in Woodcroft on Thursday night. Detective said the woman had arranged to meet a man in a car park off Antique Crescent in Woodcroft and arrived about 7.30pm on Thursday in the company of another man. However as the woman stood in the car park, a man driving a charcoal-coloured Mazda CX7 accelerated towards her and ran her over. "We don't think it was an accident," Detective Sergeant Kelly said. "Whether it was deliberate or criminally reckless, we're yet to determine." 7. 性病：Applications such as Grindr, Scruff and Recon use the smartphone's geolocation facility to help the user hook up with other men in the vicinity who are also looking for sex. Researchers in Los Angeles, California, carried out 做了一项调查 a survey among nearly 7,200 homosexual and bisexual men who visited a sexual health centre between 2011 and 2013. By comparison, 36 per cent used smartphone apps, either alone or in conjunction with other methods. Men who used the smartphone apps were 23 per cent likelier to be infected with gonorrhoea( (ˌgonəˈriə) A sexually transmitted disease caused by gonococcal bacteria that affects the mucous membrane chiefly of the genital and urinary tracts and is characterized by an acute purulent discharge and painful or difficult urination, though women often have no symptoms.) and 35 per cent likelier to have chlamydia than those who met their partners online or in clubs and bars. But, they said, geolocation apps have given rise to the possibility of instantly available and anonymous sex, and with it a higher risk of infection. 8. hustle and bustle A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding. He moved to his parents' farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city. tout I. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. A guy came to me this morning, asking me where I am going, is he a tout? II. A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win. v. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote. They are touting their PowerSpheres, but I don't know how well those really work. ticket tout 票贩子 = (US) scalper (UK) A person who resells tickets for events at more than the official price. 8. Broken Arrow金句: Because you've been passed over for promotion被越过, 被忽略 so many times, you want to
show the bastards you're right. Maybe it's 'cause everybody's cashing
out( cash out I. (US) 对账. To reconcile at the end of a shift; to compare receipts of items sold to records of credit card, check and cash placed into the drawer, verifying that correct change was given out by the clerk. II. (US, gambling) To retire; to exchange gambling chips for money when finished gambling. III. (by extension) To exchange possession of any commodity or idea for cash. IV. (by extension, often in analytic philosophy) To explain what is entailed by an idea or proposition. ) so why the hell not you? I don't know. Maybe-maybe your mother
dropped you on your head when you were a baby你脑袋被门挤了, 门挤脑袋, 脑袋被门夹了('You've got rocks in your head' Fig. to be silly or crazy. John is a real nut. He has rocks in his head. I don't have rocks in my head—I'm just different. Someone who has acted with a lack of intelligence has rocks in their head. A door jamb (b不发音)门框竖的部分 is the
vertical portion of the frame onto which a door is secured.
透光的窗格叫lites. 门把手叫doorknobs. The word "jamb" comes from the French
"jambe", meaning "leg". In closets, it is possible to incorporate an electrical trigger in or on the jamb,
controlling a light fixture in the closet so it turns on when the door
is open, similar to the device found in a refrigerator.
"被门挤了脑袋"直接的英语翻译是 "Get your head stuck/caught in the door". 但是这样没有弱智的含义, 只表示字面的意思, 如果骂一个人弱智, 可以说"Did the door catch your head (close on your head)?" 其他的表达方式如"Are you from the past?" "Did you heat your head". ). I mean, who the hell cares,
Deak? I mean, there's no difference between you and a guy who shoots up
a schoolyard. You've both got a head full of bad wiring 大脑完全乱了套了, 完全是搭错线了 ( batman金句: Now you know the problem was... he got sloppy. You know? Crazy. He started to lose it. He had a head full of bad wiring, I guess. ). 28 days 金句: Gwen Cummings: God, I love afternoons like this. You know what's missing in this afternoon? That I don't have a very dry vodka martini with two olives in a chilled glass. God, I miss that. Eddie Boone: You know, lately I've been lying awake at night thinking of all the dumb-ass things蠢事 I've done when I was messed up. One night last year, at dinner, I threw up all over my glazed ham( glaze I. a thin layer of milk, sugar, or egg that you put on foods to make them look smooth and shiny. II. art a clear shiny oil that you put on paintings or on objects made of clay, leather, or paper to protect them and make them look attractive. v. I. to put a smooth and shiny surface on something. II. glaze or glaze over 走神, 眼神涣散, 溜号, 晃神 [intransitive] if you or your eyes glaze over, you start to look bored or tired and it is obvious to other people that you have stopped listening. I just glaze over as soon as anyone starts talking about cars. double-glazed 双层玻璃的 having windows with two layers of glass. The whole house is double-glazed. ). Then I was thinking, "Well, maybe nobody noticed.". Gwen Cummings: I don't think of it as a garnish( garnish v. to add something to a dish of food to make it look more attractive. garnish something with something 装饰, 装点: Garnish the fish with lemon slices. something that you add to a dish of food to make it look more attractive. n. I. (cooking) 显得好看的. 图好看的. Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. Use some of the parsley as a garnish. II Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially when showy or decorated. III. A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types. IV. (slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners. pewter I. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony. II. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead. III. items made of pewter. IV. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal. wiki:Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85–99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and sometimes, less commonly today, lead. Silver is also sometimes used. Copper and antimony act as hardeners while lead is common in the lower grades of pewter, which have a bluish tint. It has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C (338–446 °F), depending on the exact mixture of metals. The word pewter is likely a variation of the word spelter, a term for zinc alloys (originally a colloquial name for zinc).). Eddie Boone: Yeah, I'm a winner. Oh, God. You know what the worse one was? For me? My best friend in the whole world. Grew up playing ball, hunting and fishing. One Sunday morning, he walks in on me and his wife in bed. You never live that one down( never live something down 永远忘不掉, 永难忘怀 if you say that you will never live down something bad or embarrassing that you have done, you mean people will not forget it. Three million people saw the singer fall off the edge of the stage. He'll never live it down. I'll never live down the fact that I spilt champagne down my boss's trousers. live something down to overcome the shame or embarrassment of something. You'll live it down someday. Wilbur will never be able to live down what happened at the party last night.). Tell me one of yours. Gwen Cummings: Excuse me? Eddie Boone: What's the worse thing you ever did when you were messed up. Gwen Cummings: Oh... Uh. I don't know. Eddie Boone: Oh, come on. Give me a couple, I'll pick one. Gwen Cummings: I don't really remember any. Eddie Boone: I just told you some stuff that's... you know. Gwen Cummings: I'm a drunk醉鬼. Drunks forget everything, you know?. Eddie Boone: Come on. Gwen Cummings: Why? So I recount the last 15 disgusting years of my life to humiliate myself? No thanks. Eddie Boone: Why not? Gwen Cummings: Because I don't feel like it. I don't feel like talking about it. Eddie Boone: What's a matter怎么回事, 怎么了? You too good for me? Gwen Cummings: What, are you dense? Did your mom drop you on your head? I said No I don't want to talk about it, so just drop it. 9. sweeping I. a sweeping change or development has a major effect. II. 以偏概全的. 片面的. not based on specific facts or details and therefore not completely accurate or fair. sweeping conclusions/generalizations/proposals. What a sweeping ignorant comment to say all of Asian countries taking bribery. III. with a wide impressive curved shape. a sweeping staircase.
新闻摘录: 1. 美女子撞人后人在挡风玻璃上行几公里: She said it appeared to her that the man "came from the sky", describing it as "like a blur of something模模糊糊的什么东西 ( blur I. if a thing blurs, or if something blurs it, it becomes difficult to see it clearly, often because its edges are not clear. With eyesight as poor as mine, faces blur into featureless ovals. The paper had got wet and blurred the ink. II. if the difference between two things blurs, or if something blurs it, they become more similar, so that you are no longer sure that they are clearly different. blur the line/difference/distinction between 模糊界限: Their adverts blur the line between art and advertising. III. 记忆模糊. if something such as a memory or an idea has blurred, or if something has blurred it, it is no longer clear in your mind. Childhood recollections had blurred into a mix of reality and fantasy. n. I. a shape that is difficult to see clearly, for example because it is moving very fast. in a blur: The racing cars moved past us in a blur. blur of: a blur of activity/movement. II. something such as a thought or memory that is not very clear in your mind. I remember a big house, but the rest of it is just a blur.), like a flash of something. "It was very shocking and very strange," she said of the incident, adding: "I didn't know what was going on.... I don't feel like I had hit him with my car." LA Superior Court judge Henry J. Hall denied her lawyers' request for a new trial, saying there was "clearly sufficient" evidence against her. He described her "extraordinary callousness冷漠, 默然" when she swerved in a bid to shake Moreno off the car, rather than stopping to seek help for him. The victim's niece, Alyssa Moreno, said: "Phillip died alone.... That night will forever play in my head永远不能忘怀." 2. NSW firebug gets jail term overturned: Joshua Staples was 18 when he deliberately lit grass and bin fires in the Bringelly area in Sydney' west in January 2011. Staples then doubled back ( double back 折回来, 折返, 返回来 to turn and go back in the direction that you have come from. We doubled back through the fields to the village. double back on yourself: When you get to the roundabout, you need to double back on yourself. ) and joined his RFS colleagues to help extinguish the blazes. The now 21-year-old was convicted and sentenced to at least one year in prison last year after his grandmother told the court that he had broken down at her kitchen table and confessed to lighting the fires. But at his appeal hearing on Friday, Sydney's District Court heard that after the conviction宣判 Staples denied ever making these admissions to his grandmother or that he was responsible for lighting the fires. He also told the community corrections officer that he was accepting the conviction so his matter could be dealt with swiftly. On hearing this Judge Anthony Blackmore said: "For him to sit there and now say that he's innocent and not at all contrite ( contrite [kənˈtraɪt] [ˈkontraɪt] very sorry or ashamed because you have done something bad. ) for what he has done is very, very serious." "Did you light those fires?" Judge Blackmore asked Staples on Friday. "Yes, Your Honour," Staples replied. "Then what is all this denial about... I want to understand why you would say that to somebody. Don't you understand that accepting what you have done is a very important part of getting over what you have done?" "Yes," Staples replied. 3. 世界杯揭幕战: Neymar showed why he is carrying Brazil's hopes at the World Cup, scoring twice on Thursday to help the underwhelming hosts escape a disappointing start to the tournament. With Brazil struggling and down a goal 失一球 against a spirited Croatian team, Neymar came through to lead his team to a 3-1 win in the opening match, scoring once in each half. The killer goal 制胜球 to make the score 2-1 was a hotly contested penalty awarded by Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura. Brazil got off to a slow start in its home tournament. Defender Marcelo found his own net乌龙 while trying to clear a low cross低传 by Ivica Olic in the 11th minute, stunning the crowd of more than 62,100 packing the Itaquerao Stadium. But Neymar equalised in the 29th, firing a perfectly placed low shot that went in off the post触球柱然后进. He said he didn't hit the ball perfectly, "but it went in, it's all that matters." "It's important to start these tournaments on the right foot, with a victory," said Neymar. "I'm happy that I got to score, but the entire team deserves credit. We maintained our calm and showed we could battle back." The game turned on a controversial penalty awarded by Nishimura in the second half after striker Fred went down 摔倒 inside the area under minimal contact from defender Dejan Lovren. Neymar scored from the spot in the 71st minute, getting his 33rd goal with Brazil. Croatia goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa nearly saved Neymar's shot, but it was struck hard enough to deflect反射 into the net. The Croatians were furious. "That is shameful, this is not a World Cup referee. He had one kind of criteria for不同标准 them and another for us. The rules were not the same," Kovac said. As Croatia searched desperately for an equaliser, Oscar added to the lead in the first minute of injury time with a toe poke 脚尖一碰 from just outside the penalty area. A draw would have been a huge disappointment for Brazil, which had won its opening match the last eight times and is overwhelming favourite to win the competition. The troubled Itaquerao球场, which wasn't fully finished for the opener, held up without major setbacks to fans or the match itself, although part of the lights atop the pitch went out a few times for brief periods in the first half.
威胁恫吓示威行为: 1. Agonistic behaviour ( agonistic [ˌæɡəˈnɪstɪk] adj I. 争强好胜的, 不择手段的. 无所不用其极的. 太过于注重结果的. 太好胜的. 好强斗勇的. 太刻意的. striving for effect; strained. Striving to overcome in argument; combative. straining for effect: agonistic humor. II. eager to win in discussion or argument; competitive. Struggling to achieve effect; strained and contrived. agnostic [æɡˈnostɪk] 神无知论者 n. someone who believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not adj believing that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not.) is any social behaviour related to fighting. The term has broader meaning than aggressive behaviour because it includes threats, displays, retreats, placating aggressors, and conciliation. Agonistic behaviour is seen in many animal species because resources including food, shelter, and mates are often limited资源有限. Some forms of agonistic behaviour are between contestants who are competing for access to the same resources, such as food or mates. Other times, it involves tests of strength or threat display that make animals look large and more physically fit身体强壮, a display that may allow it to gain the resource before an actual battle takes place. Although agonistic behaviour varies among species, agonistic interaction consists of three kinds of behaviours: threat, aggression, and submission. These three behaviours are functionally and physiologically interrelated with aggressive behaviour yet fall outside the narrow definition of aggressive behaviour. While any one of these divisions of behaviours may be seen alone in an interaction between two animals, they normally occur in sequence from start to end. Depending on the availability and importance of a resource, behaviours can range from a fight to the death or a much safer ritualistic behaviour, though ritualistic or display behaviours are the most common form of agonistic behaviours. 2. Deimatic behaviour恐吓行为(Intimidating behaviour in animals which serves to warn off potential predators. It may be bluff (e.g. the inflation of the lungs in some toads, which increases their size) or may precede an attack (e.g. when skunks rise on their fore legs prior to spraying an evil-smelling liquid).) in animals means any pattern of threatening or startling behaviour, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots, so as to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the prey animal an opportunity to escape. Deimatic, dymantic or threat displays occur in widely separated groups of animals, including moths, butterflies, mantises and phasmids among the insects. 3. A threat display恐吓示威行为 is anything that an animal does to scare away other animals. A dog will bare its teeth and growl. A cat will hiss. A snake will coil up, raise its head, and move back and forth to point itself at any big animal that approaches it. Many animals have threat displays that make them look bigger. A lion's mane will stand up, making it look much larger and more powerful. Humans may raise both hands, spread wide, above their heads. Bears will stand on their hind legs, raise their front legs, and show their teeth while growling. 4. Shark threat display, a type of agonistic display, is a behaviour observed in some sharks when they feel threatened or protective. It consists of a contorting of the body into a series of "ritualized" postures coupled with an exaggerated swimming style. It is most frequently observed in the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), although it has been seen in other sharks.
