用法学习: 1. And the rumored scratch-resistant 5.5-inch sapphire cover glass for the display may not "easily pass the drop test near term( = short term)短期内," AppleInsider wrote, citing Kuo. Details on the new smartphone handset are slim细节很少 at this point, and the ETNews article didn't provide much, as was also the case with other reports about the device. It's a similar refrain on the Apple front苹果方面, where that company is expected in the coming months to unveil perhaps two new iPhones. 世界杯决赛花边: Most football referees have been reluctant to adopt video technology but Italian ref Nicola Rizzoli has bucked the trend ( 特立独行. To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority. to be obviously different from the way that a situation is developing generally, especially in connection with financial matters. This company is the only one to have bucked the trend of a declining industry. go against the grain I. (idiomatic) 打破传统, 标新立异, 特立独行 To defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary. Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects. By going against the grain and going to work nude, you've made yourself a laughing stock. His method certainly goes against the grain, but it is unquestionably effective. II. 违背心意. 违心. Unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature. It went much against the grain with him. III. Lit. (woodworking, of sanding or planing a piece of wood) Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising the nap of the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cutting tool below the cutting surface. across the alignment of the fibers of a piece of wood. (be ~; Cut ~; go ~; run ~; saw ~.) You sawed it wrong. You sawed against the grain when you should have cut with grain. You went against the grain and made a mess of your sanding. run counter [to sth] 违背, 正相反, 反方向, 完全相反 (idiomatic) To defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard. to be in opposition to something; to run against something. (This has nothing to do with running.) Your proposal runs counter to what is required by the manager. His idea runs counter to good sense. counter 逆潮流而动, 逆势而行, 逆流而上, 违反常规 adv. To or toward an opposite or dissimilar course or outcome: a method running counter to traditional techniques. over the counter I. Without being listed or available on an officially recognized stock exchange but traded in direct negotiation between buyers and sellers: bought stocks over the counter. II. 非处方的. Without a doctor's prescription being legally required: cold medicine that is available over the counter. under the counter In an illegal or surreptitious manner; illicitly: arrested for selling prescription drugs under the counter. ), finding a new use for those big screen replays. the Italian official was filmed looking at himself on one of the Maracana's many large screens before correcting his hair拨头发(hair flicking) for the global audience of tens of millions. His antics did not go unappreciated with hundreds of internet users commenting on the impromptu grooming effort. 2. World best Dad: A doting dad has done the seemingly impossible to keep a promise to his young daughter — Claiming a barren 寸草不生的 patch of land in the north African desert to make her a real life princess. Mr Heaton said he did not want to make any promises he could not keep but told her that she could one day be a princess. "As a parent, you sometimes go down paths you never thought you would ( go down the path 诉诸于: Companies are going down the path of mutually destructive competition, he argued, because they don't distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy. go down that road/path/route/avenue 走上那条路 to do a particular thing. We're thinking of investing in real estate, but before we go down that road we need some professional advice. Usage notes: also used in the forms go down the road or go down a road: Some of these parents were in trouble with the law, and I see their kids going down the road, too. on the road to recovery 恢复中 Cliché recovering; getting better; improving. It's been two weeks since her surgery, and she is on the road to recovery. on the road to something 开始... 正在... starting to achieve something. The doctors say she's on the road to recovery. Executives believe the company is on the road to improved sales. They fight all the time. They're on the road to divorce. He spends wildly. He's on the road to bankruptcy. on the road 在路上, 在旅行中 traveling to different places The band spends three months a year on the road. Busy professionals prefer e-mail because they can work at home, at the office, or on the road. Usage notes: often used to describe traveling entertainers or sales representatives.)," Mr Heaton said. Months later the miner was planting a homemade flag 插旗子 in a rocky hill located in an unclaimed 1300-square kilometre patch of desert called Bir Tawil, in southern Egypt bordering Sudan. The world's newest monarch said he plans to establish diplomatic relations with the nations that border his landlocked kingdom, Sudan and Egypt. Mr Heaton said he plans to transform his barren kingdom into a centre of agricultural production. 3. Coles ups ante against big banks(Coles takeing on big banks) Coles和GE合资建公司欲发行信用卡和小额贷款: Coles has announced plans to issue personal loans and credit cards as it steps up competition with Australia's big four banks. Coles will offer credit cards and other personal finance products such as small loans小额贷款 — but it will initially stay clear of mortgages, Fairfax Media reports. Coles finance director Rob Scott told Business Spectator that "customers are telling us they want to deal on a digital basis电子交易, 电子支付 and transact through their mobile phones and tablets". Coles will reportedly target a lending book(小额贷款) worth $800 million in its first year of operation. Mr Scott insisted Coles was not at a disadvantage when it comes to competing with the big four banks. 4. urine [ˈjuərɪn] liquid waste from a person's or animal's body. pass urine 排尿 (=get rid of it from your body): Has the patient passed urine this morning? urine sample/specimen 尿样 (=a small amount of urine): Urine samples from 50 athletes were tested for drugs. urinate [ˈjuərɪneɪt] urinary [ˈjuərɪn(ə)ri] relating to urine (=liquid waste) or to the tubes or organs through which it leaves a person's or animal's body. the urinary system. urinary tract (=tube)尿道, 输尿管: The disease also causes urinary tract infections. 5. Chastity(Chastity 贞操 is sexual behavior of a man or woman that is acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of their culture, civilization or religion. In the Western world, the term has become closely associated (and is often used interchangeably) with sexual abstinence, especially before marriage. Chastity /ˈtʃæstəti/ a way of life that does not include any sexual activity, especially for religious reasons. The young monks took vows of chastity and obedience. chastity belt 贞操带, 贞洁带 a metal belt used in the past to prevent a woman from having sex ) is, after all, still part of the broad spectrum of human sexuality, even if that includes people who love inanimate ( /ɪnˈænɪmət/ 静物 not alive Start by photographing inanimate objects and move on to people later.) objects. But in an entertainment world dominated by fornication, virginity seems underexplored terrain on TV. Enter MTV's Virgin Territory, which will debut in the US tonight. The show explores the social lives of 15 young adults who've not had sex for a range of reasons and follows their attempts to hold onto or lose their virginity, including wild parties and wedding nights.
新闻: 1. 租房问题: I have never subscribed to the Australian obsession of property ownership. It always felt like it was for others: people who wanted families, people who sought stability and grounding. At 23, those concepts are not just distant - they are repulsive. I must concede, I've brought this largely on myself( bring something (up)on oneself 自找的, 自作自受 to be the cause of one's own trouble. (Upon is more formal and less commonly used than on.) It's your own fault. You brought it upon yourself. You brought it all on yourself.). A stubborn housemate who refused to countenance ([ˈkauntənəns] n. your face, or the expression on your face. v. to approve of something, or to allow something to happen. ) leaving the inner-city redoubt ( [rɪˈdaut] I. 堡垒. 防御工事. formal something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened : He described British public schools as "the last redoubt of upper-class privilege ". II. specialized military a small, often hidden building in which soldiers can hide while they are fighting. A redoubt (historically redout) is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, though others are constructed of stone or brick. It is meant to protect soldiers outside the main defensive line and can be a permanent structure or a hastily-constructed temporary fortification. The word means "a place of retreat". ) of Glebe means we are stuck in one of the city's most expensive suburbs. The money we siphon off to an unknown landlord each fortnight is buying convenience, not comfort. This is the trade-off that makes renting in Sydney a particularly miserable proposition. You can lease somewhere affordable, but it will be miles away from work, amenity[əˈmi:nəti] and the key ingredients of city life. Anywhere remotely liveable稍微可住的 will put you on the poverty line. If I could afford the deposit and the ignominy ( 耻辱. [ˈɪɡnəmɪni] a situation where you feel embarrassed and lose other people's respect. Spurs suffered the ignominy of a three-nil defeat.) of paying interest to a bank, I'd be better off investing. Security of tenure ( Security of tenure [ˈtenjə(r)] 稳定感, 安全感 is a term used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal guarantee that a political office-holder cannot be removed from office except in exceptional and specified circumstances. Without security of tenure, an office-holder may find his or her ability to carry out their powers, functions and duties restricted by the fear that whoever disapproves of any of their decisions may be able to easily remove them from office in revenge作为报复. Security of tenure offers protection, by ensuring that an office-holder cannot be victimised for exercising their powers, functions and duties. It enables the democratic or constitutional methodology through which an office-holder comes to office not to be overturned except in the strictest and most extreme cases. ) is of passing( I. moving past. He was found by a passing motorist. Bridget grabbed a glass of champagne from a passing waiter. II. 临时的, 暂时的, 短时间的. 稍纵即逝的. lasting only a short time, and usually not very important or serious. a passing craze/fashion. It wasn't really a romance, just a passing flirtation. Carried out quickly and lightly: a passing glance. III. not thorough or detailed. a passing knowledge of French. IV. slight. She bore a passing resemblance to the missing woman.), background concern: while the rug can always be pulled out from underneath you, moving isn't such an ordeal痛苦 while your possessions are largely confined to clothes, a few vinyl records and back copies of过期杂志( a back issue of a newspaper or magazine) magazines. But when a housemate suddenly announces they're moving to Canberra, as one of mine did last week, it threatens to plunge your home (and finances) into disarray一团糟, 一团乱, 乱作一团. The need to find someone to pay the rent quickly overcomes the need to find someone who's actually tolerable to live with, which is how sharehouses end up as dens of dysfunctional psychopaths([ˈsaɪkəupæθ] 精神病. 精神鞭挞. someone who has a serious mental illness that makes them behave in a very violent way towards people. den I. the home of some wild animals. II. 滋生温床. a secret place where people meet to do illegal things. a gambling den. III. a secret place where children go to play. a den of iniquity/vice a place where immoral things happen. crack den毒窝: a place where people go to buy and use the illegal drug crack. gambling den 赌窝 a place where people gamble illegally. in the lion's den in a situation where you are with a lot of people who criticize or attack you. ) who write passive-aggressive notes 消极抵抗的( Passive-aggressive behavior is the indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, sarcasm, stubbornness, sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. hostility [hoˈstɪləti] I. [uncountable] 反对. opposition to something. hostility to/towards: There is always some hostility to new technology. II. [uncountable] 敌对, 敌意. 敌对情绪. unfriendly or threatening behaviour or feelings towards someone. They were greeted with suspicion and hostility at first. hostility between: There is no hostility between the staff and pupils. hostility to/toward: I found it hard to handle people's hostility towards me. III. hostilities. [plural] formal fighting between enemies in a war. cessation of hostilities (=an end to the fighting): The UN is demanding an immediate cessation of hostilities. the outbreak of hostilities (=the start of fighting): Anti-war demonstrations continued after the outbreak of hostilities. hostility between: the likelihood of renewed hostilities between the two countries. ) and plot creative ways 想尽一切办法 to take revenge on one another. You typically cannot, as a renter, keep a pet - leading people like me to lure neighbourhood cats into the living room with sardines. Perhaps I overstate夸张 the extent to which 夸张到...的程度(Overstate the dangers or the potential for this conflict to impact far beyond the region itself. Overstates the extent to 夸张到 which pursuit of self-interest 谋求个人利益 drives decision making. Jay Sekulow today told a House Subcommittee that the IRS deceived the public 欺骗大众 about the extent of its wrongdoing and maintains that deception 继续欺骗 to this day. It is difficult to overstate the extent and magnitude of 怎么说都不夸张 federal government misconduct so far uncovered," added Sekulow. "In our lawsuit, we provide specific evidence that focuses on no less than 12 IRS officials, including the IRS's Commissioner and Chief Counsel. The facts clearly show that our clients were unlawfully不合法的, 非法的 singled out because of their political views – a politically-motivated attack designed to derail the emergence of a new political movement.) this is normal behaviour, but I choose to believe it is commonplace常有的事, 常见的情况, 司空见惯, 见惯不惊, 见怪不惊(Many of our players left their club or sport because of a culture where homophobic comments and behaviour are tolerated and commonplace.). And while I'm inclined to see 倾向于 rent as payment for goods and services - rather than the "dead money" scoffed at by ownership advocates - that little pang ( [pæŋ] 刺痛. 心痛 a very strong, sudden, and unpleasant pain or emotion. a pang of guilt. hunger pangs. ) of heartbreak each time the automatic transfer rips through my bank account never goes away. It's almost enough to make you call up a broker and start saving. 2. It struck me on a recent trip south that Melburnians appear to be living in some sort of nirvana. Not only is there no 1.30am lockout(a situation in which a company refuses to allow workers to come to work until they accept the working conditions that the company is offering them.), no discernible 可观察到的, 可见的 traffic( able to be seen, noticed, or understood. a discernible improvement in the patient's condition. A small boat was clearly discernible in the middle of the lake.) and no State of Origin, but property in Melbourne is vaguely affordable, whether to rent or buy. As a born and bred Sydneysider, this is astounding(extremely surprising or shocking). Here, a fibro shack ( The name fibro is short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet", more commonly called "asbestos cement sheet" or "AC sheet". It is a building material in which asbestos fibres are used to reinforce thin rigid cement sheets. ) within cooee ( a word used for attracting someone's attention. 'Cooee!' she shouted. 'It's me!' ) of a train station will soak up 吸干 most of your income. There, agents are flogging new CBD apartments for $400 a week. 3. 艾滋病检测: Of the 82 per cent of patients who said they would be prepared to be HIV tested at a dentist's office, almost three-quarters would opt for a saliva swab, 15 per cent preferred a pinprick 针刺 test(I. a quick pain that you feel when a needle is pushed into your skin. II. a very small round spot of something. a pinprick of light.) and 8 per cent preferred a traditional blood test, according to the study of more than 500 dental patients in Sydney. Rapid HIV testing can be done through a finger prick or saliva swab and patients can receive their results in as quickly as 20 minutes. "We need to think outside the box with creative preventive strategies and being able to offer rapid HIV testing possibly in a dental setting or possibly a community pharmacy setting," Dr Santella said. "This is another tool for the toolbox( A new tool in the toolbox )(tool I. something that you use in order to perform a job or to achieve an aim. tool of: Speech is a tool of communication. a tool for: These sales forecasts are an extremely useful tool for management. tool for doing something: Words are essential tools for formulating and. down tools British to stop working, especially as a protest. the tools of the trade the skills and equipment that you need in order to do your job. For a writer, dictionaries are the tools of the trade.). He said rapid HIV testing using oral swabs would be an effective way to screen for the virus and he stressed that dentists would not be diagnosing a person's HIV status. "They would be telling someone that their screening test came back positive and they have to go to a GP to get blood test done," he said. The research comes after the federal government last week lifted restrictions on 减少限制, 去除限制 the sale of home-testing kits for HIV in an attempt to increase early diagnosis of the virus( diagnosis [ˌdaɪəɡˈnəusɪs]. diagonal [daɪˈæɡən(ə)l] 对角的. diagnostic /ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/ used for finding out what physical or mental problem someone has. a diagnostic examination/test/assessment.) ). Dr Santella believes there should be a trial of rapid HIV testing in some dental surgeries. 4. A US technology journalist has posted a recording of his maddening 令人抓狂的 attempt to cancel his internet connection over the phone. Slate.com's Ryan Block wanted to disconnect his service with Comcast but did not wish to discuss the reasons why. The male customer service representative did not take kindly to the lack of explanation没有解释. According to Time, his behaviour resembled that of a spurned lover( spurn 被甩掉的, 被踢掉的, 被蹬掉的, 拒绝的 To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar". Someone who's spurned has been abandoned or rejected, usually by a romantic interest. If you're a spurned boyfriend, it means that your girlfriend has broken up with you. It's not easy to be a spurned lover, since the adjective implies total rejection by someone you love. A spurned groom, for example, might wait at the church on his wedding day for a bride who never shows up. Internet revenge for spurned lover: A mystery woman took revenge on a boyfriend who allegedly cheated on her by posting pictures of him on the Internet wearing just women's underwear. There are 21 pictures in total of her former boyfriend who can be seen in various poses on a bed wearing a pair or red satin knickers and matching bra. She describes herself as "hurt, lonely and vengeful报复心重的" and visitors to the site are invited to leave comments about what they see. scorn I. 蔑视, 看不起的. 鄙视 a feeling that someone or something is not good enough to deserve your approval or respect. scorn for: He had nothing but scorn for the opinions of others. heap/pour scorn on someone/something to criticize someone or something severely and in a way that shows you think they deserve no respect. Both candidates have heaped scorn on the budget agreement. I. to treat someone or something as if they do not deserve your approval or respect. Since she moved to the city, she scorns what she calls our provincial ways. II. 满心不乐意. 不痛快的. if someone scorns to do something, they are not willing to do or accept something because they believe it is stupid, unreasonable, or not good enough for them. He scorned to stoop to such tactics. Scorned girlfriend vents fury 发泄怒气 on Net. ) as he peppered Block with questions连珠炮的问 like: "You don't want something that works? ... So you're not interested in the fastest internet in the country? ... I'm really ashamed to see you go to something that can't give you what we can! ... What is it about this other internet provider?" Block said the now-viral, eight-minute recording picked up roughly 10 minutes into the call, at which point he said he had already given "a myriad of reasons and explanations as to why we are cancelling". "It was clear the only sufficient answer 有效答案 was: 'Okay, please don't disconnect our service after all'," he said. A Comcast spokesman said the internet company was "embarrassed" by their employee's behaviour, which he described as "unacceptable and not consistent with how we train our customer service representatives".
单词释义: 1. so be it 就去做啊, 就接受啊 used for saying that you accept a situation in which something has been decided or is necessary, although you are not happy about it. If you've really decided to quit the music business, then so be it. 2. sore n. 伤口, 破口. 疮口. 疱疹. a small painful area of skin that is injured or infected. Many of the prisoners were covered with sores. Ulcer (dermatology/ˌdɜː(r)məˈtɒlədʒi/). An ulcer is a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration 破损 of tissue. Ulcers are most common on the skin of the lower extremities and in the gastrointestinal tract. An ulcer that appears on the skin is often visible as an inflamed tissue with an area of reddened skin. A skin ulcer is often visible in the event of exposure to heat or cold, irritation, or a problem with blood circulation. They can also be caused due to a lack of mobility, which causes prolonged pressure on the tissues. This stress in the blood circulation is transformed to a skin ulcer, commonly known as bedsores 褥疮 or decubitus ulcers. Ulcers often become infected感染, and pus[pʌs] forms. Symptoms occur in 40–90% of cases and most commonly include fever, large tender lymph /lɪmf/ nodes, throat inflammation, a rash, headache, and/or sores of the mouth and genitals. adj I. painful and uncomfortable, usually as a result of an injury, infection, or too much exercise. I always feel stiff and sore after gardening. Her eyes were sore from studying all night. a sore throat. II. mainly American informal old-fashioned angry, or offended. Helen was still feeling sore about what had happened. III. [only before noun] mainly literary great: used for emphasizing that something is very serious or that it upsets you a lot. a sore temptation/disappointment. a sore loser someone who becomes upset or angry when they lose a game or competition. sore point/spot/subject 痛处. 痛点, 伤心处(minefield 雷区, 禁区) something that makes you upset, angry, or embarrassed when someone mentions it. Don't mention her divorce – it's a bit of a sore point. stick/stand out like a sore thumb to be very noticeable because of being different. Any stranger to the town sticks out like a sore thumb. running sore 流脓的疮口 I. a painful infected part of your body that has pus coming out of it. II. a problem that is difficult to deal with and likely to become worse. a sight for sore eyes I. 让人眼前一亮的东西. 赏心悦目的东西. someone or something that you are very pleased to see. Tanya walking in with a tray of cold drinks was a sight for sore eyes. II. British something that is strange or unpleasant to look at. a sight more/less a lot more/less of something. We'll need a sight more help than we've got for this job! sight unseen 没有事先看过, 见都没有见过 if you buy or accept something sight unseen, you do not see it first. Today thousands of people buy things by mail order, sight unseen. be like a bear with a sore head informal to be in a bad mood, getting annoyed very easily. 3. out of sight I. in a place that you cannot see from where you are. They passed behind the hill and out of sight. The two leaders chatted amiably out of sight of the cameras. out of someone's/something's sight: Don't let the kids out of your sight for a second. II. informal if the price of something is out of sight, it is very high. out of sight, out of mind眼不见心不烦 mainly spoken used for saying that when you do not see or hear about something, you do not think about it. a damn sight greater/smaller etc impolite used for emphasizing something very strongly. Eric is a damn sight younger than I am! everything/everyone in sight mainly spoken a lot of things or people. The police were panicking and arresting everyone in sight. sight I. [uncountable] the ability to see using your eyes. Wolf spiders hunt mainly by sight. I'm having laser treatment to improve my sight. He has lost 75 per cent of his sight in his right eye. people with poor sight. a. the act of seeing something. sight of看不得: I can't stand the sight of blood. at first sight (=when you first look at someone or something): It was love at first sight, and they got married two weeks later. know someone by sight (=to know someone when you see them): I don't know him personally, but I know him by sight. on sight (=immediately after you see someone or something): The captain ordered us to shoot any strangers on sight一旦看见. b. any place that you can see from where you are. disappear from sight: The rocket disappeared from sight. hidden from sight: Her hands were hidden from sight beneath the blanket. within sight of something: The ship sank within sight of the harbour. c. the fact that you can see something. catch sight of someone/something (=to suddenly see them): As she stood up she caught sight of her reflection in the mirror. II. sights. [plural] interesting places that people go to see. see the sights 观光: We enjoyed seeing the sights of San Francisco. the sights and sounds声色犬马, 五光十色: Experience the sights and sounds of Victorian London. III. [singular] a person or thing that you see that has a particular feature. Windmills are a common sight in this part of the country. a rare/wonderful sight难得一见的东西. IV. [singular] a person or place that is very unusual, untidy, or unpleasant to look at. The shop was quite a sight after the flood. V. [countable] [usually plural] the part of a gun or other piece of equipment that you look through in order to aim it. a. sights [plural] an intention to have or to achieve something. set/fix your sights 视线, 目标, 眼光 on something: The team has set its sights on the national championship. have your sights set on something: She clearly has her sights set on a top job. lower your sights: You should lower your sights and accept less money.
