用法学习: 1. His parents Marie and Kevin Landers were told he was facing possible quadriplegia ( quadriplegic [ˌkwodrɪˈpli:dʒɪk] someone who is quadriplegic has an illness or injury that makes them permanently unable to move their body below their neck. ). He originally estimated the chances of Curtis walking again were about two to three percent. He had dislocated脱出, 脱臼 two of his vertebrae. Curtis' injury was a hard blow沉重打击 for his small community, which raised more than $250,000 to help him. Coach Vaughan Doherty gave the entire team two weeks off. However, the kids themselves decided they wanted to keep playing. Curtis' own determination mirrored theirs, and his rehabilitation progressed rapidly进步神速. In his mind, his recovery was never a matter of "if" 从来就不是是不是能不能的问题 but "when". 2. firebug (ˈfaɪəˌbʌɡ) n. 纵火者. 纵火犯. a person who deliberately sets fire to property. arsonist; pyromaniac. itsy-bitsy = itty-bitty = teeny-weeny Very small, tiny. (Childish.) I remember when you was just an itty-bitty baby. Gramma sewed with itsy-bitsy stitches. She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka-dot bikini. II. 零零碎碎的. Fragmented. I have a lot of bitsy jobs to do. Polka dot 点点的, 好多个排列规则的实心圆球的服装布料 is a pattern consisting of an array of filled circles实心圆. Early instances were generally equally sized and spaced relatively closely in relation to their diameters. Many modern prints include more randomly spaced, sized and coloured dots. Polka dots are most commonly seen on children's clothing, toys, and furniture, but they appear in a wide array of contexts. The pattern rarely appears in formal contexts, however, and is generally confined to more playful attire such as bathing suits and lingerie. Occasionally, white-on-black small dots appear on more formal clothing. 3. agitate (ˈædʒɪˌteɪt) vt. I. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. II. 吹皱一池春水. 火大. 光火, 生气. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. was agitated by the alarming news. III. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. IV. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. vi. To stir up public interest in a cause: agitate for a tax reduction. agitate against someone or something to stir up active dissatisfaction about someone or something. The students were agitating against the closing of the old cafeteria. agitate for something to stir up active support for something. The committee agitated for a change, but nothing was done. get across something 跨过去, 渡过去 to cross or cause or help to cross. to manage to cross something. We finally got across the river where it was very shallow. Where the water was low, it was easy to get across. get across something also get something across or get something across to someone 传递信息: to successfully communicate something. What message are you trying to get across to the consumer? He sometimes has trouble getting his meaning across in English. As a coach, I have to get across to the players what I want from them. (adverb) to be or cause to be readily understood. But so were last year's and they just couldn't get across the line. get across someone (intransitive, preposition) (informal) to annoy. "her constant interference really got across him". get across how/what etc: I was trying to get across how much I admired them. 4. Sonia reveals how long she has been trying for a baby and the lengths to 费的劲 which she has gone to conceive. Sonia has told her story to The Weekly in the hope that by telling it once - and early - she can get on with the rest of her pregnancy in relative peace. She was not paid to tell her story nor to take part in the photo shoot. "I've had a long-standing relationship with The Weekly and have known Bryce for years, this seemed like the most appropriate way to share our happy news," said Sonia. 5. Frozen with fear被吓呆了, 被吓得僵住了. "When I was in the moment I couldn't. I felt so scared, so petrified( petrified [ˈpetrɪfaɪd] 吓呆, 吓得不能动 extremely frightened, especially so that you cannot move or decide what to do. petrified of: She is absolutely petrified of snakes.)." She remains "furious" at the way the complaint was handled by the airline with an official advising her not to proceed with the matter. She further claims the airline has not contacted her with an apology or an offer of counselling since the alleged incident. 6. Caltex said that it was undertaking a company-wide cost and efficiency review to give it the financial strength to maintain its market leadership position. "As a result of the review, headcount 人数, 职工人数 will reduce by approximately 350 people across operational and support functions," Caltex said. "The reduction is in addition to the previously announced reductions relating to the closure of the Kurnell refinery. "Our balance sheet remains strong and, despite operating within a competitive and ever changing 永远都在变化的 environment, the outlook 前景 for our business continues to be positive," Mr Segal said. 7. In true Love form(Love是美国摇滚女歌手), there was never a dull moment没有尿点 and at one stage she asked all the ladies to take off their bras and throw them on stage in an effort to beat a Miami record in the nineties, when she got over 200 bras. 7. 大熊猫抢食物: Toddlers aren't good at sharing — everybody knows that. But their tiny
minds小脑袋 can't seem to cope when someone else has something they want.
Basically, toddlers are kind of little jerks. That's true of
human and panda youngsters — when this furball 毛绒绒的肉球 at China's Chengdu
Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has greedily guzzled all of its
dinner, it promptly 立刻, 迅速的 waddles over( to walk with short steps that make your body move from side to side like a duck's body does when it walks. ) a muscles in on its sibling's food. Despite
best efforts from some swift zookeepers, they can't keep it from going
into panda meltdown mode — the little guy throws a tantrum any terrible
two-year-old would be impressed by.
女人的战争: It looks like Kim Kardashian and Beyonce have gone from frenemies ( "Frenemy" (less commonly spelled "frienemy") is a portmanteau of "friend" and "enemy" that can refer to either an enemy pretending to be a friend or someone who really is a friend but also a rival 亦敌亦友. The term is used to describe personal, geopolitical, and commercial relationships both among individuals and groups or institutions. ) to full-on enemies. The pair both attended the VMAs yesterday but there was no cutesy selfies in sight(cutesy attractive in a way that does not seem natural or real.)…because "their people" purposefully kept them apart. It was the first event that Kim and Beyonce have both attended since Beyonce didn't show up for Kim's wedding, so it was planned with military precision军事级的精度. It would've been a PR disaster for them to bump into each other unawares( catch/take someone unawares 无意中 to surprise someone, often making them feel confused or embarrassed. Burchill's shot caught the goalkeeper completely unawares.) and for the incident to be caught on camera, so their people made sure that their arrival times on the red carpet were ages apart, and their seats were on opposite sides of the auditorium. It's no secret that there's been constant tensions 关系紧张 between the power players since Kim, 33, started dating Kanye back in 2013. In fact, several sources revealed that Beyonce wanted to distance herself from 划清界限 the Kardashian brand due to it being "tacky". But while they avoided a run in this time, Kim still managed to pull in some negative publicity with her VMA antics. She and her younger Jenner siblings were snapped on their phone during a tribute for the troubles currently happening in Ferguson. Side-eye(side-eye noun (usually the side-eye) 鄙夷不屑, 不正眼看, 给白眼, 斜眼 informal, chiefly US A sidelong glance expressing disapproval or contempt: After we complained of being ignored she kept giving me the side-eye. She casts a side-eye and nods dubiously.), ladies.
追求者(suitor, wooer. secret admirer), 崇拜者: 1. The goal of a secret admirer is to woo the object of his or her affections, and then to reveal his or her identity, paving the way for a real relationship – a revealing which at school age usually occurs on Valentine's Day, the day of love. Reactions to a gushy Valentine may range from approval to gross out恶心坏了, 恶心到了(Gross out 雷人片子. 雷人电影 describes a movement in art (often comic), which aims to shock the audience with controversial material such as toilet humour or nudity. Gross-out is a sub-genre of comedy movies in which the makers employ humor that is willfully "tasteless" or even downright disgusting. It usually involves gratuitous nudity, unrealistic aggressiveness towards property or Schadenfreude. The movies are generally aimed at a younger audience aged between 18 and 24. One boon of this genre is that it provides an inexpensive way to make a movie "edgy" and to generate media attention for it.). Many elementary schools and sometimes schools up to secondary schools have children do Valentine's Day projects on February 14 to craft and send "secret admirer" letters to classmates, which may not actually reflect a real "crush" and may be done neutrally or arbitrarily, and, perhaps, if done under duress from the class project requirement, reluctantly. Notes from a secret admirer may feature in office dating, but are not recommended as a means of approaching a colleague, and may border on sexual harassment. Youthful passion年少无知的迷恋 for a celebrity stands on the boundary between secret admirer and fan; while the secret or concealed admiration of 'having eyes for钟情, 情有独钟, 倾心于'( have eyes in the back of your head 后脑勺长眼 informal to notice everything that is happening around you. Don't try anything funny, I've got eyes in the back of my head. only have eyes for someone Fig. [to be] loyal to only one person, in the context of romance. Oh, Jane! I only have eyes for you! Don't waste any time on Tom. He only has eyes for Ann. have your eye on someone I. to be considering trying to start a sexual or romantic relationship with someone. II. to consider someone suitable for a particular job, position, or activity. have your eye on something to have seen something and want to have it or buy it. I've got my eye on a new DVD player. have/keep your eye on someone to be watching someone carefully, especially because you think they are going to do something wrong. I've got my eye on you Sarah. Any more trouble and you're out. have/keep your eye on something to keep looking at something, especially to avoid making a mistake. It's important to keep your eye on the ball at all times. have one eye on to keep looking at or paying attention to someone or something while you are doing something else. I had one eye on the clock the whole time. in the eyes of the law/world etc according to the law, what other countries believe is right etc. In the eyes of the law, theft is a less serious crime than handling stolen goods. have an eye for I. to have a natural ability for seeing or finding something. Proofreaders need to have a good eye for detail. II. to consider a particular type of person sexually attractive. He's always had an eye for redheads. have an eye to something to be considering something for the future. It is clear that the novelist has an eye to a Hollywood adaptation.) may also feature as a preliminary phase in the process of initially approaching the opposite sex. 2. Courtship is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind. During courtship, a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other such agreement. A courtship may be an informal and private matter between two people or may be a public affair, or a formal arrangement with family approval. Traditionally, in the case of a formal engagement, it has been perceived that it is the role of a male to actively "court" or "woo" a female, thus encouraging her to understand him and her receptiveness to a proposal of marriage.
US Open 2014: Nick Kyrgios survives series of tantrums to spring another upset by beating Mikhail Youzhny - Teenage Australian, who beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, picks up three code violations违纪 for audible obscenities 说脏话, 口出秽言 ( obscenity [əbˈsenəti] I. [uncountable] behaviour or language that is sexually offensive, especially in a film, book, or play. II. [countable] [usually plural] 污言秽语. a word or action that is sexually offensive. A drunkard was shouting obscenities outside.) and thrashing balls out of court(thrash I. [transitive] to defeat an opponent very easily in a game or competition. II. [transitive] to hit someone hard several times, especially as a punishment. III. [intransitive/transitive] to move in a violent uncontrolled way, or to make part of your body move in this way. thrash around/about: His body began to thrash around wildly. thrash out to discuss something until you find a solution or reach an agreement. Both sides hope to thrash out an agreement by next week. beat/thrash someone (to) within an inch of their life to hit someone so hard that they nearly die ) in eliminating Russian 21st seed. Nick Kyrgios confirmed on Monday that he is the genuine article( genuine article 本尊, 正品 the real thing rather than a substitute. a good and real example of a particular thing: Those cowboy boots sure look like the genuine article. Is this the genuine article or some cheap imitation substitute? I'll take the genuine article, thanks. genuine fake An imitation of a (usually) valuable object that is so good that it is, to all intents and purposes, identical. ), when the Australian 19-year-old backed up his memorable victory against Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon this year with a four-set ejection of the 21st seed Mikhail Youzhny here. Yet while Kyrgios's powerful game was functioning smoothly – he served no fewer than 26 aces on his first outing第一次出战, 第一次出场 at the US Open – the young Australian's emotional compass ['kʌmpəs] was all over the place as he picked up no fewer than three code violations for audible obscenities and thrashing balls out of the court. The third of these meant that he was automatically docked ( dock [transitive] to take money out of someone's salary, especially as a punishment. They dock your wages if you're late more than twice.) a game, and a fourth would have seen him become the first man to be defaulted from a grand slam since Jeff Tarango at Wimbledon in 1995. Fortunately Kyrgios managed to hold on to his temper well enough to see the match through, underlining his dominance by walloping ( wallop I. [ˈwoləp] to hit someone or something very hard. II. 完胜 to thoroughly defeat someone in a game. ) Youzhny 7-1 in the decisive tie-break. "I'm going to get pretty scorched back in Melbourne but this here in New York is my favourite grand slam," said Kyrgios, who does not lack for confidence nor for feistiness(lack for something to lack something. We don't lack for new ideas. We lack for nothing, thank you. 'Lack for' appears to be used mainly negatively: He does not lack for
friends; The plan does not lack for critics; We did not lack for
opportunities to do it. This mean something stronger than plain 'lack':
they mean that in fact there were many, or quite a few.
Note also that in the progressive verb form can take the preposition in: "I am lacking in time." (It sounds odd though, since one is usually lacking in funds, etc.). I lack the time. faisty [ˈfaɪsti] full of energy and lively determination. feisty young women.) but clearly needs to get a handle on his own temperament. He has two coaches, Todd Larkham back at his base in Australia and Josh Eagle for when he is on the road, and the pair of them are said to be working on lengthening his fuse. It is hard to see how the Australian player can carry on at this level of tempestuousness without either burning himself out or messing up matches he ought to win. "I guess it was just heat-of-the-moment 大脑发热 stuff," Kyrgios said afterwards. "I was frustrated the way I was playing and it was just an outburst. Hopefully I will be able to control that the next time I play." Asked if the amount of pressure surrounding him had increased since Wimbledon, he replied: "Yeah, it's gone up a bit. I'm probably expecting a lot out of myself at these sort of tournaments. I have to know I'm still young and it's a long journey. I have to just be patient. I think it's good to have high expectations, as well. "I have been an emotional player most of my career," said Kyrgios, who will now play the world No 49 Andreas Seppi in the next round. "Maybe I will be able to manage it in the future. It's a work in progress逐渐变好, 进步中. It's something that's always been there."
