用法学习: 1. A mixer(搅拌器, 打蛋器, beater 澳说法. blender是弄水果蔬菜的) is a kitchen utensil which uses a gear-driven mechanism to rotate a set of beaters in a bowl containing the food to be prepared. It automates the repetitive tasks of stirring, whisking or beating( whisk I. [transitive] to mix something very quickly using a whisk. Whisk in the butter, then the flour. Whisk the olive oil and lemon juice together. II. [transitive] to move someone or something very quickly. whisk someone/something off/away/through etc: In obvious pain, he was whisked off to the hospital. The police whisked her away in a van. a. [transitive] to move something with a quick movement. She whisked the dirty plates off the table. b. [intransitive] to move quickly. The President whisked through South America last month. whisk 打蛋器 a kitchen tool that consists of several long closed curves of wire joined to a handle that you quickly move through a soft food to put air into it. A whisk is a cooking utensil used in food preparation to blend ingredients smooth, or to incorporate air into a mixture, in a process known as whisking or whipping. Most whisks consist of a long, narrow handle with a series of wire loops joined at the end. The wires are usually metal, but some are plastic for use with nonstick cookware. Whisks are also made from bamboo. Whisks are commonly used to whip egg whites into a firm foam to make meringue, or to whip cream into whipped cream. ). When the beaters are replaced by a dough hook, a mixer may also be used to knead(knead I. 和面. to prepare dough or clay by pressing it continuously. Knead the dough until smooth. II. to rub or press someone's muscles hard.). A mixer may be a handheld mechanism known as an eggbeater打蛋器, a handheld motorized beater, or a stand mixer. 2. object to someone or something to disapprove of someone or something. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection. I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal. I object to him as your choice. I object to your opinion. opposed to something in opposition to something. I am strongly opposed to your suggestion. He is morally opposed to war. to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress. There is still time to oppose this plan. Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans. They are opposed to any form of hierarchy. 注意事项: If you do not like something at all, don't say that you 'can't support' it. Say that you can't bear it or can't stand it. If someone does not allow something that they do not approve of, you can also say that they won't stand for it. Don't use 'support' to say that someone allows something that they do not approve of. You say that they put up with it or tolerate it. I've put up with his bad behaviour for too long. We will not tolerate bullying in this school. Don't use 'support' to say that someone accepts pain or an unpleasant situation. Say that they bear it, put up with it, or tolerate it. It was painful of course but I bore it. You have to put up with small inconveniences. 3. fend for yourself 自力更生. 自食其力. to take care of yourself. The girl took everything she could carry and left the boy all alone to fend for himself. respirator [ˈrespəˌreɪtə(r)] I. 呼吸机. a machine used in hospitals for helping people who cannot breathe on their own. be on/be put on a respirator: He is breathing with the help of a respirator. He had pneumonia and was put on a respirator. II. 呼吸面罩. an object covering your nose and mouth that helps you to breathe when you are in a place that is full of smoke or gas. 4. Apple solves pesky USB issue: claims - Speculation is mounting that Apple will soon unveil a new USB cable that allows users to plug into an iPhone or an iPad in any orientation. News of a reversible iPhone 6 lightning cable has emerged from a number of sources. The new cable is understood to have a double orientation design that "enables the plug connector to be inserted into a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two intuitive orientations", uSwitch reports. This means the cable will automatically align to the 'correct way' so you won't have to fiddle around trying to get the plug the right way up, it said. 5. The Pope said light-heartedly that his popularity among the Catholic world might force him to retire in order for him to avoid becoming too proud骄傲. Francis' papacy([ˈpeɪpəsi] I. the papacy. the position or power of the pope. II. [countable] the period during which a particular person is the Pope.) has been characterised by a more liberal outlook, with more flexible positions on topics such as homosexuality, abortions and female priests. 6. Sexton, who is recently divorced from her husband, has now taken her maiden name, Caswell, back 改回了本名. He said his son was a capable 有能力的, 有实力的 climber, having graced the cover of 登上封面 California Climber magazine in 2012, guessing tiredness may have been a factor in the fall.
Giant rat charges 冲过来 at commuters: A journalist filming a rat from a distance in a New York subway has had to take evasive action after the rodent turned and made a beeline for him. This large rat skulks around ( skulk [skʌlk] to move around or to wait somewhere in a secret way, especially because you are going to do something bad. Why is he skulking around in the bushes? ) the New York subway platform for a second or two before spotting the commuter filming it and charging. The commuter, Josiah Ryan, a journalist with The Blaze, is forced to bolt out of 拔腿就跑 the rodent's way as it scurries towards him ( scurry I. to move fast with small quick steps. scurry about/around/off etc: They were scurrying around like ants. II. to hurry to do something or to get something. The animals scurried for shelter.) at an impressive clip. "Oh s---!" he is heard saying as the camera wobbles摇晃. The unsavoury ( I. involving unpleasant, dishonest, or immoral things that you do not want to think or talk about. an unsavoury character/reputation/business. II. food that is unsavoury smells and looks bad. ) encounter took place last Friday night at Manhattan's 42nd Street-Bryant Park subway station. Ryan later told local TV station WPIX: "This rat just comes straight at me with no provocation. I mean maybe he didn't want to be recorded. I don't know how smart they are." He wrote that the incident "permanently shook my faith in the detente (detente [deɪˈtont] (chiefly politics) 气氛缓和. 敌对形势缓和. A relaxing of tension, especially between countries. a situation in which countries that have had an unfriendly relationship become more friendly. ) I once thought existed between man and beast in New York City."
Sydney convenience stores under fire for not showing prices: Sydney's central business district is becoming dominated by chain convenience stores that are charging triple supermarket prices for some essentials必需品 but often do not display prices on shelves. Time-poor shoppers may be willing to pay for convenience. But one consumer advocate has warned about the possibility of price-gouging at stores that do not display prices, such as City Convenience, which has about 50 outlets in the city, including eight along George Street. Mustafa Ahmad, City Convenience's business development manager, stressed that price-hiding was not a top-down directive指令(top-down I. 自上而下的. 从上边下来的. controlled by the people with the highest status in an organization. top-down bureaucracy. II. starting at a general level and then moving to more specific things.) and that the vast majority of the 180 stores were owned by individuals. Consumer advocate Christopher Zinn said the absence of price displays could suggest the stores were open to haggling. "It may well be these places offer a differential pricing regime. That is, if you look drunk or rich or out-of-it ( out of it I. 迷迷糊糊的, 意识模糊的. not conscious of where you are or what condition you are in as a result of taking alcohol or drugs: She was lying on the sofa, totally out of it. II. 感觉被排除在外的 unhappy because you are not included in what is happening: I didn't know anyone at the party and I felt really out of it. ), they might jack up the price," he said. "Maybe three or four in the morning prices are more than it is at two or 3pm, when there is more competition." "If customers don't like it, they don't have to shop there," a spokesman said. "This is when competitive forces come into play. If a shop is unpleasant, people will stop going there." "If you see the price, you know you won't be ripped off at the register款台." The ultimate goal was to display prices for all the products on the shelves, he said.
'My fiance faked his own death to avoid marrying me', admits Alex Lanchester: ALEX Lanchester would have been on her honeymoon today ... if her fiance hadn't faked his own death to break off their engagement that is( that is (to say) said when
you want to give further details or be more exact about something. In
other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or
explanation: I'll meet you in the city, that is, I will if the trains
are running. ). The pair hit it off straight away and became quickly besotted with each other. He was such a gentleman. He showered me with jewellery. We would go out for a posh dinner on the tenth of every month to celebrate the day we got together. Mr Blandford cancelled plane tickets and called to apologise. To placate ( placate [pləˈkeɪt] 示好, 安抚. 平息怒气. to stop someone feeling angry or offended by being nice to them or by giving them what they want. Efforts to placate local government officials have thus far failed. a placating gesture. ) his fiancee, he set the wedding date for August 15, 2014. As the wedding date neared, an excited Ms Lanchester received a gut-wrenching call from her fiance's 'dad'. "Alex, this is Tucker's dad. There's no easy way to say this ... I am sorry to say that Tucker is dead." He went on to tell the bride-to-be that his son had depression and had "thrown himself in front of a car" to end his life. Understandably devastated, Ms Lanchester got off the phone in tears, but later called Tucker's mum to make sense of what she'd heard. That's when she discovered the lie. His mum had no idea that her son was dead, and Ms Lanchester soon realised that the 'dad' she'd spoken to was in fact her gutless fiance, too scared to ring her and break up himself. To add insult to injury, Mr Blandford's parents didn't even know the couple were engaged. Eventually she called Tucker, who initially wouldn't answer her calls, but finally sent her a text admitting his shocking deceit. She is in the United States this week on what would have been her honeymoon, refusing to waste yet another plane ticket.
Lambie warns of Chinese invasion threat: "If anybody thinks that we should have a national security and defence policy which ignores the threat of a Chinese communist invasion - you're delusional and got rocks in your head('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. dropped you on your head when you were a baby.)," she said in a statement on Tuesday. The Chinese threat to the western world was at an unprecedented high, she said. "We need to double the size and capacity of our military right now," she said. Senator Lambie's comments come despite Mr Palmer's attempts to play down his comments on the ABC's Q&A program. Nonetheless, government ministers such as Treasurer Joe Hockey have lined up to condemn the outburst. "I think it is hugely damaging for(damaging causing physical harm to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured. Increased emissions almost certainly have a damaging effect on the environment. damaging to: Smoking is damaging to your health.) Mr Palmer to make those sort of comments," he told reporters on Tuesday. Mr Hockey said the billionaire miner had been a big beneficiary 受益者, 受益人 of Chinese investment in Australia. "He is in a very obvious legal dispute with his Chinese partners but I'd say to Mr Palmer, please don't bring down the rest of Australia because of your biases." The PUP leader is embroiled in a legal battle with Chinese state-owned company CITIC Pacific, which has accused the mining magnate of siphoning off ( siphon or siphon off I. to move liquid from one container to another through a tube. Siphon off all excess liquid. II. 转移巨款, 转移财产. to move money from one bank account to another, especially illegally or dishonestly. They had siphoned off millions of pounds into their personal accounts. ) $12 million in funds. Mr Palmer has strenuously ( strenuous [ˈstrenjuəs] I. a strenuous activity 艰苦卓绝的 is one in which it is necessary for you to use a lot of effort, energy, or strength. The job involves strenuous work and long hours. strenuous exercise. II. determined. strenuous opposition/objections. strenuous diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict. ) denied accusations that his company Mineralogy misused CITIC Pacific's cash to finance PUP's federal election campaign. Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce agrees Mr Palmer's comments are inappropriate. "You can't just drop your bundle ( drop one's bundle 露怯, 惊慌失措
Australian and New Zealand Slang. to lose confidence or hope. Panic;
lose one's self-control. To show cowardice. drop a bundle (on something) Inf. to pay a lot of money for something. Pete dropped a bundle on this car. I always buy old used cars. I've never dropped a bundle on any car. bundle means swag. swag I. [countable] Australian a bag or a roll of cloth containing a traveller's personal possessions. II. [uncountable] informal old-fashioned stolen goods. ) on national television," he said. "China is one of our most important relationships and unwarranted sprays 毫无根据的乱喷(outburst, inflammatory comments )(unwarranted 没道理的, 没有根据的 adj. not fair or necessary. This is an unwarranted invasion of my personal privacy. spray 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. A small branch of flowers or berries. A collective body of small branches. The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley. The tree has a beautiful spray. fresh sprays of evergreen. v. 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. spray for: They're spraying for mosquitoes this weekend. Health officials have sprayed the areas where the virus was active. Farmers have to apply for permits to spray from the air. ) like this are not helpful at all." 后续: Certainly Mr Palmer's outburst on ABC TV the other night was just over the top, shrill(shrill I. High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren. II. Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound: a shrill fife. III. Sharp or keen to the senses; harshly vivid: shrill colors.) and wrong. CLIVE Palmer is attempting to retreat from his extraordinary attack on Chinese "bastards" and "mongrels", claiming the inflammatory ( [ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ri] I. likely to make people feel angry. inflammatory remarks. II. causing inflammation in a part of your body. ) comments "were not directed at the Chinese community or the Chinese government".
