用法学习: 1. hit/reach rock bottom 跌到谷底, 触底, 低潮(the lowest point人生最倒霉的时候: I am at the lowest point in my life.) to reach the lowest possible level or be in the worst possible situation She used illegal drugs for eight years and quit before she hit rock bottom. The department has reached rock bottom, with employees being fired and supervisors facing criminal charges. Usage notes: also used in the form be at rock bottom最低点: Grain prices are now at rock bottom. How to get up when you hit rock bottom. How to ROCK Your Rock Bottom and Reinvent Yourself? When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. morbid病态的 suggesting an unhealthy mental attitude; unwholesomely gloomy. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease. My adult life wasn't any easier. Those patterns of poor eating and never exercising created a 330-pound 30-year-old. I had now made the transition from a chubby kid to a morbidly obese adult. 2. wink 挤眉弄眼, 抛媚眼(winker: He is a winker, he winks at everyone) [intransitive/transitive] to quickly close and open one eye as a sign to someone, for example a sign that what you have just said is a joke or a secret. wink at: Marcus winked at me knowingly. nudge, nudge, wink, wink informal used as a way of saying indirectly that something involves sex. not sleep a wink没合眼, 没合一下眼 to not sleep at all. tip someone the wink British informal to give someone secret information. 3. Stay away from her, peasant农民, she is out of your league. Why don't you do the world a favor and pull your lip over your head and swallow. I really wish you would pull your lip over your head and swallow it. tonsil 扁桃腺 扁桃体 Tonsils are collections of lymphoid(lymph [lɪmf] 淋巴 a clear liquid in your body that cleans your tissues and helps to remove harmful bacteria from your blood.) tissue facing into the aerodigestive tract. The set of lymphatic tissue known as Waldeyer's tonsillar ring includes the adenoid tonsil, two tubal tonsils, two palatine tonsils, and the lingual tonsil. When used unqualified不正确使用(I. not having the education or experience to do a particular job. They chose someone unqualified to hold such a senior position. II. complete and total, without any doubts. You have my unqualified support in this matter. The event was an unqualified success.), the term most commonly refers specifically to the palatine tonsils, which are masses of lymphatic material situated at either side at the back of the human throat. The palatine tonsils and the nasopharyngeal tonsil are lymphoepithelial tissues located near the oropharynx and nasopharynx (parts of the throat). 4. Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg(born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, model, and former rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, becoming famous for his 1991 debut as frontman with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He later transitioned转行 to acting, and is now known for his roles in films. tyrant [ˈtaɪrənt] tyrannise [ˈtɪrənaɪz] I. 专制者, 暴君. someone who rules a country in a cruel and unfair way. The country was ruled by a brutal tyrant. II. someone in a position of power who behaves in a cruel and unfair way. She describes her husband as a tyrant. Are your mum is those old tyrants type? Open plan 敞开的, 敞开式的(open plan office) is the generic term used in architectural and interior design for any floor plan which makes use of large, open spaces and minimizes the use of small, enclosed rooms such as private offices. The term can also refer to landscaping of housing estates, business parks, etc., in which there are no defined property boundaries, such as hedges, fences or walls. In residential design, open plan or open concept (the term used mainly in Canada) describes the elimination of barriers such as walls and doors that traditionally separated distinct functional areas, such as kitchen, living room, and dining room. down-and-dirty I. (American informal) 肮脏的. 卑劣的. 不择手段的. down-and-dirty behaviour is not pleasant or honest. Highly competitive or unprincipled: he's willing to get down and dirty, slinging mud at will随意抹黑别人 and knowing that some of it will stick. He ran a down-and-dirty political campaign. II. 色情的. (American informal) something that is down-and-dirty is shocking, often because it is connected with sex. Earthy, direct, and explicit: I won't bore you with the down-and-dirty details, He likes his films down-and-dirty. sling/throw mud at somebody 抹黑, 说坏话, 破坏声誉, 毁人名誉, 破坏名声 if someone slings mud at another person, they try to make other people have a low opinion of them by saying unpleasant things about them. Companies should think carefully before slinging mud at someone who may respond with a libel action costing millions of dollars. throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick I. 一试再试, 总有成功的那一天. Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful. II. 谣言传多了, 就成了事实. If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against a person (or organisation), his reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved. Etymology: Possibly based on a technique of building wattle and daub walls by throwing daub (mud mixed with straw) at the wattle, throwing hard enough that some obtained a good key and remained in place, (compare slapdash, a pebbledash effect produced by throwing pebbles at a rendered wall). throw dirt enough, and some will stick If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished. Samsung calls Apple's iPhone 6 Plus a Galaxy Note imitation in new ad: Since entering the smartphone market, Samsung has fielded a flotilla of devices with varying screen sizes in what seems to be a "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" approach to differentiation. Despite a number of flops, the tactic has allowed the company to cherry-pick popular form factors and crow about being "first" to market. crow n. a large black bird that makes a loud sound called cawing. as the crow flies in a straight line. We're only 10 miles away as the crow flies直线距离, but it's an hour's drive by road. eat crow American informal to admit that you were wrong about something. crow's feet 鱼尾纹 wrinkles in the skin at the corners of your eyes. crow's nest a place near the top of a ship's mast where a sailor stands to look out over the sea. v. I. Sound effect: crow if a cock (=male chicken) crows, it makes a loud high noise. II. 洋洋得意的. 自鸣得意的. 烧包的. to talk very proudly about something that you have done, especially when you have defeated someone. III. British if a baby crows, it makes a sound that shows it is happy. cherrypick选优, 精挑细选 I. to choose only the best things or people out of a group. To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light. From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas. II. (rhetoric, logic) 选择性挑选. 有偏见的挑选. To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence. III. (US, idiomatic, sports) To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced. low-hanging fruit 唾手可得的果实, 现成的 (idiomatic) Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means. You seem like taking great pleasure(take pleasure in something 很是乐见, 取乐 be entertained by, be amused by. It's wrong to take pleasure over anyone's agony. "He took pleasure in humiliating her." get pleasure from (doing) something 享受: I get a lot of pleasure from travelling. give/bring pleasure to someone: His books have given enormous pleasure to many people. great pleasure很大的乐趣: She gets great pleasure from her garden. ) in my problems. I don't want to video it, if you put it on YouTube, my name will be mud我的名声就完蛋了, 我的名誉就毁之一旦(Your name is mud. You are unpopular. One is in trouble, disgraced, or discredited, one is in trouble or humiliated. If I can't get this contract signed, my name will be mud. His name is mud ever since he broke the crystal vase. If they find out I broke it, my name will be mud. If his estimate is completely wrong, his name will be mud. ). drag somebody's name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes. stick-in-the-mud 老封建, 老保守, 保守派(prude更多是关于性方面的) Fig. a dull and old-fashioned person. Don't be such an old stick-in-the-mud. some stick-in-the-mud objected to the kind of music we wanted to play in church. Mud sticks (British & Australian) something that you say which
means it is difficult to make people change their bad opinion of someone.
The court cleared him of fraud, but mud sticks. be as clear as mud (humorous) to be impossible to understand. 'Does that make sense?' 'Yes, it's as clear as mud.' Here's mud in your eye! something that you say in order to wish success or happiness to someone who is drinking with you. Well, here's mud in your eye! I hope you'll both be very happy together. 6. blame for something 承担责任, 承受指责 the responsibility of having done something wrong or caused something bad to happen. (accept ~; bear ~; shoulder ~; take~.) I absolutely refuse to shoulder the blame for the entire fiasco! blame something on someone 怪罪, 嫁祸于人 to say that something is someone's fault; to place the guilt for something on someone. Don't blame it on me. I blamed it all on someone else. Oh, You crashed the car, but you blamed it on your brother, what a dog act太卑劣了, 太卑鄙了, 太不是人了, 太低下了! I hate it with a passion, I think I am gonna gag. I can't blame him for that不能怪他, 怪罪他, 怪不了他, 没法怪他. lay/place/put the blame (for something) on someone Fig. to place the blame for something on someone. We could not possibly lay the blame for the accident on you. Don't try to lay the blame on me! Please don't try to place the blame on me for the accident. The insurance company placed the blame on the weather. take the blame (for doing something) to acknowledge that one is to blame for doing something. Do you really expect for me to take the blame for something I didn't do? A bad workman blames his tools怪别人, 找理由. something that you say when someone blames the objects they are using for their own mistakes. 'This oven burns everything.' 'You know what they say, a bad workman blames his tools.' passion I. [countable/uncountable] a powerful emotion such as love or anger. She spoke with great passion about the plight of the refugees. passions run high情绪高涨, 情绪激动 (=people become very angry, upset etc): Passions run high when marriages break up and children are involved. a. [singular] a state of being affected by a powerful emotion, especially anger. fly into a passion (=become very angry)火冒三丈: She flew into a passion when she heard this suggestion. work yourself up into a passion (=make yourself very angry): He had worked himself up into a passion by the time they finally arrived. hate with a passion恨之入骨, 恨得牙痒痒: It is meant to hate something a lot. With all your heart, it's like the love but opposite. II. [countable/uncountable] a very strong feeling of sexual love. passion for: I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him. III. [countable] a strong enthusiasm or interest. passion for 热情, 热衷: He and his wife shared a passion for classical music. a. something that produces a strong enthusiasm or interest in you. Football has always been one of his passions. IV. the Passion. the painful death of Jesus Christ, according to the Bible. 7. Channing Tatum: '22 Jump Street' Cop Reveals Wussy Phobia On 'Ellen' – He's protected the President, headed G. I. Joe, and busted an undercover drug ring on screen. Who would've known谁会知道 the ripped 精壮的 ( ripped I. (Of clothes or fabric) 撕破的, 撕烂的, 破烂的 badly torn: a pair of faded, ripped jeans. II. informal Under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs: at the dress rehearsal, he was so ripped he couldn't stand upright. III. informal Having well-defined or well-developed muscles; muscular: through his slightly-too-tight shirt you could see he was ripped. they're going to the gym daily to get buff pecs, ripped abs, and tight buns. bun I. 发髻. II. male buttock. ) actor had a deadly fear of 怕得要死 dolls?! Channing Tatum appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Sept. 10, where he discussed his biggest fears with host Ellen DeGeneres. The hunky actor initially listed singing as a phobia, to which Ellen, who enjoys scaring her guests, asked, "Where's my microphone?" Channing then opened up about his fear of porcelain dolls瓷娃娃(porcelain [ˈpɔ:(r)s(ə)lɪn] 搪瓷的 a hard shiny white substance used for making expensive dishes, cups, decorations etc. a porcelain dinner service. Porcelain (also known as china or fine china) is a ceramic material made by heating materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 °C (2,192 °F) and 1,400 °C (2,552 °F). The toughness, strength, and translucence of porcelain arises mainly from the formation of glass and the mineral mullite within the fired body at these high temperatures. A bisque [bɪsk] doll or porcelain doll is a doll made partially or wholly out of bisque porcelain. Bisque dolls are characterized by their realistic, skin-like matte finish. They had their peak of popularity between 1860 and 1900 with French and German dolls. Bisque dolls are collectible, and antique dolls can be worth thousands of US dollars. Colloquially the terms porcelain doll, bisque doll and china doll are sometimes used interchangeably. But collectors, when referring to antique dolls, make a distinction between china dolls, made of glazed porcelain, and bisque dolls, made of unglazed porcelain. When referring to contemporary dolls the terms porcelain and bisque are sometimes used interchangeably. ). "I just think they're freaky. I just imagine that when I walk by them, their heads turn," he said, before getting the scariest surprise of his life! As per usual, Ellen was well aware of Channing's fear and she was ready to have some fun with his confession. "Tell me you do not have a doll here!" Channing hoped out loud as Ellen reached behind her chair. Ellen popped back up, holding an eerily real porcelain doll. "Look," she taunted. The Magic Mike hottie immediately jumped to the back of his seat upon coming face to face with his biggest fear. "Why would someone make one?" he questioned as Ellen pulled out another equally terrifying doll. She asked him to hold it a few times before she got up and held one right up to his face. 8. vindicitive 报复心重, 报复心强, 爱报复的, 有仇必报的 adj. someone who is vindictive is cruel to anyone who hurts them and will not forgive them. vindictive towards: Divorced couples often become quite vindictive towards each other. a. used about people's behaviour. a vindictive attempt to punish me for forgetting her birthday. That's so vindictive. salt sensitive口味重的, 爱吃咸的(sensitive to the taste of salt. I couldn't eat some pasta the other day, so my hubby ran to McDonalds and got me a cheeseburger, couldn't eat that due to a salt overload.): When it comes to dietary sodium (salt), people naturally think about its effect on blood pressure. They think, "Too much salt in my diet will increase my blood pressure." But not everyone who has a lot of salt develops high blood pressure. Part of the reason for this is that hypertension can be caused by factors other than sodium; the other part is that the effect of sodium on blood pressure is different for each individual due to their salt sensitivity. Salt sensitivity is a measure of how your blood pressure responds to salt intake. People are either salt-sensitive or salt-resistant. Those who are sensitive to salt are more likely to have high blood pressure than those who are resistant to salt. 9. EA: executive assistant. PA: personal assistant. go-getter 事业心重的人, 有事业心的人, 有抱负的人 n. Informal An enterprising person. an ambitious enterprising person. an enterprising, aggressive person. inchoate [ɪnˈkəuət] v. 刚开始, 刚有个想法. 刚有个想法. just beginning to develop or form. To begin or start something. To cause or bring about. adj. I. 初步想法. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature. neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. a vague, inchoate idea. II. 刚起步的, 混沌的. 不清晰的. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling. Guthrie's inchoate socialist leanings grew into a deep commitment to the labor movement. An inchoate offense, inchoate offence, preliminary crime, or inchoate crime 犯罪未遂 is a crime of preparing for or seeking to commit another crime. The most common example of an inchoate offense is "attempt". "Inchoate offense" has been defined as: "Conduct deemed criminal without actual harm being done, provided that the harm that would have occurred is one the law tries to prevent." 10. Her mum is a prude (a person who affects or shows an excessively modest, prim, or proper attitude, esp regarding sex. ) and very conservative, but she likes sending explicit cards to make fun of that when she travels overseas. off one's game 不在状态, 状态不佳 Fig. not able to play a sport as well as normal. (be ~; put one ~; throwone ~.) Playing or competing below one's usual level of performance. I'm a little tired, and that generally puts me off my game. One fellow I knew once was off his game the whole first half because some idiot was flying a kite over the field advertising some one's pills. Big Bertha, the crowd-pleasing sand tiger shark who survived an astonishing four decades at the New York Aquarium, has died. "She was off her game. She slowed down. She wasn't quite right," said Hans Walters, the animal department supervisor. premeditated homicide 故意杀人, 谋杀(murder). culpable homicide (manslaughter) 过失杀人, 非谋杀(括弧中的是澳洲说法), attempted murder是意图杀人, 杀人未遂, inchoate crime是犯罪未遂. Premeditated murder is the crime of wrongfully and intentionally causing the death of another human being (also known as murder) after rationally considering the timing or method of doing so, in order to either increase the likelihood of success, or to evade detection or apprehension. State laws in the United States vary as to definitions of "premeditation." In some states, premeditation may be construed as taking place mere seconds before the murder. Premeditated murder is usually defined as one of the most serious forms of homicide, and is punished more severely than manslaughter or other types of murder - often with the death penalty or a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Malice aforethought 事先谋划, 有杀人意图 is the "premeditation" or "predetermination" (with malice) that was required as an element of some crimes in some jurisdictions, and a unique element for first-degree or aggravated murder in a few. 11. dissuade 打消念头 to persuade someone not to do something. Campbell tried in vain to dissuade Paton from quitting. I am sorry for what happened today, but I hope this won't dissuade you from coming over again. loving 慈爱的, 恩爱的, 慈祥的, 友爱的, 有爱的 adj. loving feeling or showing love. A child needs two loving parents. a loving relationship. Show him plenty of understanding and loving kindness.12. He seems like a good catch, why hasn't he got someone, there must be some sort of flaw there( catch I. [countable] [usually singular] a hidden problem or difficulty in something that seems extremely good. It sounds like a fabulous opportunity, so what's the catch? II. informal old-fashioned someone who would be a very suitable husband, wife, or partner. III. [countable] 捕鱼量 an amount of fish that have been caught. Catches of Scottish salmon have declined significantly.). Spending money 零花钱. We'll award you this trip, also we'll give you $200 of spending money. Try to cheer me up开心起来, 高兴起来. fall out 闹不和, 闹矛盾 informal to stop being friendly with someone because you have had a disagreement with them. Have you two fallen out? fall out with: I'd fallen out with my parents. I think my brother is the dud sibling in my family, he is cursed, he can't get anything right, I am a bit of a overachiever(someone who tries extremely hard to be successful and puts pressure on themselves to achieve many things. underachiever someone who is not as successful as they could be at work, school etc. How are we going to tackle boys' underachievement 表现不尽如人意 in schools? ), and I am blessed with beauty. I can do no wrong. I am the golden child最受宠的. So I am the one who won genetic lotto. Not getting any younger: When someone says that, they mean that something they are waiting for is taking so long, they will be old before it happens. It is used in the same way we say "I'm coming!"..."So is Christmas!". When someone expresses that they are not "getting any younger" the unconscious subtext暗含的意思, 言下之意 that they are expressing is that they are insecure about the fact that they are aging and will eventually die. This is a bizarre way of thinking想法很奇怪 because if they were not aging normally, and were in fact "getting younger" the would be defying the basic laws of the universe. Yet people still use this expression as if it were a plausible thing that could or should happen to them. cheap shot 胜之不武, 算什么本事, 不仗义, 不道德 n. I. A deliberate, unsportsmanlike, and potentially illegal act of aggression against an opponent. Attacking a goalie trying to make a save is a total cheap shot, I think. II. An unfair or unsporting verbal attack on a vulnerable target. any mean or unsportsmanlike remark or action, esp. one directed at a defenseless or vulnerable person. A remark that unfairly disparages an obvious vulnerability of the target. School bullies always take cheap shots at kids with glasses. low blow 低空的, 低飞的, 下三滥的, 攻下三路的 I. (boxing) An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent's waist; a groin attack. II. (by extension) A rhetorical attack that is considered unfair or unscrupulous. 13. Premature birth(May daughter was early): why do some babies come early早产? One in ten pregnancies will end in premature birth, with potential life-long consequences for the baby. But experts are only just getting to grips with what causes preterm delivery and how to prevent it. "They examined me and said 'we think you're having this baby today' but because I was so early, I had to get transferred转院," Sheridan recalls. She was put into an ambulance with a midwife, and they began the hour-long drive to the larger metropolitan hospital. "I must have been in the ambulance for about five to ten minutes, and I remember hearing the midwife tell the ambulance drivers, 'no, we need lights and sirens, she's coming a lot quicker'," Sheridan says. Sheridan gave birth to her son Isaac about five hours later. It was December 23, and Isaac's due date had been January 29. Premature birth occurs in around one in ten pregnancies, yet we still have very little understanding of 了解不多 what causes it, and are only now making inroads into predicting and preventing it. By definition, premature birth refers to birth before 37 weeks gestation, although most of the concern is focused on babies born before 34 weeks. Under the umbrella term of 'premature birth', there are three distinct scenarios. The first is women who go into labour before they should and give birth. The second group is women who experience preterm rupture of their membranes – waters breaking – without labour, although some of those women, like Sheridan will then go into labour. The third group describes women who have their babies early, usually via caesarean section, because of some medical risk to the mother or baby, such as pre-eclampsia, growth restriction (the baby is not growing well in the womb) or placental abruption, where the placenta(placenta胎盘 [pləˈsentə] the organ through which a baby is connected to its mother's blood supply in her womb before birth) comes away from 脱落 the wall of the uterus. Spontaneous preterm birth represents around 30 to 40 per cent of all preterm births, and this is the group that medical science is working hard to identify before the trouble starts. 14. That's quite presumptuous (presumptuous Going beyond what is right or proper because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance. showing too much confidence and not enough respect. It would be presumptuous of me to decide what she wants. presumptive [prɪˈzʌmptɪv] believed to be true because it seems reasonable or likely. presumed dead missing after an accident or in a war and therefore thought to be dead. The 21 sailors aboard are missing and presumed dead. presume I. [transitive] to think that something is true because it is likely, although you cannot be certain. presume (that): I presume you've already ordered lunch. Ellen could only presume that he didn't care. a. legal to accept that something is true unless someone proves that it is not true. Everyone should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. b. formal if one thing presumes another, the first thing is based on the belief that the other is true. The book presumes some familiarity with the basic principles of particle physics. presume (that): Your argument presumes that everyone understands the issue. II. [intransitive] to act as though you have the right to behave in a particular way when you do not. presume to do something: He would never presume to tell me what to do. presumably 可推知, 可推测 used for saying that you think something is true based on what you know, although you are not really certain. They are students, so presumably they won't have a lot of money. Two sales executives are leaving this week, presumably to get higher paid jobs elsewhere. ) to say that. I am not feeling it觉着不对劲: I'm just not feeling it means she does not feel the 'click' the signs of romance, or infatuation or anything at all. It just happens like that, even though you may be the best looking or most intelligent or sporty or whatever, -the chemistry has to be there or she would be lying if she said she wants to meet up with you again. Try not to take this personally. have a case (against someone) to have much evidence that can be used against someone in court. Do the police have a case against John? No, they don't have a case. You know what. If you are in China, you've got a case. I've sent friend request (friendship request) to him, but he hasn't accept it. Why haven't you requested Jackie on Facebook. Why haven't I accepted you on facebook? I haven't requested yet. I did it specifically to create a power struggle( power struggle 权力斗争, 你争我斗, 争斗, 互相倾轧 an unpleasant or violent competition for power. a situation where two or more people or organizations compete for influence. "a political power struggle between the Liberals and National Party".). Power struggles create distance and hostility instead of closeness and trust. Distance and hostility create resentment, resistance, rebellion (or compliance with lowered self-esteem). Closeness and trust create a safe learning environment. You have a positive influence only in an atmosphere of closeness and trust where there is no fear of blame, shame or pain. I have never seen a power drunk child without a power drunk adult real close by. Adults need to remove themselves from the power struggle without winning or giving in. Create a win/win environment. yelp v. to make a short loud high sound, usually because you are excited, angry, or in pain. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. The children yelped with delight欢呼 as they played in the cold water. Her dogs were barking and yelping. n. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail. near and dear to you 对你重要的人 very important to you People usually give more attention to the things that are particularly near and dear to them. You should ask advice from people who are near and dear to you. binge-watch 狂看 Watch multiple episodes of (a television programme) in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming: you can binge-watch the entire season with this set. Binge-watching, also called binge-viewing, is the practice of watching television for longer time spans than usual, usually of a single television show. fickle adj. I. 反复无常的. always changing your mind about who or what you like. Quick to change one's opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. How fickle are those American people. II. 变化无常的. weather that is fickle changes often and unexpectedly. What's the go here. Australian Slang how does one proceed from here? It is a common Australian phrase that questions what a subject is doing, or what they have been doing. the deal informal the situation or state of affairs. "What's the deal with you and that guy?". What's the deal 什么情况, 怎么个情况? something that you say in order to ask someone to explain what they have been doing or what they are planning to do 'You haven't been at work all week - what's the deal?' So, what's the deal - are we going out to dinner? 15. multiple marrier 多次结婚的人, 结了几次婚的人. desex 阉割 (transitive) To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often physical sterilization. That dog is desexed. Why does my dog's lipstick come out when I pet him, it grossed me out? Answer: By Cindy - Grow up. Your dog's penis comes out because you are stimulating and causing him to be excited or because he it extremely relaxed and or too tired to hold it in. If you neuter him it is much less likely to happen and if you grow up and stop acting like a 2 yrs old it wouldn't make you feel violated. Maybe you should have gotten a female dog and avoided the problem since the sight of a dog's penis is so upsetting to you. By Others: Cindy is uptight and awfully upset over your question. Maybe she loves her doggy's lipstick more than she should, if you catch my drift. 其他关于dog's lipstick的回答： Doggie lipstick has a singular, and slightly ironic, ability to spoil
the mood. Imagine meeting a happy-go-lucky, tail-wagging dog who rolls
over onto his back for a belly rub from his new best friend (that's
you). When this particular dog exposes his abdomen, however, you get an
eyeful( 饱了眼福了, 看个正着, 逮个正着. 看了个够. to clearly see someone or something that is surprising. Ed got an eyeful on the beach when a woman took her top off right in front of him. (often an order) Get an eyeful of this! (= Look at this) I bet you've never seen so much money in one place before. ), and it's not just his belly that you see. Also on view映入眼帘的 is a
moist, pink, fleshy( 软乎乎的, 肉乎乎的. having a lot of soft flesh. ), and -- if you're sharing the opinion of most people根大多数人想法一样
-- disgusting protuberance in the area of his penis. Again, if you're
like most people, you will lose the desire to give that dog a belly rub. That
protuberance "in the area of the penis" goes by a number of names
"Lipstick" and "red rocket" are two common colloquialisms. But the
actual, appropriate name for the protuberance is: penis. To
understand doggie lipstick you must first know a bit about doggie
anatomy. That benign, lightly hair-coated appendage on your dog's
underside that you may have thought was his penis is not, in fact, his
penis. It's his prepuce. The prepuce is a sheath that protects the penis
from trauma on a day-to-day basis (it also protects our eyes from the
sight of the penis). The penis itself is pink, moist, and fleshy. Most
people don't like the sight of it. To add insult to injury, a small
amount of nasty yellow fluid called smegma (the name of the fluid
basically amounts to onomatopoeia) usually coats the penis itself. Why, then, do some dogs but not others frequently show off their lipsticks? A
number of things can cause the penis to emerge from the prepuce. The
first is arousal, and not just that type of arousal. In medicine,
arousal refers to any form of excitement whatsoever, such as might occur
when a dog meets a new person. Dogs experiencing general arousal may,
in turn, develop just a little bit of the other type of arousal. In
other words, excited dogs sometimes develop slight erections. Erections
cause the lipstick to emerge. This phenomenon is more common in but is
by no means limited to un-neutered dogs. Other dogs show their
lipstick due to harmless (to the dog) anatomical anomalies. A size
mismatch between penis and prepuce, or a penis that is prone to
"sagging" out of the prepuce may lead to frequent lipstick sightings. I
have known a few dogs whose penises never fully fit into their prepuces
and were therefore perpetually on view. These dogs experienced
chronically dry penises but came to no significant harm. All right, it's been four hours. I'm calling the doctor! Although
most people don't like lipstick sightings, most instances in which the
penis is briefly visible are not harmful to the dog involved. There is,
however, an exception. The exception is a condition called paraphimosis. neuter (ˈnju:tə) v. (tr) to castrate or spay (an animal). adj. sexless or giving no indication of sex: a neuter sort of name. Neutering, from the Latin neuter (of neither sex), is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The term is often used in reference to males whereas spaying雌性阉割 is often reserved for females. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing. While technically called castration for males, in male horses, the process is referred to as gelding(to remove the testicles of a horse.). Modern veterinary practice tends to use the more precise and specific term "de-sexing". 16. Now you're peaking duck, you can't have a say any more没你说话的份了. pitch-dark adj extremely or completely dark. gather I. [transitive, intransitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to believe or understand that something is true because of information or evidence you have. As far as I can gather, he got involved in a fight. From what I can gather, 据我掌握的消息看来, 据我所知 there's been some kind of problem. I gather (that) you wanted to see me. I gather from your letter that you're not enjoying your job. 'There's been a delay.' 'I gathered that.' 'She won't be coming.' ' So I gather.' You're self-employed, I gather. II. to increase in speed, force, etc The truck gathered speed. During the 1980s the green movement gathered momentum. Thousands of these machines are gathering dust(= not being used) in stockrooms. diva demand 大牌要求(riders): 12 Outrageous Diva Demands — From Mariah Carey to Justin Bieber. Now here's a diva demand we can get behind. Soul legend Aretha Franklin reportedly forgoes most of the extravagant riders preferred by her younger counterparts, in favour of one simple request: $25,000 in cold, hard cash upon arriving at each concert venue. A giant bag of money? Simple. Timeless. Elegant. get behind somebody/something to encourage or help someone or something. To get behind something is to support it. It is a metaphor that comes from the notion of being physically behind something in order to prop it up. I can get behind a creative idea and fight for it. Etymology: based on the idea of helping something move forward by pushing it from behind. Celebrity tour riders: The 9 most ridiculous demands: Ever since, fans and critics have made a hobby of perusing celebrities' often outlandish demands 荒谬绝伦的要求 — called riders (rider I. someone who rides on an animal such as a horse, or on a vehicle such as a bicycle or motorcycle. II. something that is added to what has been stated, in order to limit it. III. an addition to an official document or new law. a rider forbidding actions that could harm the environment. ) — for what venues must provide them during appearances: M.I.A.'s tour demands, which included burka-clad dancers, rank up there among the most extreme rider requests. The Foo Fighters may have the most "hilarious" backstage rider of all time. The rockers are known for sneaking jokes into their list of demands, and topped themselves with a cheeky rider for their 2011 world tour. It included a coloring book, activity pages, and maxims for life: "No one likes a straight A student." Justin Bieber: The current prince of pop's tour rider is suitably "squeaky clean," says The Smoking Gun, noting his reasonable requests for fruit platters and herbal teas. Apparently, he also requires his entourage's wardrobe be just as clean, as he also demands four packages of plain white tee shirts and three packages of lo-rise socks — all in various sizes — be stocked in his dressing room. 17. work one's tail/arse/buns/butt off (idiomatic) Work excessively or to the point of exhaustion. Inf. Fig. to work very hard. (Use caution with butt.) I worked my tail off to get done on time. You spendhalf your life working your butt off—and for what? invigorate [ɪnˈvɪgəreɪt] 充满能力, 活力充沛 verb give strength or energy to. to make someone feel fresher, healthier, and more energetic: We were invigorated by our walk. "the shower had invigorated her". We are not friends any more, we are straight up enemy now. Britney Spears' dad is instrumental in setting her and her ex-boyfriends up, at least encouraging them up. Chocolate bar might be a code for something else in their conversation. be game to be ready for action; to be agreeable to participating in something. "I'm game," David replied when I suggested we go for a long hike. We're going to the park to play football. Are you game? 17. 艳星上教科书封面: A very red-faced publisher accidentally allowed a porn star onto the cover of a maths textbook. Kids in Thailand learnt more than just their timetables when pics of a prominent porn-star landed the cover of one of their textbooks. The (now very embarrassed) publisher of the maths textbook had to recall 3000 copies after they realised that one of the pics features on the cover was lifted from a porn movie(lift I. lift something from something: He lifted his eyes 抬起眼, 抬眼 from the newspaper as Kate walked into the room. lift something to something: Ruth lifted her face抬起脸 to the sun. Her shoulders lifted slightly but she didn't say anything. II. [transitive] to improve the situation that someone or something is in. lift someone out of something: economic measures designed to lift the country out of recession. III. [transitive] [often passive] to officially end a rule or law that stopped someone from doing something. They're hoping to get the ban lifted by the end of the month. IV. [intransitive] if a bad mood or bad feeling lifts, you start to feel happier. a. [transitive] 情绪好转一点. to make someone feel happier. She was lifted a little by the news that they had phoned. lift someone's spirits: Being in the sunshine all day really lifted my spirits. b. [intransitive/transitive] if a weight or burden lifts or is lifted from you, you stop worrying about something and feel happier. I felt as if a great financial burden had been lifted from my shoulders. V. [transitive] informal to steal something. I watched him lift a couple of CDs and stuff them into his jacket. a. if you lift someone else's words or ideas, you use them and pretend that they are yours. VI. [transitive] to cause the amount or level of something to increase. An increase in interest rates will lift the value of the dollar. ). The hilarious gaffe is a great warning for anyone who rips images from Google. It definitely pays to research who the woman you found by searching "mathematics student" actually is. 研究称澳房价过高: The BIS warned that overvalued markets are more likely to see prices slide in the future, especially in a market like Australia where wages are not growing strongly. "This might lead to a reversal or moderation of recent growth or a further sliding of prices," the authors said.
廉价版的, 打折版的, 穷人版的, 缩水版的 (a budget version of. deluxe [dəˈlʌks] used about things that are better in quality and more expensive than other things of the same type a deluxe hotel/model/version. ): 1. "This mini-MPV is a sensible 符合实际的, 现实的 replacement to a lumbering station-wagon - you save money without compromising capacity or practicality.". 2. quick and dirty 潦草的, 匆匆弄出来的, 聊胜于无 used for describing a quick calculation, method, etc., especially one that is done or used until you have enough time or money to do or use a more careful one: No retirement projection is perfect, but a quick-and-dirty one is far better than none at all. Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time. I can do a quick-and-dirty market analysis in time for the meeting tomorrow. a. (US, slang) An inexpensive, inelegant eatery; a greasy spoon. b. (idiomatic) A quick, temporary fix, estimate, or the like. The car broke down but we managed to do a quick-and-dirty 临时的, 临时对付的 and were back on the road in fifteen minutes. rough and ready
(idiomatic) Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.
produced quickly, with little preparation. simple but good enough: rough and ready accommodation.
a. A rough and ready solution or method is one that is rather simple
and not very exact because it has been thought of or done in a hurry. Here is a rough and ready 快速有效, 简单有效的, 简单粗暴的 measurement. b. A rough and ready person is not very polite or gentle. ...rough-and-ready soldiers. slipshod 一蹴而就的, 匆匆上马的 Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash. If something is slipshod, it has been done in a careless way. The hotel had always been run in a slipshod way. slapdash 做事不认真的, 匆匆上马的, 稀里糊涂的, 凑合事的 doing something quickly and not carefully. She's a bit slapdash. He has a slapdash approach to work. If you describe someone as slapdash, you mean that they do things carelessly without much thinking or planning. ...a slapdash student. Malcolm's work methods appear amazingly slapdash. shake and bake Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude object or action. 3. bargain basement I. an underground room in a shop where things are sold at reduced prices. markedly inexpensive bargain-basement rates: Jonathan manages to buy all his clothes at bargain-basement prices (= very cheaply).
II. (of prices) extremely low, or (of products) of low quality. of
inferior quality or worth. If you refer to something as a bargain
basement thing, you mean that it is cheap and not very good quality. ...a bargain-basement rock musical. Farmers bought up the land at bargain-basement prices. Act now if you want to buy bargain-basement shares. 4. cut-rate = cut-price 打折的 (UK) adj charged at a lower rate than usual. cheaper than the normal price a cut-rate vacation. We get cut-rate electricity for six hours each night. used about places that sell cut-rate goods. a cut-rate store 打折店. 折扣店. 5 ersatz [ˈerˌzæts] 廉价版的 I. used instead of something better or more expensive. ersatz coffee. An ersatz product is a poor quality product that is used to replace something that is not available. There were few provisions available: ersatz coffee, macaroni, margarine.
II. not real or sincere. If you describe something as ersatz, you
dislike it because it is not genuine and is a poor imitation of
something better. ...an ersatz Victorian shopping precinct. an ersatz controversy. 6. poor man's 打折版 ( low-cost alternative = cheap substitute, Both "bargain-basement NOUN" and "cut-rate NOUN", ersatz NOUN )
Cheaper than, simpler than, or inferior to 等而下之的, 穷人版本的, 替代品. someone
or something that is similar to a well-known person or thing but is not
as good. Who would like Kim and Kanye, they are just poor man's version of Beyonce and Jay Z. He
was only ever a mediocre singer - they used to call him 'the poor man's
Frank Sinatra'. 'So what did you think of the film?' 'It was just a
poor man's 'Pulp Fiction'.' Something or someone that can be compared to something or someone else, but is not as good is a poor man's version; a writer who uses lots of puns but isn't very funny would be a poor man's Oscar Wilde. Saxon
is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a
handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas. People
do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a
poor man's version of the market. Much as the creators of Usenet called
it "the poor man's ARPANET," bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP.
a. used to refer to someone (such as a performer) who is like another
person in some ways but not as talented or successful. used about
someone who is less successful, popular etc when compared with another
person He’s a kind of poor man's James Bond. a young actor who is said to be the poor man's James Dean.
b. used to refer to something that is like something else but not as
expensive. used about something that is a cheaper type of a similar but
more impressive thing. This car is seen as the poor man’s Rolls Royce. Pewter is the poor man's silver. Usage notes: Often used to describe a free or cheap alternative to a commodity. poor man's copyright
(informal) The practice of mailing a sealed, dated copy of one's work
to oneself as a proof of copyright ownership, rather than registering
with a copyright office. poor man's pizza (informal)
A snack resembling pizza but made with cheaper or simpler ingredients,
such as bread instead of dough and tomato soup instead of pizza sauce. poor man's steak I. fried meatloaf. II. (colloquial) bread dipped in gravy. poor man's Tiffany = carnival glass A type of glassware dating from the early 20th century, notable for lustrous colors.
Cyclists could be allowed to run red lights in a bid to make Victoria's roads more bike-friendly. The proposal comes out of an online survey commissioned by VicRoads to get more people riding bikes and to reduce conflicts with motorists, the Herald Sun reports. Other proposals for the state government to consider include requiring motorists to stay at least 1m away from cyclists, banning riders from using headphones, allowing motorcyclists to use bike lanes, allow bike riders to use footpaths as long as they give way to pedestrians and allowing cyclists to treat traffic lights as Give Way signs. Bike riders must stop at traffic lights or face the same fine as motorists under Victoria's current laws. VicRoads spokeswoman Sharon Duijkers-Mahood said any changes to existing road rules will be aimed at getting more people on bikes. "The aim is to determine whether the cycling-related road rules and legislation for bike riders are working as well as they should be and, if necessary, make recommendations on how they can be improved or better communicated to ensure the safety of bike riders and encourage more people to ride." 网友评论: 1. They want more cyclists so they can cut funding to public transport infrastructure. This will only cause more animosity ( animosity [ˌænɪˈmosəti/] a strong feeling of disliking someone or something. There is no personal animosity between them.) between cyclists and drivers! Who is the idiotic pen pusher执笔人( idiotic [ˌɪdiˈotɪk] extremely stupid. Stop asking idiotic questions!) who thought up想出来的, 发想的 this inane idea. It's bad enough trying to dodge cyclists on the footpath in the city. Rules are made for safety. Whenever a cyclist rides on the footpath I deliberately walk into them and then I can say they ran me over. Worst idea ever. YES I'm an avid cyclist. No I don't ride on the footpath. This makes cyclists a law unto themselves ( be a law unto yourself 自行其是, 特立独行, 想怎样就怎样, 目无法纪的. disapproving to behave in a way that is independent and does not follow the usual rules for a situation. one who ignores laws or rules; one who sets one's own standards of behavior. a person who does things differently and ignores the usual rules. The male characters in her novels are usually attractive, powerful, and dangerous – a law unto themselves. Charlie, of course, never fills in the record forms but then he's a law unto himself. You can't get Bill to follow the rules. He's a law unto himself. Jane is a law unto herself. She's totally unwilling to cooperate.), and there are already enough cowboys in hideous lycra( Spandex or elastane is a synthetic fiber known for its exceptional
elasticity. It is strong, but less durable than its major non-synthetic
competitor, natural latex. The name "spandex" is an anagram of the word
"expands". It is the preferred name in North America; in continental
Europe it is referred to by variants of "elastane", i.e. elasthanne
(France), elastan (Germany), elastano (Spain), elastam (Italy) and
Elasthaan (Netherlands), and is known in the UK, Ireland, Portugal,
Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Israel primarily as
Lycra. ). I agree with Judy, cyclists are a law unto themselves, so whether this becomes law or not will make no difference, they already run red lights without fear of persecution. Only thing that will change if this is made law 成为法律, 变成法律 is that car drivers will then be held legally responsible when cyclists are hurt going through red lights. There should be measures to get people (idiots) off bikes (and our roads). They're road vermin ( vermin [ˈvɜ(r)mɪn] I. 害虫(pest), 有害的小动物. small animals or insects that cause damage or disease. Vermin are small animals such as rats and mice which cause problems to humans by carrying disease and damaging crops or food. parasitic worms or insects. "killed as vermin or game, the pumas have gone". "his clothes are infested with vermin". From 1066 to the 17th century the fox was looked upon as vermin. ...vermin control. The area was plagued by all sorts of vermin: fleas, lice, mice, and rats to name a few. II. 社会毒瘤. 非常讨人厌的人. 非常讨嫌的人, 害群之马, 害虫 offensive extremely unpleasant, annoying, or dangerous people. Obnoxious, or mean and offensive person or people. people perceived as despicable and as causing problems for the rest of society. "the vermin who ransacked her house". Bring these gypsy vermin to the Palace of Justice. venom [ˈvenəm] I. poison produced by some animals, especially snakes and insects. II. very strong anger or hate. The venom in her eyes was frightening.) and obstruct traffic. How about banning cyclist from main roads or enforcing paid registration. Bikes use footpaths in many other large cites (e.g. Tokyo) without any problems because the people riding their bikes are just trying to get from A to B and do it sensibly. The single biggest problem here is the number of lycra lunatics who use public roads as their own personal training track. Cyclists should be able to use roads and footpaths but with a clear understanding of the limitations of both. Also bike riders in Tokyo with great courtesy get off the bike when they come across pedestrians, particularly kids when they use the footpaths. Can one imagine a family with young kids having breakfast in front of a cafe on a Sunday morning (which is a common occurrence 常有事, 常见的情况 as a wonderful tradition in Melbourne) at one of those tiny side tables and the kids as being kids are not much conscience of their surrounding不太注意周围的状况 going and coming to the shop, what would happen if one of those really responsible bike riders hit the kid by accident?
