用法学习: 1. get/have your sums right/wrong 总数算错了 mainly UK to calculate the cost of something correctly/wrongly: I must confess that I got my sums wrong - the house extension is costing a lot more than I expected. get it wrong to misunderstand someone or something. Oh, Otto, you've got it wrong again! Why do you have to get it wrong every time? what now I. 现在是要怎样. 又怎么了, 又要怎么样. = now what. It can mean 'what happens next', and it can also mean 'What's going on in this instant' and it can ALSO mean 'what do you want'. Asked in a situation where you reach a point of no return or you have surpassed a dangerous obstacle and have survived the ordeal. 'What now' is also used as in, 'where does this lead us', in terms of re-questioning your relationship status with someone. [after Butch saves Marsellus from rapists] Butch: You okay? Marsellus: Naw man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay. Butch: What now? Marsellus: What now? Well, let me tell you what now. I'm gonna call a coupla pipe-hitting' niggas, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch(A blowtorch 喷气枪 (USA usage), or blowlamp (UK usage, else rare or archaic), is a fuel-burning tool used for applying flame and heat to various applications, usually metalworking.). Hear me talkin', hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'm gonna get Medieval on your ass. Butch: I meant what now, between me and you? Marsellus: Oh, that 'what now?' Well, let me tell ya what now between me an' you. There is no me an' you. Not no more. (Dialogue from the movie, Pulp Fiction). II. 现在怎么办, 下一步怎么办. It is a question in most movie wherein the answer is "we wait". I'm sure you have heard or encountered this phrase being asked by the actor or some supporting actor to someone else especially in movies wherein the main characters are planning on something big... whether an escape, a rescue or whatever. dude 1: what now? dude 2: we wait. 2. the next best thing 退而求其次的选择 the thing that is best, if you cannot have or do the thing you really want: I really wanted to work in television but I ended up in radio, which is the next best thing. the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question (informal) also the million-dollar question (informal) an important or difficult question which people do not know the answer to. So will she marry him or not? - that's the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question. gun shy I. 害怕枪响的, 害怕枪声的. Afraid of loud noise, such as that of gunfire. afraid of a gun or the sound it makes: a gun-shy dog is useless for shooting. An example of gun shy is a dog that hides in the bathtub on 4th of July because of the sound of fireworks. An example of gun shy is a woman who carries pepper spray in her hand whenever she walks alone. II. Extremely distrustful or wary. hesitant, wary, or distrustful, esp. because of previous unpleasant experience. III. (idiomatic) 有心理障碍的, 害怕被耻笑的. 害怕被责备的. Fearing the consequences of repeating an act, especially after being reprimanded. After his last suggestion was laughed at by his colleagues, he was gunshy about making another suggestion. 3. punch I. [countable] the action of hitting someone or something with your fist (=closed hand). throw/land a punch: Bellamy landed a series of good punches. can/can't take a punch (=is difficult/easy to hurt) 挨不得打, 挨不了几下打, 受不了痛: Nichols can't take a punch. II. [countable/uncountable] a sweet drink made with fruit juice and usually alcohol. A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base. a bowl of fruit punch. III. [uncountable] 缺乏感染力. 不感人. 不动人. the emotional power of something such as a performance that affects how people feel. Many British films lack emotional punch. not pull any/your punches to express your feelings and opinions, especially criticism, very clearly. James did not pull any punches in his criticism of our work. roll with the punches to change the way you do things so that you are not seriously affected by difficulties you experience. Being an actor isn't easy, but I've learnt to roll with the punches. punch bowl([bo:l]) a large bowl that you use for mixing and serving punch or similar drinks. Guildford (ˈɡɪlfəd) 注意发音. 4. soft-spoken 说话温柔的, 轻声细语的, 轻柔的. speaking or said in a quiet gentle voice. a soft-spoken reply to an angry question. urinal [juˈraɪn(ə)l] 便池, 小便器(US [ˈjuərɪnəl] or UK [juˈraɪnəl]. urinate [ˈjuərɪneɪt]) a toilet fixed on a wall for men to use in a public building, or a room containing several toilets of this type. It's a toilet-like plumbing fixture for urination only. It can take the form of a container or simply a wall, with drainage and automatic or manual flushing. A septic tank [ˈseptɪk] 便桶, 便箱(seppo 美国人)(trough [trof] [天气预报中的]气槽 I. 窄长的沟. a long narrow open container used for holding food or water for animals. a cattle trough. A stainless steel 不锈钢 trough-style urinal. II. a low area between two high waves or hills. The boat lay almost helpless in the trough of the waves. III. a period when something that rises and falls regularly is at a low level, especially economic activity. We try to adapt to peaks and troughs in demand. IV. a long narrow area of low pressure in the atmosphere between two areas of high pressure, usually causing bad weather.) is a key component of the septic system, a small-scale sewage treatment system common in areas with no connection to main sewage pipes provided by local governments or private corporations. 4. Police said the teacher and the now-high school student began communicating over Twitter after school broke up for the summer休暑假. "We understand that these allegations are extremely troubling and will leave many feeling betrayed." Two days later, the teacher allegedly wrote: "you could have been here but it's all good. I shouldn't tempt myself anyway." Following the arrest, councillors ( [ˈkauns(ə)lə(r)] an elected member of the council that governs a city, county etc. Councillor Marion Atwood. a county councillor. counsellor [ˈkauns(ə)lə(r)] I. someone whose job is to give advice and help to people with problems. II. American someone who looks after children at a summer camp. ) were dispatched to the school to ensure young students they could still trust adults. 5. jumper AU, sweater US. sloppy joe. Pullover, pull-over 套头衫 or pull over may refer to: Sweater or hoodie, a piece of clothing "pulled over" the head instead of buttoned or zipped-up, suit jacket = blazer. get one's hands on 上手, 入手, 到手 To get; to obtain; to secure. If you can get your hands on the right ingredients, it's an easy recipe. tip one's hand 不小心露牌, 不小心被人看破底牌 I. In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand. II. (idiomatic) To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage. overplay one's hand 太过于自信, 太过于乐观, 高估自己的底牌 I. (In a card game) play or bet on one’s hand with a mistaken optimism. II. Spoil one's chance of success through excessive confidence in one's position: She chose to overplay her hand and lost the sympathy of those who could have saved her. 6. 悉尼金融中心地位又跌: Sydney is failing in its quest to become a global financial centre, with a new report showing it has quickly fallen behind big Asian cities in a world ranking, raising questions about the efficacy (efficacy [ˈefɪkəsi] effectiveness in producing the result that you intended. The efficacy of the medical procedure has not been proven. ) of the federal government's tax settings and levels of regulation. "It's disappointing to go backwards on any league table," said Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden. Sydney's drop from the top 20 attractive financial centres has been relentless无情的. Mr Johnson said the poor result "illustrates the extent of competition竞争度 and why it is important for Australia to keep up. Not to do so is dissipating ( dissipate [ˈdɪsɪpeɪt] I. [intransitive/transitive] 消解于无形. to gradually disappear by becoming less strong, or to make something do this. a material designed to dissipate heat. II. [transitive] 化于无形. to waste something such as time, money, or supplies by not using it in a sensible way. The benefits of smaller wage increases for workers have been dissipated by the Government. ) a natural advantage." "The emergence 崛起 of Shanghai is clear, and the Korean authorities have development of their financial system as a priority, because it has lagged the development of the "real" Korean economy. When competitors are established一旦竞争者成熟了, they are almost impossible to dislodge赶下台 – witness Singapore," Mr Johnson said. 7. sit flush: It means sitting without a difference of height between two different surfaces. Just wondering, do most peoples engagement rings sit flush with their wedding band or is it OK to have a mini minute gap? At first my rings dont sit flush and the gap is quite noticeable. So I get the jeweler to fix it (by raising the e ring setting by tiny mm). Like Krysta I don't really want my wedding band shaped to match the engagement ring. They are still not totally flush now, but you almost cant notice the gap. flush v. I. [intransitive] (等于blush脸红尴尬) if someone flushes, their face becomes red because they are hot or ill, or are feeling angry, embarrassed, or excited. To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush. The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion. Lisa flushed and looked away. flush with: Mark flushed with annoyance, but said nothing. someone's face/cheeks flush (with something)脸红: Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment尴尬的脸红了. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush 血涨红了脸. Blood flushes into the face. Usage notes: In sense "turn red with embarrassment", blush is more common. More finely, in indicating the actual change, blush is more common – "He blushed with embarrassment" – but in indicating state, flushed is also common – "He was flushed with excitement". II. [intransitive/transitive] Sound effect: flush to make water pass through a toilet. a. flush or flush away [transitive] to get rid of something by putting it into a toilet and flushing it. flush something down the toilet: If any medicine is left over, flush it down the toilet. b. [intransitive] if a toilet flushes, water passes through it. The loo won't flush! III. [transitive] to clean something by pouring a lot of water over it or through it. Hot water is then flushed through the pipe. IV. flush or flush out 赶出来, 轰出来 [transitive] to force a person or animal to leave a place where they have been hiding. To cause to take flight from concealment. The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake. flush someone from something: The rebels were flushed from their hiding places and shot. adj 贴合 if two surfaces or edges are flush, they are exactly level with each other. smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. Sand down 磨下去 the excess until it is flush with the surface. The cupboard doors aren't quite flush. flush with: Try to trim the hedge so it's flush with the fence. II. informal with a lot more money than you usually have. wealthy or well off. He just got a bonus so he's flush today. Sammy was feeling flush 感觉有钱了, 感觉富了 after a win at the races. adv. fitted so that two surfaces or edges are exactly level. flush with: hand-painted tiles set flush with the wall. n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood. the flush 猩红色 on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset. the first flush of youth/success/love/freedom etc mainly literary the time when something is new and exciting. She was still in the first flush of her huge success. hot flush the feeling of suddenly being very hot that a woman may have during the menopause (=when she stops being able to have children). royal flush a set of the five highest playing cards from the same suit in the game of poker. busted flush if a person or organization is a busted flush, they no longer have any power or influence. blush if you blush, your cheeks become red because you feel embarrassed or ashamed. 'A few of the girls were after me,' he recalled, blushing slightly. II. formal to feel embarrassed or ashamed. blush to do something 羞于做某事, 不好意思: I blush to admit it, but it's true. at first blush when you first think about or see something. At first blush it looks like any other car. spare/save someone's blushes 免于尴尬, 挽回颜面 to prevent someone from being embarrassed or ashamed by doing or saying something, or by avoiding doing or saying something. He scored at the last minute, and spared England's blushes. blush/flush to the roots of your hair 脸红脖子粗, 尴尬到了极点, 脸红到耳根子去了 British to have a very red face because you are embarrassed. 8. uptight I. nervous and easily annoyed 紧张不安的. He gets so uptight about the slightest difficulty. II. 毕恭毕敬的. 拘束的. always behaving in a very correct way, and unable to relax in informal situations. A pack hunter or social predator(hunting in a pack) is a predator belonging to the animal kingdom, which has evolved to hunt its prey by working together with other members of its species. Normally animals hunting in this way are closely related, and with the singular exception of唯一例外的 humans and chimpanzees where only males normally hunt, all individuals in a family group will contribute to hunting. The most commonly known pack hunter is the Gray Wolf, the ancestor of all breeds of domesticated dogs. Humans and their closest-living relatives chimpanzees are themselves pack hunters even without aid of other species. 9. 穆斯林小孩在节目上让大家真正认识穆斯林: "Children just understand each other, and they get along, and they don't care what race, what religion, what culture." Mohammed advised Australians to stop making generalisations 以偏概全 based on the actions of a few. "Get to know us," said Mohammed. The Block Drama: Blockheads mount mutiny ( 谋反, 以下犯上. 叛乱. open rebellion against constituted authority, esp by seamen or soldiers against their officers. ) against Keith: Keith found himself facing a Blockhead mutiny when he added an additional piece of work to an already weighty terrace workload. The Blockheads got together and decided they didn't have time to complete the work Keith requested if they were going to deliver their terraces ([ˈterəs]) on time. But Keith was having none of it(have none of sth 不接受, 不同意 formal to refuse to accept, agree with, or support something: She tried to persuade him to retire, but he would have none of it.).
Restaurant laces customers' noodles with opium( Chef spiked noodles with 'opium'): A Chinese restaurant owner allegedly laced his customers' noodles with opium – to make sure they came back for more. 'Zhang's' actions were discovered only after customer Liu Juyou, 26, was pulled over by police during a routine traffic stop earlier this month and tested positive for opium. Police did not believe Mr Joyou's claims he had never taken drugs in his life and that he suspected the popular noodle shop was involved. Mr Joyou managed to convince his family to eat the same noodles and test themselves for the drug, before presenting the positive results to police, who opened an investigation into the restaurant. They discovered other customers were also unknowingly不自知的, 不知情的情况下 imbibing ( imbibe [ɪmˈbaɪb] I. [intransitive/transitive] often humorous to drink something. II. [transitive] formal if you imbibe ideas, feelings, or qualities, you experience them and are influenced by them. ) small amount of opium, which according to police, would gradually have built up日积月累 to give a positive drugs test result. An anti-narcotics police officer said to the South China Morning Post: "If the food is ingested over a long period of time(ingest [ɪnˈdʒest] to take food or drink into the body.), it would have an addictive effect". Mr Joyou, who was detained 拘押 for 15 days, was released. However, despite finding the restaurant culpable, Mr Joyou's appeal against his detention was dismissed by police, who said their priority was to detect drugs and punish drug users. Poppy seeds used to be a popular ingredient in Chinese dishes until their use was banned. The owner of a noodle restaurant in China's northern Shaanxi province has confessed to lacing his dishes with opium to keep customers coming back for more, according to multiple reports. The unusual secret ingredient came to light when customer Liu Juyou tested positive for opium following a routine traffic stop earlier this month. Liu insisted that he had never taken drugs in his life, and suspected a noodle shop he frequented may have been to blame. This amount of poppy is not habit forming养成习惯, but can show up in drug tests, reported Hua Shang Bao newspaper reported, according to CNN. Zhang allegedly crushed the buds into powder form and mixed them into menu items.
年轻恐怖分子被射杀: Numan Haider flew into a rage暴怒, just hours before was shot dead by police in Melbourne, when he learned police had searched his bedroom while he was not at home, it has been claimed. Police visited the 18-year-old terror suspect's Endeavour Hills home on Tuesday night hoping to speak with Haider, but he was hanging out at a Hungry Jack's restaurant with friends at the time, according to an account posted on Facebook by radical Muslim preacher Ustadh Mohammed Junaid Thorne. Haider's parents called their son to tell him about the police search and this news reportedly enraged the Afghani teen, prompting him to call the local police station to rail against ( rail against someone or something 抱怨, 发飙 to complain vehemently about someone or something. Why are you railing against me? What did I do? Leonard is railing against the tax increase again. ) the "invasion of his privacy," News Corp reports. Thorne said police responded by 回应 asking Haider to come in for a meeting. According to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay, two counter-terrorism officers discussed options with Haider about a meeting place before deciding to meet outside the Endeavour Hills police station. Haider's friends allegedly urged him not to go and even his parents tried to stop their son over concerns for his safety, ABC News reports, but he apparently ignored their pleas and showed up armed with two knives and carrying an Islamic flag. Haider was shot dead after stabbing a 43-year-old Australian Federal Police officer and a 38-year-old member of Victoria Police. Haider's family would not comment about the incident yesterday. His parents reportedly had wanted their son to see a counsellor over his increasingly radicalised behaviour and had been looking into an arranged marriage as a way of getting him to settle down, the ABC reports. Few details have emerged about Haider's short life and what motivated his alleged violent rampage. He graduated last year from Melbourne's Lyndale Secondary College and lived with his family in a neat double-storey brick house in Narre Warren South, Fairfax Media reports. His parents are immigrants from Kabul and are said to be moderate ( I. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme: a moderate price. II. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate: a moderate climate. ) and liberal(I. giving and generous in temperament or behaviour. II. tolerant of other people. III. abundant; lavish: a liberal helping of cream. IV. not strict; free: a liberal translation. ). Haider had joined a fringe Islamic centre in Springvale led by a radical preacher but reportedly he had not been attending for months. His behaviour had caught the attention of police — he is said to have waved the Islamic State flag at a local shopping centre — and recently his passport had been cancelled. Haider's Facebook profile picture also changed dramatically on September 18, four days before he was fatally shot, from that of a clean-shaved, smartly-dressed young man to that of a menacing figure in black balaclava and camouflage shirt holding a jihadi-style black flag. A relative said yesterday Haider's family had contacted police asking for the teen's body to be returned for burial. For those who knew Haider, what he is alleged to have done is unfathomable难以理解的, 难以解释的(impossible to explain or understand). He was a "skinny small boy", a devout [dɪˈvaut] Muslim who prayed at the Hallam mosque in Narre Warren, among other places. He was from an Afghani family, too distraught to speak with the media on Wednesday. According to a man at the mosque, who declined to be named, Haider was also frustrated at what is happening overseas in Iraq and Syria and at the proposed new Australian terrorism laws that many Muslims see as targeting their community. Police said that when they asked Haider to answer some questions about what they called "some concerns" about his recent behaviour he had asked to meet them at the Endeavour Hills police station in south-west Melbourne. Police agreed. There was no intention of arresting him at that stage and the idea was to keep it all low key. He had been a "person of interest" for about three months and his passport had been cancelled last week owing to what police said was an "escalation of his activity" in recent days. Police alleged that when they went to greet him Haider stabbed the AFP officer in the abdomen, neck and head, and then the Victorian officer on the forearm. More alarmingly, the Age reported that Haider's plan was to follow instructions from the international terror group Islamic State and behead the officers, cover the bodies in the flag of Islamic State and take photos to post via the internet. Victoria's police commissioner, Ken Lay, did say that police found a second knife among Haider's possessions. Lay agreed with assistant commissioner Luke Cornelius "100%" that police had "no choice" but to shoot Haider, a remark that legal and Islamic groups say pre-empts a homicide and coronial investigation. In Narre Warren on Wednesday there was a deep sense of scepticism among the Muslim community about the police's allegations, a sign of growing mistrust and alienation. Police and politicians were anxious to calm everyone down and went out of their way to emphasise that what happened on Tuesday night was not about religion or ethnicity, but about allegations about the actions of an individual. They are nervous about Islamic anger and equally anxious about anti-Muslim sentiment spilling out of control. The man who shared a cabin with Haider tried to explain the complexity of what many Muslims are feeling. "There's always a sense of misplacement and doubt over whether you belong," he said. On the one hand, he said, there was a desire to prove yourself a good citizen. On the other, Muslims were always having to explain actions that had nothing to do with them. "There is a sense of questioning, of whether you belong, about what your status is in this country." Mr Haider had also been picked up on intelligence sweeps looking into threats to Parliament House and he may have tried to follow the movements of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the Herald Sun reports. But Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay sought to downplay those concerns, saying federal police found the link to be "quite tenuous ( tenuous [ˈtenjuəs] 脆弱的 weak and likely to change. a tenuous agreement/connection. )" and police would make a judgment call after reviewing all the evidence.
公司高管辞职: High-flying(successful and determined to achieve more things.) CEO quits after daughter writes list of 22 milestones he missed: The head of a $2 trillion investment fund has revealed he quit his job after his 10-year-old daughter wrote him a note listing 22 special moments in her life he had missed. The California-based Mohamed El-Erian shocked the financial world when he resigned as chief executive of PIMCO in May 2013. Mr El-Erian, who made $100 million 2011 alone, said in a recent essay for Worth that his wife and daughter were at the heart of his decision to quit. The 56-year-old said the "wake-up call" happened when he was arguing with his daughter about brushing her teeth and she left to fetch a piece of paper from her room. "It was a list that she had compiled of her important events and activities that I had missed due to work commitments," he wrote. "The list contained 22 items, from her first day at school and first soccer match of the season to a parent-teacher meeting and a Halloween parade. "I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, an urgent phone call, sudden to-do忽然要做的事情. "But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point ... I was not making nearly enough time for her." Mr El-Erian used to leave home for work at 4.30am each morning but since resigning he and his lawyer wife Jamie take turns in waking up their daughter, preparing her breakfast and bringing her to school, he wrote. He said he has taken a "portfolio" of part-time roles, including being chief economic adviser at Allianz, which require far less travelling and allow him more flexibility.
