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用法学习: 1. Malaysia Airlines to be nationalised, then rationalised rather than privatised: Malaysia Airlines will consider cutting some international and regional routes and closing some of its airport lounges as the struggling airline works to "right-size" itself. Lee added that routes closer to home would also come under the bean-counter's gaze( bean counter 只对数字感兴趣的人 Informal. a person who makes judgments chiefly on the basis of numerical calculations. ). break the bank Fig. to use up all one's money. (Alludes to casino gambling, in the rare event when a gambler wins more money than the house has on hand.) It will hardly break the bank if we go out to dinner just once. Buying a new dress at a discount price won't break the bank. not break the bank 不会太贵, 不会太夸张 to not be too expensive And at £12.99 a bottle, this is a champagne that won't break the bank. 3. skylight 天窗. Ryanair has been criticised for many aspects of its customer service. The Economist wrote that Ryanair's "cavalier ( adj. [ˌkævəˈlɪə(r)] 独断专行, 自以为是的. 我行我素的. not caring about other people's feelings or about the seriousness of a situation. a cavalier attitude. n. a supporter of the king in the English Civil War of the 17th century. ) treatment of passengers" had given Ryanair "a deserved reputation for nastiness" and that the airline "has become a byword for appalling customer service ( byword 代名词, 别名. if someone or something is a byword for a particular quality, they have a strong reputation for that quality. byword for: The city is a byword for intolerance. ) ... and jeering rudeness(unkind laughter or comments directed at someone, especially in a public place.) towards anyone or anything that gets in its way挡住去路, 挡了路". 4. fall for sth 上当, 误信 informal to be tricked into believing something that is not true. said when you recognize a trick and refuse to be deceived by it: "Lend me a fiver and I'll buy you a drink." "Oh no, I'm not falling for that one." He told me he owned a mansion in Spain and I fell for it. I'm not falling for that one! fall for sb to suddenly have strong romantic feelings about someone: She always falls for unsuitable men. He's fallen for her in a big way. put someone in an awkward position 置于尴尬境地 to make a situation difficult for someone; to make it difficult for someone to evade or avoid acting. Your demands have put me in an awkward position. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid I've put myself in sort of an awkward position. put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes 设身处地的 to imagine how someone else feels in a difficult situation: Put yourself in my place - what else could I have done? daggy I. not fashionable. II. untidy, dirty, and unpleasant. 5. Perth is not happy, and it can't just Shake It Off: after learning Taylor Swift won't be hitting the West Australian city on her upcoming tour Down Under. The pop superstar has just announced the Australian dates for her 1989 World Tour and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will all be graced with her presence(graced with something made elegant by means of some ornament or decoration. The altar was graced with lovely white flowers. The end of the beautiful day was graced with a beautiful sunset.) in 2015, but not poor Perth. Her distraught fans have been out in force全体出动, 蜂拥而出, cramming social media with messages pleading with the singer to make her way to them. Her Australian promoter Michael Gudinski, told the West Australian that it was a decision to play either Adelaide or Perth, because the singer couldn't logistically do both( the practical arrangements that are necessary in order to organize something successfully, especially something involving a lot of people or equipment. logistics of: We haven't thought about the logistics of getting everyone here from Glasgow.). "Taylor's management and I felt that Adelaide shouldn't miss out again," Gudinski told the paper. 6. lord it over someone 颐指气使, 使唤, 呼来喝去 Fig. to dominate someone; to direct and control someone. To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to. to behave as if you are better than someone else and have the right to tell them what to do. Mr. Smith seems to lord it over his wife. The boss lords it over everyone in the office. She likes to lord it over the more junior staff in the office. Android continues to lord over the smartphone biz. colour interest or excitement. add/give/bring colour to something: The examples chosen add colour to the writing. colours [plural] the combination of colours used for representing a particular country, team, political party etc. He was wearing the colours of his favourite football team. national colours: Australia's national colours. see the colour of someone's money informal to have proof that someone is going to pay you. Striking the colors 投降, 举手投降, 举白旗, meaning to lower the flag (the "colors") which signifies a ship's or garrison's ( a group of soldiers living in and defending a particular place. The army's regiments spread over the area in small garrisons. a. the place that a group of soldiers are living in and defending. a garrison town. ) allegiance效忠, is a universally recognized indication of surrender, particularly for ships at sea. For a ship, surrender is dated from the time the ensign is struck. "Colors. A national flag (or a battle ensign). The colors . . . are hauled down as a token of submission.". International law absolutely requires a ship of war to fly its ensign at the commencement of any hostile acts, i.e., before firing on the enemy. During battle there is no purpose in striking the colors other than to indicate surrender. In distinction to 区别于 striking one's colors, hoisting a white flag举白旗, in itself, is not an indication of surrender. Rather, hoisting a white flag indicates a request for a truce in order to communicate with the enemy. Under the Geneva Conventions, persons carrying or waving a white flag are still not to be fired upon, nor are they allowed to open fire. 7. on principle According to or because of principle. in principle With regard to the basics: an idea that is acceptable in principle. Premier Mike Baird will today begin the push for change by declaring his Government's in-principle support for the vote. In law, an agreement in principle原则同意, 意向书(A comfort letter is a document prepared by an accounting firm assuring the financial soundness or backing of a company. The comfort letter can be issued by a CPA declaring no indication of false or misleading information in the financial statements and that the company's prospectus follows the prevailing accounting standards. This is sometimes used in connection with an initial public offering. Comfort letters are also sometimes provided by those involved in evaluating a company's assets, for instance, in the case of oil and gas companies, third-party reserve engineering firms. Cover letters or letters of interest are the letters that accompany a job application, either in response to a job listing or inquiring about the possibility of unadvertised work. They provide a bridge between your resume and the specific employer. A letter of intent 意向书 (LOI or LoI, and sometimes capitalized as Letter of Intent in legal writing, but only when referring to a specific document under discussion) is a document outlining an agreement between two or more parties before the agreement is finalized. The concept is similar to a heads of agreement. Such agreements may be Asset Purchase Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Joint-Venture Agreements, Lease Agreements, and overall all Agreements which aim at closing a financially large deal. LOIs resemble written contracts, but are usually not binding on the parties in their entirety. Many LOIs, however, contain provisions that are binding, such as non-disclosure agreements or a covenant to negotiate in good faith有诚意. An LOI may sometimes be interpreted by a court of law as binding the parties to it, if it too-closely resembles a formal contract. A letter of intent may be presented by one party to another party and subsequently negotiated before execution (or signature.) If carefully negotiated, a LOI may serve to protect both parties to a transaction. A heads of agreement is a non-binding document outlining the main issues relevant to a tentative (partnership or other) agreement. A heads of agreement document will only be enforceable when it is adopted into a parent contract and subsequently agreed upon. Until that point, a heads of agreement will not be legally binding. In a commercial property transaction in the UK, a heads of agreement is often known as the heads of terms (HOTS). The main purpose of the heads of terms is to identify and highlight the requirements of both the seller and the purchaser of the property. There are a number of advantages of using the heads of terms. For instance, by carrying this out, both parties will fully understand what they are subject to, and reduce or abolish any misunderstandings from either party. In philosophy, the concept of good faith denotes sincere, honest intention or belief, regardless of the outcome of an action; the opposed concepts are bad faith, mala fides (duplicity) and perfidy (pretense). good faith: the intention of behaving in an honest and sincere way. in good faith: I borrowed the money in good faith, but now I can't pay it back. In law, bona fides denotes the mental and moral states of honesty and conviction regarding either the truth or the falsity of a proposition, or of a body of opinion; likewise regarding either the rectitude or the depravity of a line of conduct. As a legal concept bona fides is especially important in matters of equity (see Contract). Linguistically, in the U.S., American English usage of bona fides applies it as synonymous with credentials, professional background, and documents attesting a person's identity, which is not synonymous with bona fide occupational qualifications.) is a stepping stone to a contract. Such agreements with regard to the principle are usually considered fair and equitable公平对等的. Even if not all details are known, an agreement in principle may, for example, outline a schedule of royalties. A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon. 8. 关于各市合并30 city councils cut to 15 in amalgamations: Cr Jefferies said Hawkesbury Council did not have the "wherewithal" ( The necessary means, especially financial means: didn't have the wherewithal to survive an economic downturn. the wherewithal necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something): these people lack the wherewithal for a decent existence. wherewithal (to do something) 有资金, 有资本, 有资源 the means to do something, especially energy or money. (get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) He has good ideas, but he doesn't have the wherewithal to carry them out. I could do a lot if only I could get the wherewithal.) to capitalise on its heritage or river setting. "The smaller councils just can't do everything. They just don't have enough money to fulfil the needs of their constituencies and having so many councils in Sydney, I think it's important some have to come together," Cr Lloyd said. A resident from the City of Vincent, an inner city council district north of Perth, is preparing to launch a legal challenge to the State Government's local council amalgamation plans. Ian Ker has engaged a lawyer and a barrister and says he is funding the action because he is angry about the process. Mr Ker's lawyer John Hammond says he believes the Government is forcing councils to amalgamate without following the legal process. "The grounds for the challenge are essentially in our view that everyone should have a right to have a say on whether there's amalgamations or not and under the current proposals, with the exception of the western suburbs, people are not going to have a say," he said. But Premier Colin Barnett is confident there are no grounds for a legal challenge. "I can't see that a legal challenge would succeed but I just urge people in local government to look forward and not look back," Mr Barnett said. 9. jerky adj. I. 颠簸不平的. 摇摇晃晃的. a jerky movement consists of several separate short movements. moving along with or marked by fits and starts. The movie was jerky and hard to watch.  II. a jerky ride is rough and shakes you in an unpleasant way. III. 混球的. Who is the most jerky person you every met? talk some sense into someone to help someone to think about a situation in a reasonable way.  to help someone think about something in a reasonable way. My best friend talked some sense into me, and I was able to smooth things over with my mom. She won't listen to me - can you try to talk some sense into her? set someone up I. 安排进入. to establish someone or yourself in a business or position. Establish someone in a particular capacity or role: his father set him up in business. After he left college, his father set him up in the family business. She set herself up as an interior designer. II. to provide the money that someone needs for an important task or activity that is expected to last a long time: Winning the lottery has set them up for life. III. to provide someone with the energy or health that you need for a particular period of time. Restore or enhance the health of someone: after my operation the doctor recommended a cruise to set me up again. A good breakfast really sets you up for the day. IV. 被设计了, 被陷害了. [often passive] informal to trick someone in order to make them do something, or in order to make someone seem guilty of something that they have not done. Make an innocent person appear guilty of something: They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police. V.  Arrange a meeting between one person and another, with the aim of encouraging a romantic relationship between them: Todd tried to set her up with one of his friends. 10. kiss and tell to talk on television, in a newspaper etc. about a sexual relationship you have had with a famous person, especially in order to get a lot of money. Disclosing private or confidential information, especially in a first-hand account: a kiss-and-tell memoir by a Presidential aide. The singer's ex-girlfriend was paid £20,000 by a tabloid newspaper to kiss and tell. He has been kissing and telling all the time. tower over someone or something to stand much taller than someone or something. Tom towers over his older brother, Stan. Tom towered over the little desk he had been assigned to. Judging by your father, you're gonna be towering over all of us very soon. tower above/over sb/sth to be very tall in comparison with someone or something else: Canary Wharf towers above the Dockland area of London. Although he's only twelve, David towers over his mother. tower above/over sth 鹤立鸡群, 卓然独立, 长身玉立 to be much bigger and more successful than another thing of the same type: One computer manufacturer towers above all the rest. have something going for you/it to have an advantage She should be more confident because she has a lot going for her. It seems like you've got a lot of good things going for you. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form have nothing going for you or it全世界都在和你作对: That movie has nothing going for it except some nice scenery. have a thing going (with someone) and have something going (with someone) Fig. to have a romance or a love affair with someone. John and Mary have a thing going. Bill has something going with Ann. have a good thing going to do or have something that is successful This director has a good thing going with one film nominated for an Oscar and two others earning him a lot of money. Usage notes: also used in the forms the better thing going or the best thing going: If you have to commute to the city, the train is the best thing going. lit up I. refers to the man lighting up his lights on a squad car, he lit them up. Or pulled you over. I got lit up by the man yesterday. II. It can also mean very intoxicated. Man I am lit up. III. to get hit in the face. IV. to be high (after smoking weed). 11. You are way too forgiving宽厚, 原谅人的. You can't teach an old dog new tricks本性难移, 本性难改, 狗改不了吃屎.( it's never too late to mend. you're never too old to learn. old habits die hard积习难改) something that you say which means it is difficult to make someone change the way they do something when they have been doing it the same way for a long time You're never going to teach your father at the age of 79 to use a computer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, you know. whitewash I. [singular/uncountable] an attempt to stop people discovering the true facts about something, in order to prevent someone in authority from being criticized. to try to stop people from discovering the true facts about something, in order to prevent someone in authority from being criticized. The whole affair has been whitewashed. II. [singular] mainly journalism an occasion when a player or a team wins a game so easily that the other person or team does not score any points. Nappy wipe = baby wipe给婴儿擦屁屁用的湿巾. short and sweet Cliché brief (and pleasant because of briefness). That was a good sermon—short and sweet. I don't care what you say, as long as you make it short and sweet. 12. In-N-Out Burgers, Inc. is a regional chain of fast food restaurants with locations in the American Southwest. The chain is currently headquartered in Irvine. In-N-Out Burger has slowly expanded outside Southern California into the rest of the state as well as into Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas. The current owner is Lynsi Snyder, the only grandchild of the Snyders. As of December 12, 2013, In-N-Out employed over 18,000 staff and had 290 locations with no location more than a day's drive from a regional distribution center. As the chain has expanded, it has opened several distribution centers in addition to its original Baldwin Park location. In-N-Out Burger has resisted franchising its operations or going public; one reason is the prospect of quality or customer consistency being compromised by excessively rapid business growth. The company's business practices have been noted for employee-centered personnel policies. For example, In-N-Out is one of the few fast food chains in the United States to pay its employees more than state and federally mandated 法定的, 法令的 minimum wage guidelines – starting at US$10.50 per hour in California, as of April 2013. The In-N-Out restaurant chain has developed a highly loyal customer base, and has been rated as one of the top fast food restaurants in several customer satisfaction surveys. pick up the bill/tab/check informal to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant. Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab. Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check. We shouldn't have to pick up the tab for the new road if only one family will be using it. Taxpayers will have to pick up the bill for political campaigns. tab a bill for the cost of a meal or for drinks that you have bought. a. an amount that you owe, for example the cost of a hotel room, restaurant meals, and services. put something on someone's tab算到...账上: Can you put these drinks on my tab? Put it on the KIIS tab. How extravagent. run a mile (informal) if you say that someone would run a mile if they had to deal with a particular situation, you mean that they would do anything to avoid it. He flirts the whole time but it's not serious - he'd run a mile if a woman actually made him an offer. let off/blow off steam to express your feelings of anger or excitement without harming anyone. The meeting will be a chance for the protesters to let off steam. pick up/build up/gather steam to become more active, important, or full of energy It looks like the economy is picking up steam again. run out of/lose steam to lose energy, enthusiasm, or importance. David seems to be running out of steam. take the steam out of something mainly journalism to make a situation less difficult or dangerous. Hopefully the new measures will take the steam out of the refugee crisis. under your own steam without the help of anyone else Can you make it under your own steam, or will you need a lift? spew I. 狂吐. 吐出. to flow out with a lot of force, or to make something do this. cars spewing black exhaust fumes. II. spew or spew up informal to vomit. III. (slang) 笑喷了. to laugh unexpectedly while drinking, causing drink to exit the nose. drink/spew alert: (slang) fair warning that information to follow may cause recipient to laugh unexpectedly and, if drinking, cause drink to exit the nose. This term is widely used on Usenet newsgroups in the subject headers of messages, to advise readers not to drink while reading the message contents. Spew-it-knew-it theory Spew-it-knew-it theory says that students commonly retain a lot of information for an important test/exam but then mostly forget about it once they don't need to know it anymore. Believe it or not this has actually been backed up by real research by Hermann Ebbinghaus. decidedly I. in a way that is impossible to doubt and easy to see. Chris's car was old and looked decidedly 确定无疑的, 毫无疑问的 dangerous. II. in a way that shows you are very certain about something. 'I think we should do it,' said Peter, decidedly. What was the reasoning behind that. Unannounced不请自来, 招呼都不打. That's poor form. Low blow卑鄙勾当, 下勾拳. lowbrow[ˈləuˌbrau] 下里巴人 literature, television etc is not complicated or difficult to understand. Highbrow 高大上, 阳春白雪 things are more difficult to understand and more likely to be enjoyed by educated people. a fly on the wall if you say you would like to be a fly on the wall in a certain situation, you mean that you would like to be there secretly to see and hear what happens.  If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall on an occasion, you mean that you would like to hear what will be said or see what will happen while not being noticed: I'd love to be a fly on the wall when those two get home! I'd give anything to be a fly on the wall when she tells him. no dice (American & Australian informal) also no soap (American) something that you say in order to refuse a request or to make clear that something is not possible 'Can you lend me ten dollars?' 'Sorry, no dice - I don't have any money with me.' We were looking for a house to rent on the island but it was no soap. adorable chubby cheeks可爱的胖嘟嘟的小脸蛋. manscaping to groom a man. Shaving, waxing, cleaning up the superfluous fur. Hey, Jethro, isn't it time to do a little manscaping? Hair removal, also known as epilation or depilation, is the removal of body hair, and describes the methods used to achieve that result. Hair typically grows all over the human body. Hair can become more visible during and after puberty and men tend to have thicker, more visible body hair than women. Advice, leave it or take it. Take it or leave it. something that you say when you have made an offer to someone and you want them to know that you are not going to change that offer in any way That's my final offer. Take it or leave it. Think along that lines. This movie has a story problem. Word Problem文字题: In mathematics education, the term word problem is often used to refer to any mathematical exercise where significant background information on the problem is presented as text rather than in mathematical notation. As word problems often involve a narrative of some sort, they are occasionally also referred to as story problems and may vary in the amount of language used. There will be a chapter for that.