用法学习: 1. A steamer (North America), babycino or babyccino (Commonwealth, excl. NZ) or fluffy(New Zealand) is a drink of frothed milk but no coffee (hence no caffeine), which is available in some coffeehouses. In North America it often has flavored syrup added, while in Commonwealth countries it is primarily marketed to children (as a coffee-free cappuccino, as the name indicates), and sometimes topped with marshmallows, a chocolate flake, or sprinkles. 3. Selective auditory attention or selective hearing选择性接受, 选择性收听 is a type of selective attention and involves the auditory system of the nervous system. Selective hearing does not involve the sounds that are not heard. However, it is characterized as the action in which people focus their attention on a specific source of a sound or spoken words. The sounds and noise in the surrounding environment is heard by the auditory system but certain parts of the auditory information are processed in the brain only. Most often, auditory attention is directed at things people would like to hear. An art film (also known as art movie, specialty film, art house film, or in the collective sense as art cinema. Jolie's director's cut not mainstream enough: ANGELINA Jolie's Oscar contender, Unbroken, will screen for media and other VIPs this week — but sources tell Page Six that the film they'll see will be Universal's cut after she turned in a version of the movie that was deemed "too art house." ) is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. An art film is "intended to be a serious artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal"; they are "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit", and they contain "unconventional or highly symbolic content". 4. Jenny from the block: Unfortunately, the Beatnuts were convinced that the sample from "Hi-Jack" was stolen from them without credit, and they subsequently criticized Lopez on the song "Confused Rappers", from their album Milk Me (2004). Additionally, they stated: "Anybody familiar with our music who heard Jenny From The Block knew it was a Beatnuts beat. There's no getting around it. That's a straight-up bite. It's the same drums, the same flute, the same tempo... everything is our idea. If we never flipped that sample, there would be no Jenny From The Block". 5. She's so composed镇定自若的. regal If you describe something as regal, you mean that it is suitable for a king or queen, because it is very impressive or beautiful. He sat with such regal dignity王者尊严, 王家风范. Fans could be very intense粉丝有时候很疯狂, 会做出格事. in the pipeline Fig. backed up somewhere in a process; in process; in a queue. There's a lot of goods still in the pipeline. That means no more new orders will be shipped for a while. Your papers are in the pipeline somewhere. You'll just have to wait. He's quite a smooth talker嘴巴甜, 会说话的人. But I don't think he is a wingman男二 type of guy. A scourge[skɜ:(r)dʒ]有多个鞭稍儿束在一起的那种鞭子.(n. I. something that causes a lot of trouble or harm. the effort to keep the scourge of drugs off our streets. II. someone in a position of power who criticizes people severely. n. I. formal to cause a lot of trouble or harm to people. II. to whip someone. ) is a whip or lash, especially a multi-thong type, used to inflict severe corporal punishment or self-mortification on the back. I watch the show but not religiously. Oh, you are playing on my bad memory. 7. 关于汇率: Without action, including from Senate crossbenchers, he suggested Australia could within five years find itself forced by international bond markets to adopt more hard-line austerity measures, something that has led to double- and triple-dip recessions in Europe. However, he endorsed Treasurer Joe Hockey's decision支持决定 not to make additional spending cuts in next week's mid-year budget update to offset softer tax revenues: "And I don't think they will." That's a sign the central bank is in no rush to cut the cash rate from its record-low 2.5 per cent level, Mr Stevens downplayed recent market and public excitement, saying he was yet to decide if the growing economic momentum上升势头 earlier in the year had given way to a more "wobbly"动荡的 business outlook. "Is that a turn back down? Or is it just a short-term perturbation that will pass(perturbed [pə(r)ˈtɜː(r)bd] worried or upset by something. William looked more than a little perturbed at the suggestion.)? The answer to that is we can't really know, I think. But that's the thing we have to watch," he said. "I have been asking myself what can we do that will be most conducive to supporting confidence, predictability, the sense that people can make some plans for their business, their own life, whatever it might be," he said. "And the view I came to pretty early on was: what we should be doing is giving a message of stability and predictability insofar as we can," he said. Mr Stevens chipped commentators who he said had overstated recent weakness in the economy caused by lower income growth from wages and exports of iron ore and coal. "I think bandying around the term 'income recession' tends to . . . misconstrue ([ˌmɪskənˈstru:] 领会错误. 错误理解. 误解. to understand something wrongly. He said his comments had been misconstrued.) to people what this event is about," he said. "The economy is not in recession, it's not contracting, we're not having hundreds of thousands of jobs lost over a year. So I think we need to be careful with the language, just to convey to people what's going on." 8. tell off to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong. to tell someone that the person has done something wrong and that you are angry about it: Darren got told off for talking in class. tell off for doing something: The teacher told me off for talking again today. be/get told off: I'm going to get told off for being late. spot/recognize/tell someone/something a mile off 老远就认出来了 informal to see or recognize someone or something very easily. I can tell a liar a mile off. stand/stick out a mile informal to be very easy to see or recognize. Gary stood out a mile in his purple hat. tell someone where they can get off/where to get off spoken to tell someone rudely that you are angry or annoyed at them. where does someone get off doing something? spoken used for saying that you think someone is wrong to behave in a particular way. scavenger 清道夫 I. if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find. II. 翻垃圾桶的人. to search through things that other people have thrown away in order to see if there is anything that you want. artificial insemination人工授精. This is more than you bargained for 超乎期待, 出乎意料( something in addition to what was expected. (Usually in reference to trouble or difficulty.) The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have gotten more than she bargained for in this job.) gasp for breath to labor for one's breath. (Usually because of physical exertion.) She ran and ran until she was gasping for breath. The diver finally came to the surface, gasping for breath. salmonella 沙门氏菌 desired used about things that people want to have or achieve. The speech had the desired aim of enthusing staff. breeding ground 滋生地, 孵化器
n. I. A place where animals breed. II. A place or set of circumstances
that encourages the development of certain ideas or conditions: a laboratory that is a breeding ground for new inventions. That actually do more harm than good to your health. 9. the desired effect 期待的效果, 预想的效果, 想要的效果: It was soon clear that the measures were not having the desired effect. if desired/ if you want it Sprinkle a little cheese on top if desired. if he/she/they etc so desire(s) formal if that is what he/she/they etc want. Hotel guests can have breakfast in their rooms, if they so desire. gratify someone's desire/need/curiosity etc formal to give someone what they want, or to tell them what they want to hear. gratify I. [usually passive] to make someone feel pleased and satisfied. She was gratified to find that her advice was of some use. v. formal to want something. Money and success are things most of us desire. desire to do something: The company naturally desires to avoid negative publicity. desire someone to do something: We desire you to complete the work within one month of the start date. desirable 理想的, 让人想要的 something that is desirable has qualities that make you want it. Suitable, worthy to be desired. This applicant has almost all desirable properties. a desirable place to live. highly desirable 想要的: a highly desirable present for any child. a. used for saying that you would like something to happen. It is hardly desirable to sell alcohol at petrol stations. be desirable for someone/something to do something: It is desirable for every country to have access to the sea. II. sexually attractive. Learn the 10 easy way that will help you feel desirable and sexy every day. How you feel about yourself radiates from within从内部散发 and gets spread to the people around you. If you're miserable and don't love yourself, you can't expect anyone around you to feel any differently. If you want to be desired and want to be seen as sexy, you must first work on feeling desirable感觉让人想要的 and sexy yourself. 10. complex (I. a group of buildings together, or a building that has several parts. The hotel has a superb leisure complex. II. an emotional problem caused by unreasonable fears or worries. have/develop a complex about something: I used to have a complex about being in crowds. give someone a complex: If you keep telling her she's clumsy, you'll give her a complex. III. FORMAL a large number of things together, especially when they are difficult or confusing. complex of: the complex of delicate wiring. adj. something that is complex has a lot of details or small parts that make it difficult to understand or deal with. the complex web of relationships between the two families. This was a complex and difficult task. highly complex: These rules are highly complex. a mental illness in which you believe that everyone is unfair or cruel to you. persecution complex a mental illness in which you believe that everyone is unfair or cruel to you. Oedipus complex [ˈi:dɪpəs ˌkompleks] 恋母情结 an unconscious sexual feeling that a son has towards his mother, at the same time hating his father. Word story: From the Greek story of Oedipus who, without realizing what he was doing, killed his father and married his mother. inferiority complex [ɪnˌfɪəriˈɒrəti] 自卑情结 a strong feeling that you are not as good, important, or intelligent as other people.) The word "complex" in this context (指have a complex) was first used by Carl Jung. His use was a bit more technical, but in common parlance a "complex" is a psychological condition, something less than outright mental illness but something other than perfect mental health. Usually it has to do with ideas fusing together in what seem to be inappropriate ways. Often, mild paranoia [ˌpærəˈnɔɪə] 轻微妄想症 about a specific thing can be called a complex. I have no real proof that my co-worker is out to get me(找...麻烦, 找事; 打定主意要对付, 笃定要对付; out to: fixed in your purpose. "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event".), but some of the odd things I've overheard are starting to give me a complex. The US ambassador to Australia says his country is not out to get WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the publication of leaked US cables and documents. Jeffrey Bleich told a business dinner in Melbourne last night that the US bears full responsibility for 承担全部责任 the security breach, but he also argued some information was best kept confidential, and the actions of WikiLeaks was derailing diplomacy. "The concerns we have do not centre on Julian Assange and they never should have," he said. "Absolutely no such legal action has been taken by the US government against anyone and no action will be taken unless the facts and the law support it.11. slight I. small in size, amount, or degree. a slight increase in temperature. Jill gave a slight smile. I haven't given the slightest thought to my holiday plans. II. thin, not very tall, and not looking very strong. a slight young woman. not in the slightest not at all 'Are you angry?' 'Not in the slightest'.
男人荒man drought时代的约会: In the current climate of luxury store openings, big bogan budgets and property-led affluence there is still one environmental obstacle that women haven't been able to buy their way out of买不到, 买不来. The Man Drought. Conditions have got so severe that even 21-year-old hot women are complaining that they'd have to date an old codger [ˈkodʒə(r] an insulting word for an old man) 12 years their senior or join the toy-boy revolution and make out like her friends do with 18-year-old boys just to get some action. The evidence shows that证据显示 there are fewer available men around than needed, but I suspect that the occasional good catch好男人 is wandering around still uncaught - they just need to get hooked. A few years back some bright spark decided that it would be a good idea to publicise a method for advertising your singledom, so that if such a catch was prowling in the vicinity[vəˈsɪnəti]在附近出没(prowl I. [praul] to move around an area in a quiet way, especially because you intend to do something bad. a lion prowling through the jungle. The police caught him prowling around the neighbourhood. II. to walk around in a very nervous or angry way. He stood up and began to prowl around the room. on the prowl looking for someone or something. teenage gangs on the prowl.), he'd be able to see you were single and make a move. It would work both ways, with women able to do the same. The supermarket was deemed a suitable pick up palace, and so the "is that a banana in your basket or are you just glad to see me" movement was born. Singles of both sexes began to prowl 游荡 the shopping aisles with random bananas sitting in the seats of their trolleys where a child is supposed to ride - thus signalling their availability. Late night shopping took over from pubbing and clubbing ( With less money in their pockets, many people are too worried to go pubbing and clubbing every weekend but it's thrilling to see that rather than people tightening their belts, they're being whipped off for a great night in instead. ) as the best way to check out the available stock存货, as people flocked to designated蜂拥而至的 singles supermarkets watching for those with a banana poking out 戳在那里 just so. It's better than attending desperate and dateless nights - you could always pretend that you just happened to enjoy a banana smoothie if someone unappealing approached. And so the movement caught on. But would people in Perth be willing to give this fruity idea a chance? Or do you have a better matchmaking suggestion? Singletons单身 are seldom viewed as a cheerful bunch. But with the plethora of spaces, places and innovative ways to meet a match, life has never looked as sweet (and fruity) for those who are unattached. If we believe all the hype then the only thing worse than being a single in this town is being a woman in Sydney and being single. According to KPMG trend spotter Bernard Salt, there is a mathematically proven "man drought". (And we thought it was us!) Salt reckons the number of single men in Australia, compared to 30 years ago, is devastatingly low. He says there are 20,000 more women than men aged thirty-something today in Australia. Sure, many of us whinge that there aren't enough eligible bachelors in this town. Television shows like Sex and the City would have us believe that if we simply shake our Cosmopolitans and strut in our Manolos then we'll attract an abundance of Mr Bigs, but our fear of ending up like Desperate Housewives turns us into a bunch of desperados不顾一切, worried that if we don't find a man soon, we'll end up confined to a life like those on Wisteria Lane. But if they are actually out there, then what nightclub, online chat room or singles party are they hiding in? In doing some research, I was jolted by the daringness 真敢, 大胆 (and innovativeness) of the Sydney singles scene. I discovered that the hottest trend to hit the dating vista ( I. mainly literary the view that you can see from a particular place, especially a beautiful view. We spent a few moments enjoying the vista from the hotel balcony. II. a situation which seems to make it possible for particular things to happen or exist. The end of communism opened up new vistas for investment.) was happening at my very own local supermarket. Labeled the "BIB" method, (Banana in Basket), this meet-and-greet 偶遇 technique is where one unattached female shopper, (dressed in skinny jeans and her favourite heels), struts her stuff down the supermarket aisles on Monday nights between 9 and 10:30pm, with a bunch of bananas in the baby seat of her trolley. And walking down the other side of the aisle? An eligible bachelor, in his newest Polo T-shirt and faded denim jeans with his very own BIB (Banana in Basket). This signals to the female shopper that yes, he is indeed single, and looking. "I've met a bunch of guys down here," one keen shopper divulges. "I slap on some gloss, go grocery shopping, pick up a few items, and get a few phone numbers along the way. It's kind of like speed dating, only cheaper. Plus you get your groceries done at the same time!" Too cheesy? Obvious? Desperate? Indeed, say a bunch of single girls, who announced that this weekend, they were going to find their soulmate. "Bullocks(Bullock (in British English), a castrated male bovine animal of any age. Bullock (in North America), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal)) to those statistics," they hollered, and after analyzing the social calendar, decided to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball on this weekend. "Not that we're desperate," chirped one, "just dateless. And besides, Jesse Metcalf is going to be there." So contrary to what we are being told, it might just be raining men in this town, if you know the right place to look.
