用法学习: 1. During the short reign of Frederick III, the palace was renamed Friedrichskron Palace (Schloß Friedrichskron) and a moat was dug around the palace. The ascension of William II saw renovation and restoration within the palace being carried out with the installation of steam heating, bathrooms in state apartments and electrification of the chandeliers吊灯 which Frederick the Great had collected from across Europe. After the November Revolution and the abdication(abdicate [ˈæbdɪkeɪt] I. [intransitive/transitive] 退位. 禅让. if a king or queen abdicates, he or she formally gives up power. II. [transitive] formal to stop accepting a particular responsibility or obligation that you have. abdicate (your) responsibility: The government cannot abdicate responsibility for national security.) of William II, the New Palace became a museum and remained such until the Second World War. Much of its furniture had been removed and taken to the residence of the exiled William II at Huis Doorn in the Netherlands. Some of the palace's treasures were looted 劫掠, 抢劫一空 by Soviet Army at the end of the Second World War. The majority of the furnishings were discovered by the Dutch in the 1970s, still in their original packing crates, and returned to Potsdam. 2. locum ['ləukəm] 替班的, 代理的, 代班的 someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession. He worked as a locum surgeon in London. He skipped/jumped bail or surveillance to wage holy war abroad. Mary J Blige is in tears. She is recounting the moment, 13 years ago, when she almost lost it all, mired so deeply in drink and drug addiction that she feared not just for her health, but also her life. "I guess my own voice - or God - spoke to me and said, ' Haven't you learned anything? This is the moment where you see what you're made of - get up". "And I did, I got up," She says proudly, before her voice falters and she drops her face into her hands. "I am so sorry, It's all true, I made it out(make out I. [transitive] to see, hear, or understand someone or something with difficulty. I can just make a few words out on this page. I couldn't make out what he was saying. Can you make out a face here on the photograph? a. informal to understand someone's character. I can't make her out. II. [transitive] to write all the necessary information on a document such as a cheque. She made out a cheque and handed it to me. III. [transitive] to cause people to have a particular false opinion about someone or something. make someone out to be something: He made me out to be a liar. IV. [transitive] informal to pretend that something is true. make out (that): He made out that he'd won the lottery. V. [intransitive] informal to succeed, or to continue in a particular way. How is Frank making out in his new job? VI. [intransitive] American informal to have sex, or to kiss and touch in a sexual way.), but I guess just seeing it all again and picturing everything that happened..." I dash into the bathroom 冲进厕所 for tissues. Such uninhibited 不压抑的, 不压制的, 全面释放的 emotion would be noteworthy enough from any star, but coming from Blige it's a revelation. In the past, she has been know for her raw, openly autobiographical songs - which helped sell more than 50 millon albums, but she also has a fierce reputation. She's know for truculent ( [ˈtrʌkjulənt] 逞勇斗狠的, 爱吵架的 easily annoyed and always ready to argue or fight. ), diva-ish demands of white flowers and hellishly hot hotel rooms. Now she's relaxed, chatty, unguarded and delightfully quick to laugh爱笑的. Long gone is the bling of her "ghetto fabulous" years. 3. A talking shop 谈工作, 说工作上的事 or debating society(talk shop to talk about business or work matters at a social event (where such talk is out of place). if people who work together talk shop, they talk about their work when they are not at work. Even when they go out in the evening, they just talk shop all the time. All right, everyone, we're not here to talk shop. Let's have a good time. Mary and Jane stood by the punch bowl, talking shop.) is an organisation or place where discussion is the main activity, with no decisions or actions necessarily arising from the discussion. Talking shops may be considered unproductive, bureaucratic or self-serving and so may lack respect and power. The term "debating society" is considered derisive ( 轻视蔑视的, 嗤之以鼻的. showing that you think someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. derisive remarks/comments.). The term 'Talking shop' is usually used in a pejorative or derogatory sense; apparently fruitless discussion forums are often dismissed as talking shops. The term has been applied to many political forums, including supranational bodies such as the League of Nations, the United Nations, the European Parliament, European Political Cooperation, the ASEAN, the Organisation of African Unity or devolved and autonomousbodies such as the National Assembly for Wales or the regions of England. 4. swagger 胸有成竹的, 有气势的, 傲然的 to walk in a proud and confident way. to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner; especially. to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence. to walk or act in a way that shows that you are very confident and think that you are important: They swaggered into the room. A group of young men swaggered about outside the bar. His swaggering self-confidence irritates many people. I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament. Hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room. to walk with a swagger. He walked out of the room with a self-confident swagger. Underneath all his swagger he's actually quite nervous. 医生手记: I often wonder whether I would have been a different kind of doctor if my son had not had a brain tumor. Older doctors often comment that they did not really understand what their patients and their relatives were going through until they themselves, or members of their family, became patients. I had this experience right at the beginning of my career. Thirty five years ago all NHS hospitals had a doctor's bar. This was in the days when junior doctors worked very long hours - up to 120 hours a week - and we would spend our evening on call, if not busy with patients, in the bar. A modest amount 适量的 of beer was considered acceptable, as was smoking, and the time was spent talking shop谈公事 or playing on the Pac-Man and Space Invaders machines. I was a gynecological houseman 实习医生 ( a junior doctor who works in a hospital. The American word is intern.) at the time and had only qualified as a doctor a few months earlier. It was strange to hear the two radiographers chatting about a party, detached and uninterested in the baby lying in the scanner. I was probably discussing patients and their illnesses in that slightly swaggering way that young doctors have when talking to one another. 5. be hard pressed 比较难的, 不太可能的, 难以完成的, 有点赶的, 很难的, 不容易的 (British, American & Australian informal) also be hard pushed (British) to be having difficulty doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money (usually + to do sth) I'll be hard pressed to get this report done by Friday. You'd be hard pushed to find a good car for under £1,000. With cuts in government funding, hospitals are hard pressed at the moment. 6. garter n. a ring made of elastic that you wear around your sock or stocking to prevent it from falling down. garter belt = suspender belt吊带. Garters (or suspenders) are articles of clothing: narrow bands of fabric fastened about the leg, used to keep up stockings, and sometimes socks. In the eighteenth to twentieth centuries, they were tied just below the knee, where the leg is most slender, to keep the stocking from slipping. The advent of elastic has made them less necessary from this functional standpoint, although they are still often worn for fashion. Garters have been widely worn by men and women, depending on fashion trends. Garter Throne Room in Winsor Castle: The Most Noble Order of the Garter嘉德勋章, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry and the most prestigious honour (after the Victoria Cross and George Cross) in England and of the United Kingdom, and is dedicated to the image and arms of St. George as England's patron saint守护神. It is awarded at the Sovereign's pleasure as a personal gift on recipients from the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Membership of the Order is limited to the Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and no more than 24 members, or Companions. The order also includes supernumerary knights and ladies (e.g. members of the British Royal Family and foreign monarchs). New appointments to the Order of the Garter are always announced on St George's Day, 23 April, as Saint George is the patron saint of England. The order's emblem, is a garter with the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (Middle French: "shame on him who thinks evil of it") in gold lettering. Members of the order wear it on ceremonial occasions. Various legends account for the origin of the Order. The most popular legend involves the "Countess of Salisbury" (either Edward's future daughter-in-law Joan of Kent or her former mother-in-law, Catherine Montacute, Countess of Salisbury). While she was dancing at a court ball at Calais, her garter is said to have slipped from her leg. When the surrounding courtiers (someone who has an official position at the court of a king or queen, or who spends time there. ) sniggered( 窃笑. 偷着笑. to laugh quietly, especially at something that is rude or at something unpleasant that has happened to someone. ), the king picked it up and returned it to her, exclaiming, "Honi soit qui mal y pense," ("Shamed be the person who thinks evil of it."), the phrase that has become the motto of the Order. The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories. It is first in the order of wear in the United Kingdom honours system, and takes precedence over all other orders, decorations, and medals, except the George Cross, with which it shares precedence. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. The VC is usually presented to the recipient or to their next of kin by the British monarch at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace. Due to its rarity, the VC is highly prized and the medal has fetched over £400,000 at auction. A number of public and private collections are devoted to the Victoria Cross. The George Cross (GC) is second in the order of wear in the United Kingdom honours system, and takes precedence over all other orders, decorations, and medals, except the Victoria Cross, with which it shares equal precedence. The GC is the highest gallantry award for civilians, as well as for members of the armed forces in actions for which purely military honours would not normally be granted. 7. Price is a bit steep价格高. Crown jewels is the traditional English term for the elements in metalwork or jewellery of the royal regalia of a particular state. They are often only used for the coronation of a monarch and a few other ceremonial occasions, though the monarch may also be often shown wearing them in portraits, as they symbolize the power 象征权力 and continuity of the monarchy. Though additions to them may be made, since medieval times the existing items are typically passed down unchanged as they symbolize the continuity of the monarchy. An adhesive bandage, also called a sticking plaster胶贴, 创可贴 (and also known by the genericized trademarks Band-Aid or Elastoplast) is a small dressing used for injuries not serious enough to require a full-size bandage. "Bandage" or "Band-Aid" is the common American English term, while "plaster" is the term in British English usage. 8. Long running joke: A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling. Running gags can begin with an instance of unintentional humor that is repeated in variations as the joke grows familiar and audiences anticipate reappearances of the gag. The humor in a running gag may derive entirely from how often it is repeated, the (in)appropriateness of the situation in which the gag occurs, or setting up the audience to expect another occurrence of the joke and then substituting something else (bait and switch). Running gags are found mostly in television shows, but also appear in other places, such as video games, films, books, and comic strips. 9. Marriage comes by destiny姻缘天注定. Many a little makes a mickle积少成多. Dexterity comes by experience熟能生巧. Life is compared to a voyage人生如海上行舟. cherry-pick somebody /something 掐尖儿, 取其精华 to choose only the best people or things in a way that is not fair (usually in continuous tenses) Isn't there a danger that the state schools might start cherry-picking the pupils with the best exam results? Speaking to CarAdvice at the Geneva Motor Show, Justin Hocevar said that despite Dacia's resounding ( I. complete: used for emphasizing how successful or unsuccessful someone or something is. a resounding success/victory/defeat. II. a resounding sound is very loud and continues for a long time. ) international success, the time for an Australian launch was still not right. "The global success of Dacia is something that means that we can't not consider it, but we certainly don't have it on our radar没在考虑范围内 for the time being," Hocevar told CarAdvice. 10. all things to all people/men 迎合所有人, 让所有人满意, 让所有人高兴 If you try to be all things to all men/people, you try to do things that will please everyone. everything that every person wants The baseball museum is all things to all people, which means that both old and young can enjoy this visual history of the game. Usage notes: often as a negative: A political party cannot be all things to all people. What did Paul mean when he said that he became all things to all men? Corinthians 9:19: "For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be partaker of it with you."
Gwyneth Paltrow MORTIFIED 尴尬, 羞臊 ( petrified: 惊呆, 吓呆, 石化.) By Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Martin Reconciliation: Gwyneth Paltrow is so appalled that Chris Martin and Jennifer Lawrence are back together that she's been chain-smoking 一根接一根的抽烟 cigarettes and chugging ( chug I. [intransitive] to make a series of low sounds or to move slowly making these sounds. The engine chugged and coughed, and finally died. chug up/down/along etc: a little old car chugging down the road. II. 一口而尽, 一口干 chug or chug-a-lug. [transitive] American informal to drink all of something, especially beer, without stopping. chugger someone who stops people on the street and persuades them to give money regularly to a charity. ) disgusting amounts of alcohol. In Touch Weekly reported that the "Iron Man" actress, who preaches healthy living on her pretentious 装逼的 Goop blog, was so furious upon learning of Martin and Lawrence's reconciliation that she told her driver to pull over at a gas station so she could "get a drink to calm her nerves." "Gwyneth had a major meltdown," a friend told In Touch. "She never smokes or drinks like that. So everyone knew something was up. She was a mess all day." Hard drugs are a definite possibility极有可能的事(Certain kinds of drugs that act on the nervous system are sometimes loosely classified. Usually there are the following categories: Hard drugs are drugs that lead to physical addiction. Many countries do not allow people to make, sell or use some of them, other than for medical purposes. Examples of such drugs are heroin, methamphetamine (meth), alcohol and nicotine. If it is legal to sell them, like with alcohol or nicotine, there are often taxes that need to be paid for them. Soft drugs are not thought to cause physical addiction. Examples of soft drugs are cannabis, mescaline, psilocybin and LSD. While they do not cause physical addiction, some of them may still lead to psychological dependence. Some drugs cannot be classified that way, as they have characteristics of both hard and soft drugs. Examples for such drugs are MDMA (known as Ecstasy), ketamine, synthetic cannabis (known as Spice) and caffeine. In the Netherlands, there is a situation where the use of some "soft drugs" is tolerated.) if Paltrow gets word of her ex-husband's newest love interest: Taylor Swift, who has been slowly moving in on the Coldplay frontman. "Taylor would love to make Chris her new boyfriend," an insider told Star. "She never thought that anything could come of it because of his marriage to Gwyneth." Swift is "taking advantage of how Jen's and Chris's busy schedules are keeping them apart长期不在一起," the source added. "She can sense that their relationship is on shaky ground开始动摇, 开始不稳, so she's moving in - fast. "Taylor's decision to join 'The Voice' as a mentor was based in part on the fact that Chris had mentored the show in the past. The content of those emails were becoming more and more flirtatious as Taylor flattered Chris about his music and queried 探询, 问询 him about the single life." If Swift, 24, and Martin, 37, start dating, Paltrow will surely attempt to sabotage the relationship, having already proved she is willing to do anything, no matter how horrific, to keep Martin wrapped around her finger. "Gwyneth always pressured逼迫 Chris to spend more time with Apple and Moses. The kids would constantly call Chris when he was with Jennifer, and whatever they were doing would have to come to a standstill停下来," a source recently told People. "There was always the expectation from Gwyneth that Chris should spend even more time with the kids."
各种效应: butterfly effect The technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. ripple effect the effect of one event setting off other events in an unexpected way, or unexpected areas. Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents. Demonstration effects 示范效应, 示范作用, 杀鸡给猴看, 杀鸡儆猴, 以儆效尤 are effects on the behavior of individuals caused by observation of the actions of others and their consequences.
The term is particularly used in political science and sociology to
describe the fact that developments in one place will often act as a catalyst in another place. slippery slope
(idiomatic) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted;
especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious. I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in trouble. An argument that follows a chain of events or causes and effects to some conclusion. point of no return 回不去了, 没有回头路了, 无可改变了
I. (aviation) The point in an aircraft's flight when there is
insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of
origin. II. (idiomatic) The
point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no
longer possible to reverse course or stop the process. the die is cast 死定了, 死路一条了, 没活路了
(idiomatic) The future is determined; there are no more options; events
will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been
passed. snowball effect 滚雪球效应 An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger. The success of these women has had the snowball effect of bringing more and more women into the sport over the past few years. domino effect The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events. knock-on effect 扩散的负面效应, 间接影响
When an event or situation has a knock-on effect, it causes other
events or situations, but not directly. A secondary, often unintended
effect; a repercussion. If a coach arrives late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire coach station. If one or two trains run late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire rail service. wiki: In the social sciences, unintended consequences始料不及 (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the ones intended by a purposeful action. Unintended consequences can be roughly grouped into three types: A positive, unexpected benefit (usually referred to as luck, serendipity or a windfall). A negative, unexpected detriment occurring in addition to the desired effect of the policy
(e.g., while irrigation schemes provide people with water for
agriculture, they can increase waterborne diseases that have devastating
health effects, such as schistosomiasis). A perverse effect contrary to what was originally intended (when an intended solution makes a problem worse). The trickle-down effect流水效应
is an economic phenomenon whereby low-income groups benefit indirectly
from the accumulation of wealth of those having higher incomes; that is,
the income is said to "trickle down" from the rich to the poor. This phenomenon happens as a result of economic growth.
