用法学习: 1. distaste [dɪsˈteɪst] 不欣赏, 不赞同, 不喜欢, 厌恶 a feeling of dislike for someone or something that you do not approve of. She looked with distaste at the man's clothes. invest I. to use your money with the aim of making a profit from it, for example by buying property or buying shares in a company. How much do you have to invest? II. To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose. I am not that invested我没有那么热心啦, 我没有那么不顾一切啦. We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event. invest in: He began investing in the stock market at an early age. invest something in something: Banks and private individuals invested £20 million in the scheme. invest heavily (=invest a lot of money) 投入巨大, 投入很多: We've invested heavily in foreign markets. invest something/someone with something I. to give something or someone a particular quality. Nature has invested these animals with a capacity for not showing fear. II. 授予. 付与. 给予. to give a person or organization power, influence, or authority. The Secret Service is invested with the authority to guard the president and his family. 2. Friends: Monica: Uh I really don't know what to tell you Rach, I really don't. I mean, maybe Joey can help you out with your, with your big work problem. Rachel: What? Monica: Yeah Joey she's…Rachel's got this really big work problem, and it is a head scratcher 让人挠头的事情, 让人头疼的事. Wow! (To Chandler) Y'know what, if we're gonna make dinner 赶得上晚饭, 赶得及 we're gonna have to leave. Yeah. (She and Chandler exit.) Monica's Speech: But she can't because she's dead. As is our dog, Chi-Chi. I mean, look how cute she is was. Do me a favor, pass this to my parents. Remember she's dead, okay? Her and Nana(nanna= gran), gone. Wow! Does anybody remember when Debra Winger had to say goodbye to her children in "Terms of Endearment"? Didn't see that? No movie fans?! You want to hear something sad? I was watching a "60 Minutes" piece on orphans in Romania who have been so neglected that they were incapable of love没有爱的能力, 不能爱. You people are made of stone 铁石心肠, 心是石头做的, 太没人性了! 3. Boom! Katy Perry has officially joined the back and forth between Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj. One day after the "Anaconda" rapper and the "Shake It Off" singer got into a Twitter spat over the 2015 MTV Video Music Award nominations, the 30-year-old singer has weighed in on their wars of words 口水战—and she's not holding back any of her disdain for Taylor Swift. dragoon someone into something 强迫做事, 迫使 [drəˈɡu:n] to make someone do something that they do not want to do. He has claimed he travelled to the war-torn nation for humanitarian work and was working with a nurse in a hospital. Mr Brookman has said the hospital he was in was bombed and he was forced to work for ISIL. He was dragooned after hospital bombing. humanitarian [hjuˌmænɪˈteriən] relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc. humanitarian aid/supplies/relief (=food, clothes, medicine, and shelter): Humanitarian relief efforts have been stopped by the attacks. a humanitarian disaster/crisis: This earthquake is the worst humanitarian crisis in the country's history. a. caring about someone who is in a very bad situation or receiving unfair treatment. 4. Sydney worst roundabout: "If you mention the roundabout here people just grimace([ˈɡrɪməs] 苦笑. to make an ugly expression by twisting your face, for example because you are in pain or do not like something.)," Wentworth Point resident Bronwyn Evans said. "People make decisions around how they can avoid the roundabout." The congestion is unrelenting at peak hour on weekdays as a flood of workers leave Sydney Olympic Park and residents return to their homes in Newington, Wentworth Point and Sydney Olympic Park. means I. [countable] 手段, 方法. 工具. a method for doing or achieving something. Information is not easily obtained by any other means. an effective means for finding qualified job applicants. means of: What means of transport is she using? no means of 没有办法 doing something: We had no means of warning them. the means by which: Testing is still the usual means 通常手段 by which students' progress is measured. II. [plural] 财力, 财政实力. formal the amount of money or the property, income etc that someone has. have the means (to do something): Small businesses don't have the means to develop a sophisticated Internet presence. beyond/within your means (=too expensive or not too expensive for you): Many medical charges are beyond the means of poorer families. according to someone's means 量入为出: You are invited to contribute according to your means. a man/woman of means (=with a lot of money): He had the well-dressed appearance of a man of means. means test an examination of your income in order to find out whether you have the right to receive any extra money from the government. means-tested 根据财力区分的 an amount of money or a benefit that is means-tested changes according to your income. If your income is low, you get more money and if it is high, you get less money. I don't believe child benefit should be means-tested. private income/means = independent means money that someone regularly receives but does not work for, for example from money that was invested. ways and means methods that you use to achieve a particular aim. a means to an end 手段之一, 方法之一 a way of getting or achieving something that you want. Information management must be regarded as a means to an end. by fair means or foul 不择手段的 using whatever methods are necessary, even dishonest or illegal methods. the end justifies the means 结果决定手法, 以结果为导向的, 只重结果的 any methods, even bad ones, are allowed in order to achieve what you want, especially something good. 5. C#多线程: Wait/Pulse programs may confuse developers relying on the MSDN for documentation. The documentation problem arises 会有文档的问题 because it's not obvious how Wait and Pulse are supposed to be used, even when you've read up on how they work. Wait and Pulse also have a peculiar aversion to dabblers 浅尝辄止, 不求甚解者, 似懂非懂者(dabble I. [intransitive] to be involved in an activity for a short time in a way that is not very serious. To participate or have an interest in an activity, but in a casual or superficial way. She's an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry. dabble in: When he was younger he dabbled in astrology. dabble with: Liz had dabbled with acting at university. II. [transitive] to put your hands or feet in water and make small quick movements with them. To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness. The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water. dabble something in something: The children were dabbling their feet in the warm water.): they will seek out any holes in your understanding and then delight in tormenting you! Fortunately, there is a simple pattern of use that tames 驯服 Wait and Pulse. In terms of performance, Wait and Pulse are faster than an event wait handle if you expect the waiter not to block. Otherwise, they are similar, each with an overhead in the few-microseconds region.
关于招标(tender 无竞争的含义, 只是表示pay, legal tender法定货币)和投标(bid, 有竞争的含义): I recently was doing 'Sales on a Beermat' for a medium-sized business. They're larger than many of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that I usually work with, one of the workshop sessions was particularly focused on how to win 'Big Bids大标' - your response应标 when a tender document 招标文件 lands with a thud on your doormat. There's not much of this in 'Sales on a Beermat' (the book), which is intended to be a sales primer (销售入门读本, primer:入门书, 初级读本) for Seedling 初出茅庐的, 嫩的 companies, with a particular focus on 'Sales for Non-Salespeople'.
We will cover this topic in 'Advanced Sales on a Beermat', but as this
is not scheduled for publication yet, I thought I'd cover some of the
basics here. I tell Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to think very hard好好考虑清楚 before responding to large tender documents, often called a 'Request for Procurement' or 'RFP'(类似于中文的"招标书". 对RTF的解释－Contract document that describes the good or service to be obtained, and on the basis of which a procurement action采购行动 is initiated. When combined with specifications 招标说明书, statement-of-work, and data requirement list, it comprises the procurement request package采购需求包 and forms the basis for an invitation to bid 投标邀请 (ITB = call for bids, call for tenders 招标. 其中Open tenders, open calls for tenders, or advertised tenders都指公开招标 Restricted tenders, restricted calls for tenders, or invited tenders指邀标, The double envelope system separates the technical proposal[技术建议书] from the financing or cost proposal[商务建议书] in the form of two separate and sealed envelopes.). Also called procurement directive采购指令.). They are usually preceded by a pre-qualification questionnaire (资格审查) (PQQ). They can be very expensive to respond to, involving several 'Beauty Parades' (when you go in and pitch) and even demands for free work from you to prove how good you are. But for large companies looking for suppliers they are a necessary evil ( 躲不开的困难, 不可避免的恶事(弊害), 必然的代价 something that you do not like but which you know must exist or happen He considers taxes a necessary evil.) - for serious procurements they need to have a formal process which is clearly documented. You can't just hand out big orders on a handshake. This causes a real paradox 两难之事 for major entities like government, who would love to be supplied by SMEs (they're quicker to respond反应迅速 and often cheaper), but put them off 望而却步, 止步 with all the Red Tape (官样文章, 繁文缛节) and procedure(put
off I. 延期, 推迟 They decided to put the meeting off until after
Christmas. Owing to the state of the ground, the match has
been put off. II. 使分心 I don't like music playing when I'm
working. It puts me off. If I am once put off I find it
very difficult to recapture the same train of thought. III. 敷衍, 推诿, 推脱. 糊弄.When he asked her to name a day for订个日子 their
wedding, she put him off. I'm not going to be put
off with that excuse. I won't be put off with such vague
promises.). For SMEs, responding to tenders can literally be a life or death decision. The value of the order looks tempting 诱人的, but the cost of bidding it (and sometimes of delivering it) may be prohibitive(高的吓人的, 让人望而却步的, 高得买不起的 prohibitive prices. The cost of repairs would be prohibitive.). Before you even think of responding to a large tender, please remember the wise words of my friend who until recently was European VP of a large computer vendor. He explained he was under great pressure to respond to very large tender documents,
say a £400 million project for the NHS, but he never did so "unless he
knew if he was going to win it or not". The point here is that for some tenders对于某些标, he suspected his competitors were going to win it. Why? Well, the evidence was there - the client had been almost exclusively been supplied by his competitor for many years, and his rivals clearly had a good relationship with the client. Plus he has a sneaking suspicion(私下里怀疑 sneaking feeling) when reading the tender document that it had itself been written by his competitor! He had to bid投标 to make sure he was on future tender lists, but knowing that he was unlikely to win it, he did the minimum amount of work, just to show willing, to begin to develop a better relationship with the client. But for clients that he knew well, then he put a significant effort into the bid. This seems like common sense, but over-optimistic salespeople frequently rush back to the office with the excellent news
that "we just got onto the bid list at the last moment". Be very wary
of this! Of course the sales person knows definitely that he or she is going to win the bid - they may even have been "given the wink递眼色" by the client, but this is often a cunning ploy(狡诈的策略) on the part of the Purchasing Director采购科长 to make sure there are enough bidders投标者. I sometimes joke that Purchasing Directors are the natural nemesis天敌 of salespeople like me. Certainly some I've met can be very scary, and I have to remember that these people have been specifically trained to be impervious to ( pervious 的反义词. impervious [ɪmˈpɜ:(r)viəs] She was impervious to 具有免疫力的, 不具效力的 his charms. He remained impervious to all Nell's sulks and blandishments. impervious to (all) reason 不通情理, 说不通. I. 不为所动的, 不可渗透的, 无动于衷的, 不受影响的 not affected by something or not seeming to notice it. impervious to: She continued to work, apparently impervious to the midday heat. He carried on talking, impervious to the effect his words were having. II. science something that is impervious to a substance does not let the substance pass through it. 狮子非洲当街追羚羊: Lions unconcerned by ( unconcerned I. 无动于衷的. not worried about a situation or what will happen, especially when other people think you should be worried. unconcerned about/by: Scott seemed unconcerned by his sister's problem. II. not interested in a particular activity, plan, idea etc. unconcerned with 不关心的: employers who seem unconcerned with workers' safety. ) traffic as they catch and devour kudu in the middle of busy road. The Kruger Sightings YouTube channel has now posted video from the incredible incident, in which the lions appear unperturbed by a fleet of 4WDs carrying tourists as they devour the poor antelope. ) all the charm and guile(魅力或狡诈) which I employ to increase my company's chances with the client. It's important for any salesperson to "be liked" by the client - we make this a prime objective
in the sales process in our book. But Purchasing Directors are not
there to like people, or even be liked themselves - they are there to
make sure their company gets the best possible deal.
So their natural mode is to avoid face-to-face meetings, and to
surround the purchasing decision with as formal an RFP document as
possible. Often the focus of this document will be on getting the lowest
possible price, as if this is the only decision which matters. Of
course price is important, but this is never the only factor in choosing
a company for a major procurement. Even if you are in a commodity
product market, there is always a service element服务方面的因素, for example delivering your widgets on time. 3. muddle through 跌跌撞撞的成功, 做成了 to succeed in doing something despite having no clear plan, method, or appropriate equipment. cope more or less satisfactorily despite lack of expertise, planning, or equipment. To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained. I've only had a few lessons, but I can muddle through the test. "We don't have an ultimate ambition; we just muddle through 走一步算一步".
勉强自己, 强加于人. 强加到你头上 (overtax. overtax oneself. impose oneself. get by on/with sth. 勉强度日. get by. force onto someone; force-feed强行灌输一种观念. overextend, overstretch, overexert; knock oneself out; scrape by/along (on/with sth). make one's peac with something. 勉强接受. 不计较. It would be a stretch to argue agains. be farfetched to do something牵强. ): 1. overtax verb I. 过度课税. 税负过重. 征税. 收税.) to demand too much tax from someone or to put too much tax on goods: I've been overtaxed this month.Food should not be overtaxed. II. 超负荷. 负荷过重. 过载. 负担不起. to cause to feel tired or confused as a result of doing too much or doing something too difficult: Remember you've been ill, and don't overtax yourself. This problem is overtaxing my brain. 2. impose, levy. impose: I. To establish or apply as compulsory; levy: impose a tax. II. 强加于人. 强加给你. 强加到头上. To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail. the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others. impose a peace settlement. III. vi. To force oneself on or take unfair advantage of others. to take advantage, as of a person or quality: to impose on someone's kindness. You are always imposing on their generosity. IV. to pass off deceptively; foist: to impose a hoax on someone. V. to thrust intrusively upon others: to impose oneself uninvited 不请自来的. to obtrude oneself or one's needs upon others 强加于人的, 强人所难. 勉强人: Are you sure my request doesn't impose 不会太过分? impose on something I. To make something prevail over someone or something by authority: The government imposes a tax on cigarettes. The tribunal imposed a sentence upon the defendant. II. To force something, such as a set of rules or opinions, on someone: Don't impose your views on me. III. To be an inconvenience to someone by requesting unreasonable favors: Our guests imposed on us by staying for three weeks.
to be a bother to someone; to make a request of something to someone.
(Often refers to being an overnight guest or having a meal at someone's
house. Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) I don't mean to impose upon you, but could you put me up for the night? Don't worry, I won't let you impose on me. Am I imposing on you if I stay overnight? or He's always imposing on us, dropping in unexpectedly with numerous friends. imposing [ɪmpoʊzɪŋ] adj If you describe someone or something as imposing, you mean that they have an impressive appearance or manner. He was an imposing man. ...the imposing wrought-iron gates at the entrance to the estate. impose oneself Exert firm control over something: the director was unable to impose himself on the production. self-imposed 自己决定的, 自己下定决心的, 自找的 decided by yourself, without being influenced or ordered by other people: The end of the year was their self-imposed deadline for finishing the building work. After the military coup, the family left for self-imposed exile in America. 电影Just Friends (二人试图约会, 女孩非要拉上男孩的妈妈): - Carol, why don't you come join us? - She's vacuuming. - W-well, I'd love to, but l...I wouldn't want to impose 麻烦你. - Oh, no imposition at all! - No. We'd love to have you, wouldn't we, Chris? - Yeah, rad. - Awesome. Mom's coming. That's good. impose your will on someone自己的意愿强加于人 (=make other people do what you want): She was a powerful ruler, used to imposing her will. b. [singular] an ability to make decisions and take action. This machine seems to have a will of its own自有主意, 自有想法(a mind of one's own). 4. force onto 强加于, 粘上: With regard to the recent ban on public religious symbols, I'm trying to say, "we cannot force our version of liberty onto them." Katerina meets Rudolf, a smooth talker who works as a cameraman for a television channel. He charms Katerina and then forces himself onto her. 5. stick somebody with somebody/something 强加于 to force someone to do something or to have responsibility for someone. to burden someone with someone or something. The
dishonest merchant stuck me with a faulty television set. John stuck me
with his talkative uncle and went off with his friends. She
claims that big power companies cut costs and stick their customers
with high prices. They go out dancing and stick me with the baby. stand by (stick to) your guns 不改初衷, 坚持己见 to remain firm in one's convictions; to stand up for one's rights. to refuse to change your ideas although other people try to make you change them. Usage notes: If a soldier sticks to his guns he continues to shoot at the enemy. David's
family were against him becoming an actor but he stuck to his guns.
Stand by your guns and don't let them talk you into working full time if
you don't want to. stick to someone's fingers Fig. to remain in someone's possession; to be stolen by someone. Other people's watches tend to stick to Max's fingers. Watch that clerk. Your change tends to stick to his fingers. stick to one's ribs 耐饿, 能耐久
Fig. [for food] to last long and fortify one well; [for food] to
sustain one even in the coldest weather. if something that you eat
sticks to your ribs, it makes you feel you have eaten a lot. This oatmeal ought to stick to your ribs. You need something hearty on a cold day like this. I don't want just a salad! I want something that will stick to my ribs. stick to your knitting
if a person or company sticks to their knitting, they continue to do
what they have always done instead of trying to do something they know
very little about. He believes the key to a company's success is to stick to its knitting rather than trying to diversify. 6. Brian McFadden's efforts to force-feed the public an image of himself - a former boyband karaoke singer - as some kind of Kurt Cobain for the 21st Century was quite simply insulting. 7. overextend 过于勉强自己, 超出能承受的范围, 不自量力 To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit. impose on (someone) an excessive burden of work or commitments. "He should not overextend himself on the mortgage". Good reason not to overextend on a house: Of
course, it's not going to happen if people are foolish and insist on
buying at a peak (aka right now), or overextending based on their
salaries. Don't Overextend Yourself When Buying a Home: You
know what happens when you assume, right? Yes, assumptions are
dangerous at any time, but especially so during the home-buying process.
You need to base all plans and details off of hard facts, never "best
guesses." That being said, it's best to meet with a lender prior to
engaging in any activity. overextend 不量力而行. 不自量力 to use more of something than is reasonable or sensible. to use more of something than is reasonable or sensible. overextend your finances. overextend your finances. overextend yourself 勉强自己, 勉为其难, 超出能力极限 to cause yourself harm by trying to do too much. Stop Overextending Yourself to Please Others. Sometimes we overextend ourselves when friends lean on us to do so. come to no good 下场悲催, 没有好下场, 下场不好 to end up badly; to come to a bad end. The street gang leaders came to no good in the end. good things come to those who wait A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue. come good 好转, 变好, 有起色 (informal) to recover and perform well after a bad start or setback. After all the little failures and small disappointments, perhaps now, near the end, Dad's luck would finally come good.
Despite initial hiccups and poor management of resources by the civic
administration, the relief operations have come good. She almost skipped
through the town: it was possible for things to come good. Then again, a
newly liberated Government might come good with a special deal to
offload the rest of Telstra. 8. overexert 过度劳累, 过度使用 To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree. engage in too much or too strenuous exertion. Australian Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon winner, agreed it was not too much of a stretch 并不夸张, 比不过分, 并不勉强 ( a bit stretch, kind of a stretch 有点夸张, 有点勉强, 有点牵强. 有点言过其实
it means something is not exactly true. this doesn't mean its false
though. it usually references opinion statements like "this is the best
(whatever) ever!" you STRETCHED your answer from "i really like this" to
"this is the greatest of all time." its means your reaching to draw
conclusions. It means that you're stretching the definition of
something, to apply it to something that wasn't intended. It can also be
used to indicate that someone is stretching the truth of something. For
example, to call a mule a noble steed is kind of a stretch, though
they're similar to horses, which are definitely noble steeds. Another
example: To say that I was a "little late," when I showed up at
midnight, is kind of a stretch if I was due to show up at 8 p.m. ) to consider Kyrgios a title contender. "Why not? If he plays like that," Cash said. "It has a bit of a Boris Becker feel about it 有点像. 有点...的感觉. "A young guy just blasting away. This guy is bringing something to the table that we haven't seen before. "It has a real feel of Boris Becker." The leaven in sourdough is composed of certain lactobacilli (bacteria that eat lactate) and wild yeasts. I think it would be a stretch 牵强, 过分, 勉强, 太过分, 不像话 to argue against the commandment solely on the basis that
modern yeast is not leaven, considering that the action of modern yeast
is pretty much the same as the old sourdough combination of yeast and
bacteria. They both digested portions of the dough to produce gas. overstretch, 不自量力 I. 超负荷运行. to try to do too much with the money, people, etc. that are available. without enough money, people etc to operate effectively. overstretched services. Police resources are overstretched in their fight against crime. II. to do more than you are capable of. overstretch yourself 超出承受能力(out of one's depth): He tends to overstretch himself in his efforts to succeed. an overstretched muscle 肌肉拉伤 has been injured by stretching it too far. 9. knock on you打小报告. knock off I. [transitive]knock something off something to reduce a price or an amount. Kelly knocked two seconds off her previous time. They'll knock something off the price if you collect it yourself. II. [intransitive/transitive]knock off something 下班 to stop working. Do you want to knock off early tonight? III. [transitive] to produce something quickly and carelessly, often a copy of something else. Forgers can knock off a fake passport in no time. IV. [transitive] British to steal something. They knocked some TVs off from an electrical store. a. British to steal money or property from a place. They'd knocked off two banks the previous week. V. [transitive] to murder someone. The mob knocked the witnesses off. VI. [transitive] British offensive to have sex with someone. VII. knock it off used for telling someone to stop doing something. Ways of telling someone to stop doing something: stop it/that, hands off, give something a rest... VIII. knock someone's head/block off used for threatening to hit someone and hurt them very badly. IX. knock spots off British to be much better than someone or something. knock-on effect 后续效应, 连锁效应 (UK) A secondary, often unintended effect; a repercussion. If a coach arrives late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire coach station. knock on the head (transitive) To put an end to; to defeat or frustrate (a scheme or project). knock out I. to make someone unconscious. He hit me and nearly knocked me out. II. to make someone leave a competition by defeating them. England had been knocked out of the World Cup by West Germany. III. to destroy something, or to stop it working. The earthquake knocked out power supplies in many parts of the city. IV. informal to produce something quickly or carelessly. They've been knocking out candles at their factory since 1831. VII. knock something out of someone to make someone lose a quality. All the enthusiasm had been knocked out of him. knock oneself out I. (idiomatic) To go ahead; to do as one pleases. II.
(idiomatic, in the imperative) to grant permission for or to give
endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is
not interested in its outcome. "I'm going to the store." / "Knock yourself out. 随便你, 随你高兴, 爱怎样怎样". don't knock yourself out 别勉强自己, 别太勉强 (idiomatic, ironic) Don't overexert yourself (in doing something that does not require much effort). I'll get round to it soonish. — Well, don't knock yourself out! knock someone out informal I. to impress someone very much. The response to my work has absolutely knocked me out. II. to make someone feel very shocked or upset. knock someone for six (informal) to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun. knock someone's socks off (blow someone away) (idiomatic) To impress greatly; amaze; stun. You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off. knock someone down 撞到 to hit or push someone, especially accidentally, so that he or she falls to the ground: She was knocked down by a bus. I saw that bike rider knock a lady down. 10. Accounts of this period report that Kammerer's presence and lovelorn ( 一厢情愿的 sad because of problems with love, especially when you love someone who does not love you. ) devotion to Carr made many of the other Beats uncomfortable. Kammerer's psyche ( [ˈsaɪki] 精神状态 the part of your mind that controls your attitudes and behaviour. ) was evidently decaying; he was barely scraping by ( [skreɪp] scrape by/along (on/with sth) I. 勉强度日. 勉强维生. to manage to live when you do not have enough money and other necessary things: He lost his job, so the family had to scrape along on £95 a week.
II. 勉强通过, 勉强及格. to manage with difficulty to get a successful result or
to reach an acceptable standard. To succeed at a level of minimal
acceptability: The student just scraped by with a D average. I only learned Spanish for a year but I can just scrape by in most situations.), helping a janitor clean his building on Morton Street in exchange for rent. 11. Joey: Alright, I can make my peace with 勉强接受, 就算了, 就不提了 the clean dry towels…Also what is with these chips you bought? keep body and soul together to 勉强度日 have just enough money to buy food and other necessary things. She had to take on two jobs just to keep body and soul together. 12. American officials and aviation experts said it was far-fetched 牵强, 勉强 to believe that a passenger could have reprogrammed the Flight Management System. Normal procedure is to key in a five-letter code — gibberish to non-aviators — that is the name of a waypoint. A normal flight plan consists of a series of such waypoints, ending in the destination airport. For an ordinary flight, waypoints can be entered manually or uploaded into the F.M.S. by the airline.
