用法学习: 1. The RTFM comment is usually expressed when the speaker is irritated by another person's question or lack of knowledge. It refers to either that person's inability to read a technical manual, or to their perceived 被认为的, 被视作 laziness in not doing so first, before asking the question. 家具工程大火: Firefighters are battling a large fire that has engulfed 吞没, 吞噬 a furniture warehouse in Sydney's west, creating a large plume of black smoke 一大束烟 that is visible from the city. Another witness said the flames were shooting 火苗子窜到 about 30 metres into the air and threatening to spread to neighbouring properties in the industrial area. One witness, Rob, told 2GB that the warehouse walls were starting to cave in墙倒塌. Fire and Rescue NSW said they had multiple crews at the scene just before 1pm. By 2.30pm Fire and Rescue NSW said it had the main fire under control and had managed to protect neighbouring warehouses. A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed a large number of emergency service workers were at the scene, and school children and people with breathing difficulties 呼吸困难 in the area were being urged to stay indoors. A motorist who drove past the John Cootes furniture warehouse, on Orchardleigh Street in Yennora, shortly after the fire broke out 大火着起来 about 12.30pm on Monday said he could feel the heat radiating into his car 热气熏人, 热气冲进车里来, which was about 40 metres away from the blaze. 2. niceness 是nice的名词. nicety [ˈnaɪsəti] I. [uncountable] a way of behaving that people consider to be correct. Subtlety or precision of use. A rocket-propelled grenade doesn't have the nicety of a sniper round, but you must admit its effectiveness. II. [countable] a very small difference or detail. A small detail or distinction. We met the new captain while we were taking enemy fire and were unable to observe the niceties of formal introductions. to a nicety (idiomatic) To a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy. clean 形象干净, 形象正面, 清纯 not guilty of anything illegal or wrong. an attempt by the government to project a clean image展示正面形象. Why couldn't the president send somebody with a totally clean record? I've got a clean driving licence (=I have not committed any driving offences). always behaving in a completely moral and honest way. He has lost his squeaky clean image 纯净的像一张白纸一样的. 日清纯女星穿脏话T恤: Wearing a shirt like this isn't something most people in Japan would do on purpose, especially a former bubble gum idol like Takahashi with a very clean image. This is the last thing she would wear on purpose, and the outfit certainly seems to be a terrible accident. a. clean language or humour does not offend people, especially because it does not involve sex. It was all good clean 没少儿不宜的 fun. keep it clean 别说脏话 (=not say anything offensive): Keep it clean – there are children listening. b. 公平的. fair and done according to the rules. It was a good clean fight. c. informal not carrying anything illegal. The police stopped him, but he was clean. d. informal no longer using illegal drugs. Carter's been clean for six months. II. 干净的, 无污染的. clean machines and processes do not create a lot of pollution. clean technologies. We already have the cleanest diesel fuel in the world. a. clean air or water has no dirty or dangerous substances in it. Many refugees are living in appalling conditions, without clean water and proper sanitation. the clean country air. III. clean shapes, lines, or movements 干净的, 整洁的, 不拖泥带水的 are smooth, regular, or tidy. the clean lines of a good design. IV. clean smells, tastes, and colours are light and fresh. The wine is clean and fresh, though with a robust flavour. 3. be snowed under (with sth) 压得喘不过气来 to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all. overworked; exceptionally busy. Look, I'm really snowed under at the moment. Can this wait? He really has been snowed under with work. I'm absolutely snowed under with work at the moment. honky = honkie = honkey a derogatory term used by black people for a white person or for white people collectively. Honky (also spelled honkie or sometimes honkey) is mainly a slur word for white people, predominantly heard in the United States. dither [ˈdɪðə(r)] 犹豫不决, 下不了决心 to be unable to make a decision about something. She was dithering about what to wear. Same-sex marriage could be blocked as Liberals dither: Hopes of a breakthrough on same-sex marriage legislation before Christmas are dimming as conservative Liberals warn that a proposed push in the party room to free up government MPs to vote with their conscience would amount to waving through full marriage equality, given the overall numbers in Parliament. I met a celebrity I always speculated was terribly calculated 精于算计的, 精心算计的 and mean, and they exceeded all my expectations of rudeness and arrogance. If you know please don't @ the person, they see all and have the capacity 有能力, 有能量 and desire to destroy. This is an eternal blind item(A blind item is a news story, usually gossip, in which the details of the matter are reported while the identities of the people involved are not revealed. ), because I'm too petrified of their insane power. No need to speculate just had to voice my disgust. Now it looks like the media is shifting on the singer态度转变, as well. Tabloids continue to publish articles about Taylor's alleged diva demands and her feuds with her female friends. Whether or not these stories are true, it still shows that she's receiving quite a bit of backlash 反弹 from the media lately, which is unusual for the usually sweet singer. Do you think the tides 形势转变 are turning against Swift? 4. keep somebody on a short/tight leash 管得严, 管得紧, 看得严 to allow someone very little freedom to do what they want He doesn't go out with the guys much now that his girlfriend is around to keep him on a tight leash. Usage notes: sometimes used with have: The police will have a tight leash on all the suspects until the trial. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of leash (a length of rope or leather used to prevent a dog or other animal from getting away).
股市暴跌Chinese shares tumble 8.5 percent in biggest one-day drop since 2007: Chinese shares tumbled more than 8 percent on Monday as an unprecedented government rescue plan to prop up valuations abruptly ran out of steam失去势头, 没劲头了, throwing the viability of Beijing's efforts to stave off 扼制, 扼杀 a deeper crash into doubt. Major indexes suffered their largest one-day drop since 2007, shattering three weeks of relative calm in China's volatile stock markets since Beijing unleashed a barrage of support measures to arrest 截停 a slump(I. formal to stop a process from continuing, especially to stop a bad situation from getting worse. A cut in interest rates failed to arrest the decline in prices. II. formal if something arrests your attention, you notice it. dearrest police term, meaning to release someone who had been arrested, before they are even taken to the police station and processed, because it's become clear they are innocent. (Differs from 'released without charge' 无罪释放 in that no record of the arrest is kept.). He was initially identified as the thief, and arrested, but when the actual thief was found a few minutes later, he was de-arrested and allowed to go on his way.) that had started in mid-June. "The lesson from China's last equity bubble is that, once sentiment has soured ( Sentiment towards emerging markets turns sour. Institutional investors are questioning the structural emerging market story after a year of poor performance and heightened volatility. Sour sentiment hits Hong Kong shares. Investors' mood has soured — and that's a good sign. Risk sentiment has soured sharply in the run-up to the NFP report. sentiment I. [countable/uncountable] formal a belief or an attitude towards something. His party had encouraged nationalist sentiment助长民族主义情绪. I had considerable sympathy with the sentiments expressed in his letter. popular sentiment 民众情绪 (=beliefs or attitudes that most people have): The proposals take no account of popular sentiment. II. [uncountable] feelings of sympathy, sadness, or love that may seem silly or too much. I never throw anything away, partly out of sentiment. gentle feelings such as sympathy, love, etc., especially when considered to be silly or not suitable: The film is flawed by slightly treacly sentiment. my sentiments exactly 和我想的一样, 完全同意 used for emphasizing that you agree with someone. 解释2: a thought, opinion, or idea based on a feeling about a situation, or a way of thinking about something: Nationalist sentiment has increased in the area since the bombing. I don't think she shares my sentiments. His son was overwhelmed by the sentiments of love and support in the cards and letters he received. formal "It's a very bad situation." "My sentiments exactly 正如我想, 我也是这么想 (= I completely agree).". ), policy interventions 政策干预 aimed at shoring up prices have only a short-lived effect 短期效应," wrote Capital Economics analysts in a research note reacting to the slide. China's market gyrations have stoked fears 引发恐惧 among global investors about the broader health of the world's second biggest economy, hitting prices of growth-sensitive commodities such as copper, which fell on Monday to not far from a six-year low. Stocks fell across the board 全面下跌 on Monday, with 2,247 companies falling, leaving only 77 gainers. More than 1,500 shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen dived 跳水 by their 10 percent daily limit, led by index heavyweights including China Unicom (600050.SS), Bank of Communications (601328.SS) and PetroChina (600028.SS). All traded index futures contracts also fell by their maximum 10 percent limit, with the exception of a few tracking the large cap SSE50 index, which declined around 9 percent. Analysts struggled to explain the severity of the sell-off, which accelerated sharply in the afternoon session, long after investors had time to digest the latest economic releases. Markets had opened down more than 2 percent, following lackluster data on profit at Chinese industrial firms on Monday and a disappointing private factory sector survey on Friday. But Chinese stock investors have been celebrating bad economic news for months on the basis it would provoke 引发 more aggressive更激进的 policy easing, seen as positive for stocks because it pushes cheap money into the market. Some saw the government-induced recovery 政府引导的 in share prices in recent weeks as itself provoking the crash. "After two weeks of steady rebound回升, both foreign investors and domestic institutions are gradually taking profits, increasing selling pressures," said Yu Jun, strategist at Bosera Asset Management Co. "In addition, investor confidence hasn't fully recovered. There has been no obvious increase in outstanding margin loans, while the amount of fresh capital inflows is much lower than the average level in May and June. With not enough money taking up the baton(hand over/pass/take up (or pick up) the baton [bæt(ə)n] 接手, 接过接力棒 Accept a duty or responsibility. responsibility for something. If you pass the baton to someone, you give them responsibility for it, and if someone takes the baton or picks up the baton, they take responsibility for it. baton = nightstick 警棍 a short stick carried by police officers as a weapon.), a renewed, sharp correction is inevitable." China's main stock indexes had more than doubled over the year to mid-June, when a sudden swoon saw shares lose more than 30 percent of there value in a matter of weeks. Markets finally began stabilizing again in the second week of July, due almost entirely to an all-out effort from Beijing to pump liquidity into the market while barring investors from selling off. China's central bank cut interest rates, brokerages formed stabilization funds and regulators lifted restrictions on pensions and insurers investing in stocks, an implied combined total verbal commitment of almost $800 billion. Beijing also cracked down on "malicious" short-sellers 恶意做空, 抛空, 卖空, 空头(The sale of a security that is not owned by the seller, or that the seller has borrowed. Short selling is motivated by the belief that a security's price will decline, enabling it to be bought back at a lower price to make a profit. Short selling may be prompted by speculation, or by the desire to hedge the downside risk 规避风险 of a long position in the same security or a related one. Since the risk of loss on a short sale is theoretically infinite, short selling should only be used by experienced traders who are familiar with its risks. In finance, short selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling securities or other financial instruments ( Financial instruments 金融商品 are tradable assets of any kind. They can be cash, evidence of an ownership interest in an entity, or a contractual right to receive or deliver cash or another financial instrument. ) that are not currently owned, and subsequently repurchasing them ("covering"). In the event of an interim price decline, the short seller will profit, since the cost of (re)purchase will be less than the proceeds which were received upon the initial (short) sale. Conversely ( used for introducing a sentence, or part of a sentence, which says something that is the opposite of the other part. When the press was biased towards the political right, television coverage tended to lean to the left. Conversely与之相反, if the press swung heavily to the left, television would have to redress the balance by leaning to the right. Some wrong answers were marked right and, conversely, some right answers had been rejected.), the short position will be closed out at a loss in the event that the price of a shorted instrument should rise prior to repurchase. The potential loss on a short sale is theoretically unlimited in the event of an unlimited rise in the price of the instrument, however in practice the short seller will be required to post margin or collateral to cover losses, and any inability to do so on a timely basis would cause its broker or counterparty to liquidate the position. In the securities markets, the seller generally must borrow the securities in order to effect delivery in the short sale. In some cases, the short seller must pay a fee to borrow the securities and must additionally reimburse the lender for cash returns the lender would have received had the securities not been loaned out. In practical terms, going short can be considered the opposite of the conventional practice of "going long 多头, 长仓(long position)", whereby an investor profits from an increase in the price of the asset. Mathematically, the return from a short position is equivalent to that of owning (being "long") a negative amount of the instrument. A short sale may be motivated by a variety of objectives. Speculators may sell short in the hope of realizing a profit on an instrument ( I. formal someone or something that can be used in order to make something happen. A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal. The government has a number of policy instruments it can use for this purpose. instrument of: an important instrument of quality control. a. a person who someone uses to help achieve a result. instrument of: The missionaries believed they were instruments of God. ) which appears to be overvalued, just as long investors or speculators hope to profit from a rise in the price of an instrument which appears undervalued. Traders or fund managers may hedge a long position or a portfolio through one or more short positions. loan-out 经纪公司, 经纪服务, 租借公司: A loan-out company is just a fancy name for fairly traditional organizations. To put it simply, loan-out companies are three things: personal service companies, traditional business entities, and employers of employees. A loan-out is a personal company, a legal business entity registered with the state in which it is established. They can take many different forms such as an LLC, an S-Corporation or a C-Corporation. Once it is formed, the loan-out company "loans" the services of the employee of the loan-out, e.g., an actor, director, writer, etc., by entering into contracts with the other party, such as producers or production companies. The production company would make the check payable to 支付酬劳给 JoeSchmo, LLC and because the actor was an employee of loan-out, it would be the responsibility of the loan-out company to pay applicable payroll taxes 收入所得税 (rather than the production company). The loan-out corporation provides the artist's services, and certain other expenses like agency and manager commissions. Accounting fees, legal fees and related costs would be paid for and deducted at the corporate level. The remainder of the income paid to the loan-out company is typically paid to the artist as salary. Position仓位(仓位一词也被用来代表投资人持有股票或期货等金融工具占实际投资的比例。举例：某投资人将100万资金转入某券商账户，准备投资股票，则该投资人买入某股票的行为可称为建仓；持有该股票叫做持仓；购买股票资金为20万时，该投资人的仓位是20%；当购买股票投入资金达到一半（50万）时，称仓位为半仓；投资人继续买入该股票的行为称为加仓，当全部现金（100万）全部用于买入股票时，称为满仓；卖出一部分股票的行为称为减仓；将股票全部卖掉的行为称为平仓或清仓(英语: Liquidation／Cover／Offset)): In financial trading, a position is a binding commitment to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price. The term "position" is also used in the context of finance for the amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution, and for the ownership status of a person's or institution's investments. Long position 多头: When a trader buys an option contract that he/she is not short, he/she is said to be opening a long position; When a trader sells an option contract that he/she is already long, he/she is said to be closing a long position; When a trader is 'long', he/she wins when the price increases, and loses when the price decreases. Short position 空头: When a trader sells an option contract that he/she is not long, he/she is said to be opening a short position. When a trader buys an option contract that he/she is already short, he/she is said to be closing a short position. When a trader is 'short', he/she wins when the price decreases, and loses when the price increases. Net position: Net position is the difference between total open long (receivable) and open short (payable) positions in a given asset (security, foreign exchange currency, commodity, etc.) held by an individual. This also refers to the amount of assets held by a person, firm, or financial institution, as well as the ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.) in the futures market, froze IPOs to prevent a liquidity drain and looked the other way( look the other way 睁一只眼闭一只眼, 装看不见, 视而不见, 容忍 Deliberately overlook something, especially something of an illicit nature. For example, They're not really entitled to a discount but the sales manager decided to look the other way. This expression uses the other way in the sense of "away from what is normal or expected." to ignore something wrong or unpleasant that you know is happening instead of trying to deal with it. When one of their own friends or colleagues is involved in wrongdoing, people sometimes prefer to look the other way. ) as around 40 percent of companies suspended trading in their shares to escape the rout(rout [raut] to completely defeat someone in a battle, competition, or election. He was captured, and his army was routed.). The campaign even acquired nationalistic 民族主义 tones at times, with local governments calling on retail investors to "defend the stock market" and domestic media and popular commentators expressing suspicions that the crash had been engineered by a foreign cabal([kəˈbæl] a small group of people who secretly work together to get power for themselves. ). Chinese share markets had recovered around 15 percent from their early-July trough before Monday's renewed sell-off. However, analysts were sceptical of how long the campaign could be sustained, given the fright retail investors took at the speed and scale of a slump that wiped out as much as $4 trillion in stock market capitalization before Beijing grabbed the wheel. Some analysts say the primary problem is that a market that rose so sharply on the expectations of aggressive easing from Beijing is seeing diminishing returns from future loosening, especially if the United States adapts its monetary policy. "The main factor of today's fall is attributable to the uncertainty of the future monetary policy," said Du Changchun, stock analyst at Northeast Securities. "The rising CPI, particularly the rising pork price, has made it harder for the monetary authorities to roll out more easing measures."
奥巴马发声: President Barack Obama has delivered a withering critique ( intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful. "a withering look". I. wither or wither away [intransitive] to become weaker or smaller and then disappear. They worry that honored traditions will wither. Their love was withering away. II. [intransitive] if plants or flowers wither, they become drier and start to die. The spring flowers were already beginning to wither. III. [transitive] to make someone feel silly or ashamed. flower fades花枯萎(plant or flower wither枯萎). flower comes out 开花. if a plant comes up 发芽, it starts to appear above the ground. if a plant dies back, the part above the ground dies but the roots stay alive. if stronger plants choke weaker ones, they surround them and stop them from growing. produce buds 发芽 = germinate. a plant shrivels or shrivels up, 蔫嗒嗒的, 植物抽抽, it becomes smaller and thinner than usual and it does not look fresh and healthy. a. [transitive] to make a plant or flower become drier and start to die. bear flowers/fruits开花结果. if a plant wilts 蔫搭搭的, 耷拉脑袋的, 蔫了, it gradually bends toward the ground because it needs water or is dying. put down roots 扎根 if a plant puts down roots, its roots become strong and established. run riot 疯长. 长疯了. if a plant runs riot, it grows in an uncontrolled way. get/become established 生根发芽, 扎根. to start growing successfully in a new place. go/run to seed 结籽 biology if a plant goes or runs to seed, it starts producing seeds after it has produced flowers. take root 生根 if a plant takes root, it begins to grow somewhere. wilt I. [intransitive] if a plant wilts, it gradually bends toward the ground because it needs water or is dying. If the plant continues to wilt, cut it right back and water it well. II. [intransitive] if a person wilts 蔫了, 发蔫, 蔫搭搭的, they have less energy, confidence, or enthusiasm. Martinez seemed to wilt in the heat in the second set. III. [intransitive/transitive] if you wilt vegetables or they wilt, you cook them gently, usually in a little fat over heat. ) of the vitriol-filled ( [ˈvɪtriəl] very severe and cruel criticism. She poured out a stream of vitriol against her ex-husband. ) 2016 US presidential debate, saying its tone is not worthy of voters. With 18 months left at the White House, Obama hit out at "outrageous" attention-grabbing 夺人眼球的, 引人注意的, 哗众取宠的 attacks on Monday, which he said "have become all too commonplace( 常见的. not unusual. It is now commonplace for people to use the Internet at home.)" in America's acerbic 尖酸刻薄的 and highly polarised politics. "We are creating a culture that is not conducive to 正确导向的 good policy or good politics," Obama said. "The American people deserve better." He zeroed in on 特别强调 Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee. Speaking in Ethiopia, Obama berated Huckabee for his suggestion that a nuclear deal between Iran would march Israelis to the "door of the oven." The 44th US president described that as part of a "general pattern" that would be "considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad悲哀". Obama is lobbying hard for 极力四方游说 the Iran deal, which is seen by aides as a signature achievement of his presidency. The deal would place curbs on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from US and international sanctions, ending more than a decade of tensions. But Republicans have resoundingly ( 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. ) rejected the agreement - saying Iran should completely dismantle 销毁 its nuclear program - and made it a central topic in the election campaign. Obama also took issue with Trump's "outrageous" comments criticising the war record of Republican Senator John McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Obama said that McCain, who he beat in 2008 to become president, was "somebody who endured torture and conducted himself with exemplary patriotism [ˈpeɪtriəˌtɪzəm]( exemplary [ɪɡˈzempləri] I. 范例一样的. 教科书一样的, 样例一样的. 标准的. excellent or done in a way that other people should try to copy. Her patience is exemplary. II. an exemplary 杀鸡儆猴的, 竖立标杆的, 树典型的 punishment is extremely severe, so that other people will be afraid to commit a similar crime. conduct I. [transitive] 管理方式. 操作方式 [often passive] to do something in an organized way. The action or manner of managing an activity or organization: his conduct of the campaign. The rental agreement doesn’t allow you to conduct business from your home. Gonzalez has conducted an impressive electoral campaign. The interview was conducted by telephone. Organize and carry out: in the second trial he conducted his own defense. surveys conducted among students. II. The manner in which a person behaves, especially on a particular occasion or in a particular context: the conduct of the police during the riot. members are bound by a code of conduct行为准则. II. [transitive] physics 传导. if something conducts heat or electricity, heat or electricity can move through it. III. [intransitive/transitive] 指挥 to stand in front of an orchestra or group of singers and direct the way they play or sing. a. 引导. 领着, 带路. Lead or guide (someone) to or around a particular place: he conducted us through his personal gallery of the Civil War. conduct yourself 约束自己, 管束自己. 管住自己 to behave in a particular way. Behave in a specified way: He conducted himself with the utmost propriety. He has conducted himself with dignity. propriety behaviour that follows accepted social or moral standards. She doubted the propriety of letting him buy her presents. the proprieties 道德规范. 行为准则, 道德准绳 the rules of social behaviour that most people accept as correct. He was careful to observe the proprieties. conduct disorder a pattern of behavior in children and teenagers in which they do not follow accepted rules of society and have no respect for authority or for the rights of others. disorderly conduct the crime of being too noisy or violent in a public place. )." Trump's brash rhetoric (brash I. showing disapproval 哗众取宠的. 大声嚷嚷的. 肆意妄为的. behaving and talking in a loud and confident way that annoys other people. a brash young salesman. Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way: he was brash, cocky, and arrogant. II. 俗气的. big, bright, or colorful in a way that is not attractive. Having an ostentatious or tasteless appearance: the cafe was a brash new building.) has made him a gadfly 大马蝇, 烦人, 讨人厌的人 ( I. mainly literary someone who continuously annoys another person or an organization, usually by criticizing them. A person who annoys or criticizes others in order to provoke them into action: always a gadfly, he attacked intellectual orthodoxies. II. a fly that bites cows and horses. ) with the Republican party establishment, but it has also earned him frequent and prominent television spots on celebrity obsessed US news channels. Despite the disapproval of party heavyweights, the trash-talking 胡说八道的 billionaire is polling well with voters angry with Republican party leadership. A poll released on Sunday showed him with a big lead 大幅领先 in New Hampshire, a key early primary state. "These are leaders of the Republican party," Obama said. "It's not the kind of leadership that is needed for America right now and I don't think that's what anybody, Democrat, Republican or independent is looking for." Obama has long been irked by sharp edged 尖刻的 Republican rhetoric用词, which has cast him as foreigner born in Kenya, and more recently, a state sponsor of terror. But on a landmark visit to Africa, he perhaps has a glimmer of a political opportunity to turn the tables 逆转形势. "Presidential debates deserve better," he said. "In 18 months, I'm turning over the keys. I want to make sure I'm turning over the keys to somebody who's serious about the serious problems the country faces and the world faces."
