用法学习: 1. banal [bəˈnɑ:l] 平凡的, 平实的, 平淡无奇的, 没有惊喜的 something that is banal is boring because it contains nothing new, original, or unusual. his banal observations on the game. another banal TV sitcom. While some authors have drawn a connection between the lyrics of the song and interracial relationships, most report it to be a banal tune. 美国警察: A 16-year-old boy was slammed 甩到地上, 摔倒, 摔到地上 to the ground and arrested by four police officers after he was seen jaywalking on a US street. Before the arrest the teenager is seen sitting on the wall of a flowerbed 花坛 as an officer pushes him with a baton. The teenager tries to hold the baton at arms-length while passers-by are heard yelling "that's a kid… Get off him". The police officer orders the youth to "stop resisting 反抗, 抵抗" before appearing to use the baton to strike 抽打 the teenager in the face. Stocktons police department spokesman Joseph Silva told the Guardian the teen had "cussed"( cuss someone out [kʌs] 破口大骂, 辱骂 to shout offensive words at someone because you are annoyed with them. cussed 作为形容词读[ˈkʌsɪd], 作为动词过去式读[kʌst] not willing to be reasonable. He's just plain cussed, isn't he? ) when ordered onto the sidewalk "for safety reasons" by the first officer. "These things wouldn’t happen if people followed officers' lawful instructions," Mr Silva said.Mr Silva said the boy's family had filed a complaint and the incident was under review审视, 评估中. 2. Dishing the dirt 披露内幕 after show airtime: It looks like presumed frontrunner Lana Jeavons-Fellows was just as shocked as the rest of us by the turn of events on last night's Bachelor finale...and it still stings 隐隐作痛( I. 蜇人. 蛰伤. 叮人. 叮咬. [intransitive/ transitive] if an insect or an animal stings you, it hurts you by sticking a sharp part of its body into your skin. He was stung by a wasp. Some types of fish can sting. a. 扎人. 刺人. 刺痛. if a plant stings you, it makes a mark on your skin and hurts you when you touch it. II. [intransitive/transitive] 作痛. to have or cause a sudden pain or uncomfortable feeling. The smoke stung her eyes. My eyes were stinging because of the salt in the water. III. [transitive] to affect someone, often causing them to react in a particular way. Stung by their recent defeat, the French are determined to win this time. a. to make someone feel angry and upset. She was stung by her father's criticism. IV. [transitive] literary if tears sting your eyes, you feel as if you are going to cry. V. [intransitive] mainly British informal to make someone pay more than they should for something. ). Clearly the mid-season intruder hasn't quite recovered from her love hangover 情伤, although the finale was taped about four months ago. So much for 完全不管用, 完全不对 Charlotte York's Sex and the City theory that it takes half the time you dated someone to get over them. Emily Simms has one last dig at The Bachelor as she bids farewell to show... but fails to congratulate (no well-wishes 祝愿. ) Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski. She was never one to hold back on 藏不住, 憋不住 The Bachelor Australia, and just because the show has wrapped for the season, there is still no stopping 停不下来 Emily Simms. The haters that tried to bring me down, haven't succeeded. 3. Collage 拼纸贴画, 拼纸艺术 (from the French: coller, "to glue"; [kɔ'la:ʒ]) is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may sometimes include magazine and newspaper clippings 剪报, ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. 'I have met some of the most amazing women out of this experience. We have laughed our arses off and cried our eyes out together. We've had the highest of the highs and lowest of the lows together,' she added. She rounded off 结束发言 her speech by thanking fellow bachelorette and new best pal, Bec Chin, 28, who she described as her 'rock' throughout the experience. 4. Mum honours teenage son's claims of independence by billing him for his expenses: "This came down to a 13-year-old telling his mother she had no right to enforce certain rules, and had no place to 'control' him( have no place 没有立场, 没有权利 to not be suitable or right in a particular situation. She believed that religious teaching had no place in the school curriculum. there is no place for...: There's no place for sentiment when you're negotiating a business deal. )," Ms Havisham admits that the letter initially did not go down particularly well with her son. "He came home, saw the note, crumpled it on the floor, and stormed out of the apartment," she said. "He decided to stage a 'sit in' in my room, where he did laugh at me and repeat, 'Really? What are you going to do? You can't take my stuff, etc.'." Ms Havisham stated that it nevertheless 还是, 尽管如此还是 "made a difference", claiming that her son now obeys her requests. "It may have seemed like tough love, or a harsh reality check (rude awakening), but putting it into practice 真正实施 has been fairly gentle. And just in this short amount of time在这么短的时间里, I have seen him trying to be more conscientious," she said. He wants the perks of growing up without the responsibility that comes with it," Ms Havisham said. "I am a parent who has every RIGHT to have rules, expectations, and consequences for my child." 信里threatening to charge a maid (= housekeeper) fee 保姆费, 佣人费: "Since you seem to have forgotten you are only 13, and I'm the parent … I guess you will need a lesson in independence," the letter reads. "Also, as you threw in my face that you are making money now … you will need to pay your share of costs." "If you decide you would rather be my child again, instead of roommate, we can renegotiate terms," the letter concludes. 3. 男子被抛尸: His uncle said he made the chilling
premonition ( 预感. 预警.[ˌpreməˈnɪʃ(ə)n] a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant. a strong feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad. have a premonition of/that: He had a premonition of imminent disaster. ) when he saw last Mr McCabe leaving his house in Charters
Towers with his cousin. He was allegedly pushed down a ditch before a
number of boulders ( boulder [ˈbouldər] 大石块, 大石头 a very large rock or piece of stone. ) were thrown on to him, according to police. The
police will allege that Mr McCabe was still alive when he was grabbed
out of the boot and thrown down a slope. He was then
allegedly pelted with rocks ( pelt I. 砸. 乱砸. 乱丢. [transitive] to throw objects with force at someone or something. pelt someone/something with something: He was shaken but unhurt after being pelted with cans and bottles. II. pelt or pelt down 雨点般洒落, 淅淅沥沥的落下 [intransitive] if rain or snow is pelting or is pelting down, it comes down quickly in large amounts. You can't go out – it's pelting down. (at) full pelt moving as quickly as possible. He ran at full pelt down the road. ) after Mr McCabe seemed to recognise someone,
according to police. 4. Woolworth新老板要重整服务: In moves reminiscent of the early days of the
turnaround at ( I. 有起色. 开始好转. an important change in a situation that causes it to improve. an economic turnaround. II. the time that it takes a company or an institution to complete a process. In computing, turnaround time is the total time taken between the submission of a program/process/thread/task (Linux) for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer/user. It may vary for various programming languages depending on the developer of the software or the program. III. 大转变. 态度大变. an important change in opinions or attitudes. Lead time: The amount of time, defined by the supplier/service provider, that is required to meet a customer request or demand. Lead-time is generally considered as the time between the Customer’s request initiation to Customer's request fulfillment. Turn around time: In general, turnaround time means the amount of time taken to fulfill a request. This time is in order to get a job done and deliver the output , once the job is submitted for processing center according to the customer request. ) Coles seven years ago, Woolworths is investing $65 million
over the next 12 months upgrading its fleet of shopping trolleys,
fixing rusty shelves and holes in floors, improving lighting and signage
and removing gates to open up the front of its stores to make them
appear more welcoming. The retailer has increased
labour in its 950-odd supermarkets by 56,000 staff hours a week and
plans to add another 63,000 hours next year to improve on-shelf
availability, especially in key areas such as fruit and vegetables and
checkouts. The so-called "voice of the customer" results are available a
day later, rather than weeks later, allowing store managers to take
swift action to remedy 纠正, 解决 problems. Staff morale is also improving, he says, even if store managers have been forced to forgo bonuses. "The
enthusiasm of our team to focus on customers and be empowered to focus
on customers has been rewarding 产生回报, 有回报, 开始有效果, 效果初显," he says. He is excited but undaunted
by the challenge of restoring Woolworths' reputation as Australia's
leading food retailer. "To come to Australia and see
the opportunities we have here to improve the business … we're still
number one but to make sure we resonate as number one in customers'
minds is really exciting," he says. Analysts believe Woolworths'
same-store sales growth could move back into positive territory during
2016, as Woolworths will be lapping 初尝 soft comparable store sales growth
in 2015. However, the $65 million investment in stores and $500 million
investment in grocery prices will come at a cost to margins. 5. Foot
voting 用脚投票 is the ability of people to "vote with their feet" by leaving
situations they do not like or going to situations they believe to be
more beneficial. It has been described as "a tool for
enhancing political freedom: the ability of the people to choose the
political regime under which they wish to live". vote with one's
feet 拍屁股走人 Fig. to express one's dissatisfaction with something by
leaving, especially by walking away. To
indicate a preference or an opinion by leaving or entering a particular
locale: "If older cities are allowed to decay and contract, can
citizens who vote with their feet ... hope to find better conditions
anywhere else?" I think that the play is a total
flop. Most of the audience voted with its feet during the second act. I
am prepared to vote with my feet if the meeting appears to be a waste of
time. to
show that you do not support something, especially an organization or a
product, by not using or not buying it any more Parents are voting with
their feet and moving their children to schools where there is better
discipline. 6. accidental 次要的, 小事的, 不重要的, 无关大局的, 不值一提的, 区区小事的, 无足挂齿的, 无足轻重 Not essential; incidental, secondary. Occurring unexpectedly, unintentionally, or by chance. He is a good singer, that's all that matters. All others are accidental. bereft [bɪˈrɛft] If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. 失去…的. The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life. bereft of something lacking something that you need. He stared into space, bereft of inspiration. a bereaved [bɪˈri:vd] person is someone whose close friend or family member has recently died. the bereaved someone whose close friend or family member has recently died. I don't know how to process this ( 不知所措. 不知该作何反应. process I. 处理申请. to deal with a document officially so that something can happen. 28,000 applications for travel visas have still to be processed. II. 加工. to put information into a computer in order to organize it. Data is processed as it is received. III. to treat a substance with chemicals or machines in order to make something. the development of a new facility for processing nuclear fuel. a. to make photographs from film by treating it with chemicals. IV. 加工过的. 添加了防腐剂的. to add chemicals or other substances to food, for example to keep it fresh for a long time. processed cheese/meat. V. To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it as valid. processing the food processing industry. There have been some delays with the processing of planning applications. thought process 思考方式, 思路 the way in which your mind works, or the process of thinking about something. due process the correct way of dealing with a legal trial or other legal matters, that makes sure that people's rights are protected. process of elimination 排除法 a way of finding an answer or solution by first deciding which answers or solutions are not possible. in the process of doing something 进行中 used to say that someone is or was doing something at the time that you were talking about. They were in the process of moving their head office from Paris to London. process folio 步骤 After working on the assignment, upload the process folio on YouTube.). 7. wipe up, wipe down, wipe off: wipe up a mess, a spill, spilt ink etc.; wipe down a kitchen bench, a stove top, a desk etc.; wipe off a mark, or wipe off some crumbs, some dirt etc. You can both wipe up and wipe off the stuff that's got spilt (ink, dirt etc.), but wiping up ink requires a lot of work to get it all off, whereas wiping off a bit of ink is a quick, easy action. The first two can refer to a literal direction. However, as phrases, in my experience, they are not the same. "Wipe up" means clean up a mess or clean up after some task. "Wipe down" means to clean something off entirely in a quick rather than thorough way. "Wipe off" in reference to an object just means to wipe it. "Wipe off" in reference to a stain or other mark means to remove it. tragic n. I. a boring or socially inept person, typically having an obsessive and solitary interest. "at school she's not a complete tragic, but she's not exactly popular either". II. An obsessive fan, a superfan. someone whose interest in a particular sport or activity is so strong that other people find it strange or silly. We're looking for cricket tragics who love mathematics and would like to form their own Fantasy Cricket Team. adj. causing or involving great sadness, because someone suffers or dies. War is a tragic waste of human life. a tragic death/accident: The couple never got over the tragic death of their son. a. British informal very bad and making you feel upset or angry. It's simply tragic that we lost the game. 8. 西澳重要的一场by-election: The Liberals had incurred a two-party-preferred swing of more than 6 per cent against them with about 70 per cent of the vote counted on Saturday night, but this will be seen as a good result given predictions — before Tony Abbott's replacement as prime minister — that the swing could have been 10 per cent or more. Liberal MP-elect 当选者 Andrew Hastie, a former SAS army captain, ran a strong campaign focused on local issues in Canning, including the ice drug scourge( scourge [skɜ:dʒ] A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. 灾难. the effort to keep the scourge of drugs off our streets ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism. If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people. 蹂躏. 折磨 Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world. scourage n. 洗余水；洗剩液. 泔水. Refuse water after scouring. ) and rising unemployment. Prime Minister Turnbull tweeted his congratulations to Mr Hastie and his workers, adding "courage, confidence, vision trumped 战胜 fear". Mr Hastie will face a different contest next time. The Canning electorate will be carved up for the next federal election, with part of Canning and part of Hasluck forming the new Burt division in a redistribution 选区重划分. In his victory speech 胜选演讲( concession speech 败选演讲), Mr Hastie described himself as "an apprentice to politics" who had taken to heart 牢记在心 the big shoes he had to fill in replacing Mr Randall. In saying he'd stand up for his constituent's interests in the federal parliament, he drew laughter when he pointed out London was closer to Moscow than Perth was to Canberra. He dismissed the significance of Monday's dramatic federal leadership spill to the by-election. Mr Hastie thanked a long list of people including Mr Abbott and his successor Mr Turnbull, who he said walked around in public speaking to people so energetically that he'd make hard work for his security detail 安保任务, 安保细节, 不顾个人安危. In his concession speech, Labor's Mr Keogh said it was a great achievement that some voters in the by-election had voted ALP for the first time and there had been some "massive swings" across the electorate. It was "a larger than average swing, but on the back of the death of ( on the back of something 紧跟着, ...的结果 because of something, or helped by something. as a result of; after; subsequent to. Share prices rose sharply on the back of a rise in profits. by using or taking advantage of someone or something else: They have carried on their business operations by riding on the back of established firms.) a popular local MP, in the face of 面临着 Labor running a more serious campaign than in 2013, and on the back of some amazing scenes in Canberra this week with another sitting Prime Minister dispatched midterm", Mr Green said. "There is enough in these results for both sides to claim it is a good result for them and a bad result for the other side. Speculation was rife the dual Brownlow Medallist would hang up his boots at the end of the 2015 season, and the 35-year-old confirmed his intentions to teammates in the dressing room after the match. 9. 退役. 挂靴： Speculation was rife the dual Brownlow Medallist would hang up his boots at the end of the 2015 season, and the 35-year-old confirmed his intentions to teammates in the dressing room after the match. Adam Goodes has retired on an ideal note 最好的情况下. Two excellent games that show after 18 years he still has it 依然强大. No finals win but what a career. Rumours that Goodes would retire at season's end intensified after he took time off during the year following the booing controversy that plagued him. It was reported the scandal contributed to Goodes falling out of love with the game. no harm, no foul 没有造成实际伤害, 没有影响到 Encapsulation of the idea that although technically a breach of some code or law may have occurred there is no need for punishment, apology or retribution if no actual damage occurred. there is no problem if no serious damage was done In his excitement, he deleted all the files, but they were restored later from a backup copy - no harm, no foul. He parked in my space but I was away at the time: no harm, no foul. Usage notes：Phrases with the same construction are common and productive. Etymology: from the use of this phrase in basketball (a sport) to say that if an action that is against the rules has no effect on the results of the game, there should be no foul (punishment). the end justifies the means Morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes; actions can only be considered morally right or wrong by virtue of the morality of the outcome. make it rain 撒钱 When you have a wad of cash and throw it in the air in a strip club, ''making it rain'' It's also a song by Fat Joe. First, "making it rain" can be interpreted as throwing cash. to throw paper currency into the air above or near a group of people, so that they can grab it. A display of wealth 炫富. bye felicia 不送, 你好走. When someone says that they're leaving and you could really give two shits less that they are. Their name then becomes "felicia", a random bitch that nobody is sad to see go. Their real name becomes irrelevant because nobody cares what it really is. Instead, they now are "felicia". "hey guys i'm gonna go". "bye felicia". "who is felicia?" "exactly bitch. buh bye." A line from the 1995 film "Friday" starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker that is becoming increasingly popular for no reason. Just like twerking, it has been around and well established for many years, but has recently become more mainstream as white girls attempt to use it, most often incorrectly and oblivious to its origin. An expression used to dismiss someone. This person is usually irrelevant and annoying. This expression derived from the movie "Friday". "Can I borrow a dollar, I promise I'll pay you back" . "Bye Felicia". "I promise!". "BYE FELICIA!". um and ah 犹豫不决, 磨磨唧唧的, 哼哼哈哈的, 哼哼唧唧的 to be unable to decide what to do in a situation. Stop umming and ahing and just get on with it. She's still umming and ahing about telling her mother. He ummed and ahed and finally agreed to let me see the documents. Not everyone says "um", "er" or "ah" when they hesitate while speaking. It depends upon the language. fluster: Make (someone) agitated or confused: you need to be able to work under pressure and not get flustered. to make someone nervous or upset, esp. when the person is trying to do something: Don't let that new tax form fluster you – it's not as bad as it looks. If I look flustered it's because I'm trying to do 20 things at once. An agitated or confused state: the main thing is not to get all in a fluster. flushed with success feeling excited and confident after achieving something: Flushed with success after their surprise win against Italy, The Pirates are preparing for Saturday's game against the Red Sox. 10. 被逐总理被自己选区嫌弃: TONY Abbott could be forgiven for thinking he's had the week from hell 糟透了的一周 — but if a group of residents in his Sydney northern beaches electorate have their way 如愿, 如其所愿, 心想事成, it could be about to get a whole lot worse. An MP closer in perspective to newly-minted 新官上任的 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who backs marriage equality, would have more in common with the area's residents, he claimed. Asked if the campaign was just kicking a man when he was down 落井下石( kick someone when they are down (idiomatic) To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time. to do something bad to someone when you know they already have a lot of problems His wife left him last month and I don't want to kick a man when he's down, but we simply don't have any more work for him. ), Mr Thomas said: "This is not a personal attack, it's about is he doing good job and I think he's done an awful job". Local resident Lucy Walters told the local newspaper The Manly Daily Mr Abbott was a poor local member. "I don't think he's done anything for us in the time he's been prime minister and I didn't agree with the way he thought things should be." two-time someone 偷情, 找小三 Sl. to cheat on or betray one's spouse or lover by dating or seeing someone else. When Mrs. Franklin learned that Mr. Franklin was two-timing her, she left him. Ann told Bob that if he ever two-timed her, she would cause him a lot of trouble. to have a sexual or romantic relationship with two people at the same time If I ever found out she was two-timing me, I'd kill her. 新洲州长tweeter评"单身汉"节目: NSW Premier Mike Baird may have been laid up with a case of "man-flu" ( a cold or similar minor ailment as experienced by a man who is regarded
as exaggerating the severity of the symptoms."Greg was off sick with man
flu, according to his wife".
Man flu is a pejoratively used phrase
that refers to the idea that men, when they have a cold, exaggerate and
claim they have the flu. Whilst a commonly used phrase in the UK and
Ireland, it is referred to in other cultures and there is a
continuing discussion over the scientific basis for the phrase. ) last night, but the illness did nothing to 一点也没有削弱他的智慧 diminish his wit as he live-tweeted the hotly-anticipated finale of The Bachelor with hilarious results. Complaining that his daughters had "hijacked" the TV, the premier proceeded to lambast the reality show, from the music ("a bit of Cold Chisel wouldn't go astray"), to the hirsute ( [ˈhɜ:(r)ˌsju:t] 毛发浓密的. a hirsute man has a lot of hair on his face or body. ) choices of ("that goatee") bachelor Sam, whose morals 道德观 Mr Baird also took issue with. The telegenic 上电视的 premier is often celebrated – if not fawned over – for his charm, which obviously carries into the 140-character world of Twitter pretty well, but whether or not it was calculated 精心算计的, live-tweeting the Bachelor was a shrewd move. I can't take any more受不了了. Off to bed. Key learning 学到的关键东西: Cabinet decision making might be a lot simpler with a rose ceremony process. The show dominated non-news ratings last night, drawing 1.05 million viewers, with the Twitter hashtag trending in concert.
Leadership Spill: Scott Morrison says Tony Abbott offered him treasury portfolio, deputy leader jobs on spill day: Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has revealed Tony Abbott offered him the jobs of treasurer and deputy Liberal leader as the former prime minister tried to cling to his job before Monday's leadership coup. Mr Morrison made the revelations 披露 during a combative commercial radio interview where he was repeatedly asked to swear on the Bible by host Ray Hadley. Mr Morrison outlined how Mr Abbott wanted him "to throw Joe Hockey under a bus" by offering him the treasury portfolio on the day Malcolm Turnbull ignited the successful leadership challenge. "The only person who offered me the job of treasurer before the ballot on Monday was Tony Abbott," he told Macquarie Radio. "He offered me the job of treasurer hours out 只差几个小时 from that ballot. He'd never done that before, he'd never had a discussion with me before about being his deputy leader. "I can't understand why I was being offered that job when he had showed such strong support for Joe Hockey — he was asking me to throw Joe Hockey under a bus." Mr Morrison said he rejected both offers. "I went and saw Joe Hockey and I told him that I wouldn't be taking his position after I told the prime minister that," he said. "I didn't understand, if we were to be successful that night, how we would explain to the Australian people why he thought Joe Hockey was the best man for treasurer the day before and then I was the best man for treasurer the day after." Mr Morrison also revealed he tried to warn Mr Abbott his leadership was under imminent threat. "I said on Friday [September 11] to the Prime Minister's Office that I thought things were pretty febrile ( febrile [ˈfi:braɪl] I. literary 情绪高涨的. excited and full of nervous energy. Full of nervous energy. II. medical 发高烧似的. relating to a fever. Feverish, or having a high temperature. ) and they should be on high alert," he said. Morrison rejects radio presenter's demand he swear on Bible. The influential NSW frontbencher voted for Mr Abbott in Monday's spill that saw Mr Turnbull claim the prime ministership. Mr Morrison is tipped to be announced as treasurer in the new Cabinet, which is expected to be announced on Sunday. But he has denied reports he did not encourage colleagues to join him in voting for Mr Abbott. "I had no role 毫无关系 in his demise," he said. "If [colleagues] didn't want to vote for Mr Abbott and wanted to vote for Mr Turnbull, I should have got them to act like robots and do something against their judgement 违背自己意愿, 违背自己的想法(against one's better judgement Contrary to what one feels to be wise or sensible. If something is against your better judgment, you think it would be wiser not to do it: Against my better judgment, I gave him the job. He persuaded me against my better judgement to join him.)?" he asked rhetorically. "They're their own people( be one's own man (or woman) Act independently and with confidence.), they make their own decisions." During the interview, Mr Morrison was urged to place his hand on the Bible while discussing his role in Mr Abbott's ousting. "There's a Bible there, do you want to put your right hand on it and swear on that Bible?" Hadley asked. Mr Morrison replied: "I don't have one mate, and there's not one here, and I don't see what my faith's got to do with it, Ray. "You get to judge my policies 你可以不相信我的正常, 你可以怀疑, 你可以说三道四, but you don't get to judge my faith, mate. I'm not going to use my faith as a stunt, mate, for the program. "I will not be bullied when it comes to my religion or faith. "If that's what you need then I don't think we have the relationship that you thought we had and I thought we had," Mr Morrison said, referring to the pair's regular interviews.
