用法学习: 1. When two trucks are driving in two lanes at the same speed. You can't get around them 绕不过去, you can't overtake them 超不过. mates' rate 友情价 UK informal a cheaper price than normal because the buyer is a friend. Discounted prices or preferential terms offered to friends by the seller of a product or service: Rick arranged for the repair to be done at mates' rates. I think a lot of the world can relate to this. top of next year 明年初(early next year): Exceptionally good sort-of-singer-but-mainly-rapper dude Vic Mensa has announced he'll be in Australia "around the top of next year" which means you can essentially lock him in for Laneway Festival right now because he's not going to be at Soundwave. on top of I. covering someone or something. His bike fell on top of him. II. in addition to something else. On top of all his financial problems, his wife left him. III. in control of what is happening. on top of things: I try to stay on top of things. IV. very close to someone or something. The truck was almost on top of me. the top I. informal the beginning of an activity, especially a performance of something. take it from the top 从新开始, 从头开始, 从头再来: Let's take it from the top of the second act. II. the highest status within a group or organization, or the person in this position. She started as an administrative assistant and worked her way to the top. at the top of your profession He was a man of forty-five, at the top of his profession. fold/cross your arms (=put one arm on top of the other): She folded her arms across her chest. take someone in your arms 一把抓过来: He took her in his arms and kissed her. on top of the world in a very good mood because things are going well for you. She felt on top of the world that morning. something gets on top of you if a problem or difficult situation gets on top of you, you become unable to deal with it effectively. Things are really getting on top of me at home. 2. iron [ˈaɪə(r)n] 美国念"阿爱儿恩", 而英国念"阿爱恩". irony [ˈaɪrəni] 都是"阿爱热内". ironic [aɪˈrɑnɪk]. lend itself to 适合于, 合适于 Adapt to, be suitable for. For example, The Bible lends itself to numerous interpretations, or This plot of land lends itself to a variety of uses. to be good for a particular use It was surprising how well her book lent itself to being turned into a film. 抓鸟丢鸟: Even the sweetest and most well-meaning of younger siblings probably shouldn't be trusted, as they will, inevitably, ruin things. That was this kid's first mistake. This adorable boast in an America's Funniest Home Videos clip shows a little boy excitedly explaining just how he managed to finally trap a bird he's been after. "I was trying to catch a cardinal yesterday but I almost got it. And today, I caught one." Meanwhile, little bro and little sis in the background can't resist having a little peak at the prized catch, and that's about the time things go pear-shaped. Something tells us they've had their bird-minding duties revoked for life after this little stint. vapid [ˈvæpɪd] showing no sign of intelligence or imagination, and therefore very boring. vacuous [ˈvækjuəs] completely lacking in intelligence or serious thought. Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant. a vacuous TV game show. vacuous minor celebrities 小明星. plastic 假的, 装出来的 looking or tasting artificial. She gave him a wide, plastic smile. Russell Brand labels ex-wife Katy Perry 'vapid, vacuous and plastic' in explosive documentary. cut it/things fine 时间卡的很紧, 留的富余时间不多 to allow very little time for something. Do something closely with a very slight margin, as in Tom always cut it fine, arriving at the last minute. This term uses fine in the sense of "narrow." She got to the gate ten minutes before her flight, so she was cutting it very fine. 3. talk up something/someone 吹嘘, 夸大其词, 到处声张 to speak in a positive way about something or someone in order to persuade others. To talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it. to promote or speak in support of someone or something. I've been talking the party up all day, trying to get people to come. They keep taking up the candidate as if he represented a real change. The candidate talked up his own plan to provide coverage for 27 million uninsured Americans. welcome VS welcomed: These are normal to me: They made me feel very welcome. Please feel welcome(不说welcomed, 虽然语法上是正确的). You're welcome. They welcomed me with great ceremony, but I didn't really feel very welcome because of their snobbish attitude. Everyone is welcome here. I welcomed 欢饮, 招待 her when she arrived with some tea and a cozy fireplace. In an editorial yesterday, the English-language China Daily said the apology was welcomed despite its lateness. It added: "It was wise for Mattel to make an apology. Frankness from all sides will pave the way for further cooperation. 前板球巨星身无分文: Chris Cairns's desperate financial situation has been laid bare 一览无余 at his trial in London. The former cricketing great is charged with perjury and perverting the course of justice (pervert I. to affect something good or right in a negative way so that it becomes bad or wrong. an attempt to pervert the meaning of an innocent story. II. to influence someone to behave sexually in a way that is considered to be wrong or not normal. pervert the course of justice to try to influence the result of a court case, especially by preventing the true facts about a crime from being known.) in relation to a 2012 libel case ([ˈlaɪb(ə)l] 书面诽谤. the illegal act of writing things about someone that are not true. slander 口头诽谤 I. [countable/uncountable] something bad that you say about someone that is not true and may damage their reputation. What you said about Barbara is cruel and vicious slander. II. legal the crime of saying something about someone that is not true and is likely to damage their reputation.) in which he stated he didn't cheat at cricket. "I can't pay my bills, I have rent backed up for two months," Cairns told police. "This is what I think about in the mornings, why I can't have a living." When asked by officers why former teammate Lou Vincent and Vincent's ex-wife had reported that Cairns was involved in match fixing, Cairns did not offer a specific reason. "I'm not going to get into conspiracies 阴谋论, 图谋, because people want to f--- me over."Black Caps captain McCullum has previously given evidence to the trial that Cairns asked him to become involved in fixing in India in 2008. When confronted with that information in his police interview, Cairns appeared disbelieving, trailing off ( trail off/away 越来越小声, 越说越没音 if someone's voice or words trail away or trail off, they gradually become silent. Her voice trailed off as she realized he wasn't listening.) when he began to answer. He told officers Brendon is misconstruing ( misconstrue 误会, 领会错了, 误解 to understand something wrongly. He said his comments had been misconstrued. ) the discussion of match fixing, which Cairns said was probably around theories 围绕着做法, 只是说说(并没有真正做). 4. to be boxed out 被排除在外, 被圈出去 of this circle. coach [uncountable] tourism American a less expensive type of seat on an airplane or a train. Only soft drinks are complimentary in coach. We flew coach to New Orleans. That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare. John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home. wiki: Economy class, also called coach class, steerage, or standard class, (colloquially: Cattle class), is the lowest travel class of seating in air travel, rail travel, and sometimes ferry or maritime travel. Historically, this travel class has been called tourist class on ocean liners and third class, or even fourth class, on railways. pushback(backlash) I. 阻力. 压力. 反弹. resistance to a change that has been introduced. "We've had almost no pushback. Parents have been very happy," said the principal. There will be pushback from UN if we execute him without trail. One ray of hope that I see is recent pushbacks from shareholders on excessive pay at the top. II. a procedure in which an aircraft is pushed back from a gate by a special vehicle. backlash (pushback) 反弹, 过激反应: a strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened, especially a political or social change. A reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature. The public backlash to the proposal was quick and insistent. They feared a backlash against the new laws. 克洛伊访谈: Khloe Kardashian has spoken out about Lamar Odom in a People magazine interview that's already sparked a backlash online. Khloe swiftly responded to Twitter haters who criticised her for doing the interview. The reality star revealed that most of it took place before Lamar's collapse and that she was "contractually obligated" 合同在身的 to do a five-minute "follow-up" call afterwards as part of her promotional duties for her book, Strong Looks Better Naked. Khloe continued: "Shame on you all for thinking the worst of me 把我想的那么不堪. It's been a tough few weeks. I don't need your f---ed up energy! Know the facts 搞清楚事实真相 before you throw stones 放炮. To the ones who uplift ( to make someone feel happier or more hopeful. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level. ) and send love.... I love you more! I appreciate the support." Khloe told People that she filed the paperwork to dismiss their divorce filing from December 2013. "I pulled back 撤回 on the divorce because there is no rush for it," she said. "For medical decisions and a tonne of 一大堆的 other things, it's smarter that it's put on hold. But that does not mean I'm back with Lamar. It's not even in our brains to think about us having a relationship. Only time will tell." "There is a very long road ahead of him, and he has to walk that road by himself," she said. "But I'll be there supporting him every step of the way...I love Lamar, and I'll always be there for him like I promised." lost in translation: Meaning was lost when a message was translated. It could refer to translation from one language to another, or from one medium to another, or in a more figurative sense it could refer to a message losing meaning when translated from one person's understanding to another's. It's also commonly used to mean that 'information was lost', perhaps by error. Adolescent irony 青春期男孩的讽刺, 幽默 can get lost in translation 不知所云, 莫名其妙, 很难懂. skeet [ski:t] I. a shooting sport in which a clay target is thrown from a trap to simulate the flight of a bird. You grandfather was a excellent shot. shot adj. injured, damaged, or destroyed. The bones in her wrist were completely shot. shot to pieces/hell (=severely damaged or completely destroyed): My nerves are completely shot to pieces. n. I. used for referring to someone who regularly shoots, especially relating to how well or how badly they do it. a good/bad shot: Mills was a very good shot. II. cinema a view of something that you have because of the position of the camera in films, television, or photographs. a close-up shot 特写 (=with the camera very close to something): Viewers can see a close-up shot of the artist’s hands. an opening shot (=what you see first in a film or television programme): The opening shot is of a man walking across a field. III. [countable] informal a chance or attempt to do or get something. shot at: This is her first shot at an international title. have/get a shot at something: We had a shot at bringing the ship round into the harbour. give something your best shot (=try as hard as you can to do something): Give it your best shot – that's all you can do. IV. [countable] informal something that you say or do as an attack. an opening shot (=something that begins an argument or fight): It was the opening shot in the battle for control of the company. V. [countable] 打针. (jab) an injection of a drug (=when it is put into your body using a needle) given as a medical treatment. have/get a shot: When is the last time you had a tetanus shot? a shot in the dark 随便乱猜, 瞎猜 a guess that you make without having any facts or ideas to support it. It was a wild shot in the dark, but it turned out to be exactly right. a shot in the arm 强心针 something that quickly makes a bad situation much better. This scheme will give industry a much needed shot in the arm. putting green( 高尔夫球场 )(putt [pʌt] in golf, a gentle hit of the ball so that it rolls along the ground a short distance towards the hole.). an excellent shot. the shot put 铅球(shot putter 铅球运动员) a sports event in which you throw a heavy metal ball called the shot as far as you can. 5. You don't have to be running like the door is slamming close on you 怕门夹住尾巴. word around town 流言, 传言, 传来传去的 means a rumor spread around the city. Like something big that just happened and everybody is talking about. "Word around town, I got bitches on my dick" I don't know what the truth is, but that's the word around. hung like a donkey / horse (simile, of a man) Having a large penis. Etymology: The origin of this phrase is from the Bible. Ezekiel 23:20 "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission([countable] a substance, especially a gas, that goes into the air. New regulations are aimed at reducing vehicle emissions (废气)排放. emission from: Emissions from power stations have declined since 1979. a. [uncountable] the act of sending gas, light, or heat into the air. emission of: the emission 温室气体排放. of greenhouse gases.) was like that of horses." He is my brother from another mother. Have you thought of using her as a endorsement figure 代言人. balloon out I. 膨胀. 肥大. 变肥. 膨大. Swell out in a spherical shape: the trousers ballooned out below his waist. I was about to breathe a sigh of relief when they ballooned out and started to parachute down in the middle of the courtyard. The necks of old port bottles, for example, usually have a slightly bulbous form, so that the lower part of the cylindrical cork is weakened where it ballooned out and became cone shaped. II. (Of an amount of money spent or owed) increase rapidly: the company's debt has ballooned in the last five years. III. (Of a person) increase rapidly in weight: I ate out of boredom and I just ballooned up. when the balloon goes up British informal When the action or trouble starts: we've got to get our man out of there before the balloon goes up. [Probably with allusion to the release of a balloon to mark the start of an event]. rub out I. British to remove with a rubber something that you have written or drawn in pencil, especially because you have made a mistake. If you make a mistake rub it out and rewrite the answer. a. to remove writing or drawing from a blackboard, whiteboard etc so that the surface is clean. When she returned to the whiteboard, someone had rubbed out all her calculations. II. American informal to kill someone. You can bet he's been rubbed out for business reasons. Have you ever got someone hanging onto 抱着不放, 抱住不放 your bump bar begging not to leave them. flabby [ˈflabi] 松垮垮的, 耷拉着的, 松耷耷的, 肥肥的 (of a part of a person's body) soft, loose, and fleshy. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid. "this exercise helps to flatten a flabby stomach". II. British not effective or powerful enough. flabby phrases/arguments. 6. 演员: The young Kiwi actor on the rise talks about how feeling displaced ( displace I. 驱逐. 赶出家门. to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else. II. 置换. 替代. to take the place of someone or something. Investment in the nationalized industries has simply displaced private investment. III. 驱赶. 赶走. to force something out of its position or space. The device displaces the air inside the container. ) in a new home led to his passion for acting. Jetstar 香港破灭: No aircraft, no staff and no licence to fly. The wind-up (wind-up I. a wind-up toy or machine is one that works when you turn a key several times. II. The end or conclusion of something. Everyone is invited to our end-of-term wind-up party. ) of Jetstar Hong Kong is all but complete. The failed venture has sold all its Airbus A320s and made most of its staff redundant after the three major shareholders cut off any further funding of the proposed airline in response to the Hong Kong government's rejection of its application for an operating licence. There are no aircraft left, they have been all sold and we are winding down the employees(wind down I. [intransitive/transitive] to end, or to finish something gradually. The party started to wind down around 2.00 am. The UN has decided to wind down the peacekeeping mission. a. 逐步减员. to gradually reduce work before stopping completely. The factory will wind down production before closing next year. II. [intransitive] to relax after a period of excitement or worry. Will you be winding down a bit by then?) that are currently there and I think just about all the employees have actually left the business. In June, Hong Kong's Air Transport Licensing Authority formally knocked back 打回, 拒绝 Jetstar Hong Kong's application for an operating license. Undeterred 没有被吓到, 不为所惧 by the unsuccessful venture, Joyce said Qantas was an "entrepreneurial business" that would continue to seek new opportunities to grow. The shareholder quoted from a 2009 special report to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, which said: "Apart from her financial, professional and personal dependence upon her father, Pansy Ho's relationships with several other individuals who are known or alleged to be associated with organised crime independently call into question her personal suitability as MGM's business association with her". The report also noted Ho did not have any criminal convictions or bankruptcies. Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford said he was unaware of 不知情 the reference to Pansy Ho. "Obviously, we did our due diligence, and I was personally involved in some of it," Clifford said. 7. 名人恋爱: out of the woods 脱线 Out of difficulties, danger or trouble. freed from a previous state of uncertainty or danger; no longer critical. As soon as her temperature is down, she'll be out of the woods. We're through the worst of the recession-we're out of the woods now, or That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods. This expression, alluding to having been lost in a forest, dates from Roman times. Taylor Swift has admitted she always knew her relationship with Harry Styles was doomed for fail. Before belting out a one-off acoustic version of Out Of The Woods, she elaborated on the relationship that inspired the song - universally accepted to be Styles, even though she never mentions him by name. 'I'm going to play you a song that I wrote about a relationship that I was in that the number one feeling I felt in the whole relationship was anxiety,' she explains as she sits at her piano. 'Because it felt very fragile, it felt very tentative(I. 不确定的. not definite, or not certain. a tentative agreement/deal. II. not confident. a tentative look/smile. The peace talks are tentatively planned for next week.). And it always felt like, "Okay, what's the next road block? What's the next thing that's gonna deter this? How long do we have before this turns into just an awful mess and we break up? Is it a month? Is it three days?"' The fledgling couple dated from November 2012 but split just three months later in January 2013. 'And so, you know, I think a lot of relationships can be very solid and that's kind of what you hope for, for it to be solid and healthy but that's not always what you get,' Taylor continued, before adding that it still meant something to her. 'It doesn't mean that it's not special and extraordinary just to have a relationship that's fragile and somehow meaningful in that fragility,' she concluded. Much of Swift's back catalogue of songs are attributed to her former flames, but it's down to the guesswork of fans to connect the dots as she never publicly confirms which belongs to whom. 8. ride on sth/sb When something important, such as your reputation or money, rides on a particular person or thing, it will be won or achieved if that person or thing is successful: The future of the company now rides on the new managing director. I have a lot of money riding on that horse (= I will win or lose a lot of money if that horse wins or loses the race). 关于fed cut: The decision by the RBA to hold could equally push the dollar towards the top end of its recent trading range of US73¢ to US74¢, he added. A lot rides on what they're going to do next week. Half of the market is clearly going to be disappointed by the decision. 播报新闻: "Now there's plenty of focus and rightly so 是也没错了(很是应该的)(rightly = justifiable for a good reason, and therefore in a way that is acceptable. used to express that you agree with someone's actions, or decision, or how someone feels, you feel what they did was or how they felt was proper, correct, right or reasonable. He was proud of his beautiful house, and rightly so. ) on the victims of domestic violence, but in the last week we have been shocked and shamed again by violence against children," Stefanovic said. The host then seemed to go off script momentarily as he reflected on the news as a father.
Queen - Freddie Mercury: A friend from the time recalls that he had "an uncanny ( 诡异的. strange and mysterious. He predicted the winners of each race with uncanny accuracy. Do you have an uncanny lookalike (someone you're not related to)? ) ability to listen to the radio and replay what he heard on piano." In 1993, a remix of "Living on My Own," a single from the album, posthumously ( [ˈpɑstʃəməs] given to someone after their death, or happening after their death. posthumous awards for bravery. ) reached number one on the UK Singles Charts. Despite reservations 不同意见, 保留意见 of the other members and Trident Studios, the band's initial management, Mercury chose the name "Queen" for the new band. He later said, "I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it." His technique was astonishing. No problem of tempo, he sang with an incisive ( [ɪnˈsaɪsɪv] I. expressed in a clear and direct manner. incisive comments. II. 头脑清楚的. 头脑清醒的. showing the ability to think clearly and quickly. ) sense of rhythm, his vocal placement was very good and he was able to glide effortlessly from a register to another. He also had a great musicality. His phrasing was subtle, delicate and sweet or energetic and slamming一针见血的( slamming I. Great; awesome. II. the practice of switching a customer from one telephone service provider to another without the customer's authorization. [transitive] to put, move, or hit something against or onto a surface with great force. slam something down/into/on (something): He slammed the groceries down on the table. She slammed the brakes on. ). He was able to find the right colouring or expressive nuance for each word. The most notable aspect of his songwriting involved the wide range of genres that he used, which included, among other styles, rockabilly, progressive rock, heavy metal, gospel and disco. As he explained in a 1986 interview, "I hate doing the same thing again and again and again. I like to see what's happening now in music, film and theatre and incorporate all of those things." Mercury was noted for 著名 his live performances, which were often delivered to stadium audiences around the world. He displayed a highly theatrical style that often evoked a great deal of participation from the crowd. One of Mercury's most notable performances with Queen took place at Live Aid in 1985, during which the entire stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang and swayed in unison. Queen's performance at the event has since been voted by a group of music executives as the greatest live performance in the history of rock music. The results were aired on a television program called "The World's Greatest Gigs". In reviewing Live Aid in 2005, one critic wrote, "Those who compile lists of Great Rock Frontmen and award the top spots to Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, etc all are guilty of a terrible oversight. Freddie, as evidenced by his Dionysian Live Aid performance, was easily the most godlike 更接近于神的 of them all." Over the course of his career, Mercury performed an estimated 700 concerts in countries around the world with Queen. A notable aspect of Queen concerts was the large scale involved. During his career, Mercury's flamboyant stage performances sometimes led journalists to allude to his sexuality. Although he cultivated a flamboyant stage personality, Mercury was shy and retiring when not performing, particularly around people he did not know well, and granted very few interviews. Mercury once said of himself: "When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man." While on stage, Mercury basked in the love from his audience; Kurt Cobain's suicide note mentions how he both admired and envied 羡慕又是嫉妒 the way Mercury "seemed to love, relish in the love and adoration from the crowd."
