drizzle, doom-laden;another/a second bite at/of the cherry;

用法学习: 1. call a meeting to ask that people assemble for a meeting; to request that a meeting be held. The mayor called a meeting to discuss the problem. I'll be calling a meeting of the library board to discuss the new building project. disappear/vanish off the face of the earth 烟消云散, 消失的无影无踪 (British, American & Australian) also fall off the face of the earth (American) to disappear completely We lost contact with Ed after he left college - he just disappeared off the face of the earth. fall (flat) on one's face I. 摔了个嘴啃泥, 摔了个大马趴. Lit. to fall down, face first. Bobby fell flat on his face and skinned his nose. Down he went—he fell on his face. II. Fig. to fail miserably, usually in a performance. She was terrible in the play. She fell flat on her face. The whole play fell on its face. You win some, you lose some. and You win a few, you lose a few 有赢就有输. Prov. Cliché You cannot always succeed. (You can say this when you have not succeeded, to show that you are not discouraged.) Jill: I was sorry to hear that you didn't win your court case. Jane: Well, you win some, you lose some. Bill: I thought it was terrible that you didn't get a prize in the art contest. Bob: You win a few, you lose a few. get out there 豁出去: As a figure of speech it means something close to "make an effort", similar to the colloquial "give it all you've got" or "get into it". To me "get out there" means to put yourself in the public, be adventurous, get out of your comfort zone, try new things, and be a litte crazy. You enjoy playing the field, you enjoy getting out there, do you? If Hong Bo wants his new product to be successful worldwide, he must get out there and really peddle it. 2. 军人归来: A little girl who couldn't wait to hug her dad has melted hearts after she interrupted a US military service to run to him after an eight-month tour of duty. Lt. Daniel Oglesby had just returned from southeast Asia and was standing to attention in Fort Carson, Colorado, on Tuesday along with 300 other soldiers when he was spotted by his daughter Cara, KKTV reports. As the rest of the soldiers of 4th Infantry Division stood in formation the soldier broke ranks ( Fall out of line or into disorder; also, fail to conform, deviate. For example, The recruits were warned that they must not break ranks, or Harry was told to adhere to the party platform and not break ranks. This idiom uses rank in the sense of "soldiers drawn up in line," and the term originally referred to their falling into disarray. to do or say something different from what a group you belong to does or says Two owners broke ranks and said they were against locking out the players. Usage notes: often followed by with: They decided to break ranks with the alliance and work independently for a solution. Etymology: based on the military meaning of break ranks (to walk away from a straight row in which you and other soldiers have been standing). close ranks 抱团 When the ​members of a ​group or ​organization close ​ranks, they make an ​effort to ​stay ​united, ​especially in ​order to ​defend themselves from ​severe ​criticism: In the past, the ​party would have ​closed ​ranks around ​its ​leader and ​defended him ​loyally. Earlier on Monday former CEO Mr Watson came under intense questioning by counsel assisting the commission, Naomi Sharp, to explain what it meant when the tennis body "closed ranks" after a decision to let Noel Callaghan continue in his employment. Tennis NSW had been given several options by senior counsel and one was not to take action against Callaghan but to advise BXJ she could go to police. Once it went with that decision it was advised to "close ranks". Mr Watson said he understood that was because of the general sensitivity and required discretion 谨慎 around the subject but did not think it influenced a decision not to offer BXJ support. The hearing was to continue on Tuesday when Ann West, Tennis Australia's manager for business and risk, would give evidence作证.) to cuddle his daughter, who was overcome with delight at seeing her dad. It is US military protocol for returning soldiers to be given a formal welcome home by their commander before being dismissed and allowed to join their families. "I was trying to decide whether or not it was good practice 正当行为 to break formation出列, but I didn't have the heart in me to not give my little baby a hug," Lt. Oglesby told Fox News. 3. These resources stocks are now good value, says UBS瑞银: "As a general statement it was interesting to see resource and resource-related stocks heavily represented in our cheapest 10 stocks on a price-to-book basis," Mr Cassidy said. "This is interesting in the context of recent private equity activity in the sector." He cited the particularly volatile selling in the resources sector. "ROEs [return on equities] have fallen away with the collapse in commodity prices and the market is clearly questioning whether ROEs can recover to the cost of capital." Beyond the volatility of the resource stocks, for which falling commodity prices were wreaking havoc 重灾区, 血流成河 on share prices with no bottom in sight 看不见底的, Mr Cassidy said some of the larger industrial and transport companies were possibly running cheap due to concerns about earnings. "Lend Lease Group and Mirvac Group also screen well ( screen I. 遮住, 盖住. 遮挡住. Conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen: her hair swung across to screen her face a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by. a. 隔开. (screen something off) Separate something from something else with or as if with a screen: an area had been screened off as a waiting room. b. Protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant: in my country a man of my rank would be screened completely from any risk of attack. c. Prevent from causing or protect from electromagnetic interference: ensure that your microphone leads are properly screened from hum pickup. II. 放映. Show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme): the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year. III. 筛选. 筛查. Test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease: outpatients were screened for cervical cancer. a. Check on or investigate (someone), typically to ascertain whether they are suitable for or can be trusted in a particular situation or job: all prospective presidential candidates would have to be screened by a preselection committee. b. Evaluate or analyse (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application: only one per cent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use. c. (screen someone/thing out) Exclude someone or something after evaluation or investigation: anti-spam software can screen out large amounts of unwanted email. IV. Pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes: granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down. ) on our composite ranking, though the market appears concerned that their housing earnings are potentially at risk. However, their cheap price-to-book readings suggest a fair measure of bad news is being priced in(price Tickets priced £5 are available from the library. The shares were too highly priced. be priced at/below/above etc: The farmhouse is priced at £195,000. what price something? what are the chances of something happening now? price yourself out of the market to charge such high prices for your products that customers stop buying them.)." UBS also found stocks such as Primary Health Care and scrap metal recycler Sims Metal Management were also among the cheapest stocks when assessed by price to book and rated well throughout their screenings. However, that was just the first test to identify which stocks were the best buys in the pessimistic equity environment. Ranked by price-earnings relative to history, a different set of companies came out on top冒出头来. These included Alumina, WorleyParsons, Qantas, ComputerShare, JB Hi-Fi and ANZ Banking Group. The third and final screen in UBS' assessment was to try to mitigate 淡化, 减轻 the impact of cyclical issues by modelling the stocks in financial year 2018. Although Mr Cassidy said such a screen could be vulnerable 不堪一击的 to over-optimistic commodity price assumptions, it was designed to quantify and assess a stock's growth potential. Once the final screen, of forecasted value by 2018, was applied, resources stocks once again came out on top with Iluka Resources, Santos, South32 the top three, followed by Alumina, Qantas and Origin Energy. 4. 澳游客被打: Thai police are seeking five security guards who were allegedly filmed mercilessly beating(bashing) two Australian men outside a Phuket nightclub. A video of the brutal assault that took place outside The White Room nightclub in Patong was posted on Facebook and has been viewed more than 200,000 times in the last 24 hours. The mobile phone footage starts with at least three black-clad 一身黑的, 身穿黑衣的 bouncers kicking a man crawling on the ground, trying to escape from his attackers. But even as the victim wearing a singlet tries to distance himself from the men the kicks continue to fly雨点般飞来 with one particularly vicious blow to the head knocking off the man's hat. When the man manages to get to his feet he momentarily staggers back 踉跄, 跌跌撞撞 towards the security guards; one aggressive bouncer kicks at his legs Muay Thai-style before unleashing a wild elbow to the stumbling man's head. With the first man dealt with 解决掉, 了解 the guards turn their attention to a second Australian who is writhing ( writhe to move by twisting and turning, especially when you feel a lot of pain. writhe in pain/agony: He writhed in agony on the ground.) on all fours near the club's entrance. Despite appearing to pose no threat a bouncer kicks the unsuspecting clubber in the head. One of his colleagues then aims two swift kicks 飞踢 at the man's back while he is still on the ground. At that point the security team head back inside the venue while the man in the singlet returns to the scene to help his friend to his feet. Alcohol-related incidents are not uncommon but Australian consular staff estimate that around 80 percent of cases are settled informally before reaching them. 5. doom v. I. to make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, be extremely unhappy, etc. doom someone/something to something: The invention of the train doomed the canals to extinction. Can you stop doom people's relationships? doom someone/something to do something 命中注定的: She felt she was doomed to work in an office all her life. be doomed to failure: These schemes are always doomed to failure. n. 宿命. a bad event, usually death, destruction, or complete failure, that will happen in the future and cannot be avoided. He predicted doom for any country that did not act immediately. meet your doom (=die in an unpleasant way): the famous castle in Denmark where Hamlet met his doom. impending doom (=likely to happen soon): A sense of impending doom hung over the meeting. prophet of doom/disaster someone who has a very negative view of life and thinks that only bad things will happen. We're going to prove all the prophets of doom wrong and make this business work. spell doom for 预示终结 to cause the end, death, or destruction of someone or something. The arrival of the home computer spelled doom for the typewriter. doom and gloom a feeling that a situation is very bad and without hope. Despite all the doom and gloom on Wall Street, there are still some bright spots in the stock market. doom-laden 宿命的 communicating a feeling that death, destruction, or complete failure cannot be avoided. another/a second bite at/of the cherry UK another ​opportunity to do something: He ​missed a ​medal in the 100 ​metres, but will get a second bite of the ​cherry in the 400 ​metres.  Mike failed his driving test last week. But he'll get a second bite of the cherry next month. Hopefully he'll pass second time round. A bite of the cherry 分一杯羹 (British & Australian) a part of something good, especially when there is not enough for everyone who wants it Job-sharing would give twice as many people a bite of the cherry. 淅淅沥沥的雨或者毛毛雨叫sprinkling rain. 时下时停的毛毛雨叫drizzle( it's spitting. more than drizzle, less than pouring down, but enough to piss you off. ): light rain falling in very fine drops. Drizzle is a light liquid precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter. Precipitation rates from drizzle are on the order of a millimetre per day or less at the ground. Owing to the small size of drizzle drops, under many circumstances drizzle largely evaporates before reaching the surface and so may be undetected by observers on the ground. Freezing drizzle is drizzle that freezes on contact with the ground or an object at or near the surface. Snow grains 雪糁, 雪粒 are a form of precipitation. Snow grains are characterized as very small (<1 mm), white, opaque grains of ice that are fairly flat or elongated. Unlike snow pellets, snow grains do not bounce or break up on impact. Usually, very small amounts fall, mostly from stratus clouds or fog, and never fall in the form of a shower. Slush 雪泥, also called slush ice, is a slurry mixture of small ice crystals (e.g., snow) and liquid water. In the natural environment, slush forms when ice and/or snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color. Often, solid ice or snow will block the drainage of fluid water from slushy areas, so slush often goes through multiple freeze/thaw cycles before completely disappearing. In areas where road salt is used to clear roadways, slush forms at lower temperatures than it would ordinarily, and only in salted areas; this can produce a number of different consistencies over the same geographical area. Slushfall or slushing is the action of a wet snow falling from the sky. 6. crash and burn 惨败, 一败涂地: informal come to grief or fail spectacularly. to ​fail very ​suddenly, ​obviously, and ​completely: In this ​business, new ​products often crash and ​burn. The company crashed and burned after less than a year. chicken scratch 字迹潦草: Chicken scratching may also refer to penmanship that is very close to illegible. Incredibly messy handwriting that is nearly impossible to read. Usually the only person who can read it is the person that wrote it. Sometimes not even they can read it after a while. The writing looks like the footprints and/or scratches chickens leave in the dirt hence the name. "Dude what the fuck did you write here?! I can't read this damn chicken scratch worth shit!" My son has the worst chicken scratch ever. reflex I. 条件反射. a movement that your muscles make without you thinking about it or being able to control it. The blinking reflex can be set off by bright light. The doctor tested all his reflexes. II. a way of reacting to something that you do very quickly, without thinking about it. Boxers need to have very quick reflexes. III. [only before noun] a reflex movement or action 本能反应, 本能动作 is one that you do very quickly, without thinking about it. The goalkeeper made a couple of excellent reflex saves. reflux I. the backwards flow of any fluid. II. (chemistry) a technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period. III. (pathology) 胃酸上走. 反胃酸. 胃酸倒流. The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. All this running around 跑来跑去 has made me so thirsty. 7. 八卦传闻: Kim was on the talk show earlier this week to chat about her family and do a parody of The Martian with Matt Damon. 八卦说: "Not only was Kim late to the taping, but when she did show up she arrived with like 20 people," a source told the site. "She requested three different rooms for all of 'her team' to get situated and she also requested that all of the rooms be 'stocked up' with refreshments, which they were. 女单身汉: The hunky athlete, who has already scored a steamy kiss with Sam Frost, is inked on both arms and his torso. The goal keeper is well known for being image conscious and for loving the finer things 精致的东西 in life. Earlier this year, he splashed 豪花 some cash on a gold Rolex watch - worth a whopping AU$30,000. 配图: The hunky athlete admires his own physique 欣赏自己的身材 after a sweaty workout in the summer sun. 喜剧演员Jack Black谈哥哥的死: In fact, the actor's difficult past actually inspired him to play a demon-fighting character in the upcoming film Goosebumps. "[Goosebumps is] about forgiveness and not letting your rage 冲动, 怒气, 愤怒 and thirst 渴望 for revenge control you," he said. "But it's also about how some of those darker emotions can be used to create great masterworks. "I play a guy with a dark past and a brilliant mind, wrestling with his own demons 对抗自己内心的恶魔, literally." 8. 名人离婚: The warring 交战中的 couple split several weeks ago when their whirlwind romance descended into chaos after the pair made an on-screen foray on Celebrity Apprentice. A crestfallen 耷拉着脑袋的, 无精打采的 Geoffrey was seen returning solo to Melbourne on Thursday after persuading her to return home. And now Gabi Grecko, 26, has hammered perhaps the final nail in the coffin in her one-and-a-half year romance with businessman Geoffrey Edselsten, 72, saying she has found new love. She told DMA: 'I've told him I've gotten my own lawyer to launch the divorce...there was no hope 没有希望了. 'I've had several dates, it's with a friend seems to have become more. After he said those horrible things there was no hope for us, I've decided to move on.' As Gabi insisted the pair were over, the former GP insists he frittered away ( frit away = fritter away 挥霍 To squander or waste.) more than $1.5 million on her, maintaining she recently had collagen injected into her lips to plump them up - all of which she denies. Geoffrey has struggled to adjust to life as a singleton 单身汉 and told DMA he is pining for her and wants her back. He has also been contending to his sick mother ( contend with something/someone 应对, 应付 to ​try to ​deal with a ​difficult ​situation or ​person. to have to deal with problems or difficulties, especially in order to achieve something. They had to contend with winds of over 40 miles an hour. I've got enough to contend with bringing up three kids. At the ​age of nine he had to contend with the ​death of both ​parents. contend with someone (for something) 竞争 to fight someone for something; to compete with someone to win something. I don't want to have to contend with Sally for the award. I don't want to have to contend for the job with Ed. ), Esther, 92, who recovers in hospital from a 'severe illness.' 'Of course I want Gabi back;' he said, adding, 'if it's true she has a new man, I'll be very upset as it's only been a few days. Is it true she says he's her own age?' Baring it all 袒胸露乳: Since announcing their split recently Gabi has shared a number of revealing selfies on Instagram. 8. bravado [brəˈvɑ:dəu] 大胆无畏, 大无畏, 胆气, 冒险精神 a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. He said the room was missing it's sense of confidence, bravado and fun. 泰勒斯威夫特: 'All I can control is making good music': Taylor Swift admits she takes nothing for granted in fickle world of music as she graces cover of Vogue Australia The Grammy Award-winner has legions of impassioned ( 动情的. 热情的. expressing a lot of emotion. Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent. an impassioned plea for help. ) fans - affectionately known as 'Swifties' - and the most insane, celebrity-and-supermodel-laden friendship group imaginable. Of course, she had to start somewhere, but the problem is that the talented Bad Blood singer makes it look so incredibly easy. Bursting onto the scene 冒出来, 冒出头 in 2006 as a country music artist, the American songwriter's evolution through the infamously volatile music industry is nothing short of remarkable. Her third single, Our song, from her debut self-titled album made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a Number One song on the Hot Country Songs chart. But since shooting into the pop music spotlight with her second album Fearless, in 2008, the songwriter is still refreshingly down-to-earth 脚踏实地的 about how quickly it could all disappear. 'I am so lucky that people seem to like me right now but in no way, shape or form, is that a permanent 永恒的 thing,' she said. 'I think being aware of that is what keeps you on the game.' 9. 岳父雇私家侦探调查足球明星女婿强奸案: A case drawn up by private investigators to clear the name of rapist footballer Ched Evans is believed to question the lifestyle of his victim and failures by police to seize crucial CCTV footage. The dossier ([ˈdosieɪ] a set of documents about a person or situation. A dossier is a collection of papers or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject. dossier on 卷宗: The FBI had a dossier on him. dossier of: a dossier of police evidence.) of evidence is also thought to criticise police for their investigation for taking Evans and co-accused Clayton McDonald to a police station in the same car and their alleged failure to seize potentially significant CCTV footage. However, a source close to the appeal team has said the evidence is not a 'character assassination' of the woman but rather raises potential inconsistencies in her background. The source told the newspaper: 'Some of the new ­information is being seen within Ched's camp as highly significant. 'It would be easy to take the view that 形成意见, 形成看法 he has done his time and he should now just put it all behind him. But he has set his sights on it being quashed(I. to use force or violence to stop the political action taken by a group of people. The army would be brought in swiftly to quash any rebellion. II. to stop something from continuing. They acted quickly to the quash rumours. III. 翻案. 沉冤昭雪. to say officially that a decision taken by another court was wrong and no longer has legal force. His conviction for murder was quashed in the Court of Appeal.). 'Resuming his career is key to all his plans with his fiancée and the new baby they are expecting.' Since being released from prison last year, Evans has been unable to find a new team, with several clubs offering him trials only to backtrack after a public outcry. After a ten-month investigation, the commission is now referring the case to the Court of Appeal, based on 'new information which was not raised at trial' that could have supported his defence. The court can now either uphold the conviction, quash it, or overturn 驳回, 发回重审 it and order a retrial(The subpoena was quashed by the court. The ruling was struck down by the court of appeals. In every example I can think of, you could use either word and the nuance would not be apparent. The act of "overruling" is about a difference in interpretation of the rules. One judge might interpret something one way, while another (more senior) judge sees the issue in another way. The more senior judge may "overrule" the more junior one. In this instance the junior judge may continue to believe that the original ruling was correct, but it makes no difference - he/she has been overruled. The act of "quashing" or "striking down a ruling" is done because there was a fundamental flaw with the original decision which means that the decision should never have been taken. So for example in an appeal, a judge may become aware that the evidence that convicted somebody was falsified. The original decision is quashed. In this instance, the junior judge knows that the original decision was flawed, and needs to be reversed and eradicated. ). Evans denied rape in 2012, saying the sex was consensual, but he was found guilty by a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court. The prosecution said the woman was too drunk to consent to intercourse. After Evans's release from jail his old club Sheffield United, who used to pay him £20,000 a week, agreed to let him train with them. But the League One club were plunged into crisis 陷入危机 when three patrons quit, fans threatened a boycott and its main sponsor warned it would scrap their deal if they tried to sign him. He scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances for the Blades and was set to sign for Oldham Athletic in a move that triggered a huge media storm 媒体大讨论 following his release from prison before the plug was pulled on the deal. 9. 新加坡航空飞机前起落架瘫地: The Singapore Airlines plane had been undergoing a routine check when its nose gear retracted, causing the aircraft to pitch forward 前冲(to jerk or thrust forward. Suddenly the car pitched forward, jerking the passengers around. We pitched forward inside the car as we went over the bumpy road.). placenta [pləˈsentə] 胎盘 the organ through which a baby is connected to its mother's blood supply in her womb before birth. back up I. [intransitive] to move backwards a short distance. I need everyone to back up about 10 paces. II. 退回去点. 你刚才说什么. [intransitive] mainly American used for telling someone to return to something that was said earlier. Let's back up a bit. Did you say you had a accident? Back up: didn't you say they had already met? Being a fashionable man, it's easy to have a wrong vibe and be mistaken as gay. bleat [bli:t] I. 咩咩叫. 羊叫. [intransitive] to make the sound that a sheep or goat makes. II. [intransitive] to complain about something in a weak voice or in an annoying way. a. [intransitive/transitive] to say something in a high weak voice. gosling [ˈɡɒzlɪŋ] a young goose. boozy 醉醺醺的 containing alcohol, drinking a lot of alcohol, or showing the effects of alcohol. She walked in with a big boozy grin on her face. a boozy evening. You have no soul 冷血动物, 没同情心的人. "No soul": it is a person of no compassion, cannot feel of the heart, everything is practical, there is no spiritual involvement, or a person who cannot connect with the rhythm of music as music is to be believed as the universal "song" of any human ethnic group and any species of animals. hold oneself together 保持镇定 Fig. to maintain one's calmness or sanity. I don't know if I can hold myself together through another horrible day like this one. I don't know how she held herself together through all her troubles. This is when we throw ourselves down in mourning 跪下痛哭. Noncommittal 不置可否的, 不说不也不说可以的, 不吐不咽的. Have you ever post on twitter, make our like you are in a place, as a deflection ( 声东击西的招数. the action of making something move in a different direction, especially by hitting it. ) for the paps for you to go somewhere else. wagyu 和牛. marble containing lines of another colour that are not regular in shape. (meat) Interlaced with fat. beef marbled with fat. marbled meat. risk it to get the biscuit = risk it for the biscuit 不入虎穴焉得虎子 not to get anything without taking a chance. In other words: no risk, no reward. I won't make it to the finish, I don't wanna even try. Look on the bright side dawg, let's risk it to get the biscuit. That rumor has gone cold 谣言已经消停了. spacey [ˈspeɪsi] 迷迷糊糊的, 浑浑噩噩的, 昏昏然的 informal I. 飘飘欲仙的. 飘飘然的. 浑然忘我的. 不能集中精力的. 不能聚精会神的. unaware of one's surroundings or in a state of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs. "I remember babbling, high and spacey". Your eyes are still spacey. II. a little confused and unable to concentrate, for example because you are very tired. III. spacey music or art seems to have been created by someone who takes drugs that change the way that they think. (of popular, especially electronic music) drifting and ethereal. "a spacey ballad". 10. 穆斯林抗议: Australian society is built on pluralism 多元化 and we have come too far 走出去太远, 远涉重洋, 跋山涉水 ( We' ve come too far, to give up who we are. 歌词: I just can't give up now. I've come too far from where I started from. Nobody told me the road would be easy. And I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me. ) to allow a handful of bigots to destabilise Victoria's social harmony," said Islamic Council of Victoria secretary Kuranda Seyit. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has also warned against attending race rallies. If people are vilifying 指责 ( to criticize someone very strongly, especially in a way that is not fair and that damages their reputation. ) another group, "how can that possibly be anything other than contrary to our national interest", Mr Turnbull told reporters in Sydney on Friday. 球星儿子萌化了(cuteness overload. heart-melting): It's no surprise that the pint-sized soccer star pictured in this heart-meltingly cute clip is none other than English footballer Ross Turnbull's little son, Josh. Footage of Josh fleeing the pitch during speeches to score an epic goal before a manically cheering Stamford Bridge crowd in 2013 has been retrending 重新流行起来, 流传起来 recently after being reposted on YouTube by user jumbo. Donning a tiny Chelsea jersey, it's not hard to imagine the budding footballer one day giving his goalie dad a run for his money, but for now we'll settle for a bit of cuteness overload. upstanding I. 老实厚道的. 实在的. honest; respectable. "an upstanding member of the community". II. 倒竖的. 直立的. 一根根竖起来的. standing up; erect. "upstanding feathered plumes". 11. 美丑大不同: Women are more likely to tolerate bad behaviour in handsome men, psychologists claim. The first impression created by physical appearance deeply influences how women view a man's subsequent behaviour, according to the findings of a new study. Such impressions are made in a flash 一瞬间的 - but are not always correct. In what psychologists call the 'halo effect', people warm up to others with positive characteristics such as attractiveness - and that judgement significantly effects how they view their future behaviour. For example, Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm in the TV series Mad Men, was a serial cheat, liar and borderline alcoholic, but his dashing charm and good looks allowed him to win women time and time again. In a similar way, the 'negative halo effect', or 'devil effect' comes into play when people assume that unattractive men possess bad characteristics. You might think that good-looking men have every advantage in life. But a new study suggests being handsome may not always work in a man's favour – at least when it comes to his career. The research claims that attractive men are less likely to be given a job in a competitive workplace because they intimidate bosses. 'It's not always an advantage to be pretty,' says Marko Pitesa, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. 'It can backfire if you are perceived as a threat.' Interestingly, in the study, it was male attractiveness in particular, rather than female beauty, that made the most difference. If the interviewer expected to work with the candidate as part of a team, then he preferred good-looking men. However, if the interviewer saw the candidate as a potential competitor, the interviewer discriminated in favour of unattractive men. Researchers at Eastern Kentucky University in the US tested 170 women's perceptions of men, and discovered that attraction has real ramifications. A man with a handsome face is more likely to be tolerated, even when he misbehaves. A man who is unattractive, conversely 相反的( introducing a statement or idea that reverses one that has just been made or referred to. "he would have preferred his wife not to work, although conversely he was also proud of what she did". ), is tolerated up to a point, but as soon as he behaves unusually he risks being shunned. The study, published in the journal Gender Issues, suggests that a man transgressing a social norm is a much greater put-off if a man is unattractive. Psychologists Jeremy Gibson and Jonathan Gore presented two pictures of men - one handsome, one ugly - to 170 different women. They then paired each picture to one of two fictional scenarios. In one, the man asked her to borrow a pen. In the other, he approached the woman out of the blue and asked to take her photograph. The researcher asked the women their opinion of each man after each scenario. After they asked to borrow a pen, the men were viewed equally by the women - their attractiveness did not affect how they were perceived. But after they asked to take a photograph, the way the men was perceived differed wildly. The attractive man was not deemed to have done anything wrong, while the ugly man was deemed to have crossed a line. Fans of Mad Men are split over whether Don Draper (right) has a good heart or is rotten to the core 坏透了, but his dubious behaviour could lie behind his success with women in the television series, according to the research. The findings could have ramifications for the legal system, the researchers said. Dr Gore said: 'A man who stands trial has already shown himself to have violated social norms in one way or another. 'If he is also unattractive, the magnified devil effect may result in a larger fine or sentence, as it could influence how negatively jurors view him and, as a result, the degree to which they believe him guilty of the crime.'  12. Mr Leane has asked moderates 温和派, 温和分子 to weigh up 掂量一下 whether they want to be involved with the 300 to 400 "hardcore" protesters expected to turn up on Saturday. A working theory is a theory in the works/in the making: a theory that's being tested. I'm not sure, but here's my working theory. Parramatta袭警事件: The working theory is that the men had long wanted to attack police but felt they were under too much surveillance so instead convinced Jabar, a youth with no criminal record and not on any police or intelligence agency radar, to do it for them. The 16-year-old gained notoriety after driving outside a Christian school hurling insults and brandishing an Islamic State flag last year. Of Iraqi-Kurdish background and born in Iran, Jabar's publicly accessible social media accounts depict the usual preoccupations of a young adolescent. He liked The Simpsons, reality TV talent contest The Voice and US basketball. According to one friend quoted in The Guardian, he knew something was wrong when – in the company of older men at the mosque – Jabar pushed him away. "I went over to the group, said to them Salaam Alaikum​, peace be upon you. And he shook my hand, then brushed me off and the rest of the group didn't respond," he said. While the specifics 详细情况, 细节 of Jabar's radicalisation are yet to fully emerge, his act of terrorism was part of a broader trend in that he is young and he targeted police. Teens are easy marks for terrorist recruiters. Young people are impulsive, risk takers. At once, they tend to reject authority while craving a sense of belonging 归属感. The twisted 扭曲的 but emphatic vision ( [ɪmˈfætɪk] I. said or shown in a very strong clear way. He refused my offer with an emphatic shake of the head. a. 清楚无误的. making your meaning very clear because you have very strong feelings about a situation or subject. emphatic about: He was pretty emphatic about me leaving. emphatic that: The president was emphatic that there would be no negotiating with the terrorists. II. with a very clear result that no one can argue about. an emphatic win/victory/defeat. ) of Islamic State offers both, while also promising an eventful, meaningful life and an even more glorious death. Moreover, peer influence has an outsized ( outsized [ˈautˌsaɪzd] much larger than usual. an outsize suitcase. ) impact on the adolescent brain, activating areas of the brain associated with reward processing in adolescents but not adults. "Once you have that with young people it makes a huge difference. In fact, that's what the [terrorist] recruiters do. They get online and become their best buddies. "They isolate them from the rest of the community and get to work on them." "We have to counter that 对抗. Young people have to feel safe and they have to feel that they are being heard. If not, whatever you say falls on deaf ears." Muslim leaders have called for redoubled actions to weed out extremism. Parramatta Mosque chairman El-Kadomi was to tell worshippers at Friday prayers this week: "If you don't like Australia, leave." A nationwide deradicalisation program for schools begun by former education minister Christopher Pyne is likely to be rolled out shortly. But the efforts by government have been ham-fisted ( ham-fisted = hand-handed not careful or gentle enough. ) so far. A radicalisation awareness kit distributed to school teachers used the bizarre example of "Karen", a green activist fond of alternative music, to highlight the risks of violent extremism. It was 11am last Friday and the unprepossessing ( 平凡的. 不出奇的. not impressive or attractive. unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript. ) mosque, tucked away on the first floor of an apartment block in Parramatta's central business district, was bustling with activity as clerics prepared for the Jummah, or Friday prayers, due to start some two hours later. 13. Australian dollar set move towards US75c, BK Asset Management says: The Australian dollar has continued its bounce from last month's lows, with some analysts even speculating a move back to US75¢ is on the cards. The Aussie briefly traded below US69.50¢ on September 29 but since then has tracked steadily upwards, helped by Tuesday's Reserve bank decision to keep interest rates on hold. It was trading at US71.8¢ in Wednesday afternoon trade, about US1¢ higher than prior to Tuesday's decision. Last week, Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Phil Moffatt tipped the Aussie would get back to US75¢ and now others are jumping on board 附和. Boris Schlossberg, a foreign exchange strategist at BK Asset Management in New York, said that some bank analysts had argued the Aussie was "grossly oversold … a move towards US75¢  is likely as short covering takes hold( short covering: the buying in of stocks or other securities or commodities that have been sold short, typically to avoid loss when prices move upwards. dead cat bounce 回光返照, 秋后的蚂蚱, 蹦跶不了几下了 a temporary recovery in share prices after a substantial fall, caused by speculators buying in order to cover their positions. "is the recession really over, or is it a dead cat bounce?" )". That could happen, he said, if commodity prices staged a mild rally in the remaining months of 2015. "The Aussie could certainly follow, especially given the fact that the Fed is unlikely to move until December at the earliest, providing ample time for carry trade ( A carry trade is a strategy in which an investor borrows money at a low interest rate in order to invest in an asset that is likely to provide a higher return. This strategy is very common in the foreign exchange market. ) speculators to lock in the spread which is unlikely to compress between now and year end." Westpac Institutional Bank currency strategist Richard Franulovich argued that the US dollar would probably weaken on a trade-weighted basis, which would give a further boost to the Aussie. "We can think of a couple of reasons why broad-based US dollar weakness may yet prove to be the bigger theme in coming days and weeks," he said. In particular, Washington was headed for two separate crises regarding government funding: the US treasury debt ceiling limit, which is due to be reached on November 5, and a short-term continuing resolution to fund the US government, which expires on December 11. "We now estimate that Treasury is likely to exhaust its extraordinary measures on or about Thursday, November 5," Treasury secretary Jack Lew was quoted as saying. "Without sufficient cash, it would be impossible for the United States of America to meet all of its obligations for the first time in our history." And the impasse 僵局 over the US government funding threatens "perilous economic consequences," according to the Wall Street Journal, with a possible government shutdown looming.  "Congress now confronts a new December 11 deadline to try to strike a long-term budget deal at a time when House Republicans are losing their most experienced leader [former House Speaker John Boehner] and remain split 有分歧的, 意见不一的 about how to negotiate with Mr Obama and Democrats." Mr Franulovich said he expected both problems would be resolved "as it ultimately always has been" but "the shenanigans in the interim could still elevate uncertainty in ways that damage confidence and the US dollar". But moving into 2016, the US dollar could well strengthen on the back of firmer US growth. "The longer-term uptrend in the US dollar though likely remains intact," he said. Indications were for "healthier conditions for the US versus China … that is typically associated with a firmer US dollar over the medium term." Bank of America Merrill Lynch were more bearish on the Aussie dollar. Foreign exchange strategist Adarsh Sinha said analysis of Chinese steel prices suggested the overall trend 大趋势 for the Aussie was down. "Steel prices provide the best metric of China's underlying demand for Australia's key exports of iron ore and coal, both inputs for steel production," he said. "Our assessment of steel price dynamics … is a key reason we are comfortable with projecting only a small further decline in the Australian dollar to US69¢ by December. "We continue to expect it to reach US65¢ in 2016 as capital inflows into Australia's resource sector decline."