dick move VS bitch move;

用法学习: 1. solitary [ˈsɒlət(ə)ri] I. tending to spend a lot of time alone. a largely solitary 独行独坐的 bird. a. in a place or situation where there are no other people. the solitary 遗世独立的 inhabitant of the island. A solitary policeman stood at the gate. b. done or experienced by someone who is alone. Mathematical research is a largely solitary pursuit. Enjoy your solitary dinner 一个人的晚餐. II. [always in negatives] used for emphasizing that there is not even one person or thing. He didn't say a single solitary word to me all evening. dick move VS bitch move: A "dick move" is aggressive. A "bitch move" is passive-aggressive. This is a manifestation of homophobic and misogynist undercurrents in our culture. There is considerable disdain for women in gender-specific slang (e.g., "pussy" and especially "cunt" are extreme insults, whereas "dick" and "cocky" are mild, and "ballsy" is positive), as well as the blatant bias against homosexuality (e.g., "gay" as a generic negative). When a normal person makes a maneuver that would ordinarily be performed by a jerk or dick. Generally not a serious move. Jonas just threw sand in my face. What a dick move! Armond, the town goat, just defecated on a pedestrian. What a dick move. It was a dick move when Tom encouraged several dancers at the strip club to order drinks, then left his friend Bill to pick up the tab. Tom and Bill were both interested in the same girl at the bar; when Tom falsely insinuated to the girl that Bill had erectile dysfunction, that was a dick move. A dick move is done when one is in a position of power. A bitch move is a cowardly act done to undermine someone in power. For instance, a CEO who holds all voting stock ( A voting share 普通股 (also called common stock (美国用) or an ordinary share) is a share 份额 of stock 股票 giving the stockholder the right to vote on matters of corporate policy and the composition of the members of the board of directors. Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. The terms "voting share" or "ordinary share" are also used frequently in other parts of the world; "common stock" being primarily used in the United States. It is called "common" to distinguish it from preferred stock. If both types of stock exist, common stock holders cannot be paid dividends until all preferred stock dividends are paid in full. In the event of bankruptcy, common stock investors receive any remaining funds after bondholders, creditors (including employees), and preferred stock holders are paid. As such, common stock investors often receive nothing after a bankruptcy. On the other hand, common shares on average perform better than preferred shares or bonds over time. Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote on certain matters, such as electing the board of directors董事会. However, a company can have both a "voting" and "non-voting" class of common stock. Holders of voting common stock are able to influence the corporation through votes on establishing corporate objectives and policy, stock splits, and electing the company's board of directors. Some holders of common stock also receive preemptive rights, which enable them to retain their proportional ownership in a company should it issue another stock offering. There is no fixed dividend paid out to common stock holders and so their returns are uncertain, contingent on earnings, company reinvestment, efficiency of the market to value and sell stock. Preferred stock 优先股 (also called preferred shares, preference shares or simply preferreds) is a type of stock which may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock including properties of both an equity and a debt instrument, and is generally considered a hybrid instrument. Preferred stocks are senior (i.e., higher ranking) to common stock, but subordinate to bonds in terms of claim (or rights to their share of the assets of the company) and may have priority over common stock (ordinary shares) in the payment of dividends and upon liquidation. Terms of the preferred stock are described in the articles of association. Similar to bonds, preferred stocks are rated by the major credit-rating companies. The rating for preferreds is generally lower than for bonds because preferred dividends do not carry the same guarantees as interest payments from bonds and because preferred-stock holders' claims are junior to those of all creditors.) and intentionally dilutes稀释 his employees to enrich himself has pulled a dick move. On the other hand, the employee who airs out the dirty laundry of the CEO in response to the dilution, has pulled a bitch move. 2. communal table 公共桌, 拼桌 ( serving chopsticks 公筷). owned or used by everyone in a group, especially a group of people who live in the same building. a communal kitchen/garden/stairway. rub it in (or rub someone's nose in something) 虐单身狗 informal emphatically draw someone's attention to an embarrassing fact or mistake. "they don't just beat you, they rub it in". He's so lonely I don't want to rub it in by kissing in front of him. foil I. very light thin sheets of metal used for wrapping things, especially food. Wrap the cheese in foil to keep it moist. II. [COUNTABLE] [USUALLY SINGULAR] 映衬的人. 女二. 男二的角色. someone or something that makes another person or thing seem better or more attractive because of the differences between them. foil to/for: The plain stone floor is a perfect foil to the highly decorated walls. (figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character. (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something. In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character. In some cases, a subplot can be used as a foil to the main plot. Take a moment to imagine your favorite literary character. What is it about this character that stands out to you? Is it the character's choices? Dialogue? Actions? Do you relate to the character on a personal level 个人产生共鸣? If you're like most people, your favorite literary character is the protagonist (antagonist [ænˈtæɡənɪst], vallian [ˈvɪlən]), or central character, of the story. The protagonist is often the character readers identify with and care most about. In addition to a protagonist, most stories have a character foil. A foil is a character whose values differ from those of the protagonist. Usually a foil experiences the same events as the protagonist, but since his values differ, so do his choices and behavior. A foil's main purpose is to show contrast to the protagonist. In this way, a foil can show how things could have been different for the protagonist if he had chosen a different path 选择了不同的人生方向, 选择了不同的路. hamstring [ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ] n. A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg. 肌腱. One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh. Webster has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the opening game. v. 使无能为力. 掣肘. 牵制. If you are hamstrung by a person, problem, or difficulty, they make it very difficult for you to take any action. To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. Rural schools were hamstrung by their inability to attract and keep experienced staff. stubble [ˈstʌbəl] I. the ends of plants that are left above ground after a farmer cuts a crop such as wheat or barley. Stubble is the short stalks which are left standing in fields after corn or wheat has been cut. 玉米茬子. (玉米或小麦收割后的) 残株. The stubble was burning in the fields. II. The very short hairs on a man's face when he has not shaved recently are referred to as stubble. 胡子茬. the short stiff hairs on a man's face that grow into a beard if he does not cut them off. His face was covered with the stubble of several nights. five o'clock shadow A beard growth visible late in the day on a man whose face was clean-shaven in the morning. A paycheck, also spelt pay cheque, is traditionally a paper document (a cheque) issued by an employer to pay an employee for services rendered. In recent times, the physical paycheck has been increasingly replaced by electronic direct deposits to the employee's designated bank account or loaded onto a payroll card. Employees may still receive a pay slip 工资条 to detail the calculations of the final payment amount. A payslip, pay stub, paystub, pay advice, or sometimes paycheck stub, is a document an employee receives either as a notice that the direct deposit transaction has gone through, or is attached to the paycheck. Each country has laws as to what must be included on a pay slip, but which would typically include details of the gross wages for the pay period and the taxes and any other deductions the employer is required to make by law; as well as other personal deductions such as retirement plan or pension contributions, insurances, garnishments, or charitable contributions taken out of the gross amount to arrive at the final net amount of the pay, also including the year to date totals in some circumstances. insouciance [ɪnˈsu:sɪəns] insouciant [ɪnˈsu:siənt] 无忧无虑的. 不问世事的. carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern. nonchalance. casual lack of concern; indifference. not worrying about or paying attention to possible problems. his insouciant manner. "an impression of boyish insouciance". 3. buffoon [bəˈfu:n] 傻子似的, 傻瓜 someone who behaves in a stupid and annoying way. One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. (pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person. New hashtag invented to publicly shame buffoon driver after impatient truckie wrecks level crossing 横杆 and causes major delays: Irish Rail have ridiculed a truck driver who ignored signals at a level crossing, labelling him a 'Truckwit' on Twitter. Irish Rail publicly shame 'truckwit' who tore through level crossing. Usage notes: In the United States the term is used most commonly to describe inappropriate, clownish figures on the public stage; here the behavior of a variety of public figures have caused them to be described as buffoons by their political opponents. In the UK the term is used more broadly, to describe such people who are held in popular regard but who nevertheless engender amusement with their pronouncements and acts. buffoonery foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon. pick up the tab/bill (for something) 买单, 埋单, 付账 to ​pay for something, esp. for what someone ​else has ​bought or used: The ​company will pick up the ​tab for this ​trip. Dozens of New South Wales councils will be forced to merge to create larger municipalities and significantly reduce the number of local governments. The Opposition's local government spokesman, Peter Primrose, said many ratepayers would be angered. "The backlash will take place when people realise that this isn't really improving the types of services that are delivered to them," he said. "And you've still got federal and state governments cost-shifting services onto local councils, and ratepayers are going to have to pick up the tab." It is understood the amalgamation [əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] process will be conducted through the Local Government Boundaries Commission. The commission's consultation process and public hearings are likely to take months. 4. Turns out there are several types of KUWTK fans…reality TV junkies, booty worshippers ( booty I. (slang) The buttocks, usually that of a female. You got a big ol' booty. II. (slang, not countable) A woman, considered as sexual partner or sex object. III. 战利品. (figuratively) Something that has been stolen or legally obtained from elsewhere. After returning from their Halloween trick-or-treating, the kids settled down to enjoy their booty of candies. onion booty ‎(slang) Large, attractive female buttocks. bootylicious (slang) Callipygous or otherwise appealingly voluptuous. booty call ‎I. (informal) A telephone call to request a sexual encounter. II. (informal) A sexual encounter arranged by telephone. III. (informal) The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter. volumptuous Unlike a voluptuous chick's body which can be somewhat hot in a curvy and feminine way, the volumptuous chick is just fat and lumpy. She was pretty hot, in a voluptuous sort of way.  -More like voluMptuous, that girl was a fatass. voluptuous [vəˈlʌptʃuəs] I. 前凸后翘的. 曲线玲珑的. 凸凹有致的, 凹凸有致的. a voluptuous woman has a large curved body and is sexually attractive (of a woman) Curvaceous = curvy [kɜ:(r)ˈveɪʃəs], sexy, full-figured. a curvaceous woman has large breasts, a small waist, and wide hips. Her flowing raven hair contrasted her creamy white 乳白的 complexion, her amber eyes like those of a cat, the low neckline of her bodice emphasised her plump, voluptuous figure. a voluptuous blonde. voluptuous curves. II. suggesting or expressing a strong sexual desire. slow voluptuous caresses. III. literary a voluptuous taste, smell, etc affects your senses in a strong and pleasant way. Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation. The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous 松软舒适的 pillows of the bed called out to my tired body, tantalizing me with their luxury. the voluptuous scent of roses. full-figured (of a person, especially a woman) Fat; plump. public figure 公众人物 a well-known person, especially a politician. single/double figures 双位数的. lithe [laɪð] 身段优雅的. 曲线优雅的. (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful. moving and bending in a graceful way. He was as lithe and strong as an athlete. well-contoured 曲线玲珑的. shapely 有型的, 凸凹有致的 让人赏心悦目的, 曲线玲珑的. curvy. having a pleasing shape, esp. with reference to a woman's figure. having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at. shapeless adj I. having no definite shape or form: a shapeless mass; a shapeless argument. II. 没有美感的, 没型的. lacking a symmetrical or aesthetically pleasing shape: a shapeless figure. bumptious [ˈbʌmpʃəs] 自大的, 自以为是的 behaving in an annoying way that shows you think you are very important. voluptuary [vəˈlʌptʃuəri] 色鬼 One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a sensualist, a pleasure-seeker. someone who enjoys physical pleasures, especially sexual pleasure, and expensive possessions. sumptuous [ˈsʌmptʃuəs] 奢华的 impressive, expensive, and of high quality. a sumptuous feast/banquet/dinner. scrumptious [ˈskrʌmpʃəs] = scrummy 好吃美味的 tasting extremely nice. contemptuous [kənˈtemptjuəs] 蔑视的, 看不起的 showing that you do not respect someone or something at all. He gave a contemptuous laugh. contemptuous of: She has always been openly contemptuous of authority. voluminous [vəˈlu:mɪnəs] 空间大的. 空荡荡的. I. voluminous clothing has a lot of material in it and is loose on your body. II. 容积大的. a voluminous container is able to hold a large amount. ) and stalkers. This particular dude would fit into the latter category. According to TMZ, a man was arrested at Kris Jenner's California mansion on Tuesday afternoon after posing as a member of her Christmas decorations crew. The unidentified man reportedly talked his way through security check points and into the momager's office, where she quickly realised he was not a legit decorator and called the police. "It was really scary," a family member told E! News of the incident. But there was no mention of the encounter the following day when Kris gloated about her fancy-schmancy ( schmaltzy [ˈʃmɔltsi] dealing with love and other feelings in a way that is silly or not sincere. a schmaltzy romantic comedy. fancy schmancy overly fancy. Describes an extraordinarily fancy thing, event, or person that your jealousy causes you to play down. ) Christmas trees on Instagram. Kim, 35, who is also believed to have been in the house at the time of the intrusion, also shared a snap of the extravagant holiday spread. The trespasser [ˈtresˌpæs], who is said to have taken the bus all the way from Texas to meet the 60-year-old, is currently in hospital on psychiatric hold. 5. As for Katrina, she suggests in her latest Instagram post that she won't let this heartbreak define her 不会让心碎影响自己. reassuring 让人放心的, 可以安慰的, 让人心安的 making you feel less worried. say or do something to remove the doubts and fears of (someone). There's something reassuring about that. "He understood her feelings and tried to reassure her". a reassuring smile. reassure to make someone feel less worried about something. I'm afraid there's not much I can say to reassure you. reassure someone (that): She checked the bolts to reassure herself that the door was locked. bitch me out To be bitched at 唠叨个没完 or nagged at to the point of being pushed away or making you want to leave. Man I swear my mom is going to bitch me out this house. I'm so tired of my roomate, I think I'm going to bitch him out. indivisible 不可分割的 not able to be separated or broken into parts. 宣誓效忠的誓言: Congressional sessions open with the recital of the Pledge, as do many government meetings at local levels, and meetings held by many private organizations. It is also commonly recited in school at the beginning of every school day, although the Supreme Court has ruled in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that students cannot be compelled to recite the Pledge, nor can they be punished for not doing so. According to the United States Flag Code, the current Pledge of Allegiance reads: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. According to the Flag Code, the Pledge "should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform, men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute." 6. A spanking paddle 打屁股(体罚) (Your grandson got detention today for being rude to the teacher. You think his punishment wasn't serious enough. You tell him what happened when you misbehaved in school. Back when I was in school 上学, teachers would spank you with a paddle if you misbehaved. spank (a child): "Spanking" is a form of punishment that parents give their kids. The parent hits the child on his or her bottom, with an open palm. It hurts the child, but doesn't cause any permanent injury. Use "spank" like this: Did your parents ever spank you? I got a spanking and then I had to write a letter to say I was sorry. back (in a time period): Use "back" to talk about a time period in the past: Back in the '80s, there was graffiti all over the place in the city. The time period is usually more than a year ago. It would be strange to use this to talk about something that happened yesterday or last week. Adding this word makes the time period seem like it was a long time ago. a paddle: A "paddle" is a stick with a flat part at one end. Some different kinds of paddles include: a ping-pong paddle; a paddle used for a canoe. In some times and places, paddles are used to punish children who behave badly. This has become much less common in the U.S., though. (a child) misbehaves: "Misbehaving" means doing something that you're not supposed to do. You usually use "misbehave" when talking about children: He's been misbehaving in class. The noun form of "misbehave" is "misbehavior": This kind of misbehavior will not be tolerated! Occasionally we use "misbehave" to talk about adults. In those cases, it has a kind of sexual tone. A: Have you been misbehaving? B: Oh yes. I've been very bad. Are you going to punish me? (someone) is in school: A: What do you do? B: I'm still in school, actually. get detention: When a student "gets detention", it means that they have to stay in class late, after all of the other students have left. This is a kind of punishment that teachers sometimes give to students who misbehave. ) is an implement used to strike a person on the buttocks. The act of spanking a person with a paddle is known as "paddling". A paddling may be for punishment (normally of a student at school in the United States), or as an initiation or hazing ritual, or for erotic purposes. A paddle has two parts: a handle and a blade. Most paddles are designed to be held with one hand, but a giant paddle may be designed to be held with two hands. The blade is typically 3 to 4 inches (100 mm) wide, 1/4 inch thick, and 1 to 3 feet (0.91 m) in length. In the great majority of cases, the paddle is aimed at the recipient's buttocks; rarely, the back of the thighs might also be targeted. Paddles for use in schools are made of wood, or occasionally plastic. Paddles used for school punishments may be roughly hewn from commonly available wood. Occasionally, paddles may have holes drilled into them, so there is less air drag 空气阻力 when the paddle approaches the buttocks, and produces more sting. The paddles used for fraternity and sorority initiation ceremonies are often professionally made and engraved 镶嵌着 with organizational symbols and slogans. grow on someone to ​become ​increasingly ​liked or ​enjoyed by someone: Living in a ​small ​town was ​tough at first, but the ​place grows on you. If someone or something ​grows on you, you like him, her, or it more and more than you did at first: I wasn't ​sure about this ​album when I ​bought it, but it's really ​grown on me. One to grow on (电影 marfa girl中的场景): Basically it means you learned from this mishap now go from there. The way I remember it is that people use to lightly paddle the back side of someone who was celebrating a birthday(which is typically when this phrase is said), one pat for every year (so if you were turning ten then they would give you ten) then, they would give one extra swat 拍 ( to hit something, especially an insect, with your hand or with a flat object. Ben was frantically swatting mosquitoes with his newspaper. ) and say that one was "one to grow on" (so actually, if turning ten, you would get eleven swats). Basically, I think this practice was intended to illustrate a parallel between the pains of the swat to the pains of life (even though it was in fact done lightly) and perhaps the extra swat was meant to represent another "lesson" which will help you grow, not physically, but as an individual. 7. lunge 猛向前冲过去, 扑过去 to move suddenly and with a lot of force in order to catch, hit, or avoid something or someone. He lunged for the ball. Lunging forward, she grabbed his arm. An officer made a sudden lunge for the suspect's gun. lunge at someone. jump at someone 扑过去. jump at someone or something to jump in the direction of someone or something. The frog jumped at me, but I dodged it. The cat jumped at the leaf as it fell from the tree. jump at something Fig. to seize the opportunity to do something. When I heard about John's chance to go to England, I knew he'd jump at it. If something you really want to do comes your way, jump at it. jump down someone's throat; jump on/ [all over] someone Fig. to scold someone severely. If I don't get home on time, my parents will jump all over me. Don't jump on me! I didn't do it! Please don't jump all over John. He wasn't the one who broke the window. Why are you jumping down my throat? I wasn't even in the house when it happened. leap/jump at the opportunity/chance (to do something) 抓住机会, 抓住良机 Fig. to accept an opportunity eagerly. Frank leapt at the opportunity to become a commercial artist. It was a great idea and we leapt at the opportunity. I would leap at the chance to go to Moscow. His company proposed to send him to England, and John jumped at the chance. idiotic [ɪdɪˈotɪk] 像个傻子似的 informal very stupid. Wetback 偷渡客( A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border. illegal alien =  undocumented alien; unlawful non-citizen(AU 用词). illegal immigrant, undocumented immigrant (sometimes offensive) A person who is within the boundaries of a political state without the authorization of the government of that state; a national of another country who has entered or stayed without permission. Usage notes: The use of "illegal" to describe a person, rather than an action a person has undertaken, is often regarded as offensive. ) is a derogatory term used in the United States to refer to foreign citizens living in the U.S., most commonly those from Mexico, Central America and South America especially to those residing 居住在 illegally in the U.S. Generally used as an ethnic slur ( I. 污蔑. 辱骂. [countable] a remark that is intended to insult someone or to damage their reputation. a racial slur. He regarded the comments as a slur on his integrity. II. [singular] a way of speaking in which the words are not pronounced clearly or separately, for example when the speaker is very tired or drunk. III. [countable] music a line written above musical notes to show that there should be no pause between them. v. [intransitive/transitive] 含混不清的说. to speak without pronouncing the words clearly or separately, for example because you are very tired or drunk. 'Who are you?' she slurred. slur your words/speech: She was slurring her words and holding on to the bar. II. [transitive] music to play two or more musical notes with no pause between them. ), the term was originally coined and applied only to Mexicans who entered the U.S. state of Texas from Mexico by crossing the Rio Grande, which forms the border between Texas and Mexico, presumably by swimming or wading across the river and getting wet in the process. 8. no holds barred I. (in wrestling) with no restrictions on the kinds of holds that are used. Without restrictions on holds or what opponents may do. a no holds barred match. II. (idiomatic) 没有上限的. 没有界限的. 没有限制的. 不设防的. Without limits, regulations, or restraints. Having absolutely no limits or restrictions as far as the levels and nature of one's hostilities and offense; taking to an especially ruthless or vicious manner. a no holds barred debating style. I intend to argue it out with Mary, no holds barred. When Ann negotiates a contract, she goes in with no holds barred and comes out with a good contract. celibacy [ˈselɪbəsi] a state of not having sex for a period of time, or never having sex. Their priests take a vow of celibacy (=promise to not have sex). down to play around sexually, but without sex. Used by Christians or others who do not believe in sex outside of marriage Are you down to play? Ya, when do you want to meet? 关于最后一个买房日: And when you have a group like many of these Chinese migrants, who are very commercially savvy 精明的( = astute v. the ability to understand and judge people and situations well. He has a lot of political savvy. adj. knowing a lot about something and able to make good judgments about it. savvy investors/shoppers. computer-/media-/image- etc savvy (=knowing a lot about computers etc): She bought the laptop on the advice of a computer-savvy friend.), they tend to be in business and tend to have good incomes … you are going to get a gentrification ( [ˌdʒentrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] the process by which an area of a city where poor people live becomes an area where middle-class people live, as they buy the houses and repair them. The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents. degentrification The reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer. gentrify (transitive) to renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes.) process. And it's the astute 精明的 ( =savvy [əˈstjuːt] good at judging situations and people quickly and able to use this knowledge for personal benefit. quickly and critically discerning. shrewd or crafty.) who are there to capitalise on the opportunity. Everyone else is fed up with the game of buying at auction in Sydney for the year, or nursing a hangover, doing their Christmas shopping or at the beach. Star Wars最新上映: This represents a new record for the industry and portends ( 预示 [pɔrˈtend] to be a sign or warning of something that will happen. ) a massive and potentially record-breaking opening day and weekend for the film," said Paul Dergarabedian, of box office tracker Rentrak. The Harry Potter film holds the all-time record for opening day at $91 million, but the new Star Wars is expected to also force it out 挤出 of that slot. Overall, The Force Awakens has grossed some $130 million dollars worldwide since it opened overseas on Wednesday, setting records in Britain, Germany, Norway and Sweden. 9. take one's lumps I. (idiomatic) To receive physical abuse and to survive. When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body.". II. (get one's lumps) (figuratively) 吞下苦果. 吞食苦果. 承担后果. To endure through criticism or other adversity. Inf. to accept the result or punishment one deserves. to receive and accept criticism or punishment fors omething you have done. Joe blames nobody but himself 不怨天尤人 for his problems. He takes his lumps and doesn't complain. As is the case with so many outspoken civil libertarians, Chafee took his lumps. He was strongly criticized by several Harvard Law School graduates. You've gotto learn to take your lumps if you're going to be in politics. I hate taking my lumps. I'd rather pretend nothing had happened. get one's lumps Inf. to get the result or punishment one deserves. If she keeps acting that way, she'll get her lumps. We will see that Dave gets his lumps. transfix [trænsˈfɪks] If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. 使···呆住. to make someone feel so surprised, shocked, or interested that they continue to look at or listen to someone or something without moving. We were all transfixed by the images of the war. Her eyes were transfixed with terror. For hours he stood transfixed. take off to absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission. If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa. He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner. I thought you'd be working. I took off 请假了. Just for my birthday? Yes. on the up (and up) 诚实, 值得信赖 mainly US informal Someone who is on the up (and up) is ​honest and can be ​trusted. Everything is looking up and up 蒸蒸日上, 天天向上 UK ​improving all the ​time: Her ​career has been on the up and up since she ​moved into ​sales. Things are looking up 变好, 有起色, 转好. Conditions are looking better. Since I got a salary increase, things are looking up. Things are looking up at school. I'm doing better in all my classes.

 难产(hard birth)和劳教(hard labour, punitive labor): Was having Adam a hard birth 难产? No, He was a natural birth 自然产. There was really almost no labour 没费什么劲, 没费什么力气. My mother had to have an episiotomy. They had to rip her open because I didn't wanna come out. An episiotomy ([əˌpi:zi:ˈotəmi:]), also known as perineotomy, is a surgical incision of the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall generally done by a midwife or obstetrician [ˌɑbstəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n] during second stage of labor to quickly enlarge the opening for the baby to pass through. The incision, which can be done at a 90 degree angle from the vulva towards the anus or at an angle from the posterior end of the vulva (medio-lateral episiotomy), is performed under local anesthetic (pudendal anesthesia), and is sutured closed 缝合 ( suture [ˈsutʃər] the stitch or stitches used for closing the edges of a cut. ) after delivery. It is one of the most common medical procedures performed on women, and although its routine use in childbirth has steadily declined in recent decades, it is still widely practiced in many parts of the world including Latin America, Poland, Bulgaria, India and Qatar. Episiotomy is done as prophylaxis against soft-tissue tearing which would involve the anal sphincter and rectum. Vaginal tears can occur during childbirth, most often at the vaginal opening as the baby's head passes through, especially if the baby descends quickly. Tears can involve the perineal skin or extend to the muscles and the anal sphincter and anus. The midwife or obstetrician may decide to make a surgical cut to the perineum with scissors or a scalpel to make the baby's birth easier and prevent severe tears that can be difficult to repair. The cut is repaired with stitches (sutures). Some childbirth facilities have a policy of routine episiotomy. Obstructed labour 难产, also known as labour dystocia, is when, even though the uterus is contracting 宫缩, 子宫收缩 normally, the baby does not exit the pelvis during childbirth due to being physically blocked. Complications for the baby include not getting enough oxygen 缺氧 which may result in death. It increases the risk of the mother getting an infection, having uterine rupture, or having post-partum bleeding 大出血. Long term complications for the mother include obstetrical fistula. Obstructed labour is said to result in prolonged labour, when the active phase of labour is longer than twelve hours. 其他资料: If you suffered distress when you gave birth it's called a traumatic, or difficult, birth 难产. You may have had a complication, such as a severe tear, or needed to have an assisted birth. This may have left you with physical problems, such as an infection, piles or incontinence. These are distressing in themselves, but the emotional after-effects of a traumatic birth can last for some time. A difficult birth 难产 is not always linked to a traumatic birth event. You may have felt powerless, or unclear about exactly what happened during the birth. Or you may have felt intense disappointment that the birth didn't go as you'd hoped. Perhaps you didn't feel that your midwife was listening to you, or that you lacked support from other hospital staff. These can all leave you with emotional scars after the birth. hard labour 苦工, 苦力 heavy manual work as a punishment. "He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour". Penal labour 劳教 ([ˈpiːn(ə)l] relating to the punishment of criminals. the penal system. penal reform/laws. a. used as a place for punishing criminals. a penal colony/institution. penal/criminal code (= the set of laws about crimes and punishment): The death penalty is no longer allowed under France's penal code. crack/break a code (=discover how it works): She worked at Bletchley Park, where they cracked the Enigma codes. ) is a generic term for various kinds of unfree labour which prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard, depending on the context. Forms of sentence involving penal labour have included penal servitude and imprisonment with hard labour. The term may refer to several related scenarios: labour as a form of punishment, the prison system used as a means to secure labour, and labour as providing occupation for convicts. These scenarios can be applied to those imprisoned for political, religious, war, or other reasons as well as to criminal convicts. Large-scale implementations of penal labour include labour camps, prison farms 劳改农场, penal colonies, penal military units, or aboard prison ships. Punitive labour ( punitive [ˈpjunətɪv] relating to or causing punishment or great difficulty. punitive taxes/tariffs/laws. punitive damages 损失费, 赔偿损失 extra money that a court of law makes someone pay for causing harm to someone.), also known as convict labour, prison labour, or hard labour, is a form of forced labour 强制劳动 used in both past and present as an additional form of punishment beyond imprisonment alone. Punitive labour encompasses two types: productive labour, such as industrial work; and intrinsically 本质上 pointless 无意义的 tasks used as primitive occupational therapy, punishment and/or physical torment. Sometimes authorities turn prison labour into an industry, as on a prison farm or in a prison workshop. In such cases, the pursuit of income from their productive labour may even overtake the preoccupation with punishment and/or reeducation as such of the prisoners, who are then at risk of being exploited as slave-like cheap labour (profit may be minor after expenses, e.g. on security). On the other hand, for example in Victorian prisons, inmates commonly were made to work the treadmill: in some cases, this was productive labour to grind grain; in others, it served no purpose. Similar punishments included turning the crank machine or carrying cannonballs ( I. 炮弹. a round metal or stone projectile fired from a cannon. Round shot (or solid shot, or a cannonball, or simply ball) is a solid projectile without explosive charge, fired from a cannon. As the name implies, round shot is spherical; its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the gun from which it is fired II. North American a jump into water feet first with the knees clasped to the chest.). Semi-punitive labour also included oakum-picking: teasing apart old tarry rope to make caulking material for sailing vessels.

 Looking Script 剧本: 1. You can kiss me all you want 爱怎么就怎么, 随便你怎么, I'm not gonna put it up(贴起来). I got fired today. Really? How is that not the first thing you told me? Hey, do you think that people fetishize 迷恋 thick thighs 粗腿? If I was a prostitute, that could be my thing. Oh, man, you're like an institution ( institution [countable] an important tradition on which society is based. We need to respect their beliefs, traditions, and social institutions. institution of: the institution of marriage. a. often humorous thrift or thrift institution A person long established with a certain place or position. someone or something that has been in a particular job or place for such a long time that you cannot remember a time when they were not there. She was an institution in our community where she lived for 40 years. at a party/concert/meeting etc: We were at a party last night when you called. at school/college etc (=studying at an educational institution) 上学: Has Karen graduated, or is she still at college?). That makes me sound like the Gay Man's Chorus. Everyone likes them in principle, but no one wants to hear them actually sing.  You are seriously good. Well, I fucking should be. We have mandatory 强制性的 play day every Friday. So you're based in Seattle, yeah? - Was. Live here now. I'm setting up a new team now that you guys have launched. At MDG? Yeah. I start tomorrow. As in you could be my new boss? Well, that sounds very formal. But yeah. I don't think I've seen you this perky ( 高兴的. 开心的. lively and happy. She woke up the following morning feeling a lot perkier. ) since you dragged me to see "Miss Congeniality," and that was a very long time ago. What can I say? I'm in a good mood. Oh, stop it. 2. And who said anything about a boyfriend 谁说要找男友了? Maybe I just wanna get myself a fuckbuddy. Wait, what? Can you say that again, but just a little slower this time? A fuckbuddy.
Okay, that's never gonna happen. You don't know 你知道什么. This could be a new start for me. Hey, uh, you know he'll probably be uncut if he's a real Mexican. Okay. You prepared for that? Prepared? What's that supposed to mean? You make it sound like I should take an evening course 报个班. I'm just saying. It's a whole different ballgame( a whole new ballgame a ​completely different ​situation, often one that is ​difficult or that you ​know little about: We'd done a lot of ​climbing in ​Scotland but the Himalayas were a ​whole new ballgame. a different (or whole new) ball game informal A situation that is completely different from a previous one: making the film was a whole new ball game for her. ) down there. 3. 要搬走了: I can't believe this is it 就这样(搬走)了. Do we have time for one last coffee at Philz? - No. This is the best decision I have ever made, seriously. - But you love it here. - Not anymore. This whole city is overrun ( I. 超支. [intransitive/transitive] British to take more time, space, or money than was intended. n. an amount of time or money that is more than was planned or intended. At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year! the huge cost overruns at the end of the project. II. [transitive] to defeat an enemy in war and take the land that they control. His troops overran two-thirds of the country. III. [transitive] [usually passive] 充斥. 满是. 塞满了. to be present in a place in such large amounts or numbers that it is dangerous or unpleasant. a city completely overrun by crime. The mall was overrun with holiday shoppers. To infest, swarm over, flow over. The vine overran 超过了 its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds. IV. 跑过去. 穿过. 超过. To run past; to run beyond. The athlete overran the finish line and kept going. One line overruns another in length. V. 超时. To continue for too long. The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home. ) with overrated cupcakes, kimchi tacos. Plus, I'm gonna be able to get more work done in Oakland. What was that? What is that? Because this entire city is to blame for your laziness. It's a little heavy back here. You don't know what I'm talking about. I'll be able to get more done without all the distractions. I don't think we're gonna make it up this hill 上不去这个小山了, 爬不上去了( If we don't make it on Kevin's game, then we'll just look at it as an opportunity. Maybe this corporate environment is choking our creativity 扼杀创造性 anyway. This could be our opportunity to take control of our lives. Maybe this corporate environment 公司环境 is choking our creativity 扼杀创新 anyway. This could be our opportunity to take control of our lives. Are you talking about being unemployed? Are you crazy? I'm Asian, all right? Our DNA rends itself apart ( rend I. 撕碎. to tear something into pieces. II. to make someone feel great emotion. Her screams would rend the heart of any man. rend the air 划破长空 if a loud shout or sound rends the air, it happens suddenly and is very loud. ) when we lose our jobs. It's scary and ugly. We should avoid it. Well We'll figure something out. We should avoid it. Well We'll figure something out.). 4. This whole thing is about Frank and I being open to new experiences, together. By domesticating 驯化([dəˈmestɪkeɪt] to train an animal to live with or work for humans. To adapt to live with humans. Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.)? Would you call a three-way an act of domesticity ( 回归于家庭. the activities relating to your home and family life. affection for the home and its material comforts. I'm not cut out for domesticity. )? Put on the brakes 踩着点刹车! I feel like I could definitely have a three-way, but just with two strangers, not with a boyfriend. Well, why not? Because I'd get jealous. Does that make me a prude? God, help me out, Dom. Oh, I'm not getting into this conversation again. You two are never gonna agree. Oh God, I forgot it was a basement apartment 地下室. It's so dark. All relationships end up opening in the end, whether you like it or not. So why not be honest about it, instead of cheating? My dad cheated on Mami compulsively 控制不住自己的. Frank's parents got divorced. All of our friends have fooled around. All right, what if Frank got done up the butt by 20 hot muscle bears? You'd be okay with that? What if he's covered in their cum, and he loves every second of it, more than he ever does with you like it's the best sex I'm serious like it's the best sex that he's ever had? I would be fine. You're so annoying. Listen, I just wanted to say thank you for being a friend. Traveled down the road and back again Your heart is true(When your heart is true 如果你是真心....God is there for you.). You know what? Cool your jets(cool your jets! Calm down! This caution began with air force pilots reducing their jet planes' air speed and, by so doing, reducing strain on the engine caused by excess heat. Among similar "relax!" phrases are "hold your horses!" "chill out!" "keep your pants on!" and "don't get your bowels in an uproar!"). Get in the car, Rose. I give it three months. I give it five, maybe six. When it all turns to shit 玩完了, I'm not moving that fucker again. I'm way too old. I hear you. Why are you so grumpy today? I'm okay. You seem a little more pissy than usual. What time is it? 5. 见EX: Can I just get a drip, please? Thank you. Do you want something? Coffee? No, I'm, uh gosh, it has been a long time. I don't do caffeine anymore. But I'll have a Refresh. You haven't changed 你一点都没有变. I doubt that. I thought that you would, but somehow you haven't. So things are good then? Yes, really good. Everyone talks about the slow recovery, but the market here is through the roof. And we've got an office opening in the city, so I'm up from LA to oversee the setup. I don't ever remember you wanting to get into real estate. Oh yeah, I wasn't, uh wasn't into much back then, was I? I mean, apart from fucking things up. Well, you know, I'm pleased that you've, uh, figured things out. I'm really glad that you called. I've been thinking about you for a long time. I am so sorry that I made your life a whole sack of shit. I'm sorry that I took advantage of you and treated you like an asshole when you weren't at all. You don't have to. No, I have to say it. I've grown我长大了, 我变了. I've I've let myself be vulnerable. I'm a better person now. And it would make me very happy if we could start again. The thing I realized is that you didn't deserve any of that time, not a single fucking minute. And I'm just pissed that I didn't get 没回过味来, 没想明白 that before. Can we not do this here? - My clients are - I'm sorry. It won't take long. I really don't have anything else to say, except I want my 8,000 back with 10 years of interest. Excuse me? And what I paid for the peppermint fucking tea - and the protein box. Are you fucking with me 开玩笑? No, I'm not fucking with you. I gave you that money and it was a lot of money to me back then. And you didn't lend me that money, you gave it to me to get sober, and I'm grateful for that. But you can't blame me, you can only blame yourself. That's what I've learned on my journey 这一路来, and I wish you the best on yours, okay? Hey hey hey. He'll screw you over, you know? Once a meth-head motherfucker, always a meth-head motherfucker.  第一次约会: I hope this was an okay place to choose. I heard good things about it, but I've never been. Let's go check it out. How about your family? Are you gonna tell me about them? We wouldn't wanna talk about my family. It's not very sexy. I'm gonna get you drunk 灌醉你 tonight. Yeah, it's gonna happen. I love this song. I don't know I don't know who it is, but I love that beat 喜欢这个旋律. Maybe we should go somewhere else. Uh, I mean, we could stay here if you want, but, uh Or, uh we could just go back to my place. Maybe let's go somewhere else first. My roommate actually just moved out today, which is super good, because I've been needing my own space. Um, this is Agustin's old room, currently unoccupied. Uh, I could do my ultimate mac and cheese, which is my mom's recipe. And it's really really delicious if you're feeling hungry. I don't know. I have work in the morning. I shouldn't stay out late 在外边待到太晚. I'm completely kidding. I'm a sucker for cleanliness, so this is actually much better. What? You got me trippin'. Trippin'? No, don't trip. This is weird. They made me look at pictures on the internet. You know, but it's not a big deal. Yeah, I think we're looking for different things. It's cool. Don't worry about it, don't sweat it. 后悔了: I hope that egg makes you puke. I I actually hope it does too. God, I'm such a cliche ( 老套. 老掉牙. a phrase or idea that is boring because people use it a lot and it is no longer original. Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché. ). You mean how you dress? It's not that bad. Thinking that sex will make me feel better. I totally do, and I get why you went to go see him. I understand it's your process 需要一个过程, 需要慢慢来, but oh my God! I so wish I had been there, so I could neck-punch that dude. You'd hate him even more. He's become so LA. He drinks Refresh tea. 在家: Okay, you need to sashay away ([ˈsæʃeɪ] to walk somewhere in a relaxed and confident manner.). Next! Oh, I'm gonna have the last slice 最后一片披萨. Let's stay in 在家待着吧, 不出去了, 不出门了. Come back when you've fucked off some of this baby fat.

 'Something in me snapped': the silent fury sparked by street sexual harassment: It was a throwaway line 说完就忘的话, 没放在心里的, 没当真的. One he probably uses dozens of times a day. But for me, it was the tipping point. There were three of them with clipboards, circling me like a crack tactical unit 缉毒部队 ( Police Tactical Unit 机动部队, 别动队, 特别行动队 is the name of specialist units of various police forces.), the way that chuggers (charity muggers)( charity mugger = chugger ‎(idiomatic, derogatory) A person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity. A street fundraiser, especially a private contractor, working on behalf of a charity, who is aggressive or invasive. ) do in areas of high pedestrian traffic. They were all men. The first one: "Today we're stopping women with beautiful hair." "That's a terrible line," I said, rolling my eyes 翻白眼 and walking on. A few metres on and the next one was upon me, standing in my path 挡路, 挡住我的去路(It appears that Kourtney Kardashian's rumoured fling with Justin Bieber might not be the only thing getting in the way of a reunion with Scott Disick.). "I hear blondes have more fun." Something in me snapped. I told him it was incredibly sexist. I swore. I was furious. But my reaction to yesterday's incident was not just about irritating 让人火大的, 让人来气的 chuggers. It was a fury with a deep history( Deep history is a term for the distant past of the human species, a span of approximately 40,000 years. The study of deep history does not acknowledge the traditional barrier between history and prehistory in the human past. ). And most women have felt it. It's a fury that comes from decades of unwanted advances from men we don't know. It comes from having guys demand we smile as we walk down the street. It comes from being told to "lighten up" ( lighten up (on someone or something) to be less rough and demanding or rude with someone or something. Please lighten up on her. You are being very cruel. You are too harsh. Lighten up. lighten something up I. to make something lighter or brighter. Some white paint will lighten this room up a lot. The sunlight came in and lightened up the kitchen. II. 轻松. 不那么严肃. 别那么认真. To make something more pleasant and less serious or depressing: The jokes lightened up the tone of the meeting. I didn't mean to be disrespectful — I was just trying to lighten things up. III. To take matters less seriously. to be less serious about something People are usually relieved when they're given a chance to lighten up. Everything will work out fine, so stop worrying and lighten up. Usage notes: often used as an order: When she complained that these people were being treated badly, he told her, "Lighten up." ) when we're on the receiving end of casual sexual innuendo. Or from being told we should view wolf whistles or car horns as compliments affirming our attractiveness. It's not flattering. At best it's infuriating. At worst it's frightening. If clipboard man stood in isolation, perhaps I would have laughed off 置之一笑 his comments as a clumsy approach 笨拙的方式 from a young backpacker trying to earn a living. But what he wouldn't have known is that in that moment I was brought back to all the times strange men have made me feel uncomfortable or unsafe while going about my business, often during broad daylight. It reminded me of the man in a suit driving a sports car who gave me the tongue gesture as I crossed the road near my home. Or the pack of tradies on their lunchbreak swapping comments on the shape of my body as I hurried past 匆匆走过. Then there was the genius who leaned out of his ute with a megaphone – implying a degree of preparedness that is quite terrifying – and bellowed "suck my c**k", as I went for a run at 9:30 on a Saturday morning. Street harassment is an all too frequent reality for women. A survey of more than 1400 women commissioned by the Australia Institute this year showed 87 per cent of had experienced at least one form of verbal or physical street harassment. Exercising is often when we are at our most vulnerable. When I detailed the megaphone incident on Facebook last year, countless female friends shared their own experiences of being harassed when working out. As one friend said: "I was on my bike yesterday and a guy leaned out of a car window and made a bizarre noise at me. What bothers me most is that in a few years I'll have to start answering my daughter's questions about why, when women/girls walk down the street, they endure weird noises, threats, insults, inducements and commands to smile, while boys/men can walk largely in ignorant, silent bliss." This delicate, nerve-jangling ( I. [intransitive/transitive] to make a noise by hitting small metal objects against each other. II. [transitive] if something jangles someone's nerves, it makes them feel very nervous. ) dance – trying not to enrage the strange man who has forced himself into our space while at the same time not offering encouragement – is familiar to most women. We recognised it when we watched the bone-chilling CCTV footage of Jill Meagher being approached by her killer, Adrian Bayley, on Sydney Road shortly before her rape and murder. These are the thoughts never far from the surface when men on the street offer us "compliments" and expect us to be grateful for the attention. But if she ignores or rejects the advance, respect her choice. She may not be interested. She may be worn down by unwanted approaches. Try to imagine what it's like to not be able to exercise on a hot day without being leered at or have some idiot holler at ( to shout very loudly. ) you from a moving vehicle. Before you beep that horn or ask us to "cheer up", or declare that "blondes have more fun", think about what's gone before.