用法学习: 1. catch up with someone (take a toll) to begin to have an effect on someone. The lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to doze off. illegible (字迹潦草的, 印刷模糊的)看不清的, 没法读的, 没法看的 adj uk [ɪˈledʒ.ə.bəl] (of writing or print) impossible or almost impossible to read because of being very untidy or not clear. unreadable; not legible or decipherable. Clare's handwriting is completely illegible! His writing is almost illegible. intelligible 通俗易懂的, 容易理解的 Capable of being understood; clear to the mind. clear or simple enough to understand. intelligible to: His purpose is to make the play more intelligible to modern audiences. A volume discount 大宗折扣, 多买打折, 多买多折(minimum purchase amount)(a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity. a cheaper price than usual for customers who buy a large quantity of something: Big retailers take advantage of their size to demand volume discounts. Customers are offered a volume discount.) is an adjustment to the price of a product based on the quantity of that product in the quote line or order line item. When you define a volume discount, you select one of two discount methods: Simple. This method applies the same discount to every line item. Group buying 团购, also known as collective buying, offers products and services at significantly reduced prices on the condition that a minimum number of buyers would make the purchase. Origins of group buying can be traced to China where it is known as tuangou or team buying. 2. London Spy - A good-looking man entered my carriage, sat opposite me 坐我对面. The tips of our shoes touched, our eyes chanced 四目交会 ( chance I. [transitive] to do something even though you know it involves a risk. Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm? He stepped back and chanced a look at 目光偶遇 Martha. chance it informal: It looked like rain so I decided not to chance it 冒险, 嘚瑟 and brought my umbrella. II. [intransitive] mainly literary to do something in a way that is not planned. chance to: Roger would have seen her if he had chanced to look around.). He asked the most mundane questions in the most exciting way. I was desperate to avoid the five o'clock home time... whilst not being bohemian enough to imagine life without a proper profession. Not very patriotic motives, I suppose. But they rather liked that about me, an utter lack of idealism. Romantics make unreliable spies 爱情会毁掉一个间谍. Our path never crossed 从来没有见过, 从来没有遇到过. But I recognize the type. People with power and secrets, their importance emanates [ˈeməˌneɪt] from 自然流露, 自然发散, 散发着, 掩盖不住, 掩饰不住, 无法掩饰 them( emanate [ˈeməˌneɪt] I. intransitive to come from a particular place. emanate from: She could hear raised voices emanating from her parents' room. Wonderful smells emanated from the kitchen. II. intransitive/transitive if you emanate a lot of a quality or feeling 自然散发的, or if it emanates from you, you show it without expressing it in words. emanate from: A sense of joy emanated from him. ). I felt it. The police are concerned. Did you take something from the crime scene. Something personal, something of sentimental value 有纪念意义的, 有纪念价值的. Nothing was taken 什么都没有丢 we couldn't even give our stuff away 白给都没有人要, 送人都没有人要. I got work to do today. I can't play assistance to 协助 your personal life. I don't want to have any secrets from you. one's luck is in 好运到了, 撞大运了, 吉星高照 One is fortunate. your luck's in! used to tell someone that they have been lucky or successful: He's been looking at you all evening - I think your luck's in, Cath. luck is on someone's side if luck is on your side, things happen the way that you want them to. scrutable (back formed from inscrutable) (informal) understandable, comprehensible. inscrutable 难懂的, 看不透的, 看不穿的, 难以理解的 Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret. His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science. 2007, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), 30 Rock: She called my vanity license plate inscrutable! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious! hotelier [houˈteljər] 宾馆, 饭店业老板 the owner or manager of a hotel. 3. catch on I. to become popular or fashionable. Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. catch on with: Cruise control initially was thought of as a luxury item, but slowly caught on with car buyers at other levels. II. to understand 搞明白. 听懂. He didn't catch on at first. catch on to: Then I caught on to what it was the guy was saying. 3. quarter I. 季度. one of four periods of time into which a year is divided for financial calculations, such as for profits or taxes: There was a fall in unemployment in the second quarter of the year. I get an electricity bill every quarter. II. 区域. an area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens: This is the bustling commercial quarter of the city. III. 某些人. one or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named: Help came from an unexpected quarter. There is a feeling in certain/some quarters (= some people consider) that a change is needed. III. quarters [ plural ] a room or house that has been provided, especially for servants or soldiers and their families, to live in: The army's married quarters 家属区, 家属房, 生活区 are just outside the town. (v. to send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place: The soldiers were quartered with (= they lived with) local people during the war.) IV. the fact of being kind towards or forgiving an enemy or opponent: We can expect no quarter from our enemies. He gave no quarter to anyone that disappointed him. living quarters 宿舍区. 住宿区. 生活区 the rooms where people live, for example in a ship or large institution. the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes the White House living quarters. cow bail (stall 牲畜栏是固定的, bail是可移动的) NZ, Australian A movable framework for securing the head of a cow during milking. She showed me the cow bail and how to use the milking machine. stall I. [ I or T ] If an engine stalls, or if you stall it 憋灭了, 憋熄火了, it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen: A car may stall due to the driver braking too suddenly. I stalled the car twice during my driving test but still managed to pass. II. [ I ] to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage: She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling (for time). [ T ] If you stall a person, you delay them or prevent them from doing something for a period of time: I managed to stall him for a few days until I'd got enough money to pay back the loan. mainly us The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off 绊住, 牵住, the security guard. [ I ] to stop making progress: Japan's economic growth has stalled 停步不前, 停滞不前, with industrial production contracting in June for the fourth straight month. [ T ] If you stall an event, you delay it or prevent it from making progress: Commandos stalled 阻挡住, 抵挡住 the enemy attack by destroying three bridges. Fears are growing that a tax increase may stall economic recovery. 4. 会有用, 派上用场. 顶用, 管用, 不白学, 不白干, 终会有用: It'll pay off. It'll come in hand. stand someone in good stead 置于有利之地, 成为优势, 化为优势 [for something] to be of great use and benefit to someone. to be useful or helpful in the future His recommendation will stand you in good stead when you apply for a job. I
know that my large vocabulary will always stand me in good stead at
college. Any experience you can get in dealing with the public will
stand you in good stead no matter what line of work you go into. His outstanding background in manufacturing and operations will stand him in good stead for the challenges ahead. to one's advantage 化为己用, 为自己所用 If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you. The government have not been able to turn today's demonstration to their advantage. 关于女王生日: The Queen traditionally celebrates her official birthday in June when the weather can be balmy ( I. 暖和的. 温暖宜人的. warm and pleasant. a balmy night. balmy weather. II. old-fashioned crazy. ) rather than in April, the month of her actual birth. The day began on a sombre = somber 有点严肃 note ( [ˈsɒmbə(r)] I. serious, or sad. the sombre tone in her voice. II. dark in colour, especially grey or black. ) when Elizabeth and Philip observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of the horrific Grenfell Tower fire. dichotomy [daɪˈkɒt.ə.mi] a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things: There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. usually in singular A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism. 采访中的句子Grant Hackett: someone having a public profile 公众人物. Let me close off the conversation 说完(这件事) about my husband. GRANT Hackett has bared his soul in the wake of a string of controversies that have tarnished ( Your memory is a bit tarnished 记忆有点受损, 记忆有点模糊 there. I. if metal tarnishes 失去光泽, 暗淡无光, or if something tarnishes it, it starts to lose color and become less shiny. II. if something tarnishes your reputation or image, it makes people have a worse opinion of you than they did before. ) the Olympic champion's reputation. Kim Kardashian slams haters in foul-mouthed tweet. Kim Kardashian slams Caitlyn Jenner's memoir. Kim Kardashian slams Caitlyn Jenner's 'unfair' and 'hurtful' memoir. 'I wish her all the success in the world, but not at our expense'. taking the piss 闹着玩, 说着玩的, 开玩笑. 说笑(Taking the piss is a Commonwealth term meaning to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be unreasonable. It is often used to mean (or confused with) taking the piss out of 逗弄, 逗趣, 逗他, 逗你玩( to say something to try to make someone look silly. His friends were taking the piss out of him. ), which is an expression meaning to mock, tease, ridicule, or scoff. It is also not to be confused with "taking a piss", which refers to the act of urinating. Taking the Mickey (Mickey Bliss, Cockney rhyming slang) or taking the Michael is another term for making fun of someone. These terms are most widely used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.) I. to do/say something without intent. II. to do/say something for the hell of it. III. joking. Making fun of something or someone. To tease, ridicule or mock
(someone). To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or
to show contempt. Hey, Jim, you're fat. No, I'm not! Naw, you're not really fat; I was just taking the piss. Is Lola being serious or is she just taking the piss? IV. to say or do something that annoys people because they think it is unreasonable. £5 for a cup of coffee! They're taking the piss! Etymology: Possibly from piss-proud. Figuratively, to be piss-proud is to have false pride, thus taking the piss out of is to deflate their false pride, usually through disparagement or mockery. As the piss-proud metaphor became dated, taking the piss out of someone came to refer to disparagement or mockery itself, regardless of the pride of the subject. Eventually the shortened, intransitive form taking the piss became common. piss proud I. (Britain, vulgar) Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or "empty" erection. II. (Britain, vulgar) (by extension) Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality. 5. imbecile [ˈɪmbəsi:l; -saɪl]; US: [ˈimbəsəl] informal a stupid person. stupid; idiotic. "try not to make imbecile remarks". You are dead set imbecile 十足的混蛋. be off your head I. mainly uk informal to be crazy: You must be off your head going out in this weather! II. uk to not be in control of your behavior because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs: Hannah was off her head as usual. Deadbeat parent 只管生不管养的父母 is a pejorative term referring to parents of any gender who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities, especially when they evade court-ordered child support obligations or custody arrangements. The gender-specific deadbeat dad and deadbeat mom are commonly used to refer to men and women who have fathered or mothered a child and intentionally fail to pay child support ordered by a family law court or statutory agency such as the Child Support Agency. inhibition UK, AU 不发h, US 发[h] [ɪnɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n] 羞涩一扫而空, 矜持一扫而空 I. a feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. "the children, at first shy, soon lost their inhibitions". II. the action of inhibiting a process. Once you are old or drunk. Your inhibition 内心崩的那根线, 那根弦 fades out. flag I. 疲态尽显. 疲惫. 疲累. If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy. to become tired or weak, or to begin to lack enthusiasm. After a long day, his energy flagged. The conversation was flagging until the mention of her name. His enthusiasm was in no way flagging 消减, 减退. By 4,000m he was beginning to flag. II. to mark something so that you will be able to find it again I flagged any words I didn't know. III. (computing) To signal (an event). The compiler flagged three errors. IV. (computing) To set a program variable to true. Flag the debug option before running the program. flagging becoming weaker, more tired, or less enthusiastic. flagged (flagstone) adj. A flagged path or area of ground is covered with large, flat, square pieces of stone. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard. Flagstones are large, flat, square pieces of stone which are used for covering a path or area of ground. flag down 招手停, 招停 to
wave at the driver of a car so that they stop. If you flag down a
vehicle, especially a taxi, you wave at it as a signal for the driver to
stop. They flagged down a passing family who stopped to help them. Marlette was already out of the door, flagging down a taxi. tourists trying to flag down a cab. flag up 标记
to mention something so that people know about it. If you flag up
something such as a problem, you bring it to someone's attention. To
note, mark or point out for attention. I've
flagged up the need for further investigation into this. Users of the
Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate. Staff can use the noticeboard to flag up any concerns. I think there are more important issues and I just wanted to flag that up. Nouns frequently used as the object of flag up: area of concern, concern, importance, issue, need, problem The specific issues flagged up in the meeting included the need for more staff. lag I. [intransitive] to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or group. Recent opinion polls showed the Republicans to be lagging by 13%. lag behind: Their software tends to lag behind other producers. If one thing or person lags behind another thing or person, their progress is slower than that of the other. Britain
still lags behind most of Europe in its provisions for women who want
time off to have babies. The restructuring of the pattern of consumption
in Britain also lagged behind. He now lags 10 points behind the
champion. They are lagging a point behind their rivals. Hague was
lagging badly in the polls. A time lag or a lag of a particular length of time 延迟了多久 is a period of time between one event and another related event. There's a time lag 时间差, 时延 between infection with HIV and developing 发展成为 AIDS. Price rises have matched rises in the money supply with a lag of two or three months 多长时间的延时. If you're video chatting and it takes her a few extra seconds to answer your questions, you can say: There seems to be a bit of a lag 有一点 延时, 延迟. II. [intransitive] to walk more slowly than someone who you are with. lag behind: Come on, you two, stop lagging behind! III. [transitive] British
to cover water pipes with a special material that stops the water from
freezing in cold weather. If you lag 隔热, 保暖, 涂保温层 the inside of a roof, a pipe, or a
water tank, you cover it with a special material in order to prevent
heat escaping from it or to prevent it from freezing. If
you have to take the floorboards up, take the opportunity to lag any
pipes at the same time. Water tanks should be well lagged and the roof
well insulated. Lagging 保温层, 保温材料 is special material which
is used to cover pipes, water tanks, or the inside of a roof so that
heat does not escape from them or so they do not freeze. time lag 时延, 延时 A time lag is a fairly long interval of time between one event and another related event that happens after it. ...the time-lag between theoretical research and practical applications. latent [ˈleɪtənt] adj something that is latent is present but hidden, and may develop or become more noticeable in the future. The virus remains latent 病毒潜伏, 还没有发病 (with a median incubation period of 5 to 6 days. incubation period 潜伏期) in the body for many years. latent aggression. something that is latent exists but is not obvious and has not developed yet. a latent infection 潜藏的, 潜伏的, 休眠期的. latent 暗藏的 内心的 anger/ aggression/ violence.
Latent is used to describe something which is hidden and not obvious at
the moment, but which may develop further in the future. Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message. latent time 迟滞期, 滞缓期, 反应时间 (time lag 时延) (latency, reaction time) psychology the time from the onset of a stimulus to that of the response. latent demand 滞后需求, 不能满足的需求 ECONOMICS, MARKETING
demand for a product or service that a consumer cannot satisfy because
they do not have enough money, because the product or service is not
available, or because they do not know that it is available: New facilities
were built just because the funds were there, rather than to fulfil any
latent demand. A latent demand for smartphones saw sales climb as the
recession eased. latent defect 不明显的缺陷 a defect or problem with a product, property, etc. that is hard to notice and may not be noticed before it is bought: When buying real estate, a cracked foundation is a serious latent defect that should be avoided. latency
I. the state of existing but not being obvious or developed. the fact
of being present but needing particular conditions to become active,
obvious, or completely developed: The latency period for the cancer is 15 years. They measured the latency of the brain's response to a stimulus. II. computing
迟滞. 滞缓. 滞后. a measurement of delay in a system, especially the length
of time it takes computer information to get from one place to another. ), we can talk about their wedding. 5. Bert: Sorry again for barging in ( barge in 闯进来, 冲进来 to enter a room suddenly and noisily, usually interrupting someone in a rude way. The kids just barge in without knocking. barge in on: He just barged in on us in the middle of a meeting. dry up I. informal 没话说. 无话可说. 无话可聊 (lagging conversation. run out of conversation. Well, and his fiancée will be there, so you know, if the conversation lags, we can talk about their wedding. Leonard: Honestly? It's a little strange having dinner with your ex-boyfriend, and it's not like we have a lot to talk about. Penny: What? He loves you, okay? And he's interested in your work. You could talk about the infinite perspective… I swear I know it. Leonard: It'll be fine, let's just go. Penny: Well, and his fiancée will be there, so you know, if the conversation lags, we can talk about their wedding. If the conversation is lagging, it's best to change subjects.... a lagging conversation 话题干掉, 冷场, 谈话冷掉, 聊天变得无趣, 无话可说, 无话可谈
is that the speakers are running out of interesting or worthwhile
things to say; hence, the conversation is getting slower and more boring. run out of conversations (things to say, topics) 无话可谈, 没有话题了, 无话可说. flag I. to mark something so that you will be able to find it again. I flagged 标记 any words I didn't know. II. If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy. to become tired or weak, or to begin to lack enthusiasm. After a long day, his energy flagged. The conversation was flagging until the mention of her name. His enthusiasm was in no way flagging. By 4,000m he was beginning to flag. Well, and his fiancée will be there, so you know, if the conversation lags, we can talk about their wedding. flagged adj. A flagged path or area of ground is covered with large, flat, square pieces of stone. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard. ). cease talking. To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say. If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next. If you ask her what she's good at she will dry up after two minutes. This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment. "then he dried up, and Phil couldn't get another word out of him". II. (of something perceived as a continuous flow or source) decrease and stop. To cease to exist; to disappear. If a supply of something dries up, it stops. 供应减少. 供给减少. 供应跟不上. Jobseekers facing coronavirus cash crisis as savings dry up 用完, 用尽 weeks before support will arrive. Investment could dry up 投资变少, 投资锐减 and that could cause the economy to falter 停步, 停滞不前. Credit from foreign banks is drying up. The company laid off 65,000 workers after commercial-jet orders dried up 订单不再, 订单变少. When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs. "his commissions began to dry up". III. To cause to become dry. If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain. Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land. The fountain is reputed never to dry up. ...a dried-up 干枯的, 干涸的 river bed. a. If something dries up or if something dries it up, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard. Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets. ...a tuft or two of dried-up grass. A raisin is a dried up grape. IV. To deprive someone of (something vital). The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales. drying up When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed. Usage notes: dry out refers to losing excess water, while dry up is used for losing constituent water (desiccate). all that remains 唯一留下的, 唯一剩下的, 硕果仅存, 仅剩的: to be left after the removal, loss, destruction, etc., of all else: a cloister is all that remains of the monastery. The front wall is all that remains of the fort. unreachable 联系不到的, 联系不上的 Unable to be reached or contacted. an unreachable shelf. the doctor had left the hospital and was unreachable. She's like a goddess, unreachable 遥不可及的 untouchable 不敢猥亵的, 不敢稍有妄想的. come from a good place = come from the right place = have one's heart in the right place 出于好意, 好心, 没有恶意 (idiomatic) To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions. get a kick/charge out of (idiomatic) To be delighted by; to be amused by. to enjoy something very much. After 10 years in Sydney, I still get a kick out of it every time I drive past the harbor bridge. This book is just the kind you like and you'll get a real kick out of it. I really got a kick out of that clown's juggling act. pretend 假扮的, 过家家的 adj. imaginary. This word is used mainly by children or when speaking to children. imaginary or not real – used especially by children We sang songs around a pretend campfire. We're building a pretend rocket to the moon. Lynn and Mandy are passing round pretend cakes. pretend otherwise (=pretend that something is not true): I know you hate my haircut, so it's no good pretending otherwise. pretend something: It was useless to pretend innocence. pretend to be someone/something: The little girl was pretending to be a lion. pretend to something: He's never pretended to any great knowledge of art. pretend [prɪˈtend] to deliberately behave as though something is true when it is not, either for fun or to deceive someone Mark closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. She shouted but he pretended that he hadn’t heard her. act to behave in a particular way – often used when saying that someone is pretending that something is true, when it is not. Paul acted as if nothing was wrong. She always acts like she's pleased to see me, but I'm sure she's not. He enjoyed acting the fool (=pretending to be stupid) and couldn't care less about his studies. The boy acted all innocent and said that he knew nothing about the money. I tried to act the good housewife when I got married. make out something informal to pretend that something is true, in order to avoid doing something or to deceive someone I didn't want to go, so I made out I was busy. She always makes out that she doesn't have any money. be putting it on 装出来的 informal to be pretending to be ill, hurt etc, especially in order to avoid doing something, or to make other people feel sympathy for you. She's not really upset, she's just putting it on 装给你看的, 装给人看的, 故意的. feign interest/surprise/ignorance/illness etc formal to pretend that you are interested, surprised etc. 'Oh really!' he said, trying to feign interest. Sometimes it's best just to feign ignorance (=pretend that you do not know). keep up appearances to pretend that your life is happy and successful, especially when you have suffered some kind of trouble or loss. Although we were poor, our family always tried to keep up appearances.She did her best to keep up appearances after her husband left her. to pretend to be someone or something impersonate to copy the way that a famous person speaks and behaves, in order to entertain people, or to pretend to have an official job, in order to trick people He's brilliant at impersonating the president. It's illegal to impersonate a police officer. pose as somebody to pretend to be someone else, especially someone in an official position, so that it is easier for you to do something bad or illegal He posed as a doctor to gain access to the hospital. There have been cases of thieves posing as telephone engineers. masquerade as somebody/something disapproving to pretend to be someone or something else – used especially when saying that someone or something is not who they claim to be Their advertisements are always full of people in white coats masquerading as scientists.It’s not real news – it's government propaganda masquerading as news.
Rebel Wilson's battle against defamation: Let's just rewind 回顾 for a second though. Rebel wasn't disputing the age published in the Woman's Day article, rather she said that she personally never lied to anyone about her age or origin story. In the witness box, she told the court she never lied about her age, but had stopped disclosing it to journalists when she moved to Hollywood in 2009. "I would say my standard response, a lady never tells," Rebel said. Presumably, she also just let lie ( let it/things lie 置之不理, 听之任之 to not do or say anything because you might make a difficult situation worse. to take no action about something: Instead of going to the police they let things lie for a couple of months. let sleeping dogs lie To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past. Eventually, they decided it would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the matter any further. Usage notes: This verb functions as a proverb when used in the imperative mood. let nature take its course 任其自然发展 (idiomatic) To permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference. benign neglect (set phrase, often politics or public policy) A policy or strategy of deliberately taking no action concerning an issue, challenging situation, or other problem in the belief that this course will ultimately result in the best outcome possible. ) the incorrect information that was already out there. And while being painted as a serial liar is never ideal, staying quiet on one particular fact (your age) in an industry fuelled by rampant ageism kind of nauseates me. You see, Rebel had an opportunity to boldly come clean about her age as her Hollywood star began to rise following 2012's Pitch Perfect. Thing is, she didn't. And I'm pretty sure if other women found themselves in the same pickle, they wouldn't either. And that's a problem. Like many before her, it probably felt too far gone(Someone or something that is far gone is in such a bad state or condition that not much can be done to help or improve them. In his last few days the pain seemed to have stopped, but by then he was so far gone that it was no longer any comfort.) to publicly correct the numerous articles that had her incorrect age (there's a lot), IMDB, and various other websites that were going off the information that was already out there. After all, she was onto a damn good thing. By 2014, her character Fat Amy had been confirmed for Pitch Perfect 2, and she was settling into Hollywood as the hilarious, unlikely outcast -- from Australia, no less! The idea that her true age may have jeopardised her newfound fame is, unfortunately, kind of reasonable. So, we can imagine, Rebel was in a bind. Correct the widely-held belief that she was in her 20s and risk losing prime roles in a unjustly ageist industry -- or keep quiet and hope Hollywood focused on her talent rather than digging up dirt on her birth year. Write a blog, or be a guest on somebody's podcast -- whatever -- just choose a platform where she could detail all the pressures that exist in showbiz, in particular Hollywood's gender problem -- that sees the percentage of speaking roles for women wane after they hit 31 -- and continue to drastically diminish 急剧减少, 急剧消失 with each decade they age. Rebel had already proven herself to be a hilarious, bankable on-screen force -- even as a *gasp* woman in her thirties. What a statement it would have been on the heels of 紧跟着 Woman's Day's expose for Rebel to say, "You know what? Yes. I'm in my 30s, and I'm at the top of my game. Hollywood, you should hire more thirty-something and beyond women to do the same. Oh, and sorry you all misunderstood my age before, but this is who I am and I'm going to own it now." Tell the truth. Make a joke. Then, join all the other women (and men) who are currently fighting to write a new chorus in Hollywood -- and in society as a whole -- that says women getting older actually isn't all that big of a deal. Because, it's not.
伦敦大火: Independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for an "urgent" audit into cladding ( a covering or coating on a structure or material. "timber cladding". Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide skin or layer intended to control the infiltration of weather elements, or for aesthetic purposes. Cladding does not necessarily have to provide a waterproof condition but is instead a control element.) used in Australian high-rises in the wake of the London fire. Cladding believed to have been used in a recent renovation of the London tower is similar to that found partly responsible for a fire that ripped through a Melbourne apartment block in 2014. At least 12 people are dead and dozens injured after an inferno 炼狱 trapped sleeping residents in the Grenfell Tower block in north Kensington on Wednesday morning. Mr Xenophon said the incident was a wake-up call for developments in Australia. We need to act. For anyone who lives or works in a high-rise building, there needs to be immediate reassurance that it is either compliant 符合规定, 符合规范, 符合标准的 or fire retardant 不易燃的 ( (chiefly of a synthetic or treated fabric or substance) not readily susceptible to fire. "fire-retardant polymers". n. a fabric or substance that prevents or inhibits something, especially the outbreak of fire. "a brand of fire retardant". A fire retardant is a substance that reduces flammability of fuels or delays their combustion. This includes chemical agents, but may also include substances that work by physical action, such as cooling the fuels, such as fire-fighting foams and fire-retardant gels. Fire retardants may also be coatings applied to an object, such as a spray retardant to prevent Christmas trees from burning. Fire retardants are commonly used in fire fighting. Because of the importance of prevention, fire retardation has become a very notable industry. The term Flame retardants 阻止或延缓火势蔓延的化学物质 subsumes a diverse group of chemicals which are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings. Flame retardants inhibit or delay the spread of fire by suppressing the chemical reactions in the flame or by the formation of a protective layer on the surface of a material. They may be mixed with the base material (additive flame retardants) or chemically bonded to it (reactive flame retardants). Mineral flame retardants are typically additive while organohalogen and organophosphorus compounds can be either reactive or additive.). If it is not compliant, we need to do something about it very quickly. The Chinese-manufactured Alucobest cladding on the Lacrosse building in Docklands caught fire after a cigarette butt ignited the blaze on a six-floor balcony. CSIRO tests found the cladding was non-compliant with combustibility requirements 不符合消防要求 for a high-rise building and contributed to the spread of the fire to all 23 floors in 11 minutes. Following the Docklands fire, a senate inquiry into non-conforming 不合要求的, 不合规定的 ( That does not conform, for example to cultural norms, official regulations, or the rules of an established church. The lot will become more nonconforming with respect to that particular development standard. gender non-conforming [kənˈfɔrmɪŋ] behaving in ways that do not match the ways in which males or females are expected to behave. The report reveals that transgender and gender non-conforming people face injustice in many places. nonconformist [ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪst] someone who does not accept the ways of thinking or behaving accepted by most other people in their society or group. ) building products was held in June 2015. Evidence from the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade indicated "it was more luck than design that lives were not lost". We have grave concerns about the use of non-compliant product and that it may result in disastrous loss of life, and we cannot tell you when the next event is going to happen. This is a modern building, constructed within the last five years. It has been a valid assumption, up until now, that newer buildings are relatively safe and probably safer than old ones. From a fire services perspective, right now, I cannot guarantee that. Mr Xenophon described the evidence heard from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade as "chilling and disturbing". "If our firefighters are saying that their jobs are being made extremely difficult from this inflammable cladding, we need to act with urgency," he said. He also pointed to the widespread prevalence of ACCC-recalled electrical cabling known as the 'Infinity Cable' that progress reports indicate is installed in up to 22,000 Australian homes. The Senate Committee is due to report on non-conforming building products in October this year.
