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用法学习: 1. 泰国人遇害: The body was found in a roadside water culvert 涵洞( [ˈkʌlvərt] a very wide pipe that carries water under a road or railroad line.) wrapped in a material before forensics and homicide officers were called to the scene and it was taken to Glebe City morgue. The body was bound and gagged, wrapped in plastic and covered in a mattress protector. 美国退出人权委员会: Mrs Haley described the council as a "protector of human rights abusers and cesspool = cesspit ( I. 粪池, 粪坑. an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage. A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow. II. a disgusting or corrupt place. "they should clean out their own political cesspool". ) of political bias" and accused the body of "politicising and scapegoating countries with positive human rights records." We've made no secret of the fact that the UK wants to see reform of the human rights council, but we are committed to working to strengthen the council from within 从内部," he said. "Britain's support for the human rights council remains steadfast 坚定不移的支持, 不动摇. It is the best tool the international community has to address impunity 豁免 ( [ɪmˈpjuːnət] exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action. freedom from any risk of being punished for doing something wrong or bad. The security forces seem to be able to abuse human rights with impunity. "the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings") in an imperfect world and to advance many of our international goals. "That's why we will continue to support and champion it." 2. I take it 我的理解: You can say 'I take it' to check with someone that what you believe to be the case or what you understand them to mean is in fact the case, or is in fact what they mean. I take it you're a friend of the Kellings, Mr Burr. I take it that neither of you reads 'The Times'. 'You've no objection, I take it?'—'Of course not.' get on someone's case (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize. His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room. take something up with someone 提起, 提一下 to begin discussing a subject with someone: You'll have to take this up with the head of the department. dreary [ˈdrɪəri] 阴郁, 暗淡无光 adj depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive. "the dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep" Every one is dreary in the winter. 小个子: Short stature (dwarf, midget) refers to a height of a human being which is below typical. ... In a medical context, short stature is typically defined as an adult height that is more than two standard deviations below the mean for age and gender, which corresponds to the shortest 2.3% of individuals. crack onto someone to try to start a conversation with someone because you are sexually attracted to them. To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc. I tried to crack onto him 示爱, 套磁, 套近乎, 示好, 追. But he was having none of it 不吃那一套, 不为所动, 无动于衷. won't have a bar of 一点不容忍,  = wouldn't have a bar of Australian and New Zealand informal cannot tolerate; dislike. chat up (transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person. Have you been chatting up my girlfriend? He spent all evening chatting her up. hit on I. (transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc. That's the third guy that has hit on her tonight. Guys are hitting on them almost all the time. II. (transitive, idiomatic) To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize. He hit on a great idea for improving the design. 3. pantsman Pants man is Australian slang for a promiscuous male, a seducer or stud. Used to describe a charming, handsome man who likes a piece of ass and will do anything to get his beautiful hands on it. Since used to describe Brett on K&K can also mean a real ladies man, but also a man you can take to see your mother. Oh, what a pantsman. A real charming spunk rat if I ever saw one. reel in something/someone to get control of something or someone, sometimes by offering something in exchange: The article offers tips on how computer users can avoid being reeled in by internet hustlers. reel something off Say or recite something very rapidly and without apparent effort. She proceeded to reel off the various dishes of the day. rail against someone or something to complain vehemently about someone or something. Why are you railing against me? What did I do? Leonard is railing against the tax increase again. Fireplace = wood burner 壁炉 (furnace). (a large enclosed container in which you burn fuel, used for heating a building or for an industrial process such as making metal liquid. like a furnace if a place is like a furnace, it is hot in a very unpleasant way. wiki: A furnace is a device used for high-temperature heating. In American English and Canadian English usage, the term furnace refers to the household heating systems based upon a central furnace, otherwise known either as a boiler, or a heater in British English. Furnace may also be a synonym for kiln, a device used in the production of ceramics. A kiln 烧砖窑 ([kɪln] or [kɪl]] originally pronounced "kill", with the "n" silent) is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay into pottery, tiles and bricks. Various industries use rotary kilns for pyroprocessing—to calcinate ores, to calcinate limestone to lime for cement, and to transform many other materials.) A chimney is a structure that provides ventilation for hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere. If you can only marry people within your religious community, the pool would be very small 没什么可选项, 可选的少(fish, pond). 4. 美国牧师杀妻案: Cottage Grove Detective Randy McAlister discovered "DogDayGod" also attempted to buy the anti-nausea drug Scopolamine on a Dark Net site called "Dream Market."  In heavy doses 大剂量, the drug can make people disoriented and extremely compliant 无比顺从的, 听话的.  The autopsy revealed Amy had been given 20 times the therapeutic dose of Scopolamine. Allwine did not take the stand in his own defense during the trial. His defense attorney said they spoke exhaustively 经过多方面考虑的, 全面考量的 ( examining, including, or considering all elements or aspects; fully comprehensive. "she has undergone exhaustive tests since becoming ill". ) about the decision. Allwine's rambling and disjointed 前言不搭后语的, 不连贯的 ( [dɪsˈdʒɔɪntəd] confusing because the different parts seem not to be connected with each other. ) eight-minute statement before sentencing represents his only public comments. The salacious nature (expressing sexual interest, or containing too much sexual detail. salacious gossip) of the case has attracted the interest of news networks like CBS's "48 Hours," NBC's "Dateline," and CNN. Besa Mafia, however, was not actually an outfit ( I. a set of clothes that are worn together. I need a new outfit for the wedding. II. informal an organization, especially a small business. Is this a nationwide company, or a local outfit?) of Albanian contract killers 合同杀人, 雇凶杀人, 买凶杀人(hitman. hit杀人. ). It was a ruse. "We have zero information at this point that any of the hits that were ordered on that website were actually carried out," a Minnesota detective told Fox 9. "In fact there is pretty good evidence, I think, that it was just a scam." "Dogdaygod" paid the site at least $6000 in bitcoin to arrange Amy Allwine's death, prosecutors say. The user provided details of her movements. But the hit never happened. The medical examiner also found swimming in Amy's system a large amount of scopolamine, a nausea treatment that can incapacitate 失去行为能力 someone who takes high doses. She had no prescription for the drug. Gunshot residue was found on Stephen's right hand. 5. jehovah's witness: They consider secular 界外人士, 世俗的人 society ( [ˈsekjələr] not religious, or not connected with religion. He was the first of the country's secular rulers. religious and secular matters. ) to be morally corrupt and under the influence of Satan, and most limit their social interaction with non-Witnesses. UCG (United church of God) holds that the Roman Catholic church and most Protestant denominations today have mistakenly 错误的 syncretized various pagan doctrines and practices. For example, UCG teaches that the ancient pagan origins of traditional Christian celebrations (especially Christmas, Halloween, Easter, and Valentine's Day) render them inappropriate for true Christians. Nontrinitarian belief(Nontrinitarianism 非三位一体说 is a form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity—the teaching that God is three distinct hypostases or persons who are coeternal, coequal, and indivisibly united in one being, or essence (from the Greek ousia). Certain religious groups that emerged during the Protestant Reformation have historically been known as antitrinitarian, but are not considered Protestant in popular discourse due to their nontrinitarian nature.), i.e., that the Holy Spiritis the spirit/power of God and of Christ Jesus rather than a separate person in the Godhead. God 'the Father' and Jesus Christ are viewed as two distinct beings in the 'God family,' united in purpose only. fundamentalism fʌndəˈmɛnt(ə)lɪz(ə)m] a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture. the belief that the original laws of a religion should be followed very strictly and not be changed. "there was religious pluralism there at a time when the rest of Europe was torn by fundamentalism" strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline. the belief of some Christians that every word in the Bible is exactly true. "free-market fundamentalism". 6. eschew[esˈtʃu] to avoid doing something, especially for moral reasons. to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up: We won't have discussions with this group unless they eschew violence. Usage notes: The verb eschew is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible. An escrow 担保金, 保证金 is a contractual arrangement in which a third party receives and disburses money or documents for the primary transacting parties, with the disbursement dependent on conditions agreed to by the transacting parties, or an account established by a broker for holding funds on behalf of the broker's principal or some other person until the consummation or termination of a transaction; or, a trust account held in the borrower's name to pay obligations such as property taxes and insurance premiums. The fund would be held in escrow until the job is done to the customer's satisfaction. cursory [ˈkɜrsəri] 简单地, 随便的 quick and not thorough. A cursory examination did not reveal any problems. He only conducted a cursory search of the pond, which recovered nothing. rudimentary = rudimental 潦草的, 简单的 basic, and not detailed or developed They only did a rudimentary search of the pond. 6. Queen B的女儿: Footage of the six-year-old's mortified response to her parents' antics has gone viral after it was shared on Instagram by Sara Emerson, a British Ticketmaster employee who was at the concert at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The clip shows Blue grimacing [grɪmeɪs, grɪməs)] 扭曲的脸, 脸抽抽着. 抽着脸. 板着脸 ( [ˈɡrɪməs] [ɡrɪˈmeɪs] to make an ugly expression by twisting your face, for example because you are in pain or do not like something. If you grimace, you twist your face in an ugly way because you are annoyed, disgusted, or in pain. She started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow. She grimaced at Cerezzi, then turned to Brenda. He took another drink of his coffee. 'Awful,' he said with a grimace. ) and looking disgusted until, unable to take any more, she covers her eyes and ducks down behind a barricade [bærɪkeɪd] 路障 ( I. A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest. Large areas of the city have been closed off by barricades set up by the demonstrators. II. If you barricade something such as a road or an entrance, you place a barricade or barrier across it, usually to stop someone getting in. The rioters barricaded streets 挡住路, 封路 with piles of blazing tyres. The doors had been barricaded. blazing [ˈbleɪzɪŋ] I. burning very strongly. Firefighters surrounded the blazing building. II. very hot because the sun is shining strongly. a blazing hot day in July. III. very bright. a blazing sunset. IV. showing a lot of anger or emotion. the blazing fury in his eyes. a blazing row [raʊ] a very angry argument.  ) until it's safe to look again. sundry [ˈsʌndri] 各色的, 各式各样的 of various kinds; several. prawn and garlic vol-au-vents and sundry other delicacies. [in] the still of the night/evening 寂静的夜里 the part of the night when everything is very quiet and nothing is happening. No longer are her anxious snorts heard in the still of the night. omen [ˈoʊmən] 征兆, 迹象 a sign that you believe shows whether good or bad things will happen in the future. I hope the rainbow is an omen of what's to come. bad/good omen: He was convinced that seeing the black cat was a bad omen. Or is it an ominous [ˈɒmɪnəs] omen? ominous [ˈɒmɪnəs] 不详的 making you think that something bad will happen. There was an ominous silence. claim (something) for (oneself or something) 据为己有 I. To declare something as one's property or jurisdiction. You can't have his potato chips—I already claimed them for myself 先下手为强! Do you think he might actually claim the throne for himself? After the battle, the victorious country claimed the contested area for itself. II. To officially request money as repayment for damages. I can't believe he's claiming thousands of dollars for repairs when I barely dented his fender. claim something for someone or something to declare rights to or control of something for someone, or that something is the property of someone, a group, or a nation. The small country claimed the mountainous area for itself. Roger claimed all the rest of the ice cream for himself. Vaginal flatulence (fanny fart = queefing) is an emission or expulsion of air from the vagina. ... The sound is somewhat comparable to flatulence from the anus but does not involve waste gases and thus often does not have a specific odor associated. Slang terms for vaginal flatulence include vart, queef, and fanny fart (mostly British). 7. dash I. [countable] [usually singular] a small amount of a substance added to food or drink to give it a special flavor. A dash of vinegar. dash of 少许的: Add a dash of soy sauce for that authentic Chinese taste. a. a small amount of an interesting or unusual quality that something contains or has added to it. dash of: A dash of glamour was supplied by the presence of a couple of minor TV celebrities. II. [singular] an act of running or going somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry. make a dash for someone/something: She made a sudden dash for the door. make a dash for it (=run very quickly to escape or reach a place): He looked at his guards and wondered whether he should make a dash for it. III. [countable] the symbol –, used in writing to separate different parts of a sentence. IV. [countable] informal the dashboard of a car. V. [countable] 冲刺. a short race in which people run as fast as they can. the hundred yard dash. a mad dash/rush a situation in which you are hurrying to do something because you do not have much time. It was a mad rush to get everything done in time. dash someone's hopes to make it impossible for someone to do what they hoped to do. Hopes for an early economic recovery have now been dashed. I must dash/I have to dash used for saying that you must leave quickly because you are in a hurry. v. I. [intransitive] to run or go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry. Maria came dashing down the stairs. dash into/out of/across etc.: I dashed out into the street, still in my pajamas. II. [transitive] to throw or hit something very violently onto a surface, usually so that it breaks. dash something against/onto/to etc.: He picked up a glass and dashed it against the wall. a. [intransitive] if water dashes against something, it hits it violently. dash against: Huge waves dashed against the side of the boat. Auction sniping is the practice, in a timed online auction, of placing a bid likely to exceed the current highest bid (which may be hidden) as late as possible—usually seconds before the end of the auction—giving other bidders no time to outbid the sniper. This can be done manually, by software on the bidder's computer, or by an online sniping service. A bid sniper (often, merely called a sniper) is a person, or software agent, that performs auction sniping. tell on someone to someone 告状 infml to give information about someone's bad behavior or secrets: If you don't stop hitting, I'm going to tell on you. Milk is spoilt 牛奶都坏了, 牛奶都馊了. Thanks for coming on such short notice. Having a lesser mind 不聪明的人(lesser minds) means being less capable of deliberate thought, planning, and conscious will, but also less prone to negative mental states such as shame, fear, disgust, and unwanted temptations. Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. the lesser of two evils (a lesser evil) The less offensive of two undesirable options. Both options are unpalatable, but the lesser of two evils, in this case, is selling the house. Polls show that the candidate is not well-liked, but is viewed as the lesser of two evils. semi- US [semi] UK & AU [semaɪ]. take [transitive] used in particular phrases meaning to eat or drink something, especially regularly. take milk/sugar/lemon 咖啡加糖, 咖啡加牛奶: Do you take milk in your coffee? take food (=eat): They are refusing to take food. a. to put a drug or medicine into your body. Take two aspirins and go to bed. No more than four pills should be taken in 24 hours. Note: You eat food and drink drinks, but you take liquid or solid medicine: She took a pill for her headache.You have to keep taking your antibiotic. II. 穿鞋的鞋码 [transitive] used for talking about the size of clothes or shoes that someone wears. What size shoes do you take? III. [transitive] to use a product regularly. Which newspaper do you take? IV. [transitive] to think about someone or something in a particular way. He tries hard, but I just can’t take him seriously. take something as a compliment/an insult: She took his remarks as a compliment. take something as an omen/a sign: They took the rainbow as a sign from their god. take something as proof/evidence of something: We can't take his silence as proof of his guilt. V. to understand someone's words or actions in a particular way. He took her remark literally. take someone to mean something: I took you to mean that you'd be there early. something should not be taken to imply/indicate something: This statistic should not, of course, be taken to imply that female listeners lack intelligence. take it (that) used for saying that you expect that the person who you are talking to knows something or will do something. I take it you’ve heard about Ben and Carol splitting up. take something the wrong way (=be offended): Don't take this the wrong way – I'm just trying to help. VI. [intransitive] if a process takes, it is successful. The vaccination didn't take properly. I don't think your cuttings will take in this soil. take something over something to prefer something to something My teenage son is very much into gaming, but I'll take that over him sexting girls. take up something I. to accept an offer or a challenge (=an offer to fight or compete) that someone has made to you. Schools are taking up the offer of cut-price computers. One of our greatest athletes has taken up a new challenge. II. to continue to discuss or deal with an idea, problem, or suggestion. She fell silent, and her brother took up the story. Mrs Pankhurst took up the cause of women's rights. III. to start doing something regularly as a habit, job, or interest. 开始喝酒, 开始抽烟, 开始酗酒 I took up smoking when I was at school. Chris has taken up jogging. take up a post/position: The new surgeon will take up her post in May. take up arms 诉诸武力 formal to start a battle using weapons. Would you be willing to take up arms for this cause? take-up 接受  the number of people who accept or buy something that is offered, for example by a government or a company. take-up rate 接受率: The percentage of persons who are eligible for some benefit or compensation who take advantage of it. The take-up rate may refer, for example, to persons eligible for a portion of a class action judgment or persons who qualify for some government assistance. 7. loosey-goosey [luːsɪˈɡuːsi] adjective NORTH AMERICAN informal relaxed and comfortable. note: I. When you are casual and relaxed about the way you account for your money, this is an example of a time when you have loosey-goosey financial habits. II. When you make a halfhearted and careless effort, this is an example of an attempt that would be described as loosey-goosey. everything/anything goes 百无禁忌, 没有什么是不可以的 All things are accepted or acceptable; nothing is off-limits. Everything goes over there in USA. Street fights are especially dangerous because there are no rules to protect your safety—anything goes. Everything is permitted, as in You're wearing sneakers to the office?-Why not? Anything goes these days. This idiom began life as everything goes, which appeared in George Meredith's novel The Egoist (1879). In America anything was the preferred word, which gained further currency with Cole Porter's use of the term as the title of his 1934 song and musical comedy, Anything Goes! nagging I. making you worry or feel pain slightly all the time. nagging feeling/doubt/suspicion etc 挥之不去的, 摆脱不掉的(lingering) There was still a nagging doubt in the back of her mind.  Lee had a nagging pain in her back. II always complaining. a nagging wife. A primer ([ˈpraɪmər]) or undercoat 底漆 is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted. school's out! 学年结束, 放假 (classes are out, classes are over 学期结束. School is over for today 放学了. After we finish school/class, let's go shopping. ) (The students are off 学生离校 = school is off today 今天不上学. If school is over for the year/semester, (per schedule), then school is out; but I would not say "school's out" on a snow day. 说get off work下班, 不说get off school, 而说get out of school. ) The school year has come to an end. school is out for summer. note: "School is out" means classes are over and the students can leave, but "the school is closed for the day" means the all the staff have left, locked the doors, etc. "School is finished for the day" would work..., but sounds very foreign. let out When something that people go to, such as school or a show, lets out, it ends and everyone leaves: When does school let out for the summer? off: Without obligation to or free from something, especially work or school. I'm finally off for my summer vacation! Jonah's off today, he'll be back in the office on Monday. out of hospital/school/college etc used for saying that someone is no longer in hospital/at school etc. He's out of hospital, but he can't go back to work. just/straight out of something (=having recently left): Teachers just out of college are most influenced by fashionable theories. 8. Johnny Depp的花销: And while his $2.43 million annual spend for round-the-clock security is the norm for celebrities of his calibre [ˈkælɪbər] 级别, 体量, keeping a doctor on call for $1.6 million per year appears a tad excessive. plummet: to fall very quickly and suddenly: House prices have plummeted in recent months. Several large rocks were sent plummeting down the mountain. She plummeted to the ground. Hopes plummet even further 希望变得更加渺茫 when news broke out that he hasn't been to school for the day. fall or drop straight down at high speed. "a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully". wardsman 看守 A man who keeps ward; a guard. Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee plays a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab" or "popper"), or ride at a carnival. The term "showie" is used synonymously in Australia. contrast n. I [countable/uncountable] a noticeable difference between people or things. contrast between: the contrast between her life before the accident and now. In contrast to deserts in the south, the northern part of the state is very green. II. [countable] something that is different from something else in a very noticeable way. If one thing is a contrast to another, it is very different from it. The boy's room is a complete contrast to the guest room. [+ to] ...a country of great contrasts. contrast to: The little village was a total contrast to San Francisco. stand/be in contrast to to be very different from something else. Her views stand in stark contrast to those of her colleagues. In some ways they are contrast 截然相反. I like the contrast of the white trousers with the black jacket. The antique furnishing provides an unusual contrast to the modernity of the building. There's a marked contrast between his character and hers. Their economy has expanded, while ours, by/in contrast, has declined. The amount spent on defence is in stark/sharp (= in very noticeable) contrast to that spent on housing and health. I love his use of contrast (= strong differences between light and darkness) in his later photographs. wholesome 健康向上的 I. wholesome food is food that is good for you. wholesome home-cooked meals. II. considered to have a good influence on people, for example because it does not involve sex or drugs. promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit.  wholesome spirit. wholesome family entertainment. The party is hoping her wholesome image will appeal to voters. lose oneself in someone or something 沉迷于 to be thoroughly absorbed in someone or something; to become engrossed in someone or something. to be paying so much attention to something that you do not notice anything else She listened intently to the music, losing herself in its beauty. Frank loses himself in his children when he is at home. When I lose myself in my work, time just rushes by. He could lose herself in drawing for hours. keen I. keen sight, hearing, etc. makes you very good at seeing things, hearing things, etc. keen eyes, keen mind. I have a very keen sense of smell. a. used about someone's mental abilities. a keen mind/brain/intellect. II. mainly literary a keen wind is cold and strong 凛冽的寒风. III. very strong a manager who takes a keen interest in his employees. IV. literary a keen blade is very sharp. V. mainly British wanting to do something, or wanting other people to do something. We are keen to encourage more local employers to work with us. a. mainly British wanting to do something well. The students in this class are all very keen. VI. [only before noun] mainly British very interested in an activity that you do often because you enjoy it. a keen hiker/gardener/amateur astronomer. keen on something interested in something and enjoying it, especially an activity that you do often. All the kids are keen on swimming. a keen eye for something an ability to notice and recognize something. My friend's a tireless shopper with a keen eye for a bargain. 9. Jack or Jacks Australian slang for police officer/s. Can also can be used to describe an informant or an unreliable person. "To go jack on a mate" is the act of betraying associates or implicating them in a crime. A "jack (insert colourful name here)" is someone who is considered not be trusted. Also old slang for CID in Liverpool. epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmi] I. a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type. "she looked the epitome of elegance and good taste". He's a epitome of coward 典型的, 最佳代言人. II. a summary of a written work; an abstract. A scanner 扫描器, 探测器 (also referred to a police scanner, police scanner radio or radio scanner) is a radio receiver that can automatically tune, or scan, two or more discrete frequencies, stopping when it finds a signal on one of them and then continuing to scan other frequencies when the initial transmission ceases. The terms radio scanner or police scanner generally refer to a communications receiver that is primarily intended for monitoring VHF and UHF landmobile radio systems, as opposed to, for instance, a receiver used to monitor international shortwave transmissions. put up a [good] fight/struggle 抗争, 斗争一番, 打斗一场 to work very hard to fight or compete in a difficult situation. Our team put up a good fight. to make a struggle, a fight, etc. (Fixed order.) Did he put up a fight? No, he only put up a bit of a struggle. fight or compete bravely against somebody/ something stronger than you: The team put up a good fight but in the end they were beaten. She won't accept the decision — she’ll put up a fight. accommodating 有求必应的, 合作的, 配合调查的 fitting in with someone's wishes or demands in a helpful way. "we always found the our local branch most accommodating" He has been accommodating to police. used to describe a person who is eager or willing to help other people, for example by changing his or her plans: I'm sure she'll help you - she's always very accommodating. obliging 乐于助人的 willing to help someone An obliging bellboy carried our bags to our room. If you describe someone as obliging, you think that they are willing and eager to be helpful. [old-fashioned, or written, approval] He is an extremely pleasant and obliging man. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. accommodate I. 容纳. [transitive] if a room, building etc can accommodate a particular number of people or things, it has enough space for them He bought a huge house to accommodate his library.  The ballroom can accommodate 400 people. II. [transitive] to provide someone with a place to stay, live, or work. The island was used to accommodate child refugees. III. [transitive] to accept someone's opinions and try to do what they want, especially when their opinions or needs are different from yours. We've made every effort to accommodate your point of view. IV. [intransitive] to get used to a new situation or to make yourself do this accommodate to: Her eyes took a while to accommodate to 适应 the darkness. afford (can not afford something or afford to do something) formal to provide something. If someone or something affords you an opportunity or protection, they give it to you. [formal] This affords us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change. It was a cold room, but it afforded a fine view of the Old City. ...the protection afforded by the police. afford protection/shelter: The vaccination also affords protection against polio. afford someone something: Letters survive that afford us a glimpse into his everyday life. oblige I. [transitive] [usually passive] formal to force someone to do something because it is the law, a rule, or a duty. be/feel obliged to do something: Employers are legally obliged to pay the minimum wage. They felt obliged to offer him hospitality. II. intransitive/transitive] to help someone by doing something that they have asked you to do. The neighbors asked to borrow our ladder, and I duly obliged. happy/glad/willing to oblige 乐意效劳: If there's anything else I can do, I'm always happy to oblige. I would be obliged (if) used when you are asking someone politely to do something. I would be obliged to receive your instructions on this matter. much obliged used for thanking someone politely. I'm much obliged to you. noblesse oblige [noʊˌbles oʊˈbliʒ] the idea that rich people from a high social class should help people who have fewer advantages. be/feel obligated to do something 义不容辞的 if you are obligated to do something, you must do it because it is your duty or it is morally right. The committee is then obligated to take the public's comments into consideration. be/feel obligated to someone 感觉对不起的, 感觉对不住的, 欠某人的, 亏欠的 to feel that you owe someone something because of what they have done for you She felt obligated to him because of what he had done for her. 10. fare I. [countable] the money that you pay for a trip She had argued with a cab driver after refusing to pay her fare. air/bus/train/taxi fare: Have you given the kids their bus fare? II. [countable] a passenger in a taxi. I'm going to pick up a fare 乘客 from the station. III. [uncountable] formal the type of food that is available, especially in a restaurant or café. More traditional fare can be found at the Plaka restaurant. IV. [singular/uncountable] mainly journalism used for referring to what someone or something usually does or has. The magazine contained the usual fare of celebrity romances and beauty tips. A police van (also known as a paddy wagon, patrol wagon, Black Maria or police carrier) is a type of vehicle operated by police forces. Police vans are usually employed for the transportation of prisoners inside a specially adapted cell in the vehicle, or for the rapid transportation of a number of officers to an incident. The Divisional Van is one of the many vehicles Victoria Police officers use to patrol our streets. The great thing about this van is that it has a special area at the back of it which can hold people who have been arrested. The Divisional van has lots of cool features which help police while they are taking a prisoner back to the police station. A police car (also called a police cruiser, cop car, prowler, squad car, radio car or radio mobile patrol (RMP) ) is a ground vehicle used by police for transportation during patrols and to enable them to respond to incidents and chases. Typical uses of a police car include transporting officers so they can reach the scene of an incident quickly, transporting and temporarily detaining suspects in the back seats, as a location to use their police radio or laptop or to patrol an area, all while providing a visible deterrent to crime. Some police cars are specially adapted for certain locations (e.g. traffic duty on busy roads) or for certain operations (e.g. to transport police dogs or bomb squads). Police cars typically have rooftop flashing lights, a siren, and emblems or markings indicating that the vehicle is a police car. Some police cars may have reinforced bumpers and alley lights, for illuminating darkened alleys. Terms for police cars include (police) cruiser, squad car, area car and patrol car. In some places, a police car may also be informally known as a cop car, a black and white, a cherry top, a gumball machine, a jam sandwich or panda car. Depending on the configuration of the emergency lights and livery, a police car may be considered a marked or unmarked unit. 11. flex I. to tighten your muscles or bend part of your body 收紧肌肉, 弯曲肌肉. clench your fists/teeth/jaw etc to hold your hands, teeth etc together tightly, usually because you feel angry or determined (因愤怒或下决心) 握紧拳头/咬紧牙关等. 攥紧拳头. 咬紧牙关 Jody was pacing the sidelines, her fists clenched. This is a passage from a novel: Neal had both hands on the counter, clenching the muscles in his forearms. Like he was retroactively bracing himself for bad news. His head was hanging down, and his hair fell away from his forehead. When you clench your hands, teeth, etc., or when they clench, you press or squeeze them together tightly, usually showing that you are angry, determined or upset. I feel her pussy continously clenching on my cock 夹紧 during sex. I love squeezing a man's cock with my vagina! When I do it's because he's hit a spot that's bringing me extreme pleasure! clinch I. [transitive] to manage to win or achieve something by doing one final thing that makes it certain.  clinch a victory/game/deal 锁定胜利, 奠定胜局: Tim Johnson scored the goals that clinched the victory. II. [intransitive] if two people clinch, they hold each other tightly, usually in a fight. clinch it (for someone) 下定决心 to make you decide to do something that you were already thinking about. What clinched it for me was the smug look on his face when he thought he'd won. testimonial I. an event that is organized as a formal way of thanking someone for their work. a testimonial dinner. II. a formal statement about someone's qualities and character, usually provided by an employer. A more usual word is reference 介绍信. III. A testimonial is a sports match which is specially arranged so that part of the profit from the tickets sold can be given to a particular player or to a particular player's family. customer testimonial = product testimonial 客户评价: a positive report on a product written by a customer: Click here to read product testimonials from satisfied users. Testimonials are effective because they increase your conversion rates. What are the benefits? They build trust by acting as a third-party endorsement, triggering the conformity bias, also known as the bandwagon effect. In this way, testimonials are an important form of social proof. Social proof is one of two types of evidence you can include on your website. credentials [krəˈdenʃ(ə)lz] I. 名声. 品质. personal qualities, achievements, or experiences that make someone appropriate for something. His credentials as a football coach are impressive. The company is looking to enhance its environmental credentials (=improve its reputation concerning the environment). II. documents that prove who you are or that show your qualifications or status. The policeman pulled the car over and asked to see the driver's credentials. email credentials details of an email account such as a login and a password. He has often been the target of phishing attempts to steal his email credentials. 女人因8岁小孩报警: A WHITE woman caught on camera calling the police on an eight-year-old black girl for selling water has been dubbed "Permit Patty" (patty 肉饼. (US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a sandwich.), sending Twitter into meltdown. The police need to start issuing citations ( I. [countable] legal American an official statement ordering someone to appear in a court of law. A citation is the same as a summons 传唤. [US] The court could issue a citation and fine Ms. Robbins. a citation for reckless driving. II. [countable] a phrase or sentence taken from a piece of writing or speech. III. a case citation: a short reference number and name that are given to a particular legal case. A basic case citation is provided for each case for those wishing to read the full opinions. Could you please give us the citation for the relevant case? IV. 表扬信. 感谢信. an official statement praising someone for something they have done. official praise for a person in the armed forces for brave actions. A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done. His citation says he showed outstanding and exemplary courage. The four soldiers are to receive citations from the president for their brave actions. ) for these meaningless calls that waste time and resources. The video shows the mother confronting the woman while she's on the phone. Realising she is being filmed, the woman ducks behind a retaining wall. Retaining walls 支撑墙, 防护墙, 护土墙 are relatively rigid walls used for supporting the soil mass laterally so that the soil can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to (typically a steep, near-vertical or vertical slope). They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses. 12. hillbilly [ˈhɪlbɪli] noun North American informal derogatory an unsophisticated country person, as associated originally with the remote regions of the Appalachians. "Hillbilly" is a term (often derogatory) for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in Appalachia and the Ozarks. For now, though, he's in a financial hole. 政府纷扰: There's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy( honesty or sincerity of intention. "the details contained in this brochure have been published in good faith". in good faith 抱有诚意的, 有诚意的, 诚心的, 心怀善意的 If something is done in good faith, it is done sincerely and honestly. If you do something in good faith, you seriously believe that what you are doing is right, honest, or legal, even though this may not be the case. This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused. She was acting in good faith for her client. Good faith (Latin: bona fides), in human interactions, is a sincere intention to be fair, open, and honest, regardless of the outcome of the interaction. While some Latin phrases lose their literal meaning over centuries, this is not the case with bona fides; it is still widely used and interchangeable with its generally accepted modern-day English translation of good faith. It is an important concept within law and business. The opposed concepts are bad faith, mala fides (duplicity) and perfidy (pretense). In contemporary English, the usage of bona fides (note the "s") is synonymous with credentials and identity. The phrase is sometimes used in job advertisements, and should not be confused with the bona fide occupational qualifications or the employer's good faith effort, as described below.) with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door," Navarro said. "And that's what bad faith Justin Trudeau did with that stunt press conference. That's what weak, dishonest Justin Trudeau did. And that comes right from Air Force One." Later Sunday, top European Union official Donald Tusk tweeted an apparent rebuke of Navarro. Trump has imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on both the EU and Canada because of what he has called their unfair trade practices. 骨肉分离政策: The girl's picture, along with an audio file of crying children that was given to reporters, helped galvanise ( galvanize [ˈɡælvəˌnaɪz] to shock or affect someone enough to produce a strong and immediate reaction. galvanize someone into (doing) something: The results of the study galvanized residents into action. ) public opinion against the US President's since-reversed policy of separating parents who are caught illegally crossing into the United States from their children. overrun I. [intransitive/transitive] British to take more time, space, or money than was intended. If an event or meeting overruns by, for example, ten minutes, it continues for ten minutes longer than it was intended to. Tuesday's lunch overran by three-quarters of an hour. [VERB + by] The talks overran 超时 their allotted time. [VERB noun] II. [transitive] to defeat an enemy in war and take the land that they control. If an army or an armed force overruns a place, area, or country, it succeeds in occupying it very quickly. A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs. [VERB noun] The centre of the city was overrun by an armed mob.  His troops overran two-thirds of the country. III. [transitive] [usually passive] 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. If you say that a place is overrun with or by things that you consider undesirable, you mean that there are a large number of them there. The flower beds were overrun with grasses. The Hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats. [+ by] Padua and Vicenza are prosperous, well-preserved cities, not overrun by tourists. IV. If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. [business] 费用超支. The US developer took a $163m hit after costs overran at the wind farm. [VERB] Costs overran the budget by about 30%. He was stunned to discover cost overruns of at least $1 billion. 13. A persistent vegetative [ˈvedʒəˌteɪtɪv] state 植物人 (PVS) is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. After four weeks in a vegetative state (VS), the patient is classified as in a persistent vegetative state. This diagnosis is classified as a permanent vegetative state some months (3 in the US and 6 in the UK) after a non-traumatic brain injury or one year after a traumatic injury. Nowadays, more doctors and neuroscientists prefer to call the state of consciousness an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, primarily because of ethical questions about whether a patient can be called "vegetative" or not. have an out To have an excuse or a means of escaping (from something). I'm dreading going to my high school reunion. I hope I have an out by the time it rolls around! They left a clause in the contract so they had an out in case the deal went sour. To give out to a person means to speak angrily. For example, when the meal arrived it was cold so she gave out to the waitress. soppy BRITISH informal I. self-indulgently sentimental. If you describe someone or something as soppy, you mean that they are foolishly sentimental. [British, informal] He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend being soppy. She loves soppy love stories, old films, that sort of thing. A soppy 情意绵绵的 letter. "I look at babies with a soppy 深情的, 深情款款的 smile on my face". II. lacking spirit and strength of character; feeble. "my little sisters were too soppy for our adventurous games". layby I.  an area provided by the side of a road where vehicles can stop for a short period of time. 临时停车处. 紧急停车处, 路侧停车处, 林荫大道停车处的, 临时停车处, 路侧停车处 路旁停车处. II bus layby 巴士站 III. drop-off layby 落客处. IV. Australian the layaway method of buying goods from a store. A rest area 服务区, 高速服务区 is a public facility, located next to a large thoroughfare such as a highway, expressway, or freeway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway service area (UK), travel plaza, rest stop, service area, service station, rest and service area (RSA), resto, service plaza, and service centre. Facilities may include park-like areas, fuel stations, public toilets, restaurants, and dump and fill stations for recreational vehicles. A rest area with limited to no public facilities is a parking area, scenic area, or scenic overlook. Along some highways and roads are rest stops known as wayside parks, roadside parks, or picnic areas. The most basic rest areas have no facilities: they consist solely of an exit from the highway that leads to a roadway with paved shoulders, where drivers can rest, look at their maps or nearby scenery, or use cell phones. Rest areas are especially common in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The term lay-by is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland to describe a roadside parking or rest area for drivers. Equivalent terms in the United States are "turnout" or "pullout" 临时停车处. Lay-bys can vary in size from a simple parking bay alongside the carriageway sufficient for one or two cars only, to substantial areas that are separated from the carriageway by verges and can accommodate dozens of vehicles. Lay-bys do not appear on motorways in the UK, where until recently only full MSAs(Motorway service area) were permitted. On other roads, they are marked by a rectangular blue sign bearing a white letter P, and there should also be advance warning of lay-bys to give drivers time to slow down safely. In practice, many local authorities neglect to maintain these signs to an adequate degree, and sometimes they are missing entirely. 14. 印度: When the passengers refused to get off the Kolkata-Bagdora flight after it was delayed on take-off, the captain turned the air-conditioning on full blast 开足马力, 全档, filling the cabin with fog. 小女孩失踪案: sit right/well (with sb) to be something that you agree or are pleased with: Their decision/answer didn't sit well with the Board of Directors. Rascal: humorous a child who behaves badly but who you like too much to be angry with. Come back here, you little rascal! Although she could be a rascal sometimes. But the possibility that she's playing pranks, pushing boundaries didn't sit right with those who knew her. snap judgment/decision 仓促决定, 仓促的判断, 匆促的决定, 一时兴起的 a judgment or decision made quickly, without careful thought or discussion. As I begin to uncover a whole new world myself, I see the folly of that snap judgment. So his leave-taking is no snap decision. If the failure occurs higher on the launch, again a snap decision can be fatal. grade n. I. 年纪. education one of the levels of school in the U.S. that lasts one year. Students in the same grade are all about the same age. The topic is covered in the seventh grade. eighth grade students. A grade ahead of me 高一年级. II. education a letter or number that shows the quality of a student's work. How are your grades 成绩如何. You need to improve your grades. get/gain/obtain a grade: I got a Grade 2 for art. III. a level of quality or importance. Their wool is suitable for finer grades of cloth. Grade A meat. the restoration of this Grade One listed building. top grade tennis rackets. IV. the rank of a person, for example in their job. The technical and professional grades have become more open to women. He demanded to be put on a higher grade. give someone a failing grade to state publicly that you are not satisfied with the level of progress someone has achieved. v. I. education to judge the quality of a student's work by giving it a letter or number. The teachers did not grade their own students' papers. II. to separate things into different groups according to quality, size, importance, etc. Grading meat is an important responsibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. starter I. 首发阵容, 首发阵容(reserve 后备队员). a person or horse that takes part in a race or game when it starts. Fewer than half the starters will finish. II. someone who starts an activity at a particular time or in a particular way. Tiger Woods was among the early starters. I've always been a slow starter in the mornings. III. mainly British a small amount of food eaten at the start of a meal Stuffed peppers make a good starter for a dinner party. IV. something that you say or do to start a particular activity, for example a conversation or a game. The students' own experiences can be a useful starter for discussion. I'll give you the first three letters as a starter (=for you to guess the rest of the word). starter for ten an idea or suggestion; the expression comes from the popular TV quiz show University Challenge. As a starter for ten we're thinking of framing the review around three themes. The possibilities are endless, but here's a starter for ten. for starters I. as the beginning or first stage of something. For starters, we ought to explain why we're here. $40? That'll do for starters. II. used for introducing the first point in a series, especially in an argument. For starters, it's too expensive. animosity [ˌanɪˈmɒsɪti] 强烈敌意 strong hostility. "he no longer felt any animosity towards her". No lingering animosity in his decision. sombre [ˈsɒmbə] I. dark or dull in colour or tone. "the night skies were sombre and starless". II. 阴郁的. having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness. "he looked at her with a sombre expression" light at the end of the tunnel 看到光明, 看到希望, 看到未来 signs of improvement in a situation that has been bad for a long time, or signs that a long and difficult piece of work is almost finished: As finals approached, she felt that at last she could see the light at the end of the tunnel. When you talk about the light at the end of the tunnel, you are referring to the end of the difficult or unpleasant situation that you are in at the moment. All I can do is tell her to hold on, that there's light at the end of the tunnel. goofball I. a silly or stupid person. A foolish or silly person. If that goofball would put half the effort into her studies as she does into her juggling, she might do very well. He could be a joker 爱开玩笑的人 or goofball sometimes. II. heroin and methamphetamine used at the same time. A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate. We spent both our checks shooting goofballs. joker I. informal someone who does something that you think is stupid. Some joker has left his car in my parking space again. II. someone who likes to tell jokes or to do things to make people laugh. He's a real joker. bin liner 垃圾袋 a plastic bag used for lining a rubbish bin. A bin liner is a plastic bag that you put inside a waste bin or dustbin. gateway I. an entrance that is opened and closed with a gate. You'll see the house as soon as you go through the gateway. II. [usually singular] a place that allows you to reach or enter a larger place. gateway to: Bombay was considered the gateway to India. III. [usually singular] something that allows you to do or achieve something. gateway to: the gateway to mathematics/ understanding/ life. gateway drug 入门药物 I. a relatively harmless drug that is believed to lead people on to using more dangerous drugs. gateway drug to: Marijuana use is considered as a gateway drug to harder drug abuse. Many studies show that alcohol is a gateway drug, leading innocent users to other, heavier drug use. II. someone or something that leads people towards other similar things that are more powerful, more dangerous or more harmful. Ramsey Campbell is my favourite horror novelist, and was in fact the gateway drug that led my 12-year-old self into the wider world of general horror.  gateway drug to/into: In 2016, Heimlich described the candidate as the gateway drug to outright white nationalism. a way off I. a long time in the future. Christmas is still a way off 很久远, 很远, 很遥远. II. a long distance away. It's still quite a way off to Glasgow. have a [good/nice] ring to it To sound appealing. An adjective, often "certain" or "nice," is commonly used to modify "ring." After so many years of hard work, "Jane Smith, Vice-President of Marketing" sure has a nice ring to it. That doesn't have a good ring to it. have a familiar ring (to it) to seem or sound like something you have heard or seen before: Her name had a familiar ring to it. I didn't know who was speaking, but his voice had a familiar ring. carry/take something too far/to extremes/to excess to do or say too much about something. I don't mind a joke, but this is carrying it too far.  continue doing something beyond reasonable limits: Of course we should show him respect, but I think expecting us to stand up whenever he walks into the room is taking things a bit far. I like hairy dude, but that's too far hairy 过于, it's over hairy. preventative = preventive intended to stop something before it happens: preventative medicine. 预防性的. In the past ten years, preventive measures have radically reduced levels of tooth decay in children. roll the dice I. Literally, to roll dice, as for or in a game of chance. I'm usually not much of a gambler, but I couldn't resist heading to the craps table to roll the dice! II. By extension, to take some risk on the hope or chance of a fortunate outcome. Look, worst case scenario is that we get hit with a fine, so I say we just roll the dice and hope it doesn't come to that. Another roll with the dice 又一次冒险. 碰运气 又一次撞大运. bare I. without any clothes or not covered by anything: Don't walk around outside in your bare feet. There's no carpet in the room, just bare floorboards. II. only the most basic or important: I just packed the bare essentials (= the most basic and necessary things). There isn't much time, so I'll just give you the bare facts/details. the bare minimum: the least possible amount. She eats only the bare minimum to stay alive. the bare necessities the most basic things that you need in order to live or to do something: They rely on credit cards even to cover the bare necessities such as rent and emergency medical treatment. I have three heads of lettuce in my fridge. "I bought three lettuces from the supermarket". You can, however, use "heads of lettuce". Cabbages is the same (although simply "cabbages" is much more common than "heads of cabbage" in my experience, however, "celery", I think, is not. I would probably use "heads" for celery. My AmE brain only counts "lettuces" if we're talking about different types of lettuce. If I buy three plants at the store that are the same kind of lettuce, this is (for me) always "three heads of lettuce." "Three cabbages," however, can be synonymous with "three heads of cabbage." I would buy "three bunches of celery." joint informal a restaurant, bar, or club, especially one that is inexpensive and not very nice. I met him at some grimy little joint in town. I'll see you at my boyfriend's joint tonight. This salami doesn't have a used-by date. 暗杀hit, hitman 借凶杀人, 买凶杀人.