用法学习: 1. outhouse I. An outhouse is a small building attached to a house or very close to the house, used, for example, for storing things in. II. 室外厕所. An outhouse is an outside toilet. US a small structure used for defecating or urinating, typically having a seat with a hole over a deep pit. Sheldon: What good is having a girlfriend if you can't unload your psychological sewage on her? Amy: That's me, your emotional outhouse. frogman 蛙人. 潜水员. A frogman is someone whose job involves diving and working underwater, especially in order to mend or search for something. Frogmen wear special rubber suits and shoes, and carry equipment to help them to breathe underwater. Thai Cave Diver Slams Musk: Vern Unsworth – who was on the international team of specialist cave divers at the scene – had told CNN that he thought the mini-submarine the Tesla chief sent to help with the rescue was a useless grab for attention. Unsworth said Musk's mini-sub stunt, in fact, got in the way of the rescue 碍事, 碍手碍脚. "It just had absolutely no chance of working. He had no conception of what the cave passage was like. The submarine I believe was about 5 feet, 6 inches long, rigid 硬邦邦的, so it wouldn't have gone round corners or round any obstacles," Unsworth said. debrief 工作汇报 verb When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed. to get information from someone who has just finished an important job, especially for the military or the government. The men have been debriefed by British and Saudi officials. He went to Rio after the CIA had debriefed him. Which force are you really from? Who was your target then, eh? Just Gates? I can't discuss my brief. You must be pretty pissed off though, eh, not getting the evidence you needed. I got plenty. Yeah? I don't see Tony Gates in custody. Hypertonia is a condition in which there is too much muscle tone so that arms or legs, for example, are stiff and difficult to move. Muscle tone is regulated by signals that travel from the brain to the nerves and tell the muscle to contract. Hypertonia is a term sometimes used synonymously with spasticity and rigidity in the literature surrounding damage to the central nervous system, namely upper motor neuron lesions. Hypotonia, commonly known as floppy baby syndrome, is a state of low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to stretch in a muscle), often involving reduced muscle strength. Hypotonia is not a specific medical disorder, but a potential manifestation of many different diseases and disorders that affect motor nerve control by the brain or muscle strength. Hypochondriasis 疑神疑鬼的, 老觉得自己得了大病的 or hypochondria 疑心病 is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. An old concept, its meaning has repeatedly changed due to redefinitions in its source metaphors. It has been claimed that this debilitating ( [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪŋ] making someone physically or mentally weak. a debilitating illness/disease/condition. I. If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. [formal] Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated 疾病折磨的不堪 by a stomach virus. [be VERB-ed + by] debilitating adjective ...a debilitating illness. II. To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. [formal] ...their efforts to debilitate 削弱 the political will of the Western alliance. [VERB noun] ...years of debilitating economic crisis. ...the debilitated ruling party. ) condition results from an inaccurate perception of the condition of body or mind despite the absence of an actual medical diagnosis. An individual with hypochondriasis is known as a hypochondriac [ˌhaɪpouˈkɑndriˌæk]. Hypochondriacs become unduly alarmed about any physical or psychological symptoms they detect, no matter how minor the symptom may be, and are convinced that they have, or are about to be diagnosed with, a serious illness. hyperbolic [ˌhaɪpə(r)ˈbɒlɪk] 夸张的, 夸大的. 夸大其词的 ( hyperbole [haɪˈpɜː(r)bəli]) I. hyperbolic language emphasizes what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is. It was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. II. resembling or pertaining to a hyperbola (a curve). In fact, it corresponds to the graph of a function called the hyperbolic cosine. 2. It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep/lamp 与其苟且偷生不如愤然而起. "It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep." Donald Trump recently retweeted a maxim dear to Mussolini, the Italian dictator known as Il Duce, raising quite a few eyebrows. Trump may well be convinced Mussolini was a courageous man. But was the dictator, who had these words inscribed on the Italian lira 里拉(货币) starting in 1928, truly lionhearted, a man who practiced what he preached? apprehensive 焦急的, 焦虑不安的 Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future. [+ about] I waited apprehensively for him to comment. cut a figure 标准的...体格, 给人...的印象 (idiomatic) To present an image; to make an impression. He cuts the figure of a ideal infantrymen. cut quite a figure/dash 看起来很帅, 很有型 old-fashioned to cause people to admire you because of your appearance: The young soldier cut a fine figure in his new uniform. sort someone out 收拾某人, 整某人 informal deal with a troublesome person, typically by reprimanding or punishing them. "if he can't pay you, I'll sort him out" to punish or attack someone, usually to make the person understand that they have behaved badly: Has he been bothering you again - do you want me to sort him out? 3. They are not great talkers, preferring to brush the tough topic under the carpet and get on with things. Two tickets booked under the name "J Roberts" were redeemed on the morning of July 16, 2007 — one going from East Perth to Kalgoorlie and the other from Perth to Northcliffe. have a good head on your shoulders 不是傻子, 很聪明, 知道该做什么, 知道什么是该做的 to be intelligent and able to make good decisions. Be intelligent or shrewd; have good sense or good judgment. We can depend on George to figure it out—he has a good head on his shoulders. And with a good head on his shoulders, Armitage doesn't look to be going anywhere anytime soon. "I enjoy practising hard. I've learnt that as long as you remain in control and memorise the lines 记住台词, you'll always be on top of your game," he told the Herald Sun in March. But when asked if he preferred Young Sheldon or Big Little Lies, it's clear Armitage is partial to 偏向于 a little comedy. "And I love that Sheldon is an incredibly smart kid. I'm lucky to have Jim help me get into his mindset.". keep one's head on one's shoulders = keep one's head (lose one's head 发疯) (idiomatic) To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress. put ideas into someone's head to make someone think that they can or should do something, especially something that other people do not approve of. to make someone want to do something they had not thought about before, especially something stupid: Don't go putting ideas into his head. We can't afford a new car. Don't talk to Ralph about joining the army: I don't want you putting ideas into his head. get your head around something 习惯于, 熟悉 to understand and accept something that seems strange Have you got your head around your new job yet? have a [good] head for heights to be able to be in a high position without being afraid or feeling uncomfortable. 4. Gardenia 栀子花: Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), a Scottish-born American naturalist. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1–15 metres (3.3–49.2 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three or four, 5–50 centimetres (2.0–19.7 in) long and 3–25 centimetres (1.2–9.8 in) broad, dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, white, or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with 5-12 lobes (petals) from 5–12 centimetres (2.0–4.7 in) diameter. Flowering is from about mid-spring to mid-summer, and many species are strongly scented. posterity ( predecessor ) 后来者, 后世的人 VS descendant 后代 VS offspring 孩子们: "Posterity" is the most general. It means those who come after, and it does not matter if they are related to you. "Descendant" is someone descended from you, and it can mean your own children, or grandchildren, or as far down as you can go. "Offspring" generally refers to your own children. It is sometimes used similarly to descendant, but most often your own kids. posterity [pɑˈsterəti] 后代, 后世的人 (offspring) the people who will exist in the future. You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity. "future generations." These people of the future could be your children and great-great grandchildren, or any people who are born after you. If you save something "for posterity," you're hoping that years later people will appreciate it, like a time capsule you bury in the yard. A photographer recorded the scene for posterity. Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity? Every attempt is being made to ensure that these works of art are preserved for posterity. I. future or succeeding generations. II. all of one's descendants. descendant [dɪˈsendənt] a relative of a person who lived in the past. a descendant of a famous Italian painter. direct descendant: He claims to be a direct descendant of the last king. ancestor [ˈænˌsestər] 祖先中的一个成员, 某个祖辈 I. someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago. Her ancestors came to America with the Pilgrims. II. an earlier form from which something modern has developed. a game that many see as the ancestor 前身 of basketball. antecedent [ˌæntɪˈsid(ə)nt] I. [countable] formal something that happened or existed before something else and is similar to it in some way. II. antecedents [plural] formal the members of your family who lived a long time ago. predecessor [ˈpredəˌsesər] (successor) I. the person who had a job or official position before someone else. Algood seems to have learned nothing from the faults of his predecessors. II. something that has been replaced by another thing. The plan, like its two predecessors, had little chance to prove itself. 5. to a fault If you say that someone has a particular good quality to a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary. [emphasis] Jefferson was generous to a fault. Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm. trying 难对付, 难打交道 difficult to deal with in a way that makes you annoyed or tired. We've all had a very trying day. Your son is turning out to be very trying. not for (the) want/lack of trying 至少试过了 used for emphasizing that although someone did not get what they wanted, they tried very hard to get it. used for saying that someone is trying very hard to do something even though they might fail. If we lose this game, it won't be for lack of trying. The Rangers failed to score a goal, but it was not for want of trying. who is someone kidding? who is someone trying to kid? informal used for saying that someone wants you to believe something, but everyone knows it is not true. Professional businesswoman? Who is she kidding? keep (one's) (something) warm 代班, 替补, 代理, 占位, 代课, 代替, 替代 To occupy a position for or take over the responsibility of someone else while they are absent. Usually used in the form "keep (one's) seat warm [for someone]" I'm don't usually work in reception; I'm just keeping Mary's seat warm while she's on sick leave. Bob asked me to keep his place warm while he's on vacation, so, if you have any questions, you can direct them to me. keep somebody's ˈseat, etc. warm (for them) (informal) remain in a job, an official position, etc. until somebody is ready to take it, especially so that a third person cannot do so: She's not the regular driver — she's just keeping his place warm for him until he gets back. 6. flash (transitive) informal to display ostentatiously. to use or show something in a way that will make people notice you and think you have a lot of money. He's always flashing his money 炫富. 炫耀 around. to flash money around. flash money money that is used with the sole purpose of buying fancy things that show off ones wealth. first used in the movie Beverly Hills Cop. I just got a new job and really need some flash money to make my colleagues think I'm well off! Fargo: Things appear to be on the upswing (增长, 好转, 有转机, 上升期 an increase or improvement. An upswing is a sudden improvement in something such as an economy, or an increase in an amount or level. ...an upswing in the economy. [+ in] Violent crime is on the upswing. Many analysts are predicting an upswing in the economy.) for Ray when Nikki, one of his parolees, offers to help turn his fortunes around 转运 by stealing back his good karma 好运程, 好福气, 旺相, 运气旺(Karma is that age-old universal theory of getting what we deserve based on our thoughts and actions. Some believe that you can create your own good karma if you simply follow some basic rules. Better yet, if you practice these steps daily, you might not only bring good karma to yourself, but your actions may benefit those around you too.). The situation quickly gets out of hand, and petty theft leads to murder. When the ordeal crosses county lines, Eden Valley Police Chief Gloria Burgle investigates the case, which takes an unexpectedly personal turn for her. Meanwhile, Emmit gets an unwelcome business proposal from mysterious loner V.M., whose bosses plan to partner with Emmit whether he wants to or not. Golden Globe-nominated actor Ewan McGregor stars in a dual role as Emmit and Ray. 7. Do you have your own tactic for reeling in 收服, 降服, 降住, 规矩, 管教 a naughty toddler? take something hard 太计较, 太认真, 太往心里去, 太当回事 to be very upset by something He took it very hard when his wife died last year. take something to heart take criticism seriously and be affected or upset by it. If you take criticism or advice to heart, you think about it seriously, often because it upsets you. to consider what someone says to you very seriously, often because it upsets you Anne took his criticisms very much to heart. We took Stephen’s warnings to heart. Don't take it to heart - he was only joking about your hair. "he took Wilson's criticism to heart". close to one's heart/near to one's heart If something such as a subject or project is close to your heart or near to your heart, it is very important to you and you are very interested in it and concerned about it. Animal welfare is a subject very close to my heart.
澳洲第一起儿童绑架案the country's first known kidnapping for ransom: An examination of the blue picnic checked rug found dog hairs and bleached human hairs. There were also traces of pink mortar and cypress tree 柏树 twigs( [ˈsaɪprəs] a tall tree with dark green leaves that do not fall off in winter. The bark of mature trees is commonly orange- to red- brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species.): both clues could be connected back to the house Bradley had lived in before fleeing. At the house, they found a roll of undeveloped film. After five weeks of extradition [ˌekstrəˈdɪʃ(ə)n] extradite [ˈekstrədaɪt] hearings, he was sent back to Sydney. There were so many spectators that people were willing to camp outside the court to secure a spot in the public gallery. Bradley pleaded not guilty, but the evidence gathered through the use of early forensic techniques built a strong case against him. He gave evidence in his own defence and denied kidnapping Graeme.
Series 09 Episode 23 – The Line Substitution Solution: 1. Leonard: Hey, how'd it go? Sheldon: It went well. Yeah, I've learned that if you never say you're sorry, the times you do really puts them on their heels (set one back on one's heels Fig. to surprise or shock someone. I'll bet that news really set her back on her heels! The bill for the repairs set me back on my heels.). Uh, Stuart, I relieve you of your line duties. Stuart: Anyone else need anything before I go? Howard: I'll give you a dollar if you make fun of Raj. Stuart: That's mean. Howard: Five. Stuart: You look like Tigger if Tigger looked like a jackass. Howard: Uh, if you ever need a reference or anything, just let me know. Man: Hey, guys. Woman: You made it. Sheldon: Did you see that? He just cut the line 插队, 加塞. Leonard: He's just joining his friends; it's fine. Sheldon: No, it's not fine. It is a breach of line etiquette [ˈetɪket]. Howard: We're near the front of the line 队首, 队伍前列. We'll get in either way. Sheldon: What if every person in front of us let someone cut? Leonard: We'd still get in. Sheldon: What if each of those people let someone cut? Leonard: Still get in. Sheldon: But then each of those people let someone cut? Leonard: We'd still get in, but first I'd hit you over the head with his stick chair. Sheldon: Excuse me. Leonard: Oh, please don't. Sheldon: Uh, uh, I couldn't help but notice that you cut the line. Man: Oh, uh, I'm with my friends. It's cool. Sheldon: Well, no. It's not cool. If there were reserved seating, and we all had tickets, that would be fine. But this line is first-come, first-served. Not show up tardy(tardy[ˈtɑrdi] adj. I. arriving late for something, especially a class. If you describe something or someone as tardy, you think that they are later than they should be or later than expected. [literary] He wept for the loss of his mother and his tardy recognition of her affection. I was as tardy as ever for the afternoon appointments. a tardy reply. His legendary tardiness 传奇性的迟到 left audiences waiting for hours. II. slow to do something. If you describe someone or something as tardy, you are criticizing them because they are slow to act. [disapproval] ...companies who are tardy in paying bills. [+ in] The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy 慢腾腾的响应 response to the hurricane. They have been rather tardy in responding to our request. ...England's tardiness in giving talented young players greater international experience. n. an occasion when you are late for a class, or a record that a teacher keeps of this. ) and nevertheless be first served. Right here. Leonard: No. Sheldon: You need to go to the back of the line 队伍, 到队伍后边去. Man: Uh, who made you line monitor? Sheldon: Mrs. Wunch in fourth grade. And my slogan was a line that's straight is a line that's great. Man: Is this guy for real? Leonard: Boy, I wish I could say no. 2. Bernadette: Do I think he'd be interested? Sometimes I hear him pretending to be interviewed when he's alone in the bathroom. Beverly: Wonderful. I'll give you my contact information 联络方式. Bernadette: Um, you should probably talk to Penny, too. 3. Sheldon: Excuse me, excuse me, can I please see a show of hands? Who here takes issue with 不满意, 不赞成 this person cutting the line? Man: Told you. Sheldon: Well, what a sad state of affairs. That you've all been so ground down by life 被蹂躏, 被打倒, 被生活践踏, 被生活糟蹋, 被折磨(to feel ground down by the daily ... grind? grind sb down to treat someone so badly for such a long time that they are no longer able to fight back: Ground down by years of abuse, she did not have the confidence to leave him..), you don't even notice when someone disrespects you. Howard: I can't believe we're gonna get beat up, and it's not because of your chair. Sheldon: You know, right now, at the back of this line, there's a movie fan like you who's not going to get in, because this person simply doesn't care. Yeah, well, 61 years ago, there was another person at the back of the line and her name was Rosa Parks. 关于Rosa Parks: The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement. The campaign lasted from December 5, 1955—the Monday after Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person—to December 20, 1956, when a federal ruling, Browder v. Gayle, took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregated buses were unconstitutional 违宪的, 违反宪法的. ...author of the seminal book 'Animal Liberation'. seminal[ˈsɛmɪn(ə)l] I. 影响深远的.
影响卓著的 strongly influencing later developments. Seminal is used to
describe things such as books, works, events, and experiences that have a
great influence in a particular field. [formal] The reforms have been a seminal event in the history of the NHS. "his seminal work on chaos theory". II. relating to or denoting semen. "the spermatozoa are washed to separate them from the seminal plasma". wiki: Semen, also known as seminal fluid,
is an organic fluid that may contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the
gonads and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and
can fertilize female ova.
The line of duty: 1. Has Gates called you yet? He knows there'll be a trace on his phone. He'll find a way. When he calls, give him a message. The subway between Borogrove Estate and Moss Heath Park. tell him I'll be there, alone, at midnight. You must think I'm thick as pig shit (thick as pig shit (vulgar, simile) Extremely stupid.). You don't know the situation between me and Gates, but he does. 2. Virtually all my detectives have been seconded to ( second [ˈsekənd] 附议 I. to officially support a proposal made by another person in a meeting. If you second a proposal in a meeting or debate, you formally express your agreement with it so that it can then be discussed or voted on. ...Bryan Sutton, who seconded the motion against fox hunting. Your application must be proposed and seconded by current members. The motion has been seconded. If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself. The Prime Minister seconded the call for discipline in a speech last week. I'll second that used for telling someone that you agree with what they are saying. II. If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties. [British] Edwards was seconded to a radar research and training school near Holyhead. Several hundred soldiers have been seconded to help farmers. The term 'secondment' describes where an employee or a group of employees is assigned on a temporary basis to work for another, 'host' organisation, or a different part of their employer's organisation. On expiry of the secondment term, the employee (the 'secondee') will 'return' to their original employer.) the operation. You've responded decisively, sir. You two know each other? What you doing here? Chief Inspector Osborne is contributing his expertise - to our counter terrorism operation. You believe this? The Greek Lane cell appeared exactly the same time as ours dropped off the radar. We can't exclude 排除 a direct connection.
