用法学习: 1. a monkey on your back 如鲠在喉, 如芒在背 JOURNALISM If you have a monkey on your back, you have a problem, often an emotional problem, that makes your life difficult for a long period. They haven't beaten United in three years and it's a monkey on their backs that they are desperate to shake off. Note: You can also say that you get the monkey off your back, meaning that you manage to end the problem. I'm just delighted to win and get the monkey off our back with a home victory at last. Note: 'To have a monkey on your back' originally meant to be angry. Later it came to be used to say that someone was addicted to drugs; it is still used in this way today. "To sleep late 起的晚, 起床晚, 贪睡, 赖床 = sleep in" means sleeping longer than usual, staying in bed longer than usual in the morning. It does not mean "go to bed later at night" or "stay up late". The criminal may strike again 再犯, 再次出击, 再犯罪. The crime scene was not preserve 保护现场, 保护作案现场, 保护罪案现场 as it should be. He has been working for 36 hours straight. exhibits I. an object that is shown to the public in a museum, etc.: The museum has a fascinating collection of exhibits 展品 ranging from Iron Age pottery to Inuit clothing. II. US UK exhibition a collection of objects that is shown to the public in a museum, etc.: Let's go see the new dinosaur exhibit. III. 物证. 证据. specialized law a thing used as evidence (= proof that something is true) in a trial: Is exhibit C the weapon that you say was used. 2. However, the downside 不好的地方, 缺点 to owning an Australian passport is that it's one of the most expensive in the world, an investigation by the New Daily found. 墨尔本连续拐卖犯: We just don't know if it was Mr Cruel who murdered Karmein...we just can't be sure because there isn't enough evidence to make a value judgement about ( an assessment of something as good or bad in terms of one's standards or priorities. "it is a value judgement which a government is entitled to make". If you make a value judgment about something, you form an opinion about it based on your principles and beliefs and not on facts which can be checked or proved. Social scientists have grown extremely unwilling to make value judgments about cultures. [+ about] That isn't a value judgement, it's a fact. wiki: A value judgment (or value judgement) is a judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something or someone, or of the usefulness of something or someone, based on a comparison or other relativity. As a generalization, a value judgment can refer to a judgment based upon a particular set of values or on a particular value system. A related meaning of value judgment is an expedient evaluation based upon limited information at hand, an evaluation undertaken because a decision must be made on short notice. ) whether it was or wasn't him in the Karmein case.". drop/rise/fall etc. in value: The dollar dropped in value on the foreign exchange markets last week. Residential property in the city has doubled in value in the last three years. of (great/real) value (=worth a lot of money): Thieves had taken a radio and a Walkman, but nothing of great value. hold its/their value 保值 (=worth the same amount of money over a long period): Handwoven rugs hold their value extremely well. of little/no value: The ring was actually of very little value. shock/novelty/curiosity value: Some episodes are included purely for their shock value. 3. Consolidators and aggregators 买机票术语: Who's selling me the air ticket online? Flight search engines are either one or the other. A consolidator is a wholesaler of airline tickets. They buy big blocks of tickets at a discount, apply a markup and re-sell them to flyers online. They include names like eDreams, CheapTickets and mytrip.com. Consolidator fares are usually cheaper than those offered by the airlines themselves. Aggregators, by contrast, include the likes of Skyscanner, Kayak, Expedia and Momondo. They scour the web looking at prices from airlines and consolidators and displaying the various options. If you opt for the cheapest possible fare you'll probably be buying it from a consolidator, and they come with lots of restrictions. You might pay a little more if you buy from the airline itself but if anything goes wrong and you need to make changes you're in a stronger position. Typically a legacy carrier will offer a higher level of service, with meals, baggage allowance and frequent flyer points included, although some of those privileges are being chiselled away in the dogfight between legacy carriers and low-cost competitors. Burdened with higher costs, many legacy carriers with venerable names ( [ˈvenərəb(ə)l]very old and wise or respected. a portrait of a venerable white-bearded statesman. one of the world's most venerable institutions. the Venerable... a title given to a very important or holy person, especially in Christian religions.) have either folded their wings or merged. 4. But there's another theory that amateur crime buffs think holds weight 站得住脚, 值得追究, 值得跟进, 值得推究, 值得考虑 and that police on the other side of the world were forced to investigate.
"连续的"表达方式: 0. consistent I. not changing in behavior, attitudes, or qualities. Since joining the team last year, he has become our most consistent performer. consistent in: I have been consistent in my approach over the years. be consistent in doing something: The government has been consistent in taking the side of large companies against those campaigning for public health and safety. Since then the Melbourne based musician has continued to work consistently 不停歇地, 不眠不休地, 马不停蹄地 with three albums, four national tours and a new music project, Vice Dreams, launching this month. a person that arrives exactly 5 minutes early to work every day is consistently punctual or on-time. II. continuing or developing steadily in the same way. a salesperson's growth is usually consistent with 挂钩 his or her company's earnings. a consistent improvement. III. containing statements or ideas that are similar or that have the same goal. the need for a unified and consistent policy. consistent with: These results are consistent with the findings of the previous study. consistently I. in the same way and without changing in behavior, attitudes, or qualities. He has consistently 十几年如一日的, 三番五次的, 一直都是的, 持续不断的 denied the charges. The food there is consistently excellent. Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's not consistent. II. steadily and in the same way for a period of time. This technology is consistently improving. III. so that similar statements, ideas, or standards exist or are used. I don't think these principles are being applied consistently. 1. Consecutive 连续的, 挨着的, 连在一起的.(指本来是孤立的东西, 但是一个一个连续起来的. 如时间, 任期等.): High-street sales have fallen for the fifth consecutive month. The streets of New York City are numbered in consecutive order. He was reelected for four consecutive terms. The numbers 7, 8, 9 are consecutive. The policy of our Party is consecutive. Prove that no four consecutive binomial coefficients can be in arithmetic progression. 证明不存在四个连续的二项系数成算 术级数. These were his consecutive fancies. It rained four consecutive days. 2. continuous 不间断的, 连续不断的(表示一个动作从开始作到停下来中间没有停止过): She finally got in after 10 years' continuous effort. A continuous stream of visitors came to the exhibition. The crops are nearly ruined by the continuous rain. Examination is by continuous assessment. Continuous washing has perished the rubber. Her continuous chatter vexes me. We must be continuous to study. The brain needs a continuous supply of blood. His writing gained by continuous practice. 3. continual: The old lady's reminiscences were a continual delight to
Constance. I am tired of listening to his continual namedropping. I am
tired of this continual rain. It is continual that he glanced at Simon.
I've had enough of their continual chatter. Church Street is continual with High Street.
He has continual arguments with his father. His affections were kept
under continual restraint. That sort of thing is quite continual. The
child's continual crying drove me to distraction. incessant (in'sɛsənt) 持续不断的, 没完没了的, 连续的
continuing without stopping, not stopping. Continuing without
interruption. not ceasing; continual. uninterrupted in time and
indefinitely long continuing; an incessant noise. continual, continuous, constant, ceaseless, incessant, perpetual, eternal, perennial, interminable: Continual 反来复去的, 反反复复的, 没完没了的(I. 不间断的. continuing without stopping. a continual process of growth and education. II. 反复的. happening again and again, often in an annoying way. I've had enough of their continual arguing. Our database is being continually updated. continuous I. continuing without stopping or being interrupted. a continuous flow of water. a continuous hum from the air conditioner. II. a continuous line, curve etc continues without a break or space. III. linguistics
进行式. the continuous form of a verb includes 'be' and the present
participle of a verb to show that an activity is in progress. For
example in 'He is running to catch the bus', 'is running' is the continuous form of 'run'. continuously British English adverb. It rained continuously下个不停的, 不间断的 for five days. continuous assessment
a way of judging a student by looking at the work that they do during
the year instead of or in addition to looking at their examination
results.) is chiefly restricted to what is intermittent or repeated at intervals: The continual banging of the shutter in the wind gave me a headache. Continuous不间断的, 连续不断的 implies lack of interruption: The horizon is a continuous line. Constant stresses steadiness or persistence and unvarying nature: The constant ticking of the clock lulled him to sleep. Ceaseless and incessant 连续不断的, 不间断的 pertain to uninterrupted activity: The ceaseless thunder of the surf eroded the beach. The toddler asked incessant questions. Perpetual emphasizes both steadiness and duration: The ambassador had a perpetual stream of visitors. Eternal refers to what is everlasting, especially to what is seemingly without temporal beginning or end: "That freedom can be retained only by the eternal vigilance which has always been its price" (Elmer Davis). Perennial describes existence that goes on year after year, often with the suggestion of self-renewal: The candidates discussed the perennial problem of urban poverty. Interminable refers to what is or seems to be endless and is often applied to something prolonged and wearisome: After an interminable delay, our flight was canceled outright. 4. successive 强调"不间断的, 连续不断的, 一波又一波的, 一个接一个的": He won three successive matches. Calamity occurs in successive years. Successive transmissions of the same message are decreasingly accurate. The marksman squeezed off successive rounds and every one told. For generations successive administrations had synchronized their moves with London. Next read only the first sentence of each successive paragraph. Successive improvements and modification led to modern models of high capacity. 5. in a row 一连的: How do you account for losing five games in a row?
Ten footballer stood in a row on the sport ground. Count and see how
many trees there are in a row. I caught three fish in a row. The team notched up their third victory in a row. So all of a sudden, they have everything in a row. The team has chalked up its fifth win in a row. With despair he heard the man call three numbers in a row. On a tear On a streak or series,
usually a winning streak. Will sometimes be used (semi-sarcastically) to
define a losing streak. When used for a positive streak, it's similar to "tear it up." He won four bike races in a row--he's on a tear! The market went up 14% in the least four weeks. The market is on a tear! (aka "The market is tearing it up!"). Lenovo saw tablet shipments spike 激增 in its most recent reported quarter, according to comments today from its top executive高层. Along with reporting a record profit during its fiscal third quarter, Lenovo said tablet shipments are on a tear. And Lenovo was upbeat乐观的 on the corporate enterprise market and Windows 8. That does it! I. Inf. That completes it!; It is now done just right! When
Jane got the last piece put into the puzzle, she said, "That does it!"
John (signing a paper): Well, that's the last one! That does it! Bill: I
thought we'd never finish. II. and = That tears it! Inf. That's the last straw!; Enough is enough! Bill:
We're still not totally pleased with your work. Bob: That does it! I
quit! Sally: That tears it! I never want to see you again! Fred: I only
put my arm around you! tear someone up Fig. to cause someone much grief. (See also tear someone apart.) The news of Tom's death really tore Bill up. Bad news tears up some people. Other people can take it calmly. tear something up to rip someone or something to pieces. The two drunks tore the bar up in their brawling. The dog tore up the newspaper. 6. serial号码连续的, 连胜, 连败: A new serial连续剧 is starting on television tonight. The serial rapist连环犯 has struck again. These are serial numbers连续号码. Currency notes bear serial numbers连号的. The serial killer claimed to have killed 400 people. Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment ? 7. 其他表达方式. 连续作战: continuous fighting; successive battles; consecutive operations. Reap bumper harvests of fifteen years in succession连续15年丰收; work eight hours at a stretch连续工作8小时( at a stretch = on end 仅用于时间的连续 continuously; without stopping. We all had to do eight hours of duty at a stretch. The baby doesn't sleep for more than three hours at a stretch. Sometimes I work for ten hours at a stretch. I can't concentrate for more than 15 minutes at a stretch. She practices the violin for hours on end. Usage notes: on end is used with hours, days, weeks, and other units of time: He's often away for weeks on end.); at a stretch continuously; without stopping. We all had to do eight hours of duty at a stretch. The baby doesn't sleep for more than three hours at a stretch. [days/months/weeks etc.] on end if
something happens or continues for days, months etc. on end, it
continues for several days, months, or weeks without stopping. We sometimes don't see each other for months on end, but we're still good friends. back to back Consecutively and without interruption: He presented three speeches back to back. He scored two home runs back to back in the 9th inning. There have been no accidents for six years running. We'll give you a few minutes to play through. He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury. Our militia fired off volley after volley( volley v. I. To discharge in or as if in a volley: volley musket shots at the attackers. II. Sports
To strike (a tennis ball, for example) before it touches the ground.
III. To move rapidly, forcefully, or loudly like missiles: The hailstones volleyed down. Charges and countercharges volleyed through the courtroom. ) from anti-aircraft artillery. 8. 其他例子: The number one car will probably change every year. Whether there's ever going to be a car do 15 years in a row as number one ever again I think is unlikely given the way … the segments have changed. sequential 连续的, 顺序的, 次序的 in sequential order次序的, 次第的 Sequels(续集, 续篇; a continuation) and Spinoffs衍生产品 trilogy三部曲, 一个电影有三集, 叫three parts. continuous rain绵绵细雨 连贯的, 连续的叫continuous. continual是连续重复的. succession duty[英]遗产税, 继承税 be first in succession to the throne是王位的第一继承人 reap bumper harvests in succession. Reports of victory came in quick succession捷报频传. predecessor前任, successor继任者. An Xcel Energy serviceman working in an Oklahoma City neighborhood peppered( n. 胡椒 v. 连续质问; 接连出击 pepper sb. with questions 向某人连续发问 We peppered the enemy with our shot.) by toppled trees said Friday he expected the new storm to hamper recovery efforts but not create massive new power failures. The Rockets had a season-high 30 turnovers and surrendered a franchise-record 20 steals, including 9 by the Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki. Clinched its seventh consecutive playoff berth席位. But it has been nearly a decade since a center came close to equaling O Neal one on one, let alone outscoring and outrebounding him. To end their Texas losing streak连败, 连胜
by beating Dallas. "She never really explained to me like that it was
important to shower, it was important to take care of yourself. So I
would go months at a time without showering连续几个月不洗澡. I would wear the same dress to school for months at a time. 9. straight I. a straight choice or competition is one in which there are only two choices or only two people who have any chance of winning. II. 扯平, 互不欠债, 互不相欠. if two people are straight, neither of them owes the other any money If I give you $10, then we're straight. III. informal someone who is straight is normal and ordinary but slightly boring. a. very informal someone who is straight does not use illegal drugs. b. very informal someone who is straight is not a criminal. IV. American used for saying that someone votes only for the members of one particular political party. Most of my neighbors vote straight Republican. V. a drink that is straight is not mixed with anything else. The bottled lemon juice can be used straight or mixed with water and sugar to make lemonade. a straight whiskey. VI. a straight actor or entertainer is one who only performs serious parts. a. straight entertainment is serious and not humorous. VII. [only before noun] happening one after the other, without interruption. Seattle beat Texas for the seventh straight time 连续的. their sixth straight win/loss. four straight games/matches. There were five straight days of rain. a. 全优成绩. a student who has straight A's has the highest mark in every subject or class. She got straight A's this term. a straight-A student. VIII. in the correct position and not leaning to one side or the other。 The picture on that wall isn't straight. Make sure you keep your back straight. IX. honest and true. straight answer: He wouldn’t give me a straight answer. be as straight as a die to be completely honest. be straight with someone to be honest with someone. get something straight to correctly understand something. Let me get this straight, you didn't know they had your car. have your facts straight 搞清楚状况, 别搞错了 if you have your facts straight, you have checked that the information that you have is correct. Be sure you have your facts straight. set/put someone straight to tell someone the true facts about a situation after they have been told something that is not true. Thanks for setting me straight. straight face if someone has a straight face, they look serious even though they are saying something funny or are in a funny situation. with a straight face: He could never tell a joke with a straight face. keep a straight face: She couldn't trust herself to keep a straight face. straight to someone's face if you say something straight to someone’s face, you are completely honest with them even if it seems rude. I told him straight to his face that I thought he was wrong. straight talking talking in an honest and direct way. Robinson has a reputation for straight talking. straight ticket all the people in a political party who you can vote for in an election. Dad always voted the straight Democratic ticket.
