用法学习: 1. spatial [ˈspeɪʃ(ə)l] 空间的 relating to the size, shape, and position of things, and the relation of objects to each other in space. Spatial is used to describe things relating to areas. ...the spatial distribution of employment and population in the country. ...spatial constraints. ...the claustrophobic spatial dividers found in business offices. The growth of home ownership has been both socially and spatially uneven. ...jobs that are more spatially dispersed throughout the country. a. relating to people's ability to understand size, shape, position, and depth. Your spatial ability is your ability to see and understand the relationships between shapes, spaces, and areas. His manual dexterity [dekˈsterəti] dexterous = dextrous 巧手, 手巧 and fine spatial skills 空间感, 空间能力, 立体感 were wasted on routine tasks. ...spatial awareness. temporal 时间的 I. relating to time. One is also able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context. The present world crisis should in principle be analysed from different temporal perspectives. In the last stages of dementia, persons will be spatially and temporally disoriented. The temporal sequence of the play is confusing for the audience. temporal and spatial limits. Where are your from 你从哪里来的问题: The final category of how young Australians answered the "where are you from" question came down to temporal framing时间维度的框定. "For some, the answer is timeless ('Australia!'). For others, it's connected with memories and embraces the past ('Australia because I was born and raised here')." Prof Stark wrote that a focus on the past may also cause new Australians to question their status as Australians. "So perhaps, in the spirit of inclusion for migrants, children of migrants and minority groups, we need to think about how we respond to the 'where are you from' question and think about a response that relates to the present: 'Australia, because I live here, not because I was born here'." II. relating to ordinary practical life rather than religious matters. Temporal powers or matters relate to ordinary institutions and activities rather than to religious or spiritual ones. [formal] ...their spiritual and temporal leader. He firmly believed the clergy should not become pre-occupied with temporal matters 俗事, 凡俗事务. Queen Elizabeth II is the temporal head of the Church of England. secular [ˈsekjʊlə(r)] 俗世的, 出世的 You use secular to describe things that have no connection with religion. He spoke about preserving the country as a secular state. ...secular and religious education. 2. 蘑菇召回: Sliced white and brown mushrooms in prepackaged punnets 小塑料盒, 水果盒(a small container like a basket without a handle, in which fruit such as strawberries and raspberries used to be sold. a. the food contained in a punnet, or the amount that a punnet contains.) have been recalled from supermarket shelves due to the potential presence of foreign matter. The NSW Food Authority said the recall was for punnets weighing 200g, 375g and 500g. The recall spans best before or use by dates up to and including Thursday July 19, except for Coles 500g mushrooms which have the use by date of Wednesday June 11. Customers who purchased these mushrooms should not eat them and return them to the place of purchase 购买地 for a full refund. 国航事故: Qiao Yibin, the CAAC official, promised to hand down "severe punishment in accordance with laws and regulations," if the regulator's final conclusion on the incident matches its initial finding. A loss of cabin pressurization had incapacitated the crew, leaving the Boeing 737 flying on autopilot until it ran out of fuel. 罪案调查: Whilst a test on scissors found in the boot of Hilder's car demonstrated that they were the implement ( a tool, or a simple piece of equipment. ) used to make the cuts, there was no further evidence of where the act had taken place or who may have used the scissors in question. Atkinson also stated that there was no proof that someone else was responsible for cutting the straps. peter out 消弭于无形, 渐渐减弱 (idiomatic) To dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing. What started as a great effort ended up petering out to nothing. beat/scare the living daylights out of do the specified thing to (someone) with great severity. "he beat the living daylights out of them". to frighten someone very much: You scared the daylights out of me, yelling like that. lovers' tiff 情人斗嘴, 情人吵架 (plural lovers' tiffs) A petty quarrel between lovers, not so serious as to end the romantic relationship. The couple at the table next to us were having a real lovers' tiff. 3. make no bones 毫不讳言, 毫不掩饰, 明目张胆地 If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret. not to try to hide your feelings. to talk about or do something in a very open way without feeling ashamed or embarrassed. He makes no bones about the fact that he wants my job. He made no bones about his dissatisfaction with the service. Some of them make no bones about their political views. for old times' sake 为了旧时光, 看在旧日情分的份上, 看在往日情分上 If you do something for old times' sake, you do it in order to remember a happy time that you had in the past: We should all meet up again - just for old times' sake. (idiomatic) An appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something. Usage notes: As with for God's sake, sometimes expressed as for old times' sakes. Sometimes expressed in its Scots form: for auld lang syne. scooby I. A clue. Rhyming slang on 'scooby doo', the cartoon character. Shortened form of "Not a Scooby Doo" which itself is rhyming slang for I haven't got a clue. (Scooby Doo rhymes with clue.) What time does the next bus arrive? Sorry, not a Scooby. Isn't there a timetable in the bus shelter? "I haven't got a scooby why she went into a rage, I was only 1 hour late for dinner." II. A Suburu car. Rhyming slang from 'scooby doo'. temper something with something I. Fig. to harden something, such as metal, with something. You have to temper the metal pieces with very high heat. The sheet of metal was tempered by the application of great pressure. II. Fig. to soften the impact of something, such as news, with something. We can temper this disaster story a bit with a picture of the happy survivors. The news story was tempered with a paragraph of explanation and justification. tempered 混合着, 掺杂着 I. made less intense or violent, especially by the influence of something good or benign. modified by addition of or mixture with other qualities, ingredients, etc. the mercy in a tempered justice. justice tempered with mercy. "As they were coming down the slope we were counting them till we got to 13. Unbelievable," he said. "They looked in good health, but of course when we departed all we could think about was how we were going to get them out. And so there was relief tempered with uncertainty. 又是安慰, 又是担心" II. having a temper or temperament as specified. ill-tempered. III. having been given the desired temper, consistency, hardness, etc. tempered steel. 救援: "When it seemed all other options were exhausted 所有途径一一被堵死, the decision to swim the players out was made and the rescue went ahead," he said. "The pressure that was put on these guys was immense and they never dropped the ball 掉链子 for a second." bollocks I. offensive for testicle. II. offensive nonsense: That's a load of bollocks. Bollocks to that (= that's nonsense)! "Bollocks" [ˈbɒləks] is a word of Middle English origin, meaning "testicles". The word is often used figuratively in colloquial British English and Hiberno-English as a noun to mean "nonsense", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to mean "poor quality" or "useless". Similarly, common phrases like "Bollocks to this!" and "That's a load of old bollocks" generally indicate contempt for a certain task, subject or opinion. Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as "the dog's bollocks" or more simply "the bollocks" (as opposed to just "bollocks"), which will refer to something which is admired, approved of or well-respected. 3. If someone is bent double 身体缩成一团, 蜷缩成一团, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double. He left the courtroom on the first day bent double with stomach pain. [+ with/in]. be bent on sth/doing sth to be determined to do or have something: He was bent on getting married as soon as possible. If you say that someone is hell-bent on doing something, you are emphasizing that they are determined to do it, even if this causes problems or difficulties for other people. [emphasis] ...a man who seems hell-bent on provoking controversy in his articles. [+ on] ...a side hell-bent on a place in the Premier League. If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it. His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job. bent I. a bent object has a curved or twisted shape. If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape. The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind. bent railings. II. 腐败的. British informal dishonest. If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things. [British, informal] ...this bent accountant. III. British offensive an offensive word used to describe a gay person. IV. If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease. [written] ...a bent 弯腰驼背的, frail 颤巍巍的, old man. V. If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs. ...economists of a socialist bent 有...倾向的. When you come at the king, you best not miss. If you take a shot at the King, you make sure you kill him. If you shoot at a king you must kill him. 4. stick someone with something to force someone to have or do something less desirable: AC-12 (英国警察反腐败部门) has been trying to stick me for weeks. Big power companies grab cheap supplies and stick everyone else with more expensive ones. give somebody/get (some) stick British English spoken if you give someone stick, you criticize them for something they have done. He's going to get some stick for this! stick it to (one) To punish or retaliate against someone with vindictiveness or unnecessary severity. He stuck it to his parents by driving the car in circles on their front lawn. If you're feel like you have to stick it to the boss, at least do something that won't get the rest of us in trouble. hold up one's end [of the bargain]/side 尽了本分, 尽力了, 做了我该做的, 说话算话, 守了承诺 (idiomatic) To hold up one's end of a bargain; to fulfill one's promise or obligation. I'm holding up my end and you had better hold up yours. bottle it 退缩, 胆怯 to not do something because you do not feel brave enough He tried to jump, but he bottled it. If you say that someone has bottled it, you mean that they have lost their courage at the last moment and have not done something they intended to do. [British, informal] He was scheduled to appear on the TV Show, but bottled it at the last minute. sit in judgment on/over sb 妄自评判 mainly disapproving to make a judgment on someone especially when you have no right to do so: I don't know why he thinks he can sit in judgment over us like that. dogged [ˈdɒɡɪd] having or showing tenacity and grim persistence. very determined to do something, even if it is very difficult: Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession. "success required dogged determination". flounder [ˈflaundər] (flaunt 炫耀) n. 比目鱼. v. I. to feel confused and not know what to say or do next. Maureen floundered 一时语塞, 一时无话可对, 被说住了, 一时语结, trying to think of a response. Gates flounders when Arnott asks him how he managed to park his car on Laverty's drive unless she let him onto the property, a hesitation which Arnott suspects is a sign of guilt. II. to move with great difficulty and in an uncontrolled way. The horses were floundering in the deep snow. III. to experience difficulties and be likely to fail. The country’s economy is floundering and the future is uncertain. be snowed under (with sth) 被压的喘不过气来, 太多事情了, 太多工作要做 to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all: I'm absolutely snowed under with work at the moment. meet a debt/cost/expense etc 支付费用, 支付得起 to make a payment that needs to be made. The government has promised to meet the cost of clearing up after the floods. This is such a expensive school, we have no problem meeting the cost? 5. wobble I. [intransitive/transitive] to rock slightly from side to side, or to make something do this. I wouldn't sit on that chair – it wobbles. If something or someone wobbles, they make small movements from side to side, for example because they are unsteady. The table wobbled 轻摇, 轻晃 when I leaned on it. Just then, Bart returned, wobbling on his skates. I narrowly missed a cyclist who wobbled into my path. He placed one hand heavily on a fragile, wobbling table. a. [intransitive] to go somewhere while moving from side to side as if you are going to fall. Bill’s out of hospital and wobbling around on crutches. II. [intransitive] to lose confidence about doing something. If a person or government wobbles, they suddenly appear less secure or less sure about something. [journalism] The coach began to wobble when some of his team selections provoked much baffled comment. U.S. resolve appeared to wobble yesterday. a wobbling economy. n. I. a slight movement from side to side. II. 不确定, 左右摇摆, 动摇. 失去信心. a feeling or expression of fear or loss of confidence. a wobble in the markets. You are not gonna leave me in the lurch again, are you? I'm sorry. I had a wobble. No more wobbles? go around doing something to move around doing something. She keeps going around telling lies about me. Please stop going around knocking things over. She goes around helping whomever she can. I respect him, I like him a lot sir. Does he respect you, does he like you? I don't go around thinking like that. spastic ( =spaz) (美语指笨拙的人, 笨手笨脚的人. 或过于激动, 过于兴奋的人. 过动症的人. 英语里对笨拙不协调的人的一种羞辱) I. refers to an alteration in muscle tone affected by the medical condition spasticity, which is seen in spastic diplegia and many other forms of cerebral palsy and also in terms such as "spastic colon". II. (slang, pejorative, offensive in the UK) Clumsy. III. (slang, pejorative, offensive in the UK) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner. Usage notes: The offensiveness of spastic and spaz differs considerably between the US and the UK. In the United States, the terms are inoffensive; in the UK, they are typically taken as denigrating references to those with cerebral palsy, and consequently University of Sussex linguist Lynne Murphy has described spastic as "one of the most taboo insults to a British ear" and in a 2003 survey by the BBC it was voted the second-most offensive word relating to disability (after retard). In American slang, the term "spaz" has become largely disconnected from a description of people with disabilities, and is generally understood as a casual word for clumsiness, otherness, sometimes associated with overexcitability, excessive startle response ("jumpiness"), excessive energy, involuntary or random movement, or hyperactivity. In Australian English, for some time, terms such as "spastic" and "crippled" were considered the proper words to describe persons with various disabilities and even appeared on traffic signs warning drivers of such persons near the road. More recently these terms have fallen out of use and replaced with the more socially acceptable and generic "disabled". In UK, However, the word began to be used as an insult and became a term of abuse used to imply stupidity or physical ineptness: one who is uncoordinated or incompetent, or a fool. It was often colloquially abbreviated to shorter forms such as "spaz". spasticated 残疾的 I. A dismissive for appearing out of touch, behind the times, or slow. II. To be stupid, retarded or mentally challenged. Ali G: "I iz actually spasticated". Mate: "What are you fucken spasticated or sunnin?" in one's pocket (idiomatic) Subject to one's whims because of bribery. have someone in your pocket 控制某人 to have power over someone in a position of authority. Why would she want to pay for the girls' fees? Why would she want to do that? Are you having a affair with her? No, she's just trying to have me in her pocket. be/live in each other's pockets 出双入对, 形影不离 disapproving to be with each other all the time and depend on each other: I don't think it's healthy the way you two are always in each other's pockets. decorum [dɪˈkɔrəm] 言行 polite behavior. behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety. "he had acted with the utmost decorum". A little decorum 注意礼节, 注意言行, please DS Arnott. waste man = wasteman 无用的人, 废人: A man who acts like a boy, lacking maturity, and generally wastes his time and life by doing everything to achieve nothing. This is and has been for many years now a term used by intercity teenagers in the uk and globally. 6. meet one's maker 丧命, 死翘翘 (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die or to pass into the afterlife. The car was out of control. There was nothing I could do except prepare to meet my maker! Please stop speeding, I don't want to meet my maker today!
Line of duty: 1.We don't have your occupation listed. I run my own business. Laverty Holdings. You could just put down "self-employed". I'm sorry, are you one of the detectives looking into the theft of my car? I carry out some forms of police work but I'm not a police officer. Cut-backs( cutback a reduction in something, made in order to save money. a reduction in something, such as the number of workers in a company or the amount of money a government or company spends. The shortage of teachers was blamed on government cutbacks. cutback 缩减开支 in: cutbacks in funding for libraries. A fall in donations has forced the charity to make cutbacks. sharp/drastic/severe cutback 裁员: sharp cutbacks in the military budget. The closure of the Manchester printing factory is the company's biggest single cutback so far. be cut off/cut down in your prime 英年早逝 to die when you are still young. War leaves too many young men cut off in their prime. cut someone down to size to make someone accept that they are not as important or impressive as they believe they are. ) 2. Maybe this wasn't the best place to come. Not at all, not at all. Young fellow like yourself. New in town. You get yourself a girlfriend, eh? Hm. I haven't put my big un-PC foot in it, have I? No, no, I'm straight. 3. Hit-and-run? Why us? Because we've got a big sign over our heads saying, "CID, dump your crap here"? We've got ten unsolved burglaries stinking up our figures(stink up to fill a place with a very unpleasant smell. I've had enough of their stinking up the place with those cigars!). Give the hit-and-run to the civvy (指的是非警察但在警察局做事的老百姓) ([ˈsɪvi] I. a civilian. This word is used mainly by people in the military. II. civilian dress as opposed to uniform. civvy street People in the armed forces use civvy street to refer to life and work which is not connected with the armed forces. [British, informal] If they were in civvy street they would be compensated anyway. ). She's had the training 受过这种训练. Anyway, I'm out of here. Gates' has been given a written warning about his team's gender balance. I'm a shoe-in. 4. Detective Chief Inspector Gates, we have received an allegation that you received a gratuity ( [ɡrəˈtjuːɪti] I. 感谢费. a small amount of money that you give to someone to thank them for doing something for you. A gratuity is a gift of money to someone who has done something for you. [formal] The porter expects a gratuity. II. 复员费. British a large amount of money given to someone when they leave their job, for example in the military. A gratuity is a large gift of money that is given to someone when they leave their job, especially when they leave the armed forces. [British, formal] He is taking a gratuity from the Navy. ) in respect of ( with respect to = in respect of concerning The two groups are very similar with respect to age. The Department makes a single carbon offsetting payment in respect of all official travel undertaken by ministers and officials. with (all) due respect (话说起来) used when you are going to disagree with someone or criticize someone, in order to sound more polite. With due respect, is that question relevant? with (all) due respect to: With all due respect to the school, I think the results could have been better. speaking of someone/something 说起来 related to the subject being discussed: Casey is at a birthday party – speaking of birthdays, Abe's is Friday. 'Speaking of which' can be used to refer to something that has just been said. Other similar phrases are: by the way, incidentally, apropos, with regard to...: I won't be home when you get in from school tonight. Speaking of which, don't forget your keys. ) one free breakfast from the Sunflower Cafe in St Anne's Place, in the Kingsgate. Now, whilst receiving a gratuity is not in itself a breach, failure to declare a said gratuity is a breach of the police officer's code of conduct as laid down by the Home Office guidelines. And so therefore I am serving you with the yellow notice. In which case, erm, I decline to make any written or oral statement but I acknowledge the receipt of the yellow notice and I inform the investigating officer that I will respond within the regulation 规定的 ten working days( regulation n. I. Regulations are rules made by a government or other authority in order to control the way something is done or the way people behave. Employers are using the new regulations to force out people over 65. Under pressure from the American government, Fiat and other manufacturers obeyed the new safety regulations. Regulation is also an adjective. according to rules or custom. 规定的, 规范的, 要求的 a doctor's regulation white coat ...a noisy cheerful group of people in regulation black parade tunics. II. Regulation is the controlling of an activity or process, usually by means of rules. Social services also have responsibility for the regulation of nurseries. Some in the market now want government regulation in order to reduce costs. self-regulatory = self-regulating a self-regulatory system or organization is one that controls itself and makes its own rules.). Interview terminated. This is coming from the muggers, isn't it? Those toe-rags ( toe rag (Britain, slang, pejorative) A tramp. ) know every trick in the book(know every trick in the book 摸得门清 (idiomatic) to know all there is to be known about a certain discipline. To be aware of or knowledgeable in every possible way to do or achieve something, especially ways that are clever, cunning, or ethically questionable. My dad was a shrewd businessman who knew every trick in the book to seal a deal. If you want girls to be interested in you, my older brother knows every trick in the book.). Er, well, we have to go through the motions 走走过场, 走走形式, Tony, you know. It's not your fault, sir. He's an arrogant so-and-so( I. used instead of a particular name to refer to someone or something, especially when the real name is not important or you have forgotten it: She always keeps me up to date with the latest gossip - you know, so-and-so from down the road is having a baby and so-and-so's just bought a car. II. a polite way of referring to an unpleasant person: Mr Baker was such a so-and-so - he was always really mean! III. You use so-and-so instead of a word, expression, or name when you are talking generally rather than giving a specific example of a particular thing. [informal] It would be a case of 'just do so-and-so and here's your cash'. In those days, the boss was respectfully addressed as Mr so-and-so. ), isn't he? I mean, a player like Gates knows it's against rules and regulations 违反纪律的 not to declare a gratuity so what does it say about him that he doesn't even bother his arse to fill in the form? Well, with respect, what's a free breakfast got to do with investigating Gates' crime figures? Sooner or later he's going to know we're on to him. This way, he thinks it's just a storm in a teacup. Or should that be a coffee cup? I'll give him laughing all over his face at us. His guard's down 放松警惕, 放松警戒, 放下警惕. That's how we're going to get him, Steve. There's another possibility. Yeah? Gates' figures are for real. Oh, I see what you're getting at. You think he's Bob Beamon and I think he's, what, Ben Johnson? I mean, admittedly an athlete does come along once in a while who breaks the world record by a mile. And sometimes he's genuinely superhuman but I will lay you odds all day long that more often than not, that guy is a cheat 欺诈. Sir DCI Gates appears to be an exemplary 典范的 officer. Appears to be. My point exactly. Are you visual 能看到吗, 能看见吗, 看得到吗? Negative. 5. Racked with guilt 满怀愧疚, 心怀愧疚 and his inability to see past his colleagues' betrayal, Arnott sends a text to Fleming and Hastings reading "I'm no longer the man for the job. Gates has won." 6. During questioning Hastings interrogates Cottan about the night of the surveillance on Greek Lane, and he claims that Gates ordered Deepak and him to end surveillance, unaware that this would create a prime slot in the timeline for the killers to strike 袭击. Meanwhile, forensic evidence at the crime scene and Arabic books belonging to the victims leads Gates to cook up a story regarding a possible terrorism plot, allowing him to wind up Arnott about the armed raid in which he failed to capture a terrorist cell. As Arnott and Fleming catch up with them, Gates realises that his career is over and decides to commit suicide, telling Arnott to inform his wife that he was killed in the line of duty 执行公务中. 7. After Tommy is arrested, Cottan has a quiet word with him. Tommy says, 'You tell me how I'm going to play this one', to which Cottan replies, 'Offer them all the information you can and plead immunity', seemingly confirming that Cottan is Tommy's inside man 内线, later revealed as 'The Caddy', having been recruited as a teenager when he caddied ( caddy v. to carry the golf clubs for a golf player. n. I. 高尔夫球童 someone who carries the golf clubs for a golf player. II. a small container for tea leaves or tea bags. ) for Tommy at a local golf club. In an epilogue, Gates's family receives a death-in-service 以身殉职 benefit of £107,000 plus a pension for life.
