用法学习: 1. ROSEANNE Barr claims she's fielded 挡开 several offers since the Roseanne reboot got the axe. "Inside every bad thing is a good thing waiting to happen, and I feel very excited because I already have been offered so many things, and I almost accepted one really good offer to go back on TV," Barr, 65, said on the Rabbi Shmuley Podcast in an interview released on Sunday. "I might do it, but we'll see." According to the New York Post, Barr gave no other details on what offers she's received, but did expound on ( [ɪkˈspaʊnd] to explain something or to express your opinion about it in detail. It will be an opportunity to expound the ideas he has been developing. expound on/upon: He continued to expound on the failings of our educational system. ) signing away her personal proceeds 个人所得 from Roseanne for the upcoming Conners spin-off, saying that it was part of her Jewish faith to repent (repent 悔罪, 悔过, 忏悔 to recognize that you have done something wrong and to feel ashamed and sorry about it, especially when you have done something against the rules of your religion.). "I thought signing off of my own life's work and asking for nothing in return, I thought that was a penance([ˈpenəns] 赎罪, 罪罚 punishment or suffering that you accept, especially because of your religious beliefs, to show that you are sorry for something bad that you have done. penance for: He believed the death of his child was penance 惩罚 for his sins. do penance: He did penance for the wrongs he had committed.)," she said. "Sometimes you ask people what do you think should be done to you knowing what you've done wrong and it seems that people always know what should be done to them. I just knew that was the right thing and I want to do the right thing because I've lived my life, most part of it, to do the right thing for all people, not just Jews." 2. handsy 爱毛手毛脚的, 爱都手动脚的 liable to make unwanted sexual approaches. tending to engage in excessive or unwanted physical contact. One MP is described as being 'handsy in taxis'. To "bark out orders [at someone]" 发号施令, 大喊大叫的 means to command people to do things loudly, clearly, and angrily. Use this phrase to describe someone who is ordering around a whole group of people. For example: Military officers are used to barking out orders, but for the rest of us it can seem intimidating to directly tell someone what to do. Ms Cachia was accused of being both pushing and barking orders at staff and being verbally and physically abusive, Fairfax reported. The commission's deputy president Peter Sams upheld 支持 the termination decision but criticised the method in which it was done. Mr Sams said unless there was a genuine risk of physical violence "dismissal should be conveyed face to face 当面传达" and "to do otherwise is unnecessarily callous". (there's) no two ways about it. 没有别的解释, 没有别的可能性 something that you say in order to emphasize that something is true. used to say that something is definitely true, especially something unpleasant: Without that drug I'd have died - there's no two ways about it. 3. A handbag, also called purse in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items. The term "purse" originally referred to a small bag for holding coins. In British English, it is still used to refer a small coin bag. A "handbag" is a larger accessory that holds objects beyond currency, such as personal items. American English typically uses the terms purse and handbag interchangeably. clutch (离合, 手拿包): a handbag without handles with detachable chain strap, rectangular in shape, often an evening bag but used during the day as well. tote bag = hand bag a large open bag with handles. A tote bag is a large and often unfastened bag with parallel handles that emerge from the sides of its pouch. wiki: The archetypal ( [ˌɑrkəˈtaɪp(ə)l] very typical of a particular type of person or thing. In his dark suit, he looked like the archetypal businessman.) tote is made of sturdy cloth, perhaps with thick leather at its handles or bottom; leather versions often have a pebbled surface. Common fabrics include heavy canvas, possibly dyed, or treated to resist moisture and mold. A satchel [ˈsætʃ(ə)l] 学生背包, 斜跨包, 快递的袋子 is a bag, often with a strap. The strap is often worn so that it diagonally crosses the body, with the bag hanging on the opposite hip, rather than hanging directly down from the shoulder. They are traditionally used for carrying books. The back of a satchel extends to form a flap that folds over to cover the top and fastens in the front. Unlike a briefcase, a satchel is soft-sided. The satchel has been a typical accessory of English students for centuries, as attested in Shakespeare's famous monologue, "All the world's a stage." sachet [sæˈʃeɪ] I. 香袋. a small cloth bag containing a substance with a pleasant smell that you put in a drawer to make your clothes smell nice. II. British 小袋. a small flat paper or plastic bag that contains a small amount of something, especially a powder or a liquid. a sachet of shampoo. tops better than all the others. When it comes to Italian cooking, this restaurant is tops. (be) the tops to be the best or the most successful. This place is the tops for outstanding facilities. adv. used for showing that you are mentioning the largest possible amount, although the real amount may be less. You could probably get $800 tops 最多 for that car. Kimberley said: "I realised as soon as we got off the plane, it could only have been two minutes tops 最多两分钟. come out on top/come out tops to be the best or the winner. Phil always comes out on top. 4. when you mess with the bull, you get the horns = mess with the bull, get the horns 种瓜得瓜种豆得豆, 玩火必自焚 (informal) If you provoke somebody, you can expect an aggressive reaction. sectional 组合式的家具, 成组的 US I. A sectional piece of furniture is made up of parts that can be arranged in various ways: a sectional sofa. An article of furniture in the more general category referred to as a couch. II. 小集团利益的, 小集体主义的. Interests or aims that are sectional are limited to a particular group within an organization, society, or country and do not consider other groups: The national interest is more important than any sectional or personal interests. wiki: Pertaining to sectionalism 本位主义, i.e. loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. Sectionalism occurs in the United Kingdom, most notably in the constituent country of Scotland, where various sectionalist/separatist political organisations and parties have existed since the early 1920s, beginning with the Scots National League. Today, Scottish sectionalism is most strongly associated and advocated by the Scottish National Party(SNP), which can be described as both sectionalism and separatist. The SNP advocates for both Scottish independence and more autonomy for Scotland while remaining a part of the United Kingdom. 4. correspond I. to be the same as something else, or very much like it. If their statements correspond, we'll have no trouble. correspond with: The statistics do not correspond with our own experience. correspond to: In 60% of the patients, all symptoms corresponded to what we expected. closely correspond 相近, 非常相似: This closely corresponds to the wording of the existing law. a. used about something in a different country or system that is very much like something in yours. roughly correspond 差不多等同于 (=not be exactly the same): His first post was as an Associate Professor, which roughly corresponds to Lecturer here. II. to be connected or related to something. correspond to: In machine code, one instruction corresponds directly to one operation of the computer. correspond with: The timing of the gift closely corresponded with Robert’s return from Italy. a. used about objects that are put together or attached. correspond with: These metal loops should be spaced to correspond with the curtain hooks. III. formal if two people correspond, they regularly write letters to each other. correspond with: He corresponded with leading European scholars. correspondent 通讯员:
a person employed by a newspaper, a television station, etc. to report
on a particular subject or send reports from a foreign country: a war correspondent. the education correspondent for the Guardian. corresponding 相对应的 I. related to or connected with something. Investment in the subway will bring a corresponding improvement in services. corresponding increase/decrease/decline/fall: Rising prosperity has not been matched by any corresponding decrease in crime. II. similar to or the same as something. Nurses
smoke as much as corresponding groups in the general population. Income
from tourism is five percent higher than in the corresponding period
last year. analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable. "the corresponding Jamaican word is 'bada'". corresponding angles 对位角, 内对角 the two inside corner angles formed where a straight line crosses two parallel lines. counterpart 对位, 同位置的人, 同样职位的人
someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another person
or thing, but in a different country, time, situation, or organization. Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place. The Foreign Secretary telephoned his Italian counterpart to protest. The Finnish organization was very different from that of its counterparts in the rest of the Nordic region. The ambassador is meeting his German counterpart. The new model is vastly superior to its 1997 counterpart. 5. magazine [ˈmæɡəˌzin] I. a large thin book with a paper cover, containing reports, photographs, stories, etc., usually published once a month or once a week. a fashion/gardening/sports magazine. a magazine article. II. a television or radio program made up of various reports, news stories, etc. a new weekly magazine program. III. (bore 枪膛: 枪膛的主要作用是发射子弹时为弹头提供加速, 并且稳定弹头的移动方向和状态. In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast) by means of a single-point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), such as in boring a gun barrel or an engine cylinder. Boring is used to achieve greater accuracy of the diameter of a hole, and can be used to cut a tapered hole. Boring can be viewed as the internal-diameter counterpart to turning, which cuts external diameters. gun barrel 枪管. 膛室: chamber. 弹巢. Cylinder: 是左轮手枪的一个圆柱形可旋转的部分, 其中包含多个膛室. 弹巢可以沿其对称轴旋转以使不同的膛室对准枪管来进行射击. 每次左轮手枪待发时, 弹巢都旋转一定角度(如六膛室的弹巢旋转60°). In firearms, the cylinder is the cylindrical, rotating part of a revolver 左轮手枪 containing multiple chambers. The cylinder revolves around a central axis in the revolver to bring each individual chamber into alignment with the barrel for firing. Each time the gun is cocked, the cylinder indexes by one chamber (for five-shooters, by 72°, or for six-shooters, by 60°). A magazine 弹匣(弹夹只是装子弹用的盒子, 不供弹) is an ammunition storage and feeding device within or attached to a repeating firearm. Magazines can be removable (detachable) or integral (internal/fixed) to the firearm. The magazine functions by moving the cartridges stored within it into a position where they may be loaded into the barrel chamber by the action of the firearm. The detachable magazine is often colloquially referred to as a clip, although this is technically inaccurate. Magazines come in many shapes and sizes, from tubular magazines on lever-action rifles that hold only a few rounds, to detachable box and drum magazines for automatic rifles and machine guns that can hold more than one hundred rounds. Various jurisdictions ban what they define as "high-capacity magazines". arsenal 弹药库 I. a large collection of things you can use to achieve a particular purpose. arsenal of: In its arsenal of evidence, the government has more than 1,000 hours of taped phone calls. II. 弹药库. a large collection of weapons and military equipment. an arsenal of guns/ammunition/nuclear weapons. ) the part of a gun in which you put the bullets. a metal box or drum holding several cartridges used in some kinds of automatic firearms; it is removed and replaced when empty. A compartment in some types of firearms, often a small detachable box, in which cartridges are held to be fed into the firing chamber 枪膛. Israeli soldiers interviewed in the documentary, and whose anonymity was maintained, submitted that their commander had knowingly shot the girl in the head at close range and then emptied his magazine of bullets into her body to "confirm the kill." But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining rounds in the assassin's magazine, amount to 16 cartridges for a gun that should normally hold 15. IV. 弹药库. 武器库 a room or building used by the military for storing bullets and weapons. V. 胶卷仓. 胶卷室. the part of a camera in which you put the film.
营救泰国男孩: the best/better part of something most of. nearly all of something We waited for the best part of an hour. We waited there for the better part of an hour. Part of the concern about attempting to bring the boys out of the cramped 拥挤狭窄的, pitch-black chamber where they have spent the better part of nine days is that they are around two kilometers (1.2 miles) inside the cave, and nearly a kilometer below the surface, according to rescuers. The boys, who were found alive by British divers in the early hours of Monday morning, are now being tended to by seven Thai Navy Seals, including a doctor and nurse. The children were being given access to telephone lines to be able to reach their families, but the focus, said Yoo-kongkaew, was on building their strength so they can attempt the journey out. However, options for the rescuers working in and around the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system in northern Thailand are limited 有限的. The area in which the group remains stranded is accessible only via a narrow, flooded channel, and attempts to pump water from the cave, or find a natural opening in the roof of the chamber, have so far been unsuccessful. Diving is considered among the least preferable escape methods, with experts cautioning that any attempt to traverse the narrow passageways will be fraught with difficulties and potential complications, especially if the children can't swim. "It won't be anything like diving that most people recognize. It will be diving in what is effectively muddy water 泥水(murky water 浑浊的谁, 混浊的水), possibly fast-flowing, with no sense of direction," Moret said. "You can't tell what's up, down, sideways." The emotional toil of any rescue attempt would also need to be considered, said Paul Auerbach, professor of emergency medicine at Stanford University. "This is going to be a complicated rescue. It's manageable, but they have to be sure that these kids are physically capable of it and emotionally capable of it as well," said Auerbach. "They'll be assessed for hydration status, adequate fuel supply, adequate food so that their glucose level is adequate, and then no doubt they'll do practice dives," he added. Rescue teams spent the day drilling and preparing for a rescue attempt. Thirteen possible routes into the cave from the surface have been explored, but authorities are focusing their drilling efforts on three, in the attempt to get to the "Pattaya Beach" portion of the cave. However, drilling through rock from the top of the mountain into the cave complex could take weeks or even months. That makes an attempt to rescue the boys this week more likely as more rain would make an already difficult rescue even harder. It would effectively stymie ( [ˈstaɪmi] to stop someone from achieving a goal, or to stop some process from continuing. Richard's attitude completely stymied her. positions that have stymied progress. ) plans to simply pump water out of the caves, which would allow the boys to walk to freedom. 营救: If approved, the plan would roll out ( to make a new product, service, or system available for the first time: A media campaign is expected to roll out early next year. roll sth out The company plans to roll out the scheme across Europe in the coming months.) in two stages. The first stage involves staging 放置 equipment, air tanks 氧气罐 and clearing obstacles in the cave. The second phase involves the "buddy dive" and could start as early as Sunday morning local time, ABC News reports. The death of the military diver on Friday underscored 放大, 加强 the huge risks the boys face. The diver's death brought heartache for rescuers and anxious relatives waiting outside the Tham Luang cave in the country's mountainous north — and raised serious doubts over the feasibility of attempting to bring a group of boys with no diving experience out through the cramped狭窄的 passageways 通道, 通路 filled with muddy water. In an update in the early hours of Saturday morning, Osottanakorn said it was "not suitable" to make the boys dive to safety yet. But he indicated that further downpours might force their hand 迫不得已 and speed up attempts to extract them despite the dangers of carrying out such a gargantuan effort ( [ɡɑrˈɡæntʃuən] extremely big. a gargantuan appetite.). He was part of a team trying to establish an air line to the chamber where the children are awaiting rescue and lay 放置 oxygen tanks along the route. Petty Officer Saman, 38, was working in a volunteer capacity 作为志愿者 ("As" is for sentences like this one: In my capacity as an ELU participant, I try contribute my point of view via comments rather than answers when the questions aren't well posed. "Of" is for sentences like this one: He passed the bar exam in 2002 and has worked in the capacity of a judge since 2006. to work in the position of engineer = to work as an engineer = to work in the capacity of engineer. capacity I. 容量 the total amount that can be contained or produced, or (especially of a person or organization) the ability to do a particular thing: The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000. The game was watched by a capacity crowd/audience of 50,000 (= the place was completely full). She has a great capacity for hard work. The purchase of 500 tanks is part of a strategy to increase military capacity by 25 percent over the next five years. [ + to infinitive ] It seems to be beyond his capacity to 超出能力范围 (= he seems to be unable to) follow simple instructions. Do you think it's within his capacity to 能力范围内 (= do you think he'll be able to) do the job without making a mess of it? The generators each have a capacity of (= can produce) 1,000 kilowatts. The larger cars have bigger capacity engines 大功率 (= the engines are bigger and more powerful). All our factories are working at (full) capacity (= are producing goods as fast as possible). We are running below capacity (= not producing as many goods as we are able to) because of cancelled orders. He suffered a stroke in 2008, which left him unable to speak, but his mental capacity (= his ability to think and remember) wasn't affected. II. formal a particular position or job: She guides tourists at the Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home in her capacity as a National Park Service ranger. She was speaking in her capacity as a novelist, rather than as a television presenter. ) to place oxygen canisters 氧气瓶, 氧气罐 (oxygen tanks, air tank) along the route(Crews will have to replenish air tanks along the route before rescuing the others. replenish [rɪˈplenɪʃ] 补货 to make something full again, or to bring it back to its previous level by replacing what has been used. ) divers must take to get to the soccer team, helping them stay underwater longer during the five-hour trip. Authorities continue to pursue a third option, which is finding a shaft or drilling into the mountain in which the cave is located to find a sort of back door entrance. But Mr Narongsak said a rescue was unlikely today — although a war room 作战室 had been set up to monitor the situation. Our hearts go out to these divers, who have shown not only great courage but incredible skill. One can hardly imagine the difficulty of this rescue effort, which is taking place deep underground in impossibly narrow and jagged 犬牙交错的, 凹凸不平的, 崎岖不平的 areas, with powerful currents pushing against divers who must perform a complex task in near-zero visibility in parts of the cave. In the Thai cave, there are no skin colors, religious differences or questions of sexual identity. Nobody is wrapping himself in a flag or questioning the science at hand. This is one of those rare times when we see how much we can achieve against terrifying odds when people work in unison, selflessly, to do something important. Putting the welfare of these children first, in itself, is admirable. We've all made mistakes, and it occasionally takes a village at times to make up for those mistakes. And everyone is beholden to Saman Gunan, the Thai diver who lost his life a few days ago while making his way out of the Tham Luang complex of caves. His willingness to put his life on the line for the trapped boys and their coach was remarkable. He showed us courage in its purest form. It doesn't surprise me that countless people around the globe are riveted to their screens, waiting for the boys to emerge, one by one, eager to hear that the divers also are okay and that the coach is rescued in good health as well. I have three boys myself, and I can only imagine the fear and trembling in homes as parents and other family members wait for news. The pain of separation between parents and children is an intolerable pain, and something that all people with a shred of humanity in their hearts will appreciate. THE football coach trapped with the Thai schoolboys in a flooded cave has cheated death before 死里逃生, 和死神擦肩, aged 10, when a disease swept through his village, sparing only him. Ekapol Chanthawong was the only member of his family who survived the epidemic which overcame his Northern Thailand home town in 2003. 钻孔打洞: It's most probably some form of limestone, which to a driller is absolute butter (软如奶油. butter wouldn’t melt in someone's mouth used for saying that someone looks as if they are very good and would never do anything wrong, although in fact they would. ) and is extremely quick to drill through," he said. 事后采访: He declined to go into detail about how his team rescued the children, saying it was "too detailed for this point in time 节骨眼, 时间点." Thai navy diver Saman Kunan died during the operation while replenishing 补充, 补给 oxygen canisters. The complexities of the cave diving and the dangerous route the divers had to take with the boys -- many of whom don't swim -- meant they decided to sedate [sɪˈdeɪt] the boys so they would "stop panicking" during the rescue, Unsworth says. It was the only way," he said. "Some of these kids couldn't swim and they'd been put into cold water with wet suits on and full face mask, (which is) alien 不熟悉, 陌生, 太怪异 to them." Unsworth said he expected a "high rate of attrition 损耗率, 折损率" ( [əˈtrɪʃ(ə)n] I. a reduction in size, numbers, or strength. attrition rate/rate of attrition: Fifty volunteers left in the first year, a surprisingly high attrition rate. II. a deliberate gradual reduction in the number of workers in an organization, as a result of the organizations not replacing those who leave or die. Another 500 jobs are being eliminated through retirement and attrition 自然损耗. III. formal the process of making an enemy physically and mentally weaker by continuously attacking them. war of attrition 消耗战: Since 1985 they had been fighting a bloody war of attrition with hundreds of casualties on both sides.) in terms of the the boys' survival, but added that hopes increased after the first day of the rescue. "There was a lot of chaos but we were so task-orientated, focused, and we blanked that out(blank something out I. to intentionally cover over something that is written so that it cannot be read: Some of the names in the report have been blanked out. II. 完全不去想, 不去听, 不去管. to stop yourself thinking about a memory because it is unpleasant and you would prefer not to remember it: There may be a traumatic incident in your past that you have blanked out. ) and carried on with the job in hand, step by step, until we achieved success."
