用法学习: 1. breezy I. with a lot of light wind. a breezy 微风习习的 spot by the ocean. II. lively, confident, and informal. With a breezy laugh, she said she didn't mind at all. She gave a bright breezy smile as she came in. a breezy essay for the paper. a. used in a negative way for saying that someone is too informal and not careful enough. a breezy 不当回事的, 无所谓的, 不认真的 attitude toward work. Chicken Little, also known as Henny Penny and sometimes as Chicken Licken, is a folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!天塌地陷" featured prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. The story is listed as Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 20C, which includes international examples of folktales that make light of paranoia and mass hysteria. There are several Western versions of the story, of which the best-known concerns a chick that believes the sky is falling when an acorn (acorn [ˈeɪˌkɔrn] 橡树果 the nut of an oak tree, shaped like a small egg with a cover like a cup at one end. ) falls on its head. The chick decides to tell the King and on its journey meets other animals (mostly other fowl) which join it in the quest. After this point, there are many endings. In the most familiar, a fox invites them to its lair 狐狸窝里 ([ler] I. a place where a wild animal lives. a wolf's lair. II. a place where you can be alone and feel safe. III. informal the room or home of a frightening or dangerous person. ) and then eats them all. Alternatively, the last one, usually Cocky Lockey, survives long enough to warn the chick, who escapes. In others all are rescued and finally speak to the King. Versions of the story go back more than 25 centuries; it continues to be referred to in a variety of media. The moral to be drawn changes, depending on the version. Where there is a "happy ending", the moral is not to be a "Chicken" but to have courage. In other versions where the birds are eaten by the fox, the fable is interpreted as a warning not to believe everything one is told. 2. organic I. Organic methods of farming and gardening use only natural animal and plant products to help the plants or animals grow and be healthy, rather than using chemicals. Organic farming is expanding everywhere. ...organic fruit and vegetables. organic food or drink is produced using no or only a small number of artificial chemicals and methods. Is this milk organic? organic apples. II. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Organic substances are of the sort produced by or found in living things. connected with, produced by, or obtained from living things. organic material/waste/matter. Incorporating organic material into chalky soils will reduce the alkalinity. III. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Organic change or development happens gradually and naturally rather than suddenly. happening or developing in a natural and continuous process. The business has expanded through organic growth, rather than by taking over other companies. ...to manage the company and supervise its organic 自然而然的 growth. IV. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If a community or structure is an organic whole, each part of it is necessary and fits well with the other parts. consisting of different parts that all fit together well. Together, these elements make an organic whole 有机整体. City planning treats the city as a unit, as an organic whole. capacity I. 能力范围. Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do. Our capacity for giving care, love and attention is limited. [+ for] Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his. ...people's creative capacities. II. The capacity of something such as a factory, industry, or region is the quantity of things that it can produce or deliver with the equipment or resources that are available. ...the amount of spare capacity in the economy. Bread factories are working at full capacity. The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity. Britain must still keep the nuclear and conventional capacity to deal with all threats. III. The capacity of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units. ...an aircraft with a bomb-carrying capacity of 454 kg. [+ of] ...a feature which gave the vehicles a much greater fuel capacity than other trucks. IV. The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons. ...the fuel tanks, which had a capacity of 140 litres. [+ of] Grease 6 ramekin dishes of 150 ml (5–6 fl oz) capacity. V. The capacity of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to capacity, it is as full as it can possibly be. Each stadium had a seating capacity of about 50,000. [+ of] Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity. VI. A capacity crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place. A capacity crowd of 76,000 people was at Wembley football stadium for the event. VII. If you do something in a particular capacity, you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person. [written] She visited the Philippines in her capacity as a Special Representative of Unicef. [+ as] This article is written in a personal capacity. ability I. singular noun [NOUN to-infinitive, oft with poss Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it. The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job. He has the ability to bring out the best in others. II. Your ability is the quality or skill that you have which makes it possible for you to do something. Her drama teacher spotted her ability. I have confidence in the ability of the players. They repeatedly questioned his leadership abilities. Does the school cater for all abilities? III. to the best of your ability 力所能及的. capacity VS ability VS capability: Do not confuse ability with capability and capacity. You often use ability to say that someone can do something well. He had remarkable ability as a musician. ...the ability to bear hardship. A person's capability is the amount of work they can do and how well they can do it. ...a job that was beyond the capability of one man. ...the director's ideas of the capability of the actor. If someone has a particular capacity, a capacity for something, or a capacity to do something, they have the qualities required to do it. Capacity is a more formal word than ability. ...their capacity for hard work. ...his capacity to see the other person's point of view. aptitude 天生能力, 天分 natural ability that makes it easy for you to do something well. Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well. An aptitude for computing is beneficial for students taking this degree. [+ for] Some students have more aptitude for academic work than others. an aptitude test. aptitude for: I had no aptitude for accountancy and began to hate it. Penny: You got me. While you're there, could pick me up a few comics 幽默漫画 (the comic strips in newspapers, etc ) for my nephew's birthday? Sheldon: I think you mean comic books. Comics are feeble attempts 蹩脚的尝试 at humour featuring talking babies and anthropomorphized pets found traditionally in the optimistically 乐观的 named funny pages. Penny: Leonard, could you pick me up a few comics for my nephew's birthday? Leonard: Sure. What does he like? Penny: I don't know, he's 13. Just pick out anything. Sheldon: Just pick out anything? Maybe at the same time we can pick out a new suit for him without knowing his size, or pick out his career for him without knowing his aptitude, or pick out a new breakfast cereal without knowing his fibre requirements or his feelings about little marshmallows. strip I. A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them. [+ of] The simplest rag-rugs are made with strips of fabric plaited together. Serve dish with strips of fresh raw vegetables. II. A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it. The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains. [+ of] ...a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water. III. A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels. [US] She owns a hotel-restaurant in the commercial strip 商业街 on the mainland. IV. If you strip, you take off your clothes. They stripped completely, and lay in the damp grass. [VERB] Women residents stripped naked in protest. V. verb [usually passive] If someone is stripped, their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things. One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten. strip-search. VI. To strip something means to remove everything that covers it. After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets. [VERB noun] The floorboards in both this room and the dining room have been stripped, sanded and sealed. VIII. If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired. Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and restored it. [VERB noun] Strip down means the same as strip. In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I stripped down the carburettors, cleaned and polished the pieces and rebuilt the units. IX. To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them. The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, 剥夺权利 and every other type of document. [V n of n] A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer. X. In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story. The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings. [US] ...the Doonesbury strip. 3. come to mind Be recollected, occur to one, as in A new idea just came to mind. This phrase replaced the earlier come in mind, which dates from the late 1300s. bring to mind; call to mind; enter one's mind. 关于土耳其的货币危机: Turkey's currency crisis tests Erdogan's strongman 强人, 强势 approach: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long made clear that he considered no part of Turkish life beyond his reach, not least the economy. Even before he was re-elected in June with sultan-like powers, he had built his popularity on sustained economic growth fuelled by signature megaprojects — the latest being plans for a canal bisecting the country. But critics have long charged that much of that expansion was built on budgetary ( [ˈbʌdʒət(ə)ri] relating to a budget. budgetary control/constraints/policy) sleight of hand (sleight of hand 把戏 Trickery or deception. The phrase often but does not always refer to actual hand movements. The
magician's sleight of hand awed the crowd as he made yet another coin
disappear. With a little sleight of hand we can replace your name on the
list with someone else's, don't worry.), cronyism and corruption. "Global investors are now targeting countries with similar economic challenges, whether they be bloated current account deficits, inflationary pressures or high debts denominated (to say what units of money are used dollar-denominated assets/investments.) in foreign currencies (Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, and South Africa come mind first and foremost)," Rosenberg wrote. "The Rome vs. Brussels/Berlin circumstances are effectively the same problems that plagued Europe several years ago when Greece was at the edge of the economic precipice ( [ˈpresəpɪs] I. a very steep high cliff. II. a very dangerous situation. The country sat at the edge of a financial precipice. ), except that Italy's GDP is effectively 8.1 x's that of Greece's!" Gartman said. "Italy is the country to watch for signs that the proverbial butterfly wings in Ankara (or anywhere else) are setting off a storm in developed economy capital markets," added Nick Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, referring to the classic chaos theory scenario. Ultimately, there's still a prevailing sense that the Turkey situation will be resolved without any great global calamity( [kəˈlæməti] an event that causes serious damage, or causes a lot of people to suffer, for example a flood or fire.), once again allowing market to dodge worries about another debt crisis, whether it's in Italy or anywhere else. That's bad for debtholders in Turkey, who owe big in foreign currencies but whose assets are held in the rapidly depreciating lira. In total, there's some $220 billion in foreign debt for Turkish companies and financial institutions. "It is about credit, since Turkey has been a huge borrower in global capital markets over the past number of years when the world's central banks were encouraging investors ," David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, said in his daily market note. "Over half of the borrowing is denominated in foreign currencies, so when the lira sinks, debt-servicing costs and default risks rise inexorably 停不住的, 停不下来的 ( [ɪnˈeksərəb(ə)l] impossible to stop. the inexorable growth of multinational companies. )." Because the crisis involves private rather than public debt, the IMF could find it harder to justify a bailout. The moral hazard ( In economics, moral hazard occurs when someone increases their exposure to risk when insured, especially when a person takes more risks because someone else bears the cost of those risks. A moral hazard may occur where the actions of one party may change to the detriment of another after a financial transaction has taken place. ) of using IMF funds for corporate debt issues would be substantial. The results have been felt in most corners of the financial markets. 4. Howard: Yeah, I thought about renting this apartment, but I'm really more of a downtown loft kind of guy. Alicia: Cool. so are you in a loft (A loft is an apartment in the upper part of a building, especially a building such as a warehouse or factory that has been converted for people to live in. Lofts are usually large and not divided into separate rooms. ) now? Howard: Oh, actually I'm, uh, living with a woman in Altadena. Purely platonic, she's also my maid. Alicia: Sounds like a sweet deal. Howard: I won't lie, it's pretty dope(adj. slang, mainly US excellent. I. Dope is a drug, usually an illegal drug such as marijuana or cocaine. [informal] A man asked them if they wanted to buy some dope. He has failed a dope test for cocaine. You get dope dealers on every corner. II. If someone dopes a person or animal or dopes their food, they put drugs into their food or force them to take drugs. Anyone could have got in and doped the wine. I'd been doped with Somnolin. They've got him doped to the eyeballs. ...recent cases of horse doping. III. If someone calls a person a dope, they think that the person is stupid. [informal, disapproval] I'm more comfortable with them. I don't feel I'm such a dope. IV. Dope is information which you have been given illegally or secretly. [informal] The government had plenty of dope on him.). Penny (arriving): Hello? Alicia: Oh, hey. Penny: Hey, I just wanted to bring you a little housewarming gift. Alicia: That is so sweet. Come on in, let's open it. Penny: Great. Alicia: Nice dress. Penny: Oh, this? I'm dressed like a slob 大妈装扮 ( If you call someone a slob, you mean that they are very lazy and untidy. [informal, disapproval] My boyfriend used to call me a fat slob.) today. Alicia: The guys have been helping me set up my sound system. I've never had such good-looking technical support. Leonard: Hey, Penny. this is Alicia, our new neighbour. Sheldon: Alicia's non-musical, childless and pro-rug. She's still on probation, of course, but I like her. Alicia: Cool t-shirt. Penny: Oh, yeah, I don't usually dress like this. I'm going jogging. Sheldon: You don't jog. Penny: I can start. Sheldon: True, but the more likely explanation for your attire is that you're out of clean clothes again. Penny: Thank you, Sheldon. Sheldon: You're welcome, Penny. Alicia: Please, you look cute. I'm dressed like a slob today, too. Leonard: I think you look fantastic. Alicia: This one's a player, huh? Penny: Oh, yeah, be careful. Alicia: Thanks for the warning. Sheldon: Hang on. Are you now or have you ever been a salsa, Irish folk or break-dancer? Alicia: No. Leonard: You're making her uncomfortable. Sheldon: Oh, I'm sorry. Well, if it helps you feel any better you're doing very well so far. Next question, are you fertile? Alicia: What?! Sheldon: I'm trying to determine whether crying infants above my head are a possibility. Alicia: I have no immediate plans. Sheldon: If that changes, let me know. And finally, area rugs (a carpet that covers part of the floor in a room. An area rug is a rug that covers only part of a floor. [US] A different area rug was brought in and placed under the furniture.), pro or con? 5. Penny: I cannot believe they're letting her just use them like that. I mean, anything she wants, they go panting 气喘吁吁的 after her like trained dogs. You know that just last week, she had Howard drive all the way to her uncle's house in Orange County to pick up her TV? Sheldon: You once had Leonard and me get your television from your ex-boyfriend. Penny: Apples and oranges here ( 完全不同. 天差地别. A comparison of apples and oranges occurs when two items or groups of items are compared that cannot be practically compared. The idiom, comparing apples and oranges, refers to the apparent differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or incommensurable, such as apples and oranges. two entities that are not similar. (Used especially in reference to comparisons of unlike things.) You can't talk about Fred and Ted in the same breath! They're like apples and oranges. Talking about her current book and her previous bestseller is like comparing apples and oranges.), Sheldon. I'm telling you, that girl is a user, iceskating through the life on her looks, taking advantage of innocent weak-willed 意志薄弱的, 意志不坚强的 men, getting auditions for stupid network shows. It creams my corn(creams my corn! annoys me! It just creams my corn! It really annoys me! Bothers me! "That just pisses me off" or "That makes me so mad." ). Sheldon: May I interject something here? Penny: Please. Sheldon: You got the wrong mustard. 6. Alicia: Thank you. Hey, I got to ask you something, how much do physicists make? Penny: Um, I don't know, I don't think a lot. Alicia: Yeah, that's what I figured. Well, got to run, the guys promised to set up my satellite dish and paint my bedroom. Yay! Penny: Well, you know, it's just that Leonard and Howard and Raj, they aren't like other guys. They're special. Alicia: Okay, they're special, and? Penny: Oh, let's see, how can I explain this, um, they don't know how to use their shields. Alicia: Shields? Penny: Yeah, you know, like in Star Trek, when you're in battle and you raise the shields? Where the hell did that come from? Anyways, um, you know how guys like this are, so, please don't take advantage of them. Alicia: Who says I'm taking advantage of them? Penny: Come on, they're doing everything for you, because you're leading them on. Alicia: So I let them do stuff for me. They're happy. I get stuff. Who cares? And how's it any different from what you do? Penny: Excuse me? Alicia: I've seen you around them. Are you pretending like you don't do the exact same thing? Penny: Okay, lady, you are way out of line. 7. Leonard: Should we talk to some of these women? Howard: It's way too early in the night for that. See, first we let the lawyers and the jocks thin the herd 挑拣(thin something out I. to make something less dense; to scatter something. You will have to thin the young plants out, because there is not room for all of them. Can you thin out these young plants? II. To reduce the number of people or things some group or population. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "thin" and "out." Hunters have been hired to thin out the herds of deer roaming the state. The horrible outbreak thinned the country's population out by nearly half in the space of just 5 years.), and then we go after the weak and the old and the lame. Leonard: That's your system? Howard: That's my system ( get sth out of your system informal If you get something out of your system, you get rid of a wish or emotion, especially a negative one, by allowing yourself to express it:
I had a good cry and got it out of my system. To do something so that one no longer has the desire to do it anymore. I got drinking and partying out of my system during college. I'm ready for a quieter life now. He's been talking about skydiving for so long, I'm just glad he's finally going to get it out of his system. ). Oh, and if you spot a chick with a Seeing Eye dog, she's mine. 8. Stuart: I'm sorry, but you're obviously stuck in a pre-Zero Hour DC universe. Sheldon: Of course I am. Removing Joe Chill as the killer of Batman's parents effectively deprived him of his raison d’être. Stuart: Okay, you can throw all the French around 聊法语, 撩法语, 拽英语 you want, it doesn't make you right. Sheldon: Au contraire. Stuart: Plus, you're forgetting that the Infinite Crisis storyline restored Joe Chill to the Batman mythology. Sheldon: I am forgetting nothing and I resent your tone. Stuart: Okay, look, Sheldon, it's late and I've got to get some sleep. Stuart: Penny, I really had a terrific time. Penny? Sheldon: No, no, no, no, don't wake her. She'll maul you like a rabid wolverine. Stuart: You know, I don't think that was decaf. Howard: Wow, you're just going to make me come out and say it, aren't you? Leonard: Say what? Howard: You're weighing me down 拖垮, 拖地, 拉低. I'm a falcon who hunts better solo. Leonard: Fine. I'll sit here. You take flight and hunt. Howard: Don't be ridiculous, you can't just tell a falcon when to hunt. Leonard: Actually, you can. There's a whole sport built around it. Falconry. 9. Penny: I don't think the manager's coming tonight so, here. Sheldon: Are you suggesting I sleep on the couch. Penny: Well, it wasn't the first suggestion that came to mind, but it's the one I'm going with. Sheldon: I can't sleep on your couch. I sleep in a bed. And given it's dimensions I have no intention of living out E.M. Snickering's beloved children's book , The Tall Man From Cornwall. Penny: What? Sheldon: There was a tall man from Cornwall whose length exceeded his bed. My body fits on it, but barely upon it, there's no room for my big Cornish head. Penny: Oh, alright. I will give you my bed on one condition. That you promise to zip your hole for the next eight hours. Sheldon: May I say one last thing. Penny: Only if it doesn't rhyme. Sheldon: Alright. Goodnight. 10. glacial [ˈɡleɪʃ(ə)l] I. extremely cold. a glacial wind. II. showing that you are angry or unfriendly. She gave him a glacial look. III. extremely slow. The plot moves at a glacial pace. Stuart: You busy? Leonard: Um… Howard: Classified, Leonard. Leonard: Yeah, it's a regular Manhattan Project. What's up? Stuart: Well, tonight's my date with Penny and since we haven't been able to connect by phone… Leonard: Yeah, I'm sorry, it's been broken. Stuart: Or e-mail. Leonard: Yeah, that too. Everything's broken. Stuart: Anyway, I was just wondering if you had any last-minute advice. Leonard: All right, well, off the top of my head, I think the most important thing with Penny is to go really slow. I mean, glacial. Stuart: Okay. Leonard: You know, guys come onto her ( come on to someone informal to behave towards someone in a way that shows you would like to have a sexual relationship with them. ) all the time, so, you need to, like, set yourself apart. You know, be a little shy, don't make too much eye contact. And, you know, treat her with, like, cool detachment and, and, and, you know, fear. Stuart: Fear? Leonard: Yeah, like, you're afraid that if you touch her, she'll break. Stuart: Well, that plays right into my wheelhouse 正合我意(play (right/straight) into someone's hands to do something that helps someone who you are competing against. You'll be playing straight into their hands if you involve the police.). Leonard: Good, good. Well, you kids have fun tonight. Stuart: Thanks, Leonard. What is that thing anyway? Howard: You don't know what this is? Stuart: No. Howard: Good. Get out. Raj: Be afraid of Penny, nice, very crafty. Leonard: It wasn't bad advice. It just wasn't particularly helpful. Sheldon: For what it's worth, my mother says that when we deceive 欺骗 for personal gain, we make Jesus cry. 11. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has struck a defiant 目中无人的 tone in recent days, dismissing calls for emergency measures that would support the lira and stem the flood of money leaving Turkey. Re-elected in June, Erdogan has further unnerved investors by resisting interest rate hikes, the crisis antidote 解药 prescribed by economists. 皇室: Within the space of just one day 只用了一天, 只有一天的时间, the Duchess of Sussex has endured two more scathing outbursts from members of her family. Both her father, Thomas Markle Sr, and half-sister, Samantha, have once again aired their views on the royal family — with the latter also accusing Meghan of being "cold" and "inhumane". While it's just the latest in a steady stream of angry tirades delivered by Samantha, it's also one of the most critical. In a series of tweets directed at Kensington Palace, she described the royal family as "angry and twisted souls". 澳议员: As I called for a plebiscite on the immigration mix, this baseless and ridiculous criticism is simply an effort to play the man and not the ball 对事不对人(We can be bold enough to make a stand and do battle for our views and beliefs. But we must strive to be mature enough not to resort to unnecessary personal attacks upon people with opposing views. )". When politicians resort to using race in advancing their agendas, they inevitably excite racial anxiety and stir up social division. "They end up damaging our racial tolerance and multicultural harmony."
白宫偷偷录音危机: Nevertheless, the tapes have only deepened a pre-existing sense of
paranoia among Trump staffers, according to senior administration
officials, fueling an underlying suspicion that everyone inside the West
Wing is out for themselves 各求自保, 只能靠自己. The White House has no way of knowing how
many tapes Manigault Newman might have, the official said, even as they
explore legal avenues for preventing their release and punishing her for
making them. The official declined to specify what specific legal steps
were being considered. Aides are not supposed to bring
personal electronic devices into the Situation Room, which in reality is
a highly secure complex of conference rooms, and there are small
lockers outside of the door where staffers place their phones. However,
the practice operates on the honor system 靠自律, 靠自觉, 全凭自觉(a system of payment or examinations which relies solely on the honesty of those concerned. a system (as at a college) whereby persons are trusted to abide by the regulations (as for a code of conduct) without supervision or surveillance. "most hotel minibars have worked on an honour system". wiki: An honor system or honesty system is a philosophical way of running a variety of endeavors based on trust, honor, and honesty. Something that operates under the rule of the "honor system" is usually something that does not have strictly enforced rules governing its principles. In British English, it would more often be called a "trust system" and should not be confused with the British honours system. ) and advisers are not searched
before entering. It's not clear what agreement Trump was
referring to 指的是. But people familiar with the documents signed by senior
officials early in the administration previously told CNN the documents
contain little legal underpinning and were devised as a way to placate ( [ˈpleɪkeɪt] to stop someone from feeling angry or offended by being nice to them or by giving them what they want. Efforts to placate local government officials have thus far failed.) a
President intent on keeping his aides quiet. @MarkBurnettTV
called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used
such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged ( 精神失常的, 失心疯的. 精神错乱的. behaving in an uncontrolled or dangerous way because of mental illness )
Omarosa," Trump tweeted, tagging the former executive producer of the
show. "I don't have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made
it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying such wonderful and
powerful things about me - a true Champion of Civil Rights - until she
got fired. Omarosa had Zero credibility with the Media (they didn't want
interviews) when she worked in the White House. Now that she says bad
about me, they will talk to her. Fake News!" Trump's White
House has always amounted to an irregular workplace, sometimes proudly
so. The President has brushed aside presidential norms and his advisers
have touted his unconventional style as a breath of fresh air. On
Monday, he acknowledged that a pitched battle between(A pitched battle or set piece battle is a battle in which both sides choose the fighting location and time. Either side has the option to disengage before the battle starts or shortly thereafter. A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish 遭遇战, or where one side is forced to fight at a time not of their choosing such as happens in a siege.) former reality
television stars was not in many people's definition of the job. "While
I know it's 'not presidential' to take on a lowlife like Omarosa, and
while I would rather not be doing so, this is a modern day form of
communication and I know the Fake News Media will be working overtime to
make even Wacky Omarosa look legitimate as possible," he wrote on
Twitter. "Sorry!" Publicly, White House officials have looked to
attack Manigault Newman's character as they seek to knock down her most
salacious ( [səˈleɪʃəs] expressing sexual interest, or containing too much sexual detail. salacious gossip. ) accusations. "The very idea a staff member would
sneak a recording device into the White House Situation Room, shows a
blatant disregard for our national security -- and then to brag about it
on national television further proves the lack of character and
integrity of this disgruntled former White House employee," White House
press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Sunday. Neither contained outwardly embarrassing language. But the tapes' mere existence confirmed a longstanding reality: in Trump's White House, there are few norms or expectations of decorum( [dɪˈkɔrəm] polite behavior. ) that cannot be shattered.
