用法学习: 1. faze verb [no cont] If something fazes you, it surprises, shocks, or frightens you, so that you do not know what to do. [informal] Big concert halls do not faze Melanie. targeted I. Having (something) aimed at (the referent). directed at a particular group or activity: targeted advertising/marketing/tax cuts. It will take more targeted initiatives to bring the poverty level down dramatically. The targeted 针对的 objects include two military bases and an airfield. II. Being aimed (at something). Our targeted 针对性的 interventions are aimed at the students who need help the most. target I. an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. are aimed: I had four shots but I didn't even hit the target. Any major airport or station is potentially a terrorist target. II. a person or a particular group of people that something is directed at, or that something is intended for: The target audience 目标客户 for the TV series is young people aged 13 to 18. III. one or more people who are criticized or laughed at, or who experience unpleasant treatment from others: Recently she has been the target of a series ofobscene phone calls. IV. a level or situation that you intend to achieve: The government's target of 3.5 percent annual growth seems easily attainable. v. I. to direct advertising, criticism, or a product at someone: The advert for the energy drink is targeted specifically at young people. But prisoner rights advocate Brett Collins said the laws should be more targeted to only affect offenders authorities have serious high-risk concern for and not everyone on the sex offender register. II. to aim an attack, or a bullet, bomb, etc., at a particular object, place, or person: It is hoped that civilians will not be targeted during the war. on target If you are on target with apiece of work, you are making good progress and likely toachieve what you planned. targeted killing (warfare) The intentional killing by a government or its agents of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" who is not in that government's custody, and who is taking part in an armed conflict or terrorism, whether by bearing arms or otherwise, and is thus regarded by the government as having lost the immunity from being targeted that he or she would otherwise have under the Geneva Conventions. Carpet bombing 地毯式轰炸, also known as saturation bombing, is a large aerial bombing done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land. The phrase evokes the image of explosions completely covering an area, in the same way that a carpet covers a floor. Carpet bombing is usually achieved by dropping many unguided bombs. The term obliteration bombing 一锅端式轰炸 is sometimes used to describe especially intensified bombing with the intention of destroying a city or a large part of the city. The term area bombing refers to indiscriminate bombing 无差别轰炸 of an area and also encompasses cases of carpet bombing, including obliteration bombing. obliterate [əˈblɪt.ər.eɪt] 摧毁 I. to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen. If something obliterates an object or place, it destroys it completely. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over. Whole villages were obliterated by fire. The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated. All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog. II. to make an idea or feeling disappear completely. If you obliterate something such as a memory, emotion, or thought, you remove it completely from your mind. [literary] There was time enough to obliterate memories 消去, 清除 of how things once were for him. Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories. 3. Criminal case: Subsequent autopsies showed elevated levels 超高水平的 of arsenic in all three bodies. The levels found in Reid and Taylor were determined to be fatal, therefore reclassifying 重新定性为 their deaths as the result of arsenic poisoning. It also emerged that doctors at Baptist Hospital, where Reid was admitted in 1986, had ordered a toxicology screen 筛查, 筛检 for him at that time. However, on the day the test came back, the resident responsible for caring for Reid rotated to another hospital, and the new resident never passed the results up the chain of command 上级(the hierarchy, in order of rank, of persons having authority in an organization or undertaking, specif. a military one. a system in a military or civil organization by which instructions are passed from one person to another. The definition of a chain of command is an official hierarchy of authority that dictates who is in charge of whom and of whom permission must be asked. An example of chain of command is when an employee reports to a manager who reports to a senior manager who reports to the vice president who reports to the CEO. The CEO makes final decisions binding on everyone, followed by the vice president and so on down the line.). Those results had shown an extremely high level of arsenic in Reid's system. On Easter Sunday, she met Rev. Dwight Moore, the divorced pastor of the Carolina United Church of Christ in rural Alamance County. Eventually the two began meeting for meals. Blanche had to hide her budding relationship with Moore because her lawsuit against Kroger maintained that she was "completely alienated and antagonistic towards men(antagonistic [ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk] I. 反感的. 有敌意的. disliking someone or something very much and behaving in a very unfriendly way toward them. If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them. Nearly all the women I interviewed were aggressively antagonistic to the idea. [+ to/towards] antagonistic toward/to: You sound very antagonistic toward her. II. opposing something strongly. risk-averse 稳妥为重, 不冒风险 opposed to taking risks, or only willing to take small risks. a strong disinclination to take risks. averse 不反感, 不反对 If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it. [formal] He's not averse to publicity, of the right kind.) and has not been able to maintain any meaningful social contacts with the opposite sex." While she was dating Moore, she asked him to procure some arsenic-based ant killer for her. During interviews, Blanche stated that both Moore and Reid felt depressed and suggested they had probably been taking arsenic themselves—something investigators found highly improbable. Additionally, it emerged she had still been sleeping with Reid around the same time she began dating Moore, raising further questions about her possible involvement with Reid's illness and death. Blanche also had Moore's hair cut in an attempt to prevent hair samples being obtained by the SBI. Pubic hair samples were used instead. 4. in the same vein in the same style of speaking or writing. Of similar kind. His comments to the press were in the same carping vein as in previous speeches. 退房时间: What's the latest check out time 最晚退房时间? or When's the latest check out? What's the checkin/checkout time? "Checkout time" by itself includes the concept of "latest." If checkout time is 1 pm, that is the latest you can check out of the hotel. You can check out earlier, but you cannot check out later. There is no need to add "latest" to your question. If you want to stay after checkout time, that is a separate question. You could ask "What's the latest I can actually check out?" or something else such as "Can I have an extension until 2 o'clock? 延迟退房" However, such a request has nothing to do with checkout time. It remains 1 pm even if you are given, on that occasion, permission to check out later. wholesome good for you, and likely to improve your life either physically, morally, or emotionally: wholesome food. good, wholesome family entertainment. He looks like a nice, wholesome young man. He's the epitome of wholesomeness. "she looked the epitome of elegance and good taste" Maureen was the epitome of sophistication. [+ of] The Dorchester Hotel is the epitome of luxury in the heart of London. 5. 婚姻不忠的问题探讨: stray I. to move around without thinking. stray to: Her eyes strayed to the clock on the wall. II. to move away from the correct place or path. Hikers are reminded not to stray from the path. The airplane strayed into Chinese airspace. She strayed from her first marriage. The real reason people stray - and it's not sex. III. to move away from a particular subject, usually without meaning to. The book has strayed from the truth. Even the closest of couples can go through rocky patches, but what makes a man or woman be unfaithful to their spouse, asks Casilda Grigg: Why are people unfaithful to their wives and husbands? It's the million dollar question. The obvious answer is sex but according to an article in Psychology Today, sex is rarely the primary motive for infidelity. For both men and women, it's more often about forming emotional connections that are missing from their existing relationships. Occasionally, as is the case with Yuri and Lara in Dr Zhivago, these emotions get out of hand and love comes into the equation. It's complicated. Infidelity is triggered by many different things. It could be revenge or "electric desire", boredom or despair - or just "plain old selfishness". She says that infidelity is a dangerous game to play. "Scuba-diving without an oxygen tank might be safer in the end." Psychotherapist William Pullen believes that couples in their fifties and sixties often stray because they feel lonely and unsupported. "When your partner has disengaged, you feel you must find meaning somewhere else," he says. "Nobody wants to float through mid-life without a life belt." Flora Cooper, an attractive 55-year-old artist, blames the break-up of her marriage after 25 years on her publisher husband’s fear of mortality (he is 58). The turning point, she says, was seeing "glorious" photos of himself in his twenties and thirties "having wild times with girls". Back then, she says, he had no hair loss, no paunch ([pɔːn(t)ʃ] a large or protruding belly. "his body was powerful and square, with the beginnings of a paunch". ) and matinee idol ([ˌmæt(ə)nˈeɪ] an afternoon performance of a play, movie, etc. matinee idol 偶像剧明星 a popular male movie actor. ) looks. "He saw those photos and thought, 'Oh my God, I was so fabulous 25 years ago. Where will I be in 25 years' time? What if I’m dead?'." "The mid-life crisis is such a misnomer 不准确的说法, 不准确的称呼, 失当的名词, 不准确的名词 ( [mɪsˈnəʊmə] a wrong or inaccurate name or designation. 'King crab' is a misnomer—these creatures are not crustaceans at all" a. a wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term. "to call this 'neighbourhood policing' would be a misnomer". ) for a violent attack of mortality," she says. "It made him do everything in his power to find that lost youth 失去的青春, unaware of the hurt he was causing to me and our four children." Stockbroker Henry Elliott, 63, blames the growth of women in the workplace for his wife's infidelity (she had an affair with her boss). "When you're working with the opposite sex it can build up a tension and a suppressed desire," says Elliott, who is now divorced with a steady girlfriend. "You go for a drink after work and one thing leads to another." Despite what Elliott calls "the huge comforts of marriage", the twin pressures of 双重压力 careers and child rearing can easily rock a relationship's foundations 动摇根基. "Women often have a moment when they think, 'Is this it?’ says Elliott, who thinks women stray because they fall in love (men, he argues, are more likely to be "going straight for sex"). He believes that women who "have it all" are particularly likely to be unfaithful. "They‘ve got the husband, the children, the high-flying job, but their marriage has lost its shine 失去光彩, 黯然失色," he says. "She thinks he's taking her for granted and then someone comes along who makes her feel attractive again." The internet has made things less clear-cut 不那么清晰, 界限模糊. Does chatting with a stranger in a chat room constitute a betrayal? What about flirting with old flames on Facebook or looking at internet porn? One thing is certain: no relationship is ever truly secure. As the American relationship expert Dr Harley says: "We all have it, you know - a predisposition 先天因素, 天生的会 to be unfaithful." Given certain conditions, he argues, we are all capable of causing untold damage to our partners, children and even ourselves. 6. They all agree they did not intend to be taken alive 被活捉, 生擒. Drastically outnumbered 寡不敌众, 力量悬殊, they had to hid behind the door. square I. straight, or parallel with something straight. Place the pieces together and make sure the edges are square 平平整整的. The corners aren't square. II. informal if two people are square, neither person owes the other anything. You give me back six dollars and then we'll be square. III. informal someone who is square is boring because they do not wear fashionable clothes or have fashionable interests. all square if a game is all square, both teams or players have the same number of points. a square deal fair treatment. Most of the workers think they’re getting a square deal. a square peg in a round hole someone or something that does not suit the position or situation that they are in.
关于"齐平的" (level, flush): 1. 同样的: Who are you closest to in your family 和谁最亲? I'm close to everyone on the same level 同等的, 同样的亲. be on the level to be acting or speaking honestly: It seems too good to be true. Are you sure this guy's on the level? on an equal footing with the same rights and conditions as someone you are competing with. We want to ensure that women can take part on an equal footing to men. at local/state/national etc level happening within a small area or the whole area of a state, country etc. These changes are taking place at regional level. on the same level VS at the same level: To give you a general rule, when you have a quantity of something (e.g sales) we normally say that they remain at the same level and NOT on. But when referring to a structure or hierarchy, of the type that exists within a company, we would normally say ON as you have put. It's possible to say AT I guess but ON sounds better to me. a. The sales remained at the same level. - The use of "at" implies that the sales are currently the same but it is likely to change in the future. b. The two countries have a GNP of about the same level. - The use of "of about" here denotes that the GNP is approximately the same or not exactly the same. This is not implied by the other prepositions. c. They are on the same level in the company structure 同级别. - "On the same level" implies that they are very similar and are more likely to react in the same way as opposed to the use of "at" which is more coincidental. be on the level to be acting or speaking honestly: It seems too good to be true. Are you sure this guy's on the level? find your own level 找到自己的定位 to find out how much ability you have and find a position that is suitable for you. on one level...on another level something that you say when you are speaking about two opposite ways of thinking about or reacting to a situation: On one level I quite like the attention but on another level, I suppose I find it a little disturbing. level 一样高的, 等高的, 齐平的 adj. at the same height. They stood next to each other so that their shoulders were level. level with: My head was level with George's chin. The top of the tree is level with his bedroom window. level spoonful/cupful 平勺的 an amount of a liquid or substance that fills a spoon/cup but does not go above the edges, used as a measure in cooking. flat, not piled up into a round shape. a level teaspoon/tablespoon: Add two level teaspoons of salt. 7. tinker or tinker around to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it. tinker with: He spends hours tinkering around with car engines. Problems can arise when management structures are tinkered with. 2. 面试问题: Believe it or not most people don't have a clue what professors do on a day-to-day basis. From the outside 外人看起来, 局外人看来, it looks like professors have a cushy 容易的, 轻松的, 轻而易举的, 不费吹灰之力的, 轻松自在的 ( [ˈkuʃi] very easy or pleasant and not involving a lot of work. You're lucky to have such a cushy job.) job of thinking, writing and talking. The outside also buys into 信任, 相信 the prestige of academy(buy into something (fall for 上当) informal
to start to do something that a lot of other people are doing, or to
believe something that a lot of other people believe. believe; accept a
craze or fad for valid. I don't buy into all this propaganda. You don't buy into all this garbage, do you?) but they do so without understanding the friction and grind that would cause one to want to leave for a new career. So this employer's question is flush with 齐平的, 一样的 that common perception(flush
I. [intransitive] if someone flushes, their face becomes red because
they are hot or ill, or are feeling angry, embarrassed, or excited. Lisa flushed and looked away. flush with: Mark flushed with annoyance, but said nothing. someone's face/cheeks flush (with something): Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Usage
notes: In sense "turn red with embarrassment", blush is more common.
More finely, in indicating the actual change, blush is more common – "He blushed with embarrassment" – but in indicating state, flushed is also common – "He was flushed with excitement". II. [intransitive/transitive] to make water pass through a toilet. a. flush away [transitive] to get rid of something by putting it into a toilet and flushing it. Use plain water to flush out the debris. flush something down the toilet: If any medicine is left over, flush it down the toilet. b. [intransitive] if a toilet flushes, water passes through it. The loo won't flush!
III. 冲刷, 冲洗. [transitive] to clean something by pouring a lot of water
over it or through it. To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities
of a fluid. Flush the injury with plenty of water. Yesterday I flushed the radiator and replaced the coolant. IV. flush out
轰出来. [transitive] to force a person or animal to leave a place where
they have been hiding. To cause to take flight from concealment. The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake. Today we flushed four pheasant and three rabbits. flush someone from something 逼出来: The rebels were flushed from their hiding places and shot. flush something out of something 冲出来, 冲洗出来, 冲刷, 冲洗: Drinking plenty of water helps to flush harmful substances out of your body. V. 猛地蹿出来. 猛蹿出来. To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth. undergrowth 低矮的杂草: small thick bushes that cover the ground, especially between larger trees in a forest. underbrush The small trees and other plants that clutter the floor of a forest. understory
The layer of plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest.
adj. I. 在同一个水平线上, 齐平的. 一般高的. if two surfaces or edges are flush, they
are exactly level with each other. smooth, even, aligned; not sticking
out 不突出的, 不凸出的. The cupboard doors aren't quite flush. flush with: Try to trim the hedge so it's flush with the fence. "Place your hand around the neck of the bottle, so that your hand is flush to the top". It means "even with the top." In other words, imagine your hand and the bottle pressed against the underside of a table. If your hand is flush with the top, then both the top of your hand and the top of the bottle would be touching the undersurface with a relatively equal amount of pressure. II. informal with a lot more money than you usually have. wealthy or well off. He just got a bonus so he's flush 有钱的, 腰包鼓鼓的 today. Sammy was feeling flush after a win at the races. royal flush 炸, 轰 a set of the five highest playing cards from the same suit in the game of poker. hot flush
the feeling of suddenly being very hot that a woman may have during the
menopause (=when she stops being able to have children).) in addition to vetting the professor's awareness of the nonacademic world
and this company in particular. 面试技巧: Have you ever worked with XYZ
program process with federal government? Our Public Health prof: No,
I've never done that before but I'm a quick learner. I'm sure I can get up to speed very quickly on that process. That's the sound of me going after a man down. The phrase "I'm a quick learner" is a dead give away that you think you can't do the job. It shows your cards that you haven't done the work in the past. Rather than say "No" and "I'm a quick learner", you want to quickly think on your feet to describe parallel experiences that demonstrate that you can do the task. teem with someone/something to contain an extremely large number of people, animals, or objects that are all moving around. If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot. For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists. [VERB + with] These rivers teem with fish. tinker [around] to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it. tinker with: He spends hours tinkering around with car engines. Problems can arise when management structures are tinkered with.
奥巴马发言: Former President Barack Obama said his successor President Donald Trump is "the symptom, not the cause" of division and polarisation in the US. Mr Trump, the former president said, is "just capitalising on resentments 不满情绪 that politicians have been fanning for years". His comments came during a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he accepted an ethics in government award. Obama told students "you cannot sit back and wait for a saviour 等待救世主出现", adding the biggest threat to democracy isn't Mr Trump but "indifference". "If you thought elections don't matter, I hope these past two years have corrected that impression," he said. The remarks served as Obama's first steps into the political fray ahead of the fall campaign. While he has endorsed candidates and appeared at fundraising events, he has spent much of his post-presidency on the political sidelines. In unusually direct terms, he made clear his concerns about politics in the Trump era and implored voters – especially young people – to show up at the polls in the November midterm elections. "Just a glance at recent headlines should tell you this moment really is different," Obama said. "The stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines 观望, 事不关己高高挂起 are more dire." Obama remarked the US needs to restore "honesty and decency" in government. "It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the FBI to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel ( [ˈkʌdʒəl] n. a short thick stick used for hitting people. V. to hit someone hard and usually several times with a cudgel. cudgel your brain(s) to think very hard about something, often something that you are trying to remember. take up the cudgels to take action to support or defend a person, idea, political movement, etc. She has taken up the cudgels on behalf of women everywhere. ) to punish our political opponents, or to explicitly call on the attorney general to protect members of our own party from prosecution because an election happens to be coming up," he said. "I'm not making that up. That's not hypothetical." The speech was a preview of the argument that Obama is likely to make throughout the fall. Tomorrow, the former president will stump 站台 for House Democratic candidates from California at an event in Orange County, a conservative-leaning part of California where Republicans are at risk of losing several congressional seats. Next week, Obama plans to campaign in Ohio for Richard Cordray, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Ohio Democrats. Obama's campaign activity will continue through October and will include fundraising appearances, according to an Obama adviser. The adviser was not authorised to discuss Obama's thinking publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. While the former president will be visible throughout the general election, the adviser said that Obama will not be a daily presence on the campaign trail.
提前多少时间怎么说, 打出多少提前量, 提前多少时间 (how much notice to give, how far/long in advance. ): 1. I know you're disappointed to miss the kids 错过, 没有看到, but maybe that's why it's best that you call ahead 先打电话 ( call/ahead of time/in advance 提前打电话说一下 ) if you're going to come round. "If I want to move out, how much notice should I give 需要提前多久告知?" 2. make good/ excellent time 提前量打出的很多, 比预想的走得快, 花时间很短, 提前到达 to make a journey in a shorter time than you expected. We made good time and arrived by midday. 3. How far in advance should I give notice, if I plan to move? How much advance notice do you need, if I plan to vacate? How early should I give notice to terminate the lease? How much notice, prior to termination, is stipulated in the contract? How many days in advance should I book the ticket? How far in advance should I book the ticket? How much in advance should I book the ticket? How far in advance do we need to be at LAX for this kind of international departure? There is a 3 hr advisory time 建议提前量
for all international flights, but if you have your boarding pass
printed in advance and have no check-in luggage, 2 hrs is enough IMO. How long before your flight should you get to the airport? How long before a flight should I be at the airport? How far in advance should I be at the airport. 5 things to consider when deciding how early to be at the airport? 相关的文章 为什么父母尤其是父亲喜欢提前一天做好出行准备: Jennifer Austin from the US state of Oregon posted a text exchange with her mum in response to the tweet to show solidarity ( [ˌsɑlɪˈderəti] the support that people in a group give each other because they have the same opinions or goals. a need to create solidarity among the president's top economic advisers. If a group of people show solidarity, they show support for each other or for another group, especially in political or international affairs. Supporters want to march tomorrow to show solidarity with their leaders 表支持, 打气, 鼓劲. [+ with] ). Sydney psychologist Sharon Draper said. "My dad is included in this cohort! (cohort I. A person's cohorts are their friends, supporters, or associates.[disapproval] Drake and his cohorts were not pleased with my appointment. II. A cohort of people is a group who have something in common. Cohort is used especially when a group is being looked at as a whole for statistical purposes. Tests were carried out on the entire cohort of eight-year-olds at primary school. She speaks for a whole cohort of young Japanese writers.)" Could it be that these Baby Boomers have lived lives of such permanence 一成不变 — one job, one home, one, maybe two wives, tops (tops I. at the most; maximum: 最多不过了. They shouldn't charge you more than £50 tops. Interest on the account is low - you can hope for 2% tops. II. 最好的. 顶尖的. better than all the others. most excellent: She is tops in her field. Birmingham comes out tops for quality of life in a new survey. 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. the top the highest status within a group or organization, or the person in this position. She started as an administrative assistant and worked her way to the top. at the top of your profession: He was a man of forty-five, at the top of his profession.) — that an actual flight seems huge? But this doesn't explain why dads in particular are so uptight 紧张, 斤斤计较. The replies to the original tweet show it's not just the airport — there were tweets in reply about dads needing to be ready a day before catching trains, even buses, too. Baby Boomers grew up in a time of increasing affluence and higher levels of income compared to that of their parents," she said. "They would have still been influenced by their parents' cautious ways of managing finances as well as being risk averse( risk-averse 稳妥为重, 不冒风险 opposed to taking risks, or only willing to take small risks. a strong disinclination to take risks. averse 不反感, 不反对 If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it. [formal] He's not averse to publicity, of the right kind. antagonistic
[ænˌtæɡəˈnɪstɪk] I. 反感的. 有敌意的. disliking someone or something very much
and behaving in a very unfriendly way toward them. If a person is
antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike
towards them. Nearly all the women I interviewed were aggressively antagonistic to the idea. [+ to/towards] antagonistic toward/to: You sound very antagonistic toward her. II. opposing something strongly.))." Draper theorised that having a whole new world of affluence available to you, under the shadow of parents who likely survived a depression, and World War II, makes for a recipe of great excitement, tinged with fear that it could all be taken away at any moment. That was, after all, the philosophy throughout the Cold War: one bomb and it's all gone. So the next time your dad, (or your husband or older brother) tells you need to get somewhere 25 hours early, you might reassure him that we live in different times, where technology is your friend, and impermanence is the norm(something that is impermanent will not last for ever or will not always be the same.). International flights: Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted all ask passengers to check in three hours before departure for long-haul flights (within Europe, two hours), but at Gatwick it is four hours (within Europe, three hours). For flights within Europe, however, you can cut this time significantly if you have checked in online or have hand baggage only. Domestic flights: For domestic flights (UK and Ireland), Gatwick and Stansted ask you to be at the airport to check in two hours before departure; at Heathrow it is 90 minutes and at Manchester they ask you to enter security at least one hour before departure. One exception is London City Airport, being a small airport aimed at business travellers despite being widely used for weekend and leisure travel, generally closes check-in just 20 minutes before departures. Will travel insurance cover me for a missed flight? Generally, most travel insurance policies have cover for missing a flight for reasons beyond your control, such as public transport problems, adverse weather conditions 天气状况不佳 or car breakdowns en route to the airport. There may be exceptions, for example if the car was rented and you can't prove that it was in good condition before you picked it up, so it's worth checking the small print of your policy. Check also if it covers you for illness (you or your travel colleagues) that stop you from making the flight on time.
