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用法学习: 1. shoot straight/square To be honest, straightforward, and fair in one's dealings. Joe always shoots straight, so if he says this is the best deal we can get, then I believe him. Our company's philosophy is to always shoot straight with our clients. Deal fairly and honestly, as in You can't trust most car salesmen, but Jim always shoots straight, or We always shoot square with our customers. These colloquial terms use straight and square in the sense of "straightforward and honest," and shoot in the sense of "deal with." straight shooter 嘴直口快的人, 直爽的人, 不藏着掖着的人, 有话直说的人, 没心没肺的人, 直肠子的人, 实话实说的人, 说话不顾忌的人 informal a person who speaks plainly and honestly. a person who is honest, sincere, ethical, etc. straight shot 直路, 笔直的路, 不需要拐弯的: I. A penis that does not curve to one side, particularly in its erect state. Jan's 9-incher was even more impresive because it was a perfect straight shot. II. 美国常用. 英国用straight line. It means that from here to my house, the path, or route, is [in] a straight line - one with no turns or curves. It's a straight shot to my house from here. It's a straight line from here to my house. A "shotgun house" is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet (3.5 m) wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was the most popular style of house in the Southern United States from the end of the American Civil War (1861–65) through the 1920s. Alternate names include "shotgun shack", "shotgun hut", "shotgun cottage", and in the case of a multihome dwelling, "shotgun apartment"; the design is similar to that of railroad apartments. Movie Hitch: Good morning. "Good" would have been at 10:00. You're a lot taller than I remember. You ever ride one of these (boat)? Not on the Hudson. So, what do you wanna do? Race me around the Statue of Liberty. If there's time 有时间的话. All right, I give. Where do I change? Later in the scene.... So we'll go past the wall, then take a left. It's pretty much a straight shot from there. Straight shot to where? That's for me to know and you to find out. 2. I give it six weeks/a month etc spoken used to say that you do not think something will continue successfully for very long I give the project six months at the most before it all falls apart. all the fucks I give meaning caring about everything. Look at all the fucks I give about the Oklahoma Tornado. bumper crop 丰收, 收成好, 大丰收 A large yield; an excess of something. After leaving the usual bumper crop of zucchini on the neighbor's doorstep, she crept away. They seem to have a bumper crop of kindergarteners this year. wiki: In agriculture, a Bumper Crop is a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest. A Bumper Crop can also be a source of problems, such as when there is insufficient storage space (barns, grain bins, etc.) for an overlarge crop. The word "Bumper" has a second definition meaning "something unusually large", which is where this term comes from. daft [dæft] I. silly and not sensible or reasonable. If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange. [British, informal] He's not so daft as to listen to rumours. I can lose a few pounds without resorting to daft diets. Don't be daft! I think it's a daft idea. don't be daft 别傻了: Don't be daft – of course I won't forget you. be daft enough to do something 那么傻: Who would be daft enough to pay so much for a car? II. crazy. I'm not daft you know. I do remember what it's like to be young. imbecile [UK: ˈɪmbəsiːl; -saɪl; US: ˈimbəsəl] a stupid person. stupid; idiotic. "try not to make imbecile remarks". The term imbecile was once used by psychiatrists to denote a category of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability, as well as a type of criminal. The word arises from the Latin word imbecillus, meaning weak, or weak-minded. It included people with an IQ of 26–50, between "idiot" and "moron". fixture I. Fixtures are pieces of furniture or equipment, for example baths and sinks, which are fixed inside a house or other building and which stay there if you move. ...a detailed list of what fixtures and fittings are included in the purchase price. II. A fixture is a sports event which takes place on a particular date. [British] City won this fixture 3-0 last season. III. If you describe someone or something as a fixture in a particular place or occasion, you mean that they always seem to be there. She was a fixture 常客 in New York's nightclubs. [+ in] The cordless kettle may now be a fixture 常见的东西, 常见的事务 in most kitchens. nervous breakdown 精神崩溃 a period of mental illness resulting from severe depression, stress, or anxiety. If someone has a nervous breakdown, they become extremely depressed and cannot cope with their normal life. The stress of the situation led her to have a nervous breakdown. "Joe nearly had a nervous breakdown". love trumps hate A Democratic slogan playing on the double meaning of the word "Trump" as a verb meaning "beat" and as the last name of Donald Trump. It can be interpreted in a few ways: "Love beats hate." Love (which the Democrats practice) will always win over hate (which Trump practices). 3. As matriarch of the first family of reality television, being reticent [ˈretɪsənt] 不愿多说的, 不愿多谈的, 缄口, 闭口不言, 沉默寡言的, 不爱说话的, 守口如瓶的, 讳莫如深的 ( Someone who is reticent does not tell people about things. unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings. not willing to provide information about something, especially about yourself or your feelings. She remembered how reticent her father had been about his past. He is very reticent about his past. Most of the students were reticent about answering questions. She is so reticent about her achievements. [+ about/on] As a reticent sort, the England defender was reluctant to hog the limelight. Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it. self-effacing 谦逊的, 不爱吹嘘的, 不爱显摆的 ​[ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] not making yourself noticeable, or not trying to get the attention of other people. a self-effacing person does not want to be noticed by other people and tends not to talk about their abilities or achievements. The captain was typically self-effacing when questioned about the team's successes, giving credit to the other players. efface [ɪˈfeɪs] I. to make something disappear. II. to remove a memory or feeling from someone's mind. efface yourself 低调的, 韬光养晦的 to make yourself seem less important so that others won't notice you. efficacy [ˈefɪkəsi] effectiveness in producing the result that you intended. The efficacy of the medical procedure has not been proven. self-inflicted 自讨的, 自找的, 自己导致的, 怪自己的, 怪不得别人的 a self-inflicted injury, condition, etc. is one that you cause yourself. a self-inflicted gunshot wound. self-imposed [ˌself ɪmˈpoʊzd] 自行规定的, 自行约束的, 自己管自己的 self-imposed rules, punishments, etc. are ones that you have chosen for yourself. efficacy [ˈefɪkəsi] effectiveness in producing the result that you intended. The efficacy of the medical procedure has not been proven. self-appointed 自命的 having assumed a position or role without the endorsement of others. used about someone who behaves in a particular way because they think they have a right to, especially when other people do not agree. behaving as if you have responsibility or authority but without having been chosen by other people. A self-appointed leader or ruler has taken the position of leader or ruler without anyone else asking them or choosing them to have it. ...the new self-appointed leaders of the movement. The newspaper has become the self-appointed guardian of public morals. a self-appointed leader. "self-appointed experts". self-described 自称的 used for saying what type of person someone says they are. The 36-year-old Harvard professor is a self-described workaholic. Further, as the self-described best friend of the attack's key plotter Raban Alou, Atai attended several meetings across Sydney's west and offered use of his own phone as Alou tried to get Jabar a gun. self-styled 自诩的, 自封的 If you describe someone as a self-styled leader or expert, you disapprove of them because they claim to be a leader or expert but they do not actually have the right to call themselves this. [disapproval] Two of those arrested are said to be self-styled area commanders. He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts for ignoring Shakespeare. self-proclaimed = Self-declared 自封的 [ˌself prəˈkleɪmd] I. used for saying what a particular person, organization, etc. describes themselves as, even though other people might not agree. the region's self-proclaimed independence. II. Self-proclaimed is used to show that someone has given themselves a particular title or status rather than being given it by other people. the self-declared interim president. He is a self-declared populist. ...a self-proclaimed expert. He is President of his own self-proclaimed republic. III. 自我宣称的. Self-proclaimed is used to show that someone says themselves that they are a type of person which most people would be embarrassed or ashamed to be. One of the prisoners is a self-proclaimed racist who opened fire on a crowd four years ago. ...a self-proclaimed Anglophile. self-ordained ordained only by oneself. Over the next two decades he would travel the length and breadth of North America with the self-ordained mission to seek out, identify and draw every species of bird indigenous to the New World. self-coloured I. 单色的. 一个颜色的. having only a single and uniform colour. of a single uniform colour. "a self-coloured carpet". self-coloured flowers. a self-coloured dress II. 同色的. 套色的. (of a trimming or accessory) of the same colour as the rest of the item. "self-coloured buttons". self-assured confident and relaxed because you are sure of your abilities. self-confessed 自认的, 自己也承认的 admitting to being a particular bad type of person or to having a particular negative quality. a self-confessed liar. self-contained I. complete and able to work without the help of anything else. The device is self-contained, with an internal battery. II. 独立的. not needing the help or friendship of other people. III. a self-contained apartment is part of a larger house but has its own kitchen and bathroom. ) is not Kris Jenner's normal modus operandi [ˌmoudəs ˌɑpəˈrændi]  行事风格( a way of behaving or doing something that is typical of a person or group.). So, it was a somewhat surprise that the momager chose to mark her appearance at yesterday's E! Choice Awards by wearing sunglasses throughout the entire event. acquired taste 逐渐会喜欢上 If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better. Broad beans are very much an acquired taste. Living alone is an acquired taste. The Queen is known for having an acquired taste when it comes to her food. Royal chef, Mark Flanagan recently revealed a dish that the Queen can't get enough of. It appears the monarch, 92, has acquired a soft spot for a vegetable soup from the Caribbean called callaloo. The soup is an 'absolute sensation' and quickly became a staple 主食 in the Queen's diet, according to Flanagan. wiki: An acquired taste is an appreciation for something unlikely to be enjoyed by a person who has not had substantial exposure to it. In the case of food and drink, this may be due to a strong odor (such as certain types of cheese, durian, hákarl, black salt, nattō, asafoetida, surströmming, or stinky tofu), taste (alcoholic beverages, Vegemite or Marmite, bitter teas, salty liquorice, malt bread, unsweetened chocolate, sushi, garnatálg), mouthfeel (such as sashimi and sushi featuring uncooked seafood), appearance, or association (such as eating insects or organ meat). 4. The British woman posted a photograph to Reddit, revealing a cup of instant noodles that she'd spread on to a slice of buttered bread. In the UK, instant noodles are referred to as "pot noodle"杯面. The sight of the bizarre dish had fellow redditor's calling the poster an 'animal' and slamming the creator for exhibiting 'horrendous behaviour'. We also don't like to knock someone's unique food pairing 搭配 before trying it first -  see above after we tucked into our very own version of noodles on bread. After preparing our own sandwich, we were forced to give this food fusion a hard no. Between the soggy bread, and the difficulty to eat long strands of noodles between bread- it made for a truly unappetising sandwich situation.

侧脸照: 所有脸照都叫portrait, 正脸照叫front-on portrait. 侧脸照叫"profile", "profile view", or a photo taken "in profile" "profile shot" or "side shot 侧脸照, side-view shot". 1. profile I. describe (a person or organization) in a short article. "He was to profile a backbench MP". "He was profiled in the Irish Times". II. represent in outline from one side. "he was standing motionless, profiled 侧影映在 on the far side of the swimming pool". n. I. Your profile is the outline 轮廓 of your face as it is seen when someone is looking at you from the side. His handsome profile 英俊的侧脸 was turned away from us. If you see someone in profile, you see them from the side. This picture shows the girl in profile 侧脸轮廓. A profile of someone is a short article or programme in which their life and character are described. A newspaper published profiles 简介 of the candidates. [+ of]. 2. 侧脸: All face photos are called portraits脸照(A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders). 3. The photo taken from the side is a "profile", "profile view", or a photo taken "in profile" 侧脸. 正脸照: a front-on portrait. 侧脸照: a portrait in profile. "profile shot" or "side shot 侧脸照, side-view shot" It's usually taken to get a clear look of your jawline/nose/etc. And yes, online "profiles" do confuse the issue. 4. A silhouette 剪影 is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject. The interior of a silhouette is featureless, and the hole is typically presented on a light background, usually white, or none at all. The silhouette differs from an outline, which depicts the edge of an object in a linear form, while a silhouette appears as a solid shape. Silhouette images may be created in any visual artistic media, but were first used to describe pieces of cut paper, which were then stuck to a backing in a contrasting colour, and often framed.

 Bourke Street terrorist knifeman may have been a copycat attacker, says terror expert: Four terrifying rampages have taken place within a few streets of each other over the past two years. Now a terrorism expert has revealed why. It's perhaps not surprising that people who set out to kill and maim(to injure someone seriously, especially permanently. The boy had been maimed in a train wreck.) as many people in the name of a warped ( I. informal 扭曲的. someone who is warped has thoughts or ideas that most people think are very strange and frightening. a warped sense of humour. II. bent or curved, usually because of damage by heat or water. a warped table. III. If something warps or is warped, it becomes damaged by bending or curving, often because of the effect of heat or water. The firm makes floors that won't shrink or warp 扭曲变形. It should have prevented rain water warping the door trim. The door, warped by seasons and sea-changes, split slightly. The key was fractionally warped. IV. If something warps someone's character, it damages them or it influences them in a bad way. I never had any toys, my father thought that they would warp my personal values扭曲价值观. Their lives have been warped by war. The individual's whole personality appears to be permanently warped 人格扭曲. ...a person with a very warped mind扭曲的心态. V. A warp in time or space is an imaginary break or sudden change in the normal experience of time or space. The house retains much of its original detailing without being stuck in a time warp 时间穿越.VI. In weaving, the warp is the threads which are held in a frame or machine called a loom while another thread is passed across through them. ) ideology 意识形态 would target Bourke St in Melbourne's frenetic ([frəˈnetɪk] done very fast and with a lot of energy, often by someone who is in a hurry. ) heart. After all, it ticks almost all the boxes of a terrorist's wish list — they can inflict as much damage to human life as possible and have the world's cameras watching them do it at the same time. Authorities are resorting to strong measures to protect pedestrians on Bourke St. However, in the past two years, there have been three sickening mass attacks within the city's CBD while there have been none in Sydney since the 2014 Lindt siege — and there have been no similar incidents in other major Australian cities. Hassan Khalif Shire Ali — a Muslim refugee from Somalia — crashed his car full of gas cylinders before stabbing three people, killing prominent Italian restaurateur Sisto Malaspina on Friday. The first of the previous three incidents in Melbourne's CBD came in January last year, when four adults, a child and a baby died in a terrifying car rampage that also left dozens injured after James "Dimitrious" Gargasoulas allegedly ploughed his car through the busy pedestrian mall. In September that year, a knife-wielding man also went on a rampage outside Flinders St station. He was tasered and arrested in dramatic scenes in Melbourne's CBD. In December, there was another incident when Saeed Noori allegedly drove a car into people crossing the intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth streets. So, how has Melbourne's CBD become a hot spot  热门地点 for this type of disturbing rampage? Professor Clive Williams, a terrorism expert and visiting professor at the Australian National University, said "copycatting" could be a factor driving terrorists to hit the same spot agaian and again. "The problem areas (in terms of terrorism) have often been the suburbs of both Sydney and Melbourne — but it has not manifested itself the same way in Sydney," he told news.com.au this morning. "You get one case and then you get umpteen [ˌʌmpˈtin] ( many. Umpteen can be used to refer to an extremely large number of things or people. [informal, emphasis] He was interrupted by applause umpteen times. He has produced umpteen books, plays and television series. We must have phoned umpteen times but never got an answer. ) cases of people copying it," he said. "It's more likely to happen with individuals because with a group of people it tends to be more planned, more sophisticated and you have more chance of picking up on those operations. "With the lone person, they're more likely to be impressed by other factors like copycatting, previous incidents and what people are telling them online are good ideas." He added, terrorists on the extreme left, right and anarchist political movements are also influenced in the same way. Despite a potential copycatting effect, Prof Williams said Melbourne's CBD has actually become a harder target for terrorists in recent years as security measures are stepped up. "Downtown city areas are obviously desirable places (to strike) because you're going to get a lot of publicity and you've got the potential to kill a few people," he said. However, he said "lone actor ( lone wolf, lone-wolf terrorist, or lone actor )" terrorists are notoriously hard to detect because there may not be any indicators. "So the response is therefore preventive measures like concrete blocks to stop vehicles driving onto the sidewalk, loudspeaker systems so you can tell people where to go if something happens," he said. "You have police on hand so they can respond fairly quickly and contain the incident as quickly as possible." He describes these as "after-the-event  事后措施 measures" which limit the amount of damage terrorists can cause. "Obviously you want to anticipate things as much as you can, but the reality is there's a lot of people out there with mental issues and an awful lot of those could become violent and there's too many to keep on top of," he said. He added that lone wolf attacks are far more complicated than people make out and are "inevitable} to some degree no matter how much money is spent on prevention. "What's happened here and elsewhere is there's been a cut in funding for mental health and that's the big problem, because quite often lone actors aren't going to be inspired by Islamic State or whatever," he said. "It might just be a psychotic episode 精神发作 where they turn violent and they've seen this kind of attack works quite well so they go ahead and do it. Professor Clive Williams said Scott Morrison is wrong to pass the buck to religious leaders. "The Prime Minister is trying to push this onto religious leaders, but that's not where the problem should sit. It should sit — in the case of lone actors at least — with mental health authorities." However, he added the threat from IS as an entity is not over, despite the radical jihadist group losing much of its territory 领土 in Iraq and Syria. "Islamic State still exists in the virtual world and they are still able to persuade people," he said. "It's out for revenge now and one of things they want revenge on is countries that were part of the US-led coalition and that never gets mentioned by politicians because it's an unpalatable truth."