用法学习: 1. chip away at 蚕食, 消磨, 一点点销蚀 I. If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts. Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority. II. If you chip away at a debt or an amount of money, you gradually reduce it. The group had hoped to chip away at its debts by selling assets. 俯卧撑: The Harvard study, published in JAMA Network Open on Friday, suggests dropping to the floor and showing your doctor how many you can do may be a better predictor of heart disease, heart attacks and strokes than traditional treadmill tests. "Surprisingly, push-up capacity 俯卧撑的能力 was more strongly associated with cardiovascular disease risk than the results of submaximal treadmill tests," lead author Dr Justin Yang, occupational medicine resident at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, said in a press release. The researchers analysed the health data of 1104 active male firefighters aged between 21 and 66 over a 10-year period. Their push-up capacity and treadmill exercise tolerance were measured at the start of the study in 2000, with each man then taking annual physical examinations and health questionnaires. During the study period, 37 of the men developed some type of cardiovascular disease, with "all but one" occurring in men who completed 40 or fewer push-ups in the baseline exam 基线测试. 2. self-parody [sɛlfˈpærədi] the intentional or inadvertent parodying or exaggeration of one's usual behaviour or speech. Self-parody is a way of performing or behaving in which you exaggerate and make fun of the way you normally perform or behave. By the end of his life, his vocals often descended close to self-parody. "they are soft-spoken and clean-cut to the point of self-parody". Alec Baldwin parodies Donald Trump on SNL. wiki: A self-parody is a parody of oneself or one's own work. As an artist accomplishes it by imitating his or her own characteristics, a self-parody is potentially difficult to distinguish from especially characteristic productions. Sometimes critics use the word figuratively to indicate that the artist's style and preoccupations appear as strongly (and perhaps as ineptly) in some work as they would in a parody. Such works may result from habit, self-indulgence, or an effort to please an audience by providing something familiar. 4. blowout [ˈbləuaut] I. 爆胎. an occasion when a tyre on a vehicle bursts or an electric fuse melts. If you have a blowout while you are driving a car, one of the tyres suddenly bursts. A lorry travelling south had a blow-out and crashed. "I always leave plenty of time to get to the airport in case I have a blowout or breakdown". II. informal North American an outburst of anger or an argument. "that exchange led to a big blowout five years ago". III. informal a large or lavish meal or social gathering. A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much. I wish I could go back in time 回到过去 and teach myself the importance of balance. For a large period of time, I was obsessive with my training and lifestyle. I could go six months at a time without a drop of alcohol, going out on a Saturday night or having a blowout cheat meal. I now know though that this doesn't make for a healthy mind and I need balance. Jim's having a birthday blowout at the Hacienda. Once in a while we had a major blowout 敞开吃, 开怀大吃, 吃大餐, 大吃二喝. "it is difficult to imagine the slim person going for a real blowout". IV. [Australian, journalism] 暴涨. 暴增. A blowout in an amount or a price is a sudden increase in it. Sources say processing times had now blown out to as much as 45 days, more than double what was previously seen. ...a blowout in surgery costs. [+ in] ...a blow-out in the balance of payments. V. American informal an easy victory in a game or competition. When the Yankees scored ten runs in the first inning, we knew the game would be a blowout. 5. 关于健康: What's your nutrition philosophy? I'm quite strict with what I eat but enjoy my guilty pleasures — in moderation. From Monday to Friday I eat very healthily (my girlfriend and I both have our meals delivered by My Muscle Chef). This means if the opportunity arises 有机会的话 I can afford pizza, pasta or a burger on a Friday or Saturday. Max twice per week though! These holidays I have been getting golf lessons, re-teaching myself to surf — something I haven't done in 10 years — and learning to do handstands 倒立. I love learning new skills and understanding how my body moves. Find a friend or colleague with similar fitness goals to your own and share the journey with them. Keep each other accountable 互相监督, 互相督促 and celebrate your successes along the way! 6. a hundred and one/a million and one You can use expressions such as a hundred and one, a thousand and one, and a million and one to emphasize that you are talking about a large number of things or people. There are a hundred and one ways in which you can raise money. There was no way I could drive, I was too unsteady, I felt dizzy. feisty [faɪsti] If you describe someone as feisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill. The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child. At 66, she was as feisty as ever. gutsy [informal, approval] brave and determined: a gutsy performance. I. If you describe someone as gutsy, you mean they show courage or determination. I've always been drawn to tough, gutsy women. They admired his gutsy and emotional speech. II. If you describe something as gutsy, you mean that it is powerful and interesting. [informal] ...the rich, gutsy flavours of mature autumn vegetables. Cape Town Opera returns with this gutsy staging of Gershwin's opera. do your own thing If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people. [informal] We accept the right of all men and women to do their own thing, however bizarre. She was allowed to do her own thing as long as she kept in touch by phone. Pursue one's interests or inclination; do what one does best or enjoys the most. I really give him credit for doing his thing and not being discouraged by what the critics say. Phyllis is busy doing her own thing, running the magazine and publishing books. dodgem [ˈdɒdʒ(ə)m] 碰碰车 noun BRITISH a small electrically powered car with rubber bumpers all round, driven in an enclosure at a funfair with the aim of bumping into other such cars. "he wanted to go on the dodgems". wiki: Bumper cars or dodgems is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator. They are also known as bumping cars, dodging cars and dashing cars. slum it/be slumming 将就着住 informal to spend time in conditions that are much worse than you are used to – often used humorously. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own. To endure or tolerate worse arrangements, conditions, or accommodation than one is used to. Often used humorously or facetiously. My car broke down, so I have I've been slumming it on the metro to work each morning. The plane tickets were a lot more expensive than I was expecting, so we may have to slum it in a hostel while we're there. Jeremy doesn't slum it when he goes away.
soggy (湿漉漉的) VS baggy (衣服宽大的 oversized) VS saggy (下垂的) VS sloppy (懒散的, 松耷拉的), soppy = sappy煽情的, mushy: soggy 湿漉漉的, 潮湿的 (of things that can absorb water, especially food) unpleasantly wet and soft: soggy ground. ...soggy cheese sandwiches. ...a gray and soggy afternoon. I hate it when cereal goes soggy. baggy 宽松的, 肥大的 = loose-fitting (of clothes) hanging loosely because of being too big or having been stretched: baggy trousers. My T-shirt went all baggy in the wash. Sagging
is a manner of wearing trousers or jeans which sag so that the top of
the trousers or jeans are significantly below the waist, sometimes
revealing much of the underwear. Sagging is predominantly a male
fashion. Women's wearing of low-rise jeans to reveal their G-string
underwear (the "whale tail") is not generally described as sagging. A
person wearing sagging trousers is sometimes called a "sagger", and
in some countries this practice is known as "low-riding". It has
become popular since the popularity of wearing brightly colored and
patterned "boxer shorts". Sagging first peaked
in popularity during the 1990s and remained popular into the mid 2000s,
but it has recently made a comeback in the 2010s, with celebrities like
Justin Bieber, Liam Payne, Ross Lynch, Zac Efron and more bringing back
the fashion trend. Sagging in the 1990s usually focused on baggy
trousers with plaid boxers, but in the 2010s sagging has become popular
with skinny jeans and branded boxer-briefs. saggy If you describe something as saggy, you mean that it has become less firm over a period of time and become unattractive. Is the mattress lumpy and saggy? Exercise for just 20 minutes a day to firm up even the saggiest bottom. sloppy I. informal disapproving (of a substance) more liquid than it should be, often in a way that is unpleasant: The batter was a bit sloppy so I added some more flour. II. disapproving 懒洋洋的. 懒散的. 不当回事的. 不认真的. 不严谨的. 非常不当心的, 非常粗心的, 粗心大意的. careless and unsystematic; excessively casual. If
you describe someone's work or activities as sloppy, you mean they have
been done in a careless and lazy way. He
has little patience for sloppy work from colleagues. His language is
disjointed and sloppy. They lost because they played sloppily. Miss
Furniss could not abide sloppiness. "we gave away a goal through sloppy defending". "When you think about it, $10 million worth of drugs sent to the wrong address, that's quite incredible to comprehend that someone could be that sloppy," said Det Snr Sgt Kershaw Spelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter. Another sloppy pass like that might lose them the whole game. III. 宽松的. 宽大的. baggy. Sloppy clothes are large, loose, and do not look neat. (of a garment) casual and loose-fitting. "she wore a sloppy sweater and jeans" At home I tend to wear big sloppy sweaters and jean. IV.( sentimental, mushy [informal], soppy [British, informal], slushy) If you describe someone or something as sloppy, you mean that they are sentimental and romantic. It's ideal for people who like a sloppy 煽情的 movie. ...some sloppy love-story (schmaltzy). Slack: Slacks
implies pants of certain materials which are not part of a suit (jeans
are not slacks, and you would not refer to the pair of trousers that
came with a suit as "slacks".) It is also more common to use "slacks" to
refer to pants worn by women, while men would wear "trousers".
Meanwhile, "pants" could refer to slacks, or trousers, or jeans, or just
about any form of two-legged outer garment for the lower body. Note
that in AE, "pants" by itself is never understood to mean underwear of
any kind, and must be altered in some form (either as "underpants" or as
"panties") to have that meaning. Bill: What's this I hear that
the boss walked into your office while you were changing your clothes
and caught you in your underwear? Tom: No, but she nearly caught me in
my underwear; luckily, I had just put my pants on. This is an AE
perspective but, I would say that trousers and pants are synonyms. With
both being any outer garment that covers both legs separately and goes
from waist to ankles. Technically slacks is also a synonym, but the
informal definition I most frequently hear is that slacks = dress pants.
I.E. Pants that you might wear if you were trying to look nice. In
the UK, pants almost always means underpants. And as OED says, slacks
are loosely-cut trousers for informal wear, esp. those worn by women. I
think for many Americans, pants and trousers are effectively synonyms.
But so far as I'm aware, "esp. those worn by women" tends to apply to
slacks on both sides of the Atlantic. bulky 大块头的 too big and taking up too much space: bulky equipment. mush或者moosh a thick porridge made from corn meal, Something thick, soft, and pulpy. mushy ['mʌʃi] 或者 /muʃi/ I. soft and pulpy. soft and having no firm shape: Cook the lentils until they are mushy. disapproving The meat was mushy and tasteless. II. informal disapproving excessively sentimental or emotional. too emotional: I hate those mushy love stories. mushy = soggy 黏黏稠稠的, 粘稠的东西 soggy/mush biscuit: A game in which men race to ejaculate on a biscuit. The last one to ejaculate loses, and has to eat the "soggy biscuit". "Dude, I can't believe I lost Soggy Biscuits yesterday. That was totally nasty." "I know, man. That frat party was out of control." schmaltzy [ˈʃmɔːltsi] disapproval
dealing with love and other feelings in a way that is silly or not
sincere. If you describe songs, films, or books as schmaltzy, you do not
like them because they are too sentimental. a schmaltzy romantic comedy. Originally, Carey felt the song was "too schmaltzy" 煽情的, 毒鸡汤 and over the top for her, and not in line with her other work. One person could say that 'Hero' is a schmaltzy piece of garbage, but another person can write to me a letter and say. soppy (BrE) = sappy (AmE) 好哭鼻子的, 软弱可欺的 [British, informal] If you describe someone or something as soppy, you mean that they are foolishly sentimental. very emotional in a way that people may find embarrassing or silly. showing or feeling too much of emotions such as love or sympathy, rather than being reasonable or practical: a film with a soppy ending. That's one of the soppiest stories I've ever heard! Some people are really soppy about their pets. a sappy look on his face. a sappy novel/movie. He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend being soppy. She loves soppy 缠绵悱恻的 love stories, old films, that sort of thing. be soppy about somebody/something informal to be very fond of someone or something, in a way that seems silly to other people She's soppy about dogs. mawkish [ˈmɔkɪʃ] 腻乎乎的, 甜的发齁的 [disapproval] showing emotion or love in an awkward or silly way. You can describe something as mawkish when you think it is sentimental and silly. A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable mawkish ending. The film lapses into mawkish sentimentality near the end. maudlin [ˈmɔdlɪn] 自怜的, 自悲的 talking in a sad and emotional way that seems silly, especially when you are drunk. feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after you have drunk a lot of alcohol. If you describe someone as maudlin, you mean that they are being sad and sentimental in a foolish way, perhaps because of drinking alcohol. Jimmy turned maudlin after three drinks. ...maudlin self-pity. II. If you describe a song, book, or film as maudlin, you are criticizing it for being very sentimental. [disapproval] ...the most maudlin song of all time. ...a hugely entertaining (if over-long and maudlin) movie. wet 软弱可欺的 UK used to describe someone who has a weak character and does not express any forceful opinions: Don't be so wet. drippy 软弱的, 没有主见的, 好欺负的, 老实巴交的 informal disapproving boring and without a strong character. If you describe someone as drippy, you mean that they are rather stupid and weak. If you describe something such as a book or a type of music as drippy, you mean that you think it is rather stupid, dull, and sentimental. These men look a bit drippy. ...drippy infantile ideas. Where's that drippy brother of yours? slushy [slʌʃi] I. 半融化的. Slushy snow is partly melted. II. If you describe a story or idea as slushy, you mean you dislike it because it is extremely romantic and sentimental. insouciant (nonchalant) [ɪnsuːsiənt] (noun: insouciance) 不以为意的, 不当一回事的, 不以为然的, 不在意的, 心不在焉的, 满不在乎的, 无所谓的
adj An insouciant action or quality shows someone's lack of concern
about something which they might be expected to take more seriously. not
worrying about or paying attention to possible problems. his insouciant manner. Programme-makers seem irresponsibly insouciant about churning out violence. blithe [ˈblʌɪð]
I. 不负责任的. 轻佻的, 冷漠的. 不当一回事的. in a way that shows a casual and cheerful
indifference considered to be callous or improper. You use blithe to
indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful
thought. It does so with blithe disregard for best scientific practice. Your editorial blithely ignores the hard facts. He appears blithely unaware of the disastrous effects of the new system. "her arrest order was blithely ignored by the police chief". Mr Falinski, a NSW Liberal MP whose mother was made stateless during the Holocaust and father was Polish-born, said citizenship issues involving stateless people
were "painful" but he attacked Labor's "double standards". "There are
historic factors involved in this that are both painful and difficult,
and no one should discuss them blithely," he said. "But Labor’s double standards here are ironic." II. in a happy or carefree manner. Someone who is blithe is cheerful and has no serious problems. She said 'hi' with the blithe assurance of someone who knew how much she'd been missed. "the prince was wandering blithely out into the courtyard".
The Labor campaign yesterday provided Mr Creasey's grandmother's
documents showing her stateless status, but not legal advice or any
advice from the Ukrainian embassy as has become the custom 变成常规 with MPs and candidates facing questions over Section 44.
Actor Jussie Smollett was attacked in a hate crime. But slowly, people realised his story wasn't quite right: "This is MAGA country," yelled two men in ski masks before placing a noose around the neck of actor and musician Jussie Smollett, beating him and pouring bleach on him. But now police are investigating if the assault on January 29 outside a Subway in Chicago at 2am was in fact staged (planned, orchestrated ). These types of cowardly attacks are happening to my sisters, brothers
and non-gender conforming siblings daily. I am not and should not be
looked upon as an isolated incident. "The outpouring of love and support from my village has meant more than I will ever be able to truly put into words," said Smollett in the wake of the 'attack' which left him hospitalised. In 2015 he gained more notoriety for his portrayal of Jamie Lyon in the drama series Empire. The morning of the attack last month, Smollett took himself to a local hospital where he was treated for a fractured rib and cuts and bruises. His condition was described as "good." He was discharged that same day. "Given the severity of the allegations, we are taking this investigation very seriously and treating it as a possible hate crime," said Chicago police in a statement shortly afterwards. As police continued their investigations, Smollett's Empire colleagues were given armed security. Smollett's family were heartbroken. "Our beloved son and brother Smollett was the victim of a violent and unprovoked attack, we want it to be clear, this was a racial and homophobic hate crime," they told the media. Over the past few weeks, there were already bubblings 气泡 that something with the alleged story wasn't quite right. Police said upon releasing the brothers that their investigation had "shifted." "We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation," said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. He did not elaborate what he meant by that phrasing - but Smollett's lawyers issued a statement saying the actor would cooperate with police but felt "victimised" by reports he might have been involved in planning the attack. But the storyline 说法 that the attack was a "hoax" is gaining momentum 甚嚣尘上 with several reports out of Chicago, citing police sources, alleging the actor orchestrated it. Smollett allegedly paid the brothers, his friends, AUD $5600 to stage his racial and homophobic assault, with the trio reportedly even rehearsing beforehand. The actor, however, is standing by his story 坚持自己的说法 with his lawyer releasing a statement late on Saturday that Smollett was "angered and devastated" by the claims. The brothers are said to be cooperating with the police investigation and are holed up in a "secret location". Donald Trump's son has weighed into the controversy. "It appears Jussie Smollett tried to manufacture a hate crime to make Trump supporters look bad and most of the media not only uncritically 不加甄别的 accepted his lies as facts for weeks, but attacked those who questioned the validity of his false story," Trump Jr wrote on Twitter.
go with ( 选择或接受某个东西或某个人的意见提议等(而不是其他事或者其他人的), go for something or sb 是选择去做某事(而不是不做)) I. 打包提供. to be provided or offered together with something. Does a car go with the job? a. to exist frequently with something. to be included as part of something. to often exist with something else or be related to something else Ill health often goes with poverty. Responsibility goes with becoming a father. The house goes with the job. He had fame, money, and everything that goes with it. A fair amount of stress seems to go with jobs like this. II. to seem good, natural, or attractive in combination with something. Which shoes go best with this dress? III. [usually progressive] informal to have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone. I heard that Carol is going with the guy who works downstairs. a. informal to have sex with someone. IV. to choose or accept something. to accept someone's idea or plan Let's go with John's original proposal. I think we should go with yellow for the walls. go with (someone) to (somewhere) Use the phrase "go with ___ to ___" when one person needs to go to a place, but the other person isn't quite as needed. For example, if your family member needs to go to a doctor, you can offer to "go with" them: Hey, do you want me to go with you to the doctor? All right, how about this: I'll pick Oliver up and take him to practice, and you can go with Emily to the dentist. go for I. British English to choose something I think I'll go for the chocolate cake. I could/would go for something spoken used to say that you would like to do or have something A full meal for less than five bucks! I could go for that! II. informal to like a particular type of person or thing Annie tends to go for older men. III. to try to get or win something Jackson is going for his second gold medal here. go for it spoken (=used to encourage someone to try to achieve something) If you really want the job, go for it! the same goes for somebody/something (also that goes for somebody/something too) spoken used to say that a statement you have just made is true about someone or something else too Close all doors and lock them when you go out. The same goes for windows. go for broke informal to take big risks when you try to achieve something At 2–0 down with ten minutes left, you have to go for broke.
