用法学习: 1. 微妙关系: I dunno, it sounds so silly, but something so simple like that, just brought this interesting dynamic to the amazing relationship we already have. It's silly because it's just a hat, but I feel in a way it symbolizes 代表, 表示 something. Anyone have anything similar happen to them? Something so simple or basic, being a symbol of a dynamic between you and someone else romantically? echo chamber [ˈtʃeɪmbər] I. 回音室. = reverberation chamber. an enclosed space where sound reverberates. a room with walls that reflect sound. It is used to make acoustic measurements and as a source of reverberant sound to be mixed with direct sound for recording or broadcasting. "purpose-built echo chambers allow the addition of natural-sounding reverberation to the recordings". II. 小圈子. an environment in which a person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own, so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered. an environment, esp on a social media site, in which any statement of opinion is likely to be greeted with approval because it will only be read or heard by people who hold similar views. "people are living in partisan and ideological echo chambers". Given all the advice that you've received, I hope you also make space 留出空间 for social bonds with people that are older than you. I'm incredibly jealous of your situation, because I've often sought after the attention (non-sexual) of older men, because I want advice, guidance, and just something outside the echo chamber 圈子, 范围 of my own generation. I hope you can get over whatever discomfort you have with this person, and that you can reciprocate with the potential for a friendship. I'm baffled by how many posts here start with "Am I the only one that..." and then end with a lot of people feeling lonely/lonesome. Social bonds aren't created on just platonic convenience. They're also about learning through the discomforts of age. 2. Flowers in the Attic: Eavesdropping on the servants, Chris learns that Malcolm died and Olivia is now leaving out doughnuts sprinkled with rat poison 撒着老鼠药 in an attempt to clear the attic's "mouse" infestation. The three remaining children finally flee, catching a train to Florida. puerile [pjʊəraɪl , US -rəl] adj [disapproval] If you describe someone or something as puerile, you mean that they are silly and childish. like a silly young person, or like something they would say or do. puerile nonsense. Concert organisers branded the group's actions as puerile. The story is simple, even puerile. ...puerile, schoolboy humour. A former Aussie Rules player who was the second in his code to publicly come out as gay has slammed James Faulkner's "boyfriend" post as "puerile locker room behaviour" that made it harder for closeted young people. standard fare I. (countable, literally) 平常的价格. 正常的价格. The usual price for travel by air, rail, or another means of transport. II. (Britain, Ireland, countable, by extension) The price charged to passengers who travel without buying tickets in advance on certain public transport systems (especially British bus and tram systems) (penalty fare) A standard fare is a higher than normal fare issued to passengers caught without a ticket. The system is used by public transport in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Standard Fares are not the same as Penalty Fares which are used on certain National Rail services. On United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland public transport systems, a penalty fare, standard fare, or fixed penalty notice is a special fare charged at a higher than normal price because the purchaser did not comply with the normal ticket purchasing rules. It should not be confused with an unpaid fares notice. Typically penalty fares are incurred by passengers failing to purchase a ticket before travelling or by purchasing an incorrect ticket which does not cover their whole journey. Penalty fares are a civil debt, not a fine, and a person whose penalty fare is paid is not considered to have committed a criminal offence. Penalty fares are used to discourage casual fare evasion and disregard for the ticketing rules without resorting to (in the case of railways in Great Britain) the drastic and costly step of prosecution under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 or other laws dealing with theft and fraud. More egregious fare avoiders can still be prosecuted and fined or imprisoned if convicted. III. (uncountable, literally) Menu items or dining options which are regularly available in a restaurant or other place where food is served. IV. (uncountable, idiomatic, by extension) Something which is normal, routine, or unexceptional; something which is commonly provided or encountered. He's not meaning to be homophobic; he's meaning to get a laugh out of everyone. But there are very real victims of these jokes. Using gay people for humour is pretty standard fare 常有的事, 常见的情况. 3. Cahoonas = cojones (male: testies, female: tits): Cahoonas is the English derivative of ''cojones'' used in US and British slang to denote "boldness, manliness and courage" and popularised by iconic films such as Pulp Fiction and British male underwear brand Cahoonas. You'll need a huge pair of Cahoonas to go 3 rounds in the ring with that nutter. cookie cutter 毫无特色的, 千人一面的 noun NORTH AMERICAN I. a device with sharp edges for cutting biscuit dough into a particular shape. II. denoting something mass-produced or lacking any distinguishing characteristics. "a cookie-cutter apartment in a high-rise building". [US, disapproval] If you describe something as having a cookie-cutter approach or style, you mean that the same approach or style is always used and not enough attention is paid to individual differences. Too many cookie-cutter condos were built with no attention to consumer needs. nefarious [nɪfeəriəs] 不可告人的, 邪恶的 adj If you describe an activity as nefarious, you mean that it is wicked and immoral. Why make a whole village prisoner if it was not to some nefarious purpose? When a group with nefarious intentions 不可告人的目的 attempts to change the world as we know it by altering the past, Lucy, a historian, Wyatt, a soldier, and Rufus, a scientist, unite to form an unlikely partnership, traveling through time to save history. Their riveting adventures take them to some of the most thrilling, volatile and critical events on record, including a venture to the Old West, a sojourn to the Alamo, a visit to the famous Chicago World's Fair and a crusade into Nazi Germany. sojourn [sɒdʒɜːrn , US soʊdʒ-] A sojourn is a short stay in a place that is not your home. a stay in a place that is longer than a vacation but not permanent. 4. it takes two to tango both parties involved in a situation or argument are equally responsible for it. "I hadn't been all that easy to deal with, myself—it took two to tango". it takes all sorts/kinds (to make a world) said to emphasize that people have different characters, opinions, andabilities, and that you should accept this. give up the ghost I. to die. II. (of a machine) stop working. creature-feature 怪物电影, 野兽电影 (idiomatic, film, humorous) A horror film in which one or more monsters plays a prominent role. "Godzilla" is one of the classic creature features. A shadow person 鬼影人 (also known as a shadow figure, shadow being or black mass) is the perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, particularly as interpreted by believers in the paranormal or supernatural as the presence of a spirit or other entity. 机场的未来: Under the future scheme 未来的规划, a traveller's biometric characteristics — face, iris虹膜 and/or fingerprints — would be collected unobtrusively 悄悄的, 神不知鬼不觉地, 不引起注意的, 不为人注意的, 不为人知的 ( [ˌʌnəbˈtruːsɪv] not attracting much attention or causing much reaction from other people. Staff offer unobtrusive and efficient service. If you describe something or someone as unobtrusive, you mean that they are not easily noticed or do not draw attention to themselves. The coffee table is glass, to be as unobtrusive as possible. He managed the factory with unobtrusive efficiency. They slipped away unobtrusively. Unobtrusively, the other actors filed into the lounge. ) by emergent technologies before departure and on arrival into Australia. In near real time this information would be matched against existing data holdings to confirm a person's identity and visa or residency status. Behind this apparently unobtrusive technology would be artificial intelligence-driven assessments that would calculate the risk each traveller presents in terms of criminality and national security. reductive 简要的, 忽略掉细节的, 粗略的, 大概的 [formal, disapproval] describing or explaining something in such a simple way that you miss important details. If you describe something such as a theory or a work of art as reductive, you disapprove of it because it reduces complex things to simple elements. ...a cynical, reductive interpretation. You give me a fright 吓我一跳. Take one more for the ride 再来点就上路 Let me take one more for the ride. take someone for a ride = to be taken for a ride to trick, cheat, or lie to someone. I found out I'd been taken for a ride by someone I really trusted. If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you meanthat they have been deceived or cheated. When he didn't return with my money, I realized I had been taken for a ride. tawdry [ˈtɔːdri] (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) 亮闪闪的, 金光灿灿的, 耀眼的 showy but cheap and of poor quality. "tawdry jewellery". pendulous [ˈpɛndjʊləs] 摇来晃去的, 晃来晃去的, 吊着 adj. hanging down loosely. Something that is pendulous hangs downwards and moves loosely, usually in an unattractive way. ...a stout, gloomy man with a pendulous lower lip. ...pendulous cheeks. "pendulous branches". 5. 事故: A paraglider has been killed after taking off from a popular gliding spot south of Sydney and colliding into a cliff. SES crews said the recovery mission down crumbling rocks was complex and dangerous, and they had to tread carefully to ensure their own safety. "He hit the cliff hard, and dropped a significant distance toward the bottom," NSW Ambulance Inspector Norm Rees told the ABC. NSW Police said the man has not yet been identified, and his body would be recovered tomorrow. It is believed he was blown back onto the cliff face as he launched off the edge, then fell 170 metres to the ground. willy = willie, dick, cock, dong [dɒŋ], wang [wæŋ] (由小逐渐变大的感觉 其他的说法: sword, Doodle, Roger, Wiener, ): Stop playing with your wang. "penis," 1933, slang, probably from whangdoodle , an earlier term for "gadget, thing for which the correct name is not known." Many such words ( thingy , dingus , etc.) have been used in slang for "penis," not because the actual name was unknown, but because it was unmentionable. Another possibility is that the slang word is a variant of whang "large, thick slice" (1630s), which earlier was used in the sense of "thong" (1530s) and is itself a variant of thwang , an alternat form of thong. The 19th century was a time of discretion and delicacy, not description. Americans were prone to replacing distastefully specific words with more general and thus less offensive ones. "Breasts" was replaced with "bosom," a word that referred to a woman's entire midsection. "Legs" was replaced with "limbs." And "penis" was replaced with "dingus," a word derived from Dutch dinges that simply means "thing." gong: I. A gong is a large, flat, circular piece of metal that you hit with a hammer to make a sound like a loud bell. Gongs are sometimes used as musical instruments, or to give a signal that it is time to do something. On the stroke of seven, a gong summons guests into the dining-room. II. People sometimes refer to a medal or an award as a gong. [British, informal] The comedian finally got the gong 牌子, 奖牌 he had been promised. ...peerages, knighthoods and other assorted gongs. caprice [kəˈpriːs] 任性 a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour. (the quality of often having) a sudden and usually silly wish to have or do something, or a sudden and silly change of mind or behaviour. A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose. I lived in terror of her sudden caprices and moods. The $300 million palace was built to satisfy the caprice of one man. "the caprices of the electorate". capricious [kəˈprɪʃəs] adj. I. 任性的. given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour. Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly. The Union accused him of being capricious and undemocratic. ...capricious and often brutal leaders. "a capricious and often brutal administration". II. 随性的. 没有道理的. changing according to no discernible rules; unpredictable. Something that is capricious often changes unexpectedly. Both sides were troubled throughout by a capricious wind. ...a theatre with notoriously capricious acoustics. "a capricious climate". Pat stuck it out 坚持到底, despite the capriciousness and inhospitality of the English weather. stick it out to continue to the end of a difficult or unpleasant situation. to carry on or endure something until it is ended: I know things are difficult right now, but if we just stick it out, I'm sure everything will be OK in the end. someone's ears/teeth stick out: The photo showed Edward with very short hair and his ears sticking out. stick out a mile informal to be very obvious or noticeable It sticks out a mile that she's in love with him. stick your neck out 冒出头, 出头 informal to take a risk by saying or doing something that could be wrong or could make other people react angrily. I'll stick my neck out and say we'll have it done by Friday. 6. Chris Hemsworth volunteers for canteen duty at local Byron Bay school where a teacher was stabbed: The Aussie actor was seen reporting for canteen duty at Byron Bay Public School, the same NSW school that went into lockdown after a teacher was stabbed on the grounds at 7am yesterday morning. While the canteen ladies agreed with the actress, saying his efforts weren't "too bad," they did say the true test comes on Friday, when Hemsworth will apparently be back for more volunteering. "Not too bad? I dominated. I've never seen such fluidity 流畅( fluid I. graceful and continuing without any pauses or sudden changes. a fluid writing style. a fluid movement. II. likely to change. The situation remains fluid.)," the father-of-three said of his ability to wrap sushi rolls.
chase VS pursue: chase I. If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them. She chased the thief for 100 yards. He said nothing to waiting journalists, who chased after him as he left. He was reluctant to give up the chase. Police said he was arrested without a struggle after a car chase through the streets of Biarritz. II. If you are chasing something you want 追逐, such as work or money, you are trying hard to get it. In Wales, 14 people are chasing every job. There are too many schools chasing too few pupils. ...publishers and booksellers chasing after profits from high-volume sales. They took an invincible lead in the chase for the championship. III. If someone chases someone that they are attracted to 追求某人, or chases after them, they try hard to persuade them to have a sexual relationship with them. I didn't go around flirting or chasing women. 'I was always chasing after unsuitable men,' she says. The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway. IV. If someone chases you from a place, they force you to leave by using threats or violence. Many farmers will then chase you off their land 赶出去 quite aggressively. Angry demonstrators chased him away 赶走, 赶跑. V. To chase someone from a job or a position or from power means to force them to leave it. The army will not allow its commander-in-chief to be chased from power. VI. If you chase somewhere, you run or rush there. They chased down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street. ...chasing about late at night in search of life's necessities. chase ghost[s] Especially in the technical fields. Trying to find the reason for a lot of problems in sophisticated systems is like chasing ghosts. They keep disappearing and reappearing. chase shadows 捕风捉影 (chase rainbows/fantasies 追求不切实际的梦想) Pursue illusory targets. 'I found that the three-day mission did little more than chase shadows'. the thrill of the chase If you talk about the thrill of the chase, you are referring to the excitement that people feel when they are trying hard to get something. It's the thrill of the chase 追赶的刺激, 追逐的刺激, the buzz of the risk 冒险的, that drives you on. give chase If you give chase, you run after someone or follow them quickly in order to catch them. Other officers gave chase but the killers escaped. wild goose chase If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information. Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase. pursue I. If you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it. He said his country would continue to pursue the policies laid down 制定的政策 at the summit. She had come to England to pursue an acting career. II. If you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time. The implication is that it is impossible to pursue economic reform and democracy simultaneously. Mr. Menendez has aggressively pursued new business. III. If you pursue a particular topic, you try to find out more about it by asking questions. If your original request is denied, don't be afraid to pursue the matter. IV. If you pursue a person, vehicle, or animal, you follow them, usually in order to catch them. She pursued 追赶, 试图逮住 the man who had stolen a woman's bag. pursuit I. Your pursuit of something is your attempts at achieving it. If you do something in pursuit of a particular result, you do it in order to achieve that result. ...a young man whose relentless pursuit of excellence is conducted with determination. ...individuals who impoverish their families in pursuit of some dream 追求梦想. II. The pursuit of an activity, interest, or plan consists of all the things that you do when you are carrying it out. The vigorous pursuit of policies is no guarantee of success. III. Someone who is in pursuit of a person, vehicle, or animal is chasing them. ...a police officer who drove a patrol car at more than 120mph in pursuit of a motor cycle. IV. 追逐赛. In cycling and skating, the pursuit is a race in which two competitors or teams start on opposite sides of a circular track and try to catch up with each other. Moreau took gold in the five-kilometre individual pursuit competition. V. Your pursuits are your activities, usually activities that you enjoy when you are not working. They both love outdoor pursuits. His favourite childhood pursuits were sailing, swimming and cycling. in hot pursuit 热烈追求 If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination. I rushed through with Sue in hot pursuit. pursuit plane a fighter plane, esp one before the Second World War, that travels at high speeds and pursues enemy aircraft. The pursuit plane was forced to land due to low fuel. 区别(chase/pursue/follow your dream): a. Chase has a wilder meaning, it makes people think of a police officer racing after a criminal or a mother running after her child. In this case, it implies you are passionate and wild about your dream (in a good way). Pursuing is less crazy, more deliberate and serious. Following is a neutral verb and is the most common word used with that expression. Despite this, all three work quite well. b. Chase is more the physical act. Pursue can be either physical or metaphorical. He chased her through the park. He has been pursuing her ever since he met her at John's party. The police were pursuing the car down main street. They were in hot pursuit. The police were chasing the car down main street. 其他用例: 分手: Bajin took over with Osaka ranked 72 in the world, guiding her to her breakthrough grand slam victory at the US Open, although Osaka claims the split was brewing 酝酿 in Melbourne in January. Sperm donor accused of playing God: Meeting with Joe in the midst of his crusade, 60 Minutes reporter Liz Hayes called time on his behaviour( [mainly British, journalism] If you call time on something, you end it. He has called time on his international career by cutting short his contract. ), criticising his methods and his seeming lack of regard for the health of the women he impregnates 受孕. So far he estimates that more than 800 attempted inseminations(a process which involves using sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person.) have resulted in more than 100 children. "I'm basically only having sex to get women pregnant. I'm not chasing rainbows or fantasies(chase rainbows = dream the impossible dream 追求不切实际的梦想 to try to get something that you can never have. To pursue unrealistic or fanciful goals. end of the rainbow (figuratively)
A magical place where one goes to find fulfillment of one's dreams. If
you say that something is at the end of the rainbow, you mean that
people want it but it is almost impossible to obtain or achieve. The promise of a cure – the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow – often makes sensible people do irrational [ɪˈræʃən(ə)l] things. Etymology: A reference to the myth that a pot of gold can be found at the end of a rainbow. flight of fancy (idiomatic)
An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc. which is extremely imaginative and
which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical;
thinking which is very speculative. He was talking about cycling across the US or was that just another flight of fancy?)," he told Liz Hayes. While Joe offers his sperm to women for artificial use – at no cost other than reimbursement of his expenses 报销差旅费, he claims that natural insemination
and unprotected sexual intercourse is a more "effective" way of getting
pregnant. Joe says that half his clients opt to use the natural method.
Joe's scheme 做法, 行为 is unconventional at best, and dangerous at worst.
Family and fertility expert and lawyer, Stephen Page, is outraged,
saying Joe is putting vulnerable women and their potential children at
serious risk. Liz Hayes was unrelenting in her questions of Joe Donor, putting to him the severe potential consequences and risks of his behaviour. "You're putting women's health at risk," Hayes said. "The real risk is that a woman will die a spinster 老处女 ([spɪnstər] [old-fashioned]
A spinster is a woman who has never been married; used especially when
talking about an old or middle-aged woman. an insulting word for a woman
who is not married and is past the age when women usually get married. ) without a child," Joe said. "The real risk is that you're totally deluded," Hayes fires back. 关于不切实际的梦想: pipe dream 不切实际, 不现实的梦, 镜花水月 ( castle in the air = pie in the sky, chase rainbows/fantasies )
an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme. A plan, desire, or idea
that will not likely work; a near impossibility. an idea or plan that is
impossible or very unlikely to happen: Her plans are not realistic - they'll never be more than a pipe dream. I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school. "free trade in international aviation will remain a pipe dream". pie in the sky
(idiomatic) A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the
illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen. jam tomorrow 望梅止渴, 画饼充饥, 画大饼, 空许诺 I. (idiomatic) Promised benefits that never arrive. something good that someone promises you but that never seems to happen. The team's supporters are tired of being promised jam tomorrow. II. (idiomatic, economics, by extension) Availability of a resource at a future date. Pipe Talk 光说不做, 空谈, 纸上谈兵
A discussion that concentrates on "pipe dreams" dreams or ideas that
will never happen. Often occurring when a pipe is passed around in a
circle of people. Hence the concept of Pipe Talk. Person
1: "Yeah man, we totally should quit our jobs and travel around the
world." Person 2: "We could get a different job in every city till we
have enough money to move on". Person 3: "...and we can stay at youth
hostels...". Person 1: "Totally, lets do it after you pass the pipe
over...". pipe up
to enter a conversation, for example by interrupting or speaking for
the first time. If someone who has been silent for a while pipes up,
they say something, especially something surprising or strange. 'That's right, mister,' another child piped up. Nobody dares to pipe up.
Teen 'freak' runs fastest ever 100m by a high schooler - Time would put him in Olympics contention: While Boling's raw untapped talent ( untapped 尚未开发的 adj. An untapped supply or source of something has not yet been used. Mongolia, although poor, has considerable untapped resources of oil and minerals. There is enormous, acknowledged and untapped potential in the Indian stock markets. ) is undeniable, his record won't stand because it was recorded with a tail wind assist of +4.2, a massive advantage in the fractional world of competitive sprinting. However, he will still hold the record for the fastest ever 100m run by a high school athlete in any condition, making him the first American teenager to beat the 10-second mark since Trayvon Bromell (9.99sec) who was also assisted by a tailwind in 2013. Uneblievably, Boling only began competing in the 100m again this year after focusing his efforts predominantly on the 200m, 400m, high jump and long jump of which he holds a host of state records. Those numbers not only make Boling's dash the fastest run by a high-schooler across all conditions ever but also the fastest run by an American under the age of 20. Jeopardy: How a pro gambler 'cracked' a US game show: Mr Holzhauer has been impressing fans and former players since 4 April with his calm demeanour and cat-like reflexes as he buzzes in 抢答 with correct responses on 607 questions to clues from categories that range from the serious, like History, to the whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l], like Occupational Verbs. But regardless of how he picks his questions, he still must buzz in first - and most importantly - give the correct answers. His technique of targeting the "expensive" difficult clues first (as opposed to progressing from easy to hard) has triggered complaints from detractors who say it ruins the flow of the game, but praise from others who say he has "cracked the Jeopardy code" 破解了. According to the website, Mr Holzhauer has wagered 堵上 $25,000 twice on Daily Doubles, topping 超过记录 the previous record of $19,000 for these types of bets. He also places heavy wagers on the show's climactic final question dubbed "Final Jeopardy".
