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用法学习: 1. hightail (intransitive) informal, mainly US and Canadian. to go or move in a great hurry. hightail it (up/down/along etc.) 急匆匆离开, 匆匆而去 to go somewhere fast or in an urgent way They came tearing out of the gates and hightailed it up the road. According to the source, it "really seemed that it was just too much for Jordyn", who aapprently hightailed it outta there 赶紧走, 赶紧离开 as soon as the pair showed up. with your tail between your legs 抱头鼠窜, 夹尾巴逃走 If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed. His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs. excommunicate [ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt] 逐出师门, 逐出教堂, 排除在外 officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church. "Martin Luther was excommunicated by the Pope". Jordyn of course landed herself in hot water after confessing to kissing Khloe Kardashian‘s partner Tristan Thompson back in March, and has seemingly been ex-communicated from the Kardashian Klan. wiki: Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive 剥夺, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular receiving of the sacraments. The term is often historically used to refer specifically to excommunications from the Catholic Church, but it is also used more generally to refer to similar types of institutional religious exclusionary practices and shunning among other religious groups. For instance, many Protestant denominations, such as the Lutheran Churches, have similar practices of excusing congregants from church communities, while Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as the Churches of Christ, use the term "disfellowship" to refer to their form of excommunication. The Amish have also been known to excommunicate members that were either seen or known for breaking rules, or questioning the church. 2. The concept of citizen journalism 群众媒体 (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic", "guerrilla" or "street" journalism) is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information." Similarly, Courtney C. Radsch defines citizen journalism "as an alternative and activist form of news gathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media institutions, often as a response to shortcomings in the professional journalistic field, that uses similar journalistic practices but is driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on alternative sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream journalism". Jay Rosen proposes a simpler definition: "When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another." Citizen journalism should not be confused with Community journalism or Civic journalism, both of which are practiced by professional journalists; Collaborative journalism which is the practice of professional and non-professional journalists working together; and Social journalism that denotes a digital publication with a hybrid of professional and non-professional journalism. The term citizen media 自媒体 refers to forms of content produced by private citizens who are otherwise not professional journalists. Citizen journalism, participatory media and democratic media are related principles. 3. change one's ways 改变生活方式, 洗头革面, 改过自新(reformed) to improve one's behavior, habits, or beliefs If you want to live a long life, you'd better change your ways! reformed adj. 改好了. 回头是岸了. 改过自新的, 重新做人的. I'm considered a reformed character these days. reform I. [transitive] to improve a situation by correcting things that are wrong or unfair, or to make a system work more effectively. To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct. to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals. The healthcare system must be radically reformed. a proposal to reform tax laws. II. 改过自新, 改造好. [intransitive/ transitive] to change your own or someone else's behaviour, so that it is no longer illegal or harmful. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; a person of settled habits of vice 根深蒂固的恶心难改 will seldom reform. The prison system is not designed to reform criminals. She expressed a determination to reform. a reformed alcoholic/gambler 金盆洗手的. It was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform. The state has a duty to reform criminals. Shaun's papa believed Uncle Julian had reformed. He hoped with his brother's influence, the same could happen to Shaun. Yet, uncle Julian wasn't really reformed. "I'm a reformed prisoner 改过自新的人 too. I had a dark past 不堪的过去 but I'm evidence of the fact 事实证据, 很好的实例 (In the law of evidence, similar fact evidence (or the similar fact principle) establishes the conditions under which factual evidence of past misconduct of accused can be admitted (admissible) at trial for the purpose of inferring that the accused committed the misconduct at issue.) you can be rehabilitated改过的," Mr Pomana said. 电影Rounders: A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. big stakes = high stakes I. 高风险的. a high-stakes activity or situation involves a lot of risk or serious consequences. involving serious risks if there is no success: a high-stakes negotiation. high-stakes diplomacy. II. a high-stakes test or exam has important consequences for the person taking it, for example, if you fail you are not allowed to move on to the next level. A high-stakes test is one that is very important for the person who takes it. III. high-stakes gambling 高赌注的赌博 involves large amounts of money. involving the possible loss of a large amount of money: a high-stakes poker game. play for high stakes 赌大的, 捡大的赌: to gamble on something very important. Mr Ashdown knows he is playing for high stakes in seeking closer co-operation with Mr Blair. rehabilitate [ˌri:əˈbɪlɪteɪt] I. 戒毒. to help someone to give up drugs or alcohol, so that they can return to a healthy, independent, and useful life. The new scheme is aimed at rehabilitating local heroin addicts. a. 改造好. to help someone who has been ill or in prison to return to a healthy, independent, and useful life. Prison does not rehabilitate most criminals. II. to try to make people respect someone or something again. The new government is desperate to rehabilitate their country's image. III. to make a building or system suitable for use again. start from a clean slate: 重新开始. 重新做人 If you start with a clean slate, you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start. The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate. reform n. a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively. a programme of economic reforms. The new government has promised to introduce democratic reforms. reform to: radical reforms to the health service. reform of: This is the most important reform of the police service in over 30 years. land reform 土地改革, 土改 a process in which land is given or sold at low prices to ordinary people, so that it is not owned only by a few rich people. re-form 重组 if an organization, business, or group re-forms, or if someone re-forms it, it starts to work or exist again. The band re-formed in 1985 after breaking up ten years earlier. To form again or in a new configuration. This product contains reformed meat再生的. The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack. The pop group reformed for one final tour. 4. pain tolerance 能忍痛, 忍疼, 耐疼: A person with a low threshold and low tolerance may be severely debilitated anytime they're in pain. Someone with a high threshold and high tolerance, on the other hand, may rarely notice pain. People with a low threshold and/or low tolerance can be harshly judged by others. Pain tolerance 疼痛耐受力 is the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate. Pain tolerance is distinct from pain threshold (the point at which pain begins to be felt). The perception of pain that goes in to pain tolerance has two major components. First is the biological component—the headache or skin prickling that activates pain receptors. Second is the brain's perception of pain—how much focus is spent paying attention to or ignoring the pain. The brain's perception of pain is a response to signals from pain receptors that sensed the pain in the first place. warts and all including features or qualities that are not appealing or attractive. If you describe someone or accept them warts and all, you describe them or accept them as they are, including all their faults. Lyn loves him warts and all. He gives us a portrait of the real Gandhi, warts and all. 'Edinburgh in Focus' provides a warts-and-all look at the city. "Philip must learn to accept me, warts and all". overboard If you fall overboard 落水, you fall over the side of a boat into the water. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore. go overboard If you say that someone goes overboard, you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable. Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers. throw sth overboard 抛诸脑后, 丢到九霄云外 If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely. They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis. wag it = wag school 逃班, 逃学 ( = hop the wag = on the wag 过时的说法 ) British informal to play truant. "And don't you go wagging school this afternoon either -- I might be bringing Frank around." 5. accrual [əkruːəl] In finance, the accrual of something such as interest or investments is the adding together of interest or different investments over a period of time. ...the accrual of funds used during construction. ...an accrual method of accounting. I believe this fare provides 50% mileage accrual 累积, 获取. Pepperoni is an American variety of salami, made from cured pork and beef mixed together and seasoned with paprika or other chili pepper. Pepperoni is characteristically soft, slightly smoky, and bright red in color. Thinly sliced pepperoni is a popular pizza topping in American-style pizzerias and is used as filling in the West Virginia pepperoni roll. 政治: Flanked 陪着 by Mr Sukkar at a press conference on Monday, Mr Morrison refused to comment on whether last year's attempted insurgency 起义 was still hurting the Coalition in Victoria, which is often called the country's most progressive state. "That is such a bubble question. I'm just going to leave that question in the bubble," he said, deploying his preferred method for dismissing inquiries about political manoeuvres. But the Prime Minister was forced to deal with lingering 挥之不去的问题 questions about Mr Dutton's tin-eared remarks ( tin ear 音盲的 I. (idiomatic) Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language. II. (idiomatic) 不敏感的. Insensitivity to the nuances of the current situation or the subtleties of a craft; indifference to somebody else's attitudes and moods. to have a tin ear If you say that someone has a tin ear for something, you mean that they do not have any natural ability for it and cannot appreciate or understand it fully. Worst of all, for a playwright specializing in characters who use the vernacular, he has a tin ear for dialogue. ) regarding his Labor opponent in Dickson, Ali France, who uses a wheelchair after being hit by a car in 2011. 6. infatuated possessed with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone. "an infatuated teenager". You are not in love, you are infatuated 一时鬼迷心窍. 政治: I think disappointed is the correct word. I am not the only person in the world who has gone out and had a big night and done things that in the light of day 天亮了, 到白天 look a little silly, so I don't carry any shame 感觉羞耻, 感到不好意思 around that at all. bubble gum 泡泡糖 Bubble gum is a sweet substance similar to chewing gum. You can blow it out of your mouth so it makes the shape of a bubble. I got bubblegum on the seat of Nanna's car. punter I. uk informal a customer; a user of services or buyer of goods: Many hotels are offering discounts in an attempt to attract punters/pull in the punters. II. uk slang a person who uses the services of a prostitute. "I find her comments to be absolutely disgraceful and unbefitting 不合适的, 不和身份的, 不符合身份的 of a member of Congress," Sanders said, "and I think that it's a good thing the president is calling her out." gas up (something) 加油 to put fuel in a vehicle: I want to gas up when we get to the next service area. vocal 发声的, 出言支持, 表示支持或不支持的, 发表意见的, 说出来的 You say that people are vocal when they speak forcefully about something that they feel strongly about. He has been very vocal in his displeasure over the results. [+ in] A public inquiry earlier this year produced vocal opposition from residents. Both these proposals were resisted by the developed countries, most vocally by the United States. It's not that I don't care, just you are a lot more vocal than me. That's all.

 Special S1: 1. limp verb I. If a person or animal limps, they walk with difficulty or in an uneven way because one of their legs or feet is hurt. I wasn't badly hurt, but I injured my thigh and had to limp. He had to limp off with a leg injury. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp. II. 拖着腿走. If you say that something such as an organization, process, or vehicle limps along, you mean that it continues slowly or with difficulty, for example because it has been weakened or damaged. In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources. A British battleship, which had been damaged severely in the battle of Crete, came limping into Pearl Harbor. adj. I. 软弱无力的. If you describe something as limp, you mean that it is soft or weak when it should be firm or strong. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes. A residue can build up on the hair shaft, leaving the hair limp and dull looking. Flags and bunting hung limply in the still, warm air. II. If someone is limp, their body has no strength and is not moving, for example because they are asleep or unconscious. He carried her limp body into the room and laid her on the bed. He hit his head against a rock and went limp. n. I owe you such a big apology for acting like a heinous bitch yesterday. Oh. That's fine. No. Kim told me about you getting hit by a car, and as a fellow victim 同是受害者, I'd like to offer my condolences. God, you were hit by a car, too? God, no. But I could be. We all could be. Especially Samantha. She has zero spatial awareness 空间概念(Spatial awareness is the ability to be aware of oneself in space. It is an organised knowledge of objects in relation to oneself in that given space. Spatial awareness also involves understanding the relationship of these objects when there is a change of position.). Anyway, it all makes so much sense now. Your inability to open mail, your sad limp. Oh, my limp is actually kind of. Are you ever gonna get better? Or is this just, like, it 就是这样了, 好不了了 for you? Yeah. This is it for me. All from the getting hit by a car. Wow. Everybody! Come hug Ryan! He was hit by a car and now he has a weird, sad limp 拐子, 瘸子 forever! Thank you so much. Thank you. I hope you don't mind. I couldn't just let Olivia punish you for something you couldn't do. Kim, it's fine. 2. Did Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手 ( The film stars Johnny Depp as an artificial man named Edward, an unfinished creation who has scissor blades instead of hands. The young man is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter Kim The film also marks the fourth collaboration between Burton and film score composer Danny Elfman. The leading role of Edward had been connected to several actors prior to Depp's casting: a meeting between Burton and the preferred choice of the studio, Tom Cruise, was not fruitful, and Tom Hanks and Gary Oldman turned down the part. The character of The Inventor was devised specifically for Vincent Price, and would be his last major role. Edward's scissor hands were created and designed by Stan Winston. Jealous of Kim's attraction to Edward, Jim suggests Edward pick the lock 撬锁 on his parents' home to obtain a van for Jim and Kim. Edward agrees, but when he picks the lock, a burglar alarm is triggered. Jim flees and Edward is arrested. The police determine that his period of isolation has left Edward without any sense of reality or common sense. Edward takes responsibility for the robbery, telling a surprised Kim he did it because she asked him to. Edward is shunned by those in the neighborhood except for the Boggses. ) open my mail? What is wrong with you? I'm sorry, Olivia. I promise you I know how to open mail. It's just, I have a dexterity [dekˈsterəti] issue. Were you homeschooled? Don't let her get to you 别生她气. There's a half-eaten Luna Bar where her heart should be. I'm not. It's gonna be fine. 3. This is not the way you want to look for the first day of your internship. Don't you just want to stay home with me instead? No, I'm not bailing on 放过这个机会, 放鸽子 Eggwoke. Who even reads that site? It's just It's a bunch of silly articles. It's not silly, okay. It's brilliant, millennial, LOLzy satire. And it's a big deal. It's unpaid. Rude! I'm sorry. I just I've just been a bit worried about you since the accident. Mom, I fractured an elbow, okay? As far as car accidents go, it was pretty chill 很不算一回事了, 很轻了. Yeah What about your CP (Cerebral palsy ( [UK ˈserəbrəl US: səˈribrəl] cerebral 大脑的 ) 脑麻痹 (CP) ( palsy [pɔːlzi] Palsy is a loss of feeling in part of your body. ) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time. Often, symptoms include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak. )? Because they're gonna ask you to do these difficult things, like like faxing and printing. 4. Listen, I'm not trying to sound paranoid or whatever, but Was this party meant for someone else? What? Saw a text from your mom. Said to say hi to Stephanie and the girls. Oh, my God. You totally friend recycled 废物利用, 回收利用 this party. Ah. I didn't friend recycle this party, okay? I just. No, you know what? That's exactly what I did. Okay. Now I'm just scared. Are you one of those grifter types ( A grifter 撒谎骗钱的人 is a con artist: someone who swindles people out of money through fraud. If there's one type of person you don't want to trust, it's a grifter: someone who cheats others out of money. Grifters are also known as chiselers, defrauders, gougers, scammers, swindlers, and flim-flam men. Selling a bridge and starting a Ponzi scheme are things a grifter might do. The difference between a grifter and a thief is a grifter tricks you out of money through lies, while the thief takes it by force 明抢. The end result is the same. Of course, like any grifter after our money, this one appears legit on the sunny surface of things. One of the first lessons a grifter learns is never to trust anyone. )? No! God. I've never lived on my own before. Okay? My mom, she's overprotective, it's strange, I know, and I thought I had these friends from college, but maybe I'm Dean & Delusional because they all bailed. And that's when I called you. I'm a loser, Kim. I'm a loser that's been masquerading as a non-loser. You're not a loser. Okay? We all put a Valencia filter on our life to make it seem better than actually is. But you don't. I mean, your whole brand is, like, honesty. "Brand"? Go to jail ( Go to Jail 去死 a phrase used to indicate anger towards a person, say that something is awesome, or to show your jealousy of someone else's achievement, or to show frustration of something totally terrible that just happened. "Dude, you got an Aston Martin! Go to Jail!" Who spilled Mountain Dew on my keyboard? Go to Jail."). I'm just saying. You don't give a shit. Oh, I give multiple shits. Oh, really? About what? Okay, look. In the spirit of bonding and cementing our friendship, I'm going to tell you something, but you have to promise not to say anything. 5. Kim, there are two types of people in this world. Those who get free scones and those who don't. And those that get them, they go through life with a certain kind of ease. Things just happen to them, things non-scone-getters can only dream of. Like getting stopped on the street by a cute boy who just whisks them away to Palm Springs for the weekend. They think this is normal. They have no idea how lucky they are. Um Blueberry scone, please. We're out of plates. 6. Who sued the hospital and got you that money? And now you want to blow it away 挥霍一空. No. Not on my watch. Stop watching everyone and just get a fucking life. Finding an apartment is hard, and I you've never done it before. I don't want you to get screwed over. Let me help. 7. Kim, how's the listicle ([ˈlɪstɪk(ə)l] a piece of writing or other content presented wholly or partly in the form of a list. "a recent BuzzFeed listicle called '21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity' has attracted more than 13 million views") coming? "How to Look Like a Million Bucks"? It's really short. It just says, "Have a million bucks. " Great. Very relatable. Now, I need sex stories. Diversity hire, you got anything? I'm kidding. Straight white men are canceled. Ryan, I saw you leaving my pool party to hook up with Keaton. Can you tell our readers about it? In graphic detail? Um I would, but it's a total violation of his privacy. Fine. You know, your piece about getting hit by a car is still doing amazing. Maybe you should consider injuring yourself again. Nothing major. Just like a bruised rib?  8. I didn't stand a chance 门都没有. He's like the definition of a free-scone person. I don't get it. Do you think you're like the gay Babadook or something? No. I guess if I'm just being honest with myself, I haven't really felt the same since my accident. Well, how long has it been since you've had sexual relations? I am not disclosing that. Oh, come on. I once went a year and a half. It was terrible. I truly felt like Charlize Theron in Monster. But it sharpened my senses. Right now, I'm sensing this might be a virgin situation. Don't tell anyone, okay? Sorry, can't. I got to put you on the virgin registry. It's called the No-Fuck List. I won't say shit. I promise. 9. Meet the P that's gonna take your V. I don't think my A can take that. Eh, some lube and a can-do attitude 一往无前的精神, you'll be fine. I'm sorry, how do you sleep on this twin bed? Kim, I can't I can't do this. Hiring a sex worker just feels I don't know, it feels desperate. Okay, that attitude, very five think pieces ago. My friends hire them all the time. Yeah, and I'm sure they also have a lot of sex that they don't pay for. Look, it's not that complicated. If you have clogged pipes, you call a plumber. 10. Sorry, I didn't mean to react like that. You know, being hit in the face usually costs an extra $100, but I'm gonna give you a freebie. Why don't we loosen you up, huh? Give you a little massage. 11. I like waking up next to you every morning. I'm kind of on the fence 无定论, 不确定 about it.