用法学习: 1. ScoMo: His part in that coup had been typical Morrison. He'd voted for Abbott but some of his small group of followers had (it was presumed with his support) put their backing behind Turnbull. Abbott was incandescent( [ˌɪnkænˈdes(ə)nt] I. physics 发光的 producing light as a result of being made very hot. Incandescent substances or devices give out a lot of light when heated. [technical] ...incandescent gases. ...incandescent light bulbs. II. mainly literary extremely bright or impressive. If you describe someone or something as incandescent, you mean that they are very lively and impressive. Gill had an extraordinary, incandescent personality. ...an incandescent performance from Jessye Norman. She burned with an incandescence that had nothing to do with her looks. an incandescent smile. III. formal extremely angry. If you say that someone is incandescent with rage, you mean that they are extremely angry. It makes me incandescent with fury. incandescent with rage. ). Shock-jock Ray Hadley excoriated ( [ɪkskɔːrieɪt] To excoriate a person or organization means to criticize them severely, usually in public. He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses. ) Morrison in an excruciating interview in which he demanded Morrison swear his innocence on a bible. Morrison was determined to make his mark 留下印记, 扬名立万 in Treasury. Turnbull and Morrison considered an ambitious reform of the GST, with the aim of enabling big income tax cuts. Morrison ran the issue hard in the media. Turnbull became alarmed he was getting too far out in front. Treasury work showed the plan (in any politically acceptable form) didn't stack up and, to Morrison's embarrassment, he was reined 脱缰 by his boss. If you had to describe Morrison in a single word, perhaps you'd call him a "journeyman (I. In former times, a journeyman was a worker who had finished learning a trade and who was employed by someone rather than working on his or her own. II. If you refer to someone as a journeyman, you mean that they have the basic skill which their job requires, but are not very talented or original. [journalism] Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.)" of politics, in the dictionary definition a player who's "reliable but not outstanding". He's not cerebral ( [serɪbrəl , US səriːbrəl] I. 理智的. 不情绪化的. If you describe someone or something as cerebral, you mean that they are intellectual rather than emotional. dealing with complicated ideas rather than with emotions. demanding or involving careful thinking and mental effort rather than feelings: She makes cerebral films that deal with important social issues. her rather cerebral style of fiction. Washington struck me as a precarious place from which to publish such a cerebral newspaper. II. Cerebral means relating to the brain. [medicine] ...a cerebral haemorrhage. ) but he's clever and cunning; he's competent, but not charismatic nor inspiring. 2. She found it in her heart to forgive him and they tried to move on and make things work for the sake of their family, but she then found out that he had also slept with her mum just a couple of weeks age. Last week she also decided to leave her husband over the betrayal. "I just couldn't take it," she told us. "It was a build up 越来越多的事情, 越来越糟糕." air ball 三不沾的球 a shot which misses the basket and backboard entirely. in basketball, an attempt to throw the ball into the basket that completely misses it and the board behind it: He airballed the attempt at a three-pointer. Hughes had a bad game, shooting at least three airballs. wiki: An air ball by an opposing player during a competitive game will usually prompt fans (primarily in the college game) present to chant "Aiiiir ball! Aiir ball!" repeatedly in a continuous drone to humiliate the shooter. Since the 1980s, it has become common to restart the chant the next time the shooter touches the ball. 3. beat (something) to death 烂大街, 臭大街, 耳朵起茧了, 说烂了, 听烂了 To linger over or discuss something so long and to such a tedious and laborious extent that the subject is no longer of any interest or relevance. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I think we should move on to another topic before we beat this one to death. The film's rhetorical message has been beaten to death by everyone you talk to. Closer Lyrics: You look as good as the day I met you. I forget just why I left you, I was insane. Stay and play that Blink-182 song. That we beat to death in Tucson, okay. tangential [tændʒenʃəl] 毫无关系的, 毫无关联的 I. If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. Too much time was spent discussing tangential 不着边际的 issues. They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business. II. If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. ...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L. ...the street tangential to the courthouse square. In case you haven't noticed due to the fact that she's super low-key, Jennifer Lawrence has a fiancé. And unlike her previous boyfriends (e.g, Chris Martin, Nicholas Hoult, and Darren Aronofsky), he's not famous. Like, not even tangentially 连边都不沾. 4. by/through/out of force of habit 出于习惯, 习惯问题, 习惯的力量, 惯性, 习惯了 because it is a habit: By force of habit I always hung the house keys on a hook next to the front door. If you do something from force of habit, you do it because you have always done it in the past, rather than because you have thought carefully about it. He looked around from force of habit, but nobody paid any attention to him. Unconsciously, by force of habit, she plugged the coffee pot in. Dead to me script: Judy, you murdered her husband! You said it was manslaughter. And it was an accident. And you were there too. So you thought it'd be a great idea to invite her into both of our lives? She's selling my fucking house! Which I have a lot of feelings about because that's our house. We are so far past that 过去太久了, 离我们太远了 right now! Don't yell at me. Sorry. It's okay. Look, we had a plan 我们计划好了. Right? We were gonna lock this away and not bring it up again. No. You had a plan. I wanted to tell the truth. Judy! Is everything all right out there? Yeah, Abe, I'm fine, thanks. Well, you let me know if you need backup. I got nothing to lose. I will. Look, baby. Don't call me that. Force of habit 叫顺口了. Sorry. It's okay. Judy, we can't change the past. Now, I know this has been really hard for you. I get it. But I promise you, if you tell Jen what happened, you will only be making it worse for her and for me. I know you don't want that. You don't want to cause any more pain, do you? You don't know what I want. And I don't have to do your plan 按你的计划走. 5. phone scammers stopped at the airport: Boiler room scams(In business, the term boiler room refers to an outbound call center selling questionable investments by telephone. It usually refers to a room where salesmen work using unfair, dishonest sales tactics, sometimes selling penny stocks, private placements or committing outright stock fraud. The use of falsified and bolstered information along with verified company released information is often times adopted. The term carries a negative connotation, and is often used to imply high-pressure sales tactics and, sometimes, poor working conditions. ) often involve foreign nationals, brought to Australia on student or tourist visas, who are forced to live and work in substandard conditions and carry out phone scams," the ABF statement read. "These scams generally involve callers attempting to fleece ( [fliːs] noun I. 绵羊皮. A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it. II. A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece. III. Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. verb. If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. [informal] She claims he fleeced 骗钱 her out of thousands of pounds. shammy leather = chamois [ʃæmi] A chamois or a chamois leather is a soft leather cloth used for cleaning and polishing. Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia. ) large amounts of money from unsuspecting 不疑心的 victims." 6. 澳案件: The manner in which Mr Norris failed to take any care or precautions in ... his use of the excavator on that day was a departure from 违背了, 背离了 his duty( departure I. Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere. ...the President's departure for Helsinki. They hoped this would lead to the departure of all foreign forces from the country. The airline has more than 90 scheduled departures from here every day. an airplane, bus, or train that leaves a place at a particular time. The next departure for New York will be at 11.00. II. The departure of a person from a job, or a member from an organization, is their act of leaving it or being forced to leave it. an occasion when someone leaves a job or an organization. Things had got worse since his departure from head office. This would inevitably involve his departure from the post of Prime Minister. III. If someone does something different or unusual, you can refer to their action as a departure. In a departure from tradition, some union leaders condemned the strikes. [+ from] This role is something of a departure for the actor. something new and different. Being a teacher is a totally new departure for me. departure from: This is a significant departure from their earlier policies. departure lounge 离境大厅 a large room in an airport where you sit and wait before going onto an airplane. ) to ensure the health and safety of others which was criminal," crown prosecutor Phil McCarthy said. 7. 金属信用卡: Nearly half of Australians preferred metal cards, CompoSecure cited from a recent survey, with the environmentally conscious among us supposedly being drawn to the non-plastic alternative. As well as being an ostentatious display 身份炫耀, the company says the metallic [mətælɪk] 金属质感的 (relating to or resembling metal or metals. "metallic alloys". I. 金属撞击声. A metallic sound is like the sound of one piece of metal hitting another. There was a metallic click and the gates swung open. It gave a metallic clang, like a cracked bell. II. A metallic voice has a harsh unpleasant sound. ...that creaking metallic voice of hers. III. used about colors that are shiny like a silver metal. Metallic paint or colours shine like metal. metallic blue. He had painted all the wood with metallic silver paint. Metallic finishes are seen as upmarket. IV. Something that tastes metallic has a bitter unpleasant taste. with a taste like metal There was a metallic taste at the back of his throat. V. Metallic means consisting entirely or partly of metal. Even the smallest metallic object is immediately confiscated. Place the salmon in a nonstick metallic dish. ) cards are durable and offer improved contactless technology. "Metal cards take a very common transaction and transform it into a unique experience for consumers," Mr Wilk told news.com.au. "We have seen significant penetration in the US market, specifically with affluent 富有的 and mass affluent consumers and expect continued growth in those segments," the chief executive said. But does the flashy card offer any real environmentally friendly solutions? "No," Mr Wilk said. "All credit cards have expiration dates and need to be switched out on a regular basis due to security." 8. 关于生子: Jokes aside, she later admitted that starting her own brood [brud] ( verb I. to think and worry about something a lot. brood about/over: Don't sit and brood over it for weeks. II. if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs until the young birds are born. noun. a group of young birds who all have the same mother and were born at the same time. a. humorous a group of young children who all have the same mother. ) has crossed her mind once or twice, but she's not ready just yet. "I go in and out of phases 三天要两天不要的, 一阵一阵的," Kendall recently told E! News' Zuri Hall. "Some days, I'll be there and I'll be like, 'Omg, I think it's happening. I think I have the fever 中毒, 传染上了.'" "Every time I think it's eased up ( ease up I. 放缓. 缓解. 消停. If something eases up, it is reduced in degree, speed, or intensity. The rain had eased up. New figures indicate the recession may be easing up. II. If you ease up, you start to make less effort. He told supporters not to ease up even though he's leading in the presidential race. Christie was easing up 放松 over the last 10m to finish third. III. 放松, 放宽松. If you ease up on someone or something, your behaviour or attitude towards them becomes less severe or strict. [informal] The manager does not intend to ease up on his players for some time. Officials have eased up on the press restrictions. ), someone's popping out a baby," she said, adding that "it's obviously a bit weird" that her younger sister Kylie, 21, had a baby before her. "I didn't expect it to happen like this. But it's beautiful."
时间的表述: in/within a short space of time before much time has passed In a short space of time he was promoted from sales rep to area manager. in the space of (an amount of time) During a certain period or length of time. Usually used to emphasize that the amount of time is quite small, relative to what is being done. In the space of just a few hours, I've been fired, dumped, and evicted. I don't think things could get any worse. I traveled the entire length of the west coast of America in the space of two days.time span (time range) a period of time within which something happens, or between two events. the period of time between two events or during which an event continues. Setting a time span to display results of query. a timespan of ten to fifteen years. These changes have occurred over a long time span. The attacks all happened less than 5 miles apart within a three-week time span. Our minds can't imagine a timespan as long as a million years. time slot a time when something can happen or is planned to happen, especially when it is one of several possible times.
A television or radio programme's time slot is the time when it is broadcast. 90 per cent of listeners had stayed with the programme when it changed its time slot. the show's 9pm time slot. bracket ( parentheses, square brackets) I. [ C usually plural ] either of two symbols put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing to show that what is between them should be considered as separate from the main part: Biographical information is included in brackets. UK You should include the date of publication in round brackets after the title. The country's initials are given in brackets after the figure. She'd put brackets around the clause. What does the figure in brackets refer to? II. a group with fixed upper and lower limits: They were both surgeons in a high income bracket. Most of our students are in the 18–22 age bracket. Her pay rise brought her into a new tax bracket. III. a piece of metal, wood, or plastic, usually L-shaped, that is fastened to a wall and used to support something such as a shelf. time frame a period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen: Have you set a time frame for completing the job? The new law introduces these changes in/within a fairly long/short time frame. II. a particular period of time in which something must be done: within a time frame The company may not meet its targets within the time frame. a 120-day/24-month/10-year time frame. a limited/short/long time frame. a time frame for sth Yesterday, the troubled airline publicly announced a time frame for a possible liquidation. A good project manager must have a solid grasp of the team's workload, productivity, and time frame for completing the project. put/set a time frame on sth It's hard to put a time-frame on how long it will take to implement the recommendations. timeline I. a line that shows the time and the order in which events have happened. II. a plan that shows how long something will take or when things will happen. a plan of when something should happen or how much time something should take. a timeline for the completion of the project. III. the part of a social media website where items that have been added by you, or that relate to you, are shown. a line showing particular dates over a period of time, for example dates of historical events. You can use these tools to control what you share on your profile and timeline. An open interval 开区间 (exclusive or inclusive) does not include its endpoints, and is indicated with parentheses. For example, (0,1) means greater than 0 and less than 1. A closed interval 闭区间 is an interval which includes all its limit points, and is denoted with square brackets. For example, [0,1] means greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. A half-open 半开半闭区间 interval includes only one of its endpoints, and is denoted by mixing the notations for open and closed intervals. (0,1] means greater than 0 and less than or equal to 1, while [0,1) means greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. Both parentheses, ( ), and square brackets, [ ], can also be used to denote an interval. The notation [ a , c ) [a, c) is used to indicate an interval from a to c that is inclusive of a a but exclusive of c. That is, [ 5 , 12 ) [5, 12) would be the set of all real numbers between 5 and 12, including 5 but not 12. "window of time (time window)" suggests an opening (hence window) of limited duration during which something can be accomplished. For example, "Somebody dropped out of the course, so you better apply quickly, because my guess is you only have a three-day window of time." Similar to the phrase, "window of opportunity." 'Delivery window' means the time period when the delivery is expected to arrive. E.g. "The delivery window will be sometime between Monday and Wednesday next week." 'Lead time' means the time between the beginning of a process or project and the appearance of its results.
