用法学习: 1. countenance [ˈkaʊntənəns] noun your face, or the expression on your face. Someone's countenance is their face. He met each inquiry with an impassive countenance. verb. to approve of something, or to allow something to happen. Not an organisation in the country would countenance and not one sponsor would put money towards it. If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen. Jake would not countenance Janis's marrying while still a student. ...the military men who refused to countenance the overthrow of the president. In China dog or pig is a term of endearment 爱称, 昵称. You can call someone dog jokingly. But in Australia you better be careful. You live a little, you learn a little 活到老, 学到老. You live and learn. (British) also Live and learn. (American) something that you say when you have just discovered something that you did not know. I had no idea they were related. Oh well, you live and learn. 3. 'SELFISH MONSTER' Healthy dog was put down because owner wanted to be laid to rest with her: "We did suggest they could sign the dog over 托付, 转交 on numerous occasions, because it's a dog we could easily find a home for and re-home," said Carrie Jones, manager of Chesterfield Animal Services told CNN affiliate WWBT. On March 22, the executor 执行人 of the owner's estate came to the shelter to get the dog, a spokeswoman for the Chesterfield County Police told CNN. The shelter again offered to have the dog signed over and be adopted out, but the executor declined. Emma was then taken to a local veterinarian, euthanised [ˈjuːθəˌnaɪz] and taken to a pet cremation centre in Richmond, Virginia, WWBT reported. Her ashes were placed in an urn and returned to the representative of the woman's estate. In Virginia, licensed veterinarians, certified euthanasia [ˌjuθəˈneɪʒə] technicians, animal control officers and human investigators are all allowed to perform euthanasia, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. 4. insinuate [ɪnsɪnjueɪt] I. 一般指不好的事情. [disapproval] If you say that someone insinuates that something bad is the case, you mean that they say it in an indirect way. The libel claim followed an article which insinuated that the President was lying. Are you insinuating that 间接说 I smell? He speaks with rage of insinuations that there's a 'gay mafia' in Hollywood. I just don't think it's right to bring a good man down by rumour and insinuation. Host Paul Barry insinuated Jones's sudden change of heart and decision to interview Palmer had been motivated by the politician's preference for the Liberal Party. II. [disapproval] If you say that someone insinuates themselves into a particular situation, you mean that they manage very cleverly, and perhaps dishonestly, to get into that situation. to get into a situation or position by behaving in a way that is not sincere Somehow he always manages to insinuate himself into our plans. He gradually insinuated himself into her life. innuendo [ɪnjuendou] 明话暗说 Innuendo is indirect reference to something rude or unpleasant. The report was based on rumours, speculation, and innuendo. ...magazines which are full of sexual innuendo. get at I. If you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them to explain what they mean, usually because you think that they are being unpleasant or are suggesting something that is untrue. 'What are you getting at now?' demanded Rick. II. To get at something means to succeed in reaching it. A goat was standing up against a tree on its hind legs, trying to get at the leaves. III. If you get at the truth about something, you succeed in discovering it. We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why? III. If you get at someone, you keep criticizing or teasing them in an unkind way. [British, informal] They don't like my moustache and my long hair, they get at me whenever they can. convey [kənˈveɪ] I. 传达. 间接表达. To convey information or feelings means to cause them to be known or understood by someone. When I returned home, I tried to convey the wonder of this machine to my partner. In every one of her pictures she conveys a sense of immediacy. He also conveyed his views and the views of the bureaucracy. to communicate ideas or feelings indirectly These results will enable us at least to convey a sense of progress. A good photograph can often convey far more than words. II. To convey someone or something to a place means to carry or transport them there. The railway company extended a branch line to Brightlingsea to convey fish direct to Billingsgate. III. to give official information or a formal message to someone Please convey my appreciation to your President. 5. The budding actress also had a side hustle as a freelance calligrapher (penmenship)(side hustle = side gig 兼职 a second job you can do while continuing to do your main job. If you're looking to score up to $1000 a month, you might want to try out some of these side hustle ideas. side job a job undertaken in addition to one's main occupation, as a supplementary source of income. "he now has a side job selling newspapers". moonlight If someone moonlights, they have a second job in addition to their main job, often without informing their main employers or the tax office. ...an engineer who was moonlighting as a taxi driver. Workers in state enterprises were permitted to moonlight. freelance [ˈfriˌlæns] adj. Someone who does freelance work or who is, for example, a freelance journalist or photographer is not employed by one organization, but is paid for each piece of work they do by the organization they do it for. Michael Cross is a freelance journalist. Jill was starting to get some freelance writing jobs from trade magazines. She had a baby and decided to go freelance. He is now working freelance from his home in Hampshire. noun. A freelance is the same as a freelancer. verb. If you freelance, you do freelance work 做兼职. She has freelanced as a writer and researcher. double up I. 疼得弯着腰. If something doubles you up, or if you double up, you bend your body quickly or violently, for example because you are laughing a lot or because you are feeling a lot of pain. ...a savage blow in the crutch which doubled him up. They laugh so hard they double up with laughter. Everyone was doubled over in laughter. II. if two people double up, they share something, especially a bedroom. The children won't mind doubling up. double (up) as something 兼职, 兼做 to have another use or job as something. to have a second use, job, or purpose as a particular thing The school doubled as a hospital during the war. In the corner was an old couch that doubled as Simon's bed. ), and did the wedding invitations for Robin Thicke and Paula Patton in 2005. "And here's the other thing: you have to write in a way that's authentic to you. "So even if [your handwriting] is 'chicken scratch 鸡刨似的', just take a little bit more time and try to make the letters more fluid." 6. precious I. spoken used for showing that you are angry with someone for caring too much about someone or something. You and your precious husband did nothing for me 把自己当回事, 看得很重的, 很看重的, 不是太计较的, 不太当回事的, 不在乎的 搞得神圣至极的, 宝贝至极的, 宝贝的不得了的. She's not precious about her name, so if you pronounce it wrong, she won't correct you, she'll just let everyone run with it. People sometimes use precious to emphasize their dislike for things which other people think are important. You don't care about anything but yourself and your precious face. II. behaving as if something is more important or serious than it really is. Pop stars used to be a lot less precious about 太当回事, 太计较, 太较真, 太认真 advertising products. 誓要走遍Sydney各个区的年轻人: Aside
from someone getting quite upset about his Rhodes itinerary — "I only
went to where the apartments are" — the response has been pretty
positive, he said. "I think most people do find it quite interesting,"
he said. "I think most people get it, it's slightly tongue-in-cheek. People aren't that precious 那么维护 about their suburbs.
If I was going to give the blog a moral: there is life outside the five
suburbs that people say are good. There is life west of Newtown. I think
my attitude in general that there's a lot to explore, but I have proof
now." III. mainly UK disapproving behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to details that are not important and trying too hard to be perfect: He's so precious about his work that he never gets anything done. Don't you hate the precious way she speaks, pronouncing each single consonant so precisely. IV. worth a lot of money. a precious jewel. historic houses with rare and precious contents. a. loved or valued by someone. a precious memory. Her daughter is the most precious thing in the world to her. b. rare or very necessary and not to be wasted. Human skills are the nation's most precious resource. We’re wasting precious time sitting around here! precious little/precious few If you say that there is precious little of something, you are emphasizing that there is very little of it, and that it would be better if there were more. Precious few has a similar meaning [emphasis] The banks have had precious little to celebrate recently. Precious few home-buyers will notice any reduction in their monthly repayments. 7. To goose someone I. is defined as to pinch the person in the buttocks. When you pinch a girl's buttocks, this is an example of to goose. II. to (attempt to) poke something, such as a finger, in someone's anus. He tried to give me a goose. Freddy tried to goose me! goose 猛踩油门 to rev up an engine; to press down hard on the accelerator of a car. Why don't you goose the thing and see how fast it'll go? Give it a good goose and see what happens. solid I. If an object is made of solid gold 真金, 全金 or solid wood 实木, for example, it is made of gold or wood all the way through, rather than just on the outside. The taps appeared to be made of solid gold. ...solid wood doors. ...solid pine furniture. II. A structure that is solid 坚固耐用的, 结实的 is strong and is not likely to collapse or fall over. Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers. The car feels very solid. Their house, which was solidly built, resisted the main shock. ...the solidity [səlɪdɪti] of walls and floors. (sturdy 不容易损坏的 Someone or something that is sturdy looks strong and is unlikely to be easily injured or damaged. She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties. The camera was mounted on a sturdy tripod. It was a good table too, sturdily constructed of elm. robust [roubʌst] I. Someone or something that is robust is very strong or healthy. More women than men go to the doctor. Perhaps men are more robust 健康的, 身体强壮的 or worry less? We've always specialised in making very robust, simply designed machinery. He became robustly healthy. ...the robustness of diesel engines. II. Robust views or opinions are strongly held and forcefully expressed. A
British Foreign Office minister has made a robust defence of the
agreement. He has the keen eye and robust approach needed. In the
decisions we have to make about Europe, we have to defend our position
very robustly indeed. ...a prominent industrialist renowned for the robustness of his right-wing views. ) III. If you describe someone as solid 老实可靠, 诚实可靠的, you mean that they are very reliable and respectable. Todd had a solid character that made him the logical choice to be the leader of the party. Father Collini had been a solid member of the church for three decades. Leslie will always be remembered as a solid member of the community. You want a partner who is solid 诚信的, 讲信用的, 说话算数的 and stable. Mr Zuma had a solid reputation as a grass roots organiser. Graham is so solidly consistent. He had the proverbial solidity of the English. IV. Solid evidence or information 证据可靠, 信息可靠, 靠谱 is reliable because it is based on facts. We don't have good solid information on where the people are. Some solid evidence was what was required. He has a solid alibi. V. You use solid to describe something such as advice 有用的建议 or a piece of work which is useful and reliable 工作可靠. The CIU provides churches with solid advice on a wide range of subjects. All I am looking for is a good solid 可靠的, 不容易出事的 performance. I've always felt that solid experience would stand me in good stead. She's played solidly throughout the spring.
VI. You use solid to describe something such as the basis for a policy
or support for an organization when it is strong, because it has been
developed carefully and slowly. I am determined to build on this solid foundation. ...a nominee with solid support within the party. ...Washington's attempt to build a solid international coalition. This district is solidly 毫无疑问的 Republican. So far, majority public opinion is solidly behind the government. ...a society based solidly on trust and understanding. ...doubts over the solidity of European backing for the American approach. VII. If you do something for a solid period 完完整整的, 整整的, 满满的 of time, you do it without any pause or interruption throughout that time. We had worked together for two solid years. Dan has worked solidly at his music since his teens.
不可或缺( indispensable, obligatory): 1. No one is indispensable 没有人是不可或缺的, 地球缺了谁也照转. Prov. Anyone may become unnecessary; anyone may lose his or her job. Fred: You can't fire me. I'm absolutely necessary to this company. Nancy: No one is indispensable, Fred. The housekeeper was sure that her employer would always need her, but she discovered when she was let go that no one is indispensable. dispense I. To deal out in parts or portions; distribute. If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. The Union had already dispensed 分发, 发放 £40,000 in grants. The local welfare office is where government dispenses many of its services. I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children. Ordinarily, you're the one who's dispensing advice 给出建议 to others, and usually they take it. Great self-help writers were still dispensing advice down to the early 19th century. She has also been known to dispense helpful dancing advice to the crowd. II. To prepare and give out (medicines). When a chemist dispenses medicine, he or she prepares it, and gives or sells it to the patient or customer. Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines. Four out of five prescriptions are dispensed free to people who are exempt. Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing. III. If you obtain a product by getting it out of a machine, you can say that the machine dispenses the product. For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money. The lotion is dispensed by a handy pump action spray. III. To administer (laws, for example). to provide something such as a service, especially officially. dispense justice: the failure of the country's authorities to dispense justice. IV. To exempt or release, as from a duty or religious obligation. dispense with I. To manage without; forgo. to no longer use someone or something because you no longer want or need them: Let's dispense with the formalities抛弃繁文缛节. II. To get rid of; do away with 去除, 去掉. If you dispense with something, you stop using it or get rid of it completely, especially because you no longer need it. Now supermarkets are dispensing with checkouts, making you scan your own groceries. a country that has dispensed with tariff barriers. dispense with the formalities (=to not do things usually done in a social situation in order to do something more important immediately): I think we all know each other, so we can dispense with the formalities. dispense with someone's services (=stop employing them): We have reluctantly decided to dispense with Porter's services after a series of poor results. indispensable [ɪndɪˈspɛnsəb(ə)l] 非有不可的, 必须的, 没有不行的, 不可或缺的 absolutely necessary. "he made himself indispensable to the parish priest". There
have been reports Meghan and Harry are yet to hire a nanny or other
household staff for their new home, Frogmore Cottage. Instead, Ragland
was on hand and was reportedly 'indispensable' to the couple. dispensable 可有可无的 [dɪspensəbəl] If someone or something is dispensable they are not really needed. All those people in the middle are dispensable. 2. expendable [ɪkspendəbəl]
adj If you regard someone or something as expendable, you think it is
acceptable to get rid of them, abandon them, or allow them to be
destroyed when they are no longer needed. Once
our services cease to be useful to them, we're expendable. During the
recession, training budgets were seen as an expendable luxury. ...an
expendable rocket. unexpendable adj I. essential; absolutely required: unexpendable resources. II. vital to our security. not capable of being expended; inexhaustible 取之不尽用之不竭的, 源源不断的, 不会枯竭的: an unexpendable source of energy. III. not available for expenditure: The principal of the trust fund is unexpendable. 3. obligatory [əˈblɪɡət(ə)ri] I. formal something that is obligatory must be done in order to obey a law or rule. It is obligatory for members to be insured. II. often humorous 必不可少的. 不可或缺的. 必须的. 一定的. 肯定的. used for describing something that happens or is done so often that people expect it. a holiday brochure with the obligatory sunshine and palm trees. obligation义务 John Travolta's former pilot has won the right to make his case in court that he has no confidentiality obligations to the Hollywood actor and is free to talk about their alleged six-year gay affair in the 1980s. oblige [əˈblaɪdʒ] I. [transitive] [usually passive] formal to force someone to do something because it is the law, a rule, or a duty. be/feel obliged to do something觉得有义务: Employers are legally obliged to pay the minimum wage. They felt obliged to offer him hospitality. II. [intransitive/transitive] to help someone by doing something that they have asked you to do. The fans wanted more goals, and Ferguson duly obliged义不容辞的. happy/glad/willing to oblige: If there's anything else I can do, I'm always happy to oblige. I would be obliged (if) very formal used when you are asking someone politely to do something. I would be obliged to receive your instructions on this matter. much obliged formal used for thanking someone politely. I'm much obliged to you. noblesse oblige [nəuˌbles əuˈbli:ʒ] 杀富济贫, 劫富济贫 the idea that rich people from a high social class should help people who have fewer advantages. obligated [ˈoblɪˌɡeɪtɪd] I. be/feel obligated to do something formal 有义务的, 义不容辞的. if you are obligated to do something, you must do it because it is your duty or it is morally right. The committee are then obligated to take any comments into consideration. II. be/feel obligated to someone 感觉亏欠的, 欠某人的. formal to feel that you owe someone something because of what they have done for you. She felt obligated to him because of what he had done for her. Don't feel obliged to do something. Sheldon: I don't know what she's talking about, but I'm obligated [ˈoblɪˌɡeɪtɪd] ( be/feel obligated to do something formal I. if you are obligated to do something, you must do it because it is your duty or it is morally right. The committee are then obligated to take any comments into consideration. II. to feel that you owe someone something because of what they have done for you. She felt obligated to him because of what he had done for her.) to agree with her. She's my girlfriend. LeVar: Ah, I hear you, brother. I still get lunch, right?.
脱欧困局: British Prime Minister Theresa May dug in against a relentless push by rivals and former allies to remove her from office as her attempts to lead Britain out of the European Union appeared to be headed for a dead end. May resisted calls to rip up her tattered Brexit blueprint and end her embattled premiership after her attempt at compromise was rejected ( Sarah Palin: refudiate: verb used loosely to mean "reject": she called on them to refudiate the proposal to build a mosque. blend of refute and repudiate. ) by both her own Conservative Party and opposition MPs. But it seemed only a matter of time. Amid a feverish mood as rumours and plots swirled through Parliament, Conservative MPs set up a showdown 摊牌 meeting with May tomorrow, giving her less than 48 hours to announce she will go or face a renewed attempt to oust her. And a senior Cabinet minister quit with an excoriating ( excoriate [ɪkskɔːrieɪt] To excoriate a person or organization means to criticize them severely, usually in public. to denounce or strongly condemn. During the Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao would excoriate western capitalism as an evil. He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses. ) letter attacking May's failure to lead Britain out of the EU and hold her divided government together. In the House of Commons, May received a flurry of criticism and hostile questions as she implored 请求, 恳求, 恳请 lawmakers to support a bill implementing Britain's departure from the EU that she plans to put to a vote in Parliament in June. But there was little sign her plea was being heeded. Pro-EU and pro-Brexit lawmakers have only hardened their positions during months of political trench warfare, and they are in no mood to compromise. Pro-Brexit Conservatives accused May of capitulating ( capitulate [kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt] 臣服, 屈服, 屈从 I. to stop opposing what someone wants and agree to it, usually because they are stronger than you. If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do. The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal rights to women. In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand. The police capitulated and allowed the march to go ahead. capitulate to: We will not capitulate to the demands of terrorists. II. to stop fighting in a war and accept that you are defeated. ) to pro-EU demands, and opposition Labour Party lawmakers dismissed her offer as too little, too late. If May stays on until next week, pressure is likely to increase when results come in from this week's elections for the European Parliament, with Conservatives expect to receive a drubbing ( drubbing 大溃败, 血洗, 惨败 (beating, defeat, hammering [informal], pounding) I. a beating; a thrashing. I'll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I can! II. informal a resounding defeat in a match or contest. a beating or serious defeat, especially in a sports competition. If someone gets a drubbing, they are defeated easily. Norwich got/received/took a severe drubbing at the hands of Manchester United. "Scotland's 3-0 drubbing by France". scoundrel [skaʊndrəl] 大骗子 a man who behaves in an unfair or dishonest way. If you refer to a man as a scoundrel, you mean that he behaves very badly towards other people, especially by cheating them or deceiving them. [old-fashioned, disapproval] He is a lying scoundrel! ). Many British voters on both sides of the Brexit debate look set to use the election to the EU legislature to express displeasure over the political gridlock.
