用法学习: 1. poser [poʊzər] I. disapproval A poser is the same as a poseur. someone who behaves in a particular way to make people notice them, admire them, or be impressed by them. He's such a poser. You can describe someone as a poseur when you think that they behave in an insincere or exaggerated way because they want to make a particular impression on other people. I am sometimes accused of being an inveterate poseur. II. informal, old-fashioned A poser is a difficult problem or puzzle. Here is a little poser for you. by a long way = by a large amount You can use by a long way to emphasize that something is, for example, much better, worse, or bigger than any other thing of that kind. He was the best in the group by a long way. It was, by a long way, the worst meeting I have ever attended. Our favourite by a long way was the supermarkets' own brand. a long way to go a lot of work to do or improvements to make: He has a long way to go before he can present the plans to the public. 2. You think I'm an actor? Wow, let's go with that then. take someone prisoner 战俘, 俘虏, 囚禁 British to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war. take sb captive = hold sb captive If you take someone captive or hold someone captive, you take or keep them as a prisoner. Richard was finally released one year after he'd been taken captive. A British sailor told of his nightmare ordeal at the hands of pirates who held him captive for almost seven weeks. take sb hostage/hold sb hostage 威胁, (要挟, blackmail. hold somebody to ransom) If someone is taken hostage or is held hostage, they are captured and kept as a hostage. The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist. hold sb to ransom 被要挟, 被胁迫, 被威逼 (hold sb over a [moral] barrel) to force someone to do something by putting that person in a situation where something bad will happen if they do not: The government says it is being held to ransom by the actions of terrorist groups. with the benefit of hindsight/experience 马后炮, 事后诸葛亮 used to say it is easier to know the right thing to do after something has happened or if you have a lot of experience. He admitted that, with the benefit of hindsight, the original launch had not been large enough. Asked if RA could have better handled the situation regarding the negotiations of Folau's last contract Castle said: "You couldn't go through an issue like this and not say that you couldn't do things better. "You'd be crazy to say that. But it's often done with the benefit of hindsight and the sequence of events that happen. "That will be something that we'll be looking to discuss with them as we come to a new collective bargaining agreement." Castle explained RA couldn't insert a specific social media clause in Folau's last contract as it wasn't part of the existing CBA between RA and RUPA. '"We can't just insert clauses whenever we feel like it," she said. 'Even if we had a (social media) clause who knows where this could have gone from a legal perspective?'. 3. 信息之战: As humans we're imbued with ( imbue somebody/something with something to fill someone or something with a particular quality or feeling. Her
poetry was imbued with 充满了, 满满的是 a love of the outdoors. They seemed more
interested in enriching themselves than in imbuing people with the
spirit of God. I tried to imbue 灌输 my children with a strong sense of justice. Her thinking and attitudes had been imbued with childhood fears. imbue I. (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality. The shirt was imbued with his scent. II. 有点像 instill 注入...品质. In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality. The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness. permeate [ˈpɜrmiˌeɪt] I.
if gas, liquid, or a smell permeates something, it spreads into and through every part of it. If something permeates a place, it spreads throughout it. The smell of roast chicken permeated 溢满 the air. Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete. The unpleasant odor permeated 充盈, 充满 every room. permeate through/into 渗入, 渗透: Water had permeated into the old walls. II. if an attitude or feeling permeates something, you can feel or see its influence clearly in every part of that thing. If an idea, feeling, or attitude permeates a system or permeates society, it affects every part of it or is present throughout it. Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system. An obvious change of attitude at the top will permeate through the system. A sense of deep loss permeates Frost's poetry. impregnate I. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant. Norman's efforts to impregnate her failed. II. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse. to make a substance such as a liquid spread all the way through something. a pad impregnated with natural oils. If someone or something impregnates a thing with a substance, they make the substance spread through it and stay in it. Impregnating clothes with insect repellent is effective. ...a block of plastic impregnated with a light-absorbing dye. -impregnated combining form 掺杂了, 混合了 ...nicotine-impregnated chewing gum. III. (transitive) To
fill pores or spaces with a substance. It is recommended to impregnate new shoes before wearing them. During the impregnation process, an impregnation agent is applied to a material, thereby changing its properties. The term impregnation describes a process that is used for the finishing of textiles and leathers. As a result, the materials become water repellent (hydrophobisation). The application methods for the treatment may be different, but they are all based on the applying certain substances which form a film on the material (usually paraffin and wax emulsions or silicones or fluorocarbons). How do I impregnate my shoes or boots correctly? a. Remove all traces of dirt from your shoes and let them dry to guarantee thorough impregnation. b. Impregnate your shoes as evenly as possible, from a distance of 20-30 centimetres. Make sure to carefully impregnate not only the actual leather, but also the seams, edges and laces. c. Repeat this process two to three times. As it goes, several thinner layers are much more effective than a single thick one. Ensure however that your shoes do not become too moist. d. The shoes should then be allowed to dry out completely before being worn out in the mud and rain. e. It is best to impregnate shoes outdoors or in well-ventilated areas to avoid any harmful effects to the health caused by accidental inhalation of aerosols. ) an instinct for tribalism ( [traɪbəlɪzəm] I. Tribalism is the state of existing as a tribe. Apartheid used tribalism as the basis of its 'divide-and-rule' homeland policies. II. [disapproval] 结帮拉派. 小集体, 小集团思想. You can use tribalism to refer to the loyalties that people feel towards particular social groups and to the way these loyalties affect their behaviour and their attitudes towards others. His argument was that multi-party systems encourage tribalism. ...the evils of tribalism, disunity and disintegration. a way of thinking or behaving in which people are more loyal to their tribe than to their friends, their country, or any other social group. a. very strong loyalty that someone feels for the group they belong to, usually combined with the feeling of disliking all other groups or being different from them. ) that can manifest itself in some strange ways - but this has to take the cake(take the cake / biscuit The usual British expression is take the biscuit. to be the worst, most shocking, or most annoying example of something. If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the cake or that what they have done takes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour. I've heard some ridiculous excuses before, but that takes the cake. have your cake and eat it (too) 鱼与熊掌兼得, 什么都想要 to have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time. to have all the benefits of a situation when, in fact, having one thing means that you cannot have the other. He wants to stay with his wife but still see his girlfriend – talk about having your cake and eating it! You can't have your cake and eat it - if you want more local services, you can't expect to pay less tax.). I'm talking about iPhone users who hate on Android. Those who have ever been shamed for their green text bubble will understand this all too well. Tech writer Michael Nuñez wrote about how he felt compelled to buy an iPhone because he was "ashamed" of his green bubble after a love interest took umbrage with ( take umbrage at something [ʌmbrɪdʒ] If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason. to be offended by something. They're liable to take umbrage if we don't invite them. He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him. ) his non Apple device. For this reason it makes sense for Apple to differentiate the type of texts to users can be aware. But nonetheless conspiracy theories abound about the colours used by Apple - the warm and inviting blue versus the artificial green - as if they're designed to provoke some emotional reaction to make users think less of non iPhone owners. Maybe they're right and someone at Apple is an evil genius subtlely driving a wedge between society to boost iPhone sales. 4. Catch-22: George Clooney brings his considerable star power to bear (bring to bear I. to bring into operation or effect. he brought his knowledge to bear on the situation. to use something to deal with a problem or difficult situation. It was in the area of marketing that Alan's business experience was brought to bear. II. to try to persuade someone to do something by using your influence or power. bring something to bear on: to use something, for example your power, authority, or your knowledge, in a way that will have a big effect on something or someone. The full force of the law was brought to bear on anyone who criticized the government. The company directors brought pressure to bear on him to resign. ) in bringing the satire to Hulu, but the six-part series feels like less than the sum of its parts ( more/greater/bigger than the sum of its parts 一加一大于一的效果 If you say that something is more than the sum of its parts or greater than the sum of its parts, you mean that it is better than you would expect from the individual parts, because the way they combine adds a different quality. used to say that a particular thing, when considered as a whole, is more important, better, etc. than you would expect from looking at the individual parts that make it up: He has built a global operation that is clearly bigger than the sum of its parts. She believes that the Catholic faith is more than the sum of its dogmas. As individual members' solo careers have proved, each band was greater than the sum of its parts. more's the pity 遗憾的是, 可惜的是, 可惜了 If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something. used to express regret about a fact that has just been stated. It is a pity; it is unfortunate. used after describing a situation, to show that you wish it was not true. Sue's not coming, more's the pity. We've got a history class next, haven't we? Yes, more's the pity. "you're not the one who has to pay the bills, more's the pity". But my world isn't your world, more's the pity. more...than you could shake a stick at = more things than you can shake a stick at If you say that there are more things than you could or can shake a stick at, you are emphasizing in a humorous way that there are a lot of them. [informal, emphasis] ...a man with more medals than you can shake a stick at. ). The profundity of that feels as true now as it did then. Yet the craziness that surrounds Yossarian feels strained and stretched over six episodes, despite the big-name cast that surrounds Abbott, including Clooney as his cuckolded 被带绿帽的 commander (whose wife takes refuge in sleeping with his subordinates); Kyle Chandler as the gung-ho ( 工合 "enthusiastic" or "overzealous") Col. Cathcart, who keeps upping mission counts; as well as Hugh Laurie and Giancarlo Giannini. 5. Mr Folau knew when he pressed that button there were the implications ( I. 后果. (fallout, consequence, result, development, ramification.) The implications of something are the things that are likely to happen as a result. The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute. The low level of current investment has serious implications for future economic growth. II. The implication of a statement, event, or situation is what it implies or suggests is the case. The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you. by implication If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case. His authority and, by implication, that of his management team is under threat. implicate [ɪmplɪkeɪt] I. to make something seem likely to be the cause of something bad. Smoking has been implicated as a cancer risk factor. II. To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal. He was to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal. He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stuart. ...his implication in a murder. implicated If someone or something is implicated in a crime or a bad situation, they are involved in it or responsible for it. The President was implicated in the cover-up and forced to resign. It is thought that this virus is implicated in the development of a number of illnesses. repercussion [ˌri:pə(r)ˈkʌʃ(ə)n] 不良影响 a bad effect that something has, usually lasting for a long time. serious long-term economic repercussions. percussion [ppə(r)ˈkʌʃ(ə)n] 打击乐
musical instruments such as drums, cymbals, or rattles that you play by
hitting or shaking them. Someone who plays a percussion instrument is
called a percussionist. concussion [kənˈkʌʃ(ə)n] a head injury that makes someone feel ill or become unconscious for a short time. aftermath 余波, 恶果: A consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune: famine as an aftermath of drought. aftereffect后果, 余波:
An effect following its cause after some delay, especially a delayed or
prolonged physiological or psychological response to a stimulus. sideeffect副作用: A peripheral or secondary effect, especially an undesirable secondary effect of a drug or therapy. ) that post was going to have," Castle said at Rugby Australia headquarters on Friday afternoon. Outspoken radio host and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones went for the jugular ( go for the jugular 猛烈攻击弱点 informal to make a serious effort to defeat someone, usually by criticizing or harming them in a cruel way. If you say that someone went for the jugular, you mean that they strongly attacked another person's weakest points in order to harm them. Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions. Cunningham went straight for the jugular, telling him that his work was a complete disaster. ) on Friday, insisting Rugby Australia will "fall on its sword 自取灭亡, 自取其辱" ( To accept the responsibility or blame for a problem or mistake. Likened to the former practice of a soldier using his sword to take his own life for such a misdeed. The CEO fell on his sword when widespread corruption in the company was exposed. to accept defeat; to go to extremes to indicate one's defeat. So, because I lost the contract, I am supposed to fall on my sword or something? To resign in a way to accept responsibility for a mistake. In the era when warriors carried swords and shields, a soldier who was guilty of cowardice or another serious breach of military procedure was expected to do the “honorable thing” by taking his own life. He needed no assistance: he placed his sword's hilt on the ground and, resting the sharpened tip against his bare midsection, fell forward. Although the accepted mode of remorse was a pistol bullet to the brain in the age of firearms, the phrase remained. It is now used metaphorically: a political figure or business executive whose resignation is an expression of regret for a badly made decision will be said to have fallen on his (or her) sword. ) in the fallout to ( fallout I. Fallout is the radiation that affects a particular place or area after a nuclear explosion has taken place. They were exposed to radioactive fallout 辐射 during nuclear weapons tests. the dangerous dust that falls to the ground after a nuclear explosion. fallout 粉尘 from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. II. If you refer to the fallout from something that has happened, you mean the unpleasant consequences that follow it. the unpleasant results or effects of an action or event: The political fallout of the revelations has been immense. Grundy lost his job in the fallout from the incident. [+ from] the unpleasant effects of something that has happened. The fallout from the Asian financial crisis has continued to affect business. fallout shelter a building under the ground where people can go if there is a nuclear attack. wiki: Nuclear fallout, or fallout, is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave have passed. It commonly refers to the radioactive dust and ash created when a nuclear weapon explodes. The amount and spread of fallout is a product of the size of the weapon and the altitude at which it is detonated. fall out with (someone) 失和, 不和 To have one's relationship with someone completely diminished, typically due to an argument or unpleasant incident. to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them. Have you two fallen out? I'd fallen out with my parents. He left home after falling out with his parents. She'd fallen out with her boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend. Apparently, Gina fell out with Dave last week, and now they're not talking to each other at all. fall out I. 掉牙, 掉头发 If a tooth or your hair falls out, it becomes loose and separates from your mouth or head: Her baby teeth are starting to fall out. A side effect of the treatment is that your hair starts to fall out. II. If soldiers fall out, they move out of a line: "Fall out 出列, men!" shouted the sergeant-major. fall in I. 坍塌. 塌陷. If a roof or ceiling falls in, it drops to the ground because it is damaged: Ten miners were trapped underground when the roof of the tunnel fell in. II. If soldiers fall in, they form a line or move in a line, one behind the other: "Company, fall in! 入列, 形成队列" shouted the sergeant-major. He started to march away, and the others fell in behind him. ) the Folau case. 6. count one's blessings 感恩 (idiomatic) To focus one's attention on the circumstances of one's life which are pleasant or fortunate, especially with the intention of diverting one's thoughts from serious or disagreeable matters. to be grateful for the good things in your life, often to stop yourself becoming too unhappy about the bad things. To reflect on the good things in one's life and be grateful for them. I know you're disappointed that you didn't come in first, but so many other incredible things have happened to you this year. Count your blessings, my darling. I try to count my blessings every day—it's a great antidote 解药 to sadness! 卡戴珊: "I will say my mom is like, Superwoman," Khloe said on the podcast. "That's also something that's a takeaway for us ( takeaway 学到的东西. 得到的教训 (the moral of the story) a key fact, point, or idea to be remembered, typically one emerging from a discussion or meeting. "the main takeaway for me is that we need to continue to communicate all the things we're doing for our customers".
a main message or piece of information that you learn from something
you hear or read. an important idea or fact to be remembered, usually
one arising from a meeting or discussion. I think this was my biggest takeaway from the meeting. The
takeaway from the conference was how competitive the tourism industry
has become. At the end of the class, the teacher gives us the takeaway points 要点.) , in someone that we get to really look up to on that level (on the level [informal] If you say that someone or something is on the level, you mean that they are sincere or honest, and are not attempting to deceive people. being honest or speaking truthfully. to be acting or speaking honestly: It seems too good to be true. Are you sure this guy's on the level? I know he's lied to you before, but I really think he's on the level this time. There were probably moments when you wondered if anyone spoke the truth or was on the level. on the same level: I'm always saying that I want a husband who is on the same level as me, but I don't ever really think about what I mean. Same level as you meaning having the same long term goals and moral values in life that you have. It doesn't have to be about what you have in common, but it has to do with where you both want to end up down the road and if you both value the same things in life. That's what I always mean, you can find plenty in common with someone, but if you want to settle down, get married and have kids and he wants to travel the world and have no commitments, then you're not on the same level. level I. 平勺. In cookery, a level spoonful of a substance such as flour or sugar is an amount that fills the spoon exactly, without going above the top edge. Stir in 1 level teaspoon of yeast. II. If one thing is level with another thing, it is at the same height as it. He leaned over the counter so his face was almost level with the boy's. [+ with] Amy knelt down so that their eyes were level. III. When something is level, it is completely flat with no part higher than any other. The floor was level 平整的, 平的, but the ceiling sloped toward his head. ...a plateau of fairly level ground. IV. If you draw level with someone or something, you get closer to them until you are by their side. [mainly British] I drew level with the platform and was about to walk past. [+ with] When the car pulled level with him 齐平, 并肩, 齐头并进, he spoke into the lowered passenger window. He waited until they were level with the door before he turned around sharply. V. If you draw level 追平 with someone, you manage to improve your performance until it is the same as theirs, by scoring the same number of points or goals as them. They have drawn level with the opposition. The teams were level at the end of extra time. VI. In sport, if a player or team levels the score 追平, 打平, they score a goal or win some points so that their team has the same number of points or goals as the opposing team. Iglesias scored twice to level the score. The Cincinnati Reds have levelled the score in the National League play-off against the Pittsburgh Pirates. VII. If you keep your voice level, you speak in a deliberately calm and unemotional way. He forced his voice to remain level 保持镇定, 平心静气. VIII. If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat. Further tremors could level 放平, 完全摧毁 more buildings. The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It leveled sugar plantations and destroyed homes. IX. If an accusation or criticism is levelled at someone (at/against 针对), they are accused of doing wrong or they are criticized for something they have done. Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family. He leveled bitter criticism against the U.S. X. If you level an object at someone or something, you lift it and point it in their direction. He said thousands of Koreans still levelled guns 对准, 剑指 at one another along the demilitarised zone between them. XI. If you level with someone, you tell them the truth and do not keep anything secret. I'll level with you 说实话, 坦白. I'm no great detective. I've no training or anything. He has leveled with the American people about his role in the affair. do one's level best If you say that you will do your level best to do something, you are emphasizing that you will try as hard as you can to do it, even if the situation makes it very difficult. The President told American troops that he would do his level best to bring them home soon. level off/out 开始平缓, 开始放缓 I. If a changing number or amount levels off or levels out, it stops increasing or decreasing at such a fast speed. The figures show evidence that murders in the nation's capital are beginning to level off. Inflation is finally levelling out at around 11% a month. II. If an aircraft levels off or levels out, it travels horizontally after having been travelling in an upwards or downwards direction. The aircraft levelled out 平飞 at about 30,000 feet. ), with just how to co-parent, how to deal with divorce and yes, I remember during the initial couple months of it, it's traumatic and her emotions are really high and that's expected...there was love there." Khloe said Kris opted to vent about Caitlyn and the split to her and her older sisters, not Kendall and Kylie. "I think she's handled everything with such grace and elegance, and it's something that I really admire," she said. "I saw Caitlyn recently," she said. "When I see Caitlyn, it's fine. I think we've really come a long way( have come a long way 改变了许多, 长大了许多, 成熟了许多 If you say that someone or something has come a long way, you mean that they have developed, progressed, or become very successful. He has come a long way since the days he could only afford one meal a day. to have advanced to an improved or more developed state. to have advanced to an improved or more developed state: Information technology has come a long way in the last 20 years. Information technology has come a long way in the last 20 years.). It was a struggle, I think, for all of us. But as first, the transition, not because she was transitioning, I think from just how it was all handled. But I also think when your emotions die down 情绪平复, 心情平复, you're able to really look at everything and be like, 'We're all humans and we're all trying to figure this out.'" 7. Conservatorship 法定监护人 (包括成年人的监护人) is a legal concept in the United States. A guardian or a protector is appointed by a judge to manage the financial affairs and/or daily life of another due to physical or mental limitations, or old age. A person under conservatorship is a "conservatee," a term that can refer to an adult.The conservator may be only of the "estate" (financial affairs), but may be also of the "person," wherein the conservator takes charge of overseeing the daily activities, such as health care or living arrangements of the conservatee. A conservator of the person is more typically called a legal guardian. follow through I. If you follow through an action, plan, or idea or follow through with it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible. The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas. I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through. He decided to follow through with his original plan. the action of completing something: They made a good start at improving prison conditions, but unless there's follow-through, the reforms won’t last. II. to complete the movement of hitting, kicking, or throwing a ball by continuing to move your arm or leg in the same direction: You need to follow through more on your backhand. In sports, a follow-through is the action of continuing a swinging motion of the arms or legs when making a play: My tennis instructor says I need to have a better follow-through on my backhand. fall through VS go through VS follow through: fall through to fail to happen. if something that has been planned or agreed falls through, it does not happen: The deal fell through when someone made our client a better offer. We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale fell through. slip/fall through the cracks to not be dealt with by a system that is designed to help you or to stop you doing something. Too many neglected children are slipping through the cracks. go through 得到批准, 通过 If a law, plan, or deal goes through, it is officially accepted or approved: A city council member said that the proposals for the new shopping centre were unlikely to go through. to be officially accepted or approved: We're hoping that the proposal for the new mall won't go through. go through sth I. to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation: I've been going through a bad patch 一时的不顺 recently. You'd think his children would be more sympathetic towards him after all he's gone through (= the many bad things he has experienced). She's gone through a lot in order to achieve what she has. He went through a difficult spell when he lost his job. It's just a phase she's going through. I apologize for what you had to go through. I don't know how he goes through that ordeal every day. II. to examine something that contains a collection of things carefully in order to organize them or find something: I'm going through my wardrobe and throwing out all the clothes I don't wear any more. Remember to go through the pockets before you put those trousers in the washing machine. III. to do something in order to practise or as a test: Why don't we go through the whole demonstration once more? IV. to use a lot of something: Before I gave up coffee, I was drinking five cups a day. I went through a hundred quid on my last trip to London. go through fire and water uk old-fashioned to experience many difficulties or dangers in order to achieve something. go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch informal to experience a lot of problems in a period of your life: Andy's going through a rough patch at the moment - his wife wants a divorce. go through the floor mainly uk I. to fall to very low levels: House prices have gone through the floor this year. II. to rise to a very high level: Prices have gone through the roof. III. hit the roof informal to get very angry: When I was expelled from school, my parents went through the roof. go through the motions informal disapproving to do something without thinking it is very important or having much interest in it: He says he's been investigating my complaint, but I feel he's just going through the motions. go through the wringer = put sb through the wringer to have a difficult experience that upsets you a lot, or to make someone experience this: The girl's parents have been through the wringer since she disappeared. 8. a law unto yourself 不服管教, 自行其是, 无视法律, 目无法纪
If you say that someone is a law unto himself or herself, you mean that
they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or
conventional ways of doing things. Some of the landowners were a law unto themselves. take the law into own hands (vigilante) If someone takes the law into their own hands, they punish someone or do something to puta situation right, instead of waiting for the police or the legal system to take action. If sentences are too lenient, victims and their families may be inclined to take the law into their own hands. take matters into your own hands to deal with a problem yourself because the people who should have dealt with it have failed to do so: When the police failed to catch her son's murderer, she decided to take matters into her own hands. take matters into your own hands to deal with a problem yourself because the people who should have dealt with it have failed to do so. to deal with a problem yourself because other people have failed to deal with it. Local people took matters into their own hands and hired their own security guards. When the police failed to catch her son's murderer, she decided to take matters into her own hands. take it upon yourself to do something 主动揽事, 自行决定, 主动做某事 to accept responsibility for something without being asked to. to decide to do something without getting someone's permission or approval first Reg took it upon himself to hand the press a list of names. He took it upon himself to personally thank each person at the meeting. bring something on/upon somebody to make something unpleasant happen to someone. You have brought disaster on the whole village! bring something on/upon yourself I've got no sympathy for him – he's brought this all on himself! out on a limb 不怕惹恼别人, 不管别人看法做某事, 不顾反对的说, 斗胆 I. 冒险. If someone goes out on a limb, they do something they strongly believe in even though it is risky or extreme, and is likely to fail or be criticized by other people. He doesn't want to go out on a limb, but he really should give it a try. They can see themselves going out on a limb, voting for a very controversial energy bill. II. having an opinion that is different from most people's and is unpopular. in a position where you have no support from other people I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I completely disagree. She's going out on a limb in criticizing her own party leadership. To hazard a guess. I'm going to go out on a limb here. You're together? 9. cacophony [kəˈkɒf(ə)ni] 嘈杂的噪音 a harsh discordant mixture of sounds. "a cacophony of deafening alarm bells". You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony. All around was bubbling a cacophony of voices. penmanship(calligraphy [kəˈlɪɡrəfi]) Penmanship is the art and skill of writing by hand. writing done by hand, or skill in this type of writing. graphology [ɡrəˈfɑlədʒi] = graphoanalysis 笔迹鉴定学 the science of studying people's handwriting in order to learn about their character. handwriting expert 笔记鉴定专家. The records were scrutinised by handwriting experts commissioned 委任的, 指派的 by the family's lawyers. The newspaper commissioned a "handwriting expert" to analyse the letter. While a handwriting expert determined there was "a strong likelihood" his father's writing matched the script on some of the notes the killer sent to the LAPD, the results were inconclusive. wiki: Penmanship is the technique of writing with the hand using a writing instrument. Today, this is most commonly done with a pen, or pencil, but throughout history has included many different implements. The various generic and formal historical styles of writing are called "hands" while an individual's style of penmanship is referred to as "handwriting". salacious [səˈleɪʃəs] expressing sexual interest, or containing too much sexual detail. salacious gossip. floaty 游泳池的漂浮物, 救生用品 I. filmy and light. floaty material. II. capable of floating; buoyant. noun. a hollow, ring-shaped piece of plastic filled with air, that people who are learning to swim wear on their arm in water to help them float: At age three, he ripped off his floaties and jumped into the deep end. There's only one floaty in the swimming bag. flimsy [flɪmzi] I. 劣质的. A flimsy object is weak because it is made of a weak material, or is badly made. ...a flimsy wooden door. ...a pair of flimsy shoes. ...flimsily constructed houses. II. Flimsy cloth or clothing is thin and does not give much protection. ...a very flimsy pink chiffon nightgown. III. If you describe something such as evidence or an excuse as flimsy, you mean that it is not very good or convincing. The charges were based on very flimsy 不靠谱的, 靠不住的 evidence. dusting 薄薄一层 a thin layer of powder, snow, etc.: a light dusting of grey on his hair. There was a dusting of snow on the lawn. I shaved my pubic, but there is still a dusting of hair there. dust I. to wipe the dust off the surface of something such as furniture. I'll just dust the table. Elaine has already mopped the floor and dusted. II. [transitive] to put a thin layer of powder on something. dust something with something: Dust the pan with flour. burly [bɜːrli] A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles. He was a big, burly 肌肉男 , 大块头的 man. it's no skin off my nose = be no skin off sb's back used for saying that you do not care if someone does a particular thing because it will not affect you. used when you want to say that it makes no difference to you what someone else does or thinks: It's no skin off my nose if you don't take my advice. Let them cancel the whole project. It's no skin off my nose. cash grab = money grab 骗钱的, 捞钱的 I. (derogatory) A product designed primarily or solely with the intent of generating profits. II. (politics) Legislation that serves primarily the purpose of generating revenue. III. An undignified or unprincipled acquisition of a large sum of money with little effort. An activity engaged in with the intention of making money quickly. money-grabbing adjective disapproving determined to get money, even by unfair or illegal methods I haven't turned into a nasty, cynical, money-grubbing old man. Someone who is money-grubbing has money as their main interest and does anything possible to get a lot of it.
Do you skol or scull 吞啤酒, 一口闷, 一口干 a beer? It seems that when Tony Abbott downed a glass of beer in a Sydney pub, he triggered a discussion on the rights and wrongs of seeing our prime minister apparently encouraging binge drinking. A second conversation followed as to whether he had skolled or sculled his beer. The Scandinavian drinking toast Skol! was adopted by the Scots in the early 1600s and spelt in various ways – skole or scoll or skoal – until the spelling in British English finally settled down as skol. The Australian innovation has been to change the vowel sound and arrive at the spelling scull. The first evidence for this spelling that I can find is in the description of a student competition in the early 1980s. There is an amusing account of the ANU Bush Week celebrations in 1981 in which speakers from the National Organisation for Reform of Marijuana Laws waited in vain for an audience while in the room next to them a beer-sculling competition was taking place. 'It's amazing', said Mr Kew. 'Here we are watching all these people abuse themselves with a drug which is 2000 times more potent than a similar dose of marijuana and it's not only legal but greatly admired'.
The Coles and Woolworths duopoly has killed Australian brands: For the fast moving consumer goods market to resuscitate itself in the face of the Coles and Woolworths duopoly, it needs to think long term and go back to brand basics, argues Troy McKinna. Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection has been playing out 起作用 across the Australian FMCG sector for more than a decade, with many weak brands disappearing from our shelves. Some of our childhood favourites have gone: Polly Waffle, Sunnyboy, Tasty Toobs. Even big global brands such as Kraft have almost vanished from shelves in Australia. It's been less 'survival of the fittest 适者生存', and more 'survival of the not so weak'. A lot of the brands that have survived are not as healthy as they once were. Coles and Woolworths have had an aggressive agenda to strengthen their businesses, but it has been at the expense of their suppliers. To be fair, the two grocers have had their own challenges to deal with, including high stock market expectations in a relatively flat industry, and competition from each other as well as new entrants. Arguably, the entry of Aldi, the German discount retailer, has had the most profound impact on the Australian grocery scene. Aldi's business has more directly cannibalised 蚕食, 侵蚀 the Metcash network of independents (including IGA), but it hasn't stopped Coles and Woolworths from running scared. To steal market share from each other and to combat Aldi's low prices, the two grocers have obsessed about lowering prices. Rather than reducing operating costs to fund the lower prices, such as stocking pallets on the floor like Aldi, Coles and Woolworth have focused on reducing the price they pay for goods.
