用法学习: 1. integer ['ɪntɪdʒər] (variable [ˈveriəb(ə)l]) In mathematics, an integer is an exact whole number such as 1, 7, or 24 as opposed to a number with fractions or decimals. integral [ˈɪntɪɡrəl; ɪnˈtɛɡr(ə)l] adjective Something that is an integral part of something is an essential part of that thing. Rituals and festivals form an integral part of every human society. Anxiety is integral to the human condition. 整数部分, 小数部分: There are two terminologies that I'm familiar with. Sometimes, the part to the right of the decimal (cents) is called the mantissa, and the part to the left, is called the characteristic. But I also like the generic terms integer-part and fractional-part. I prefer to use the terms "Integer digits" and "Fractional digits" (or "Integer part" and "Fractional part"). to someone's liking 正合我意, 合意, 属意 if something is to someone's liking, they like it or approve of it. If something is to your liking, it suits your interests, tastes, or wishes. to one's taste; pleasing. In a pleasing state or form. They are always keen to ensure that the food is to your liking in this restaurant. "his coffee was just to his liking". London was more to his liking than Rome. Simmer over a very low flame until the rice is cooked to your liking. Let's see if we can find something that's more to your liking. for someone's liking if something is too expensive, too dark etc for someone's liking, they do not like it because it is too expensive, dark etc. There are too many out there for my liking. The music was far too loud for my liking. In a way that pleases one; to one's satisfaction. if you say, for example, that something is too hot for your liking, you mean that you would prefer it to be less hot. The wedding reception was too noisy and crowded for my liking. Usage notes: Often found in structures beginning with too much/many, not enough, etc. 2. side-on 侧视图, 侧面照, 侧面的 adj A side-on collision or view is a collision or view from the side of an object. ...steel beams built into the doors for protection against a side-on crash. a side-on collision. from or on the side: a side-on view of the crowd. The bus hit the car side-on. adv. coming from the side The car hit the wall side-on 侧面而来的, 从侧面. a/one side of the picture/story A single perspective or point of view about a given situation, incident, or account. I know she said I cheated her out of the money, but that's just one side of the picture—I actually had a very good reason for what I did! His new play presents a side of the picture not often dealt with when talking about the rebellion. There are two sides to this story, and you've only heard Jim's. This programme on the dispute only shows one side of the picture. 3. hot flush = hot flash: Sudden feeling of warmth, usually most intense over the face, neck and chest, and profuse sweating, commonly due to menopause. Hot flushes can have causes that aren't due to underlying disease. Examples include embarrassment, eating hot food, drinking hot drinks, eating spicy food, menopause or an adrenal rush from a dangerous situation. Your skin might redden, as if you're blushing. Hot flashes can also cause sweating, and if you lose too much body heat, you might feel chilled afterward. Hot flushes, sometimes known as hot flashes, are one of the most common symptoms of the menopause. They affect approximately 80% of women at menopause. Hot flushes are one of the primary symptoms of menopause. Hot flushes are one of the primary symptoms of menopause. Hot flushes and night sweats: Along with irregular periods, hot flushes are one of the primary signs of the onset of the menopause. For most women, hot flushes occur occasionally and do not cause much distress. However, for a smaller percentage of us, around 20%, hot flushes can be severe and interfere with quality of life and sleep. Women tend to experience hot flushes for about two years on average, but for a small percentage, approximately 10%, hot flushes can continue for up to 15 years! 4. cobble together 攒起来, 简单拼凑在一起 If you say that someone has cobbled something together, you mean that they have made or produced it roughly or quickly. [disapproval] The group had cobbled together a few decent songs. You can cobble it together from any old combination of garments. lump together If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately. Police officers, bankers and butchers are all lumped together in the service sector. They are lumped together with the troublemakers and basically written off. club together 凑份子, 凑钱 (chip in) If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it. For my thirtieth birthday, my friends clubbed together and bought me a watch. chip in I. [intransitive] 插嘴. 插话. to add something to someone else's conversation. 'Give her a kiss, Robbie,' chipped in one of the photographers. Other committee members chipped in with suggestions. 'It won't be easy,' Jeff chipped in. I'd just like to chip in, Bill, if I might. II. [intransitive/ transitive] if people chip in, they each give some money to help pay for something. if each person in a group chips in, they each give a small amount of money so that they can buy something together. We all chipped in to buy Amy a graduation present. They each chipped in $50 to take their parents out to dinner. chip in (with) something Fifty-two people in the music industry each chipped in $250 apiece. The three of us chipped in and bought the boat for Dad. apieceadv each: In good condition, dolls from this period sell for £500 apiece. live together 同居 If two people are not married but live in the same house and have a sexual relationship, you can say that they live together. The couple had been living together for 16 years. scrape together 凑齐, 凑起来, 凑足 If you scrape together an amount of money or a number of things, you succeed in obtaining it with difficulty. They only just managed to scrape the money together. It's possible the Congress Party will scrape together a majority. knock together 东拼西凑, 因陋就简的拼凑出 If you knock something together, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available. [mainly British, informal] Find Bernie and get him to knock an agreement together. ..a shelter knocked together 因陋就简搭出来 using wooden doors and door frames. come together I. to start working successfully with each other: I remember how the community came together and were so supportive of each other. II. to start to be good or effective because different parts are combining well I love it When a plan comes together. After several weeks of rehearsals, the play finally started to come together 初见成效, 渐渐成型. III. 聚在一起. if people or groups come together, they meet or join in order to do something The convention gives us a chance to come together. We'd come together to share our thoughts and experiences. 5. chameleon [kəˈmiːlɪən] 变色龙 noun I. a small slow-moving Old World lizard with a prehensile tail, long extensible tongue, protruding eyes that rotate independently, and a highly developed ability to change colour. a lizard that changes skin colour to match what surrounds it so that it cannot be seen. II. a person who changes their opinions or behaviour according to the situation. a person who changes his or her opinions or behaviour to please other people. "voters have misgivings about his performance as a political chameleon". Beach hair is essentially the opposite of dull, lifeless hair. It's got volume, texture, definition. It looks effortless—artfully suspended in perfect form without any effort whatsoever. Except if you haven't been to the beach, in which case you have to work hard for it. 6. 新歌: Swift has never actively 主动地 queer-baited audiences. The rumours are more or less just stan ( noun. 疯狂粉丝. an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity. someone who greatly admires a singer or other famous person, to an extent that is unusual: There is a difference between being a stan and being a fan.Beyonce has a powerful stan following. "he has millions of stans who are obsessed with him and call him a rap god" verb. be an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity. "y'all know I stan for Katy Perry, so I was excited to see the artwork for her upcoming album" Stop stanning for Rhianna! What would make you stop stanning an idol? ) conjecture ( conjecture [kəndʒektʃər] 推论, 推断, 推测 noun. A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete. That was a conjecture, not a fact. There are several conjectures. The future of the province remains a matter of conjecture. verb. When you conjecture, you form an opinion or reach a conclusion on the basis of information that is not certain or complete. He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities. This may be true or partly true; we are all conjecturing here. ). Where she once wrote incisive ( [ɪnsaɪsɪv] You use incisive to describe a person, their thoughts, or their speech when you approve of their ability to think and express their ideas clearly, briefly, and forcefully.[approval] expressing an idea or opinion in a clear and direct way that shows good understanding of what is important: incisive questions/comments ...a shrewd operator with an incisive mind. She's incredibly incisive, incredibly intelligent. incision [ɪnsɪʒən] 切口 An incision is a sharp cut made in something, for example by a surgeon who is operating on a patient. The technique involves making a tiny incision in the skin. [+ in] ), often emotionally complex songs, reputation feels like it was written with branding in mind first, which, admittedly, is understandable when you're being hounded by paparazzi. This isn't to say Swift isn't coming into this with good intentions 这么做是有恶意的, and putting her money where her single is suggests she genuinely cares/wants to make a difference in the world. But even the amount of money points towards the issue — she donated $113,000, another easter egg that winks to her love of the number 13. Of course, pop stars have a long history of writing gay anthems, and of having particular ties to their LGBTIQ fans — particularly gay men. Pop stars often embody a theatrical, unashamed embrace of femininity or frivolity( frivolity [frɪvɒlɪti] 愚蠢行为, 愚蠢的态度 silly behavior or attitudes. If you refer to an activity as a frivolity, you think that it is amusing and rather silly, rather than serious and sensible. There is a serious message at the core of all this frivolity. He was one of my most able pupils, but far too easily distracted by frivolities. frivolous [frɪvələs] I. If you describe someone as frivolous, you mean they behave in a silly or light-hearted way, rather than being serious and sensible. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor. II. If you describe an activity as frivolous, you disapprove of it because it is not useful and wastes time or money. [disapproval] The group wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.). Singing, lip syncing or dancing along, whether on a nightclub or bedroom, is a release. There's an important distinction here. The question's not whether Taylor Swift is a gay ally ( noun [ælaɪ]. verb [əlaɪ] I. 同党. 同盟军. 自己人. someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you. If you're going to succeed in this job you will need allies. II. a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war. the United States and its European allies. an old friend/ally/enemy etc. someone who has been your friend/ally/enemy etc. for a very long time Pam and Sue are old friends. verb. [əlaɪ] I. 结盟. if a country allies itself with another country, it makes an agreement with it that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war. countries that have allied themselves with the West. II. if you ally yourself with someone, you work together to help each other We should ally ourselves with companies that complement our strengths.), but what it means to have a song shoved down our throats as a community, and feeling a mandate to say thank you. 7. pander [pændər] 拉拢, 如其所愿, 投其所好 If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. [disapproval] to do or say what someone wants in order to please them, even though you know it is not right. The government was accused of pandering to racial prejudice. He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes. ...books which don't pander to popular taste. To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification. His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate. wiki: I. Procuring or pandering 拉皮条 is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer. A procurer, colloquially called a pimp (if male) or a madam (if female), is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. The procurer may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing, and possibly monopolizing, a location where the prostitute may engage clients. Like prostitution, the legality of certain actions of a madam or a pimp vary from one region to the next. Examples of procuring include: trafficking a person into a country for the purpose of soliciting sex, operating a prostitution business, transporting a prostitute to the location of their arrangement, deriving financial gain from the prostitution of another. II. Pandering is the act of expressing one's views in accordance with the likes of a group to which one is attempting to appeal. The term is most notably associated with politics. In pandering, the views one is expressing are merely for the purpose of drawing support up to and including votes and do not necessarily reflect one's personal values. 8. 清奈缺水: Water is scarce in most Indian cities at the best of times 即便是好的时候( even in the most favourable circumstances. used for saying that something is fairly bad, difficult, dangerous etc even in normal circumstances, but it is often worse than this. You say at the best of times when you are making a negative or critical comment to emphasize that it is true even when the circumstances are as favourable as possible. A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current climate it would be a disaster. Persuading the bank to lend you money is a difficult task at the best of times. "his memory is poor at the best of times". A Tale of Two Cities: Dickens' famous opening sentence introduces the universal approach of the book, the French Revolution, and the drama depicted within: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch 纪元 (UK ˈiːpɒk; US also: 'ɛpək epoch-making 创造新纪元的 ) of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ) and residents don't expect their taps to run round the clock, so they store it 存水. unsurpassed 难以企及的, 难以逾越的, 难以超越的 better than anyone or anything else: His knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed. all is well everything is in a good or acceptable state: I hope all is well with Jack. miles = by a mile = by miles 差远了 informal used to say something is much greater or better than something else: Restaurant food is better by miles/miles better than it used to be 20 years ago. 危机: Tensions flared up 危机加剧, 危机爆发 when Sergei Gavrilov addressed an assembly of MPs from Orthodox Christian countries from the seat of the speaker. Russia and Georgia have fought over two breakaway 寻求独立的 ( consisting of people who have decided to separate from a larger group Three senior politicians have formed a powerful breakaway group. ) Georgian regions. 判刑: "It was a complete fabrication, a tissue of lies ( I. 包装纸. Tissue or tissue paper is thin paper that is used for wrapping things that are easily damaged, such as objects made of glass or china. II. A tissue is a piece of thin soft paper that you use to blow your nose. ...a box of tissues. III. an interwoven series. a story that is just a series of lies a tissue of lies. )," Ms Broughton said. Your preoccupation with your reputation and public image are a confabulation ( confabulate [kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt] I. to talk together; converse; chat. II. to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true. to make up a story to explain some aspect of your own behaviour or experience without intending to deceive. confabulation 记忆混乱 a disturbance of memory, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. Confabulations of memory can be symptoms of neurological conditions.) of a narcissistic individual ... aimed at protecting any constructed public image. 单身汉新一季: "He brings spades [speɪdz] of ( have something in spades to have a lot of something This Glaswegian band have got talent in spades. spade I. A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle. ... a garden spade. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades. II.Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ♠. ...the ace of spades. A spade is a playing card of this suit. to call a spade a spade If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things. [approval] I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade. ) old-school romance back to The Bachelor," says executive producer Hilary Innes. "He's a Bachelor with natural charm and intelligence, but with a definite twinkle in his eye." 名人: And now that any drama with former fiancée Blac Chyna is officially in the rearview 丢在身后, 抛诸脑后, 成为过去式, Rob is looking forward to a bright future with daughter Dream Kardashian. 9. 美国关于操纵货币: By targeting Draghi directly and responding in real time to an overseas central bankers' policy pronouncement, Trump was dialling up the heat(dial up 强化, 加码 I. to increase something. to increase the amount, degree or power of a quality. She gradually dialled up the pressure on the rest of the team.We are going to dial up our marketing efforts. to make something more forceful or extreme: With talks at a standstill, each side had dialled up the rhetoric 措辞变强硬. Hurricane Ivan dialled up its ferocity as it squeezed through the narrow channel that separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. II. to increase the noise, heat, etc. produced by a piece of equipment by moving its controls. turn something up Dial up the volume. dial down to reduce or become reduced to dial down an argument.) - just as his own Federal Reserve was gathering in Washington to decide on rates in a decision expected Wednesday. Coming just days ahead of a summit with other Group of 20 leaders in Japan, the salvo served to highlight his administration's increasingly aggressive currency policies and the place he sees for them in his trade arsenal. They are preparing the ground(prepare the way/ground for somebody/something 创造舆论 to make it possible for something to be achieved, or for someone to succeed in doing something. If you prepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen. ...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war. Curie's research prepared the way for the work of modern nuclear scientists. ), they are laying out the potential tools 磨刀霍霍, 亮家伙, 亮武器, 亮家底 they may have at their disposal,'' said Cesar Rojas, global economist at Citigroup Global Markets, though he added "we're not at a currency war just yet.'' unheralded [ʌnˈhɛr(ə)ldɪd] adj I. not previously announced, expected, or acclaimed. "he was unwilling to make an unheralded entrance". Multiple NBA stars have come to the defence of unheralded draft prospect Goga Bitadze after a photo of him at his pre-draft media session went viral. II. If you describe an artist or sports player as unheralded, you mean that people have not recognized their talent or ability. They are inviting talented, but unheralded film-makers to submit examples of their work. ...two unheralded players he hopes to turn into stars. III. If you describe something that happens as unheralded, you mean that you did not expect it, because nobody mentioned it beforehand. ...Sandi's unheralded arrival on her doorstep. The complete reversal of this policy was unheralded. 10. kick up a fuss/row/stink 大声抗议, 大声反对 object loudly or publicly to something. to show great anger about something, especially when this does not seem necessary: He kicked up a tremendous fuss about having to wait. "local people are kicking up a fuss about the noise and smells from the farm". movie: A chance encounter 偶遇 leads to them being framed for the murder of an elderly billionaire. 继承: CNN host Anderson Cooper, does not believe in inheriting money because "I think it's an initiative 主观能动性(motivation) sucker(I. If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them. [informal, disapproval] But that is what the suckers want so you give it them. Keep giving us your money, sucker! II. If you describe someone as a sucker for something (a stickler for something 坚持...的人, 奉公守法的人), you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it. [informal] I'm such a sucker for romance. [+ for]. III. If you sucker a person into doing something, you deceive them, usually so that they do something that is against their own interests [mainly US] If you tell folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'll vote for you twice over. He gets people to put the ball exactly where he has suckered them into placing it. IV. The suckers on some animals and insects are the parts on the outside of their body which they use in order to stick to a surface. V. 吸盘. A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat. ...sucker pads.). I think it's a curse." Despite his wealth, his feelings towards inheritances are not unique.
tight 相关用法: I. They're a bit snug 瘦, 紧身, 收身 around the waistline, don't you think. II. You've got to practice your pitch over and over until it's really tight 天衣无缝, 滴水不漏. a tight (presentation)
When a presentation or performance is "tight", it means that it's been
practiced a lot and seems really professional. There aren't mistakes, or
times when the speaker doesn't know what to say. The word "tight" in
this situation has a positive connotation. Another word with a similar meaning to "tight" but with a more negative feeling is "slick": Her pitch was certainly slick, but it didn't really make me want to run out and buy one. III. Security was super tight. IV. (someone's muscles) are tense. When something is squeezed tightly, you can describe it as "tense". Things that can be "tense" include: someone's muscles. a rope that's being pulled in both directions. "Tense" muscles are hard from being squeezed tightly, usually because of stress. You can also describe a person's facial expressions as "tense". It means that someone looks worried, stressed out, or concentrated. For example, this sentence might appear in a novel: She bent closer, her expression tense 表情凝重 with concentration. Stressful or worrisome situations can be described as "tense", too. A: How was it? B: It was pretty tense. Jared yelled at some of the salespeople who hadn't hit their goals. V. If you hold someone or something tight 抱紧, you hold them firmly and securely. She just fell into my arms, clutching me tight for a moment. Just hold tight to my hand 抓紧 and follow along. Hold on tight 捉紧, 抓好! As he and Henrietta passed through the gate he kept a tight hold of her arm. She climbed back into bed and wrapped her arms tightly round her body. VI. Tight controls or rules are very strict. The measures include tight control of media coverage. The company is keeping a tight hold on pay rises. Security is tight this week at the polling sites. The internal media was tightly controlled by the government during the war. VII. 关紧. 关好. 关严实. Something that is shut tight is shut very firmly. The baby lay on his back with his eyes closed tight. I keep the flour and sugar in individual jars, sealed tight with their glass lids. Within minutes she was outside, closing her bedroom door tight behind her. She kept her eyes tight closed. Pemberton frowned and closed his eyes tightly. Despite the heat its windows remained tightly closed with wooden shutters. VIII. 皮肤紧绷. Skin, cloth, or string that is tight is stretched or pulled so that it is smooth or straight. My skin feels tight and lacking in moisture. Pull the elastic tight 拉紧, 绷直 and knot the ends. Her sallow skin was drawn tightly across the bones of her face. IX. Tight is used to describe a group of things or an amount of something that is closely packed together. She curled up in a tight ball, with her knees tucked up at her chin. The men came in a tight group. The people sleep on sun loungers packed tight 紧紧挤在一起, end to end. Many animals travel in tightly packed lorries and are deprived of food, water and rest. X. If a part of your body is tight, it feels rather uncomfortable and painful, for example because you are ill, anxious, or angry. It is better to stretch the tight muscles first. Sarah came forward with a tight and angry face. 'There were no survivors, of course,' said Fred, his throat tight 喉咙发紧, 嗓子发紧. Heart disease often shows itself first as pain or tightness in the chest. XI. A tight group of people is one whose members are closely linked by beliefs, feelings, or interests. We're a tight group 关系紧密, so we do keep in touch. XII. A tight bend or corner 急转弯 is one that changes direction very quickly so that you cannot see very far round it. They collided on a tight bend and both cars were extensively damaged. XIII. A tight schedule or budget allows very little time or money for unexpected events or expenses. It's difficult to cram everything into a tight schedule. Emma is on a tight budget for clothes. Financially things are a bit tight. XIV. A tight contest 竞争激烈 is one where none of the competitors has a clear advantage or looks likely to win, so that it is difficult to say who the winner will be. It was a very tight match. The most recent polls predict a tight three-way race. XV. If you say that someone is tight 小气的, 吝啬的, 不舍得花钱的, you disapprove of them because they are unwilling to spend their money. [informal, disapproval] The theatre was too tight to pay for any champagne for its stars. in a tight corner/in a tight spot If you are in a tight corner or in a tight spot, you are in a difficult situation. That puts the president in a tight spot if the vote is not a resounding 'yes'. They teach you to use your head to get out of a tight corner. skin-tight = skintight 紧身 Skin-tight clothes fit very tightly so that they show the shape of your body. ...the youth with the slicked down hair and skin-tight trousers. sleep tight You can say 'sleep tight' to someone when they are going to bed as an affectionate way of saying that you hope they will sleep well. Good night, Davey. Sleep tight. to sit tight 坐着不用起来 If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen. Sit tight. I'll be right back. Life would continue to be hard but if they sat tight and trusted him things would get better. keep a tight rein on If you keep a tight rein on someone, you control them firmly. Her parents had kept her on a tight rein with their narrow and inflexible views.
