用法学习: 1. fuckery I. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) That which is fucked up. II. (vulgar, slang, countable) A brothel. III. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse. IV. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Nonsense, bullshit. dynamo [ˈdʌɪnəməʊ] I. 发电机. a machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, typically by means of rotating coils of copper wire in a magnetic field. a device that changes energy of movement into electrical energy: A dynamo on a bicycle will power a pair of lights while the wheels are going around. II. 精力充沛的人. extremely energetic person. If you describe someone as a dynamo, you mean that they are very energetic and are always busy and active. Myles is a human dynamo. "she was a dynamo in London politics". What is a dynamo person? a highly energetic and indefatigable person. ball of fire, powerhouse, fireball. doer, actor, worker - a person who acts and gets things done. an energetic force: Onstage she is a human dynamo, spending the hour in perpetual motion. "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker". guarantor [ˌɡerənˈtɔr] 担保人 someone who makes an official agreement to be responsible for money that someone else owes, or for someone else's behavior. A guarantor is a person who gives a guarantee or who is bound by one. Europhile 喜欢欧洲的人 [ˈjʊərə(ʊ)fʌɪl] noun a person who admires Europe or is in favour of participation in the European Union. perverse [pərˈvɜs] 怪胎的, 背离一般想法的, 和大家不一样的 determined to behave in an unreasonable way, especially by doing the opposite of what is expected or wanted. Someone who is perverse deliberately does things that are unreasonable or that result in harm for themselves. It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend. In some perverse way the ill-matched partners do actually need each other. She was perversely pleased to be causing trouble. Some saw it, perversely, as a victory. It would be wrong to continue out of perversity. It is simply perverse to refuse a perfectly safe treatment. 2. Unravel Snowball Lezlie Manukian: At least once she hinted of her contrition [kənˈtrɪʃən] ( I. deeply felt remorse; penitence. II. detestation of past sins and a resolve to make amends, either from love of God (perfect contrition) or from hope of heaven (imperfect contrition). contrite [kənˈtraɪ] 追悔莫及. 懊悔不已. 忏悔. very sorry or ashamed because you have done something bad. If you are contrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong. She was instantly contrite. 'Oh, I am sorry! You must forgive me.' The next day he'd be full of contrition, weeping and begging forgiveness. ). Mostly, he still felt the nagging need to know what made Lezlie tick. He turned to US psychologist Maria Konnikova, an author who specialises in the mindset of confidence tricksters, who told him that, in certain ways, Lezlie's wiles ( [waɪlz] 说服的技巧. ways of persuading or tricking someone so that they do what you want. Wiles are clever tricks that people use to persuade other people to do something. She claimed that women 'use their feminine wiles to get on.') were typical. It is intoxicating(I. Intoxicating drink contains alcohol and can make you drunk. ...intoxicating liquor. II. 让人激动的. 让人沉醉的. If you describe something as intoxicating, you mean that it makes you feel a strong sense of excitement or happiness. giving you a lot of happiness or excitement. the intoxicating scent of orange blossom ...the intoxicating fragrance of lilies. The music is pulsating and the atmosphere is intoxicating.) if you think about it: you're playing God and crafting their realities. You're creating entire worlds and people believe you." Lezlie was so captivating that Greg still felt there was some hope for their marriage long after she left behind carnage ( [ˈkɑrnɪdʒ] I. a situation in which there is a lot of death and destruction. a scene of carnage. II. mainly journalism 残局. a situation that is difficult or full of problems. Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war. ...a planned attempt to wreak carnage in a very busy town centre. ...the carnage 惨状, 惨相 of motorway accidents. There was economic carnage 经济困局 on the stock exchange yesterday.) in New Zealand. Her stories and excuses seemed so flimsy in hindsight([flɪmzi] I. 看上去不结实的. 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. 薄薄的. Flimsy cloth or clothing is thin and does not give much protection. ...a very flimsy pink chiffon nightgown.), yet David had gone so far as to give her $70,000 cash to set up the business. 3. banal [bəˈnɑːl] boring, ordinary, and not original. If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting. The text is banal. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers. He just sat there making banal remarks all evening. banal pop songs. You can refer to banal things as the banal 平淡无奇的事情. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre. banality [bə'nælɪti] ...the banality of life. Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me. the fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality. "there is an essential banality to the story he tells". 4. Twin Peaks S1E1: You know why I'm whittling? Okay, I'll bite again. Why are you whittling? Because that's what you do in a town where a yellow light still means slow down, not speed up. II. reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps. "the shortlist of fifteen was whittled down to five". set (one) up for life 一生衣食无忧 To provide enough money to sustain one for rest of one's life. The phrase is typically understood to mean that one will no longer have to earn an income. Most people assume that winning the lottery will set them up for life, but you really need to manage your money carefully to make it last. kosher [ˈkəʊʃə] I. (of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of Jewish law. Something, especially food, that is kosher is approved of or allowed by the laws of Judaism. "a kosher kitchen". II. not false. genuine and legitimate. Something that is kosher is generally approved of or considered to be correct. I guessed something wasn't quite kosher. Acting was not a kosher trade for an upper-class girl. "She consulted lawyers to make sure everything was kosher". verb. prepare (food) according to the requirements of Jewish law. run up something I. run up a debt/bill etc to use so much of something, or borrow so much money, that you owe a lot of money. to increase a debt by spending more. If someone runs up bills or debts, they acquire them by buying a lot of things or borrowing money. Don't run up credit cards that might affect your credit score. While no personal finance expert would advocate running up credit card bills 刷爆信用卡 ( A maxed-out credit card is at, very near, or even over its credit limit. For example, if your credit limit is $1,000 and your credit card balance is $1,000, then your credit card is maxed out.) one can't afford, savvy consumers know how to take advantage of credit card reward programs for hotel points, airline miles or just straight cash in their pockets. He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel. Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players. He ran up huge bills on clothes. She ran up an enormous phone bill. II. to achieve a particular score or position in a game or competition. He quickly ran up a big lead in the polls. run something up I. to make something, especially clothes, very quickly. She can run up a dress in an evening. II. to raise a flag on a pole. the run-up to something I. (UK, lead-up to, or build-up to) the period of time just before an important event. Everyone is very busy during the run-up to publication. There's so much to do in the run-up to Christmas. II. 助跑. In some sports, a run-up is a period or distance of running that you do in order to be going fast enough to perform a particular action: The longer and faster your run-up is, the higher you can jump. not mince [your] words 不要拐着弯说, (警方询问的时候会要求don't mince words)原话复述 If you say that someone does not mince their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone. The doctors didn't mince their words, and predicted the worst. Never one to mince words, Carlie told her daughter that her looks were fading. to a (bare) minimum 最低限度的, 最低限额的 as low as possible The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose. We need to keep expenses to a (bare) minimum. glaring 非常明显的, 醒目的 If you describe something bad as glaring, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easily seen or noticed. I never saw such a glaring example of misrepresentation. It was glaringly obvious. He told a glaringly different story. a glaring mistake is very obvious. a glaring light 耀眼的光芒, 耀眼的光线, 刺眼的 shines very brightly in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable. thorough US [ˈθʌroʊ] UK [ˈθʌrə] I. including everything that is possible or necessary. The key to a good interview is thorough preparation. a thorough investigation/examination/search: a thorough and painstaking investigation by the police. a thorough understanding/knowledge: She has a thorough understanding of the business. a. someone who is thorough does everything that they should and leaves nothing out. The doctor was very thorough and asked lots of questions. II. [only before noun] complete: used for emphasizing how bad someone or something is. It's all a thorough 彻头彻尾的 nuisance. The project was a thorough disaster.
Unbelievable: 1. Marie's report is bungled almost immediately. After the people closest to Marie, including one of her former foster mothers, tell police they have doubts about whether her story can be trusted, the male detectives hound 穷追不舍 Marie into recanting 撤回, 撤销 her report. They then charge her with filing a false report. 2. outfitter = outfitters An outfitter or an outfitters is a shop that sells clothes and equipment for a specific purpose. ...J. Hepworth, the men's outfitter. ...a sports outfitters. 3. half-assed 不经大脑的, 没有审慎考虑过的, 欠思量的 Half-assed remarks, ideas, or actions are poorly planned or poorly performed. [mainly US, vulgar, disapproval] done in a careless or lazy way. She made a few half-assed attempts at doing the exercises, and then gave up. ...a half-assed comment I'd made on television. The organization does a pretty half-assed job of running many of the national parks. 4. In the later 19th century, after producing artists such as Blake, Constable and Turner, Britain suddenly stopped mattering 无关紧要 as an artistic nation. How long did it take before your wife stopped mattering? 5. jones [dʒəʊnz] verb. have a fixation on; be addicted to. "Palmer was jonesing for some coke again". noun. I. an addiction to a drug, specif. to heroin. II. any strong or compulsive craving. jones for 渴望着, 馋的流口水: By 1 pm I was starving and seriously jonesing for noodles. be jonesing to do something: I had just had my first child and I was jonesing to work. a jones for American informal a very strong desire for or addiction to. If you have a jones for the sweet and frozen, sorbet is the better choice. 6. Don't have high expectations. Don't worry. Expectation managed. manage expectations = manage someone's expectations Seek to prevent disappointment by establishing in advance what can realistically be achieved or delivered by a project, undertaking, course of action, etc. 'as the White House tries to paint a rosy economic picture, they are also trying to manage expectations'. 'the company needs to be very sure it has a hit or it should start managing its customers' expectations. 6. I know I'm not constant ray of sunshine. 7. on one's conscience 良心受到谴责 causing feelings of guilt or remorse. To be a persistent cause or source of guilt, such as an act of wrongdoing. It's because of your cruelty that your brother died. I hope it's on your conscience for the rest of your days! If he rapes again it's on your conscience. 8. bad news 坏人, 惹祸精 someone or something regarded as undesirable. someone or something that tends to cause trouble Stay clear of his girlfriend – she's bad news. he's bad news around here. He's bad news. bad/terrible/horrible etc. news for likely to make things worse for someone or something. The election result is terrible news for social welfare programs. 9. have the good sense to do something the quality someone has when they are able to make sensible decisions about what to do. Mrs Booth showed a lot of good sense. Mark had the good sense not to argue. It makes good sense (=is sensible) to do some research before buying. I have the good sense 没那么傻, 没那么笨 to keep it to myself. 10. Does it require a certain qualities 性格特质 to survive? 11. The lack of physical evidence, signs of forced entry and the girl's fuzzy recall prompt the male detectives to dismiss the case, but when Detective Grace Duvall teams up with Rasmussen and a mostly female team of forensic professionals, they are able to isolate 圈定 a prime suspect — a cop with a record of domestic violence. We are a long way from the inane ( [ɪˈneɪn] completely stupid. an inane grin. He bombarded the lecturer with inane 愚蠢的, 弱智的 questions.) days of "CSI" and other franchises where women detectives showed up at crime scenes in stiletto heels and leggings. Collette and the cast were helped by having a female cop on set who helped with such particulars as where to place badges and guns and how to stage a medical examination with a rape victim. "This is a piece that demands and deserves absolute transparency," she says. "If there had been shiny casting and sensational moments, it would have been rude. This is not fiction." Marie's demeanor 一举一动 was surprisingly calm and unruffled 好像没什么事似的, 就好像什么也没有发生似的, 不为所动, and little details of her account kept changing. There are few more risible ( risible ['rɪzɪbəl] 荒谬可笑的 adj silly or bad enough to make you laugh. If you describe something as risible, you mean that it is ridiculous and does not deserve to be taken seriously. In terms of day-to-day influence over policy or even in terms of control over the executive, its powers are risible. ) sentences on TV than the show's introductory voice-over, which claims that "in the criminal-justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous." Then again, "in the criminal-justice system, sexually based offenses are rarely reported and even more rarely investigated thoroughly" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
killing eve: 1. Can we go home now? Home? What do you mean, "home"? Where is that, exactly? I'm going back to London. Give that up. She's not interested in you anymore. As if! Don't make me regret all this. Oh, what else were you going to do, hm? Dead man. Sleep well. You have a long day of nothing tomorrow. as if I. 看上去好像 in such a way that something seems to be true. It looks as if it's going to rain. Jack smiled as though he was enjoying a private joke. II. used when you are describing something and you imagine an explanation for it that you know is not the real one. The house was in such a mess – it looked as though 看上去就跟...似的 a bomb had dropped on it. III. SPOKEN 搞得跟真的似的, 说得好像真的似的. 说得好像真的会...似的. used for emphasizing that something is not true or is not important. 'Don't get lost or anything, will you?' 'As if I would – I'm not stupid.' Why was he worrying about the interview? – As if it mattered anyway! as if Short for "as if that was true," "as if that would really happen," or "as if she'd really agree to that." Basically, it means it'll be a cold day in hell that the idea or event is true or ever will be. It's a hipper version of the 80's expression, "Yeah, right!" Enriched after selling plasma, old impoverished Nathan approached young, smokin' hot Angela and asked her if she'd like to have dinner with him at the all-you-can-eat buffet: his treat. After throwing up a bit in her mouth, she rolled her beautiful blue eyes and blurted, "As if!" as would be the case if. "she behaved as if he wasn't there". 2. Bit of a cock-up, this, isn't it, really, Carolyn? I've had Paul bending my ear on the phone ( to bend someone's ear 滔滔不绝, 唠叨个不停 If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this. He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school. ) all night. Did you know his boyfriend left him? Oh, dear. He'll cheer up 他会没事的, 他会高兴起来的, 他不会有事的(it'll pass, don't worry). He just needed a good cry. Look, if it wasn't for your operation in Lebanon last month we might have got away with this Russian asset ( [ˈæset] I. [usually plural] something such as money or property that a person or company owns. Something or someone that is an asset is considered useful or helps a person or organization to be successful. He considered that the greatest asset of a bank was its reputation for probity. [+ of] His Republican credentials made him an asset. The business has assets totaling $5.1 million. a. computing an item of text or media that has been put into a digital form that includes the right to use it. We recognize the need to protect your digital assets wherever you go. II. a major benefit. Youth is a tremendous asset in this job. asset to: He is a definite asset to the team. III. intelligence asset 情报相关的资产, 情报源 Any resource--person, group, relationship, instrument, installation, or supply--at the disposition of an intelligence organization for use in an operational or support role. Often used with a qualifying term such as agent asset or propaganda asset. wiki: In intelligence, assets are persons within organizations or countries being spied upon who provide information for an outside spy. They are sometimes referred to as agents, and in law enforcement parlance, as confidential informants 内线, or "CIs" for short. There are different categories of assets, including people who: a. Willingly work for a foreign government for ideological reasons such as being against their government, but live in a country that doesn't allow political opposition. b. They may elect to work with a foreign power to change their own country because there are few other ways available. c. Work for monetary gain. Intelligence services often pay good wages to people in important positions that are willing to betray secrets. d. Have been blackmailed and are forced into their role. e. Do not even know they are being used (so called "useful idiots"). Assets can be loyal to their country, but may still provide a foreign agent with information through failures in information safety, such as using insecure computers or not following proper OPSEC procedures during day-to-day chatting. IV. (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia. ) of yours going A.W.O.L. Yes. But you know what they say. One cock-up is an accident. Two cock-ups starts to look like carelessness. Or a threesome. Hm. I think we need to pull the plug on Operation Manderley. 3. How was the anniversary party? Oh, absolutely fantastic, thank you, Mrs. Martens. Hmm. Poor Janey had a cold, though. Sod's law (Sod's law is a British culture axiom that "if something can go wrong, it will", sometimes also made to include that it will happen at "the worst possible time". The term is commonly used in the United Kingdom, though in North America the eponymous "Murphy's law" is more popular. This was sod's law: when the spare tyre is in use, you will have a puncture. ). Oh, that was bad luck. They gave us a lovely spread, though. Absolutely terrific stuff. And really, for the amount we had, it was very reasonable. Very reasonable indeed. 4. You chose that photo? Oh, God, I look awful. I was so hungover that day. Sorry to tell you this, Eve, but there was not an embarrassment of riches 选择太多, 挑花了眼, 不知道选哪个好了 ( so many good things or people that it is impossible to decide which of them you want. If you say that someone has an embarrassment of riches 选择困难, 挑花了眼, 难以抉择, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem. The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them. ). 5. How much time do you spend doing paperwork, Eve? What do you mean? Writing out reports, filling in timesheets, that kind of thing. It's just, I've never heard you complain about the red tape 条条框框, 规章制度, 繁文缛节. Most people do. I guess that's not really my job. Yeah, that's weird, 'cause it is. It is your job. It's all of our jobs. Everything we do here has to be officially documented. Those are the rules. For everyone. No exceptions. So if you're not doing the boring stuff, that's not because you're special. It's because someone doesn't want a paper trail on you. What are you saying? Just because Carolyn is going along with this 没提出反对意见, 没说什么 it doesn't make it a good idea. 6. Well, this is flattering. Eve, I have to put it on you. Whether you keep it on is your choice. I think it looks sexy. Shocker (A shocker is something such as a story, a piece of news, or a film that shocks people or that is intended to shock them. The hospital which let a patient starve to death and left an elderly woman unwashed for 11 weeks is a shocker. It's often used about football players and referees who have a bad game, e.g. 'It is fair to say that Cesc Fabregas had a shocker against Tottenham', but can be applied to other activities. note: During the 1990s, the rhyming slang expression, "Barry Crocker" emerged in Australian English, to mean a "shocker(appalling, terrible)", as in "very poor". More recently 'absolute Barry' has become used to refer to a 'crock of ....' (via Crocker) indicating that the speaker wishes to indicate the item referred to is of little value. having a shocker = having a barry crocker (rhyming slang) = having a baz. = having a bad/shit day/time. I heard you are having a barry crocker today 今天过得很糟糕. "Having a barry crocker is not a shire thing, you are such a hater to say that. such a ignorant hater." 'The Shadow Home Secretary suffers one of the worst meltdowns in current affairs television history. It is much more than just a so-called "brainfade." '[...] someone in a key position completely unsuited and having a shocker in public view.' brain fade 一时想不起来, 大脑一时短路 temporary inability to think clearly or remember information Green Party leader Natalie Bennett admitted she suffered an 'absolutely excruciating' radio interview this morning - after a 'mental brain fade' saw her forget how much a key policy pledge would cost. brainfart 不过大脑的想法, 不假思索的想法, 烂主意, 不经大脑的想法 informal an idea that a person voices without much consideration, such as during a brainstorming session. chock-a-block If a place is chock-a-block, it is very full of people or things: The streets were chock-a-block (with cars). chocker I. (Austral): chockers informal full up; packed. that box is chockers. II. irritated; fed up. ). Jess is coordinating the back-up team. No. No team. We need her calm and thinking she's in control. She can't know I'm expecting her. You have to be safe. Well, I'll only be safe as long as she trusts me. We need to be alone. It needs to feel intimate. What are you gonna do with her? This isn't a joke. I'm trying to do my job here. Just get the car there and I'll get her into it. You know, it's very brave. What you're doing. No guts, no glory 不入虎穴焉得虎子(Success will not be achieved without hard work and struggle. Success does not come without the courage to take risks. I was certainly nervous to start playing again after such a bad injury, but no guts, no glory, right?), right? Eve. I know you don't agree with this and I get it. But I need for you to come on board with everyone else. You stabbed her. You think Villanelle will have just forgotten about that? Don't you think this is important information to share with the rest of the team. You are actively putting yourself and this whole operation in danger - why? Or do I need not ask? 7. Psychopaths. Ignore the whatever. Aston Martin. I can't delete it. Ooh, boo, hiss! What's that? Eugh! However, red tape is there for your health and safety, you don't want to end up in hot water. Hot water! Psychopaths are incapable of interpersonal human relationships. The I-You. For a psychopath, there is only I-It. Other people are just objects 物品, 物体, 物质 to them, to be picked up and put down at will. Superficial charm. Dishonesty. An inability to form lasting intimate relationships. A poverty of emotions 欠缺, 缺少, 没有, 匮乏, 缺乏 ( You can use poverty to refer to any situation in which there is not enough of something or its quality is poor. Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition. a poverty of ideas.). Psychopaths are narcissistic. They're pathologically manipulative. However, they do respond to a certain amount of manipulation. You can't change them but you can manage them. Money, praise and attention will help for a while. But honestly, there's no containing anyone 管不了, 管不住 ( There's no containing 根本控制不了 this dinosaur. Behind the scenes sneak peek. We laughed so hard throughout the entire session. There's No Containing 控制不住 My Excitement for Ralph Breaks the Internet. ) like this for any length of time. But it would be possible for a short amount of time in theory? I dunno really. Yeah. Aren't you the expert on psychopaths? Yes, I am. So I know. And what I'm saying is, we don't know. When you think of a psychopath, you tend to think of a regular person then you add certain negative traits, like your violence, your narcissism, your sadism. That's a mistake. Don't add, take away. Everything that makes us human just take it all away. Yeah, they're like facsimiles. They're copycats. You might as well try to understand a wasp or a stapler you know, hole punch - telephone - So why do you do it if it's so hopeless? Eh, no more questions until after. 8. Mr. Peel, what do you say to the criticism of you that your control of vast amounts of private surveillance data gives you too much power and influence? You're not averse to a bit of surveillance yourself. What do you mean? Don't play me for a fool 别把我当傻子耍. The camera in your bag. What? You like recording things you shouldn't, don't you? Don't turn it off. This is gonna be fun. Let's see. What choice little titbit could I share with your employers? What's going on? How about the S&M sessions - you have with your wife? I'm sorry? She does laugh about it with her friends. How do you know about that? There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. We need to speak to this guy. Bit late for that. Peel had him killed? A sewer underneath Farringdon. "Urban explorer overreached himself ( overreach to try to do more than your ability, authority, or money will allow. overreach yourself 不自量力: If you say that someone overreaches themselves, you mean that they fail at something because they are trying to do more than they are able to. He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune. The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments. The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach. He has overreached himself financially. Exploiting the civil war in England and allying with de Montfort, Llewellyn's armies overran the now undefended centre. But he then overreached himself, marrying de Montfort's daughter, an offence Edward was unlikely to forgive or to forget.)" is the official story. My brother used to jam his hamsters into an old loo roll, prod 戳 them through with a toothbrush, see how many he could do in a minute. How many could he? Three. There's a Pharaday conference being held in Rome. Two weeks from now. You need to make sure that we're there with him. Getting someone close to Peel's about as easy as getting a sex offender into a convent [ˈkɑnvənt]. So quite easy, then? You know what I mean. He doesn't have any friends. He's never had a girlfriend, or boyfriend, or anatomically correct sex robot. He's paranoid. It's not like someone can just swan in in a tight dress. Can't they? Well, it can't be me, I've already met him. 9. You don't seem very surprised to see me. I'm not surprised. Mm? That's a little arrogant, don't you think? And yet, here you are 可你还是来了. You've been so distracted lately, I thought you'd forgotten about me. You seem to have the mind of a five-year-old. A-Face, why are you being so mean? She's my friend. I wouldn't classify as a friend 归为朋友, 算做朋友 (classify someone as something) someone I once sat next to - in a toilet stall. Wow. You're struggling with the rules of Dixit, a simple storytelling game for players aged eight and upwards, and yet 话虽如此, 虽是如此, 可你竟然, 虽然是如此, 你竟然, 可你还是 you claim to have two philosophy degrees. I do have two philosophy degrees. 其他例子: The Scots vanquished the savage English, whom they put into mourning for death. Some had their throats cut, others were taken prisoners, others drowned. One, the hated English taxman Cressingham, was skinned, his fat body made into a belt for Wallace's victorious sword. And yet, as so often in Scottish history, defeat quickly followed victory down the Forth at Falkirk. Wallace's warriors died by the thousands. 10. unwitting I. (of a person) not aware of the full facts. "an unwitting 稀里糊涂的, 不知内情的, 不知情的, 不全然知情的 accomplice". If you describe a person or their actions as unwitting, you mean that the person does something or is involved in something without realizing it. We're unwitting victims of the system. It had been an unwitting blunder on the Prime Minister's part. He was unwittingly caught up in the confrontation. II. not done on purpose; unintentional. "we are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past". "an unwitting 不当心, 非故意的, 无心的, 不小心的, 不是故意的 mistake". In Season 2, she managed to get Villanelle - with the help of an unwitting Eve - to murder a MI6 target so she didn't have to get her hands dirty. 11. This Niko stuff? Oh, don't. It'll pass (he'll cheer up) 会过去的, 他会没事的, 会好的. He'll come around 回心转意. Nothing a B.J. and a compliment won't fix in my experience. 12. Well things between Eve and her husband Niko are NOT good to put it mildly 往小了说. In the latter, she plays Carolyn Martens, the erudite [ˈerəˌdaɪt] 知识丰富的, 知识渊博的 adj ( someone who is erudite has a lot of knowledge because they have read or studied a lot. If you describe someone as erudite, you mean that they have or show great academic knowledge. You can also use erudite to describe something such as a book or a style of writing. He's the author of an erudite book on Scottish history. He was never dull, always erudite and well informed. ...an original and highly erudite style. erudition [ˌerəˈdɪʃ(ə)n] great knowledge gained through reading or studying. great academic knowledge. His erudition was apparently endless.) yet inscrutable [ɪnˈskrutəb(ə)l] 捉摸不透的, 看不透的, 神秘莫测的, 看不穿的, 猜不透的 ( if someone is inscrutable, it is impossible to understand what they are thinking or feeling from their expression or from what they say. If a person or their expression is inscrutable, it is very hard to know what they are really thinking or what they mean. Anna's face remained inscrutable and unsmiling. In public he remained inscrutable.) head of the Russian Section at MI6, who proves to be a master manipulator in the second season of the darkly comedic BBC America drama. Sandra Oh has been spotted in peak form 最佳状态, 巅峰状态 ( You have to be in peak form, travel with everything you need and be prepared for every situation. Schlentz has been training his three champions to be in peak form for next Saturday's Foot Locker Northeast Regional at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. ) on set throughout London, leaving many to believe the character is still in the land of the living. While this would confirm the theory that Eve survived the gunshot, it doesn't mean that she's not posted up in a hospital ( I. to take up a position against a defender in the post in basketball while standing with one's back to the basket. II. to be standing or sitting somewhere. I was posted up in the club.) or secret bunker on the mend.
