用法学习: 1. thick and fast quickly and in large numbers. If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers. The rumours have been coming thick and fast 汹汹而来, 蜂拥而至. Distress calls were pouring in thick and fast from all over the area. Distress calls were pouring in, thick and fast, from all over the area. More nasty comments came thick and fast, with many making personal attacks on the young star. hypnotize [ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪz] ( hypnosis [hɪpˈnoʊsɪs] 催眠) verb I. If someone hypnotizes you, they put you into a state in which you seem to be asleep but can still see, hear, or respond to things said to you. A hypnotherapist will hypnotize you and will stop you from smoking. Surprisingly, the ability to hypnotize yourself can be learnt in a single session. II. If you are hypnotized by someone or something, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think of anything else. He's hypnotized by that black hair and that white face. Davey sat as if hypnotized by the sound of Nick's voice. clout [klaʊt] I. 影响力. 权威. 权力. the authority to make decisions, or the power to influence events. A person or institution that has clout has influence and power. This former TV actress already has the clout to alter movie screenplays. The two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets. It is a system in which individual voters have more clout. political/financial/economic clout: The government has less political clout than the opposition on this issue. I'm reading tweets about people saying my tweet is fake like yup!!! You cracked the code! I purposely destroyed my painted wall and shelves for clout on Twitter. II. COUNTABLE a hard hit with your hand. 2. railroad verb 逼着, 威逼着, 逼迫. to force someone to do something that they do not really want to do. railroad someone into (doing) something: We were railroaded into accepting the deal. If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. She is a very fine actor who has refused to be railroaded into rom-coms. He railroaded the reforms through. bottom out 触底了, 平稳下来了 If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount. He expects the recession to bottom out. House prices have bottomed out. methanal 甲醛. time-poor 没时间, 时间紧迫 I. someone who is time-poor has very little free time, and so even though they may have plenty of money they do not have much leisure time to spend it. The company searches, negotiates and renovates properties on behalf of time-poor buyers. II. having little time to meet a deadline. Money-rich, time-poor 有钱无闲 is an expression which arose in Britain at the end of the 20th century to describe groups of people who, whilst having a high disposable income through well-paid employment, have relatively little leisure time as a result. Time poverty has also been coined as a noun for the phenomenon. Many people accept time poverty as a necessary condition of employment; others have sought to solve the problem through downshifting or through adoption of flexible working arrangements. The problem affects both salaried workers who work long hours even though they might be well compensated as well as hourly low-wage workers who work long hours to earn more money. The idea of "money-rich, time-poor" has been reflecting in the human right to rest and leisure, provided for in Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 3. sneezing fit 一连串的喷嚏. A tree chipper or woodchipper 碎木机器 is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. Power is generally provided by an internal combustion engine from 3 horsepower (2.2 kW) to 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). There are also high power chipper models mounted on trucks and powered by a separate engine. These models usually also have a hydraulic crane. Tree chippers are typically made of a hopper with a collar, the chipper mechanism itself, and an optional collection bin for the chips. A tree limb is inserted into the hopper (the collar serving as a partial safety mechanism to keep human body parts away from the chipping blades) and started into the chipping mechanism. The chips exit through a chute and can be directed into a truck-mounted container or onto the ground. 工具: A chisel 凿子 is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal by hand, struck with a mallet, or mechanical power. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or of wood with a sharp edge in it. Chiselling use involves forcing the blade into some material to cut it. The driving force may be applied by pushing by hand, or by using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight ('trip hammer') may be used to drive a chisel into the material. A gouge (one type of chisel) serves to carve small pieces from the material, particularly in woodworking, woodturning and sculpture. Gouges most frequently produce concave surfaces. A gouge typically has a 'U'-shaped cross-section.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Hang on a second, you picked up your mother? Her own legs are barely able to do that. I was filled with adrenaline. It happens to be how women lift cars off babies. Yeah, I'm saying it'd be easier to lift a car. What can I tell you, after I found the courage to put her pants back on, I was unstoppable. So how is she? They're running tests, I don't know. It may have been a heart attack or heart-attack-like event. What's the difference? A heart-attack-like event is an event that's like a heart attack. Thanks for clearing that up. Regardless, coronary 心脏方面的 ( [ˈkɔrəˌneri] relating to your heart. the risk of coronary heart disease. ) problems are eminently ( [ˈemɪnəntli] very or very much Mike seemed eminently more intelligent than the rest of the team. ) treatable 可治愈的. What's more likely to kill Howard's mother are the antibiotic-resistant superbugs festering ( fester I. if an injury or sore place on your body festers, it becomes infected. a festering wound. II. if food or waste material festers, it starts to decay and smell bad. III. if a problem or unpleasant feeling festers, it becomes worse because no one has dealt with it. This festering hatred could tear the community apart. ) in every nook and cranny of ( every nook and cranny 每一个角落 every part of a place: Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.) this hospital. 2. What is this? This is the difference between eating and dining. Remarkable. I'm just realizing how much Leonard's been skating by ( skate If you skate over or round a difficult subject, you avoid discussing it. Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams. When pressed, he skates around the subject of those women who he met as a 19-year-old. skate by 凑合事, 偷工减料, 偷懒, 磨洋工, 得过且过 To get through something difficult with ease. Jeff finds this stuff easy, so he just skates by at work. skirt I. to go around the edge of a place or thing. The pilots skirted the Moroccan coast. They skirted the field to avoid the mud. II. to avoid talking about something unpleasant. He just skirted around the subject. coast by 应付事, 敷衍 to act or move aimlessly or with little effort. I used to respect Felix, but now he just coasts by at work. coast I. 轻松战胜, 轻而易举的胜利 to achieve success very easily or with very little effort. Scotland coasted to a 31–12 win over Argentina. to not try very hard to do something well – used to show disapproval Janey's teacher says she's just coasting at school. to be successful at something without much effort. They scored three goals in the first half and from then on United were coasting. coast to/through The Ugandan relay team are coasting to victory. II. to continue to move in a car or on a bicycle after you have switched off the engine or have stopped pedaling with your legs. III. to carry on at the same level without making a significant effort to improve. Schools classified as coasting 没有进步 will be asked to come up with a credible plan for improvement for consideration by the government’s eight regional schools commissioners. breeze 轻松应对, 容易事, 不费吹灰之力 noun informal a thing that is easy to do or accomplish. traveling through London was a breeze. verb informal come or go in a casual or lighthearted manner. I breezed in as if nothing were wrong. deal with something with apparently casual ease. the computer has the power to breeze through 轻松应对 huge documents. he breezed to victory. saunter [ˈsɔntər] (不是态度问题, 而是心情放松) 晃悠悠的走. 慢悠悠的做事 to walk in a slow and relaxed way. If you saunter somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual way. We watched our fellow students saunter into the building. He sauntered along the river to the mill. She began a slow saunter toward the bonfires. To saunter usually applies to a casual movement, rather than a casual attitude, but I think the word can be used figuratively to someone who is slacking (表示懒散, 磨洋工, 出工不出力). I'd probably be more direct, though, and just use slacking: she reprimanded her girls if they were slacking. I used to respect Felix, but now he's always slacking at work. ) all these years. It's not a big thing. Just think of me as a brown Martha Stewart. Hey, Sheldon, did you change your Wi-Fi password again? Yes, it's, "Penny get your own Wi-fi." No spaces. Thanks. Wow. What's with the fancy spread? My new roommate is bending over backwards to ingratiate himself to me 巴结讨好. Uh, nice touch, by the way. What do you mean? What happened to Leonard? The same thing that happened to Homo erectus. He was replaced by a superior species. I'm the new Homo in town. 3. Here's an interesting fact about alcohol. Hit me. Man is not the only species that ferments fruit in order to become intoxicated. Can you guess what the other is? Hint: Sometimes they pack the alcohol in their trunks. Monkeys. When does a monkey have a trunk? When a suitcase just won't do. All right. It would appear as if alcohol is playing keep-away ( UK piggy in the middle I. a game in which two people throw a ball to each other over the head of a person who stands between them and tries to catch it: He remembered his childhood when he would play keep away with his brothers. II. in sports, a way of playing in which the main purpose is preventing the other team from getting the ball: When you get a lead in basketball, play keep-away 倒脚浪费时间, 小耗时间 and let the clock run out. III. a situation in which someone tries to avoid answering questions or revealing information: How long has this illegal game of keep away been going on? ) with your intelligence. Good night. Please note, it is now past 10 p.m. Per our roommate agreement, kindly refrain from raucous ( [ˈrɔkəs] I. rude, noisy, and violent. a raucous gang of teenagers. II. a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough. Raucous laughter came from inside. ) laughter clinking of glasses, and celebratory gunfire. 4. It's not what it looks like. It's not what it looks like. What are you grinding about ( grind on if something boring or unpleasant grinds on, it continues happening for a long period of time. If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time. The war has been grinding on for years. grind I. If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder. Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it. ...the odor of fresh ground coffee. He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil. II. If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements. 'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step. grind your teeth 磨牙 If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something. If you know you're grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see your dentist. III. If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface. ...a shop where they grind knives. The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster. IV. If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily. Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south. noun. I. 机器摩擦声. The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves. II. If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service. Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person. grinding adj. If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. ...the grinding difficulty of getting to the stadium. Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work. to come to a grinding halt. )? Penny's brain teaser this morning. She and Koothrappali emerge from your bedroom. She is disheveled, and Raj is dressed only in a sheet. The sole clue: "It's not what it looks like." Just let it go, Sheldon. 5. Maybe I should just move back to Nebraska. No, I can't let you do that. Why not? (knock on door) For the first time ever, I have a thriving social life. And no pressure, but it kind of lives and dies with you. 6. You called my mother? Oh, Leonard, is it really necessary to caption [ˈkæpʃ(ə)n] the obvious 加个标题( Captain Obvious (humorous, usually derogatory, sarcastic ) Someone who makes superfluous and/or obvious statements. superfluous [sʊˈpɜrfluəs] 多余的, 多此一举的, 画蛇添足的, 没必要的 not needed or wanted. Charlie gave him a look that made words superfluous. They were superfluous to requirements (=not required). Something that is superfluous is unnecessary or is no longer needed. My presence at the afternoon's proceedings was superfluous. I rid myself of many superfluous belongings and habits that bothered me.)? He's been like that since he was a toddler. "Look, Mommy-- a butterfly." Maddening. What's going on? What do you want? Sheldon informed me that you're experiencing an emotional upheaval, and I'm here to help. That's so nice. And we're back to the obvious. Now, what's up? Well, uh okay. Um I don't want to get back together with Penny. We tried it, it was crazy, it didn't work, but I can't deal with the fact that she slept with my friend Raj. And then I find out that Raj's sister Priya, who I've been going out with for eight months, is moving back to India. So I'm just completely confused and alone. I understand. Got any advice? Yes. Buck up (buck up informal I. to try to make someone happier, or to become happier. If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful. I took him out to lunch to try to buck him up. II. To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage. I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on. I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well. buck up = buck your ideas up British spoken used for telling someone to try harder. If you tell someone to buck up or to buck up their ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner. People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble. Buck up your ideas 坚定想法, 坚定思想 or you'll get more of the same treatment. buck up To pass on to higher authority for resolution. pass the buck. He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise. He just bucked everything risky up to management. Instead of dealing with the customer's complaint himself, he just bucked it up to his boss. buckle up to fasten the belt that keeps you in your seat in a car or a plane: Don't forget, buckle up before you start driving. buckle under (to) I. If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it. If he yelled and screamed, my parents buckled under and gave him whatever he wanted. To succumb to or be adversely affected by some pressure: Some schools have buckled under the strain of having too many new students. I had fought very hard against their ideas but finally buckled under to them. II. 承受不住压力. To bend, crumple or collapse under some great weight or pressure: The bridge supports were weakened by rust and buckled under the weight of the heavy truck. The metal chair I was sitting on suddenly buckled under, and I fell to the ground.). Excuse me. You're a world-renowned expert in parenting and child development, and all you've got is "Buck up"? Sorry. Buck up, sissy pants 娘娘腔. 7. Well, uh (clears throat) as your friend, you might like to know that, um we didn't have sex in the conventional sense. Oh, God. Did you pull some weird Indian crap on me? No, no. After we got undressed and jumped in bed, you asked if I had protection. Oh, you did, didn't you? Of course. I'm always packing. Anyway, um, I had trouble putting it on and you tried to help and that was all she wrote ( that's all she wrote American English spoken used to mean that you cannot stop what happens next in a situation, especially when it is bad. used to convey that there is or was nothing more to be said about a matter. "every month, you pay $49.95 and that's all she wrote". An articulation of a sudden and unforeseen end to one's hopes or plans. This is very much an American expression so let's begin with a clarification for readers in the UK where it isn't in common use. The phrase is used to convey the meaning of 'it's all over; there's no more to be said'. ). So, we didn't actually I did. It was beautiful. 8. Hang on, Sheldon. How could you not tell me your sister was moving back to India? Maybe he was too busy writing clumsy penis metaphors about my fiance. Screw you. That was a beautifully written penis metaphor. You know what, guys, I'm not in the mood for paintball. What do you say we just bag it ( bag it I. This usage mainly describes packing groceries or other purchases into a bag. "Please bag it 打包, 装包," the customer said to the checkout clerk. II. 逃跑. 放弃. 到此为止. 就算了. Abandon something or someone, quit. To cancel, abandon, or bring something to an end. After 20 years in the insurance business, I've decided to bag it. I'm going to live my dream as a photographer from now on! The class is not very good, so I've decided to bag it. This idiom first became widespread among students. III. = bag your face. Be quiet, stop doing something, go away. Be quiet!; Shut up and go away! Mary: Sally, you look just terrible! What happened? Sally: Bag it! Mary: Sorry I asked! Bill: Did I ever tell you about the time I went to Germany? Sue: Give it a rest, Bill. Bag it! Sue: Can I borrow your car again? Mary: Bag your face, Sue! Sue: Well, I never! I've heard enough about that, so just bag it!)? Fine with me. 9. Are those soy-based candles? I don't know. Why? Paraffin candles may contain carcinogens. Unless lung cancer is the ambiance ( ambiance [ˈæmbiəns] = ambience 情调, 气氛, 氛围 the character of a place or the feeling you have about it. The bar had a comfortable ambience.) you were going for at your dinfast. Dinfast. Listen, I don't want to be rude, but Priya's gonna be calling any minute, so Oh, yes, Priya. Leonard, you know I make a point of 告诫自己, 特意 never interfering in your personal affairs. Yes, I've always admired that about you. As well you should. But I'm going to make an exception here. Oh, good. Priya has moved back to India to pursue her law career. Instead of desperately trying to keep this intercontinental relationship alive, you could use that time to take up a hobby 发展一个兴趣爱好, 找一个兴趣. A hobby? Yes. I read recently about a fellow in Kansas with an enormous ball of twine ( Twine 纱线 is a strong thread, light string or cord composed of two or more thinner strands twisted, and then twisted together. The strands are plied in the opposite direction to that of their twist, which adds torsional strength to the cord and keeps it from unravelling. This process is sometimes called reverse wrap. ). I bet you could give him a run for his money. You know, some people might say that it's great that we're trying to make things work long distance. They'd say things like, "Love is stronger than the miles between you"" When I rise to power 掌权, 大权在握, those people will be sterilized. You video-chat with Amy all the time. How is this different? Don't you like Amy? Of course I like Amy. Well, there's the difference. 10. Bernie, it's not you. She's just set in her ways ( be set in one's ways 他人就是那样的, 他就是那样的人, 就是那么个人, 固执己见 If you say that someone is set in their ways, you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned. He was too set in his ways to make any real changes. ). How can we be together if the thought of us getting married might kill your mother? It's the circle of life 生命轮回, sweetie. One day our son will marry someone and it will kill you. 11. Hey, how'd it go? You're a putz [pʌts] ( I. an idiot. a despicable or foolish person. II. a penis. pus [pʌs] 脓 noun a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum. ). You know what that means? Yeah. Do you? Your mother just taught it to me. She thinks she got food poisoning from that deli and she wanted to make sure I was okay. And are you? No, because I'm engaged to a putz. You let me believe I was the reason she had a heart attack. Well, based on the available evidence. Shut up! She said I'm a wonderful girl and you're lucky to have me. 12. Who let the satanic dogs out? Who? Who? Who? Colossal serpent. I got a colossal serpent right here. Must you ( must you? 非得..., 一定要... used for telling someone that what they are doing annoys you. Must you rush around without looking where you're going? (why) must you ...? spoken used to tell someone that their behaviour upsets or annoys you. Must you spoil everything? Why must you always be so suspicious? if you must 如果你一定要..., 你要是非得 You say 'if you must' when you know that you cannot stop someone doing something that you think is wrong or stupid. If you must be in the sunlight, use the strongest filter cream you can get. 'Could I have a word?'—'Oh dear, if you must.' If you must have cola, go for the diet version. if you must know used for answering someone in an annoyed way He's not my boyfriend any more, if you must know. )? Sorry. I'm just trying to cheer my buddy up. 13. I actually have information about Raj that would be helpful with this discussion. It doesn't matter if he's showering her with gifts, because the Koothrappalis are vastly wealthy. What do you mean "vastly wealthy"? Well, "wealthy" means a lot of money. "Vastly" means even more. I'm not sure what's tripping you up ( to make a mistake or to cause someone to make a mistake: I did OK on the exam except for the last question, when I got tripped up by a word I didn't understand.). Look, I know they have money. I don't think it's that much. No, you're wrong. As you know, a few years ago, I achieved one of my lesser dreams 次要的理想 and became a notary public. Well, from time to time, I notarize banking documents for Raj. The Koothrappalis aren't just rich, they're Richie Rich rich. Well, so how much is that? About halfway between Bruce Wayne and Scrooge McDuck. What the hell? The last time we went to the zoo, that son of a bitch made me buy him a churro. Listen, guys, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but I need to go call Raj's sister, who I love so much. So vastly much. Okay, so he's got money, and it's a few gifts and a car. And she got him to pay off all her credit cards. What? He paid off her credit cards? Damn it, I could've dated Raj for a couple months. But I wouldn't have, because I'm not that kind of girl. We should really talk to Raj. He's not going to listen, he's in love. Can't figure out what to do? I remember those days. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to stay right here. Yeah, this is a bad idea. 14. Here you go, boys. I'll pick it up when you're ready. Thanks for dinner, buddy. Yeah, real big of you. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Oh, and don't cheap out on 死抠, 抠门, 吝啬, 省钱 ( to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible. To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners. Usage notes: While the verb cheapen is generally more common than cheap, this phrasal verb is an exception. skimp on something 吝啬, 吝惜, 小气 to use too little of something; to save something by using less of it than needed for something. Please don't skimp on the gravy 肉汁. I like my potatoes swimming in it. They skimped on quality a little when they furnished the lobby. Scrooge McDuck 卡通人物形象, 小气, 吝啬的代表: Scrooge is a wealthy Scottish American business magnate who is characterized as a greedy miser. Why do you know all the discount sales? Coz I am a Scrooge McDuck. chintzy [ˈtʃɪntsi] I. 吝啬的, 吝啬鬼的 American informal someone who is chintzy does not like to spend money or give things to people. You can describe someone as chintzy if they are mean and seem to spend very little money compared with other people. [US, informal, disapproval] I knew I couldn't afford one of their fabled handbags on my chintzy budget. II. 廉价的 American informal inexpensive and badly made. If you describe something as chintzy, you mean that it is showy and looks cheap. [mainly US, disapproval] ...a chintzy table lamp. chintzy furniture. III. covered or decorated with chintz a range of chintzy fabrics. a. too colorful and in poor taste. I'll have a screwdriver, please. And don't be chintzy with the screw. ) the tip. We all know you're loaded now. 15. Sheldon's mortal enemy. Mortal enemy? Mm-hmm. Sheldon, I know you're a bit of a left-handed monkey wrench( I. A wrench (spanner) with an adjustable jaw. 可调节的扳手. II. (idiomatic) An unexpected or troublesome problem, obstacle or dilemma. Usage notes: Some writers distinguish on functional grounds between 'traditional' adjustable wrenches designed for turning nuts (and which have flat-sided jaws) and others, sometimes called pipe wrenches or Stillson wrenches, designed for gripping and turning pipes (which may have curved, serrated jaws). The term monkey wrench may refer to either. ), but you really have a mortal enemy? In fact, I have 61 of them. Would you like to see the list? Oh, say no, say no, say no, say no. You just got off the list. Would you like back on it? This'll just take a moment. It's on a five and a quarter inch floppy. 16. I hate to say it, but she did kind of betray you. Interesting. You see betrayal in others, but not yourself. Going to Wheaton's party is not betraying you. Oh, of course you would have to believe that. Evil always thinks it's doing right 坏人总觉得自己是对的. "Excuse me, Stormtrooper. These are the droids you're looking for. " I'm going to a party. I'm not turning R2-D2 and C-3PO over to the empire! Not yet. So, what's gonna happen next? Are you and Bernadette going to break up? I don't know. If we're going to get back together, she's going to have to apologize and accept that I'm a grown man who can make his own decisions. 17. We're going to Wil's. This is your last chance. No, Leonard, this is your last chance. One day, a historian is going to come to you and say, "Is it true you were friends with Dr. Sheldon Cooper?" And you're going to have to choke back 忍回去, 咽回去, 生生吞下去 a hot sob of regret and humiliation as you mumble, "I was, but "I chose to go to a party thrown by the one kid from Stand By Me that no one remembers." You want to drive? Sure. Hey, Sheldon? Oh, good. You picked me, you picked me. No, I just got a text from Stuart. Brent Spiner is at the party. Brent Spiner? Yes. I don't care. Really? Brent Spiner, Mr. Data himself. You love him. I did, but I think I've kind of outgrown Star Trek. You know, stock characters, ludicrous plots, "beam me up." What a load of hooey. I'm going. Live long and prosper, Sheldon. Yeah, even that. You look like a dork. 18. There is no way that Stuart, an impoverished 穷困潦倒的 peddler of picture books, would be at all appealing to 有吸引力 Amy Farrah Fowler, a noted neurobiologist capable of performing surgery on her own feet with nothing but nitrous oxide from cans of whipped cream as anesthesia. All right, but for the record, I checked in with you to see 我反正是问过你了 how you'd feel about it. Fine. The record shall so reflect. Now, getting back to the problem at hand, what to do with a washed-up 风光不再的, 失势的, 过了巅峰期的 experimental physicist I am not washed-up. Oh, Leonard. Lots of people love you and want to help you, but they can't until you admit the problem. 19. It's Stuart. "We met at the comic book store. I was wondering if you'd like to get coffee sometime. It's okay if you say no. It might be the kick in the pants I need to start taking Zoloft." Amy, little vixen ( vixen [ˈvɪk.sən] a female fox. II. old-fashioned an unpleasant woman.). Just working it ( work it/things 偷偷地使劲, 偷偷地努力, 安排安排, 安排一下 spoken to make arrangements for something to happen, especially by behaving in a clever or skilful way. To arrange for something to happen. We should try and work it so that we can all go together. I'll try and work it so we can leave early today. ) under all those layers of wool and polyester. What are you going to do? Doesn't he know you have a boyfriend? Oh, she doesn't have a boyfriend; she has a Sheldon. So do you like Stuart? I don't know. 20. KOOTHRAPPALI: Stuart, settle an argument 你来评判一下 for us. Who would win, Billy the Kid or the White Wizard? (chuckles) If I tell you that, I'm robbing you of the hours of fun you could have for the magical, rootin'-tootin' low price of $24.95. I'll take one. Mm make it two. I hate all of you and myself. Three. I'll ring it up 我去入账. Like shooting nerds in a barrel. 21. Can I talk to you about something? It's a little awkward. I know what this is about. Given the professional standstill 停滞不前, 停顿, 止步, 事业停顿 you're at, you're wondering if this is the appropriate time to abandon your research and focus on teaching. Yes. And if I may suggest, consider changing disciplines. Yeah, to the humanities-- perhaps history. One of the advantages of teaching history is that you don't have to create things. You know, you just have to remember stuff that happened and then parrot it back 鹦鹉学舌一样. You could have fun with that. Yeah, that's not it. Stuart's kind of interested in Amy. Oh, of course he is. She's very interesting. Did you know, when she was 14, she severed the webbing between her own toes? No. He wanted me to find out if you'd have a problem with him asking her out. I'm not sure how to respond, Leonard. I don't own Amy. Can't own a person. At least not since President Lincoln freed the Slaves! Come on, Leonard, if you're going to teach history, these are the kind of facts you'll have to know. 22. I know how you do that trick. Do you know how to pipe down ( pipe down If you tell someone who is talking a lot or talking too loudly to pipe down, you are telling them to stop talking. used for telling someone to stop talking or to make less noise Will you please pipe down, you two? I'm trying to read! Just pipe down and I'll tell you what I want. pare I. When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away 去皮的, 剥皮, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife. He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily. ...thinly pared lemon rind. II. If you pare something down or back 压缩, 缩小规模, 减少, 缩减, or if you pare it, you reduce it. The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit. Local authorities must pare their budgets. )? Okay, we're going to roll up this newspaper 卷起来. It's a fake pitcher. You got wax in your ears 耳朵长茧了吗, 耳朵聋了吗? The man said it's an ordinary pitcher. Howdini. Okay, we're going to stick this in 塞进裤子里去 here. And then I'm going to pour in the milk. (chuckles): I hope this works, because I didn't bring a change of pants. Look, I Googled it. It's a fake pitcher. That's it. No cake for you. Anyone else want to join the No Cake Club? She's just kidding, boys and girls. Everyone gets cake. Not him. Just give me the pitcher. (clears throat) Behold! (laughter) Wrong pitcher. 23. What are you doing up 你起来干什么, 你半夜不睡在干什么? Nobel Prize acceptance ceremony streaming live from Stockholm. Sure. You want to see what all the scientists are wearing this year. Look at these men. They've managed to win the top science prize in the world with no more understanding of the quantum underpinnings of the expansion of the early universe than God gave a goose ( ain't got the sense God gave geese Is very foolish or lacking common sense. Jimmy almost crossed the street without looking up from his cell phone. He ain't got the sense God gave geese!). You should pay attention, Leonard. Someday this could be you up there. Thanks. So, what's got you up 你怎么也睡不着了, 你怎么也起来了? Did you have a bad clam 吃了坏掉的clam了吗 ( A clam is a shellfish. Shellfish are commonly understood to be a source of sickness. A bad clam = a clam that was not fresh/healthy. If you eat a bad clam, you will find yourself going to the toilet with great urgency.)? I didn't have clams. I don't watch you I don't know what you do. It's this Jimmy Speckerman thing. I can't decide if I should agree to see him or not. Of course that might be because the last time I ran into him, he made me floss with my own shoelaces. 24. You should have seen this guy back in the day. Huh? He was so little, he could fit in just about anywhere. Lockers, trash cans. Oh, man, how did you get inside that backpack? Oh, I can't take all the credit. You helped a lot. Yeah. We were practically a comedy team. Like the Black Death and Europe. Jimmy, I'm kind of curious why you wanted to see me. Okay, here it is. I have this great money-making idea. I just need a gear head ( To have a tendency to want or to be interested in mechanical things; to understand, and be able to work on things of a mechanical nature, or things with gears. ) to get it to the finish line. Technically, Howard's the gear head. Leonard's just a dime store laser jockey. What's the idea? This is just between us, right? Right. Okay. What do you think about a pair of glasses that makes any movie you want into 3D? That sounds amazing. First movie I'm watching-- Annie. How exactly would these glasses work? How the hell should I know? That's why I need a nerd. I don't think something like that's even possible. Aw, come on, you can figure it out. You're like the smartest guy I've ever known. The smartest?! All right, you know, I may not have a firm grasp on sarcasm, but even I know that was a doozy ( something that is extremely unusual or special. ). Leonard, you can't live in fear of this man forever. Sheldon, I got this. You clearly don't. What my spineless friend lacks the courage to say is you're a terrible person who took advantage of his tiny size, his uncoordinated nature and his congenital lack of masculinity. Sheldon. Leonard, I platonically love you, man, but face it, you're a mess. I don't understand. I think what he's trying to say is that maybe in high school you picked on me a little bit. A little bit? The man Super Glued Hershey's Kisses to your nipples. That's funny because those aren't the kind of kisses you want on your nipples. What is that? This is a list of your heinous acts 卑劣行为, 卑劣行径 against Leonard. One of which is certainly the cause of him wetting his bed well into his teens. What's this word? "Nancy." You called me Nancy for three years. You really need to work on your penmanship. Oh, man, I I don't know what to say. I always thought we were just having some fun. 25. No one wants to hear my apologies. I think your mistake is doing it over the phone. If they could look into your eyes, they'd melt. Penny, it doesn't matter what you did in the past. You're a good person now. That's easy for you to say. You weren't just called a "b-b-b-b-bitch. " Perhaps you could assuage [əˈsweɪdʒ] 减少, 减缓 your guilt through altruism. Which word's tripping you up 难住你了? "Assuage," or "altruism"? Both. You'll feel better by doing something nice for someone. I actually knew that. I never doubted you. Every other week I serve at a soup kitchen downtown. 26. I have a bit of good news myself. My most recent paper on how a cooperative long-term potentiation can map memory sequences in dendritic branches made the cover of Neuron. Ooh! Speaking of good news, somebody just hit 100 Twitter followers. That's nice. Anyway, I've been dreaming of this day for a long time. Yeah, me, too. Triple digits, I'm not gonna lie-- it feels pretty good. Sheldon, I'm the sole author on a paper being published in a distinguished journal that may change the course of my field. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Ooh, 101! Air's getting a bit thin up here 高处不胜寒啊. So, are we ready to order? Give me a minute. I'm gonna go wash up 梳洗一下. Well, that's odd. 27. How about that? After all these years, your big bad high school bully finally apologizes. Yeah. It kind of rekindles your faith 重燃信心 in the basic goodness of people 人类本性. You know what would be nice? What's that? As a symbolic gesture to all the bullies who've tormented us for years, we open our home to Jimmy and once he's asleep we kill him. I said it would be nice-- I didn't say we should do it. I feel just like Mother Teresa. Except for the virgin part. That ship sailed a long time ago. I think Mother Teresa would have washed the clothes first. Yeah, well, I bet her laundry room wasn't down five flights of stairs. You know, giving really is better than receiving. I used to think it was such a cliche, but it seems to be the (gasps) Look at these cute jeans someone just threw away. Donated. Yes, to a poor waitress who loves a boot cut. Penny. Come on, they would be so cute on me They go great with this sweater! I don't think Mother Teresa Oh, that is adorable. 28. Leonard. Yeah. In case it comes up again, this right here is an imposition. What was I supposed to do? He needed a place to sleep it off. You're soft. This world's going to chew you up and spit you out 生吞活剥. When did I have tacos? Morning, Jimmy. 29. Look, I'm no expert in women I'll say. That's not necessary when someone's trying to help you. I'm sorry. It's the alcohol talking 醉话. Go on. Sometimes with women you want to listen to what upsets them and then show them that you can grow and change. Nuts to that. What else you got? Buy her something. How does that work? Well, you skip over any attempt to repair your emotional connection and you win back her affection with an empty financial gesture. Well, that approach 那种办法, 那种方案 has Sheldon Cooper written all over it. Glad I could help. It's appreciated. And if you ever manage to find a woman again, I'll be glad to return the favor. 30. Mind explaining to me why you were being such a jerk at the restaurant? Well, I was trying to act like we weren't seeing each other. That was the plan, right? No, the plan was to tell people we decided to stay friends. That's a little hard to do when you're always being such a tool bag. You know what? I don't have to stand here and take this crap. The hell do you think you're going? Isn't sex after fighting kind of what we do now?! Yeah, kind of, yeah. What are we doing? What do you mean? Every scenario I play out 演绎出来的 for you and me ends badly 结局不好. That's because you overthink everything.
