用法学习: 1. insulate [ˈɪnsəˌleɪt] 隔热 I. to cover something in order to prevent heat, cold, noise, or electricity from passing through it. II. to protect someone from unpleasant knowledge or harmful experiences. The president was insulated from the pressure of public opinion. insulated [ˈɪnsjuleɪtɪd] 隔离层 adj. I. protected by interposing material that prevents the loss of heat or the intrusion of sound. "an insulated loft". II. covered in non-conducting material to prevent the passage of electricity. "insulated wire". insinuate [ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt] v. I. 暗示 [disapproval] suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way. If you say that someone insinuates that something bad is the case, you mean that they say it in an indirect way. to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true: The libel claim followed an article which insinuated that the President was lying. Are you insinuating that I smell? He speaks with rage of insinuations that there's a 'gay mafia' in Hollywood. I just don't think it's right to bring a good man down by rumour and insinuation. "he was insinuating that I had no self-control". II. slide (oneself or a thing) slowly and smoothly into a particular place. "I insinuated my shoulder in the gap". III. [disapproval] If you say that someone insinuates themselves into a particular situation, you mean that they manage very cleverly, and perhaps dishonestly, to get into that situation. to use clever, secret, and often unpleasant methods to gradually become part of something: Over the years she insinuated herself into 一点点打进去 the great man's life. He gradually insinuated himself into 混进去 her life. 2. A gigolo ([ˈdʒɪɡəˌloʊ, ˈʒɪɡ-] 被包养的男人, kept man) is a male escort or social companion who is supported by a woman in a continuing relationship, often living in her residence or having to be present at her beck and call. The term gigolo usually implies a man who adopts a lifestyle consisting of a number of such relationships serially rather than having other means of support. The gigolo is expected to provide companionship, to serve as a consistent escort with good manners and social skills, and often to serve as a dancing partner as required by the woman in exchange for the support. Many gifts, such as expensive clothing and an automobile to drive, may be lavished upon him. The relationship may include sexual services as well, and he also can be referred to as a "kept man." 3. Ashton Kutcher 谈继女: "We don't hang out," said The Ranch star, who is now married to actress Mila Kunis and shares son Dimitri, three, and daughter Wyatt, five. "I make a really conscious effort 主动的, 特别的, 专门的, 特意的 ( conscious effort/decision/attempt etc an effort etc that is deliberate and intended. Vivien had made a conscious effort to be friendly.) to stay in touch with the girls." Residents riled up over Trump's glaring Super Bowl error Deletes tweet that proves lack of basic knowledge: Minutes after the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years, President Donald Trump sent a congratulatory 祝贺的 tweet to the team's fans and the state of Kansas. 4. 法官法庭遇到初中同学: That has been his downfall 人生下坡路, 堕落. He is not a violent person and has not hurt anyone but to feed 满足 his addictions he always needed money and it was easier to steal. 'He has been the architect of his own downfall 一手造成的 and made a lot of mistakes. More than 35 years ago prison wasn't on the horizon 不可能的事 when Booth was handpicked to attend Nautilus Middle School after achieving outstanding grades at the William J. Bryant elementary school. People tried to get him help but it was a downward spiral. He needed money to pay for drugs and he could only get that from dealing or stealing. 5. Health experts say they were encouraged by the steady rise in the number of recoveries and took it as evidence that the treatments meted out ( To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. This provided an illustrative example of how justice was meted out to the local population at the time. ) have been effective and showed that the virus does not appear to be as deadly as SARS. spruik [spruk] 推销, 提倡, 吹嘘 to try to persuade someone to do or buy something, often in a dishonest or exaggerated way. to speak in public (used esp of a showman or salesman). To promote a thing or idea to another person. Going "gift-free" has been spruiked in the pages of the Oprah magazine and advocated by Mennonite Christians as a way to rediscover the reason for the season. spook [spuːk] verb If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. But was it the wind that spooked her? Investors were spooked by slowing economies. spook noun I. A spook is a ghost. II. A spook is a spy. [US, informal] ...as a U.S. intelligence spook said yesterday. precipitate [prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt] I. INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE FORMAL to make something happen or begin to exist suddenly and quickly, especially something bad. If something precipitates an event or situation, usually a bad one, it causes it to happen suddenly or sooner than normal. The recent killings have precipitated the worst crisis yet. A slight mistake could precipitate a disaster. Such headaches can be precipitated by certain foods as well as stress. Recent rain and subsequent hot weather in New South Wales has precipitated 触发, 导致, 引发 a boom in populations of the deadly arachnid. II. INTRANSITIVE/ TRANSITIVE CHEMISTRY if a solid substance precipitates, or if something precipitates it, it becomes separate from the liquid that it is in and drops to the bottom of the container. III. INTRANSITIVE/ TRANSITIVE FORMAL to fall or be thrown forwards quickly in a particular direction, or to make someone do this. IV. INTRANSITIVE SCIENCE to rain, snow, hail etc. adj. A precipitate action or decision happens or is made more quickly or suddenly than most people think is sensible. Somebody hired from another country is not likely to resign precipitately. He hurried precipitately away. I don't think we should make precipitate decisions. Many of our current problems have been caused by precipitate policy making in the past. precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] I. 陡峭的. 断崖式下滑, 非常陡的. very high and steep. A precipitous slope or drop is very steep and often dangerous. The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff. The ground beyond the road fell away precipitously. the precipitous hillside. II. happening more quickly than expected. A precipitous change is sudden and unpleasant. Australia made a precipitous drop in the rankings, losing eight points on last year. The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors. Meryl's health started a precipitous decline. The company has seen its profits fall precipitously 严重下滑, 严重下跌 over the past few years. a precipitous decline in population. III. done too quickly and without enough thought. A precipitous action happens very quickly and often without being planned. ...a precipitous decision. They've got to act precipitously to make the deals. 6. cred [krɛd] 自己人的特质, 江湖名声, 江湖名望, 江湖声望 another term for street credibility. a quality that makes you likely to be accepted by ordinary young people who live in towns and cities because you have the same fashions, styles, interests, culture, or opinions: Many celebrities develop a working class accent to increase their street credibility. He was the first person to really bring street cred to white rap. "a few tales here and there could wreck my cred completely!" If someone says that you have street cred, they mean that ordinary young people would approve of you and consider you to be part of their culture, usually because you share their sense of fashion or their views. [British, informal, approval] At 16, she oozes street cred. She wears black, talks cool and looks 18. Having children was the quickest way to lose your street cred. At the peak of her mid-2000's stardom, Paris Hilton lent her celebrity cred to fledgling series Veronica Mars. 7. troglodyte [ˈtrɒɡlədʌɪt] 老派人物 I. (especially in prehistoric times) 山顶洞人(caveman). a person who lived in a cave. a hermit. a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned. II. If you refer to someone as a troglodyte, you mean that they are unsophisticated and do not know very much about anything. [disapproval] He dismissed advocates of a completely free market as economic troglodytes 与世隔绝的人, 白痴, 头脑简单的人, 无知, 愚昧. III. an insulting word for someone who is stupid or does not know how to behave correctly in social situations. vocabulary: A troglodyte is a person who lives all alone, in seclusion. You could call this type a "hermit" or a "recluse," but it's more fun to say troglodyte. Troglodyte is formed from the Greek words trogle, "hole", and dyein, "to dive into." The word translates to mean "he who dwells in caves." While a troglodyte can be what we think of as a pre-historic caveman, it also means someone who lives in any sort of tiny, unkempt house. Nowadays, a troglodyte generally refers to someone who lives alone, like a hermit. If you don't mind having a dirty hole for a home, then perhaps you are a troglodyte. pedestrian adj. lacking inspiration or excitement; dull. "disenchantment with their pedestrian lives". If you describe something as pedestrian, you mean that it is ordinary and not at all interesting. His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore. I drove home contemplating my own more pedestrian lifestyle.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Shall I come back at a better time? PENNY: Get in here! Hurry! Don't you dare knock. Hello. I slipped in the shower. I think I dislocated my shoulder. Not surprising. You have no safety mat 防滑垫, 安全垫 or adhesive stickers to allow for purchase ( I. something that you buy Her latest purchase was a long black coat. make a purchase: The statement lists all the purchases made with your card. II. uncountable the process of buying something. Parents donated money for the purchase of new computer equipment. gain/get a purchase on something 抓不死, 抓不牢, 不抓地 to get a firm hold on something. If you get a purchase on something, you manage to get a firm grip on it. I got a purchase on the rope and pulled. I couldn't get any purchase with the screwdriver on the damn screws. The rear wheels of the truck spun, trying to gain a purchase in the mud. hire purchase the installment plan. ) on a surface with a low coefficient of static friction. What? Tubs are slippery. I know. I slipped. I have a series of whimsical ( [ˈhwɪmzɪk(ə)l] I. made or done for fun, not seriously. A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical. McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side. His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical. a whimsical 不是严肃认真的, 好玩的, 图好玩的, 用来好玩的 design. II. slightly strange or old-fashioned. his whimsical smile. whimsy = whimsey [hwɪmzi] Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it. What's life 人生还有何意趣 without whimsy? whim 一时兴起, 没有特别的原因, 没有什么目的, 图好玩的 A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly. We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco. The premium can increase at the whim of the insurers. [+ of] Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim. ) duck stickers on the bottom of my tub. Whatever. Will you just turn the water off and help me up? SHELDON: They're holding umbrellas 举着雨伞的. Unh. What? The ducks in my tub. Unh. Uh-huh. They're whimsical, because ducks have neither a need for nor the ability to use umbrellas. Oh, my God. I gotta go to the emergency room. Assuming you're correct that your humerus is no longer seated in the glenoid socket, I would think so. Can you drive me? I don't drive. Well, I can't drive. Well, it seems we've reached an impasse. Ow! I could call you a cab or an ambulance. No, no, no, I can't wait that long. You gotta help me. Please? All right. Let it never be said 永远不要让人说 ( never let it be said that 不要让人说嘴 used for emphasizing the opposite of a statement. 'Never let it be said that I arrive empty-handed!' she said, handing him some bread and cheese. ) that Sheldon Lee Cooper ignored the pleas of a damsel [ˈdæmz(ə)l] in distress. No one's saying that. Let's go. It does seem rather ironic that for want of 因为缺少, 因为没有 ( because someone lacks something She could not make the trip for want of money. ) 99-cent adhesive ducks we both might die in a fiery 惨烈的 (fierce debate, feisty) car crash. 2. I wish Penny didn't have to work. She loves camping. That would've been great. You and Penny having sex in the tent while I sit out here and watch Howard hump a cactus. Okay, the best I can tell, there are eight other campsites nearby. Mostly science nerds like us, but just over yon ridge are two not unattractive middle-school teachers who reek of desperation. Wonderful. How old are they? I don't know, 50, 55? Oh, menopause. Heh. Nature's birth control. Come on. You guys can't be that hard up ( be hard up (for sth) 缺, 饥渴, 缺, 渴望 to not have enough of something important or valuable: If you're so hard up for friends, why don't you join a club? if you are hard up, you do not have much money I‘m a bit hard up at the moment. not having something that you want or need 'How about a date with Tom?' 'No, thanks, I'm not that hard up.' hard up for The media are obviously hard up for stories. ). I am. Yeah, me too. 3. According to the inexplicably [ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəb(ə)l] 不明原因的, 莫名其妙的 irritable ( irritable [ˈɪrɪtəb(ə)l] 易怒的, 容易发火的, 心情不好的, 臭脾气的 likely to become easily annoyed or impatient. If you are irritable, you are easily annoyed. He had been waiting for over an hour and was beginning to feel irritable. 'Why are you whispering?' he asked irritably. The judge shook his head irritably and Juicks hushed. Patients usually suffer from increased irritability. She seems a little irritable this morning. irritated 生气里的, 不高兴的, 心情不好的 [ˈɪrɪteɪtɪd] showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed. "the irritated look on Alec's face". ) nurse behind the desk you're after the man who claims to be having a heart attack but appears to be well enough to play Doodle Jump on his iPhone. We have to fill these out. "Describe illness or injury." I dislocated my shoulder. All right. And "how did the accident occur?" You already know that. Cause of accident: lack of adhesive ducks. Okay, medical history. Have you been diagnosed with diabetes? No. Kidney disease? No. Migraines? Getting one. Are you currently pregnant? No. Are you sure? You look a bit puffy 肿肿的. Change migraine to "yes." "When was your last menstrual period?" Oh, next question. I'll put "in progress 进行中." 4. Sheldon has to get me into bed. Bet you never thought I'd say that. Ha-ha-ha. Yes. The charm of your drug-addled ( drug-addled (of a person) mentally mixed-up or confused due to the usage of mind-bending drugs. addled 迷迷糊糊的, 分不清东南西北的, 意识模糊的, 意识不清的, 恍恍惚惚中, 精神恍惚的 adj not able to think clearly In my addled state I couldn't remember for a minute whose house I was in. mind-bending 让人产生幻觉的 mind-bending drugs make you see or hear things that are not real. addle If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly. I suppose the shock had addled his poor old brain. deranged [dɪˈreɪndʒd]. trance [trɑːns] I. 精神恍惚的状态.
恍恍惚惚的. [countable] [usually singular] a state caused by hypnosis in
which someone can move and speak but is not conscious in a normal way. put someone in/into a trance: Her psychiatrist put her into a deep hypnotic trance. a. a state in which you are awake but not really conscious of where you are because you are thinking about something else. He came out of his trance and greeted me. II. [uncountable] music a type of dance music with fast regular beats and electronic sounds that developed from techno in the early 1990s. delirious [dɪˈlɪrɪəs] adj I. 精神恍惚的.
意识模糊的. 不清醒的. in an acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by
restlessness, illusions, and incoherence; affected by delirium. unable to think or speak clearly because of fever or mental confusion: She had a high temperature and was delirious. "he became delirious and couldn't recognize people". II. in a state of wild excitement or ecstasy. extremely happy or excited: The team arrived home to a delirious receptionfrom its fans. "there was a great roar from the delirious crowd". ) candor ( = candour [kændər] honesty, even when the truth is not pleasant. Candor is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things. ...a brash, forceful man, noted both for his candor and his quick temper. ) knows no bounds. You know, people think you're this weird robot man who's so annoying all the time, and you totally are. But then it's like that movie Wall-E at the end. You're so full of love and you can save a plant and get fat people out of the floaty chairs. That's a fairly labored metaphor 比喻 ( I. If someone's breathing is labored, it is slow and seems to take a lot of effort. She could hear Max's harsh, labored breathing. II. 太刻意, 太牵强的. If something such as someone's writing or speech is labored, they have put too much effort into it so it seems awkward and unnatural. ...his characters' labored musings about love and death and morality.), but I appreciate the sentiment behind it. Sing "Soft Kitty" to me. "Soft Kitty" is for when you're sick. You're not sick. Injured and drugged is a kind of sick. Soft kitty, warm kitty Little ball of fur Wait, wait. Let's sing it as a round 多声部, 分声部 ( A round in music is a song which can be sung by two or more groups of people. One group starts off and the next group start to sing the same song a bit later. ... When a group gets to the end of the song they start again. They can go round and round, singing it several times.). I'll start. Soft kitty, warm kitty Little ball of fur. See, that's where you come in. I'll start over. 5. Why are you back from your date so early? Well, in romance, as in show business, always leave them wanting more. What exactly does that mean? He struck out ( I. If you strike out, you begin to do something different, often because you want to become more independent. She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business. ...a desire to make changes and to strike out in new directions. II. If you strike out at someone, you hit, attack, or speak angrily to them. He seemed always ready to strike out at anyone and for any cause. Frampton struck out blindly, hitting not Waddington, but an elderly man. III. If you strike out in a particular direction, you start travelling in that direction. They left the car and struck out along the muddy track. His team were the first to strike out for the mountain's summit. IV. In baseball, if a pitcher strikes out a batter or if a batter strikes out, the batter fails to hit three balls thrown properly by the pitcher, and is out. He struck out ten batters, and allowed only two runs. Canseco, nursing a back injury, struck out. V. If someone strikes out, they fail. [US, informal] He was the firm's second lawyer. The first one had struck out completely. ). Hey, did you know that three dates with the same woman is the threshold for sex? Actually, I've never had three dates with the same woman. With Penny and me, it took two years. But now that I think about it, that was three dates. Okay, well, before you and Penny hooked up did she ask for any kind of commitment? No, she was pretty clear about wanting to keep her options open. I have something to announce, but out of respect for convention I will wait for you to finish your conversation. 6. Now, if MA equals MG what does that imply 说明了什么? I don't know. How can you not know? I just told you. Have you suffered a recent blow to the head? Hey, you don't have to be so mean. I'm sorry. Have you suffered a recent blow to the head? No. You just suck at teaching. Really? Of those two explanations, which one seems the most likely? Oh, God. Sheldon, look, I'm trying to understand but you're going too fast. Can you just back up 回退, 往回一点 a little bit? All right. It's a warm summer evening in ancient Greece. Not that far back. Okay, at what point did you begin to feel lost? I don't know. Where were we looking up at the night sky? Greece. Damn it. Look, there's no need to get frustrated. People learn at different rates 学习速度不同, 个人学习的速度不同. 7. Come on, Sheldon, this is important to me. This would be a massive undertaking and my time is both limited and valuable. You're sitting here playing video games all day. Okay, point ( I. an idea or opinion among a number of others. I disagree with you on a couple of important points. point by point 逐点的, 逐一的 (=looking at each part separately): Let's go over the plan point by point. II. the reason for something What is the point of your visit? see/get the point (=understand the reason): I'm sorry – I just don't see the point of doing this. not any/no point: I see no point in discussing this any further. III. an aspect or feature. someone's strong/weak points: Subtlety is not one of his strong points. the finer points (=the details): He spent his spare time coaching youngsters on the finer points of soccer. it has its points (=it has some good qualities): I complain about working different hours from everyone else, but it has its points. IV. I see/take your point = point taken used for saying that you understand what someone is trying to say, especially when you disagree with it. I see your point, but I don't think there's anything we can do at the moment. to the point that used to to talk about something that changes slowly, until it finally turns into something else. At first I was nervous, but as time went on I got more and more comfortable, to the point that now I actually enjoy it. His behavior has gotten worse and worse, to the point that now we’re thinking about pulling him out of regular school to homeschool him.). What sort of foundation 打基础, 学习基础 do you have? Did you take any science classes in school? Sure. I did the one with the frogs. The one with the frogs. 8. It's just my moth-- -If I could interject 打断, 插话 again. Leonard comes from a remarkably high-achieving family who have all chosen high-achieving partners. He probably feels that it's doubtful that his mother will be overly impressed with his dating a woman whose most significant achievement. Hey, it's a big menu. There's two pages just for desserts. I know. And those specials, they change every day. Okay, it's lame when I say it, it's ridiculous when you pile on 应和, 帮腔 . Okay. Sorry. What did she say when you told her we were going out? LEONARD: Um. You didn't tell her we were going out, did you? LEONARD: Um. 9. That is fascinating. I'm noticing an immediate lowering of my inhibitions. For example, I'm seriously considering asking that busboy to ravish me ( ravish [ˈrævɪʃ] I. to rape a woman (=force her to have sex). She'll never know how close she came to being dragged off and ravished. II. to make someone feel great pleasure He was ravished by the music. Big bang theory: What can I do for you ladies? You have something we want. Oh, dear. My mother warned me this is what happens to pretty boys in the big city. No, we just want information. Oh. Oh, I've got that in spades. Ravage me. in spades to a great degree, or in large amounts. Owen had talent in spades but barely any experience. Ravage 肆虐 to destroy something or damage it very badly. a body ravaged by disease. Fifteen years of civil war had ravaged the country.
A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been
damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. For
two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign
intervention. [be VERB-ed] The camerawork makes the ravaged streets of
New Orleans look exquisite. [VERB-ed] ...Nicaragua's ravaged economy. ) in the alleyway while I eat cheesecake. What do you think? Well, we are known for our cheesecake. Hit us again. Yes. If a little is good, more must be better. Ha, ha. Hey, Bev, guess what? What? I'm sleeping with your son. Really? Which one? The one from whom I live across the hall from. Oh, well, that's convenient. How did his penis turn out? Oh, Beverly, I can't talk to my boyfriend's mother about his penis. 10. Thanks for coming with me. Thanks for giving me your limited edition Green Lantern lantern. Did you really have to bring it with you? What if evil strikes 来袭, 袭击 and my power ring runs low? Come on, let's get a drink. I don't drink. Well, I do. And when my wingman is carrying a Green Lantern lantern, I drink a lot. I'll have a screwdriver, please. And don't be 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. ) with the screw. I would like a root-beer float. Sheldon, they don't have ice cream. They don't? Well, apparently these people and I differ greatly on the definition of "party." He'll have a Shirley Temple. And don't be chintzy with the Shirley. Okay, let's check out the females. All right. There's a female. That's Professor Wilkinson's wife. She's like 80. But she's female. Isn't that the game? No. I'm looking for a hookup. Oh, yes. So the point of this exercise is for you to find someone to copulate with? Not so loud. But ideally, yes. And what is my function as wingman? You help me run my game. Okay. And what is your game? When I lie through my teeth to a woman 红口白牙的撒谎, you nod and agree 打掩护, 应和着. Hey, that's pretty cool. What is it? It's a limited edition Green Lantern lantern. My friend is looking for someone to copulate with. You're very funny. 11. What's going on? We scored ( I. If you score a particular number or amount, for example as a mark in a test, you achieve that number or amount. Kelly had scored an average of 147 on three separate IQ tests. Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls. II. If you score a success, a victory, or a hit, you are successful in what you are doing. His abiding passion was ocean racing, at which he scored 获得成功, 获得胜利 many successes. In recent months, the rebels have scored some significant victories. Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church. III. If you score a piece of music, you write it or arrange it for specific instruments or voices. Strauss spent much of 1941 scoring his last opera, Capriccio. He wrote and scored a piece for a chamber music ensemble. IV. 划痕 If you score a surface with something sharp, you cut a line or number of lines in it. Lightly score the surface of the steaks with a knife. V. If someone scores drugs, they buy them illegally. Me and my mate went to score a kilo of amphetamine. ). I'm the wingman. Had a great night last night. I don't like to kiss and tell, but somebody made it to eighth base. What the hell is eighth base? Seventh base with shirt off. Well, my shirt. How'd things go with Penny? Oh, couldn't be better. 12. I was gonna try to squeeze in a little more mocking before lunch but I can come back when you don't have a high-powered weapon. How can I go out with a woman who believes in psychics? Hey, I once dated a girl who believed she was abducted by aliens. And that didn't bother you? Au contraire (on the contrary.), it meant she was gullible and open to a little probing ( probe I. If a doctor or dentist probes 戳, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again. Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area. A doctor probed deep in his shoulder wound for shrapnel. II. If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place. I probed around for some time in the bushes. III. If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. The more they probed into 查问, 深入 his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become. For three years, I have probed for understanding. The Office of Fair Trading has been probing banking practices. The form asks probing questions. ...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA. If he remains here, he'll be away from the press and their probings. IV. 试探 [journalism] In a conflict such as a war, if one side probes another side's defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops. He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds. Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters' defences. Small probes would give the allied armies some combat experience. noun 探测器 A space probe is a spacecraft which travels into space with no people in it, usually in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth. Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets. The Pioneer probes have on board ultra-violet instruments which are measuring light that we can't measure on the earth. ). What am I supposed to do? Pretend I believe something I don't when I'm with Penny? Hey, I'm sure Penny fakes all kinds of things when she's with you. Do me a favor. Lean over, put your head right here. Let me show you another way to look at this 从另一个角度看. Here we have the universe of all women. Okay, these are the ones you wanna sleep with. These are the women who believe exactly what you believe. These are the women who would be willing to sleep with you. And right there, in the little triple intersection is your ideal mate. Odds are she's a short physicist with low self-esteem who lives in a government research facility in China. What's your point? To keep having a sexual relationship with Penny I have to give up everything I believe in? My intellectual integrity? The very nature of who I am? I can't do that, Howard. I respect that. 13. This game is called Traitors. I will name three historical figures put them in order of the heinousness 恶心程度 ( heinous [heɪnəs] adj If you describe something such as a crime as heinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible. Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime. They are capable of the most heinous acts. ) of their betrayal: Benedict Arnold, Judas, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter. You really think I belong with 一伙的, 同一类人, 一样的, 一类人, 一丘之貉 Benedict Arnold and Judas? You're right. Judas had the decency to ( have the decency to If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done. Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned. She didn't even have the decency to apologize. the decencies UK old-fashioned the acceptable or expected ways of doing something: I hate going to funerals, but you must observe the decencies (= it is something you should do). ) hang himself after what he did. Can't you at least try to understand how much this means to me? Round two: Leonard Hofstadter, Darth Vader, Rupert Murdoch. Rupert Murdoch? He owns Fox and they cancelled Firefly.
