用法学习: 1. The State of the Union was full of political theatrics. As Mr Trump spoke about gun rights, the father of a school shooting victim began shouting at him. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy was scathing of the address. "That was a disgrace," he said. "It was a 2020 campaign speech from beginning to end, filled with political stunts unworthy of the House chamber and verifiable lie ( [ˌverɪˈfaɪəb(ə)l] able to be checked or proved. ) after verifiable lie. "I regret attending, and I'm sad that President Trump chose to turn a sacred tradition into a cheap campaign spectacle." Much of the early part of his speech was centred on the unemployment rate, which is at its lowest rate in decades. Former Obama staffer David Axelrod took umbrage [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ] at the claim 不同意这种说法( If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason. to be offended by something. They're liable to take umbrage if we don't invite them. He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.). "The last three years of the Obama administration produced more jobs than the first three years of Donald Trump," he tweeted. 2. Sniffing glue high - Chroming resurgence hits Queensland: Also known as huffing, sniffing or rexing, chroming is a form of volatile substance abuse involving inhaling solvents ([ˈsɑlvənt] I. 溶液. a liquid used for dissolving a solid substance so that it becomes part of the liquid. ...a small amount of cleaning solvent. ...industrial solvents. a. a liquid that has a solid substance dissolved in it so that it has become part of the liquid. adj. if you are solvent, you have enough money to pay your bills and other debts. If a person or a company is solvent, they have enough money to pay all their debts. They're going to have to show that the company is now solvent. ) or other household chemicals to get high. The practice has caused a spate of deaths across the country and a rise in Queensland cases prompted a two-week long community awareness project from the Queensland Police Service. The term chroming came from the sniffing of chrome-based paint ( chrome = Chromium 铬(Cr) a hard metal alloy (=a combination of different metals) used for covering other metals to make them shiny. ), but now more broadly refers to the inhalation of volatile substances which act as depressant drugs. Sniffing glue is a cheap, but dangerous way people have used to get high for many years. Solvent glue is one of many common substances that fall under the category of "inhalants." Common forms of solvent glues include model glue and rubber cement. Inhalants are typically used by adolescents as a cheaper and more easily accessible alternative to marijuana and other drugs. The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that inhalants are the only class of substances used more by younger teens than older teens. Sniffing glue can be life-threatening. Even if the result isn't fatal, the risks associated with glue and other inhalants include possible brain damage and severe breathing problems. Your experience with sniffing glue may be much different than another person's. In addition, the effect of one glue-sniffing attempt could be more or less severe than earlier or subsequent experiences. 3. epidemic VS pandemic: Health officials could declare a "pandemic" if the virus were to start to affect a larger number of people across the globe. The term epidemic is reserved for a more localized spread. send thunders: Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. So Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 4. Thousands of bees came chasing me. Did they catch up with you 追上你了吗? regional relating to or typical of a particular area of a country or the world. Le Canard serves superb French regional cooking. a regional council/newspaper/accent. regional issues/conflicts/cooperation. regional differences/variations 地区差异, 地方差异: It is not surprising to find regional variations in unemployment. ...the autonomous regional government of Andalucia. ...concern about regional security. He has a noticeable regional accent. The impact of these trends has varied regionally. 5. US teen Ethan Lindenberger, who defied his parents to get vaccinated at 18, told US Congress his mother's views 观点, 看法 were largely shaped by groups like the one Najee's mother was in. "Many people don't resonate well with 对数字无感 data and numbers – they resonate better through stories," he said, adding most of his mother's misinformation about vaccines was based on social media posts and anecdotes. A widow's peak 美人尖, is a distinct point in the hairline in the center of the forehead; there are varying degrees of the peak. Although it is commonly taught as an example of a dominant inherited trait 遗传特征, there are no scientific studies to support this. The term stems from the belief that hair growing to a point on the forehead – suggestive of the peak of a widow's hood – is an omen of early widowhood.
prickle VS thorn VS spike: prickle, thorn 刺, 花和树上的刺 (prickly 有刺的): In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically deterring animals from eating the plant material. They (rose) form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. spike I. TRANSITIVE to secretly put an illegal drug into a drink or food. II. TRANSITIVE 扣球 in the sport of volleyball, to hit the ball downwards very hard. III. TRANSITIVE BRITISH INFORMAL to refuse to publish something in a newspaper or magazine. IV. INTRANSITIVE MAINLY AMERICAN INFORMAL 暴增. to increase suddenly. V. spike the camera. to look into the camera while being filmed. VI. to form something into spikes I'd do things like spike my hair or put on a nice shirt. noun I. something sharp and pointed, especially a piece of metal or wood. II. one of the short pointed pieces of metal on the bottom of some sports shoes. a. spikes PLURAL 钉子鞋, 鞋钉子 sports shoes with short pointed pieces of metal on the bottom. III. a sudden increase in the amount of electricity that a system produces. a. INFORMAL a sudden increase in something. a spike in the oil price. IV. in the sport of volleyball, a shot in which the player hits the ball downwards very hard. V. an occasion when someone who is being filmed looks directly at the camera. The spike was so bad they had to reshoot. spike strip 钉子, 钉排 another name for a stinger. The car ran over the spike strip. A spike strip (also known as traffic spikes, tire shredders, one-way traffic treadles, stingers, stop sticks, a stinger in police slang, and formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. 路上发现人为蒺藜: The man was on Alexanders Trail in Lake Macquarie, a city in New South Wales, when he noticed a pile of leaves in the middle of the track. He found wine corks with nails protruding from them, police said in a statement posted to Facebook. They resembled caltrops 蒺藜 [ˈkæltrəp] = calthrop [ˈkælθrəp] ( a four-spiked iron ball or four joined spikes laid upon the ground as a device to lame cavalry horses, puncture tyres, etc. A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot)
is an area denial weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines
arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a
stable base (for example, a tetrahedron). Historically, caltrops were part of defences that served to slow the advance of troops,
especially horses, chariots, and war elephants, and were particularly
effective against the soft feet of camels. In modern times, caltrops are
effective when used against wheeled vehicles with pneumatic tires. water caltrop = water chestnum 荸荠.), illegal weapons that have at least two sharp points sticking out of a base.
Big Bang Theory: 1. All right, ahem imagine yourself in the one place you feel most at home. Where is that? SimCity. More specifically, the SimCity I designed, Sheldonopolis. Okay, you're in Sheldonopolis. Where exactly? Sheldon Square? Sheldon Towers? Sheldon Stadium, home of the fighting Sheldons? Whatever you like. I thought this was supposed to be guided meditation. Fine, you're in Sheldon Square. Really? This time of the year? It's a bit nippy 天气有点冷. Then put on a sweater. Suppose I could run downtown and pick up something at Shel-Mart. Yeah. Whatever. Just go buy a sweater. The nice thing about Shel-Mart is I own it, so I get a 15 percent discount. You own the damn thing, just take a freaking sweater. I didn't turn a profit 没有盈利 last quarter by taking product off the shelves willy-nilly 随心所欲的. All right. You've paid for a sweater and you're in Sheldon Square. Ahem. Hang on. It's a cardigan, I have to button it. Oh, no. What now? A Godzilla like monster is approaching the city. I have to get my people to safety. People of Sheldonopolis, this is your mayor. Follow me. If the children can't run, leave them behind. Oh, the simulated horror. Just as I suspected. 2. Where the hell did you find that? In the prom department. It's ridiculous. Says the former member of the corn queen's court. Please just try this one on? Okay. But anything I put on now is only gonna suffer in comparison 黯然失色, 相形见绌 (To appear lesser in quality once compared to another.). This is absurd. I look like a clown. 2. So, Sheldon how you doing? That's how you start a psychotherapy session? How am I doing? I was promised a riverboat journey into the jungles of my subconscious. Instead I get the same question I hear from the lady who slices my bologna at Ralph's. I'm sorry. I'll start again. Would it be helpful to you if I told you about my dreams? Um. I don't know, maybe. I recently had a dream that I was a giant. But everything around me was to scale 按照比例的 so it all looked normal. Well, how did you know you were a giant if everything was to scale? I was wearing size a million pants. Why don't we just talk? Ah. The talking cure. Classical Freudian. Good choice. If it will help speed things along my answers to the standard Rorschach inkblot test are: A, a bat, B, a bat, C, a bat and D, my father killing my mother with a hypodermic needle. Why don't I just start? Sometimes people have trouble accepting accolades if on a subconscious level, they don't feel they deserve them. Do you think maybe that's what's happening here? Really, Leonard? You just going to try to recycle Adler's doctrine of the inferiority complex 自卑情结? I could probably get that from the woman at Ralph's. And she'd let me taste some pieces of cheese for free. 3. You know, it's none of my business. You wanna sleep with Sheldon's buddy right after we broke up, go for it. Excuse me. I'm uncomfortable with you recommending Leonard pursue intercourse with Dr. Plimpton. Who, I assure you, has better things to do. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying it already happened. Oh, that's preposterous ( 荒谬绝伦的, 说不通的. 没道理的 [prɪˈpɑst(ə)rəs] extremely unreasonable or silly The whole idea is preposterous.). Tell her, Leonard. Well. No. Oh, come on. It wasn't my fault. The implication being that you somehow tripped and fell into her lady parts? I'm just gonna take the bus to work. 4. We don't watch Babylon 5 in this apartment. Why not? Because no one likes Babylon 5. I like it. Me too. So do I. There you go, three against one. They don't get a vote 一票, 不能投票. It's one against one. And according to the roommate agreement, all ties will be settled by me. But I said no to that. And I said yes. And I settle all ties. Change seats with me. Why? There's a draft on my neck over here. So I get the draft? You're protected by your turtleneck. Fine. And it's a dickey ( I. 假领子 a false shirt front worn under a jacket. a man's detachable, or false, shirt front. II. dickey = dickey bird old-fashioned a small bird such as a sparrow. ). Hmm. I'm still not comfortable. Of course, there's too many people here. We can fix that. Let's leave. Yeah, we can go over to my place. Wait, let me get my jacket. You're not going with us. Why not? You're the guy we're trying to get away from. Oh. In that case, I don't need my jacket. And for the record, the correct syntax is 句法结构: "I'm the guy from whom you're trying to get away." Oh, yes. This is definitely gonna be my spot. Okay. How do you know he said that? You left the room. Hey, do you want me to finish working on your man-feet or not? Fine. Go ahead. 5. Even assuming you could answer any question the way I would the algorithms used by matchmaking sites are complete hokum 没有意义的胡说八道( [ˈhoʊkəm] a message that seems to convey no meaning. false things that someone says to impress people. If you describe something as hokum, you think it is nonsense. The book is enjoyable hokum. ). That's the answer we gave to the question. "What is your attitude towards online dating?" Well, Howard wanted to write "mumbo jumbo (Mumbo jumbo, or mumbo-jumbo, is confusing or meaningless language. The phrase is often used to express humorous criticism of middle-management, and specialty jargon, such as legalese, that non-specialists have difficulty in understanding. For example, "I don't understand all that legal mumbo jumbo in the fine print." )," but I said no. Our Sheldon would say "hokum." Come on, where's your scientific curiosity? Most of it is being applied to 被用来 unraveling secrets of universe while the rest of it is wondering why I'm having this conversation with you. Okay, how about this? Even Spock had a date once every seven years. He didn't date. It was pon farr. His blood boiled with mating lust. Why don't you start with a cup of coffee and you can pon farr Amy Farrah Fowler later. I don't drink coffee. All right, you can have a hot chocolate. As I will not be engaging in this nonsense(engaging 有趣的, 有魅力的, 好玩的, 不枯燥的 attractive and pleasant in a way that makes people like you. An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. ...one of her most engaging and least known novels. He was engaging company. A story, song, or person that is engaging is entertaining, fun, and interesting — you want to see or hear more. To remember the meaning of engaging, it might help to think of what engaged means. When a couple is engaged, they've agreed to get married. When something or somebody is engaging, you want to spend more time with them too. Boring is the complete opposite of engaging. Think of your favorite movie or TV show — especially one you can't stop watching — it must be very engaging.), my choice of beverage is moot. For the record, I only drink hot chocolate in months with an R in them. Why? What's life 人生还有何意趣 without whimsy ( Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it. )? Okay, I'm out. Sheldon I've hidden the dirty sock from the roof somewhere in your apartment. Unless you're willing to come with us to meet this girl it will remain there forever. You're bluffing. 6. In a few minutes, when I gloat over the failure of this enterprise how would you prefer I do it? The standard "I told you so"? With a classic "neener-neener"? Or just my normal look of haughty ( You use haughty to describe someone's behaviour or appearance when you disapprove of the fact that they seem to be very proud and to think that they are better than other people. [disapproval] He spoke in a haughty tone. Toni looked at him rather haughtily. ) derision ( [dɪˈrɪʒ(ə)n] the opinion that someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them. He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision. There were shouts of derision from the audience. deride [dɪˈraɪd] to criticize someone or something by suggesting that they are stupid, unimportant, or useless. )? You don't know we're wrong yet. Haughty derision it is. Excuse me. I'm Amy Farrah Fowler. You're Sheldon Cooper. Hello, Amy Farrah Fowler. I'm sorry to inform you that you have been taken in by ( be taken with/by something to be attracted by a particular idea, plan, or person I'm quite taken by the idea of Christmas in Berlin. take in I. to trick someone into believing something that is not true. Don't be taken in by their promises. II. to accept something as real or true. He still hasn't really taken in his father’s death.) unsupportable mathematics designed to prey on the gullible and the lonely. Additionally, I'm being blackmailed with a hidden dirty sock. 7. Does NASA know you're using that thing as a napkin holder? You kidding? They still think it's in a secure locker at JPL. You stole it? Borrowed. The trick 秘方是, 秘密是, 关键是 is to carry it out to your car like you own it( as if/as though/like you own the place 不要胆怯, 不要露怯 informal to behave in a way that is too confident and upsets other people She acts like she owns the place! They walked in as if they owned the place. bone it like you own it An utterance of encouragement to treat a person/thing as being one's permanent possession/property, free to be mistreated/misused, especially when both the encourager and encouragee know such not to be the case. Commonly done when loss/destruction of a partner/object is imminent, or when one does not take the partner's next partner/item's next owner into consideration. Kris: I don't think it's going to work between Jamil and me. Our relationship seems so tenuous. Paul: When you know it's all but over, bone it like you own it! Andreas: I've been using Paul's car while he's on a 5-week hike, but I'm afraid that it's about to die of its own accord. Booby: If it's on its way out anyway, bone it like you own it.). 8. There were people on the first floor who were moving out and sold it for $100. Howard and Raj helped me bring it up. What's wrong with the furniture we have? They are lawn chairs. There was no place for company. Did it occur to you that was by design? According to the roommate agreement, I'm entitled to allocate 50 percent of the cubic footage of common areas. But you didn't notify me by e-mail, so this is still a breach. I did notify you. Oh, you did, did you? Drat. Hoisted ( hoist I. If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel. Grabbing the side of the bunk, he hoisted himself to a sitting position. II. If something heavy is hoisted somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane. A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower. Then a crane hoisted him on to the platform. III. If you hoist a flag or a sail, you pull it up to its correct position by using ropes. A group of youths hoisted their flag on top of the disputed monument. noun. A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things. hoist with/by your own petard 搬起石头砸自己的脚, 自作自受, 作茧自缚, 自取其辱 If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway. petard [peˈtɑrd] = hoist. ) by my own spam filter. What am I doing in your spam? I put you there after you forwarded me a picture of a cat playing the piano entitled "This is funny." 9. s03e20: What? I was going to get my mail. Okay. Are you hoping to get it telepathically 用意念? I think you mean telekinetically ( telepathic [ˌteləˈpæθɪk] I. able to communicate using telepathy. How should I know what she wants? I’m not telepathic! If you believe that someone is telepathic, you believe that they have mental powers which cannot be explained by science, such as being able to communicate with other people's minds, and know what other people are thinking. About half the subjects considered themselves to be telepathic. I could not know that. I'm not telepathic. I used to communicate with her telepathically. II. involving or using telepathy. telepathic communication. telekinetic [ˌtelɪkɪˈnetɪk] involving or done with telekinesis. If someone is thought to have telekinetic powers, they are believed to have the ability to move objects using the power of their mind. ...aliens with telekinetic powers. ). And no. Wasn't sure of the protocol now you and Leonard are no longer having coitus. 10. Excuse me, I'm looking for Sheldon Cooper's apartment. Oh. I bet you're here to check out the room. Yeah. Run away, dude. What? Run fast, run far. That should've been my first clue. So Sheldon's last roommate tried to warn you off? For all I knew, he was the crazy one. He had this really deranged look. 11. Why on earth did you agree to all that? It was the best apartment I'd seen, the rent was very reasonable and after you pass the first three barriers, you kind of wanna take it all the way. Well, I'm sorry, Leonard. It's very hard to feel sympathy for you. Do I get some sympathy now? Little bit. Let me get this straight. You move in with this guy, makes you sign a ridiculous roommate agreement. Then he walks into your bedroom while you're doing Joyce Kim and you still stay? Actually, I couldn't get too mad at him about Joyce Kim. Why not? Well, I was doing some government research at the time. You know, military rocket fuels. Kind of secret. What does that have to do with Joyce? As it turns out she was a North Korean spy. Luckily, Sheldon drove her out 赶出去了 before I revealed anything important. Which I'm not saying I would have. So you stayed with Sheldon all this time because he kept you from going to federal prison? That's part of it. 12. What's this have to do with the elevator? I'm getting to it. I assure you, you'll be sorry you wasted your money on an iPod when Microsoft comes out with theirs 做出来他们自己的. Okay, do you have an opinion about everything? Yes. You just assume you're always right? It's not an assumption. Are we ever gonna get to the elevator 说到? We're close. 13. Won't work. Excuse me, but I've been working on this a long time. Trust me, it'll work. You don't see your mistake, do you? There's no mistake. This is for a full scale rocket, not a model. Well, I've adjusted the formula. Not correctly. Okay, I've had it with you. You might be an expert on theoretical physics and science fiction programs and where to sit on a freaking couch, but this is applied physics. Not only did Sheldon save my life, he didn't rat me out 报告给 to the landlord. Or the police. Or Homeland Security. So you're the reason I have to walk up and down three flights of stairs every day? So I did something stupid. 14. Oh, there you have it, gentlemen. Our entire dinner unpacked by robot. And it only took 28 minutes. Impressive, but we must be cautious 我们必须小心, 有警惕心, 保持警惕. Why? Today, it's a Chinese food retrieval robot. Tomorrow, it travels back in time 穿越回去 and tries to kill Sarah Connor. I don't think that's going to happen, Sheldon. 15. Ask me to pass the soy sauce. Oh, does that come up much 那种事经常发生吗 on the space station? Mostly with Asian and Jewish astronauts. All right. Pass the soy sauce. Coming up 马上就来. So how's work? Oh, it's not bad. Kind of hungry. Yeah, we all are. Just wait. You realize, Penny, that the technology that went into this arm will one day make unskilled food servers such as yourself obsolete. Really? They're going to make a robot that spits on your hamburger? I thought you broke up with her. Why is she here? 16. Yes, we communicate on a daily basis, but no, she is not my girlfriend. Okay, well, what do you communicate about? Well, my work in physics, her work in neurobiology, and most recently, the possibility of our having a child together. Thank you. Wait a minute-- a child? You never see this girl. You just e-mail and text and Twitter. Now you're considering having a baby? Amy pointed out that between the two of us, our genetic material has the potential of producing the first in a line of intellectually superior, benign overlords to guide humanity to a brighter tomorrow. I'm guessing that future historians will condemn us for not taking this opportunity to kill Sheldon. You don't even like people touching you. How are you going to have sex? Why on Earth would we have sex? Oh, honey, did your mom not have the talk with you? You know, when your private parts started growing? I'm quite aware of the way humans usually reproduce, which is messy, unsanitary, and based on living next to you for three years, involves loud and unnecessary appeals to a deity. Oh, God. Yes, exactly. Consequently, if Amy and I choose to bring new life into this world, it will be accomplished clinically, with fertility experts in a lab with petri dishes. Which reminds me-- you have broad hips 骨盆大 and a certain corn-fed 吃玉米长大的, 玉米养大的 ( I. fed on corn, esp maize. II. typical of a people who come from the American Midwest, being strong and healthy, with good moral values, but not having a lot of knowledge about the world and things such as art and culture a healthy, corn-fed farm girl. a backward, corn-fed Midwestern city. Corn-fed beef, beef from cattle that is raised on corn (maize) rather than pasture. ) vigor. Is your womb available for rental? Still digging the Shamy? Look, Sheldon, before you race off 跑去 to the fertility clinic, you might want to think about-- uh, gee, I don't know-- maybe actually spending some time with her. 17. Okay, look, don't think of it as dating a girlfriend. Think of it as, uh getting to know the future mother of your child. Oh. I hadn't considered that. I suppose she will have to have access to our progeny ( [ˈprɑdʒəni] I. a person's child or children. a. the young animals or plants produced by a particular parent. II. things that develop from something else. ) . And you don't think I can achieve the required intimacy via text messaging? Probably not. Huh. It would appear as if the phone companies have been lying to me. 18. You do realize I stand on the other side of the door waiting for you to finish knocking three times. I know. I can see the shadow of your feet under the door. Yeah, my point is it's a waste of time. If you're looking for an example of a waste of time, I would refer you to the conversation we're having right now. 19. You have to drive me. What? You know I don't drive. Well, go ask Leonard. I did. He said-- and I quote-- "Ask Penny. It was her cockamamy idea." Leonard said "cockamamy ( cockamamy = cockamamie adjective American informal [ˈkɑkəˌmeɪmi] silly or impossible to understand. If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly. ...some cockamamie story about being late. a cockamamie idea/story.)"? Actually, I'm paraphrasing. Having been raised in a Christian household, I'm uncomfortable with the language he used. And to be honest, I'm not entirely comfortable with "cockamamy." Okay, fine. When's the date? Now. Now? Hurry. We're going to be late. 20. Sheldon, did it ever occur to you that I might have other plans? I'm sorry. Do you have other plans? Well, no, not per se, but So this conversation is as pointless as your door-knocking soliloquy ( [səˈlɪləkwi] a speech in a play in which a character who is alone talks about their thoughts or feelings. )? Let me get my cockamamy keys. 21. You know, I could totally rock a hat like that. That's the work of noted Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman. She also designed the iconic red and black jacket in Michael Jackson's Thriller video, which I've never viewed in its entirety, as I find zombies dancing in choreographed synchronicity implausible ( 解释不通 If you describe something as implausible, you believe that it is unlikely to be true. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse. It seems implausible that the projects would have gone ahead without her backing. They are, rather implausibly, close friends. plausible [plɔːzɪbəl] I. 合情合理的, 可信的, 说的通的, 讲得通的. An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government. That explanation seems entirely plausible to me. Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back. ...the plausibility of the theory. II. If you say that someone is plausible, you mean that they seem to be telling the truth and to be sincere and honest. He was so plausible 有说服力 that he conned everybody. You'll have to devise a scenario 设计一种情境 that plausibly explains my absence, keeping in mind that the key to a good lie lies in the details. ). 22. So, um, Amy, Sheldon tells me you're a neuro something-or-other. Neurobiologist. Your "check engine" light is on. Yeah, it's okay. But the light indicates Don't bother. I've wasted many an hour tilting at that particular windmill ( tilt at windmills literary be tilting at windmills to be wasting time dealing with problems that do not really exist to fight enemies who do not really exist. To waste time fighting enemies or trying to resolve issues that are imaginary, not as important, or impossible to overcome. The CEO seems to be tilting at windmills lately, flinging accusations at members of the press for no reason. The company keeps tilting at windmills with its insistence on implementing a service structure that serves no immediate purpose. to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.) Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills? I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills. tilt [tɪlt] I. transitive to move something so that one side is lower than the other. The tray was tilted 倾斜, 倾一下, 侧倾 at an angle. She tilted the bowl to pour the mixture out. a. intransitive if something tilts, it moves so that one side is lower than the other. Suddenly the boat started to tilt 偏沉. b. transitive to move your head slightly upward, downward, or to one side. She was sitting with her head tilted slightly back. II. intransitive/transitive to influence a situation in a particular way, or to be influenced in a particular way. tilt the balance toward/in favor of someone (=give someone an advantage): Excellent performances from the opening batsmen have tilted the balance in favor of the home side. noun. I. a sloping position, or the amount by which something slopes. The table has a definite tilt at this end. II. a slight change in people's opinion or attitude. Opinion polls are showing a marked tilt toward the Nationalist Party. III.British a criticism of someone or something. IV. British an attempt to achieve something. tilt at: Whitham is heading for a tilt at the world championship next year. Don Quijote de la Mancha 唐吉坷德 a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes 塞万提斯: The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante) to revive chivalry and serve his nation, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical monologues on knighthood, already considered old-fashioned at the time. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. ). Uh, what is that scent you're wearing? It smells great. Dandruff shampoo. I have dry scalp. Ah. Well, your hair looks very nice. Are you a homosexual? No, no, I'm just giving you a compliment. Hmm. Would have been more flattered if you were a homosexual. Guys, how 'bout some music? Oh, no, I wouldn't care for that. Amy? No, thank you. Okay. Uncomfortable silence it is. Hey, Sheldon, have you told Amy what it was like for you growing up in Texas? No. Well, why don't you tell her? All right. It was hell. Any follow up, Amy? No. I myself grew up in Nebraska. Small town outside of Omaha. Nice place, mostly family farms, a few meth labs. I'm sorry, how is this better than uncomfortable silence? 23. Penny, if you think this is good, you should come with us Friday to see it on the big screen at the Colonial. Well, I'm watching it now. Why would I want to see it again on Friday? Because the print 胶片 they're showing on Friday has an additional 21 seconds of previously unseen footage. seeing a whole new movie! Exactly. They say it finally solves the submarine controversy. Did-- Leonard? I'm no expert, but I believe what we just heard from Penny was sarcasm. Oh! Good. I'm eight for 26 猜对8次 this month. 24. What happened to the Leonard Hofstadter who waited in line with me for 14 hours to see the midnight premiere of Star Trek: Nemesis? Oh. Well, he waited in line for 14 hours, while you napped in a lawn chair, he got in a fight with a Klingon when he stepped out of line to pee and you wouldn't wake up to vouch for him, and worst of all, he saw Star Trek: Nemesis. But how were our seats? Excellent. I rest my case. Amy, don't you agree we should leave now and get in line? Actually, as the newest member of your social group, I believe I'll gain more acceptance by arbitrarily 武断的 siding with your friends from time to time. Shrewd. Leonard, you're right. We should enjoy our meal, arrive late, and risk winding up with terrible seats, assuming we get in at all. 25. Knock-knock. Who's there? Olive. Olive you, too. Guys, that's really starting to get old 老掉牙了, 不好笑了. 26. Are you sure you don't want to come with us to Raiders? Oh, no. That movie has melting faces. It reminds me too much of the time I dropped that vial of flesh-eating bacteria into the Rhesus monkey lab. Besides, Penny and I are having a girls' night tonight. Girls' night? What does that entail ( I. if a situation or action entails a particular thing, it involves having or doing that thing. These cuts will entail some job losses. entail doing something: Building the airport entails reclaiming huge areas of land from the ocean. II.legal an old word meaning to arrange for property to be given to someone when you die. )? Oh, you know, girls get together, hang out, share girl talk. I'm a girl. Oh. Well, maybe you can join us.
