用法学习: 1. be a sucker for somebody/something informal to like someone or something very much, especially so that you cannot refuse them. to like a particular type of person or thing very much, so that you will do almost anything to please them or to have them. Mike's a sucker for foreign sports cars. I'm a total sucker for seafood. be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc to think that rules etc are very important and that other people should think so too. If you are a stickler for something, you always demand or require it. a person who thinks that a particular type of behaviour is very important, and always follows it or tries to make other people follow it: He's a stickler for detail/accuracy/efficiency. I'm a bit of a stickler for accuracy. Lucy was a stickler for perfection, and everything had to be exactly right. animatronics [ˌænɪməˈtrɑnɪks] 电子动漫 technology that uses electronic systems to operate puppets (=models of people or animals). a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects. 2. Three Identical Strangers: "We were driven by the injustice on the behalf of the brothers," director Wardle says. "(Producer) Becky (Read) spent nine months working with the brothers to access the material ... files and footage that should rightfully be theirs." After months of dogged 不知疲倦的 pursuit, the brothers received nearly 11,000 pages of records, information that hadn't been seen in decades. Michele Mordkoff, 54, saw "Three Identical Strangers" last year when it was in theaters. She, too, had been adopted from Louise Wise Services, and she began to wonder if she might have a twin. Mordkoff remembers thinking, "I need to spit in a cup and find out what my history is." 3. The damsel-in-distress, persecuted ( persecute 迫害, 对待不公的 I. to treat someone extremely badly, or to refuse them equal rights, especially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs. If someone is persecuted, they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs. Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs. They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church. ...a persecuted minority. In those days, Christians were persecuted by the government. They have denied persecuting or killing political dissidents. II. to frequently annoy or threaten someone. If you say that someone is persecuting you, you mean that they are deliberately making your life difficult. Local boys constantly persecuted him, throwing stones at his windows. Vic was bullied by his father and persecuted by his sisters. Why are you persecuting me like this? persecuted 被打压的, 被压制的, 被压榨的 adj. oppressed. persecuted ethnic minorities. prosecute [ˈprɑsɪˌkjut] I. intransitive/transitive to officially accuse someone of a crime and ask a court of law to judge them. No one has yet been prosecuted in connection with the murder. If the fine is not paid within ten days, we will be forced to prosecute. prosecute someone for something: He might still be prosecuted for perjury. II. intransitive/transitive to try to prove as a lawyer in court that someone is guilty of a crime. Julius Capon, prosecuting, described the defendant as "ruthless." Two Chicago lawyers will prosecute the case. III. transitive formal to carry out an activity, especially a war. ) maiden, or princess in jeopardy is a classic theme in world literature, art, film and video games; most notably in those that have a lot of action. This trope usually involves beautiful, innocent, or helpless young female leads, placed in a dire predicament by a villain, monster or alien, and who requires a male hero to achieve her rescue. Often these young women are stereotyped as very physically weak and almost completely dependent on the male lead. After rescuing her, the hero often obtains her hand in marriage. She has become a stock character of fiction, particularly of melodrama. Though she is usually human, she can also be of any other species, including fictional or folkloric species; and even divine figures such as an angel, spirit, or deity. 4. 前军人意外死亡: A major charity is facing questions over the untimely death of a specialist Navy diver in a care program it runs for homeless veterans. Josh Manning's body was discovered last October in a tiny bed-sit ( 一居室 a one-roomed unit of accommodation typically consisting of combined bedroom and sitting room with cooking facilities. A bedsit, bedsitter, or bed-sitting room is a form of accommodation common in some parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland which consists of a single room per occupant with all occupants typically sharing a bathroom. Bedsits are included in a legal category of dwellings referred to as houses in multiple occupation (HMO). studio or studio apartment a small apartment that has only one main room. ) at RSL Lifecare's Anzac Village in Narrabeen, on Sydney's northern beaches. He qualified as a Navy clearance diver in 2006 and was trained in night-time diving, mine-clearing and to fight as a commando. At first, he thrived 表现非常好, 表现出色 in the elite role, but his family believe he experienced anxiety and trauma while on top-secret missions abroad — the details of which were classified 保密的, meaning Josh was unable to share his experiences. In 2010, he was sidelined with a serious hip fracture and began drinking heavily. Mike said his son relied on a "cocktail" of medications — including anti-seizure tablets — to stay alive, and needed supervision to ensure he took them. "When he drank he was 10 foot tall and bulletproof 天不怕地不怕," he said. "So he didn't in his view, he didn't need medication." In August 2019 he was transferred to a bed-sit in a "triage facility" at Anzac Village after a hospital visit and against his family's wishes. Josh's mother claims the move caused him "anxiety and stress", which exacerbated his drinking and created a situation more likely to trigger seizures. 5. indisposed [ɪndɪspoʊzd] adj. If you say that someone is indisposed, you mean that they are not available because they are ill, or for a reason that you do not want to reveal. predisposed [ˌpriːdɪsˈpəʊzd] I. likely to think, feel, or behave in a particular way He suggested that the British were temperamentally predisposed to compromise. II. likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition. inclined to or susceptible to beforehand. Sufferers are more likely to be genetically predisposed. people who are predisposed to violent crime. Some people are genetically predisposed to diabetes. Franklin was predisposed to believe him. susceptible [səˈseptəb(ə)l] I. easily influenced or affected by something. susceptible to: Police officers here are very susceptible to corruption. If you are susceptible to something or someone, you are very likely to be influenced by them. 易受影响的, 易被影响的 Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements. James was extremely susceptible to flattery. He was, she believes, unusually susceptible to women. a. likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition, or to be affected by it more severely than others are. If you are susceptible to a disease or injury, you are very likely to be affected by it. Walking with weights makes the shoulders very susceptible 容易受伤的, 容易得病的 to injury. Diesel exhaust is particularly aggravating to many susceptible individuals. Children are particularly susceptible to 容易遭受, 容易受到 the disease. II. used for describing someone whose emotions are easy to influence. A susceptible person is very easily influenced emotionally. Hers was a susceptible nature. III. very formal able to experience something, or able to be treated in a particular way. susceptible of: The problem is not susceptible of so simple a solution. 6. detest [dɪˈtest] to hate someone or something very much: I detest any kind of cruelty. I detest having to get up when it's dark outside. her detested older brother. If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much. My mother detested him. Jean detested being photographed. attest [əˈtest] to show something or to say or prove that something is true: Thousands of people came out onto the streets to attest their support for the democratic opposition party. The number of old German cars still on the road attests (to) the excellence of their manufacture. As his career attests, he is a world-class tennis player. The will needs to be attested (= officially marked to show that the signature of the person who made the will is correct) by three witnesses. To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true. Police records attest to his long history of violence. I can personally attest that the cold and flu season is here. His beautifully illustrated book well attested his love of the university. As one of the show's most popular characters, Sheldon was crucial to the show's success; the creatives behind the sitcom knew that The Big Bang Theory just wasn't going to be the same without Sheldon in it, hence, they decided to wrap up the series altogether. This was a testament 明证 to how significant the genius-but-socially-inept character was in The Big Bang Theory, and a big part of it was thanks to Parsons' brilliant portrayal. 7. suckle [ˈsʌk(ə)l] I. feed (a baby or young animal) from the breast or teat. When a mother suckles her baby, she feeds it by letting it suck milk from her breast. A young woman suckling a baby is one of life's most natural and delightful scenes. "a mother pig was suckling a huge litter". II. (of a baby or young animal) feed by sucking the breast or teat. When a baby suckles, it sucks milk from its mother's breast. As the baby suckles, a further supply of milk is generated. "the infant's biological need to suckle". give suck to to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder. give milk from the breast or teat; suckle. no dice 没可能 used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success. something that people say when you may not or cannot do something: I asked if we could go to the party, but Mom said no dice. rampant [ræmpənt] If you describe something bad, such as a crime or disease, as rampant, you mean that it is very common and is increasing in an uncontrolled way. Inflation is rampant and industry in decline. ...the rampant corruption of the administration. lo and behold 果然, 果不出所料, used to present a new scene, situation, or turn of events, often with the suggestion that, though surprising, it could in fact have been predicted. "you took me out and, lo and behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked". 8. 卫生纸危机: But Queensland University of Technology retail expert Dr Gary Mortimer said the shortage in stores was exacerbated by the bulky nature of the products and supermarkets' inability to stockpile them in storerooms. He hinted that the best chance of finding toilet paper was to go early every day as stocks are replenished [rɪˈplenɪʃ] 补货 overnight. Stories published on The Washington Post, The New York Times, Reuters and the BBC all including one particular quote yesterday from Australian chief medical officer Professor Brendan Murphy questioning the approach being taken by roll-ravenous 饥渴的, 饥饿的 ( [ˈræv(ə)nəs] very hungry. extremely hungry: I'm ravenous - where's supper? Growing boys have ravenous appetites. She realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving home, and she was ravenous. ...a pack of ravenous animals. She began to eat ravenously. She emerged looking ravenously hungry.) Aussies. "We are trying to reassure 让人放心 people that removing all of the lavatory paper from the shelves of supermarkets probably isn't a proportionate or sensible thing to do at this time," he said. Murphy today reiterated: "There is no reason to delude ( delude [dɪˈlud] to make someone think something that is not true. To delude someone into thinking something means to make them believe what is not true. Television deludes you into thinking you have experienced reality, when you haven't. He had been unwittingly deluded by their mystical nonsense. The government should not be deluded into thinking that it is popular. delude yourself 自欺欺人 to choose to believe something that is not true. If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true. The President was deluding himself if he thought he was safe from such action. We delude ourselves that we are in control. I had deluded myself into believing that it would all come right in the end.) the shelves of lavatory paper."
knucklehead = bonehead 蠢蛋 a stupid person. pothead (stoner, weedhead, cokehead) (derogatory slang) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess. That pothead Shane has a nasty bong. crackhead 吸毒者, 吸毒鬼 a person who cannot stop using crack (= an illegal drug). wack job = whack job 怪胎 a mad or extremely eccentric person. "he has established himself as a paranoid wack job". whack I. to hit someone or something with a lot of force. I whacked my knee getting out of the car. Some kids were whacking 打, 撞 the tree with sticks. He whacked his little sister on the head with a spoon. II. BRITISH to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly Just whack the fish under the grill for ten minutes. If you whack someone or something, you hit them hard. You really have to whack the ball. Someone whacked him on the head. He gave the donkey a whack across the back with his stick. He took his ax and struck the trunk of the tree. III. If someone whacks you, they defeat you easily in a game or competition. We got whacked. On paper we should have wiped the floor with them. IV. To whack someone means to kill them. noun. Your whack of something is your share of it. [British, informal] The majority of people in this country pay their whack. We need to win a fair whack of the contracts. out of whack If something is out of whack, it is not working properly, often because its natural balance has been upset. [mainly US, informal] The ecosystem will be thrown out of whack. whacky = wacky strange or unusual. If you describe something or someone as wacky, you mean that they are eccentric, unusual, and often funny. ...a wacky new television comedy series. Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists. The place is stuffed with whacky memorabilia like a sculpture of the Seven Dwarfs that Walt Disney gave to Debbie Reynolds. goofy 傻乎乎的, 傻傻的, 傻子似的 silly. If you describe someone or something as goofy, you think they are rather silly or ridiculous. ...a goofy smile. That was a real goofy thing to do. I like Jim, but he's a little goofy. goof verb If you goof or goof up, you make a silly mistake. [informal] We goofed last week at the end of our interview with the singer. But was it, in fact, a hideous goof? noun. If you call someone a goof, you think they are silly. [informal, disapproval] I could write for TV as well as any of those goofs. bonkers adj. informal humorous silly or stupid: She must be bonkers to do that. loony adj informal silly or stupid: He had lots of loony ideas about education. crackers = cracked silly, stupid, or slightly mentally ill. flaky = flakey 怪异的主意, 不靠谱的(想法), 掉皮的, 脱皮的 I. Something that is flaky breaks easily into small thin pieces or tends to come off in small thin pieces. ...a small patch of red, flaky skin. II. If you describe an idea, argument, or person as flaky, you mean that they are rather eccentric and unreliable. [informal, disapproval] He wondered if the idea wasn't just a little too flaky, a little too outlandish. dorky adj INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN I. socially inept or awkward. stupid and awkward: the dorky kid from down the street. "he teases all the dorky kids". II. unfashionable. "why would anyone wear such dorky glasses?" Big Bang Theory: 1. Don't be surprised if you find five chocolates missing and three gross coconut ones with a bite taken out. It came that way when I bought it 买来的时候就是那样. So, your boyfriend's a fixer-upper. Most of them are. I mean, look at this guy. You think he came like this? When I met him, he was a hot, goofy mess. Now, he's been to space. That's all me. I had a little to do with it 我也有一点点贡献吧.
Oh, sure you did. Who's Mama's big space man? 2. I don't have plans
which is why I booked time on the big telescope that night. Well, an
evening looking at the stars-- that's still kind of romantic. Except
I'll be alone. to put lipstick on a pig 看着好看点, 至少看起来好看点, 欲盖弥彰 ( To
put "lipstick on a pig" is a rhetorical expression, used to convey the
message that making superficial or cosmetic changes is a futile attempt
to disguise the true nature of a product or person. It can be used as a
tactic to disguise a strawman argument, especially when invoked to avoid
the true meaning of things and justifying conflated definitions that
fall into a similar fallacy as a strawman. an unsuccessful attempt to make something ugly look more attractive. 'British
Atlanta Highway does represent "the worst of … unsightly, car-choked
suburban development." The story mentioned that a study of Atlanta
Highway and other corridors will include ideas for improvements such as
sidewalks and landscaping. This simply is putting lipstick on a pig.
To make some superficial or cosmetic change to something so that it
seems more attractive, appealing, or successful than it really is. The
only things the new manager has come up with to save the restaurant
have been to put lipstick on a pig, but slapping on a fresh coat of
paint and making a few repairs will do nothing to address the underlying
problems. It looks like they've just put lipstick on a pig for this new
operating system. It's still just as buggy and unintuitive as the last
one they released. ) here. Work with me 合作一点, 配合着点.
3. Are you sure you guys don't want to come with us to Napa? You could
probably still get a room. No, I think we're just gonna have a quiet
weekend at home. Plus, I'm not sure it's a great idea to take Penny to
where wine comes from. What? It's a joke. Oh, come on. We bust on 互相嘲讽, 互相揶揄, 互相挤兑, 互相怼 each other( bust on (someone or something) I. slang To tease or ridicule someone. I only said one dumb thing—quit busting on me! II. To physically attack someone. That group of kids looks dangerous, like they're just waiting to bust on some unsuspecting passerby.). I wear dorky 土气的, 土得掉渣的, 不洋气的, 不时尚的, 傻里傻气的 glasses, you might have a problem-- it's all for laughs.
4. This brings us to the final item in our annual State of the
Relationship Summit. Item 29: Valentine's Day. Ah, the worst for last.
Hmm. Classic Flakey 典型的不靠谱, . Before you get upset, I believe I've come up with a way
for us to celebrate the occasion that we both can enjoy. People usually
start a meeting with a joke, but you go ahead-- end with one.
溜出去 (slip out, sneak out, duck out), 不告而别: slip out (something) I. to leave quietly or quickly so that no one will notice: He slipped out to make a phone call. Before I could say anything she had gathered her books and slipped out the door (= left quickly through the door). II. To escape or depart for some location quietly or in secret. In this usage, the phrase is often followed by "of (some place)." I felt really uncomfortable in the group of strangers, so I slipped out when everyone was distracted. We decided to slip out of the meeting and go to the movies instead. III. to remove clothing quickly and easily. slip out of something) to take clothes off. I'm going to slip out of this uniform as soon as we get home. Rose slipped out of her work clothes. IV. if something, especially a secret, slips out 说漏嘴, 不小心说出来, 说溜了, you say it without intending to. if something slips out, you say it without really intending to I didn't mean to say it. The words slipped out. I’m sorry I said that – it just slipped out. slip one's mind/memory if something slips your mind/memory, you forget to do it How could she have let something so important slip her mind? duck out (暂时, 临时)溜出去 to leave a place, especially in a way that is not noticed by other people. To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded. She ducked out for a smoke. Usage notes: When used in the sense of "to depart" or "to
exit", there is sometimes a connotation that the resulting absence will
be temporary, as in: I ducked out for a cigarette. duck out of something 避开, 逃避 If you duck out of something that you are supposed to do, you avoid doing it. To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion. George ducked out of his forced marriage to a cousin. You can't duck out once you've taken on a responsibility. to avoid doing something that you have to do or have promised to do. I always ducked out of history lessons at school. take a French leave 旷工, 无辜不出席, 不辞而别, 不告而别 to take time away from your job without asking for permission. an unauthorized or unannounced absence or departure. A sudden or unannounced departure, or one taken without permission. Etymology: The Oxford English Dictionary records: "the custom (in the 18th century prevalent in France and sometimes imitated in England) of going away from a reception, etc. without taking leave of the host or hostess. Hence, jocularly, to take French leave is to go away, or do anything, without permission or notice." do a bunk 不知所踪 to leave suddenly without telling anyone where you are going. If you do a bunk, you suddenly leave a place without telling anyone. His dad did a bunk when he was three. do a disappearing/vanishing act 凭空消失, 人间蒸发, 玩失踪 A sudden disappearance; the act of leaving unexpectedly. to go away, usually because you do not want to do something or meet someone: Tina always does a vanishing act when my mother comes to stay. phantom noun I. A phantom is a ghost. They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms 鬼魅. The phantom used to appear unexpectedly, but mostly during the winter. phantom adj. I. You use phantom to describe something which you think you experience but which is not real. She was always taking days off for what her colleagues considered phantom illnesses. ...a phantom 假的, 想象中的 pregnancy. not real, but seeming real to the person affected. used to describe something that you imagine exists or that appears to exist, although in fact it does not: Although she had to have her leg amputated, she still feels as though she's got a phantom limb. They discovered it was a phantom organization set up for the processing of drug profits. Although she grew bigger, she later discovered it was a phantom (US false) pregnancy. a phantom 假想的 pregnancy. phantom limb (=an arm or leg that someone feels they still have after it has been cut off). phantom fat (=fat that someone believes they still have after they have lost weight). II. Phantom can refer to something that is done by an unknown person, especially something criminal. ...victims of alleged 'phantom' 虚幻的 withdrawals from high-street cash machines. used humorously to describe an unknown person that you blame for something annoying. A phantom coach is said to pass through the grounds of this house when there's a full moon. The phantom wine-drinker has been around (= an unknown person has been drinking the wine)! The phantom 幻想中的 pen stealer strikes again! III. Phantom is used to describe business organizations, agreements, or goods which do not really exist, but which someone pretends do exist in order to cheat people. ...a phantom trading scheme at a Wall Street investment bank. made to seem real in order to deceive people Phantom contracts were used to make the company seem more successful than it was.
