用法学习: 1. A side hustle = (side job) is any type of employment undertaken in addition to one's full-time job. A side hustle is generally freelance or piecework in nature, providing a supplemental income. Side hustles are often things a person is passionate about, rather a typical day job worked in order to make ends meet. patently [ˈpeɪt(ə)ntli] ( patent [ˈpæt(ə)nt] ) clearly; without doubt. in a way that is so obvious that no one could disagree. a patently unfair law. patently clear/false/untrue/obvious/wrong: It was patently obvious that she was lying. The treatment is patently not working. To say that the proposal has no disadvantages at all is patently untrue. It's patently obvious that you're in love with her. "these claims were patently false". Sheldon: Hey, Leonard. Leonard: What? Sheldon: If she doesn't think that we should apply for this patent, she's being patently absurd. be/seem/look nothing like somebody/something 完全不像, 一点都不像 to have no qualities or features that are similar to someone or something else She's nothing like her brother. She looked nothing like her photograph. 2. not for nothing 不是没有原因的, 是有原因的, 是有道理的 If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen. Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'. It's not for nothing that interior decorators the world over look to the English country garden for glorious inspiration. be not much to look at informal to not be attractive: The house isn't much to look at but it's spacious. eyesore You describe a building or place as an eyesore when it is extremely ugly and you dislike it or disapprove of it. [disapproval] Poverty leads to slums, which are an eyesore and a health hazard.
Scott Morrison's coronavirus stimulus package shows he has finally learnt to love deficits - Government to do the heavy lifting this time: To get here, the Federal Government has been forced to abandon almost everything it has believed in, or at least espoused ( espouse [ɪˈspaʊz] If you espouse a particular policy, cause, or belief, you become very interested in it and give your support to it. She ran away with him to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause.), for the past three decades. It has announced a massive boost to welfare, completely junked 抛弃, 放弃 its mantra that budget surpluses matter beyond all else and jettisoned ( jettison [ˈdʒetɪs(ə)n] 拒绝, 拒掉 I. to get rid of something that is not useful or successful. We may have to jettison some parts of the business. If you jettison something, for example an idea or a plan 放弃, 拒绝, 拒掉, you deliberately reject it or decide not to use it. The Government seems to have jettisoned the plan. II. to throw goods, equipment, or fuel from a ship or airplane in order to make it lighter and less likely to sink or crash. A storm forced them to jettison most of the cargo. To jettison something 丢弃, 丢掉 that is not needed or wanted means to throw it away or get rid of it. The crew jettisoned excess fuel and made an emergency landing. ) the idea that government should shrink to make way for the private sector. A deeply religious man, this is Scott Morrison's very own conversion on the road to Damascus. His task has been made even more difficult on the domestic front 国内方面, 国内的层面上, for he will be travelling alone. Like many other developed nations, Australia for decades has left economic management in the hands of central bankers. And our weakening economy over the past two years has forced the Reserve Bank to exhaust almost all its ammunition 手无寸铁的, 弹尽粮绝, 黔驴技穷, 穷尽所有弹药武器. After last week whittling ( whittle [ˈwɪt(ə)l] 削, 削掉, 刀削 If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife. He whittled a new handle for his ax. Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood. whittle away 消磨 To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective. They have slowly whittled away the opposition. Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt. whittle down 削减, 删减 To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller. He had whittled eight interviewees down to two. By September, they will have whittled the list down to a winner. The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal. ) the cash rate down to 0.25 per cent, the RBA announced it was spent. Rates would fall no further. It now has embarked upon what it terms "unconventional policy". It now will create money and inject it into the system. It will buy up Commonwealth Government bonds, essentially IOUs, in a bid to strong arm market interest rates towards zero. It has set up a fund so that commercial banks can access cheap cash and funnel it through to small and medium sized businesses. The heavy lifting though will need to come from government. And the stimulus package announced over the weekend is likely to be just the first step in helping Australia navigate its way through these difficult times. The global response has been much the same. Years of government austerity have left central banks all but impotent 无能为力的 and now governments finally have been forced into action. After the UK's unprecedented move to stump up for ( stump up money for出钱, 出资, 为...埋单 [British, informal] to give money, often without wanting to give it. If you stump up a sum of money, you pay it, often unwillingly. Customers do not have to stump up any cash for at least four weeks. to pay (an amount of money) especially when one does not want to. He may be required to stump up for the repairs. If she can't pay, I'll have to stump up the money. It can be cheaper to stump up 出钱 for a new washing machine than to get your old one repaired. Chissano said Western governments should stump up the cash to fund land redistribution. ) workers' wages on the weekend, the G4 nations (America, Eurozone, the UK and Japan) and China have announced stimulus spending to just shy of $US2 trillion. Crisis, by their very nature, need to be dealt with quickly and decisively 果断, 坚决. The success of both health responses and economic stimulus will get down to implementation. That's the difficult part. Like many Western nations, we've been slow off the mark( be quick/slow off the mark 起步晚, 起步慢, 慢了一步, 起跑慢, 反应快 to be quick/slow to act or react to an event or a situation: The police were certainly quick off the mark in reaching the scene of the accident. ). That's despite watching China's travails ( US: [trəˈveɪl] UK: [ˈtræˌveɪl] a very difficult situation, or a situation in which you must work very hard. You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems as travail. He did whatever he could to ease their travail. The team, despite their recent travails 难关, 困难重重, are still in the game. ) and the extraordinary efforts it launched to contain the virus. The Morrison Government's economic survival plan revolves around keeping people employed, supporting small and medium-sized businesses to retain staff and to inject money through the social welfare network to ensure those who are laid off can continue paying the bills. It's not a bad start. But it needs to recognise that mistakes will be made and money wasted along the way and that it cannot afford to be bogged down 深陷, 陷入 in bureaucracy or second guessing 犹豫不决 how it will be judged by history. That's despite its own sorry record of blaming the Rudd government for overspending during the global financial crisis. One major hurdle that it will need to overcome, and quickly, is its approach and attitude to social welfare. The system, as it currently stands, is designed to make life difficult for anyone applying for unemployment benefits. Getting access to the dole involves more hoops than an NBA season. Former treasurer Joe Hockey once referred to welfare recipients as "leaners" rather than "lifters" ( Now that the dust has settled on the chook fight 窝里斗, 斗鸡 ( Catfight (also girl fight) 宫斗, 女人斗 is a term for an altercation between two females, often characterized as involving scratching, slapping, punching, hair-pulling, and shirt-shredding. It can also be used to describe women insulting each other verbally or engaged in an intense competition for men, power, or occupational success. The catfight has been a staple of American news media and popular culture since the 1940s, and use of the term is often considered derogatory or belittling. Some observers argue that in its purest form, the word refers to two women, one blonde and the other a brunette, fighting each other. However, the term is not exclusively used to indicate a fight between women, and many formal definitions do not invoke gender. Catfights are often described as titillating [ˈtɪtɪlˌeɪt] 火辣辣的, 惹火的, 让人血脉喷张的 for heterosexual men. Portrayals of catfights in cartoons, movies and advertising often display participants as attractive, with "supermodel physiques," dishevelled and missing articles of clothing, and catfights are often described by media aimed primarily at men as sexy. ) that culminated in the change of our nation's prime minister, I feel the time has come to dust the feathers off our clothes 掸掸身上的, 掸掉身上鸡毛, look back and reflect on the legacy of those men and women who, politically speaking, didn't make it out alive. Today I'd like to concentrate on Joe Hockey. During his time as treasurer he offered some sage philosophical wisdom that is pertinent to Benign to Five ( [ˈpɜrt(ə)nənt] relevant to something. He was determined to ask Mrs. McMahon a few pertinent questions. pertinent to 与...相关的: information pertinent to the airplane crash. ). He told us that there are two types of people in the world: "leaners" and "lifters". He never gave in-depth definitions, making it hard to know which category anyone fell into, so today, I'm going to help. Here's my guide to working out whether you're a leaner or a lifter. At work, do you: Constantly, and within earshot of managers, talk about how hard you work and mention that you're a lifter? You're a lifter. Find the performance, development and rewards program (or whatever it's called in your case) perplexing and a waste of time? You're a leaner. Clap yourself often and yell things like "I'm going to shout a self-affirmation [æfɜrˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] in the mirror now. Who wants to join me?" Lifter. Big time. Decline the invitation of those who ask you to shout affirmations in the mirror? Leaner. Lift poor performing colleagues above your head so as to help them see what the world looks like from your position of moral superiority? You're a lifter. Obviously. Lean against high performing colleagues, sometimes using your close proximity to them to steal money from their wallets? You're literally and figuratively a leaner. Self-affirmation the act of affirming one's own worthiness and value as an individual for beneficial effect (such as increasing one's confidence or raising self-esteem). Patients were also asked to use self-affirmation to help them overcome obstacles to getting better by recalling moments in their lives they were proud of, such as a graduation. Self-affirmation [æfɜrˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] 自我认可, 自我肯定 is about increasing the positivity of the self, especially after a threat to self-esteem, while self-compassion is about accepting the self as it is. Affirming an important value is the most common method of self-affirmation, which is activated when the self-concept (自我认知) is under threat. wiki: One's self-concept (also called self-construction, self-identity, self-perspective or self-structure) is a collection of beliefs about oneself. Generally, self-concept embodies the answer to "Who am I?". One's self-concept is made up of self-schemas, and their past, present, and future selves. Self-concept is distinguishable from self-awareness, which refers to the extent to which self-knowledge is defined, consistent, and currently applicable to one's attitudes and dispositions. Self-concept also differs from self-esteem: self-concept is a cognitive or descriptive component of one's self (e.g. "I am a fast runner"), while self-esteem is evaluative and opinionated (e.g. "I feel good about being a fast runner"). Self-concept is made up of one's self-schemas, and interacts with self-esteem, self-knowledge, and the social self to form the self as a whole. It includes the past, present, and future selves, where future selves (or possible selves) represent individuals' ideas of what they might become, what they would like to become, or what they are afraid of becoming. Possible selves may function as incentives for certain behaviour. The perception people have about their past or future selves relates to their perception of their current selves. The temporal self-appraisal theory[6] argues that people have a tendency to maintain a positive self-evaluation by distancing themselves from their negative self and paying more attention to their positive one. In addition, people have a tendency to perceive the past self less favourably (e.g. "I'm better than I used to be") and the future self more positively (e.g. "I will be better than I am now"). ). It is an attitude that still resonates 引起共鸣 within the Government. Until now, it has steadfastly 坚决的 refused, despite intense lobbying from groups such as the Business Council, to lift Newstart benefits, sending a clear message to the unemployed that it believes they are to blame for their situation. Centrelink will need clear instructions that it needs to remove the minefield of obstacles it routinely places in the path of anyone applying for benefits. It needs to rapidly evolve into a first responder. This is an imperative 必要的, 必须的 and ultimately will determine our success in navigating the storms ahead. That is likely to come to an abrupt end. The rout currently underway on global share markets will severely impact big corporations' ability to raise capital as revenues plummet. Costs will be slashed. And that almost inevitably means mass layoffs across the globe. Just last week, Qantas was forced to stand down 20,000 workers, many of whom are on casual contracts with little or no safety net. Despite that, the company still is likely to burn through its available funds just to meet its working capital requirements, forcing it go cap in hand 要钱, 讨钱, 沿街乞讨, 举帽子乞讨 ( to ask someone to give you something, especially money, in a way that makes you feel ashamed. If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you. The country might eventually be forced to go cap in hand to the International Monetary Fund.) to shareholders for more cash. Virgin Australia is in deeper trouble. It is burning cash 烧钱 at a rate that's twice its available liquidity this half. Either its government-controlled owners — Etihad, Singapore Air, China's Nanshan and HNA — and the privately owned Virgin group tip in funds to keep it afloat or it will fail. That's a potential disaster for the economy. As our third biggest export earner, tourism is a vital industry and air services essential. It is now clear that pressure will build upon the Government for bailouts of public companies. A large number of foreign multinationals, which have borrowed to the hilt ( (up) to the hilt 到极致, 到最高峰, 最大可能的 as much as possible or to the highest level possible. Mike's colleagues were prepared to defend him to the hilt. The estate was mortgaged up to the hilt. Something that is done (up) to the hilt is done completely and without any limits: The government is already borrowing up to the hilt. ) in recent years, are also likely to hit trouble as revenues crater( [ˈkreɪtər] I. 火山口. the round hole at the top of a volcano. II. a large round hole in the ground caused by an explosion. a bomb crater. a. a large round hole on the surface of a planet caused by a meteorite hitting the surface. verb. to suddenly become much lower. Their share price cratered following the announcement. ), forcing them either to abandon Australia or severely curtail their activities. The problem is, once the Government throws a lifeline to one company or an industry, others will clamour 争先恐后, 争抢着 ( noun. I. 争抢, 抢购 an urgent request for something by a lot of people clamour for: There is a growing clamour for a ban on genetically modified foods. II. 喧嚣. 喧闹. a very loud noise made by a lot of people or things, for example when a lot of people are shouting. I couldn't hear anything above the clamour of the crowd. verb. [ˈklæmə(r)] I. to say that you want something and must have it. clamour for: children clamouring for attention. II. formal to make noise by shouting or talking loudly. ) for help, placing even more strain on our public finances. If that happens, the Prime Minister and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg should look to the UK and what it did through the GFC with its beleaguered banks. The banks were bailed out. But the government ended up owning them or, at least, large slices of them. Shareholders and creditors lost out but the banking system remained intact and the government sold out as the situation improved recouping its cash. It used to be called nationalisation 国有化; a term once considered abhorrent for any Liberal leader. But these aren't normal times.
Alcohol Pre-Loading Pre-Drinking, Pre-Gaming, Pre-Funking, Home Drinking, Prinking, predrinking, Pregaming, or Prefunking 预热, 预饮: pre-gaming/pre-game n.
To drink before going to a party. This most often happens because they
party where you are going to will be carding and you are under or
because you want to drink something hard to start your night off. Often
pregaming happens at the house and involves taking shots. v. The act of
partaking in a pregame. We really need to pregame tonight before we go out. I really pregamed heavily last night. I feel really sick now. n. A social gathering of several friends who get together to drink before going out to a party or a sports game. The goal of pre-gaming is to "get a buzz" before going out for the night. v. (slang) To consume alcohol prior to an event. Talk to me. That way 那样的话, 这样的话, 如果你听我的 I can help you. Okay. Bonnie can never know. I was just pre-gaming, you know, putting on the war paint, getting turnt up 兴奋起来 before the bonfire. That's when I realized the trophy was gone. this way/ that way I. You can use that way and this way to refer to a statement or comment that you have just made. Some of us have habits few people know about and we keep it this way. We have a beautiful city and we pray it stays that way. I've never found it hard to make friends so I suppose I was lucky that way. II. You can use that way or this way to refer to an action or situation that you have just mentioned, when you go on to mention the likely consequence or effect of it. Keep the soil moist. That way, the seedling will flourish. I am left holding the baby; but at least this way I know that she's being well looked after. preload I. load beforehand. "the camera comes preloaded with a 24-exposure film". II. BRITISH informal 事先喝了酒. 事先喝酒. drink alcohol, especially in large quantities, before going out socially. "drinking is expensive at festivals so they preload". within reason 不出格的, 合情合理的, 在合理范围内
If you say that you will do anything within reason, you mean that you
will do anything that is fair or reasonable and not too extreme. I will take any job that comes along, within reason. It means working, within reason, for whatever time is necessary. in moderation within reasonable limits; not to excess. "nuts can be eaten in moderation". if you do something in moderation, such as drinking alcohol or eating certain foods, you do not do it too much. If you say that someone does something such as eat, drink, or smoke in moderation, you mean that they do not eat, smoke, or drink too much or more than is reasonable. Many adults are able to drink in moderation, but others become dependent on alcohol. Fats and oils can be used in moderation. Some people think drinking in moderation can prevent heart disease. to excess [ɪkˈses] [disapproval] If you do something to excess, you do it too much. if you do something to excess, you do it so much that it harms you or causes problems. Charlie drank sometimes to excess. I was reasonably fit, played a lot of tennis, and didn't smoke or drink to excess. Red meat, eaten to excess, is very high in fat and calories. 研究文章: Alcohol pre-loading is drinking at a private residence before going out at night. The destination is a place to socialize, party, or attend a sports event (hence the term pre-gaming). Or it could be to go to any place where access to alcohol might be expensive, limited or prohibited. Reasons for Pre-Drinking: The motives for the popular practice are many. They can include entering an event already buzzed or saving money by drinking less expensive alcohol at home before leaving. It can be to ensure that the drinker's supply of alcohol won't be gone before the night is over. Often it's to reduce anxiety before beginning the evening's entertainment. Some pre-load to socialize more easily without the loud noise in bars. And, of course, many pre-load simply to conform 入乡随俗. Preloading usually occurs before a night out. However, it often occurs before other activities at which getting alcohol might be a problem. Research on Alcohol Pre-Loading: Researchers studied 18 to 24 year-olds in the Australian state of Victoria. They found that three-quarters reported pre-loading alcohol before going out at night to bars and pubs. Drinking Too Much Alcohol as a Self-Handicapping Strategy. When pre-loading results from high alcohol prices, the effects on retail vendors are negative. That is, they sell less alcohol. It also increases their risk of liability as a result of serving intoxicated persons. Pre-drinking, by whatever name, may be an undesirable high-risk practice.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Raj: All right. I've made up my mind. I'm gonna do the right thing, call this girl, and let her know that I'm in a relationship. Howard: Okay, so far we've heard, made up my mind I'm dumping Emily. Bernadette: Made up my mind to date both of them by pretending to be twin brothers. Howard: And made up my mind, I'll ask for a threesome and if they say no, play it off as a joke ( play if off 搪塞过去, 应付过去, 对付过去, 糊弄过去, 用...搪塞, 装作是, 故意假装, 用...来掩饰 I. pretend something bad was intentional or on purpose. He fell but played it off as though it was a dance move. After tripping, Sara tried to play her embarrassment off by laughing with everyone else. Although he's obviously hung over, he's trying to play it off as food poisoning. II. do something difficult or strange, and make it look easy or on purpose. I don't speak Spanish, but I think I played it off well last night. I was embarrassed but I played it off as though I don't care! play off 对打, 对阵 if two or more teams or players who have the same number of points in a competition play off, they play a game or games to see who is the winner. The 16 finalists will play off to see who will win the championship. play sb/sth off against sb/sth I. 互相争斗. 互相对打. 互相竞争. to encourage one person or group to compete or argue with another, hoping to gain some advantage from this situation. Management policy seemed to be to play one department off against another. II. To set something in opposition to, or working in a different direction than, something else in order to gain an advantage: The queen played the nobles off against each other, telling each of them that the others were plotting against him. play both ends against the middle 两头骗, 两面三刀 To manipulate two opposing sides of an argument, conflict, competition, etc., against one another for one's own benefit or advantage. My father and my uncle are engaged in a bitter business rivalry. If I can play both ends against the middle, I might be able to secure some sizeable investments for my own company. Janet really dislikes Mary and wants to date her boyfriend Mike, so she's been playing both ends against the middle in order to get them to break up.). Raj: I'm calling her. And the threesome didn't deserve the belly laugh 笑掉肚皮, 笑瘫了( a loud unrestrained laugh. "her mutter of amusement blossomed into an enormous belly laugh" ) it got. Bernadette: You're right. It could totally happen. 2. Amy: When did you get an engagement ring? Sheldon: My mother gave it to me, and I had been thinking about giving it to you, but then we broke up. Meemaw: Well, thank goodness for that. Amy: Sheldon, will you please tell your grandmother to stay out of this? Sheldon: Oh, I don't think I could do that. Meemaw: Sheldon, tell this girl that my ring will never be on her finger. Sheldon: I'm gonna opt out of that one 选择退出, too. Amy: Who said I even want to be engaged to him? And if I do, I, I don't need your hand-me-downs( hand-me-down 二手货 a garment or other item that has been passed on from another person. clothes that have been worn by someone and then given to someone else in the same family. "they received hand-me-downs and toys from relatives and friends". I. Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use. Edward wore Andrew's hand-me-downs. II. Hand-me-down is used to describe things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use. Most of the boys wore hand-me-down military shirts from their fathers. ...hand-me-down tennis rackets. heirloom a valuable or special possession that has belonged to a family for many years. ). Sheldon: All right, all right, look, let's all, let's remain calm and analyse this situation. Now, I realize that you've only known each other for less than a day, but is it possible this crankiness is because your cycles have synced? 3. Attorney: Well, the legal team needs to review existing patents to avoid overlap 专利冲突. Howard: Oh, I don't think there will be. Leonard: Yeah, we did our own search. Attorney: That's nice, but I think ours might be a bit more thorough. Sheldon: Get a load of this guy. Howard: Can you imagine if we make money with this? Leonard: If we do, I am splurging on the best sinus irrigator money can buy. Howard: That old sad story, guy gets a little money, goes straight up his nose. Attorney: Just need you to review and sign this document acknowledging that you understand the university will own 75% of the patent. Howard: Seventy-five percent? Sheldon: That's outrageous. This is our idea based on our research. How can you possibly justify owning a majority share? Attorney: It's university policy. Sheldon: I know when I'm beat 知道已成定局, 知道自己输了( be beat (beaten 一样的) I. To fail or be defeated. Down by 10 points with only two minutes left, we knew we were beat. II. To be thoroughly fatigued or physically exhausted. After two hours in the gym and another hour swimming, I was beat by the time I got home.). Leonard: Hold on, hold on. So the three of us do all the work and only end up with 25%? Attorney: Dr. Hofstadter, this university has been paying your salaries for over ten years. Did you think we do that out of the goodness of 大发善心, 出于善心 our hearts? Leonard: Well, until you just said that mean thing, kinda. Attorney: And as far as Mr. Wolowitz is concerned, I'm afraid as a federal employee on loan from 借调 NASA ( on loan (from somebody/something) if something or someone is on loan, they have been borrowed. The book I wanted was out on loan. paintings on loan from the Louvre. Cantona initially went on loan 球员租借 to Leeds United. So, we all know that Pete's been on loan to my unit 借调 for the last month. And I got to say it crossed my mind more than a few times to kick his ass out. 英国的借调: been temporarily seconded to 暂时借调到 Homicide. DS Flynn's secondment [ UK: sɪˈkɒndmənt, US səˈkɑːnd.mənt] is an important line of inquiry for us (second verb. I.
[ˈsekənd]附议. to make a formal statement of support for a suggestion made by
someone else during a meeting so that there can be a discussion or vote. to officially support a proposal made by another person in a meeting. The motion has been seconded. The motion was proposed by the club's
chairwoman and seconded by the secretary. "I could use a drink." "I'll
second that (= I agree with you)!" There was no seconder for (= person who was willing to support) the motion so it could not be debated. II. [sɪˈkɒnd] UK
临时调遣. 借调 (cross-designate). to second sb from one unit to another unit = on load from one unit to another unit. to send an employee to work somewhere else
temporarily, either to increase the number of workers or to replace
other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: During
the dispute, many police officers were seconded from traffic duty to
the prison service. At the beginning of series 2, he is promoted to
detective inspector and transferred to AC-9. He is seconded to AC-12 by
Hastings. Cottan is revealed to be "The Caddy", working as a fixer for
the organised crime group throughout the three series. He is killed at
the close of the third series having escaped from AC-12 custody. secondment
a period of time when an employee is sent to work somewhere else, to
increase the number of workers , to replace other workers, or to
exchange experience or skills: His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency. A
member of the company's eastern Europe group, who has been on
secondment in Berlin, Bratislava and Budapest, gave an informed overview
of publishing in the region. You may find you have to work away from
home on secondment. The former Swinburne University researcher, who works at data analytics company Quantium and is currently on secondment 外派 at the National Australia Bank, dressed casually in a brown leather jacket and blue jeans. noun. I. You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. The soil is depleted first by crops grown in it and second 其次 by bacterial action. II. In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. III. If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. There's seconds if you want them. IV. Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds. V. The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!' designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] I. 指派, 委任, 选派. to formally choose someone or something for a particular purpose. Nobody has yet been designated as the leader. social workers designated to work with difficult children. II. formal to give someone or something a particular name, title, or description. The park was designated as a National Monument in 1975. III. to represent something in a particular way, for example with a sign or symbol. Road hazards are designated 表示 by yellow diamond-shaped signs. designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] adj chosen for a particular job but not yet officially doing that job. the ambassador designate. )), your name can be on the patent, but you're not entitled to an ownership share. Howard: Wait, so this can turn out to be a financial success, and I get nothing? Attorney: Well, sometimes they give you a plaque. 4. Sheldon: Meemaw, look, I'm sorry, but I have to defend my girlfriend to you. Amy: Oh, Sheldon, thank you. Sheldon: Oh, great, now you're gonna get emotional. I always looked up to you and Pop-Pop. I, I know what a challenging man he could be, but I saw you stand by him and-and make him into a better person. Meemaw: I did. Sheldon: Yeah, well, that is exactly what I've been doing the last five years with this little work in progress. Leonard: He never disappoints, does he? Amy: I think what Sheldon means to say is we've both grown together. Isn't that right? 5. Howard: All right, let's sign this. Penny: Wait, wait, wait. What are these changes on page six? Amy: Sheldon, what did you do? Howard: I should've known. Bernadette: 25% of profits due to Sheldon Cooper will be allocated to a scholarship fund for the firstborn child of Howard and Bernadette Wolowitz. Sheldon, that's so nice. Leonard: That beats the onesie I was gonna get them from baby Gap. Howard: That's very generous, Sheldon. Sheldon: Oh, I've always valued education over money. And the very fact that you needed a written guarantee of respect made me realize how dismissive 不屑 I've been of your contributions. Howard: I appreciate that. Sheldon: And I just hope that this scholarship can rescue your child from the subpar education and menial life( menial [ˈminiəl] 繁琐的, 平凡的, 无聊的 (tedious [ˈtidiəs]) menial work is boring or dirty and is considered to be of low status. a menial job in the kitchens. Menial work is very boring, and the people who do it have a low status and are usually badly paid. ...low paid menial jobs, such as cleaning and domestic work. ) of an engineer. Amy: Sheldon. Sheldon: What? I didn't sign it yet.
