用法学习: 1. 美代理海军秘书辞职: US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says he has accepted the resignation of Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, who came under fire for his handling of a crisis involving the captain of a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier. He said Mr Modly quit on his own accord 主动辞职, "putting the Navy and the sailors above self". Secretary Modly's resignation is appropriate and called for. His disparaging remarks were far beneath the dignity of the office he held. NSW says relaxing restrictions would mean more deaths: "If the advice in a couple of weeks is that there might be a couple of aspects that we can tweak 微调 to provide relief to our citizens, well then, we'll take that advice. But that comes with risk. And I need to be very upfront about that," she said. Ms Berejiklian also said that while some restrictions 限制措施 could be relaxed, social distancing would still be here to stay until there was a coronavirus vaccine. Queen wishes Boris Johnson a speedy recovery: Officials said Mr Johnson was conscious and in a stable condition at a London hospital, where he was receiving oxygen in intensive care but was not on a ventilator. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was designated 指派, 委任 to run the country in the meantime. 2. ride someone's ass 针对某人, 挑刺, 找茬, 滋事 (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) to find fault with someone, to constantly criticise. To frequently or constantly harass, nag, or upbraid someone to do, accomplish, or complete something. If he doesn't quit riding my ass, I'm gonna punch him right in his face. The boss is riding everyone's ass to get the project finished by next week. Quit riding my ass, I'll get it done eventually! II. To tailgate, i.e. to follow unnecessarily closely behind another vehicle while driving.
mandatory VS compulsory VS obligatory VS imperative: mandatory [mændətri , US -tɔːri] 法律强制的 I. If an action or procedure is mandatory, people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law. ...the mandatory retirement age of 65. Attendance is mandatory. II. If a crime carries a mandatory 法定的 punishment, that punishment is fixed by law for all cases, in contrast to crimes for which the judge or magistrate has to decide the punishment for each particular case. ...the mandatory life sentence for murder. ...the four-year ban which is mandatory. ordered by a law or rule. mandatory for: A new accounting system will soon become mandatory for all departments. it is mandatory to do something: It's mandatory to wear a seat belt in all states. a mandatory sentence: mandatory minimum sentencing clause 法律规定的最低入狱年限. The trial judge imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. compulsory 强制的 something that is compulsory must be done because of a rule or law. A school outfit is no longer compulsory. If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must. In East Germany, learning Russian was compulsory. Many young men are trying to get away from compulsory military conscription 强制服兵役. Five of the company's senior managers have been made compulsorily redundant. obligatory [əˈblɪɡəˌtɔri] I. formal something that is obligatory must be done in order to obey a law or rule. It is obligatory for members to be insured. If something is obligatory, you must do it because of a rule or a law. Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it's not obligatory. These rates do not include the charge for obligatory medical consultations. II. often humorous used for describing something that happens or is done so often that people expect it. Indian movies with their obligatory 必不可少的, 不可或缺的, 惯例的. 例行的 song and dance routines. If you describe something as obligatory, you mean that it is done from habit or custom and not because the person involved has thought carefully about it or really means it. His lips curved up in the obligatory smile, acknowledging the compliment. She was wearing the obligatory sweater and pearl necklace. imperative [ɪmˈperətɪv] I. formal extremely important and urgent. Long-term investing is risky, and careful planning is imperative. it is imperative (that): It is imperative that these claims are dealt with quickly. it is imperative to do something: It was imperative to maintain peace and stability in the region. II. formal an imperative voice or way of speaking 发号施令的, 号令的, 命令式的语气 is confident and determined and shows that you expect to be obeyed. III. linguistics the imperative form of a verb expresses an order to do something.
Ozark season 3: 1. staying power the ability to maintain an activity or commitment despite fatigue or difficulty; stamina. "do you have the staying power to study alone at home?" a. If you have staying power, you have the strength or determination to keep going until you reach the end of what you are doing. Someone who lacks staying power and persistence 持之以恒的毅力 is unlikely to make a good researcher. b. If something such as an idea or a product has staying power, it remains popular or successful for a long time 长期生存能力. This iconic TV series has staying power 持续盈利能力. The new casino might not having the staying power that we do, we have been in this business for over 20 years. 2. vigilant [vɪdʒɪlənt] 高度警惕的 watching a person or situation very carefully so that you will notice any problems or signs of danger immediately. Someone who is vigilant gives careful attention to a particular problem or situation and concentrates on noticing any danger or trouble that there might be. He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious. All but one of these letter bombs had been intercepted by vigilant post office staff. Democracy is fragile and will not survive without constant vigilance. Ozark Season 3: Leading a cartel, he know he's in a hyper-vigilant place. 3. prerogative [prɪˈrɑɡətɪv] 特权, 专有权利 a right that a particular person or group has. If something is the prerogative of a particular person or group, it is a privilege or a power that only they have. Constitutional changes are exclusively the prerogative of the parliament. It is your prerogative to stop seeing that particular therapist and find another one. It's the manager's prerogative to decide who will play on the day. royal prerogative the special rights of a king or queen. What does that's your prerogative mean? A prerogative is someone's special right or privilege. As Bobby Brown once sang, "I don't need permission / Make my own decisions / That's my prerogative." ... A near synonym is privilege, which puts more emphasis on the fact that others do not have it. 4. line up I. intransitive/transitive to form a row, or to put people or things in a row. The books are lined up on a shelf above the desk. All children must line up when the whistle goes. If you line things up, you move them into a straight row. I would line up my toys on this windowsill and play. He finished polishing the cocktail glasses and lined them up behind the bar. Ozark Season 3: If those boxes are already lined with cash 一排一排的钞票, then our dirty money is in circulation before anyone's even looking. II. transitive 准备. 安排. 组织. to organize or prepare things for an event or a series of events. If you line up an event or activity, you arrange for it to happen. If you line someone up for an event or activity, you arrange for them to be available for that event or activity. She lined up executives, politicians and educators to serve on the board of directors. The band is lining up a two-week U.K. tour for the New Year. We have a series of activities lined up to keep you entertained. III. transitive to move something into the correct position in relation to something else, especially so that it is level with it. If you line one thing up with another, or one thing lines up with another, the first thing is moved into its correct position in relation to the second. You can also say that two things line up, or are lined up. You have to line the car up with the ones beside you. Gas cookers are adjustable in height to line up with your kitchen work top. Mahoney had lined up two of the crates. When the images line up exactly, the projectors should be fixed in place. All we have to do is to get the two pieces lined up properly. He lined the ball up and kicked it straight into the net. line up with: Hold a pen in front of you and line up its tip with some distant object 冲齐, 冲准. IV. intransitive if people are lining up to do something, they all want to do it at the same time. Her colleagues are lining up to demand her resignation. V. If you line up with, behind, or alongside a person or group, you support them. If you line up against a person or group, you oppose them. Some surprising names have lined up behind 支持, 表示支持 the idea. We Spaniards have lined up against each other all too often. line-up I. A line-up is a group of people or a series of things that have been gathered together to be part of a particular event. He is likely to be in Wales's starting line-up 出场阵容, 首发阵容 for their World Cup qualifying match. The programme is back for a new series with a great line-up of musicians and comedy acts. II. At a line-up, a witness to a crime tries to identify the criminal from among a line of people. He failed to identify Graham from photographs, but later picked him out of a police line-up. the battle lines are drawn If you say that the battle lines are drawn between opposing groups or people, you mean that they are ready to start fighting or arguing, and that it has become clear what the main points of conflict or disagreement will be. The battle lines were drawn after the government refused to budge from its final offer. 5. I'll show you out 我带你出去, 我送你出去. 6. mushy [mʌʃi] I. disapproving Vegetables and fruit that are mushy are soft and have lost most of their shape. soft and having no firm shape: Cook the lentils until they are mushy. The meat was mushy 软乎乎的, 砣了 (面条坨了, 沱了) and tasteless. When the fruit is mushy and cooked, remove from the heat. II. [disapproval] If you describe someone or something as mushy, you mean that they are very sentimental. excessively sentimental. romantic in a way that seems silly and not sincere. "a mushy film". 煽情的. 动情的. 感动的, 感人的.Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental. I hate those mushy love stories. Here's your present. Stop, don't go mushy on me. mushy peas peas that are boiled until they are very soft, eaten as a vegetable, especially in northern England. 7. call someone to account (for something) to say that someone is responsible for something that has gone wrong and expect them to explain it, deal with it, or be punished for it. account for I. If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it. Computers 占比 account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption. II. If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it. Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases. III. If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it. How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover? He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for. IV. If someone has to account for an action or policy 负责任, 担责任, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails. The President and the President alone must account for his government's reforms. V. If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose. The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for 对上账了. give a satisfactory record of (something, typically money, that one is responsible for). "I had to account for 入账 every penny I spent". to say where all the members of a group of people or things are, especially because you are worried that some of them may be lost Three days after the earthquake, more than 150 people had still to be accounted for 对上账, 找到. VI. If you account for an enemy or opponent, you kill, destroy, or beat them. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft. In the final they accounted for Brentford by three goals to two. 新来的FBI是被杀的那个FBI的boyfriend: I think what none of us can account for is the emotional component 情感因素, 情感成分 for the FBI. We can't be sure what level of resources they'll invest. So is it a tougher hand 更厉害的角色. 情感的组成: These three components are intimacy, passion, and decision/commitment. Each component manifests a different aspect of love. Intimacy. Intimacy refers to feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness in loving relationships. 8. in (one's) feelings adj I. overreacting, getting mad over something. II. distracted by one's (usually morose) feelings. I'm sorry I didn't call you back last night. I was in my feelings 黯然伤神. 感伤. 感时伤逝. Are we good or are we in our feelings 没有问题吗, 还是说你们[因为我的要求]不高兴了(生气了)? 9. She has a much higher tolerance for risk (Wendy 更愿意冒险, 承担风险) than I do. 10. seed money 启动资金 How legitimate can we get if the seed money is dirty? Seed money, sometimes known as seed funding or seed capital, is a form of securities offering in which an investor invests capital in a startup company in exchange for an equity stake or convertible note stake in the company. 10. fit the bill to fill the bill 满足要求, 满足条件, 符合条件 If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose. If you fit the bill, send a CV to Rebecca Rees. hyperbole [haɪˈpɜrbəli] a way of emphasizing what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is. hold back on the hyperbole 先别夸张, 夸大其词, 别夸大. If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is. ...the hyperbole that portrays him as one of the greatest visionaries in the world. allure [əˈlʊr] 魅力, 魅惑力, 诱惑 a special, exciting, and attractive quality that someone or something has. The allure of something or someone is the pleasing or exciting quality that they have. It's a game that has really lost its allure. sexual allure. allure of: the allure of gambling. 体型: Twink bodies are usually either ectomorphic bodies ( ectomorph [ˌɛktoʊˈmɔrf] 天生瘦型 a body type that tends to be thin, and struggles to gain weight as either body fat or muscle. My body type is ectomorph. ectomorphic [ˌɛktoʊˈmɔrfɪk] adj designating or of the slender physical type, characterized by predominance of the structures developed from the ectodermal layer of the embryo, as skin, nerves, brain, and sense organs. mesomorph [ˈmɛsəʊˌmɔːf] 天生肌肉型 a person with a muscular body build: said to be correlated with somatotonia. endomorphic [ˌɛndoʊˈmɔrfɪk] designating or of the round, fat physical type characterized by predominance of the structures developed from the endodermal layer of the embryo, as the internal organs. endomorph [ˈɛndəʊˌmɔːf] 天生肥胖型 a person with a fat and heavy body build: said to be correlated with viscerotonia. ), or mesomorphic bodies that have not been developed. It might be difficult to achieve with a build meso-morphic or endomorphic body. 11. Do you want me to watch your kids 看孩子?
sprung I. being sprung is being obsessed. you have to see them, you have to talk to them, you'll do anything for them no matter how bad they dog you. Being in love is when you appreciate the person for who they are. 一般就说be sprung不加补语. 一定要加补语的话, 加over sb. II. (Aussie slang) 被抓住, 被看到, 被逮住. 被抓现行. = by busted doing sth. Caught doing something illegal or against the rules. Notes: The adjective sprung, unlike (say) infatuated, does not normally take a complement; a person may be infatuated with someone, but is simply sprung. As with crazy or gaga, the target of the emotion is normally indicated by surrounding context; this is seen in the 1992 and 2003 quotations above. However, while relatively uncommon, it is possible for sprung to take a complement, construed with a preposition such as over (much like gaga); this is seen in the 2005 quotation above. dog verb (If someone calls a man a dog, they strongly disapprove of him. If someone calls a woman or girl a dog, they mean that she is unattractive. [US, informal, disapproval] People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality. It's a real dog. .) I. often passive to cause trouble for someone over a long period of time. If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time. The problems that have dogged 烦扰, 烦忧 him all year are just a temporary setback. His career has been dogged 困扰, 纠缠不休 by bad luck. He has been dogged by persistent back problems. These rumors had dogged the president for years. II. to follow someone closely in a way that annoys them. Photographers dogged the princess all her adult life. III. Americanvery informal to criticize someone in a continuous and annoying way. dogged [dɒgɪd] If you describe someone's actions as dogged, you mean that they are determined to continue with something even if it becomes difficult or dangerous. They have gained respect through sheer dogged 坚持不懈的, 不肯放弃的 determination. ...his dogged insistence on their rights. She would fight doggedly 打不死的 不服气的, 不服输的 for her rights as the children's mother. Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheer doggedness. gaga [ˈɡɑˌɡɑ] I. not thinking clearly because you have very strong feelings of love for someone or because you are very enthusiastic or excited about something. Teenage girls have gone gaga over the band's lead singer. II. no longer able to think clearly because you are getting very old. The perception is horrible': Premier orders Minister sprung staying at holiday house back to Sydney: Gladys Berejiklian orders her Arts Minister Don Harwin back to Sydney, after he was sprung at his Central Coast holiday house despite bans on non-essential travel. Jobseekers facing coronavirus cash crisis as savings dry up 用完, 用尽 weeks before support will arrive. Student nurse Keith Dwyer is heading into the coronavirus trenches, ending his studies early to be rocketed to the frontline of the pandemic — except he can't fill up the tank of his car to get to his final classes. "I essentially have no more savings because I've used the last of it to pay my last lot of rent," he said. "As soon as the gas runs out of my car … I'm pretty much done." Mr Dwyer, who lost his casual job at a cafe, is emblematic ( [ˌembləˈmætɪk] generally accepted as being a symbol of a quality, idea, or principle. a. If something, such as an object in a picture, is emblematic of a particular quality or an idea, it symbolically represents the quality or idea. Dogs are emblematic of faithfulness. In some works, flowers take on a powerful emblematic quality. II. If you say that something is emblematic of 广泛代表性, 具有代表性的 a state of affairs, you mean that it is characteristic of it and represents its most typical features. The killing in Pensacola is emblematic of a lot of the violence that is happening around the world. emblem [ˈembləm] I. a design or object that is a symbol of something such as a country or organization. II. something that is generally accepted as a symbol of a quality, idea, or principle. a dove, the emblem of peace 和平的象征. ) of the cash crisis facing Australians, who have high levels of household debt 高债务, 很多债 and only a small cushion 缓冲资金 of savings. Expenses vary between individuals and between different places across the country — for example, people in major cities tend to have higher housing costs, but some rural and remote locations pay more for groceries and essential services. However, low-ball estimates 保守估计, 压低报价( to deliberately underestimate a price, cost, rate etc. in order to deceive. to make a very low estimate or offer for (a service, product, company, etc). To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low. To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly. The campaign accused insurance companies of using computer programs designed to lowball claims and increase company profits. Bob Diamond refused to name the government minister who allegedly put pressure on Barclays to 'lowball' its Libor rating during a gruelling appearance before MPs today. at a level that is unfairly low: lowball bid/offer/price 过低的报价 The board issued a statement to make it clear that they would not consider any lowball offers. a lowball bid 报价低. a conservative estimate/guess 保守猜测, 保守估计 a guess which is deliberately lower than what the real amount probably is At a conservative estimate, the holiday will cost about £1,500. Conservative approach (aggressive approach) is a risk-free strategy of working capital financing. A company adopting this strategy maintains a higher level of current assets and therefore higher working capital also. ... So, the risk associated with short-term financing is abolished to a great extent. ) suggest an average single person needs $2,835 a month for expenses and a couple needs $4,118, not including rent or mortgage payments. As the coronavirus crisis has escalated 逐步升级 and public health measures have been increased, jobs have been lost and incomes have been slashed 收入腰斩, leading to more people running out of savings. "I don't think people understand how hospitality workers in particular live pay cheque to pay cheque 靠工资生活, 月光族, because we don't make a whole lot of money and Melbourne isn't a cheap place to live," Mr Dwyer said. "It's not feasible to think that I could have three months of savings in the bank when I work what is considered an unskilled non-essential job that's been casualised for years." Casual workers slip through the cracks 被漏掉了, 漏网之鱼: Emma King, the chief executive of the Victorian Council of Social Service, the peak body for the state's social and community sector, said people thrown into unemployment needed support now. "The sheer desperation of people who are lining up at Centrelink at 4:30 in the morning, simply to get seen, speaks to the fact of 说明了这样一个事实 ( speak to sth I. 说明. 表明. to show that a situation exists or something is true. This situation speaks to a need for a better tax system. The party's success speaks to the fact that many people in the US want change. II. to talk or write about something, especially something that needs discussing or dealing with. I am qualified to speak to this issue. the facts speak for themselves used for saying that the facts of a particular situation provide all the necessary, true information about it. We do not have to defend our record: the facts speak for themselves. ) people's fear, their anxiety and the sense of urgency of not having enough money to make ends meet," she said. Casual workers, gig economy workers, internationals students and people on working visas are among the groups who may fall through the cracks of the new schemes. The $130 billion program is eye-watering in its size but has been criticised for leaving out large groups of workers, many of them already vulnerable.
Big Bang Theory: 1. Mary: Thank you, God, for the food we are about to receive and for the nourishment of our bodies and bless the hands that prepared it. Amen. Sheldon: Given that your hands prepared it, isn't that a little self-serving ( self-serving 为自己的, 为自己考虑的, 为自己着想的 adj. formal disapproving working or acting for your own advantage: Politicians are seen as corrupt and self-serving. self-seeking formal disapproving interested in your own advantage in everything that you do: A lot of people feel that politicians are just self-seeking opportunists. Self-checkout (also known as self-service 自助式的 checkout and as semi-attended customer-activated terminal, SACAT) machines provide a mechanism for customers to process their own purchases from a retailer. They are an alternative to the traditional cashier-staffed checkout. The customer performs the job of the cashier themselves, by scanning and applying payment for the items. )? Mary: You start changing the words to the prayers, next thing you know, you're in a church with a guitar. Amy: Thank you for cooking, it looks delicious. 2. Amy: This was a potential issue, so I got out ahead of it and I managed the situation for you. Sheldon: You managed the situation? Amy: That's right. Sheldon: So my mother thought I was incapable of finding a mate, and my mate thinks I'm incapable of running my own life. Amy: Not your whole life. I mean, science, you got that 不在话下. Organizing your sock drawer, you're the king 王者. But understanding how other people are feeling, that's a weak spot for you. Sheldon: I have gotten much better at that.
