用法学习: 1. glaze [gleɪz] noun. I. 抛光. A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven. a clear shiny oil that you put on paintings or on objects made of clay, leather, or paper to protect them and make them look attractive. ...hand-painted French tiles with decorative glazes. II. A glaze is a thin layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid that you spread onto food in order to make the surface shine and look attractive. a thin layer of milk, sugar, or egg that you put on foods to make them look smooth and shiny. Brush the glaze over the top and sides of the hot cake. verb. I. When you glaze food such as bread or pastry, you spread a layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid onto it before you cook it in order to make its surface shine and look attractive. Glaze the pie with beaten egg. II. glaze a window. How do you glaze a window pane? III. I just glazed my chest. I'd love to deglaze your chest with my tongue! glaze over 失神. If your eyes glaze over, they become dull and lose all expression, usually because you are bored or are thinking about something else. if you or your eyes glaze over, you start to look bored or tired and it is obvious to other people that you have stopped listening. I just glaze over as soon as anyone starts talking about cars. ...movie actors whose eyes glaze over as soon as the subject wavers from themselves. double-glazed 双层玻璃 having windows with two layers of glass. The whole house is double-glazed. glazing 玻璃 [ˈɡleɪzɪŋ] thin flat pieces of glass in doors and windows. glass fitted, or to be fitted, in a door, frame, etc. wiki: Glazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. Glazing also describes the work done by a professional "glazier 装玻璃的工人". Glazing is also less commonly used to describe the insertion of ophthalmic lenses into an eyeglass frame. 2. Covid-19 app: The ABC has also confirmed the tender 招投标 was a limited, invitation-only opportunity initially run by the Department of Home Affairs, which is principally responsible for border protection and national security. Issuing the contract to 把合同给 Amazon may also mean the Australian data is obtainable by US law enforcement under a 2018 law that allows them to obtain information held by US-registered data companies no matter where in the world that information is held. That stands in contrast to assurances given by Attorney-General Christian Porter on Wednesday that he would prevent Australian police from accessing the data. "The Government has already made the decision not to make any information collected by the app available for other purposes, including law enforcement investigations," Mr Porter said. The Government has previously security vetted 安全调查 two giant US corporations to provide secure cloud storage — Microsoft and Amazon. Ms Price said she and others had also warned the Government that its current plan — to store the encryption keys in the same cloud as the data itself — posed an unnecessary security risk. "The other thing we can do as best practice 最好的做法 (practice I. countable/uncountable 训练. occasions when you do something in order to become better at it, or the time that you spend doing this. You will become a faster typist with practice. Waylans broke his wrist during practice and will be unable to pitch in tomorrow's game. You'll have to come to all the practices if you want to play in the concert. Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something. She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day. ...the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician. The defending world racing champion recorded the fastest time in a final practice today. II. uncountable the actual performance of an activity in a real situation. trends in educational theory and practice. put something into practice: We urge you to put the committee's recommendations into practice. III. countable/uncountable a way of doing something, especially as a result of habit, custom, or tradition. It is good practice to check your work before handing it in. unfair billing practices. the practice of something: the practice of discrimination against older people in the workplace. common/standard/normal practice If something such as a procedure is normal practice or standard practice, it is the usual thing that is done in a particular situation. It is normal practice not to reveal details of a patient's condition. The transcript is full of codewords, which is standard practice in any army. Bribery is common practice 常事, 常见行为, 正常行为 in many countries. a. uncountable legal the established methods for dealing with cases in court. b. 行为. You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice. Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice 这种做法是非法的 that is illegal in Germany. The Prime Minister demanded a public inquiry into bank practices. IV. countable the business of a doctor, lawyer, or other professional person. A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers. The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived. My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know. a medical/legal/dental/veterinary practice. a. uncountable the work of a doctor, lawyer, or other professional person. The work done by doctors and lawyers is referred to as the practice of medicine and law. People's religious activities are referred to as the practice of a religion. ...the practice 实践 of internal medicine 内科. [+ of] I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice. ...a law guaranteeing the people freedom of conscience and religious practice. the practice of medicine/law/dentistry. be out of practice 生疏, 疏于训练 to be bad at doing something because you have not been doing it regularly. I tried out his skates, but I was seriously out of practice. be in practice to be good at doing something because you have been doing it regularly. I'll play you again when I'm back in practice. ) is to ensure, because the data is appropriately going to be encrypted, the encryption keys are held separately to the database," she said. She hoped the Government would change tack 换一种做法, 改变做法, 改变心意, 改主意(change [one's] tack: If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation. to try a different method to deal with the same problem: I've written twice and received no reply, so I might change tack and call her. In desperation I changed tack. This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.). "It's my understanding that off the back of 由于, 基于 ( What do you hope could happen off the back of this? ) us and others ( on the back of something because of something, or helped by something. If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it. The cuts, if approved, come on the back of a difficult eight years that have seen three fire stations closed. Share prices rose sharply on the back of a rise in profits. off the back of a lorry [British, informal] If someone says that something has fallen off the back of a lorry, or that they got something off the back of a lorry, they mean that they bought something that they knew was stolen. He gets caviare that has fallen off the back of a lorry. Pete once bought the boys a bicycle cheap off the back of a lorry. ) asking the question about whether the keys will be stored in the same cloud, and pointed it out that best standard is to hold them separately, that's being actively worked on," she said. 3. talk twenty to the dozen To talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically. My aunt can get talking twenty to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about. talk nineteen to the dozen 大聊特聊, 聊个没完 talk incessantly. No convincing reason has been put forward as to why nineteen should have been preferred in this idiom rather than twenty or any other number larger than twelve. 1998 Pamela Jooste Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter He hasn't even got his foot in the door before she's talking nineteen to the dozen and hanging round his neck and asking if he's got sweets in his pocket. An hour later they were still sitting there talking nineteen to the dozen. a mile a minute very quickly The two of them were talking a mile a minute. a dime a dozen 便宜的很, 到处都是 informal North American very common and of no particular value. "experts in this field are a dime a dozen". 4. keen/sharp eye [for] 眼光精准, 净盯着, 有眼光, 目光锐利: a special ability to notice or recognize a particular thing or quality. He has a keen/sharp eye for detail. My friend's a tireless shopper with a keen eye for a bargain. golden opportunity (to seize an opportunity) 天赐良机, 绝佳的机会 a golden opportunity is an usually good chance to do or succeed at something. A chance that should not be missed. a good chance to get something valuable or to be very successful. He wasted a golden opportunity when he missed from the penalty spot. a chance to do something that is likely to be successful and rewarding. He says there's a golden opportunity for peace which must be seized. conjugation [ˌkɑndʒəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n] I. the way that you conjugate a particular verb. the conjugation of the verb "to see". II. a group of verbs that all conjugate using the same pattern. conjugate [ˈkɑndʒəˌɡeɪt] 动词的词形变化 I. transitive to state the different forms a verb can have, for example according to the number of people it refers to and whether it refers to the present, past, or future. II. intransitive if a verb conjugates, it has different forms. Today we learn how the verb "to be" conjugates. 关于学习西班牙语的动词变形: There are shortcuts, and there is a better way to learn conjugations without making your brain bleed ( Or, then again, mathematical problems that make your brain bleed. ) by trying to memorize boring conjugation charts. So, if you internalize the sound of the tenses you don't have to do the mental gymnastics trying to conjugate 'on the fly'. For example, if a person is telling a story about themselves in the past, you're going to hear endings "é, í, aba, ía". If they're telling a story about another person, and it happened in the past, you're going to hear "ó, ió, aba, ía". If you're talking to a friend, or the friend is talking to you, you're going to hear "iste, and aste". 5. 贝嫂疫情下举动被轰: Victoria thinks we were all terribly arsey about her when she decided to use our money to furlough her fashion company workers. How could we be so mean as to expect a woman who has an estimated wealth of £335million – acquired largely through singing badly – to dig into her own pockets. Rather than scrounging off the taxpayer. fiend [fiːnd] I. an evil spirit or demon. II. INFORMAL an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing. "a football fiend". John Travolta Is a Gay Massage Fiend. croak [kroʊk] I. When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound. Thousands of frogs croaked 蛙鸣, 鸟鸣 in the reeds by the riverbank. ...the guttural croak of the frogs. II. If someone croaks something, they say it in a low, rough voice. to speak or say something in a low rough voice that sounds as if you have a sore throat. Tiller moaned and managed to croak, 'Help me.'. She croaked something unintelligible. His voice was just a croak. III. intransitive very informal to die. be chomping/champing/chafing at the bit 抓耳挠腮, 咬马嚼子, 没有耐心烦, 急不可耐 To be impatient and/or eager for something to happen or over some delay. Used to liken someone to an overexcited horse straining against its bit (the metal piece of the harness that fits between its jaws). If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over. I expect you're champing at the bit, so we'll get things going as soon as we can. I was chomping at the bit for the game to start. After two hours of waiting in the airport lobby, we were chomping at the bit to finally get on the plane. be impatient to do or to start doing something: The players were champing at the bit as the start of the match was delayed. I know you're chafing at the bit, so we'll start as soon as we can. Champ and chomp mean to bite or eat something noisily. The bit is the piece of metal which goes in a horse's mouth and is used to control the horse. 6. how so?/how's that? 怎么说, 此话怎讲, 什么意思 used for asking someone to explain the reason for the statement they have just made. 'If the dam is built, a lot of people will suffer.' 'How so'? Woman in gold script: I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I'm afraid, in your haste, there's been a misunderstanding. How's that? How's that? I. Please repeat what you said; I didn't understand or hear you. Also, how's that again. What did you say? Please repeat it. How's that? I didn't quite hear you. A: "Do you need anything from the shop?" B: "How's that? Sorry, the oven fan was too loud." A: "So as you can see, the third-quarter dividends represent a large margin of improvement over this time last year." B: "How's that? I didn't follow." II. Why is that the case? A: "I think you may need to plan a different way of getting to the airport tomorrow." B: "How's that?" A: "The highway is going to be closed for construction all week." How's this/that for (something)? What do you think of this or that example of something? Isn't this/that exemplary of something? Can be used to highlight something negative or positive. A: "Now, how's this for a steak dinner?" B: "Wow, it looks delicious, I can't believe you cooked this all on your own!" Look at the neighbor's flashy new sports car—how's that for a midlife crisis? used for asking someone to notice an example of a particular quality. The papers are all here ready for you to sign. How's that for efficiency? 7. Woman in Gold script: a. These are three names of the top restitution 物归原主 ( I. the act of returning something that was lost or stolen to the person it belongs to. Restitution is the act of giving back to a person something that was lost or stolen, or of paying them money for the loss. The victims are demanding full restitution. We have asked that they rehire the people they fired and make restitution to them. II. payment or services that you provide someone with because you have done something bad or illegal to them. make restitution (to someone for something): He was ordered to make restitution to his victim. restitute [ˈrɛstɪˌtjuːt] I. to restore something to its original position or state. The courts will then order the person to restitute this situation. II. to give back or repay something. Many of these stolen pieces of art have now been restituted to their original Jewish owners. ) lawyers in America. They'll cost you but without them, it's a non-starter 完全没有可能, 想都不用想( a plan that has no chance of being successful. If you describe a plan or idea as a non-starter, you mean that it has no chance of success. The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a non-starter. Some of the points were non-starters but some of them were quite reasonable.). All I have is my bungalow, my shop, and a little money I've been saving for a trip to Hawaii. I don't want to start throwing cash at some fancy lawyers. b. He hands her the photocopies across the table, starts to put on his jacket. I need to go. Randy, I don't want to rock your boat ( rock the boat informal If you rock the boat, you do or say something that will upset people or cause problems. If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble. I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way. Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished.). Well, thank you, how considerate. But maybe you can help me on the side. Like a hobby. He makes a sign at the waitress for the check. You can't do this 'on the side' Maria, this is a full time job, this is not a hobby. You are quite rude, a little uncouth(If you describe a person as uncouth, you mean that their behaviour is rude, noisy, and unpleasant. behaving in a way that polite people consider rude or offensive ...that oafish, uncouth person. ), and completely disinterested in the past. And you have a talent for making me feel good about myself. But you have the connection. The connection? Your family, Randy. Your grandparents. They were from Vienna. We have the same history. Anyway, a few days ago you weren't even interested in the case, now you are all over me like a rash. What happened? Against my better judgement ( against someone's better judgment contrary to what one feels to be wise or sensible. if someone does something against their better judgment, they do it even though they are not sure that it is a good idea. I took his advice, somewhat against my better judgment. "he persuaded me against my better judgement to join him". ), I think I like you. 8. Maria Altmann (Dame Helen Mirren) sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered 抢去, 抢走, 劫掠 by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice 某种程度上的 for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis. Choirboy A pure and innocent person who does not have a dirty mind. He's not exactly a choir boy himself 他自己也不是什么省油的灯. Guy : *says a dirty joke*. Guy #2: *laughs* Nice! Innocent Guy: What? I don't get it? Guy: Bro, you're such a choirboy! Get tf in the game man! Guy #2: Damn bro... ringer I. informal a person or thing that looks very like another. "he is a dead ringer for his late papa". That toy gun is a dead ringer 长得一模一样 for a real gun. a. an athlete or horse fraudulently substituted for another in a competition or event. "it was discovered that the winning horse was a ringer". b. a motor vehicle whose identity has been fraudulently changed by the substitution of a different registration plate. "the patrol was told the van was a ringer". c. a highly proficient person brought in supplement a team or group. "officials had packed the squad with ringers". II. a person or device that rings something. wiki: Dead ringer is an idiom in English. It means "an exact duplicate" or "100% duplicate", and derives from 19th-century horse-racing slang for a horse presented "under a false name and pedigree"; "ringer" was a late nineteenth-century term for a duplicate, usually with implications of dishonesty, and "dead" in this case means "precise", as in "dead centre". The term is sometimes implausibly ( [ɪmˈplɔzəb(ə)l] difficult to accept as true. 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 难以服众的, 不具说服力的, 不可信的. 不可靠的, 不靠谱的, 不可能是真的 that the projects would have gone ahead without her backing. They are, rather implausibly, close friends. an implausible excuse/explanation. plausible [plɔːzɪbəl] I. 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 可信的 that he conned everybody. ) said to derive, like "saved by the bell", from a custom of providing a cord in coffins for someone who has been buried alive to ring a bell to call for help. runaway jury a jury in which the jurors act independently and do not listen to the instructions of the court and the prosecutor. He sought a retrial on the basis that there had been a runaway jury. runaway adj. You use runaway to describe a situation in which something increases or develops very quickly and cannot be controlled. Our Grand Sale in June was a runaway success 一发冲天的. ...a runaway 遏制不住的, 止不住的 best-seller. He is a runaway winner. ...in an era of runaway inflation. II. A runaway vehicle or animal is moving forward quickly, and its driver or rider has lost control of it. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple. The narrative pulls you along like a runaway 失控的 train. ...a runaway horse. noun. A runaway is someone, especially a child, who leaves home without telling anyone or without permission. ...a teenage runaway. ...a runaway slave. 9. boost up 举起来, 举一下, 抬一下 give someone a boost-up: to lift someone up, so that they can reach something that is high up, To give a helpful lift up to someone, either physically or emotionally. This phrasal verb means to lift someone up to reach a higher point. This can be physically, if someone cannot reach something, or emotionally, if someone needs a boost, or increase, in confidence or morale. You typically boost someone over an obstacle, and a boost of either kind is beneficial rather than harmful. If I give you a boost, could you reach the window? To hoist someone or something up to a higher point. I boosted up my daughter so that she could get a better view of the giraffes at the zoo. Boost me up so I can spy on them through the window! Boost up that box before it falls. to give someone a helpful lift up to something. She boosted me up so I could get into the window. They boosted up the child for a better view. 10. hyperbole [haɪˈpɜː(r)bəli] a way of emphasizing what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is. hyperbolic [ˌhaɪpərˈbɑlɪk] I. hyperbolic language emphasizes what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is. It was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. II. resembling or pertaining to a hyperbola (a curve). In fact, it corresponds to the graph of a function called the hyperbolic cosine. A sealed road 油漆路, 打过的马路 (dirt road 土路) is a road of which the surface has been permanently sealed by the use of one of several pavement treatments, often of composite construction. In some countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, this surface is generically referred to as "seal". Tarmacadam 泊油路 is a road surfacing material made by combining macadam surfaces, tar, and sand, patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1902. The terms "tarmacadam" and tarmac are also used for a variety of other materials, including tar-grouted macadam, bituminous surface treatments, and modern asphalt concrete. The term is also often incorrectly used to describe airport aprons (also referred to as "ramps") ( Runways, as well as taxiways and ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac," though very few runways are built using tarmac. tarmac: the part of an airport where the planes stop and that people walk across to get on a plane. The tarmac is an area with a surface made of tarmac, especially the area from which planes take off at an airport. Standing on the tarmac were two American planes. II. AM, blacktop Tarmac is a material used for making road surfaces, consisting of crushed stones mixed with tar. ...a strip of tarmac. ...tarmac paths. 跑道相关用词: Airplanes move about on three (and only three) surfaces on the airport. Runways are used by airplanes to takeoff and land. Regardless of what you hear on the news, we don’t sit for hours on runways when we’re delayed. We certainly don't load or unload passengers on runways (unless there is something very wrong with the aircraft). Taxiways are the "roads" airplanes take to get to and from the runways. The Apron (ramp) is the place where airplanes park to board passengers and refuel. The term ramp is outdated but still commonly used in North America and a few other places. Apron is the internationally accepted term for this area of the airport. News media and a few government sources often use the term “tarmac.” I have seen it used to describe runways, taxiways, aprons, parking lots, and sidewalks; and it’s actually incorrect. Aviation professionals cringe when we hear the word. ), taxiways, and runways regardless of the surface. Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac, bitumen macadam, or rolled asphalt in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, as well as the core of embankment dams. 11. pudgy [ˈpʌdʒi] 胖胖的, 肥肥的, 肥嘟嘟的(用于形容身体的某一个部位) adj INFORMAL (of a person or part of their body) rather fat. "his pudgy fingers". incinerate [ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt] 燃烧, 烧掉, 焚烧 I. destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning. When authorities incinerate rubbish or waste material, they burn it completely in a special container. The government is trying to stop hospitals incinerating their own waste. ...banning the incineration of lead batteries. ...an incineration plant. "waste packaging is to be incinerated rather than buried in landfills". II. If people are incinerated, for example in a bomb attack or a fire, they are burnt to death. Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials. Incineration and other high-temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas and heat. walk (take a walk) on the wild side I. A risky, raucous, adventurous, or licentious act, instance, or period of time. An occasion or incident involving adventurous, risky, or morally questionable behavior. To behave in an adventurous, risky, or morally questionable manner. I liked to take a walk on the wild side while I was in college 刺激, 冒险, 做疯狂的事, 做冒险的事情, but now that I'm a bit older, I tend to be a bit more conservative in the things I do for fun. Jim, we've had such a quiet, sheltered life together. I want at least one walk on the wild side before we get too old! II. To engage in risky, raucous, adventurous, or licentious behavior. If you're looking for a wild time on your vacation, you should travel with Samantha—she's always ready to walk on the wild side! raucous [ˈrɔkəs] adj I. rude, noisy, and violent. a raucous gang of teenagers. II. a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough. Raucous laughter came from inside. obtuse [əbˈtus] adj. I. 反应迟钝的. 慢吞吞的, 半天反应不过来的, 反应慢的. Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. someone who is obtuse does not understand explanations or situations quickly. I think he was being deliberately obtuse. I've really been very obtuse and stupid. Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith. II. acute angle锐角. An obtuse angle 钝角 is between 90° and 180°. 12. keep/hold one's end up I. to maintain one's stance or position against opposition or misfortune. II. 尽了自己的力. 做到了你该做的. 做了自己该做的. To do as was promised in an agreement or bargain; to carry through with what one agreed to do. She let you down 食言, but you held your end 做到了. OK, I've delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to hold your end up! My dad said he'd buy me a car if I got a 4.0 this semester, so I've got to ace this test if I want to hold my end up. Do one's share. John always holds his end up, but Jerry is less reliable, or Let's hope she can keep up her end. In these expressions end alludes to one of two sides of something that must be lifted by two persons. run rife (谣言) 四起 to spread quickly in an uncontrolled way No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife. If something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or happens a lot: Dysentery 痢疾 and malaria 疟疾 are rife in the refugee camps. rife with sth full of something unpleasant: The office was rife with rumours. jizz I. (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen. II. (transitive, slang) To ejaculate on, over, or into; to cover in semen. noun. Male ejaculate; sperm, semen. jizz-mopper One whose job is to clean up semen at a sex-related establishment. jizz fest (jizz party) I. A sexual ritual consisting of multiple men blowing their loads on some trick ass beeyotch. I went to my friend's house for a party, and wound up getting in on a hell of a jizz fest with this drunk bitch. II. A male get together where cum is spilled repeatedly by each individual as a result of the masturbation appeal of a shown porno flick. Paul invited his friends over for a jizz fest because of the illegal channels that his tv possesed.
一句话: 1. Amazon, incorporated in Seattle ( incorporated [ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪtəd] an incorporated company has the legal status of a corporation. Incorporated is used after a company's name to show that it is a legally established company in the United States. ...MCA Incorporated. incorporate [ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪt] I. transitive to add or include something as a part of something else, for example as a part of an arrangement or a document. incorporate something into/in something: Congress incorporated this principle into the 1977 clean-air Amendments. a. to include something as a part or as a quality. The course incorporates a strong German language element. Our electrical equipment incorporates all the latest safety features. II. intransitive/transitive business to form a corporation (=a company that can raise money by selling shares). The company's doing so well, we've decided to incorporate. ), is one of the world's largest companies. 2. This increased ability to follow up on potential exposure to infected people could help authorities control or respond to outbreaks, and is why the widespread use of the app has been framed ( frame verb. I. often passive to put a picture or photograph in a frame. That's a nice photo – you ought to have it framed. II. 构陷. 陷害 informal to make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not, for example by lying to the police or by producing false evidence. If someone frames an innocent person, they make other people think that that person is guilty of a crime, by lying or inventing evidence. I need to find out who tried to frame me. He claimed that he had been framed by the police. III. to express something carefully in a particular way. If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way. The story is framed in a format that is part thriller, part love story. He framed this question three different ways in search of an answer. The judge instructed him to frame the question differently. IV. to develop or make up something such as a plan or law. If someone frames something such as a set of rules, a plan, or a system, they create and develop it. After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution. Many people were involved in framing these proposals. V. literary to form a border around something. If an object is framed by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at. The swimming pool is framed by tropical gardens. An elegant occasional table is framed in the window. Long red hair framed her smiling face. frame noun. I. You can refer to someone's body as their frame, especially when you are describing the general shape of their body. Their belts are pulled tight against their bony frames. in the frame 在考虑范围内 If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it. We need a win to keep us in the frame for the title. According to Politico, Mr Trump's coronavirus co-ordinator Deborah Birx is in line to replace Mr Azar. She went viral for her own reaction to his disinfectant comments. ) as critical to easing restrictions.
ingratitude [ɪngrætɪtjuːd , US -tuːd] 不知感恩的 Ingratitude is lack of gratitude for something that has been done for you. behavior or attitudes that show you are not grateful, especially when other people think you should be grateful. He accused the United States of ingratitude. The Government could expect only ingratitude from the electorate. ingrate [ˈɪnˌɡreɪt] noun someone who is not grateful in the way they should be. an ungrateful person. adj. ungrateful. ingratiate [ɪnˈɡreɪʃiˌeɪ] 巴结 [disapproval] If someone tries to ingratiate themselves with you, they do things to try and make you like them. to try to get someone's approval by doing or saying things that will please them Many politicians are trying to ingratiate themselves with her. ingrained adj. Ingrained habits and beliefs are difficult to change or remove. Morals tend to be deeply ingrained. From ingrained habit he paused to straighten up the bed.
