用法学习: 1. when the time comes 到那时候, 到时候(the time has come to do something) used for talking about what will happen at some future time. She's looking forward to going to college, though she might be nervous when the time comes. when the time is right/ripe 是时候, 时机成熟, 合适的时候 it is the most suitable moment to do something or for something to happen: I haven't told him yet, but I will when the time is right. She felt the time was right to leave. The time is ripe for investing in new technology. no time to lose 没多余时间, 浪费不起时间 If you say there is or that you have no time to lose, it means that you must do quickly whatever it is that you want to do: Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get home before John finds out. time is short 没时间, 时间紧急 (short of time): I'd like to visit all the museums but time is short (= there is little time left). be running short (of/on something) 不足, 不够, 时间紧迫 if you are running short of something, or if something is running short, it is being used up and there will soon not be enough left. We're running short of coffee again. Our supplies of petrol were running short. Come on, time's running short! time poor 没有休闲时间, 工作繁忙: not having enough time to do things: Increasingly, both men and women in the professional middle classes are work-rich and time-poor. someone who is time-poor has very little free time, and so even though they may have plenty of money they do not have much leisure time to spend it. The company searches, negotiates and renovates properties on behalf of time-poor buyers. Money-rich, time-poor is an expression which arose in Britain at the end of the 20th century to describe groups of people who, whilst having a high disposable income through well-paid employment, have relatively little leisure time as a result. Time poverty has also been coined as a noun for the phenomenon. out of time: to not have enough minutes, etc. available: I'd like to continue this discussion but we're all out of time. time's up informal there are no more minutes, hours, etc. available: OK, everyone, time's up for this week. time added on 伤停补时时间, 加时赛 UK (also injury time, stoppage time) a period of time added to the end of a football match because play was stopped during the game, usually to take care of players who were hurt: His goal in the third minute of time added on sealed the match. short time 减工时 British English when workers work for fewer hours than usual, because the company cannot afford to pay them their full wage. If workers are put on short time, they are asked to work fewer hours than the normal working week, because their employer can not afford to pay them a full-time wage. Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand 需求萎缩. Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working. Most of the workers were put on short time. 2. wheeler-dealer 玩弄阴谋权术的人. 耍阴谋诡计的人 someone who uses clever or slightly dishonest methods to get advantages from a lot of situations at the same time, especially in business or politics. someone who wheels and deals. If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods. He worked in the property business for a number of years, acquiring a reputation as a formidable wheeler-dealer. wheel and deal If you say that someone wheels and deals, you mean that they use a lot of different methods and contacts to achieve what they want in business or politics, often in a way which you consider dishonest. He still wheels and deals around the globe. ...a fisherman's son who wheeled and dealed 靠着狡诈奸猾, 诡诈 his way to the most senior public position. He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life. 3. Cabin fever refers to the distressing claustrophobic irritability or restlessness experienced when a person, or group, is stuck at an isolated location or in confined 密闭的, 幽闭的 quarters for an extended period of time. A person may be referred to as stir-crazy 憋疯了, 憋出病了, derived from the use of stir to mean 'prison'. A person may experience cabin fever in a situation such as being isolated within a vacation cottage out in the country, spending long periods underwater in a submarine, or being otherwise isolated from civilization. During cabin fever, a person may experience sleepiness or sleeplessness, have a distrust of anyone they are with, or have an urge to go outside even in adverse conditions 天气不好的情况, 不利的情况 such as poor weather or limited visibility. The concept is also invoked humorously to indicate simple boredom from being home alone for an extended period of time. Cabin fever is not itself a disease and there is no prognosis. However, related symptoms can lead the sufferer to make irrational decisions that could potentially threaten their life or the life of the group with whom they are confined. Some examples would be suicide or paranoia, or leaving the safety of a cabin during a terrible snow storm that one may be stuck in. 4. feel/be boxed in 被困住 I. If someone or something is boxed in, he, she, or it cannot move, because of other people or things that are too close: I was boxed in 被围住. 被围困. 被围死 until the other driver came back. When I got back to my car, I found it had been boxed in by a lorry. I was boxed in, and had to wait for the driver of the other car to get back. II. prevented from doing what you want to do: He feels boxed in at work 被困在 and wants greater freedom to develop his ideas. box number = post office/postal/PO box a number you can give for people to communicate with you instead of your address, especially in advertisements: When the newspaper inserts a box number in an ad and forwards the replies, the service charge is $75. green thumb I. (US, idiomatic) 园艺天分. A seemingly natural gardening ability. A natural skill for gardening. the ability to make plants grow and be healthy: My sister has a green thumb, but I kill most plants that I buy. II. (US) A person with this skill. I should ask the green thumb next door what she recommends for my droopy daffodils. Usage notes: Chiefly used in the form "have a green thumb". In UK English the corresponding expression is to describe someone as 'having green fingers' or 'being green-fingered'. brown thumb (idiomatic) Lack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener. I have a terrible brown thumb. I could probably kill silk flowers. 5. free balling 挂空挡, 不穿内裤 (只适合男性) (going commando 男女皆适用) (intransitive, slang) To wear no underwear under one's outer clothing. Tiger King: But what it also did was show a kind of capitalism in micro: disenfranchised ( disenfranchise [ˌdɪsɪnˈfrænˌtʃaɪz] 剥夺投票权 To disenfranchise a group of people means to take away their right to vote, or their right to vote for what they really want. to no longer allow someone to have the right to vote. Opponents say that the laws are a Republican ruse to disenfranchise entire groups of voters. ...the helplessness of disenfranchised minorities. ) young people enduring back-breaking 辛苦的 ( needing a lot of hard, physical effort and making you feel extremely tired. Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort. Many months of back-breaking work still face them. Digging the vegetable garden was backbreaking work. break one's back 辛苦劳作 to overwork or work very hard.) misery in the service of a victory they are told is theirs but that really rewards the people above them. The will of God, divine will, or God's plan 天意, 上意, 上帝意旨 is the concept of a God having a plan for humanity. Ascribing a volition or a plan to a God generally implies a personal God (God regarded as a person with mind, emotions, will). Lord willing and the creek don't rise 只要不是天意作弄, 不出意外的话, 除非天塌地陷 (idiomatic, US, informal) Barring unforeseen circumstances. Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have that new barn finished in time for the harvest. There's a strange comfort to be had in taking refuge in this specific brand of American craziness. For viewers self-isolating in their homes, it's a reminder that the world was weird in so many varied ways before coronavirus. God willing and the creek don't rise, it will one day get a chance to be that weird again. The expression "...the creek don't rise" is an American slang expression implying strong intentions subject to complete frustration by uncommon but not unforeseeable events. It presumably evokes occasional and unpredictably extreme rainfall in Appalachia, that has historically isolated one rural neighborhood or another temporarily inaccessible on several or many occasions. It is sometimes thought that the word "Creek" instead refers to the Creek people, but this is not the case. Classic versions of its use tend to be along the lines of "The good Lord willing, and creek doesn't rise"—i.e. "If God so wills, and as long as intense rain does not wash away bridges or parts of dirt roads, or cover roads too deeply for safely following them." It may take the form of real or mock dialect, in variations like "... Lor' willin' an' th' crick don' rise." 6. Tiger King: Though he describes it as a ziplining ( A zip line (or zip-line, zipline, zip wire, aerial runway (UK), flying fox (Australia and New Zealand), or foefie slide (South Africa)) consists of a pulley suspended on a cable, usually made of stainless steel, mounted on a slope. It is designed to enable cargo or a person propelled by gravity to travel from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable by holding on to or being attached to the freely moving pulley. It has been described as essentially a Tyrolean traverse that engages gravity to assist its speed of movement. Its use is not confined to adventure sport, recreation, or tourism, but modern-day usage tends to favour these meanings. ) accident in the show, the article describes it as a bungee-jump accident -- it certainly involved a fall from a terrifying height. Not only did a pulley malfunction, sending Reinke tumbling 55 feet to the ground and crushing his legs, but he didn't just land on the earth. He fell onto a 6-inch metal stake, piercing his colon and stomach, the paper reports. Joe Exotic earns money by charging visitors to come to his exotic-animal park and take photos cuddling with the big-cat cubs. But directors and writers Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin told the L.A. Times that they never gave in and cuddled the the baby cats, especially after what they saw. "Most of the tigers we were around were subjected to abject cruelty ( abject [ˈæbˌdʒekt] I. complete: used for emphasizing how bad, unpleasant, or severe a situation or condition is. You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad. Both of them died in abject poverty. This scheme was an abject failure. Both have failed abjectly. abject poverty. II. If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves. He sounded abject 没尊严, 没自尊, 没脸没皮的 and eager to please. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question. )," Chaiklin said. "We saw babies being torn from their mothers and screaming. They'd get sick from being handled so much and get ringworm 皮藓 ( a disease that affects the skin, causing red areas in the shape of a ring. Ringworm is a skin disease caused by a fungus. It produces itchy red patches on a person's or animal's skin, especially on their head and between their legs and toes. ) and mange ( 毛囊虫病 [meɪndʒ] a disease affecting animals in which their skin becomes itchy and they start to lose fur. an infectious disorder mainly affecting domestic animals, characterized by itching, formation of papules and vesicles, and loss of hair: caused by parasitic mites. ). It was disturbing. 6. predilection [ˌpred(ə)lˈekʃ(ə)n] noun. a feeling that you like something, especially something a little unusual. a predilection for silly love songs. If you have a predilection for something, you have a strong liking for it. ...his predilection for fast cars and fast horses. He has a predilection for recreational guns (and explosives). park it I. To sit down and stop moving. Often used as an imperative. We've been hiking for a while now. Why don't we park it and have a bit to eat, shall we? I want you to park it in this chair and sit still until I'm done! Hey, park it! You're in the way. Richard, park it over there in the corner. Stop pacing around. You make me nervous. II. To stop arguing about the matter at hand; to leave some issue alone. Often used as an imperative. OK, guys, that's enough arguing. Let's just park it for a while, all right? put somebody/something off to delay doing something or to arrange to do something at a later time or date, especially because there is a problem or you do not want to do it now. The match has been put off until tomorrow because of bad weather. put off doing something I put off going to the doctor but I wish I hadn't. put somebody off British English to make you dislike something or not want to do something Don't let the restaurant's decor put you off – the food is really good. put somebody off (doing) something Dont't let your failures put you off trying harder. put somebody off 拖延 to make someone wait because you do not want to meet them, pay them etc until later. When he calls, put him off as long as you can. put somebody off (something) 没法集中精神, 干扰 British English to make it difficult for someone to pay attention to what they are doing by talking, making a noise, moving etc It puts me off when you watch me all the time. put somebody off (something) 载到某地, 在某地下车 British English to let someone leave a vehicle at a particular place I'll put you off at the supermarket. 7. cloudy I. 浑浊的. 混浊的. 不清晰的. A cloudy liquid is less clear than it should be. II. confused. Ideas, opinions, or issues that are cloudy are confused or uncertain. ...an absurdly cloudy political debate. The legal position is very cloudy. His judgment can sometimes be a little cloudy. unsolicited adj [ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtəd] 主动送上了的, 主动上门的 unsolicited offers, advice, presents, or other things are things you receive that you do not ask for, and may not want. Something that is unsolicited has been given without being asked for and may not have been wanted. Not requested, welcome or invited. People have become very frustrated with unsolicited 不请自来的 sales calls. Ignore relatives who will give you lots of unsolicited advice. unrequited [ˌʌnrɪˈkwaɪtəd] if your love for someone is unrequited, they do not love you even though you love them. If you have unrequited love for someone, they do not love you. unrequited. ...his unrequited love for a married woman. all hell breaks loose used for saying that something happens that makes people angry or upset, and they start fighting or arguing. If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts. He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose. All hell will break loose when my parents hear about this. (the) shit hits the fan = the shit flies 一团大乱 offensive When the shit hits the fan or when the shit flies, a situation suddenly causes a lot of trouble for someone. If someone says that the shit hit the fan, they mean that there was suddenly a lot of trouble or angry arguments. I don't want to be here when the shit hits the fan.
报复, 报仇 retaliation 报复 VS reprisal VS retribution (报应, 报复性惩罚, 惩戒) VS vengeance (revenge, avenge报仇) VS vindictive 报复性的, 报复心重的 VS an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth): retaliate (pay someone back, hit back, strike back, reciprocate) If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you. retaliate with: Militant students hurled firebombs and riot police retaliated with tear gas. retaliate by doing something: They say they will retaliate by halting British imports. retaliate against someone for something: They have threatened to retaliate against the US for the bombing raid. I was sorely tempted to retaliate. The Labour leader retaliated by accusing Sturgeon of supporting the Tories. The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks. They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded. retaliation [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃ(ə)n] the act of doing something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you. retaliation against: There is always the risk of possible retaliation against peacekeeping soldiers. in retaliation (for something) 为了报复: The car bombings were apparently in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorists. Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of a gang member. reprisal [rɪˈpraɪz(ə)l] 报复行为 If you do something to a person in reprisal, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you. There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal. Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals 怕被报复. something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you. reprisal against: The State Department is concerned about possible reprisals against American civilians. in reprisal (for something): Every tenth person in the village was shot in reprisal for the deaths of the two soldiers. reprise [rɪˈpriz] noun. I. an act of repeating something. reprise of: They are planning a reprise of last year's award ceremony. II. music a part of a song or other piece of music that is repeated. verb. to do something again. a. to perform a part or the whole of a work again. In the movie, she successfully reprises the role she played in the stage musical. retribution [ˌretrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n] 报应(受罚, 被惩罚) Retribution is punishment for a crime, especially punishment which is carried out by someone other than the official authorities. He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution. punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad. Many people were afraid to speak out because of fear of retribution. retribution for: Retribution for the wrongs he had done eventually came. divine retribution 报应 (=punishment from God): It's divine retribution for your rudeness 老天爷的报应, 上天的报应 last night! retribute to give back (a payment, reward, punishment, etc) or to give in return for something. vengeance [ˈvendʒəns] Vengeance is the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone because they have harmed you. the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you. Both sides were locked in a cycle of violence and vengeance. take/wreak/inflict vengeance on someone 报仇: He was desperate to take vengeance on Marie's killer. He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder. [+ on] She cried aloud to the gods for vengeance for the loss of her daughter. with a vengeance If you say that something happens with a vengeance, you are emphasizing that it happens to a much greater extent than was expected. used for emphasizing that something happens in an extreme way or with a lot of force. The disease came back with a vengeance. It began to rain again with a vengeance. Once Gretchen had left the office, her doubts would return with a vengeance. with a bang in a very exciting or successful way. If something begins or ends with a bang, it begins or ends with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, or success. Her career began with a bang in 1986. He wanted to end his career with a bang. go gangbusters With great energy or speed; very well. If something is going gangbusters, it is going strongly and doing very well. The economy was still going gangbusters 气势正盛. like gangbusters 气势凌云的 Vigorously, rapidly, zealously, or forcibly; in a manner which has considerable impact. If someone comes on like gangbusters, they behave very energetically and sometimes aggressively. very energetically and aggressively. We went after deficit reduction like gangbusters 全力以赴地, 其实汹涌地 in our first two years. The team, who struggled early, came on like gangbusters 气势汹汹的 at precisely the right time. When I presented the case to my students, they came on like gangbusters to try to solve the mystery. Our offense came on like gangbusters and overwhelmed the other team. come on strong and come on like gangbusters. I. (informal) to speak to someone in a way that shows you have a strong sexual interest in them Towards the end of the evening he was coming on strong and I knew it was time to leave. II. (mainly American) 气势压人的, 说话强势, 气势汹汹, 咄咄逼人, 不加掩饰的. (boisterous 闹腾的. 说话大声的. forceful 咄咄逼人的. intimidating )
to speak to someone in a very angry or threatening way. to seem
aggressive; to impress people initially as very aggressive and
assertive. She has a tendency to come on strong, but she's really a
softie. The new president comes on strong at first. I have to come on strong with some of the guys to get them to cooperate. stomp (trample 踩踏, stempede) to walk making a lot of noise, usually because you are angry. Kevin looked furious as he stomped into his office. If you stomp somewhere, you walk there with very heavy steps, often because you are angry. He turned his back on them and stomped off up the hill. He stomped out of the room. come down on sb like a ton of bricks to punish someone very quickly and severely: Do that once more and I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks! If someone comes down on you like a ton of bricks, they are extremely angry with you and tell you off because of something wrong that you have done. If you do something awful they all come down on you like a ton of bricks. vindictive adj [vɪnˈdɪktɪv] (vengeful) 报复心重的. someone who is vindictive is cruel to anyone who hurts them and will not forgive them. vindictive toward: Divorced couples often become quite vindictive toward each other. a. used about people's behavior a vindictive attempt 报复性的 to punish me for forgetting her birthday. If you say that someone is vindictive, you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm. How can you be so vindictive? ...a vindictive woman desperate for revenge against the man who loved and left her. ...a dishonest person who is operating completely out of vindictiveness. vindicate [ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪt] 证明是明智的, 证明是对的 to prove that someone is right, or that something they said, did, or decided was right, especially when most people believed they were wrong. If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong. The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report. Ministers and officials are confident their decision will be vindicated.He called the success a vindication of his party's free-market economic policy. I feel vindicated now since the court ruled in my favor. The latest research vindicates what we've been arguing for years. a. 证实无罪. to prove that someone who was accused of a crime or dishonest act is not guilty. Avenge VS Revenge: 1. avenge [əˈvɛn(d)ʒ]
I. inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or
another). to react to something wrong that has been done to you, your
family, or your friends by punishing the person who did it. to avenge a crime; to avenge a murdered friend. avenged their wronged parents. He swore to avenge his father's death. He vowed in silent fervour to avenge their murders. His determination to avenge the murder of his brother. II. inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong on behalf of (oneself or another). "we must avenge our dead". avenge yourself on someone: They began to avenge themselves on their neighbours for the years of suppression. revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something) to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else. Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance. 2. revenge I. something that you do to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else. Revenge was a possible motive for the attack. revenge for: I wanted revenge for the trouble she had caused. in revenge (for something): He killed the man in revenge for the murder of his sister. take revenge on/against someone: The villagers seemed certain to take revenge on the enemy. have your revenge (on someone): He was determined to have his revenge on her one day. a. relating to or done in revenge. a revenge attack/killing 报复性杀人, 报复性袭击. II. the defeat of an opponent or team that previously defeated you in a sports event. The Americans are seeking revenge for their defeat at last year's championships. revenge porn 报复性色情视频 the posting of sexually explicit photos or videos of a former partner on the Internet after the relationship has ended. a plague on someone used for saying that you hope something bad happens to someone who you are angry with. A plague on both your houses: A frustrated curse on both sides of an argument. Etymology: Mercutio draws, Romeo intercedes, and Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's armpit.
Mercutio, chagrined and disgusted, cries "a plague a' both your
houses"—the feuding houses of Capulet and Montague—and complains that
Tybalt has escaped unscathed 毫发无损的, 毫发无伤的, 安然无恙的.
The houses are those of the Montague and Capulet families, the feud
between whom caused Juliet so much grief and was the source of her 'O
Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo' speech. Shakespeare was fond of
the word plague and used it hundreds of times in his plays.
Surprisingly, as the Bible is the other most prominent source of phrases
that have entered the English language, there isn't a single use of the
word 'Bible' in any of his plays. 3. 意思上的区别( Synonyms 同义词: Avenge => vindicate. Revenge => reprisal, retaliation, retribution 报应, vengeance. revenge porn 报复性的发视频, 报复视频.): Avenge is a verb. To avenge is to punish a wrongdoing with the intent of seeing justice done. Revenge can be used as a noun or a verb. It is more personal, less concerned with justice and more about retaliation by inflicting harm.
According to Dictionary.com, Avenge and revenge both imply to inflict
pain or harm in return for pain or harm inflicted on oneself or those
persons or causes to which one feels loyalty. The two words were
formerly interchangeable, but have been differentiated until they now
convey widely diverse ideas. Avenge is now restricted to inflicting punishment as an act of retributive justice or as a vindication of propriety: to avenge a murder by bringing the criminal to trial. Revenge implies inflicting pain or harm to retaliate for real or fancied wrongs; a reflexive pronoun is often used with this verb: Iago wished to revenge himself upon Othello. 4. 关于avenge(只有动词形式, 多为替别人报仇, 或者为寻求正义而报复. avenge someone 即表示向someone寻仇, 又表示为someone报仇, avenge someone's death. Someone is avenged. 还有avenge oneself on someone. ): Avenge is a verb meaning to inflict a punishment or penalty for an injury or a wrong. We will avenge your son's death. I will avenge those who sullied your name. The victim was avenged after the shooter was sentenced. "As her family, we do not seek to avenge her death." – The Guardian. In this sense, avenge is a word that connotes a pursuit of justice for someone other than one's self. It suggests punishing a person when someone is looking to vindicate someone else other than himself or herself—or is serving the ends of justice. It could be said that a prosecutor in a murder case is looking to avenge the parents or other family members of the victim. The key point is that avenge has more to do with justice or retribution than it does with personal retaliation. It connotes an exaction for a wrongdoing and is often something that people seek for those other than themselves. retribution [ˌretrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n] punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad. Many people were afraid to speak out because of fear of retribution. retribution for 报应: Retribution for the wrongs he had done eventually came. divine retribution 上天的报应, 老天爷的报应, 罪有应得 (=punishment from God): It's divine retribution for your rudeness last night!. 5. 关于revenge(可以做名词和动词, 但多用于动词. 无关正义, 多为个人的报复, 报仇性行为. take
revenge on/against someone, have one's revenge on someone. in revenge
for sth. get revenge by doing sth. to revenge one's loss. 不是谁干了错事或坏事, 而是你认为对方做错了, 或者认为对方羞辱了你. 不是法律或者道德问题. 而是你自己的面子问题, 甚至是你perceived or fancied wrongs. 作为动词唯一用法就是 revenge oneself on something. ):
Revenge is both a noun and a verb and generally means the act of taking
vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation. While revenge can
function as a verb, it is much more common for it to be seen as a noun. He was so blinded by a desire to get revenge. (Noun) It was difficult not to be overwhelmed by feelings or hate and revenge. (Noun) "Rodman, a lifetime fifty-eight-per-cent free-throw shooter, was decidedly less amused, but he got revenge by making nine of twelve from the line." – The New Yorker (Noun) We are determined to revenge our humiliating loss from last year. (Verb). Revenge is a more personal form of vengeance and is usually centers around feelings of anger and resentment. In the example above, for instance, there was no "wrong" done to the team who lost, but they felt humiliated. Perhaps they gave up an impressive lead 领先优势被超过 and then ended up losing. This is not wrong or immoral, but they are seeking personal retaliation 个人报复 against the other team for this. Revenge is much less concerned with retributive justice than it is with personal satisfaction or an "evening up of the score 扯平." Since it is such a personal feeling, revenge often deals with real or perceived wrongs, whether or not any harm was done. 6. The killing S02E03上的一段对话: This book's awesome. You've read that? Yeah, you bought it for me. Isn't it really violent? Yeah, and tons of sex, too. Hey. Ogi Jun's pitted against this guy who's got like 200,000 armies and killed his father right in an epic battle in front of him. He's revenging him 向他们寻仇. Avenging. Yeah, and he knows all these sick warrior moves
that his sensei taught him, but then his sensei turns out to be this
bad guy, but it doesn't matter 'cause he's already taught him
everything. It's like, yeah, cool. revenge porn the posting of sexually explicit photos or videos of a former partner on the Internet after the relationship has ended. revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something) to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else. Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance. I. Revenge 报复 was a possible motive for the attack. revenge for: I wanted revenge for the trouble she had caused. in revenge (for something): He killed the man in revenge for the murder of his sister. take revenge on/against someone: The villagers seemed certain to take revenge on the enemy. have your revenge (on someone): He was determined to have his revenge on her one day. a revenge attack/killing. II. the defeat of an opponent or team that previously defeated you in a sports event. The Americans are seeking revenge for their defeat at last year's championships. Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice. Indifference is the sweetest revenge. When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge. Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.
assure 保证某事一定会发生或者某事的真实性 (when you make some sure about something he has doubts about) VS reassure (comfort, console) 宽慰, 安慰对方, 让对方不要在焦虑担心: assure 讨论人 VS ensure 讨论事情: assure is used when talking about people, and ensure is used when talking about things. If you assure somebody of something, or that something is so, you make them sure of its truth/certainty. If you reassure somebody, you make them less nervous or worried. I am assured that nurture is more important than nature 后天比先天重要: "somebody has told me with confidence and conviction that 'nurture is more important than nature,' and I believe what that person told me." I am reassured that nurture is more important than nature: "I was worried the idea that 'nurture is more important than nature' wasn't really true, but now I feel much better and relieved because I'm sure it really is true." reassure 宽慰, 出言安慰, 相劝, 出言相劝 If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something. to make someone feel less worried about something I'm afraid there's not much I can say to reassure you. reassure someone about something: new efforts to reassure the public about the safety of air travel. reassure someone (that): She checked the bolts to reassure herself 放宽心 that the door was locked. I tried to reassure her, 'Don't worry about it. We won't let it happen again.' She just reassured me that everything was fine. assure 向某人保证, 担保 (promise 是自己做某事, assure 是包括别的事) I. formal to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true, especially in order to remove doubt about it. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report. 'Are you sure the raft is safe?' she asked anxiously. 'Couldn't be safer,' Max assured her confidently. Government officials recently assured Hindus of protection. There's not much more I can say to assure you. assure someone of something: To assure someone of something means to make certain that they will get it. Real Madrid's 2-1 victory has all but assured them of the title. Ways must be found to assure our children a decent start in life. She assured me of her support. assure someone (that): The president assured me that he would sign the bill as amended. II. to do everything that you can in order to make certain that something happens. We all worked hard to assure the mayor's reelection. be assured I. Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed. He was infinitely more assured than in his more recent parliamentary appearances. This a lyrical work written with the authority and assuredness of an experienced writer. II. If something is assured, it is certain to happen. Our victory is assured 板上钉钉的, 绝不会错的; nothing can stop us. Yesterday, her future seemed assured. Her success is now virtually assured. be reliably informed/assured to be told something by someone who is likely to be telling the truth. I'm reliably informed that there is plenty of work for everyone. I can assure you/let me assure you You use phrases such as I can assure you or let me assure you to emphasize the truth of what you are saying. I can assure you that the animals are well cared for. This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important! And let me assure you I will use whatever force is necessary to restore order. assuage [əˈsweɪdʒ] I. 抚慰. 平息. to make an unpleasant or painful feeling less severe. If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. The announcement appeared designed to assuage concerns at home and abroad. She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother. II. If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it. The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger. 案例: My student was answering the question, "Why do people feel threatened by those who are different?" She said that people like to assure themselves that they are okay. According to Webster's online dictionary, one of the definitions of "assure" is to "give confidence to," or "to inform positively." So it makes sense to say that people want to give themselves confidence, or they want to have a positive idea about themselves. However, the meaning of "reassure" is closer to the student's intended meaning. According to Webster's again, reassure means "to make someone feel less afraid, upset, or doubtful." So, reassure is the better choice: People want to reassure themselves that they are okay. Indeed, "reassurance" means to remove doubt or fear, or provide comfort, or encouragement.
