用法学习: 1. In television and film, a piece to camera (PTC)(搜索关键词: 对镜头说话, talk to camera, modern family) is when a television presenter or a character speaks directly to the viewing audience through the camera. opening PTC - when presenter opens-up the news, and introduce himself/herself to the audience. bridge PTC - information that presenter gives to bridge the gap between empty space. conclusive or closing PTC - ending of news where the presenter acknowledge itself and the cameraman, place and the news channel. The term also applies to the period when an actor, playing a fictional character in a film or on television, talks into the camera and hence directly to the audience. Depending on the genre of the show, this may or may not be considered as a breaking the fourth wall. 2. For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow. 句子中的单词释义: parity [ˈperəti] 平等 a situation in which different people or things are equal. new methods of achieving economic parity. parity with: Women should have parity with men. a. If there is parity between two things, they are equal. Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields. Italy wanted naval parity with France. II. If there is parity between the units of currency of two countries, the exchange rate is such that the units are equal to each other. The government was ready to let the pound sink to parity 持平 with the dollar if necessary. springboard 跳板 (for/to) I. a strong board used for helping you to jump high in sports such as diving (=jumping into water) and gymnastics. A springboard 跳板跳水
is a flexible board from which you jump into a swimming pool or onto a
piece of gymnastic equipment. II. something that helps you to become
successful. If something is a springboard for something else, it makes
it possible for that thing to happen or start. The 1981 budget was the springboard for an economic miracle. It could provide a springboard to success. It was the springboard for a new assignment. The awards have been a springboard for many young photographers. permissive A permissive person, society, or way of behaving allows or tolerates things which other people disapprove of. ...the permissive tolerance of the 1960s. ...a culture of permissiveness. a. allowing someone a large amount of freedom to behave as they choose, especially in relation to sex. a permissive society 宽容的, 宽以待人的, 开明的, 宽松自由的. b. a permissive path is available for public use by the landowner's consent, not as a legal right of way. accretion [əˈkriʃ(ə)n] I. formal
a gradual increase in the size or amount of something through the
addition of new parts. An accretion is an addition to something, usually
one that has been added over a period of time. The script has been gathering editorial accretions 日积月累的东西 for years. II. science
a layer of a substance that gradually forms on a rock or area of land,
making it bigger. Accretion is the process of new layers or parts being
added to something so that it increases in size. A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms. stricture [ˈstrɪktʃər] I. (medicine)
abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. narrowing of the urethra 尿路狭窄, 尿道狭窄. II. (usually in
plural) a limit to your freedom. a rule restricting behaviour or action.
For them, parity is less an ultimate
goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western
resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power
the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow. III. a sternly critical remark or review. urethra [juˈri:θrə] 尿道, 尿路 = urinary canal the tube that carries urine (=liquid waste) out of your body. 3. be hard up (for sth) 欠缺, 缺少, 需要, 紧缺, 急需 to not have enough of something important or valuable. not having enough of something. Some of the schools are pretty hard up for teachers. If you're so hard up for friends, why don't you join a club? If you are hard up, you have very little money. Her parents were very hard up. homebird = homebody 不爱出门, 宅男, 宅女, 宅在家里 a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away. If you describe someone as a homebody, you mean that they enjoy being at home and spend most of their time there. We're both homebodies. We don't feel good going to Hollywood parties. lovebirds plural humorous two people who love each other, especially young people who show their love in a very obvious way in public. inscrutable 难懂的, 难以看懂的 adj impossible to understand or interpret. "Guy looked blankly inscrutable". exuberant [ɪɡˈzjubərənt] happy, excited, and full of energy. If you are exuberant, you are full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness. ...an exuberant young girl who decided to become a screen actress. They both laughed exuberantly. an exuberant crowd. a. showing happiness, excitement, and energy. If you describe something as exuberant, you like it because it is lively, exciting, and full of energy and life. This is bold and exuberant cooking. ...exuberantly decorated. exuberant designs by a local artist. perimeter [pəˈrɪmɪtər] 周长 I. the outer edge of an enclosed area of ground such as a field or airport. II. maths the total length of the sides of a shape such as a square or rectangle. circumference [sərˈkʌmf(ə)rəns] 圆周 I. The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge. ...a scientist calculating the Earth's circumference. The island is 3.5 km in circumference. II. The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is its edge. Cut the salmon into long strips and wrap it round the circumference of the bread. Pi is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter [daɪˈæmətər] 直径, and it also has various equivalent definitions. It appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics. It is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century, and is spelled out as "pi". It is also referred to as Archimedes' constant. diameter [daɪˈæmətər] 直径 a straight line that crosses a circle through the center, or the length of this line. a pipe with a 4-inch diameter. in diameter: The dome is ten feet in diameter. radius ([ˈreɪdiəs] 半径 )( I. maths the distance from the center of a circle to its edge, or a straight line from the center to the edge. The radius of a circle is the distance from its centre to its outside edge. He indicated a semicircle with a radius of about thirty miles. II. a particular distance in all directions from a central point. The radius around a particular point is the distance from it in any direction. Nigel has searched for work in a ten-mile radius around his home. All roads within a two-mile radius of the stadium were closed. II. medical the larger outer bone in the lower arm, next to the ulna. ): In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any of the line segments from its center to its perimeter, and in more modern usage, it is also their length. The name comes from the Latin radius, meaning ray but also the spoke of a chariot wheel. girth [ɡɜrθ] I. countable/uncountable the distance around something thick and round, for example a tree. a. The girth of an object, for example a person's or an animal's body, is its width or thickness 粗度, considered as the measurement around its circumference. A girl he knew had upset him by commenting on his increasing girth. The average girth is 3.66 inches for a flaccid penis and 4.59 inches for an erect penis. Girth is the circumference of the penis at its widest section. b. mainly literary 腰围. the distance around someone's waist, especially someone large. II. countable a wide belt that you put around the middle of a horse to hold the saddle on. A girth is a leather strap which is fastened firmly around the middle of a horse to keep the saddle or load in the right place. parameter [pəˈræmɪtər] a limit that affects how something can be done. Parameters are factors or limits which affect the way that something can be done or made. That would be enough to make sure we fell within the parameters of 在规定内, 不逾矩, 不超出限制, 在范围呢, 在限制内 our loan agreement. A person's stride length has certain parameters. We have to operate within the parameters 在范围内 of the budget. set/define/establish parameters (for something): Negotiators will meet next week to set the parameters for the peace conference. 4. Colin Farrell 谈他的sex tape: The reformed 洗心革面的, 改过自新的(戒毒了的) wild young man opened up on the tape he made with Nicole Narain in 2005, which soon went viral, telling the magazine: "It certainly wasn't a validation ( validate I. 证实 to officially prove that something is true or correct. To validate something such as a claim or statement means to prove or confirm that it is true or correct. This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology. ...how that evidence was evaluated and validated by historians. Some thought must be given to the method of validation. This validation process ensures that the data conforms to acceptable formats. The evidence does seem to validate his claim. II. to officially state that something is of an appropriate standard. All courses are validated 官方认证 by the University of Wales. To validate a person, state, or system 官方认可 means to prove or confirm that they are valuable or worthwhile. She is looking for an image that validates her. The Academy Awards appear to validate his career. I think the film is a validation of our lifestyle. III. to make a document legally valid. ) of my prowess. The whole thing was horrifying. You know, press record. Taboo. Isn't this interesting?" "I was deposed (depose [dɪpoʊz] 被篡位, 下野, 篡权, 驱逐 to force a political leader or a king or queen out of their position of power. If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position. Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965. ...the deposed dictator. ) for four hours explaining why I didn't want it to be released," he said. "God forbid it's an on-demand movie in a hotel room and my mother says, 'Oh, I haven't seen this work of my son's,' and hits purchase." 5. 留位置. 占位子, 留位子. Joey is eating lunch with the rest of the tour guides. Another tour guide tries to sit down in a seat Joey saved for Ross. Anyway, look, I don't know about you and your jackets and your separate tables, but Ross is one of my best friends, and if I save him a seat, I'm telling you, he will sit in it! (Ross enters and goes over to the white table) Ross! Ross! Over here, man! I saved you seat. Tour Guide: Op, this is saved 有人了, 有人占了. (Joey wonders why) Gift shop. panic [ˈpænɪk] I. intransitive to have a sudden strong feeling of fear or worry and be unable to think clearly or calmly or decide what to do. If you panic or if someone panics you, you suddenly feel anxious or afraid, and act quickly and without thinking carefully. Guests panicked and screamed when the bomb exploded. The unexpected and sudden memory briefly panicked her. He will not be panicked into a hasty decision. We were told not to panic. a. transitive to make someone feel great fear or worry so that they cannot think clearly or decide what to do. be panicked by something: We're not panicked by yesterday's result. panic someone into (doing) something: Shoppers are panicked into buying things they don't need. hit/press/push the panic button to react to a situation with fear and confusion: The coach isn't going to hit the panic button just because we lost two games. don't panic used for telling someone to keep calm in a difficult situation. noun. I. Panic is a very strong feeling of anxiety or fear, which makes you act without thinking carefully. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population. I phoned the doctor in a panic, worried about the pain in my chest. II. Panic or a panic is a situation in which people are affected by a strong feeling of anxiety. There was a moment of panic in Britain as it became clear just how vulnerable the nation was. I'm in a panic about getting everything done in time. The policy announcement caused panic buying of petrol. 6. puppy dog eyes A facial expression showing credulous or unsophisticated innocence or naivety. An innocent or naive facial expression. The expression puppy-dog eyes is used to describe a begging or pleading look – just like a puppy would give you! A look or expression it is very difficult to say no to. "Stop giving me those puppy-dog eyes. We can't eat out again tonight, we've been out three times already this week and it's only Wednesday!" Don't give me the puppy dog eyes. deer (US)/rabbit(UK) in the headlights 惊慌失措的表情 I. (idiomatic) A person in a mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety, fear, panic, surprise and/or confusion, or substance abuse. II. (idiomatic) A person with a stunned or glazed expression. Puppy face 萌脸, 卖萌, 无辜的表情, 无辜脸: A puppy face or a puppy dog face is a facial expression that humans make that is based on canine expressions. In dogs and other animals, the look is expressed when the head is tilted down and the eyes are looking up. Usually, the animal looks like it is about to cry. This gesture is sometimes performed by children in order to persuade their parents to do something special for them. Humans often open their eyes a little wide 大睁着两眼, 睁大两眼, pinch and/or raise the eyebrows 皱眉, 皱着眉头, and stick the bottom lip out 吐着下嘴唇, while tilting their entire head a little downward 低着头 and looking upwards at the person to whom they have aimed the gesture. Often, the head is also tilted a little sideways 歪着脸. It can be a lighthearted expression for begging or an attempt to persuade someone. Verbal approximations include: "Aw, come on!", "Please?", and "But why not?", among others. 7. Pogue is American pejorative military slang for non-infantry staff, and other rear-echelon ( [ˈeʃəˌlɑn] I. one of the levels of status or authority in an organization, or the people in that level. upper/lower echelons 级别: the upper echelons 上层, 上级 of power. An echelon in an organization or society is a level or rank in it. ...the lower echelons of society. II. an arrangement of soldiers, ships, or aircraft in which each one is slightly to the right or left of the one in front. An echelon is a military formation in which soldiers, vehicles, ships, or aircraft follow each other but are spaced out sideways so that they can see ahead. rear echelon I. (military) That part of an army that is not needed to combat the enemy. II. (military, by extension) The administrative and supply departments of an army. the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc. ) or support units 后勤部门. "Pogue" frequently applies to those who do not have to undergo the risk and stresses of combat as the infantry does. not the sharpest tool in the box/shed (also not the brightest crayon in the box), not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree informal used to say that someone is not very intelligent or is not able to learn things quickly or easily – used humorously. bright spark 自以为是的傻逼, 自作聪明的人 If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way. 'Why not give out one of the cyber cafe's email addresses?' suggested one bright spark. Some bright spark turned the heating off last night! someone who is clever or who has a clever idea. This word is usually used for showing that you think someone is stupid. Some bright spark suggested a midnight swim. 8. smoulder = US smolder [smoʊldər] I. 闷烧. If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames. A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today. Whole blocks had been turned into smouldering rubble. II. If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it. Baxter smouldered 生闷气. 闷不做声 as he drove home for lunch. That's a lot of people smouldering with resentment. III. If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way. smoldering 略略生气的表情, 带有怒气的: smoldering look 不怒自威的表情. When a fire is smoking but not in flame, it is smoldering. If you're silently angry, your contained rage 心中怒气 is smoldering, too. Just like a fire that doesn't go out completely, this word is used for emotions that also refuse to die out — they just keep going, though under the surface. If you keep a lid on your feelings, but are mad at someone, your feelings are smoldering. People often talk about smoldering feelings of love or lust: in romance novels and romantic comedies, there will be smoldering feelings and smoldering looks. This is a word for emotional heat that keeps burning. If you keep a lid on your feelings, but are mad at someone, your feelings are smoldering. People often talk about smoldering feelings of love or lust: in romance novels and romantic comedies, there will be smoldering feelings and smoldering looks. This is a word for emotional heat that keeps burning. The actress seems to smoulder with sexuality. His darkly smouldering eyes never left her face.
spotlight 2015 script: 1. MacLeish's assistant said he's all booked up 约满, 日程排满, he can't see us 不能见我们. The hell he can't ( to hell with someone/something = the hell with someone/something I do not care about someone or something: I was ready to say to hell with it and leave. Note: This may be considered offensive by some people. ). 2. How many priests do we have in Boston? About fifteen hundred. One percent is fifteen... six percent is ninety. Ninety priests? Is that possible? From a metric standpoint( metrics: "Today metrics is slung about in business jargon... Is it a word that has transitioned with a new, nebulous meaning?" Metrics is a word used that means exactly measurements. In every company, they measure productivity, success, growth, etc by different numbers, so the broad term for those unique numbers has become metrics. We use it everyday in our morning meetings. Performance Metrics. Ways in which my company measures our performance against certain factors. Our metrics 各项指标 don't look very good right now. 讨论: What a silly bunch of crap. Just say "measurements" or "numbers." It's a perfectly good word that has been rendered insipid by the business world. Another term I hear bandied about 乱用 (sling about) frequently of late is "reach out," a term that would be used by a mental health outreach group. Why not just say "ask for assistance" or "dump on"? 词语解释: insipid I. [disapproval] 寡淡无味的. 啥味道也没有的. 淡不拉几的. not enjoyable to eat or drink because of having very little taste. If you describe food or drink as insipid, you dislike it because it has very little taste. It tasted indescribably bland and insipid 没有味道的, like warmed cardboard. II. If you describe someone or something as insipid, you mean they are dull and boring. On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid. They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru. bandy about/around [disapproval] to talk about something without careful consideration. If someone's name or something such as an idea is bandied about or is bandied around, that person or that thing is discussed by many people in a casual way. To talk about something frequently, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter. There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet. Wild guesses of the value of the painting were being bandied about. Young players now hear various sums bandied around about how much players are getting. dump on somebody I. dump something on somebody to unfairly give someone an unwanted job, duty, or problem to deal with. to give someone an unpleasant or difficult job to do instead of doing it yourself or helping them with it. Don't just dump the extra work on me. II. American English to treat someone badly. III. American English to criticize someone very strongly and often unfairly. politicians dumping on their opponents. IV. dump (something) on somebody to tell someone all your problems and worries. We all dump our troubles on Mike. sling I. to throw something somewhere with force or in a careless way. Just sling all that stuff on the floor. sling out 丢弃 (=throw away): He slung out all her old magazines. II. often passive to put something somewhere so that it is wrapped round something or hangs down. sling something over something: He stood up, slinging his jacket over one shoulder. sling something round something: He noticed the binoculars slung round 晃荡, 晃来晃去 my neck. III. informal to force someone to go somewhere. They might sling you in prison 丢进去 if you misbehave. He was slung out of the army in 1998. sling your hook used for telling someone rudely to go away. sling off to blame or criticize someone in an unpleasant, unkind way. slung about/around Overly common slang that people sling around excessively. I'm really tired of hearing the same slang words being slung around 乱用 all the time! ), that would be in line with 一致 my findings. 3. Ninety fucking priests? In Boston? That's what he said. If there were ninety of these bastards people would know. Maybe they do. And no one said a thing? Good Germans 视而不见的帮凶? I don't think that's a comparison you want to make publicly. MacLeish knew and said nothing. That's thirteen priests, big difference between thirteen and ninety. Where's this guy Sipe getting his numbers? He's studied this for thirty years, he's a trained psychotherapist -- Okay, but we need something more than a metric 测算标准, 量算指标 from some hippy ex-priest who's shacking up with a nun. So we'll track down more victims, we'll get more priests. Then we can check them against the directories. That's a shitload of victims. 4. Good Germans 缄默, 默不作声, 闭口不言的人, 装看不见的人, 装聋作哑的人:
Good Germans is an ironic term, usually placed between inverted commas,
referring to German citizens during and after World War II who claimed not to have supported the Nazi regime, but remained silent and did not resist in a meaningful way. The term is further used to describe those who claimed ignorance of the Holocaust and German war crimes.
Despite these claims, post-war research has suggested that a large
number of ordinary Germans were aware of the Holocaust at least in
general terms: captive slave laborers were a common sight 习以为常的事情, 常见的事, 常有的事, 常见现象; the public knew Jews were being deported to Poland; and the basics of the concentration camp system, if not the extermination ( exterminate [ɪkˈstɜrmɪˌneɪt] 大范围屠杀 to
kill all the insects or animals of a particular type in an area. To
exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. A
huge effort was made to exterminate the rats. They have a real fear
that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war. Man is
exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help. ...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their countrymen. a. to kill a person or a group of people. ) camps, were widely known. Despite the Nazi regime's efforts to keep the mass murder of Jews a secret and destroy any evidence of mass killings, hundreds of thousands of
Germans were involved to some extent in the genocide: participating in
the killings directly (Einsatzgruppen); guarding (SS-Totenkopfverbände)
and administering (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) the camps
where Jews and others were systematically murdered and worked to death;
and providing support for both the civil and military authorities which
facilitated the machinery of genocide. 5. Eric, how many priests did you settle? You know I can't tell you, Robby. You're gonna give me their names. And the names of their victims. Are you threatening me? (Robby controls himself, turns calm. Professional. ) ROBBY: We've got two stories here. We've got a story about degenerate ( verb [dɪˈdʒenəˌreɪt]. adj & noun. [dɪˈdʒen(ə)rət] verb. 沦落. 堕落. to become worse. If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate 变差, 恶化. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe. ...various forms of physical and mental degeneration. ...the degeneration of our political system. The demonstration soon degenerated into violence. adj. [disapproval] 道德沦丧的. 无良的. 无德的. 不敬业的. If you describe a person or their behaviour as degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers. ...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers. noun. If you refer to someone as a degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. ) clergy and we've got a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Now, which story do you want us to write? Cause we're writing one of them. 6. Cottage industry (手工作坊的)分工协作 A cottage industry is a small-scale, decentralized manufacturing business often operated out of a home rather than a purpose-built 专门建造的 facility.
Cottage industries are defined by the amount of investment required to
start, as well as the number of people employed. A cottage industry is
an industry—primarily manufacturing—which includes many producers,
working from their homes, typically part-time. The term originally
referred to home workers who were engaged in a task such as sewing, lace-making, wall hangings, electronics, or household manufacturing.
Some industries which are usually operated from large, centralized
factories were cottage industries before the Industrial Revolution.
Business operators would travel around the world, buying raw materials,
delivering them to people who would work on them, and then collecting
the finished goods to sell, or typically to ship to another market. One
of the factors which allowed the Industrial Revolution to take place in
Western Europe was the presence of these business people who had the
ability to expand the scale of their operations. Cottage industries were
very common in the time when a large proportion of the population was engaged in agriculture,
because the farmers (and their families) often had both the time and
the desire to earn additional income during the part of the year
(winter) when there was little work to do farming or selling produce by the farm's roadside. They also used horses. 7. I think if you want to understand the crisis, you need to start with the celibacy [ˈselɪbəsi] ( Their priests take a vow of celibacy (=promise to not have sex).) requirement. That was my first major finding: only 50% of the clergy are celibate [ˈseləbət] adj.. They share a look 互相看了一眼. 50%? Can that be true? Now, most of them are having sex with other adults. But this creates a culture of secrecy, that tolerates and even protects pedophiles. So you believe the church is aware of the extent 程度 of this 'crisis?'. Absolutely. After the first major scandal in Louisiana, Tom Doyle, the Secretary Canonist for the Papal Nuncio, coauthored a report warning pedophile priests were a billion-dollar liability. That was in 1985. 1985? That‘s right. Who saw this document? Anyone in the Catholic hierarchy? Sure. Doyle tried to introduce the report at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. In fact, Cardinal Law initially helped to fund the report, but then he backed out 退出 and they shelved it. Are you kidding me? Richard, Robby here. We think we have thirteen priests in Boston that fit this pattern, which would be a very big story. Does that sound right to you? In terms of scale? No. Not really. It sounds low. My estimates suggest six percent act out sexually with minors( act out I. to show the events that happened in a situation by doing them again or by doing the same things as the people involved. The scenarios that the trainees act out are videotaped. II. to express your thoughts or feelings through your words or behavior. He was acting out his feelings of inferiority by being overly aggressive. III. 别实际去做. to do something that you have planned or had previously only thought of doing. Just imagining these things is fine, as long as you don't try to act them out.). 8. script: Great, thank you. Uh, did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this weekend? The room reacts. Huh? Editors look at EILEEN MCNAMARA, 50s. That's the Geoghan case? Yes, what's the folo (follow) on that? It's a column, what kind of folo were you thinking? Well, apparently this priest molested kids in six different parishes over the last thirty years and the attorney for the victims, Mr Garabedian says Cardinal Law found out about it fifteen years ago and did nothing. I think that attorney's a bit of a crank ( I. someone with ideas or behavior that you think are very strange. If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'. He looked like a crank. Protesters were dismissed as cranks. a. only before noun used about someone's behavior or actions. Radio stations often get crank calls. II. American informal someone who gets angry easily and is unpleasant to other people. III. a piece of equipment that turns to make something move or start. A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move. verb. If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. ). And the Church dismissed the claim. He said, she said. Whether Mr. Garabedian is a crank or not, he says he has documents that prove the Cardinal knew. As I understand it, those documents are under seal. No one knows what to do. Okay, but the fact remains, we have a Boston priest abused 80 kids, we've got a lawyer who says he has proof Law knew about it, and we've written all of... (checking his notes)...two stories on this in the last six months? This strikes me as an essential story for a local paper. At the very least, we should be going after those documents. How would you like to do that? Well, I don't know what the laws are here, but in Florida we would go to court. Robby raises an eyebrow. In fact, the whole room does. You want to sue the church? Technically we wouldn't sue the Church. We would file a motion to lift the seal on those documents. The church will read that as us suing them. So will everybody else. Good to know. (back to the office) Gutsy ( brave and determined. 大胆的. ) call for the first day. That's one word for it. How do you think it's gonna play down front? I think Gilman's gonna shit a brick. shit a brick = shit bricks 吓得屁滚尿流, 吓傻 mainly US offensive to become very frightened: We were all shitting bricks as the truck missed the car by inches. (idiomatic, vulgar) To react strongly or excessively, especially in anger, fear, or astonishment. If our boss finds out we did this and didn't tell him, he's gonna shit a brick. 9. Judging from what I've read, it doesn't seem like we've done a thorough investigation of the Geoghan case. Is that right? No it's not. We looked hard at Geoghan. David Armstrong for Metro and Michael Paulson for Religion. Marty isn't impressed. Okay, but, uh, just so I understand, beyond our daily coverage, we haven't committed any long term investigative resources to the question of whether or not Cardinal Law knew about this? No, we haven't. And that's the kind of thing your team does? Spotlight? Well, yeah, but we're still prospecting ( prospect noun. I. 前景. If there is some prospect 有可能 of something happening, there is a possibility that it will happen. Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered. [+ of] The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter. [+ for] There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament. II. A particular prospect is something that you expect or know is going to happen. They now face the prospect of having to wear a cycling helmet by law. [+ of] After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect. III. Someone's prospects are their chances of being successful, especially in their career. I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects. ...a detailed review of the company's prospects. verb. When people prospect 探寻, 寻找 for oil, gold, or some other valuable substance, they look for it in the ground or under the sea. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal. In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here. He was involved in oil, zinc and lead prospecting. The discovery of gold brought a flood of prospectors into the Territories. ) the Boston PD story I told you about. Could you set it aside 先搁一边, 先搁置? We could. Marty, in the past, Spotlight has had success in large part because they pick their own projects. Would you consider picking this one?
ingenious VS congenial VS congenital: 后天的(nurture, learned, acquired), 先天的(nature, hereditary, congenital, congenial 亲善的, 和善的 [kənˈdʒiniəl] adj. A congenial person, place, or environment is pleasant. friendly and enjoying the company of others. He is back in more congenial company. a. a congenial situation is pleasant, friendly, and enjoyable. ingenious [ɪnˈdʒiniəs] adj I. an ingenious plan, piece of equipment 有创意的, 太高了, 太高段了, 创新的, 聪明的, 天才的, etc. uses new and clever ideas. Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas, methods, or equipment. ...a truly ingenious invention. Gautier's solution to the puzzle is ingenious. The roof has been ingeniously designed to provide solar heating. an ingenious device for opening bottles. II. 有天分的. someone who is ingenious is good at inventing things and solving problems in new ways. ): 1. In the context of the nature vs. nurture debate, "nature" refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits, and nurture describes the influence of learning and other influences from one's environment. The nature versus nurture debate involves whether human behavior is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person's life, or by a person's genes. Asian Squat: How much is this nature or nurture 后天还是先天的?
I figured I first had to understand the physiology of the deep squat.
In fact, not everyone who can deep squat is, as Ausinheiler puts it,
squatting "well," with feet close together and toes pointed forward. I grew up in the United States with few occasions to squat, and I fall into this category. 2. Taking command 听从命令 can be a learned behavior 是可以后天得来的, 后天培训出来的, 后天养成的, 学来的. 3. Aneurysms are a result of a weakened blood vessel wall, and can be a result of a hereditary condition 遗传造成的, 先天的 or an acquired disease 后天得的. Aneurysms can also be a nidus for clot formation (thrombosis) and embolization. 4. I am a 33 year old male and I have a few problems that I would like some insight to. Symptoms such as weak stream, dribbling after urination and splitting of the stream suggest an obstruction in the lower urinary tract. The most common causes are a stricture ( narrowing of the urethra 尿路狭窄, 尿道狭窄. stricture [ˈstrɪktʃər] I. (medicine)
abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. II. (usually in
plural) a limit to your freedom. a rule restricting behaviour or action.
For them, parity is less an ultimate
goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western
resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power
the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow. III. a sternly critical remark or review. urethra [juˈri:θrə] 尿道, 尿路 = urinary canal the tube that carries urine (=liquid waste) out of your body. ) or a swollen prostate gland that encroaches on the lumen of the urethra. Strictures can be congenital 先天的 or acquired 后天的. 4. Chopped liver is a spread from the Jewish cuisine. A spread is a food that is spread with a knife onto bread, crackers, or other bread products. Spreads are added to bread products to provide flavor and texture, and are an integral part 不可或缺的部分 of the dish, i.e. they should be distinguished from condiments 调味品, which are optional additions. Spreads should also be distinguished from dips, which do not employ a knife in applying it to crackers or chips. Because of its unusual taste and gray appearance, it is an acquired taste ( 后天形成的的爱好, 越吃越爱吃) and not a favorite or comfort food (Easily prepared plain food, such as macaroni and cheese, meat loaf, or puddings, sometimes prepackaged) with everyone at the dinner table. This has given rise to 引起使发生 the popular Jewish-American expression "What am I, chopped liver?", signifying frustration or anger at being ignored on a social level.
