TV show - the night manager: 1. catatonic [ˌkætəˈtɑnɪk] 死水一潭的 adj. If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs. ...and the traumatised heroine sinks into a catatonic 一动不动的, 毫无反应的 trance. a. unable to move or control your movements as a result of illness or shock. b. not moving or thinking because you are completely bored or very tired. 剧本: I came here to see if there are opportunities for mutual collaboration and intelligence-sharing. Angela is happy to sign up. I wanted to see if you will do the same. Where are you at the moment? What about on the ground? Got any one close to Roper? STEADMAN do a carefully rehearsed embarrassed look. Not yet. In development? Not at the moment. But getting an agent on the inside Harry - that's a long game. What I need now... Let me stop you right there Joel. Angela runs her own modest enforcement agency, she can do what she likes. Roper is an obsession of hers, he was when she was here at The River. I suspect he always will be. But I can't waste the nation's intelligence budget on an operation whose current status 现状 appears to be somewhat catatonic. Well that's disappointing. Life's disappointing Joel, just ask Angela. Come back when you've got more, our door is always open. All right? 从river house (MI6)出来后: That dull enough for you? You kidding me? I never knew an American could sound so much like a total bloody loser. How do you stand it, Angie? Well he's not wrong, is he? They mustn't know about our boy Joel. No mention of him in comms. Nothing written. Nothing at all. All right? 2. Mum, you know the deal 你知道的. I call you. You don't call me. You ashamed to talk to me? Of course not. Listen I can't talk now. We're going out. Where are you going? Just some place on the island. I bet the weather's just fine. JED stares out the window. The weather is stunning. How's Billy? JED'S MOTHER: As if you care 说的好像你关心一样, 搞得好像你关心一样, 装得好像你在乎一样. 3. Jonathan states that he is leaving, but Roper says his Quince cover is blown, and that he will have to stay and concoct ( [kənˈkɑkt] I. 编造借口. to invent a false explanation or false information, especially for a dishonest purpose. If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. II. to produce something unusual by mixing things in a new way, especially a drink or meal. If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together. Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries. ...a specially concocted massage oil. ) another. 4. In another sumptuous ( sumptuous [ˈsʌmptʃuəs] 精彩绝伦的, 非常高档的 adj impressive, expensive, and of high quality. Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive. ...a sumptuous feast. She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics. ...this sumptuously illustrated volume. A white cane sofa is sumptuously upholstered in gold taffeta and purple velvet. a sumptuous feast/banquet/dinner. ) instalment of the hit BBC1 thriller, Pine embeds himself in 打入内部, 潜入, 打进内部 Roper's operation. But is it all so straightforward, wonders Ben Dowell? As Tom Hiddleston's undercover operative embeds himself in Roper's circle he has cleverly sown discord among the women of Roper's entourage – not just Jed but Caroline too. She's the unhappy wife of Roper's faithless right hand man Sandy Langbourne and she seems to know – and speak – a little too much. Still, Roper's heartlessness 冷酷无情 also extends to his own inner circle. With Sandy's help he has moved to expunge 逐出门墙, 弃用 ( [ɪkˈspʌndʒ] to remove something completely, especially from a written record. If you expunge something, you get rid of it completely, because it causes problems or bad feelings. The revolutionaries expunged domestic opposition. The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory. His name was expunged from the record books. ) Corky (Tom Hollander), his oldest friend and compadre ( compadre [kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ] 兄弟情 noun informal US a way of addressing or referring to a friend or companion. "that includes you, compadre". The compadre relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond that originates when a child is baptized in Iberian, Latin American, and Filipino Christian families. ), from the closed circle. Roper wants Pine to be the main man. Corky is a little too indiscreet, a little bit too much of a drunk. And poor old Corky is looking pretty bereft ( [bɪˈreft] I. extremely unhappy and lonely. II. 垂头丧气的. 丧失...的. lacking something that you need. If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope. After the last of their children had left home the couple felt utterly bereft. The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life. He stared into space, bereft of inspiration. bereaved [bɪˈriːvd] 悲痛的家属 a bereaved person is someone whose close friend or family member has recently died. deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "bereaved families". bereave [bɪˈriːv] be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "she had recently been bereaved". ). The pain and despair and befuddlement ( befuddle If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts. ...problems that are befuddling them. ...his befuddled manner. ...befuddled with drink. ) on the face of Tom Hollander was a joy to behold. If he were a wine he would be well and truly, well, corked. You could almost – almost – feel sorry for the poor chap. "You saved my boy and I'm grateful," he told Pine tonight. "But if you ever step out of line I will make you howl for your mother 哭着找妈." wrong'un [ˈrɒŋən] 大坏蛋, 大坏人 INFORMAL BRITISH a person of bad character. If we were in any doubt about what a wrong'un Hugh Laurie's Richard Roper was, his reaction to the grisly, desperately tragic suicide of Elena, told us everything. 5. Pinko 同情共产主义者 is a pejorative coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism, though not necessarily a Communist Party member. It has since come to be used to describe anyone perceived to have leftist or socialist sympathies. The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism. Thus pink could describe a "lighter form of communism", purportedly promoted by supporters of socialism who were not themselves actual or "card carrying" communists. The term pinko has a pejorative sense, whereas "pink" in this definition can be used in a purely descriptive sense, such as in the term pink tide. 剧本: You pink? PINE momentarily confused by the question. If it is one. Socialist. Left wing. March of history. PINE: No. ROPER: Didn't think so. Wouldn't mind if you were, but it's another of Corky's bugbears ( bugbear Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you. Money is my biggest bugbear. A bugbear is a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the bogeyman (or bugaboo or babau or cucuy), and other creatures of folklore, all of which were historically used in some cultures to frighten disobedient children. ). Why don't you like Corky? PINE: He drinks at eleven in the morning. ROPER: What business is it of yours 和你有什么关系 when he drinks? PINE: A sergeant in my father's platoon got pissed in a Belfast pub. Told a local girl what the next day's operation was. The man I loved most in the world dead for five pints of lager and the promise of a quickie. Forgive me for not being a hedonist. So if you're not pink, and you're not a hedonist, what are you? That's not a question I ask myself very often. ROPER: Well maybe it's time. Me? I'm a free man. Free to think, not think, work, not work, free to climb mountains or lie in bed eating peppermint creams. Any damned thing I want, without people telling me how. PINE: Well then, I'd say I'm a free man too. 6. Everyone thinks I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. It's balls ( I. testicle. She fought off her attacker by kicking him in the balls. II. complete nonsense: What he said was a load of balls. "All men are pigs." "Balls! (= I completely disagree!)"). My father was an Oxfordshire auctioneer, taught me everything has a price. But the energy, the drive, to create all this, that comes from me alone. Where does it come from in you? I'm not sure I have what you describe. 7. MI6的人想抢走MI5的Limpet: I know what Limpet is. It's an enforcement case. It has nothing to do with Langley or The River House. Well that's what Barbara feels we ought to be discussing. BARBARA VANDON: Rex, Langley has been completely railroaded ( If you railroad someone into doing 被强迫, 被逼着 something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. She is a very fine actor who has refused to be railroaded into rom-coms. He railroaded the reforms through.) on this. We currently have a joint operation on foreign soil between two extremely fringe outfits, with not a geopolitical bone in their bodies. They're chasing international arms in an area of the world way beyond their comprehension. It's crazy. I have to say I agree. Limpet is operating in a highly incendiary 高危险度, 高度敏感 region and I would hate to see that run out of control. In my view it should be placed under a Pure Intelligence jurisdiction, acting to a political brief. But it's not my decision. No it's not. Geoffrey I'm sure I don't need to remind you that my recommendation, accepted by the Permanent Secretary, was that River House was over-extended ( overextended 过度铺张, 扩展过快 If a person or organization is overextended, they have become involved in more activities than they can financially or physically manage. The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy. The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted. to use more of something than is reasonable or sensible. overextend your finances. overextend yourself to cause yourself harm by trying to do too much. overburdened 不堪重负的 I. If a system or organization is overburdened, it has too many people or things to deal with and so does not function properly. The city's hospitals are overburdened by casualties. ...an overburdened air traffic control system. An interactive map shows how overloaded hospitals in the US could get as coronavirus cases grow, region by region. Australia's over-burdened hospitals need long-term funding. II. 压得喘不过气来的. If you are overburdened with something such as work or problems, you have more of it than you can cope with. The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail. ...overburdened 任务繁多的 teachers. 新冠疫情: As coronavirus has swept across 横扫 the US, it has also ravaged 肆虐 (break the system 崩溃, decimated the system) the country's healthcare system 卫生系统. Even with money from a $175bn bailout, many hospitals are facing critical cash shortages, because they have had to cancel the elective procedures that they rely on to make money. Bankruptcy lawyers are preparing for a surge in filings. But the pandemic has also exposed the deep disparities in its healthcare set-up — for hospitals and patients alike. When we look back, we will see this as a moment that laid bare 赤裸裸的显现 some of the dysfunctions and inequalities in the American healthcare system. We have a completely fragmented 碎片化的, 各自为政的, privatised health system that continues to fail us. For now, few policymakers seem to be looking that far into the future. Neither Trump nor Joe Biden, his opponent in the US presidential elections, are promising dramatic change for hospitals, which risk being thrown from a crisis on the wards to a crisis in the bankruptcy court. As the economy dives, buyers for hospitals will be harder to find — and so some of those doing their best to care for stricken patients may end up closing their doors. The fact that our front-line workers lack PPE is reprehensible ( reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəb(ə)l] 太糟糕, 值得被批评, 被谴责的 very bad and deserving to be criticized. If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it is reprehensible. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.). There have been numerous stories of people forgoing treatment because they didn't have health insurance. Moving forward, I hope this crisis highlights why every person should have access to health insurance and underscores why we need Medicare for All. The US has been grappling with how to change its unwieldy 身躯庞大的 healthcare system for decades. Could the pandemic ignite a movement to finally make it more equitable? It's possible that, just as the hardships of the second world war played midwife to 催生 the NHS, Covid-19 could change US hospitals for ever. But it's also possible the system could sink further into dysfunction. "Institutions like mine, they have broad shoulders ( have broad shoulders 能扛得住, 能顶得住, 有余力 To be able or willing to accept multiple demands and responsibilities. to have the ability to cope with unpleasant responsibilities; to have the ability to accept criticism or rebuke. You have some broad shoulders, kid—I'm so impressed with how you're balancing schoolwork with being captain of the football team and student council president! No need to apologize to me. I can take it. I have broad shoulders. Karen may have broad shoulders, but she can't endure endless criticism.), so they can absorb this, at least for a while." In Philadelphia, the coronavirus cases have trickled 逐渐增多, rather than flooded, in. Nevertheless, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — which is the oldest medical school in the US — was well-prepared. Sam Maizel, a bankruptcy lawyer at Dentons in Los Angeles, says this lack of centralised planning results 统筹规划, 集中规划 in an "arms race" 军备竞赛, 角力 where hospitals compete to construct the best buildings and buy the most sophisticated equipment to attract patients and doctors. Even President Donald Trump acknowledged hospitals have been "decimated" 被摧毁 by ( I. To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease. ...the decimation of the great rain forests. II. To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry. Government policies have resulted in a decimation of essential services used by the poor. ) the coronavirus pandemic. Most hospitals in the US are private, non-profit companies, which must make money to stay open. A lack of coordination 统一协调, 统一调配 nationally — with individual states issuing varying medical guidance and competing against each other to secure protective gear — has also impeded the effort. In the US, public health authorities are separate from mostly private hospitals, further increasing the challenge of mounting a collective response. ), and that Enforcement Agencies were urgently needed to prosecute areas of international criminal activity that were, for whatever reason, slipping through the Intelligence net 漏网之鱼. He lets this hang for a moment, implication understood. In that context I find the actions of the River House somewhat inimical ( inimical [ɪˈnɪmɪk(ə)l] I. formal 有害无利的. 有害无益的. 损害利益的. causing harm, or stopping the development of something. actions inimical to peace. Conditions that are inimical to something make it difficult for that thing to exist or do well. ...a false morality that is inimical to human happiness. ...goals inimical to Western interests. II. mainly literary unfriendly. ) to the new era of parliamentary accountability and transparency, and will be seeking to formalise an examination into their activities at the next Joint Steering. Does that answer your question? Well why don't we leave it there for today 今天就到此为止吧? 8. The shell game (US) (also known as thimblerig (UK), three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a short-con because it is quick and easy to pull off. The shell game is related to the cups and balls conjuring trick, which is performed purely for entertainment purposes without any purported gambling element. shell game a deceptive and evasive action or ploy, especially a political one. "he played a shell game, misleading the tax department about his real worth". thimblerig [ˈθɪmbəlˌrɪɡ] 明修栈道暗度陈仓, 金蝉脱壳, 掩人耳目. 耍花招 a game in which the operator rapidly moves about three inverted thimbles, often with sleight of hand, one of which conceals a token, the other player betting on which thimble the token is under. However, when inspected, they contain merely agriculture equipment. Roper, watching with his team via satellite feed, has played a shell game. 9. abject [ˈabdʒɛkt] I. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. 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. "his letter plunged her into abject misery". II. (of a person or their behaviour) 卑微的. 卑贱的. completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing. If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves. He sounded abject and eager to please. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question. "an abject apology". Thing is I have a feeling that Limpet's not quite the abject failure Angela Burr would have us believe. 10. light weight I. someone who is not important or who does not have much influence. an intellectual/political lightweight. II. a boxer or wrestler who belongs to one of the lower weight divisions. the former lightweight champion. III. INFORMAL someone who becomes drunk very easily. A light weight drink = Light drinker. I'm good at holding my liquor. decent history in commerce, no skeleton, no murky deals. 11. Want to know how the trick is done? Du bist ein strohmann. It's a straw man operation 掩人耳目的操作, 虚虚实实的 ( A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man". ). You are the straw man. No offence. Your name is Andrew Birch. You are a merchant venturer, decent history in commerce, no skeletons, no murky deals ( I. A murky place or time of day is dark and rather unpleasant because there is not enough light. The large lamplit room was murky with woodsmoke. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon. II. Murky water 浑水 or fog 迷雾 is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it. ...the deep, murky waters of Loch Ness. III. If you describe an activity or situation as murky, you suspect that it is dishonest or morally wrong. [British, disapproval] There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power. IV. If you describe something as murky, you mean that the details of it are not clear or that it is difficult to understand. The law here is a little bit murky. The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid ( [tepɪd] I. 温水的. 温吞水的. Water or another liquid that is tepid is slightly warm. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water. II. If you describe something such as a feeling or reaction as tepid, you mean that it lacks enthusiasm. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate. ) water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.). Maybe you and I have done deals together, maybe we haven't. let them guess. So, I go to the clowns, the brokers, venture boys, flexible banks and I say, "This fellow Birch, he's a very smart cookie, brilliant plan. Just needs backing. Something to do with agricultural hardware. Quick profits. He's my gift to you. He's clever. He's handsome. He's good with all the right people. Didn't want you missing out. The Company is called Tradepass. Double your money in four months, max." It's trust Dicky time. 11. lucky dip (UK) 抓对阄了, 运气好 I. 抽奖. A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize. a game in which small prizes are concealed in a container and chosen at random by participants. a game in which you pay to pick a prize out of a container with many different prizes in it, without being able to see what you are picking. a process of choosing or deciding something purely at random. "beware of lucky-dip deals which specify only the type or rating of accommodation". II. (by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random. lucky draw A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly draw out a prize. 剧本: Your girlfriend tells me you're going to take her to Istanbul. Very romantic. I did what you asked. And how's the sleeping? Still bad. You are not good as a confessor at all. One good deed at a time. Isn't that what the good Lord says? Where did you get this? Lucky dip. Don't bullshit me. Who got you this? Someone on the inside 打入内部的人? Don't make trouble with me Juan. I'd much prefer to be your friend. I think you would prefer it, too. Now look here. I've got code names and I've got numbers and I've got pages to cross-reference, but what I don't have is someone to join the dots for me and tell me what the bloody hell is going on. 12. meat and drink to someone 家常便饭, 基本技能, 必备技能 something that someone enjoys doing or can do very easily, usually because they do it often. This kind of shot is meat and drink to a player like him. If you say something is meat and drink to someone, you mean that they enjoy it very much. What normal people considered pressure was meat and drink to him. See full dictionary entry for meat. Nicely dealt with 处理的很好 at lunch, by the way. Thank you. I suppose drunken guests were meat and drink 太常见 to you in the hotel trade. ( Jonathan chuckles ) Yes, er... Among other things. I'm sure. The mind positively boggles. 13. Who "he"? Fellow called Mayhew. Tight-arsed Foreign Office creep trying to make a name for himself. River boys got him pegged as a nuisance ( peg somebody/something as something to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character, or that a situation has particular qualities I'd had him pegged as a troublemaker. have (got) (one) pegged as (something) To distinctly regard one as being a certain type of person. If you have someone pegged, you understand completely what they are like or who they are. Those who have her pegged as fragile singer-songwriter should hear her touring band blasting out their latest song. I want you to know that the drinkers in the cocktail lounge have you pegged for a detective. I had you pegged as a coward, but I'm impressed with how you stood up to that criminal. Everyone's got me pegged as a loser, but I'll show them! ) - I don't know what he already has, but they're definitely spooked. What do you want to do? Call the Haven, bring the whole thing forward. Will do. So what do you make of our new frontman? Oh, I like him. He drinks less than Corky, but doesn't have the same elan ( elan energy, style, and enthusiasm. If you say that someone does something with élan, you mean that they do it in an energetic and confident way. This small part was taken with elan by a promising young tenor. "they performed with uncommon elan onstage". ). Still, swings and roundabouts ( swings and roundabouts 各有好处, 一半一半, 各有优缺点, 各有得失 (what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts) If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses. a situation in which different actions or options result in no eventual gain or loss. used for describing a situation that has advantages and disadvantages. Gains and losses that offset each other. If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so it's all swings and roundabouts really. Whether we pick up Mary first and then John or John first and then Mary is a matter of swings and roundabouts. ). You are such a bloody snob, Lord Langbourne. Yeah it's me. 14. Jed, darling, the old codgers need to talk. Andrew's going to buy you a drink in that beautiful bar up on the terrace. And if I were you, I would accept quick. Looks like there might be a lot of takers. 15. indisposed [ɪndɪˈspəʊzd] I. slightly unwell. If you say that someone is indisposed, you mean that they are not available because they are ill, or for a reason that you do not want to reveal. The speaker was regrettably indisposed. "my mother is indisposed". II. averse; unwilling. "the potential audience seemed indisposed to attend". 16. tipple [tɪpəl] A person's tipple is the alcoholic drink that they usually drink. My favourite tipple is a glass of port. What's your tipple? Men? Women? Young? Old? Get you anything. I'm fine, er... thank you, though. So you don't drink, and you don't screw. Not sure I can trust a man with no appetites.
Friday, 1 May 2020
power struggle, power play; shell game; Emancipation of minors; 疫情下的美国卫生系统
用法学习: 1. cooped up 被关起来, 关禁闭, 被囚禁 adj If you are cooped up somewhere, you are in a small closed space from which you cannot escape, or you feel as if you are. If you say that someone is cooped up, you mean that they live or are kept in a place which is too small, or which does not allow them much freedom. He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates. It isn't good for her to be cooped up all the time. I hate being cooped up inside working when its a sunny day outside. It's such a tiny office - don't you ever feel cooped up here? having to stay for a period of time in a place that is too small. if a person or animal is cooped up in a place, they have to stay there without being able to move around much. I've been cooped up in this office all day. It isn’t good for you to be cooped up in the house all day. lure I. usually singular 诱惑力. something that attracts someone to a situation that they may wish they had avoided. A lure is an attractive quality that something has, or something that you find attractive. Plans like these will without doubt act as a lure to potential investors. The lure of rural life is proving as strong as ever. the lure 诱惑 of Hollywood money. What's the lure of 好处在哪里, 有什么好处 being beaten up just to make some money? II. 诱饵. an object used for attracting fish or animals that you want to catch. A lure is an object which is used to attract animals so that they can be caught. verb. To lure someone means to trick them into a particular place or to trick them into doing something that they should not do. He lured her to his home and shot her with his father's gun. They did not realise that they were being lured into a trap. Supermarkets will try to lure customers back in with special offers. 2. lowball 压低价格 verb. to deliberately underestimate a price, cost, rate etc. in order to deceive. to make a very low estimate or offer for (a service, product, company, etc). Bob Diamond refused to name the government minister who allegedly put pressure on Barclays to 'lowball' its Libor rating during a gruelling appearance before MPs today. a. To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly. b. To give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate that one has no intention of honoring or to prepare a cost estimate deliberately and misleadingly low. adj. a very low estimate or offer. a lowball bid. ailing [eɪlɪŋ] adj. I. An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker. The rise in overseas sales is good news for the ailing American economy. ailing business. II. If someone is ailing, they are ill and are not getting better. He is said to be ailing at his home in Washington. low blow (dog act) I. an unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent's waist. an unlawful blow that lands below an opponent's waist. "the referee hadn't seen the low blow and declined to call a timeout". II. 卑劣. 下作. 下三滥的手段. something unkind you say to deliberately embarrass or upset someone. a criticism or attack deemed to be unwarranted and unprincipled. a criticism or unkind act that is unexpected and unfair: Criticizing his wife's family was a low blow. It was a low blow, and possibly a political misjudgment 政治误判 to quash a rebellion that could humiliate the prime minister. 3. power struggle 权力争夺, 争权夺势 a situation where two or more people or organizations compete for influence. A power struggle ensues, and the winner is the person who makes his structure prevail. a political power struggle between the Liberals and National Party. a situation in which two or more people or groups compete for control in a particular sphere. an unpleasant or violent competition for power. "a power struggle between the FA and the Premier League was blamed for his resignation". power play = power-play I. 通过权力势力欺压别人. an action, stratagem, or maneuver, as in politics or business, by which power is concentrated or manipulated in order to subdue a rival or gain control of a situation. A power play is an attempt to gain an advantage by showing that you are more powerful than another person or organization, for example in a business relationship or negotiation. Their politics consisted of unstable power-plays between rival groups. II. In a game of ice hockey, power play is a period of time when one team has more players because one or more of the other team is in the penalty box. in team sports, a situation in which one team puts a large number of players in one area to achieve something by force. 3. commiserate [kəˈmɪzəreɪt] 表示哀悼, 表示同情, 感觉挫败, 抱头痛哭 verb. express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize. If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them. When I lost, he commiserated with me. After half an hour's commiseration 黯然神伤, 黯然伤神, we turned to more practical matters. We have sent the team our commiserations. "she went over to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances". gratify usually passive to make someone feel pleased and satisfied. If you are gratified by something, it gives you pleasure or satisfaction. Mr. Dambar was gratified by his response. He was gratified to hear that his idea had been confirmed. They were gratified that America kept its promise. We took a chance and we've won. It's very gratifying. ...a gratifying development. He is waiting for them to recognise him and eventually they do, much to his gratification. She was gratified to learn that her advice was of some use. gratify someone's desire/need/curiosity etc. 满足好奇心, 满足欲望, 满足要求 formal to give someone what they want, or to tell them what they want to hear. If you gratify your own or another person's desire, you do what is necessary to please yourself or them. We gratified our friend's curiosity. Every whim will be gratified. ...sexual gratification. self-gratification 自我满足, 自我放纵 the indulgence or satisfaction of one's own desires. "this culture of instant self-gratification". 4. ergonomic [ˌɜːɡəˈnɒmɪk] adj I. of or relating to ergonomics. II. designed to minimize physical effort and discomfort, and hence maximize efficiency. ergonomic furniture, equipment 符合人体工学的, etc. is designed to be easy and comfortable to use and to produce the most benefits to the user. agnostic [ægnɒstɪk] I. An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not.. II. Agnostic means relating to agnostics or to their beliefs. You grew up in an agnostic household and have never been able to bring yourself to believe in God. Movie - starred up: He has been starred up, meaning transferred to an adult prison because he's too violent for a juvenile lock-up. When Eric however attempts to explain his feelings to the uncomfortable Neville, Eric intuits ( intuid [ɪnˈtuɪt] 本能感觉的, 靠直觉察觉 If you intuit something, you guess what it is on the basis of your intuition or feelings, rather than on the basis of knowledge. They would confidently intuit your very thoughts. He was probably right to intuit that it was universal. to know or understand something by feeling it, instead of by considering facts or evidence. He seems to intuit her dislike. ) that his father is in a romantic relationship with his cell mate, and is disgusted by it. flowery adj. I. A flowery smell is strong and sweet, like flowers. Amy thought she caught the faintest drift of Isabel's flowery perfume. II. 带花的. 花式的. 花花的. Flowery cloth, paper, or china 有花的 has a lot of flowers printed or painted on it. decorated with a pattern of flowers. a flowery dress. The baby, dressed in a flowery jumpsuit, waved her rattle. floral adj I. A floral fabric or design has flowers on it. ...a bright yellow floral fabric. II. You can use floral to describe something that contains flowers or is made of flowers. ...eye-catching floral arrangements. III. Flowery speech or writing 花里胡哨的 contains long or literary words and expressions. flowery language or writing uses many complicated words that are intended to make it more attractive, They were using uncommonly flowery language. 5. This is prompting some economists to warn that US GDP in the current quarter could collapse by as much as 40% on an annualised basis. If this comes to pass ( to happen, to take place It came to pass that their love for each other grew and grew. things have come to a pretty pass 事情变得有点过分了 used for saying that a situation has become very unpleasant, difficult, or unacceptable. ), it will set another appalling record due to the coronavirus pandemic. Enter China ( enter I. intransitive/transitive to go or come into a place. Soldiers entered the houses, apparently searching for weapons. The man had entered through the back door. The bullet missed his kidney because it entered his body at an angle. They were imprisoned for illegally entering the country. a. transitive to start or reach a particular period of time in a process or activity. The war had already entered its third week. b. transitive to begin to affect someone's actions or behaviour. A hint of emotion entered his voice for the first time. II. transitive to start to take part in a particular activity or to work in a particular job. There are dozens of new companies entering the software market. She had hoped to enter the legal profession. a. intransitive/transitive if you enter a race or competition, or if someone enters you, you put your name on the list of those taking part. She's entered several poetry competitions. Each owner can enter a horse for a maximum of three races. The competition is free, and anyone over the age of 18 can enter. III. transitive to write something somewhere, for example in a book, on a form, or on a computer. You enter the customer's name on this line. Enter your user name and password. a. to state something officially. A number of complaints have been entered by senior members. enter a plea of (=say formally whether you are guilty of a crime): The defendant entered a plea of 'not guilty'. enter judgment: The court entered judgment in the claimant's favour. enter your mind/head if a thought enters your head, you think about it or consider it. Why such a bizarre notion should have entered her head I cannot imagine. It never entered my mind to do anything else. enter into sth I. to start to take part in an official discussion or other formal activity. The government had entered into a genuine dialogue with the terrorists. II. to agree to be part of an official agreement or contract. In 1986, the organization entered into an agreement with a private firm to operate the security system. III. to be an important aspect of a situation. When companies are trying to save money, loyalty to workers doesn't enter into it. enter into the spirit (of something) to behave in the enthusiastic way that people expect in a particular situation, for example in a game or at a party. Get It Right! Enter is usually a transitive verb, and it takes a direct object. It is not used with the prepositions into or in: ✗ After entering into university, students make a lot of new friends. ✓ After entering university, students make a lot of new friends. ✗ In the past it was unthinkable that a woman could enter in politics. ✓ In the past it was unthinkable that a woman could enter politics. Don't confuse this use with the phrasal verb enter into, which means 'to start to take part in a discussion' or 'to agree to be part of an agreement or contract': Today, eighteen-year olds are considered responsible enough to enter into contracts. ), the origin of the pandemic and accused of acting too slowly to stop its global spread. Mr Biden has hit back with an advert that accuses the president of trying to deflect blame for his own slow response to the pandemic, and of being too trusting of China's initial information about the virus. 6. psychedelic [saɪkədelɪk] 迷幻的 I. Psychedelic means relating to drugs such as LSD which have a strong effect on your mind, often making you see things that are not there. Grof describes his research with psychedelic drugs and the experiences they triggered. ...his first real, full-blown psychedelic experience. psychedelic experience. II. Psychedelic art has bright colours and strange patterns. ...psychedelic patterns. III. Psychedelic music is pop music, especially of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which is closely associated with drugs such as LSD. ...at a time when, you know, everyone was doing kind of trippy, psychedelic music. Ask Andrew Scott: Are you still Catholic? No, it's not something that I am anymore. I emancipated ( emancipated [ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪtəd] free and allowed to have the same rights as other people. a. an emancipated woman 断绝关系, 摆脱被控制的, 摆脱了被管束的, 摆脱了束缚的, 不再被束缚的 is not limited by traditional ideas about what women can do. If you describe someone as emancipated, you mean that they behave in a less restricted way than is traditional in their society. not limited socially or politically: We live in more emancipated times. The 20s and 60s are often regarded as the most emancipated decades. She is an emancipated woman. emancipate [ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt] to give freedom and rights to someone. Emancipation of minors 断绝关系 is a legal mechanism by which a child before attaining the age of majority (sometimes called a minor) is freed from control by their parents or guardians, and the parents or guardians are freed from any and all responsibility toward the child. Children before that age are normally considered legally incompetent to enter into contracts and to handle their own affairs. Emancipation overrides that presumption and allows emancipated children to legally make certain decisions on their own behalf. Emancipation is any effort to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally, in discussion of such matters. Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth; also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day , and Emancipation Day ) is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. Specifically, it commemorates Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were free. ) myself from that very rigid, controlled attitude toward sex. It's been an absolute great joy and it's made me quite proud to be able to talk about sex in a way that is without self-consciousness or awkwardness. What about celibacy and the priesthood? I feel like it's extremely dangerous territory to desexualize any human being. Frankly, I don't know if it's possible because even if you are celibate it doesn't mean that you're not sexual. I really welcome a priest being able to marry because I don't think those things are mutually exclusive 互斥的, the love of god and the love of having a sexual, romantic partner. I think, in fact, it would help things enormously. Much has been made of your chemistry with Phoebe — though some viewers have been surprised that a straight woman and a gay man could combust 燃烧, 来电 like that. I just find it just sort of shocking … I'm hesitant to say insulting but, I mean, it's not what chemistry is about. The reason that chemistry is such a fun word to say is because that is about more than sex and it's about more than brains. It's about fun and connection. And at the stage door when I do a play, the fans that come and see me are mostly female. For years I've always thought, Well, this isn't based on my sexuality. So who is creating this myth?
TV show - the night manager: 1. catatonic [ˌkætəˈtɑnɪk] 死水一潭的 adj. If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs. ...and the traumatised heroine sinks into a catatonic 一动不动的, 毫无反应的 trance. a. unable to move or control your movements as a result of illness or shock. b. not moving or thinking because you are completely bored or very tired. 剧本: I came here to see if there are opportunities for mutual collaboration and intelligence-sharing. Angela is happy to sign up. I wanted to see if you will do the same. Where are you at the moment? What about on the ground? Got any one close to Roper? STEADMAN do a carefully rehearsed embarrassed look. Not yet. In development? Not at the moment. But getting an agent on the inside Harry - that's a long game. What I need now... Let me stop you right there Joel. Angela runs her own modest enforcement agency, she can do what she likes. Roper is an obsession of hers, he was when she was here at The River. I suspect he always will be. But I can't waste the nation's intelligence budget on an operation whose current status 现状 appears to be somewhat catatonic. Well that's disappointing. Life's disappointing Joel, just ask Angela. Come back when you've got more, our door is always open. All right? 从river house (MI6)出来后: That dull enough for you? You kidding me? I never knew an American could sound so much like a total bloody loser. How do you stand it, Angie? Well he's not wrong, is he? They mustn't know about our boy Joel. No mention of him in comms. Nothing written. Nothing at all. All right? 2. Mum, you know the deal 你知道的. I call you. You don't call me. You ashamed to talk to me? Of course not. Listen I can't talk now. We're going out. Where are you going? Just some place on the island. I bet the weather's just fine. JED stares out the window. The weather is stunning. How's Billy? JED'S MOTHER: As if you care 说的好像你关心一样, 搞得好像你关心一样, 装得好像你在乎一样. 3. Jonathan states that he is leaving, but Roper says his Quince cover is blown, and that he will have to stay and concoct ( [kənˈkɑkt] I. 编造借口. to invent a false explanation or false information, especially for a dishonest purpose. If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. II. to produce something unusual by mixing things in a new way, especially a drink or meal. If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together. Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries. ...a specially concocted massage oil. ) another. 4. In another sumptuous ( sumptuous [ˈsʌmptʃuəs] 精彩绝伦的, 非常高档的 adj impressive, expensive, and of high quality. Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive. ...a sumptuous feast. She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics. ...this sumptuously illustrated volume. A white cane sofa is sumptuously upholstered in gold taffeta and purple velvet. a sumptuous feast/banquet/dinner. ) instalment of the hit BBC1 thriller, Pine embeds himself in 打入内部, 潜入, 打进内部 Roper's operation. But is it all so straightforward, wonders Ben Dowell? As Tom Hiddleston's undercover operative embeds himself in Roper's circle he has cleverly sown discord among the women of Roper's entourage – not just Jed but Caroline too. She's the unhappy wife of Roper's faithless right hand man Sandy Langbourne and she seems to know – and speak – a little too much. Still, Roper's heartlessness 冷酷无情 also extends to his own inner circle. With Sandy's help he has moved to expunge 逐出门墙, 弃用 ( [ɪkˈspʌndʒ] to remove something completely, especially from a written record. If you expunge something, you get rid of it completely, because it causes problems or bad feelings. The revolutionaries expunged domestic opposition. The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory. His name was expunged from the record books. ) Corky (Tom Hollander), his oldest friend and compadre ( compadre [kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ] 兄弟情 noun informal US a way of addressing or referring to a friend or companion. "that includes you, compadre". The compadre relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond that originates when a child is baptized in Iberian, Latin American, and Filipino Christian families. ), from the closed circle. Roper wants Pine to be the main man. Corky is a little too indiscreet, a little bit too much of a drunk. And poor old Corky is looking pretty bereft ( [bɪˈreft] I. extremely unhappy and lonely. II. 垂头丧气的. 丧失...的. lacking something that you need. If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope. After the last of their children had left home the couple felt utterly bereft. The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life. He stared into space, bereft of inspiration. bereaved [bɪˈriːvd] 悲痛的家属 a bereaved person is someone whose close friend or family member has recently died. deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "bereaved families". bereave [bɪˈriːv] be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "she had recently been bereaved". ). The pain and despair and befuddlement ( befuddle If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts. ...problems that are befuddling them. ...his befuddled manner. ...befuddled with drink. ) on the face of Tom Hollander was a joy to behold. If he were a wine he would be well and truly, well, corked. You could almost – almost – feel sorry for the poor chap. "You saved my boy and I'm grateful," he told Pine tonight. "But if you ever step out of line I will make you howl for your mother 哭着找妈." wrong'un [ˈrɒŋən] 大坏蛋, 大坏人 INFORMAL BRITISH a person of bad character. If we were in any doubt about what a wrong'un Hugh Laurie's Richard Roper was, his reaction to the grisly, desperately tragic suicide of Elena, told us everything. 5. Pinko 同情共产主义者 is a pejorative coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism, though not necessarily a Communist Party member. It has since come to be used to describe anyone perceived to have leftist or socialist sympathies. The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism. Thus pink could describe a "lighter form of communism", purportedly promoted by supporters of socialism who were not themselves actual or "card carrying" communists. The term pinko has a pejorative sense, whereas "pink" in this definition can be used in a purely descriptive sense, such as in the term pink tide. 剧本: You pink? PINE momentarily confused by the question. If it is one. Socialist. Left wing. March of history. PINE: No. ROPER: Didn't think so. Wouldn't mind if you were, but it's another of Corky's bugbears ( bugbear Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you. Money is my biggest bugbear. A bugbear is a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the bogeyman (or bugaboo or babau or cucuy), and other creatures of folklore, all of which were historically used in some cultures to frighten disobedient children. ). Why don't you like Corky? PINE: He drinks at eleven in the morning. ROPER: What business is it of yours 和你有什么关系 when he drinks? PINE: A sergeant in my father's platoon got pissed in a Belfast pub. Told a local girl what the next day's operation was. The man I loved most in the world dead for five pints of lager and the promise of a quickie. Forgive me for not being a hedonist. So if you're not pink, and you're not a hedonist, what are you? That's not a question I ask myself very often. ROPER: Well maybe it's time. Me? I'm a free man. Free to think, not think, work, not work, free to climb mountains or lie in bed eating peppermint creams. Any damned thing I want, without people telling me how. PINE: Well then, I'd say I'm a free man too. 6. Everyone thinks I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. It's balls ( I. testicle. She fought off her attacker by kicking him in the balls. II. complete nonsense: What he said was a load of balls. "All men are pigs." "Balls! (= I completely disagree!)"). My father was an Oxfordshire auctioneer, taught me everything has a price. But the energy, the drive, to create all this, that comes from me alone. Where does it come from in you? I'm not sure I have what you describe. 7. MI6的人想抢走MI5的Limpet: I know what Limpet is. It's an enforcement case. It has nothing to do with Langley or The River House. Well that's what Barbara feels we ought to be discussing. BARBARA VANDON: Rex, Langley has been completely railroaded ( If you railroad someone into doing 被强迫, 被逼着 something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. She is a very fine actor who has refused to be railroaded into rom-coms. He railroaded the reforms through.) on this. We currently have a joint operation on foreign soil between two extremely fringe outfits, with not a geopolitical bone in their bodies. They're chasing international arms in an area of the world way beyond their comprehension. It's crazy. I have to say I agree. Limpet is operating in a highly incendiary 高危险度, 高度敏感 region and I would hate to see that run out of control. In my view it should be placed under a Pure Intelligence jurisdiction, acting to a political brief. But it's not my decision. No it's not. Geoffrey I'm sure I don't need to remind you that my recommendation, accepted by the Permanent Secretary, was that River House was over-extended ( overextended 过度铺张, 扩展过快 If a person or organization is overextended, they have become involved in more activities than they can financially or physically manage. The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy. The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted. to use more of something than is reasonable or sensible. overextend your finances. overextend yourself to cause yourself harm by trying to do too much. overburdened 不堪重负的 I. If a system or organization is overburdened, it has too many people or things to deal with and so does not function properly. The city's hospitals are overburdened by casualties. ...an overburdened air traffic control system. An interactive map shows how overloaded hospitals in the US could get as coronavirus cases grow, region by region. Australia's over-burdened hospitals need long-term funding. II. 压得喘不过气来的. If you are overburdened with something such as work or problems, you have more of it than you can cope with. The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail. ...overburdened 任务繁多的 teachers. 新冠疫情: As coronavirus has swept across 横扫 the US, it has also ravaged 肆虐 (break the system 崩溃, decimated the system) the country's healthcare system 卫生系统. Even with money from a $175bn bailout, many hospitals are facing critical cash shortages, because they have had to cancel the elective procedures that they rely on to make money. Bankruptcy lawyers are preparing for a surge in filings. But the pandemic has also exposed the deep disparities in its healthcare set-up — for hospitals and patients alike. When we look back, we will see this as a moment that laid bare 赤裸裸的显现 some of the dysfunctions and inequalities in the American healthcare system. We have a completely fragmented 碎片化的, 各自为政的, privatised health system that continues to fail us. For now, few policymakers seem to be looking that far into the future. Neither Trump nor Joe Biden, his opponent in the US presidential elections, are promising dramatic change for hospitals, which risk being thrown from a crisis on the wards to a crisis in the bankruptcy court. As the economy dives, buyers for hospitals will be harder to find — and so some of those doing their best to care for stricken patients may end up closing their doors. The fact that our front-line workers lack PPE is reprehensible ( reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəb(ə)l] 太糟糕, 值得被批评, 被谴责的 very bad and deserving to be criticized. If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it is reprehensible. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.). There have been numerous stories of people forgoing treatment because they didn't have health insurance. Moving forward, I hope this crisis highlights why every person should have access to health insurance and underscores why we need Medicare for All. The US has been grappling with how to change its unwieldy 身躯庞大的 healthcare system for decades. Could the pandemic ignite a movement to finally make it more equitable? It's possible that, just as the hardships of the second world war played midwife to 催生 the NHS, Covid-19 could change US hospitals for ever. But it's also possible the system could sink further into dysfunction. "Institutions like mine, they have broad shoulders ( have broad shoulders 能扛得住, 能顶得住, 有余力 To be able or willing to accept multiple demands and responsibilities. to have the ability to cope with unpleasant responsibilities; to have the ability to accept criticism or rebuke. You have some broad shoulders, kid—I'm so impressed with how you're balancing schoolwork with being captain of the football team and student council president! No need to apologize to me. I can take it. I have broad shoulders. Karen may have broad shoulders, but she can't endure endless criticism.), so they can absorb this, at least for a while." In Philadelphia, the coronavirus cases have trickled 逐渐增多, rather than flooded, in. Nevertheless, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — which is the oldest medical school in the US — was well-prepared. Sam Maizel, a bankruptcy lawyer at Dentons in Los Angeles, says this lack of centralised planning results 统筹规划, 集中规划 in an "arms race" 军备竞赛, 角力 where hospitals compete to construct the best buildings and buy the most sophisticated equipment to attract patients and doctors. Even President Donald Trump acknowledged hospitals have been "decimated" 被摧毁 by ( I. To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease. ...the decimation of the great rain forests. II. To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry. Government policies have resulted in a decimation of essential services used by the poor. ) the coronavirus pandemic. Most hospitals in the US are private, non-profit companies, which must make money to stay open. A lack of coordination 统一协调, 统一调配 nationally — with individual states issuing varying medical guidance and competing against each other to secure protective gear — has also impeded the effort. In the US, public health authorities are separate from mostly private hospitals, further increasing the challenge of mounting a collective response. ), and that Enforcement Agencies were urgently needed to prosecute areas of international criminal activity that were, for whatever reason, slipping through the Intelligence net 漏网之鱼. He lets this hang for a moment, implication understood. In that context I find the actions of the River House somewhat inimical ( inimical [ɪˈnɪmɪk(ə)l] I. formal 有害无利的. 有害无益的. 损害利益的. causing harm, or stopping the development of something. actions inimical to peace. Conditions that are inimical to something make it difficult for that thing to exist or do well. ...a false morality that is inimical to human happiness. ...goals inimical to Western interests. II. mainly literary unfriendly. ) to the new era of parliamentary accountability and transparency, and will be seeking to formalise an examination into their activities at the next Joint Steering. Does that answer your question? Well why don't we leave it there for today 今天就到此为止吧? 8. The shell game (US) (also known as thimblerig (UK), three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a short-con because it is quick and easy to pull off. The shell game is related to the cups and balls conjuring trick, which is performed purely for entertainment purposes without any purported gambling element. shell game a deceptive and evasive action or ploy, especially a political one. "he played a shell game, misleading the tax department about his real worth". thimblerig [ˈθɪmbəlˌrɪɡ] 明修栈道暗度陈仓, 金蝉脱壳, 掩人耳目. 耍花招 a game in which the operator rapidly moves about three inverted thimbles, often with sleight of hand, one of which conceals a token, the other player betting on which thimble the token is under. However, when inspected, they contain merely agriculture equipment. Roper, watching with his team via satellite feed, has played a shell game. 9. abject [ˈabdʒɛkt] I. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. 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. "his letter plunged her into abject misery". II. (of a person or their behaviour) 卑微的. 卑贱的. completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing. If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves. He sounded abject and eager to please. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question. "an abject apology". Thing is I have a feeling that Limpet's not quite the abject failure Angela Burr would have us believe. 10. light weight I. someone who is not important or who does not have much influence. an intellectual/political lightweight. II. a boxer or wrestler who belongs to one of the lower weight divisions. the former lightweight champion. III. INFORMAL someone who becomes drunk very easily. A light weight drink = Light drinker. I'm good at holding my liquor. decent history in commerce, no skeleton, no murky deals. 11. Want to know how the trick is done? Du bist ein strohmann. It's a straw man operation 掩人耳目的操作, 虚虚实实的 ( A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man". ). You are the straw man. No offence. Your name is Andrew Birch. You are a merchant venturer, decent history in commerce, no skeletons, no murky deals ( I. A murky place or time of day is dark and rather unpleasant because there is not enough light. The large lamplit room was murky with woodsmoke. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon. II. Murky water 浑水 or fog 迷雾 is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it. ...the deep, murky waters of Loch Ness. III. If you describe an activity or situation as murky, you suspect that it is dishonest or morally wrong. [British, disapproval] There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power. IV. If you describe something as murky, you mean that the details of it are not clear or that it is difficult to understand. The law here is a little bit murky. The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid ( [tepɪd] I. 温水的. 温吞水的. Water or another liquid that is tepid is slightly warm. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water. II. If you describe something such as a feeling or reaction as tepid, you mean that it lacks enthusiasm. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate. ) water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.). Maybe you and I have done deals together, maybe we haven't. let them guess. So, I go to the clowns, the brokers, venture boys, flexible banks and I say, "This fellow Birch, he's a very smart cookie, brilliant plan. Just needs backing. Something to do with agricultural hardware. Quick profits. He's my gift to you. He's clever. He's handsome. He's good with all the right people. Didn't want you missing out. The Company is called Tradepass. Double your money in four months, max." It's trust Dicky time. 11. lucky dip (UK) 抓对阄了, 运气好 I. 抽奖. A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize. a game in which small prizes are concealed in a container and chosen at random by participants. a game in which you pay to pick a prize out of a container with many different prizes in it, without being able to see what you are picking. a process of choosing or deciding something purely at random. "beware of lucky-dip deals which specify only the type or rating of accommodation". II. (by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random. lucky draw A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly draw out a prize. 剧本: Your girlfriend tells me you're going to take her to Istanbul. Very romantic. I did what you asked. And how's the sleeping? Still bad. You are not good as a confessor at all. One good deed at a time. Isn't that what the good Lord says? Where did you get this? Lucky dip. Don't bullshit me. Who got you this? Someone on the inside 打入内部的人? Don't make trouble with me Juan. I'd much prefer to be your friend. I think you would prefer it, too. Now look here. I've got code names and I've got numbers and I've got pages to cross-reference, but what I don't have is someone to join the dots for me and tell me what the bloody hell is going on. 12. meat and drink to someone 家常便饭, 基本技能, 必备技能 something that someone enjoys doing or can do very easily, usually because they do it often. This kind of shot is meat and drink to a player like him. If you say something is meat and drink to someone, you mean that they enjoy it very much. What normal people considered pressure was meat and drink to him. See full dictionary entry for meat. Nicely dealt with 处理的很好 at lunch, by the way. Thank you. I suppose drunken guests were meat and drink 太常见 to you in the hotel trade. ( Jonathan chuckles ) Yes, er... Among other things. I'm sure. The mind positively boggles. 13. Who "he"? Fellow called Mayhew. Tight-arsed Foreign Office creep trying to make a name for himself. River boys got him pegged as a nuisance ( peg somebody/something as something to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character, or that a situation has particular qualities I'd had him pegged as a troublemaker. have (got) (one) pegged as (something) To distinctly regard one as being a certain type of person. If you have someone pegged, you understand completely what they are like or who they are. Those who have her pegged as fragile singer-songwriter should hear her touring band blasting out their latest song. I want you to know that the drinkers in the cocktail lounge have you pegged for a detective. I had you pegged as a coward, but I'm impressed with how you stood up to that criminal. Everyone's got me pegged as a loser, but I'll show them! ) - I don't know what he already has, but they're definitely spooked. What do you want to do? Call the Haven, bring the whole thing forward. Will do. So what do you make of our new frontman? Oh, I like him. He drinks less than Corky, but doesn't have the same elan ( elan energy, style, and enthusiasm. If you say that someone does something with élan, you mean that they do it in an energetic and confident way. This small part was taken with elan by a promising young tenor. "they performed with uncommon elan onstage". ). Still, swings and roundabouts ( swings and roundabouts 各有好处, 一半一半, 各有优缺点, 各有得失 (what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts) If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses. a situation in which different actions or options result in no eventual gain or loss. used for describing a situation that has advantages and disadvantages. Gains and losses that offset each other. If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so it's all swings and roundabouts really. Whether we pick up Mary first and then John or John first and then Mary is a matter of swings and roundabouts. ). You are such a bloody snob, Lord Langbourne. Yeah it's me. 14. Jed, darling, the old codgers need to talk. Andrew's going to buy you a drink in that beautiful bar up on the terrace. And if I were you, I would accept quick. Looks like there might be a lot of takers. 15. indisposed [ɪndɪˈspəʊzd] I. slightly unwell. If you say that someone is indisposed, you mean that they are not available because they are ill, or for a reason that you do not want to reveal. The speaker was regrettably indisposed. "my mother is indisposed". II. averse; unwilling. "the potential audience seemed indisposed to attend". 16. tipple [tɪpəl] A person's tipple is the alcoholic drink that they usually drink. My favourite tipple is a glass of port. What's your tipple? Men? Women? Young? Old? Get you anything. I'm fine, er... thank you, though. So you don't drink, and you don't screw. Not sure I can trust a man with no appetites.
TV show - the night manager: 1. catatonic [ˌkætəˈtɑnɪk] 死水一潭的 adj. If you describe someone as being in a catatonic state, you mean that they are not moving or responding at all, usually as a result of illness, shock, or drugs. ...and the traumatised heroine sinks into a catatonic 一动不动的, 毫无反应的 trance. a. unable to move or control your movements as a result of illness or shock. b. not moving or thinking because you are completely bored or very tired. 剧本: I came here to see if there are opportunities for mutual collaboration and intelligence-sharing. Angela is happy to sign up. I wanted to see if you will do the same. Where are you at the moment? What about on the ground? Got any one close to Roper? STEADMAN do a carefully rehearsed embarrassed look. Not yet. In development? Not at the moment. But getting an agent on the inside Harry - that's a long game. What I need now... Let me stop you right there Joel. Angela runs her own modest enforcement agency, she can do what she likes. Roper is an obsession of hers, he was when she was here at The River. I suspect he always will be. But I can't waste the nation's intelligence budget on an operation whose current status 现状 appears to be somewhat catatonic. Well that's disappointing. Life's disappointing Joel, just ask Angela. Come back when you've got more, our door is always open. All right? 从river house (MI6)出来后: That dull enough for you? You kidding me? I never knew an American could sound so much like a total bloody loser. How do you stand it, Angie? Well he's not wrong, is he? They mustn't know about our boy Joel. No mention of him in comms. Nothing written. Nothing at all. All right? 2. Mum, you know the deal 你知道的. I call you. You don't call me. You ashamed to talk to me? Of course not. Listen I can't talk now. We're going out. Where are you going? Just some place on the island. I bet the weather's just fine. JED stares out the window. The weather is stunning. How's Billy? JED'S MOTHER: As if you care 说的好像你关心一样, 搞得好像你关心一样, 装得好像你在乎一样. 3. Jonathan states that he is leaving, but Roper says his Quince cover is blown, and that he will have to stay and concoct ( [kənˈkɑkt] I. 编造借口. to invent a false explanation or false information, especially for a dishonest purpose. If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. II. to produce something unusual by mixing things in a new way, especially a drink or meal. If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together. Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries. ...a specially concocted massage oil. ) another. 4. In another sumptuous ( sumptuous [ˈsʌmptʃuəs] 精彩绝伦的, 非常高档的 adj impressive, expensive, and of high quality. Something that is sumptuous is grand and obviously very expensive. ...a sumptuous feast. She produces elegant wedding gowns in a variety of sumptuous fabrics. ...this sumptuously illustrated volume. A white cane sofa is sumptuously upholstered in gold taffeta and purple velvet. a sumptuous feast/banquet/dinner. ) instalment of the hit BBC1 thriller, Pine embeds himself in 打入内部, 潜入, 打进内部 Roper's operation. But is it all so straightforward, wonders Ben Dowell? As Tom Hiddleston's undercover operative embeds himself in Roper's circle he has cleverly sown discord among the women of Roper's entourage – not just Jed but Caroline too. She's the unhappy wife of Roper's faithless right hand man Sandy Langbourne and she seems to know – and speak – a little too much. Still, Roper's heartlessness 冷酷无情 also extends to his own inner circle. With Sandy's help he has moved to expunge 逐出门墙, 弃用 ( [ɪkˈspʌndʒ] to remove something completely, especially from a written record. If you expunge something, you get rid of it completely, because it causes problems or bad feelings. The revolutionaries expunged domestic opposition. The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory. His name was expunged from the record books. ) Corky (Tom Hollander), his oldest friend and compadre ( compadre [kɒmˈpɑːdreɪ] 兄弟情 noun informal US a way of addressing or referring to a friend or companion. "that includes you, compadre". The compadre relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond that originates when a child is baptized in Iberian, Latin American, and Filipino Christian families. ), from the closed circle. Roper wants Pine to be the main man. Corky is a little too indiscreet, a little bit too much of a drunk. And poor old Corky is looking pretty bereft ( [bɪˈreft] I. extremely unhappy and lonely. II. 垂头丧气的. 丧失...的. lacking something that you need. If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope. After the last of their children had left home the couple felt utterly bereft. The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life. He stared into space, bereft of inspiration. bereaved [bɪˈriːvd] 悲痛的家属 a bereaved person is someone whose close friend or family member has recently died. deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "bereaved families". bereave [bɪˈriːv] be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. "she had recently been bereaved". ). The pain and despair and befuddlement ( befuddle If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts. ...problems that are befuddling them. ...his befuddled manner. ...befuddled with drink. ) on the face of Tom Hollander was a joy to behold. If he were a wine he would be well and truly, well, corked. You could almost – almost – feel sorry for the poor chap. "You saved my boy and I'm grateful," he told Pine tonight. "But if you ever step out of line I will make you howl for your mother 哭着找妈." wrong'un [ˈrɒŋən] 大坏蛋, 大坏人 INFORMAL BRITISH a person of bad character. If we were in any doubt about what a wrong'un Hugh Laurie's Richard Roper was, his reaction to the grisly, desperately tragic suicide of Elena, told us everything. 5. Pinko 同情共产主义者 is a pejorative coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism, though not necessarily a Communist Party member. It has since come to be used to describe anyone perceived to have leftist or socialist sympathies. The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism. Thus pink could describe a "lighter form of communism", purportedly promoted by supporters of socialism who were not themselves actual or "card carrying" communists. The term pinko has a pejorative sense, whereas "pink" in this definition can be used in a purely descriptive sense, such as in the term pink tide. 剧本: You pink? PINE momentarily confused by the question. If it is one. Socialist. Left wing. March of history. PINE: No. ROPER: Didn't think so. Wouldn't mind if you were, but it's another of Corky's bugbears ( bugbear Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you. Money is my biggest bugbear. A bugbear is a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the bogeyman (or bugaboo or babau or cucuy), and other creatures of folklore, all of which were historically used in some cultures to frighten disobedient children. ). Why don't you like Corky? PINE: He drinks at eleven in the morning. ROPER: What business is it of yours 和你有什么关系 when he drinks? PINE: A sergeant in my father's platoon got pissed in a Belfast pub. Told a local girl what the next day's operation was. The man I loved most in the world dead for five pints of lager and the promise of a quickie. Forgive me for not being a hedonist. So if you're not pink, and you're not a hedonist, what are you? That's not a question I ask myself very often. ROPER: Well maybe it's time. Me? I'm a free man. Free to think, not think, work, not work, free to climb mountains or lie in bed eating peppermint creams. Any damned thing I want, without people telling me how. PINE: Well then, I'd say I'm a free man too. 6. Everyone thinks I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. It's balls ( I. testicle. She fought off her attacker by kicking him in the balls. II. complete nonsense: What he said was a load of balls. "All men are pigs." "Balls! (= I completely disagree!)"). My father was an Oxfordshire auctioneer, taught me everything has a price. But the energy, the drive, to create all this, that comes from me alone. Where does it come from in you? I'm not sure I have what you describe. 7. MI6的人想抢走MI5的Limpet: I know what Limpet is. It's an enforcement case. It has nothing to do with Langley or The River House. Well that's what Barbara feels we ought to be discussing. BARBARA VANDON: Rex, Langley has been completely railroaded ( If you railroad someone into doing 被强迫, 被逼着 something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. She is a very fine actor who has refused to be railroaded into rom-coms. He railroaded the reforms through.) on this. We currently have a joint operation on foreign soil between two extremely fringe outfits, with not a geopolitical bone in their bodies. They're chasing international arms in an area of the world way beyond their comprehension. It's crazy. I have to say I agree. Limpet is operating in a highly incendiary 高危险度, 高度敏感 region and I would hate to see that run out of control. In my view it should be placed under a Pure Intelligence jurisdiction, acting to a political brief. But it's not my decision. No it's not. Geoffrey I'm sure I don't need to remind you that my recommendation, accepted by the Permanent Secretary, was that River House was over-extended ( overextended 过度铺张, 扩展过快 If a person or organization is overextended, they have become involved in more activities than they can financially or physically manage. The British East India Tea Company was overextended and faced bankruptcy. The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted. to use more of something than is reasonable or sensible. overextend your finances. overextend yourself to cause yourself harm by trying to do too much. overburdened 不堪重负的 I. If a system or organization is overburdened, it has too many people or things to deal with and so does not function properly. The city's hospitals are overburdened by casualties. ...an overburdened air traffic control system. An interactive map shows how overloaded hospitals in the US could get as coronavirus cases grow, region by region. Australia's over-burdened hospitals need long-term funding. II. 压得喘不过气来的. If you are overburdened with something such as work or problems, you have more of it than you can cope with. The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail. ...overburdened 任务繁多的 teachers. 新冠疫情: As coronavirus has swept across 横扫 the US, it has also ravaged 肆虐 (break the system 崩溃, decimated the system) the country's healthcare system 卫生系统. Even with money from a $175bn bailout, many hospitals are facing critical cash shortages, because they have had to cancel the elective procedures that they rely on to make money. Bankruptcy lawyers are preparing for a surge in filings. But the pandemic has also exposed the deep disparities in its healthcare set-up — for hospitals and patients alike. When we look back, we will see this as a moment that laid bare 赤裸裸的显现 some of the dysfunctions and inequalities in the American healthcare system. We have a completely fragmented 碎片化的, 各自为政的, privatised health system that continues to fail us. For now, few policymakers seem to be looking that far into the future. Neither Trump nor Joe Biden, his opponent in the US presidential elections, are promising dramatic change for hospitals, which risk being thrown from a crisis on the wards to a crisis in the bankruptcy court. As the economy dives, buyers for hospitals will be harder to find — and so some of those doing their best to care for stricken patients may end up closing their doors. The fact that our front-line workers lack PPE is reprehensible ( reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəb(ə)l] 太糟糕, 值得被批评, 被谴责的 very bad and deserving to be criticized. If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it is reprehensible. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner.). There have been numerous stories of people forgoing treatment because they didn't have health insurance. Moving forward, I hope this crisis highlights why every person should have access to health insurance and underscores why we need Medicare for All. The US has been grappling with how to change its unwieldy 身躯庞大的 healthcare system for decades. Could the pandemic ignite a movement to finally make it more equitable? It's possible that, just as the hardships of the second world war played midwife to 催生 the NHS, Covid-19 could change US hospitals for ever. But it's also possible the system could sink further into dysfunction. "Institutions like mine, they have broad shoulders ( have broad shoulders 能扛得住, 能顶得住, 有余力 To be able or willing to accept multiple demands and responsibilities. to have the ability to cope with unpleasant responsibilities; to have the ability to accept criticism or rebuke. You have some broad shoulders, kid—I'm so impressed with how you're balancing schoolwork with being captain of the football team and student council president! No need to apologize to me. I can take it. I have broad shoulders. Karen may have broad shoulders, but she can't endure endless criticism.), so they can absorb this, at least for a while." In Philadelphia, the coronavirus cases have trickled 逐渐增多, rather than flooded, in. Nevertheless, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — which is the oldest medical school in the US — was well-prepared. Sam Maizel, a bankruptcy lawyer at Dentons in Los Angeles, says this lack of centralised planning results 统筹规划, 集中规划 in an "arms race" 军备竞赛, 角力 where hospitals compete to construct the best buildings and buy the most sophisticated equipment to attract patients and doctors. Even President Donald Trump acknowledged hospitals have been "decimated" 被摧毁 by ( I. To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease. ...the decimation of the great rain forests. II. To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry. Government policies have resulted in a decimation of essential services used by the poor. ) the coronavirus pandemic. Most hospitals in the US are private, non-profit companies, which must make money to stay open. A lack of coordination 统一协调, 统一调配 nationally — with individual states issuing varying medical guidance and competing against each other to secure protective gear — has also impeded the effort. In the US, public health authorities are separate from mostly private hospitals, further increasing the challenge of mounting a collective response. ), and that Enforcement Agencies were urgently needed to prosecute areas of international criminal activity that were, for whatever reason, slipping through the Intelligence net 漏网之鱼. He lets this hang for a moment, implication understood. In that context I find the actions of the River House somewhat inimical ( inimical [ɪˈnɪmɪk(ə)l] I. formal 有害无利的. 有害无益的. 损害利益的. causing harm, or stopping the development of something. actions inimical to peace. Conditions that are inimical to something make it difficult for that thing to exist or do well. ...a false morality that is inimical to human happiness. ...goals inimical to Western interests. II. mainly literary unfriendly. ) to the new era of parliamentary accountability and transparency, and will be seeking to formalise an examination into their activities at the next Joint Steering. Does that answer your question? Well why don't we leave it there for today 今天就到此为止吧? 8. The shell game (US) (also known as thimblerig (UK), three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. In confidence trick slang, this swindle is referred to as a short-con because it is quick and easy to pull off. The shell game is related to the cups and balls conjuring trick, which is performed purely for entertainment purposes without any purported gambling element. shell game a deceptive and evasive action or ploy, especially a political one. "he played a shell game, misleading the tax department about his real worth". thimblerig [ˈθɪmbəlˌrɪɡ] 明修栈道暗度陈仓, 金蝉脱壳, 掩人耳目. 耍花招 a game in which the operator rapidly moves about three inverted thimbles, often with sleight of hand, one of which conceals a token, the other player betting on which thimble the token is under. However, when inspected, they contain merely agriculture equipment. Roper, watching with his team via satellite feed, has played a shell game. 9. abject [ˈabdʒɛkt] I. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. 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. "his letter plunged her into abject misery". II. (of a person or their behaviour) 卑微的. 卑贱的. completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing. If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves. He sounded abject and eager to please. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question. "an abject apology". Thing is I have a feeling that Limpet's not quite the abject failure Angela Burr would have us believe. 10. light weight I. someone who is not important or who does not have much influence. an intellectual/political lightweight. II. a boxer or wrestler who belongs to one of the lower weight divisions. the former lightweight champion. III. INFORMAL someone who becomes drunk very easily. A light weight drink = Light drinker. I'm good at holding my liquor. decent history in commerce, no skeleton, no murky deals. 11. Want to know how the trick is done? Du bist ein strohmann. It's a straw man operation 掩人耳目的操作, 虚虚实实的 ( A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man". ). You are the straw man. No offence. Your name is Andrew Birch. You are a merchant venturer, decent history in commerce, no skeletons, no murky deals ( I. A murky place or time of day is dark and rather unpleasant because there is not enough light. The large lamplit room was murky with woodsmoke. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon. II. Murky water 浑水 or fog 迷雾 is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it. ...the deep, murky waters of Loch Ness. III. If you describe an activity or situation as murky, you suspect that it is dishonest or morally wrong. [British, disapproval] There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power. IV. If you describe something as murky, you mean that the details of it are not clear or that it is difficult to understand. The law here is a little bit murky. The boiling frog is a fable describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid ( [tepɪd] I. 温水的. 温吞水的. Water or another liquid that is tepid is slightly warm. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water. II. If you describe something such as a feeling or reaction as tepid, you mean that it lacks enthusiasm. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate. ) water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.). Maybe you and I have done deals together, maybe we haven't. let them guess. So, I go to the clowns, the brokers, venture boys, flexible banks and I say, "This fellow Birch, he's a very smart cookie, brilliant plan. Just needs backing. Something to do with agricultural hardware. Quick profits. He's my gift to you. He's clever. He's handsome. He's good with all the right people. Didn't want you missing out. The Company is called Tradepass. Double your money in four months, max." It's trust Dicky time. 11. lucky dip (UK) 抓对阄了, 运气好 I. 抽奖. A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize. a game in which small prizes are concealed in a container and chosen at random by participants. a game in which you pay to pick a prize out of a container with many different prizes in it, without being able to see what you are picking. a process of choosing or deciding something purely at random. "beware of lucky-dip deals which specify only the type or rating of accommodation". II. (by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random. lucky draw A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly draw out a prize. 剧本: Your girlfriend tells me you're going to take her to Istanbul. Very romantic. I did what you asked. And how's the sleeping? Still bad. You are not good as a confessor at all. One good deed at a time. Isn't that what the good Lord says? Where did you get this? Lucky dip. Don't bullshit me. Who got you this? Someone on the inside 打入内部的人? Don't make trouble with me Juan. I'd much prefer to be your friend. I think you would prefer it, too. Now look here. I've got code names and I've got numbers and I've got pages to cross-reference, but what I don't have is someone to join the dots for me and tell me what the bloody hell is going on. 12. meat and drink to someone 家常便饭, 基本技能, 必备技能 something that someone enjoys doing or can do very easily, usually because they do it often. This kind of shot is meat and drink to a player like him. If you say something is meat and drink to someone, you mean that they enjoy it very much. What normal people considered pressure was meat and drink to him. See full dictionary entry for meat. Nicely dealt with 处理的很好 at lunch, by the way. Thank you. I suppose drunken guests were meat and drink 太常见 to you in the hotel trade. ( Jonathan chuckles ) Yes, er... Among other things. I'm sure. The mind positively boggles. 13. Who "he"? Fellow called Mayhew. Tight-arsed Foreign Office creep trying to make a name for himself. River boys got him pegged as a nuisance ( peg somebody/something as something to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character, or that a situation has particular qualities I'd had him pegged as a troublemaker. have (got) (one) pegged as (something) To distinctly regard one as being a certain type of person. If you have someone pegged, you understand completely what they are like or who they are. Those who have her pegged as fragile singer-songwriter should hear her touring band blasting out their latest song. I want you to know that the drinkers in the cocktail lounge have you pegged for a detective. I had you pegged as a coward, but I'm impressed with how you stood up to that criminal. Everyone's got me pegged as a loser, but I'll show them! ) - I don't know what he already has, but they're definitely spooked. What do you want to do? Call the Haven, bring the whole thing forward. Will do. So what do you make of our new frontman? Oh, I like him. He drinks less than Corky, but doesn't have the same elan ( elan energy, style, and enthusiasm. If you say that someone does something with élan, you mean that they do it in an energetic and confident way. This small part was taken with elan by a promising young tenor. "they performed with uncommon elan onstage". ). Still, swings and roundabouts ( swings and roundabouts 各有好处, 一半一半, 各有优缺点, 各有得失 (what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts) If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses. a situation in which different actions or options result in no eventual gain or loss. used for describing a situation that has advantages and disadvantages. Gains and losses that offset each other. If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so it's all swings and roundabouts really. Whether we pick up Mary first and then John or John first and then Mary is a matter of swings and roundabouts. ). You are such a bloody snob, Lord Langbourne. Yeah it's me. 14. Jed, darling, the old codgers need to talk. Andrew's going to buy you a drink in that beautiful bar up on the terrace. And if I were you, I would accept quick. Looks like there might be a lot of takers. 15. indisposed [ɪndɪˈspəʊzd] I. slightly unwell. If you say that someone is indisposed, you mean that they are not available because they are ill, or for a reason that you do not want to reveal. The speaker was regrettably indisposed. "my mother is indisposed". II. averse; unwilling. "the potential audience seemed indisposed to attend". 16. tipple [tɪpəl] A person's tipple is the alcoholic drink that they usually drink. My favourite tipple is a glass of port. What's your tipple? Men? Women? Young? Old? Get you anything. I'm fine, er... thank you, though. So you don't drink, and you don't screw. Not sure I can trust a man with no appetites.
