用法学习: 1. detest [dɪtest] If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much. My mother detested him. Jean detested being photographed. They were united in their detestation of the government. sappy [ˈsapi] I. mawkishly over-sentimental. very emotional in a way that people may find embarrassing or silly. a sappy look on his face. a sappy novel/movie. "sappy old love songs 动情的, 煽情的". II. (of a plant) containing a lot of sap. Sappy stems or leaves contain a lot of liquid. Do not overfeed them, as this will encourage soft sappy growth. sap [sæp] noun. I. uncountable 树汁. a sticky substance found in plants and trees. Sap is the watery liquid in plants and trees. The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies. II. countable informal old-fashioned someone who trusts people too much and can easily be cheated. The poor sap really believed Volvano would help him. If you describe someone as a sap, you think they are foolish [informal, disapproval] Some poor sap of a headmaster is in trouble. You are such a sap human being. sap verb. If something saps your strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength. Analysts say the recession has sapped investor confidence. 2. A wet wipe, also known as a wet towel or a moist towelette 湿巾, 湿纸巾, or a baby wipe in specific circumstances, is a small moistened piece of plastic or cloth that often comes folded and individually wrapped for convenience. Wet wipes are used for cleaning purposes like personal hygiene and household cleaning. A napkin (US), serviette (UK) or face towelette ( serviette [ˌsɜrviˈet] a table napkin. A serviette is a square of cloth or paper that you use to protect your clothes or to wipe your mouth when you are eating. ) is a rectangle of cloth used at the table for wiping the mouth and fingers while eating. It is usually small and folded, sometimes in intricate designs and shapes. The word comes from Middle English, borrowing the French nappe—a cloth covering for a table—and adding -kin, the diminutive suffix. "Serviette" can be heard in the United Kingdom, Ireland, some parts of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and South Africa. In Australia and New Zealand, "serviette" generally refers to the paper variety and "napkin" refers to the cloth variety. The same distinction is used in Canada although "paper napkin" may be used interchangeably with "serviette". In the UK, the term "napkin" is traditionally "U" (upper-class) and "serviette" is "non-U". 3. todger [ˈtɒdʒə] a man's penis. discerning [dɪˈsəːnɪŋ] 明辨是非的 adj. having or showing good judgement. If you describe someone as discerning, you mean that they are able to judge which things of a particular kind are good and which are bad. ...tailor-made holidays to suit the more discerning traveller. Her childhood passion for collecting has not dimmed, but now she is more discerning. "the brasserie attracts discerning customers". Can you dig it? I can dig it. You dig it? I dig it. You dig? Dig? ( I can dig it: I. I understand. II. I agree. III. Wow! That's awesome. IV. I would have no problem doing that/dealing with that. V. I'm down with it. "Stay away from him, he's crazy." "Yeah but I can dig it. Its cool." ) 'You dig?' is a short cut for 'You understand?' The figurative use of "digging," as for knowledge or understanding, which are not to be found on the surface of things, goes back centuries. This is an urbanspeak expression from the 1970s. It has several meanings depending on the context but most usually the sense is "Do you understand what I'm trying to get across to you?" (as in "D'you get it?"). It can also mean if you're enjoying ("digging") something at the moment. The origin of "Can you dig it?" was either from or connected with the black community of the USA of the 1960s or '70s. It quickly went mainstream (and went worldwide) during the '70s through the movies. The general usage of the term DIG as an indicator of understanding "do you dig" / "dig me" (as in "do you understand") comes from non-English speaking Irish immigrants in the USA speaking Irish to each other. Lets not go there, the music sucks and the people are assholes. Way better craic in the old bars, can you dig it? 4. Karen is a pejorative term for a person perceived to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is considered appropriate or necessary. A common stereotype is that of an American middle-aged woman who displays aggressive behavior when prevented from getting her way; such women are often depicted as demanding to "speak to the manager", and of having a particular bob cut hairstyle. The character's name, Debbie Downer, is a slang phrase which refers to someone who frequently adds bad news and negative feelings to a gathering, thus bringing down the mood of everyone around them. Dratch's character would usually appear at social gatherings and interrupt the conversation to voice negative opinions and pronouncements. She is especially concerned about the rate of feline AIDS, a subject that she would bring up on more than one occasion, saying it was the number one killer of domestic cats. 4. Who is he to you 他是你什么人, 和你什么关系? Maybe you should consider a different line of work 换工作, 不同的工种. 60 minutes usually put its most important stories first, then light fluffy stories ( I. covered with very soft hair or feathers. fluffy kittens. a. made of something very soft such as wool. If you describe something such as a towel or a toy animal as fluffy, you mean that it is very soft. ...fluffy white towels. It's a very fluffy kind of wool. a fluffy sweater. II. food that is fluffy is soft and light because it contains a lot of air. A cake or other food that is fluffy is very light because it has a lot of air in it. Cream together the margarine and sugar with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy. a fluffy cake. ) at the end. 5. A ride-along 观摩服务 (跟着跑, 跟着看) is an arrangement for a civilian to spend a shift in the passenger seat of an emergency vehicle, observing the work day of a police officer, firefighter, or paramedic. wear the pants/trousers (in the house) 说话算数, 掌权, 掌实权 tv. to be the boss in the house; to run a household. I think it's pretty obvious who wears the pants in that family—Grandma Helene. Actually, in our relationship, we both wear the pants—we make decisions together. All right, if you have to wear the pants, have it your way. (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people: Brian may seem domineering, but it's Lisa that really wears the pants in that relationship. To be in charge in or control of a relationship or family. The phrase is typically applied to a woman, contrasting the fact that pants were historically only worn by men, who were traditionally the decision makers within a household. Often followed by "in the family" or "in the house." 6. already ...不就完了, 赶紧的 used after a word or phrase to show you are impatient. Hillary Clinton: pick Elizabeth Warren as your running mate already! Fucking do it already. That's your job as per the coin (coin flipping). shy of something a little less than, a little earlier than, or a short distance from something. A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it. ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday. They scored just shy of 100 goals last year. I called him only two minutes shy of midnight. We are 10% shy. fight shy of something 不敢 if you fight shy of something, you do not feel willing to do it because it might cause problems for you. If you are shy of 没胆, 不敢 doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen. You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school. When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. Llewelyn's stallion shied 胆怯, 犹豫 as the wind sent sparks flying. gun-shy nervous about doing something. shy away from If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough. We frequently shy away from making decisions. Alan doesn't shy away from controversy. 7. mumble 说话不清不楚的, 含混的 to say something in a way that is not loud or clear enough so that your words are difficult to understand. He mumbled something about not wanting to go to work. If you mumble, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand. Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep. He mumbled a few words. 'Today of all days,' she mumbled. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice. mumbler Next time when he comes in, just tell him he is a mumbler. slur noun. I. countable a remark that is intended to insult someone or to damage their reputation. This is yet another slur on the integrity of the Metropolitan Police. He regarded the comments as a slur on his integrity. a racial slur. II. singular a way of speaking in which the words are not pronounced clearly or separately, for example when the speaker is very tired or drunk. III. countable music a line written above musical notes to show that there should be no pause between them. verb. If someone slurs their speech or if their speech slurs, they do not pronounce each word clearly, because they are drunk, ill, or sleepy. He repeated himself and slurred his words more than usual. The newscaster's speech began to slur. 'Hey, you're gorgeous,' he slurred. Her speech was so slurred as to be almost incomprehensible. 8. bash 棍打, 敲打 ( strike, beat, swing, hit, whack, shunt, shove 推搡, 推挤, whip 抽打 someone with baton. )( At least two officers then begin swinging their batons, striking multiple unarmed demonstrators. Standing metres from the White House barricades as riot police climbed over and started shunting peaceful protesters aside with their shields is something I'll never forget. shunt 赶到一边去. 驱赶. 赶走. to move someone or something to a different place or position, especially to avoid dealing with them. If a person or thing is shunted somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient. [disapproval] He has spent most of his life being shunted between various foster families. Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion. We can't just shunt patients off to other hospitals. The children are constantly shunted around to various relatives. a. to cause something to move along a path that is different from the one it normally uses. shunt something onto something: Traffic will be shunted onto other roads. b. to move a train to a different track. When railway engines shunt wagons or carriages, they push or pull them from one railway line to another. The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4. shunt aside/to the side 丢到一边, 忽视 to neglect something or someone; make it so that something or someone is not needed. Older journalists have been shunted aside in favor of lower-paid reporters who use Twitter well, but lack foundations in history and investigation. shove I. intransitive/transitive 推搡, 推挤, 塞to push someone or something with force. Stop shoving me! shove someone to/into/on etc. something: He kicked Jason and shoved some other kid to the ground. pushing and shoving (=pushing with your body): Everyone was pushing and shoving, all the way to the gates. II. transitive informal 硬塞 to move something, or to put it somewhere, quickly and carelessly. shove something in/into/under etc. something: Is it OK if I shove some clothes in the washing machine? shove something used for telling someone in a very rude way that you do not want something and that you are very angry or annoyed. They can shove this job – I’ve had enough! Roy can take his stupid ring and shove it! One protester was shoved 推搡 hard in front of us, stumbling backwards before slamming the back of his head on the road. ) I. to publicly criticize someone. To bash someone means to criticize them severely, usually in a public way. The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime. She used her weekly column to bash the school system and everyone who worked in it. II. intransitive/transitive to hit someone or something very hard, often causing injury or serious damage. If you don't shut up I'm going to bash your head in. They had to bash the door down to get to the fire. a. If someone bashes you, they attack you by hitting or punching you hard. If someone tried to bash my best mate they would have to bash me as well. I bashed him on the head and dumped him in the cold, cold water. Two women were hurt and the chef was bashed over the head with a bottle. b. If you bash something, you hit it hard in a rough or careless way. Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster. A stand-in drummer bashes on a single snare and a pair of cymbals. III. If you get a bash on a part of your body, someone or something hits you hard, or you bump into something. IV. If you have a bash at something, you try to do it. He's prepared to have a bash at discussing it intelligently. -bashing I. -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to strong, public, and often unfair criticism of the people or group mentioned. [journalism, disapproval] Tory-bashing or Labour-bashing will not be enough to shift bored, suspicious voters. II. -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the activity of violently attacking the people mentioned just because they belong to a particular group or community. ...an outburst of violent gay-bashing in New York and other cities. whack I. to hit someone or something with a lot of force. If you whack someone or something, you hit them hard. You really have to whack the ball. Someone whacked him on the head. He gave the donkey a whack across the back with his stick. He took his ax and struck the trunk of the tree. I whacked my knee getting out of the car. Some kids were whacking the tree with sticks. He whacked his little 敲打 sister on the head with a spoon. II. Americanvery informal to charge someone a lot of money. Then they whack us with a 12% hotel tax. 9. 美国游行: You heard us yelling that we were media … but they don't care. They are being indiscriminate at the moment," she said. Mr Fleming said the legal dimension 法律问题 to Mr Trump's declaration ( antifa as terrorist group ) was less important than its political intention. "Which I think revolves around solidifying his base ahead of the November election, recasting the protests as the work of 'alien' political forces, and licencing 认可, 认证 further police brutality," he said. "It could thus be read as a sign of political desperation." lippy 出言不逊 [British, informal] talking to someone in a rude way. If someone is lippy, they speak to other people in a way that shows no respect. Bruce Willis plays a lippy cop battling it out with a female partner. "Teenagers, they're lippy, but you don't just abuse children because they're lippy." consternation [ˌkɒnstə(r)ˈneɪʃ(ə)n] a shocked or worried feeling, often caused when something unexpected happens. His comments caused consternation among environmentalists. to someone's consternation: She saw to her consternation that it was already after eight. We all watch in horror and consternation what's going on in the United States. knock (something) out of the (ball)park 表现出色 To do or perform something extraordinarily well; to produce or earn an exceptional achievement. An allusion to baseball in which the ball is hit so hard that it lands outside the stadium. Great job on that report, Jacobs—you really knocked it out of the park! I had expected to knock that test out of the ballpark, but I barely scraped by with a D.
Breaking bad: 1. SKYLER: Hello? Hey, sweetie, it's me. Listen, I'm so sorry. The time, it just, ha... It just... It completely got away from me 完全忘记了时间. I'm just, ha... uh... My fault, my fault. Bogdan just kept me here late, you know, doing some inventory, and I, um, l... I should've just... You know, you're right. I gotta learn to say, you know, "No.". 其他: Phyllis: It seems like we all know enough to vote. Should we just vote now? Jim: What? No, no, it's not a vote. Phyllis: Then what was this all about? Jim: I don't know. This conversation really got away from me. Kelly: I don't care. They can just vote. What part of "slow it down" did you not understand? What are you talking...? I'm... It's heavy, man. It got away from me 一下没抓住, 脱手了, 手滑脱手了. 2. double-talk = doublespeak 欲盖弥彰 Double-talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented, or nonsense words are used to give the appearance of knowledge and so confuse or amuse the audience. language that has no real meaning or has more than one meaning and is intended to hide the truth. If you refer to what someone says as doublespeak, you are criticizing them for presenting things in a way that is intended to hide the truth or give people the wrong idea. ...the doublespeak so fluently used by governments and their press offices. He accused the ambassador of diplomatic double-talk. This guy was stealing the lab equipment, right? That's not our thinking at this time. We are looking at others who had access, not limited to the maintenance staff. Are you saying there was a break-in? Do we know exactly when this happened? I mean, could it have been during school hours? We haven't been able to establish a date or time, but there is no sign of breaking or entering. Whoever took it had a key? We're talking inside job? Someone who's still at the school? At this time I'm not able to discuss the details, but what I can tell you is that we have some very good people working very hard on this case. I'm sorry, Officer. But that sounds like double-talk. We're trying to protect our children. You have to level with us. Really, we are giving you all the information we have. You know what I'd like to see in this school? Drug-sniffing dogs. 3. A bassinet 摇篮 [ˌbæsɪˈnet] , bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or casters, while cradles are generally designed to provide a rocking or gliding motion. Bassinets and cradles are distinguished from Moses baskets and carry cots, which are designed to be carried and sit directly on the floor or furniture. After four months, babies are often transferred to a crib (North American usage) or cot (UK usage). In the United States, however, the bedside sleeper is the prevalent option, since they are generally bigger, recommended up to 6 months, and often used up to a year. 4. moron an insulting word for someone who behaves in a stupid way. moronic [məˈrɒnɪk] very foolish or stupid. "television's latest moronic soap opera". Mike: I'm not gonna do it. Walter: Why? Mike: Because it's moronic. Walter: Saul said you've done things like this before. Mike: That's not the moronic part. Walter: Okay, so what's the problem? Mike: The problem is the boss wouldn't like it. store-bought 买现成的 Is this low-fat mayonnaise in the coleslaw? Uh, I... I don't know, it's store-bought. He perfectly captured why I can't eat store bought lasagna. apply oneself 努力, 用功 to make oneself work hard in order to complete something successfully If you apply yourself, you might be able to finish the project on time. She applied herself to learning the language. to work hard at something, especially with a lot of attention for a long time Stephen would do well if only he applied himself. apply yourself to Over the next months, he applied himself to improving the technique. to concentrate one's efforts or faculties If you apply yourself, there's no reason why you shouldn't pass. commensurate [kəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rət, -sjə-] 相应的, 相当的, 旗鼓相当的 corresponding in size or degree; in proportion. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. If
it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position
of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be
prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and
to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own. "Salary will be commensurate 挂钩, 匹配 with age and experience". If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second. Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers. Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues. As life expectancy continues to rise, the demand for care services expands commensurately. The gain will be commensurately modest. a pay increase commensurate with job performance. 5. What time is dinner? In about an hour. You know, I could, uh, wash those clothes if you like. They look a little lived in 穿了很久了. Oh, um, no, that's cool. Yeah, maybe later. lived-in adj. I. 常住的. 有人居住的. having a comfortable, natural, or homely appearance, as if subject to regular use or habitation. a lived-in place looks comfortable and not new or completely tidy. regularly used and comfortable: I like a room to look lived in. lived-in places or clothes look as though they have been used or worn a lot – use this to show approval. a lived-in look/feel. The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look. II. informal someone who has a lived-in face is quite old, but looks as if they have had an interesting life. 6. debriefing 碰头会, 汇报大会 a meeting that takes place in order to get information about a particular piece of work that has been finished, for example about what was done successfully and what was not: debriefing sessions. debrief 报告, 汇报情况, 总结 When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed. The men have been debriefed by British and Saudi officials. He went to Rio after the CIA had debriefed him. 7. see your way clear (to doing something) 有没有可能, 是不是可以, 能够, 有能力有可能有意向 informal to have the necessary time or willingness to be able to do something. used when you are asking someone if they would be willing to do something. Could you see your way clear to lending me a fiver? We expect good results soon, if the board can see its way clear to continuing funding the project. I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. I'm going to fight this. Someone is out to get me and I know who. The important thing is that I can rely on you, my friends, as character witnesses. I'm going to be defending myself and I wondered if you could see your way clear to perhaps advance me a small loan until the hearing. counteract [ˌkaʊntərˈækt] to reduce the negative effect of something by doing something that has an opposite effect. Schools are taking action to counteract bullying. measures to counteract traffic congestion. To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect. My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure. This event will counteract such trends. 8. Money has always been an issue for us. I give you that 那我承认, 这一点我承认. play on/upon sth 利用 (play one one's emotions/feelings) If you play on/upon someone's feelings, you encourage and make unfair use of these feelings in order to give yourself an advantage: I hate marketing strategies that play on people's fears and prejudices. play with one's feelings 玩弄感情: If a guy is playing with your feelings, you are emotionally involved with him, but he is not emotionally involved with you. In this situation, he doesn't want the same thing you want out of the relationship, but he is not honest about his intentions and instead is stringing you on. Flask 烧瓶, Beaker 量杯: A beaker is generally a cylindrical container with a flat bottom. Most also have a small spout (or "beak") to aid pouring, as shown in the picture. Beakers are available in a wide range of sizes, from one millilitre up to several litres. A beaker is distinguished from a flask by having straight rather than sloping sides. The exception to this definition is a slightly conical-sided beaker called a Philips beaker. retort (rɪˈtɔ:t)
n. I. (chemistry) 蒸馏瓶. a glass container shaped like a ball with a long narrow tube at one side, used for heating substances in laboratories. A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is
bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation. retort stand 支架 a piece of laboratory equipment for supporting test tubes etc. while they are being heated with a Bunsen burner. II. an angry or humorous reply that you make immediately to something that someone has said. Rose flushed with annoyance and seemed about to make a sharp retort. vb
I. 回敬. 回嘴. 回呛. 呛声. (when tr, takes a clause as object) to utter
(something) quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response. A sharp
or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a
comeback. His
sharp retort made an impact. Who do you think you're talking to?' she
retorted. 'You're too old', she said. 'You're not so young yourself,' he
retorted. to reply immediately in an angry or humorous way to something that someone has said. "Mind your own business!" she retorted. II. to use (an argument) against its
originator; turn the tables by saying (something). To make a remark
which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an
argument, accusation, censure, or incivility. to retort the charge of vanity. to give something as an argument in reply to someone else's argument. House Democrats retorted to the Republicans that the plan neglects millions. III. To bend or curve back. a retorted line. Bum arm (bung knee) 胳膊不管用, 不好使 My right arm is not very strong as a result of a broken clavicle. When someone asks me to help carry something, I say: Sorry, I can't lift heavy things, I have a bum arm. bung-eyed: having an eye swollen. bug-eyed 肿眼的 adj having the eyes bulging (as with fright). 9. wise up mainly US informal to start to understand a situation or fact and believe what you hear about it, even if it is difficult or unpleasant: Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up. It's about time employers wised up to the fact that employees who are happy work more efficiently. wise up (to someone or something) to (finally) begin to understand someone or something; to realize and accept the facts about someone or something. Sally finally wised up to Richard. Come on, Sally! Wise up! After staying with my old job for too long, I wised up and found a job I really enjoyed. The expensive medical treatment wised me up to the importance of having extra money in my savings account. If you think you know something about cars, read this book—it will wise you up! manage expectations 调整期望值, 不要期望太高 seek to prevent disappointment by establishing in advance what can realistically be achieved or delivered by a project, undertaking, course of action, etc. "as the White House tries to paint a rosy economic picture, they are also trying to manage expectations". duck I. If you duck, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen. He ducked in time to save his head from a blow from the poker. He ducked his head to hide his admiration. I wanted to duck down and slip past but they saw me. II. If you duck something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards. Hans deftly ducked their blows. III. [mainly informal] If you duck into a place, you move there quickly, often in an attempt to avoid danger or to avoid being seen. Matt ducked into his office. He ducked through the door and looked about frantically. IV. [informal, disapproval] You say that someone ducks a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it. The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ducked all the difficult decisions. He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer. You can't duck me 躲着我 forever. V. If someone ducks someone else, they force them or their head under water for a short time. She splashed around in the pool with Mark, rowdily trying to duck him 淹某人. 10. We got real momentum. vouch someone 为某人担保. 为某人作保. vicarious US [vaɪˈkeriəs] UK: [vɪˈkeriəs] 你快乐所以我快乐, 为别人而活 experienced through the actions of other people. A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure. Lots of people use television as their vicarious form of social life. ...a father who lived vicariously through his sons' success. to live vicariously. vicarious pleasure. ways and means 手段, 方法和资源, 有办法 the methods and resources for accomplishing some purpose. The ways and means of achieving something are the methods and other things needed to make it happen. methods that you use to achieve a particular aim. The committee is discussing new ways and means of improving profit. With computer technology, even people working on their own have the ways and means to produce professional-looking documents. A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. Because the raising of revenue is vital to carrying out governmental operations, such a committee is tasked with finding the ways and means with which to raise that revenue. The term "ways and means" originated with the Parliament of England and refers to the provision of revenue to meet national expenditure requirements and to implement the objectives of economic policy. Ways and means are literally provided by the imposition of taxation. feeler I. An insect's feelers are the two thin stalks on its head with which it touches and senses things around it. II. If you put out feelers, you make careful, quiet contacts with people in order to get information from them, or to find out what their reaction will be to a suggestion. When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities. put out feelers 触角 to begin to find out what people think about something you are hoping to do. They have started putting out feelers to local residents and interest groups. punk out I. (slang, intransitive) To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult. When the going got tough, he punked out. II. (transitive, almost always used in the passive voice) To treat as a punk (either as a worthless person or the bottom in a male-male relationship, especially a nonconsenting prison relationship). He knew if he didn't stand up for himself, he'd be punked out by someone stronger. punk I. to pimp. II. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner. Ricky punked his new cell-mates. III. To prank. I got expelled when I punked the principal. IV. (especially with "out") To give up or concede; to act like a wimp. Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute. Playing" with someone in this context connotes a gentler kind of trick. When you say "Are u punking me right now?" what does that 'punking' mean?. Punking"means tricking someone in a way that makes them seem foolish. 11. the upshot (of something) 最终决定 the result of a process or an event The upshot was that they suspended his driver's license. The upshot of a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday. A little ways down the road 还有一阵子, 还有一点距离, 还差点呢 It means where your going is not far. A couple miles down the road maybe. Well, I guess I've had a loton my mind lately, but as I've said... ..I'm feeling much better. Shouldn't we be talking about when I can get out of here? Well, that may still be a ways down the road. A ways down the road? Actually, I think our next move is to schedule a psychiatric evaluation. 12. He was shot previous to your arrival? Yes, sir. Again I instructed him to show his hands. Mr. Salamanca lunged toward the vehicle... ...and fired on me with what I ascertained to be an M1 6 assault rifle. I returned fire and sought cover... ...as Mr. Salamanca proceeded to engage me. When he paused to reload... ...I was able to take an effective shot 有效一击. good for something I. good for one month/a year etc. Your passport is good for another three years. II. likely to continue living or being useful for a particular time or distance, even though old or not in good condition. good for some time/a hundred miles etc. This old truck is good for another 100,000 miles. III. informal likely to give you something or provide something. able or likely to supply something, especially money. Why don't you ask Joe? He should be good for a few quid 能给, 能支付, 能提供 . Dad should be good for a few bucks. He's totally good for it 能给, 能支付, 能提供 ( He totally came through for us. 他真的做到了答应我们的. 信守承诺. 说到做到). make good on something to do what you have said you would do: My grandfather said he would pay for me to go to college, and he made good on that promise. have a (good) head for something to have a natural ability to do something well: Kim has a head for numbers. 12. fugue [fjuɡ] a piece of classical music that repeats a simple tune and develops it into a complicated pattern using different instruments or voices. dissociative fugue = fugue state a rare psychological state in which someone loses awareness of their identity or other important personal information. Use or abuse of alcohol and certain drugs also can cause fugue-like states. A dissociative fugue state is a condition in which a person may be physically and mentally escaping an environment that is threatening or otherwise intolerable.
