用法学习: 1. Her eyes were red 眼睛通红的, and puffy 眼肿, 肿肿的, her makeup was running 妆花了 and she looked unsteady on her feet. 2. blowout [ˈbləuaut]
I. 爆胎. an occasion when a tyre on a vehicle bursts or an electric fuse
melts. If you have a blowout while you are driving a car, one of the
tyres suddenly bursts. A lorry travelling south had a blow-out and crashed. "I always leave plenty of time to get to the airport in case I have a blowout or breakdown". II. informal North American an outburst of anger or an argument. "that exchange led to a big blowout five years ago". III. informal
a large or lavish meal or social gathering. A blowout is a large meal,
often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too
much. I wish I could go back in time 回到过去 and teach myself the importance of balance. For a large period of time, I was obsessive with my training and lifestyle. I could go six months at a time without a drop of alcohol, going out on a Saturday night or having a blowout cheat meal. I now know though that this doesn't make for a healthy mind and I need balance. Jim's having a birthday blowout at the Hacienda. Once in a while we had a major blowout 敞开吃, 开怀大吃, 吃大餐, 大吃二喝. "it is difficult to imagine the slim person going for a real blowout". They had a blowout fight 大战 last summer when Portia rejected Ellen's please to adopt a child. The tension is off the charts, and something had to give. IV. [Australian, journalism] 暴涨. 暴增. A blowout in an amount or a price is a sudden increase in it. Sources say processing times had now blown out to as much as 45 days, more than double what was previously seen. ...a blowout in surgery costs. [+ in] ...a blow-out in the balance of payments. V. American informal an easy victory in a game or competition. When the Yankees scored ten runs in the first inning, we knew the game would be a blowout. 3. Berejiklian noted that Jackie's father was very 'astute 精明的 (well-informed)', but clarified that the information about land tax was incorrect. 'Your dad obviously is very astute and reads the paper and everything, but that was a few proposals which were put around by treasurers some time ago, but that's not happening in NSW,' she said. The 400 sqm home boasts six-metre ceilings in the living room, glass walls overlooking Cooper Park and a cantilevered study ( cantilever [ˈkæntɪˌlivər] 半悬空的 a piece of wood or metal fixed to the side of an upright post or a wall and used for supporting something such as a bridge. a cantilever bridge/roof/beam. A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers. ...a cantilevered balcony. A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure. ...the old steel cantilever bridge.). 4. decidedly [dɪˈsaɪdədli] 显而易见的 I. in a way that is impossible to doubt and easy to see. Chris's car was old and looked decidedly dangerous. Decidedly means to a great extent and in a way that is very obvious. Sometimes he is decidedly uncomfortable at what he sees on the screen. Representatives of the other branches adopted a decidedly different view. It soon became clear that authors were decidedly in the majority. II. in a way that shows you are very certain about something. "I think we should do it," said Peter, decidedly. Ellen Show: The speculations surrounding the cancelation of the Ellen Show intensified after the show's ratings, reportedly, plummeted. DeGeneres has been doing her talk show from her home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Given the flak Ellen's received recently she's going to reinforce 强化 her giving nature, she's going to be flipping the homes of people who have suffered terrible tragedies and flopping them into their dream homes! Tradies steal toilet paper from homeowner who stashed rolls in front of their Sydney home: Tradies lash out at toilet paper hoarders after discovering a huge stockpile behind a suburban home - before helping themselves to the stash while accusing the owner of sending the rolls to China. 比赛: New Brisbane Broncos recruit Issac Luke has hit back at former teammate Sam Brugess after the Souths legend criticised Luke for smiling and laughing on the field after the Broncos demoralising loss to the Titans. Greats of the game took aim at Luke and other Broncos players for sharing a laugh and socialising with opposing players after the full-time siren. Speaking on Sunday night with Matty Johns, Burgess said the vision 看到的场景 ( bad optics ) of the Broncos after the loss wasn't a good look and that if he was in that team he would have given Luke a stern talking to 严肃的谈谈 好好谈谈 ( talking-to If you give someone a talking-to, you speak to them severely, usually about something unacceptable that they have done, in order to show them they were wrong. The team manager said: 'Tony has had a good talking-to and regrets his action'. give someone a dressing-down to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. an act of speaking angrily to someone because they have done something wrong: She gave me a dressing-down for being late. She was given a dressing-down by the coach. telling-off: reprimand I got a severe telling-off for not phoning him. your dad gave me such a telling-off. ). However, he did note the amount of time Luke has been at the club and how that might have played into his jovial ( [ˈdʒoʊviəl] cheerful and friendly. If you describe a person as jovial, you mean that they are happy and behave in a cheerful way. Father Whittaker appeared to be in a jovial mood. ...his old expansive joviality. 'No problem,' he said jovially. a jovial personality. ) reaction. "With Issac I can understand because he's been there for two minutes and probably doesn't appreciate the situation they're in," Burgess said. "It should hurt you to lose a game by that many points, against a lesser opposition 低一级的 (lesser I. formal smaller, less important, or less serious than something else. You can use lesser to refer to something or someone that is less important than other things or people of the same type. They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage. He was feared by other, lesser, men. matters of lesser importance. He was flanked by two officers of lesser rank. lesser charge: She was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. II. You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing that has been mentioned. Any medication is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many factors. The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands. ...lesser known works by famous artists. III. used in the names of some animals, birds, or plants to show that they are a smaller type. Lesser is used in the names of some species of birds, animals, and plants. ...the lesser spotted woodpecker. a lesser man/woman/person 道德不高尚的, 品行不好的 someone who is not as good or as moral as someone else. A lesser man wouldn't have admitted he was wrong. the lesser of two evils the less unpleasant or harmful of two possible choices. He's convinced the voters that he is the lesser of two evils. to a lesser extent/degree less strongly, or not as much. She was encouraged by her mother and, to a lesser extent, her father. ) and to lose five in a row. I'd be straight in the sheds, I'm filthy." 5. A 51-year-old man was cutting down a tree at a Wilberforce property in the Hawkesbury area about 11:00am on Monday. A loose rope coiled near his leg became tangled in a woodchipper some metres away, pulling the tension 张力 tightly enough to sever his leg. The force in which the rope was pulled into the machine sent the man's detached leg "flying into the air" according to CareFlight's response team. The man suffered significant blood loss but first responders said the quick first aid of his colleagues helped him in the immediate aftermath. "The moment the leg went flying through the air, the quick actions of others meant they were able to grab and preserve it," a CareFlight spokeswoman said. NSW Police officers arrived on the scene and tied a tourniquet 止血[ˈtʊənɪkeɪt, ˈtɜrnɪkət] 绑带 ( a piece of cloth that is tied very tightly around someone's leg or arm in order to stop blood from flowing out of a cut. ) around the man's bleeding leg, which "significantly increased his chances of survival", the spokeswoman said. 6. What does Duff mean slang? Standing for designated ugly fat friend (duff) 陪衬, duff is a rude, though often humorous term people use for that one friend who makes you look better. 一句话: Perth mall retailer slapped with rent rise despite government moratorium ( moratorium [ˌmɔrəˈtɔriəm] 债务暂缓, 暂时冻结, 暂缓 an official agreement to stop an activity temporarily. A moratorium on a particular activity or process is the stopping of it for a fixed period of time, usually as a result of an official agreement. ...a moratorium on talking to the press until the dispute is settled. A moratorium is a delay or suspension of an activity or a law. In a legal context, it may refer to the temporary suspension of a law to allow a legal challenge to be carried out. For example, animal rights activists and conservation authorities may request fishing or hunting moratoria to protect endangered or threatened animal species. These delays, or suspensions, prevent people from hunting or fishing the animals in discussion. Another instance is a delay of legal obligations or payment (debt moratorium 暂缓还债, 债务暂缓). A legal official can order a delay of payment due to extenuating circumstances, which render one party incapable of paying another. A debt moratorium is a delay in the payment of debts or obligations. The term is generally used to refer to acts by national governments. A moratory law ( moratory [ˈmɔrəˌtɔri] adj delaying or postponing; esp., designating or of a law authorizing a moratorium. ) is usually passed in some special period of political or commercial stress; for instance, on several occasions during the Franco-Prussian War, the French government passed moratory laws. Their international validity was discussed at length, and upheld in the English law case Rouquette v Overman (1875) LR 10 QB. Debt moratoriums are generally opposed by creditors. Proponents of debt moratoriums argue that it is a sovereign decision by the government of a nation to suspend payment of debt to its creditors, in the event that to do otherwise would do irreparable harm to the welfare of its citizenry. A debt moratorium may take the form of a complete cessation of debt payments, or a partial cessation; for example, the government of President Alan García of Peru implemented the so-called "Ten Per Cent Solution", where it was announced that only 10% of export earnings would go to debt payment. ). 7. Blue balls, known medically as epididymal hypertension (EH), is a condition that can affect people with male genitals. It's not serious, but causes pain and aching in the testicles after having an erection without an orgasm. It's often accompanied by a blueish hue in the testicles. Most men do not get EH frequently. Do something on command 一声令下, 听指挥, 随要随给, 要的时候再给 Do not do anything with the bar until I tell you to do something. Every move must be performed after my command/on command. In addition to "on my command" you could say Every move must be done on command. The dog rolls over on command. This device will stream music on command. There is also the related phrase on my mark, which is used in situations where a single action must be initiated rather than a series of actions: On my mark ... ready, set, go! Those are the words of someone who is the starter for a race. be in command/be in command of yourself 自我掌控 If you are in command or in command of yourself, you are relaxed and able to react and behave in the way that you want to. Nixon looked comfortable and in command. The man appeared to be in complete command of himself. command of something knowledge of a particular subject, especially the ability to speak a foreign language. She has an excellent command of Russian. down to the wire 战到最后一刻 used to denote a situation whose outcome is not decided until the very last minute. "it was probable that the test of nerves would go down to the wire". sharp as a tack 聪明伶俐 extremely clever or astute. very intelligent. slanging match (pot shot) an argument in which both people use angry uncontrolled language and insult each other: The politicians started a slanging match in the middle of the debate. A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other. They conducted a public slanging match. mud-slinging 互泼脏水 The use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent. fish I. to try to find something by feeling inside a bag, a box, etc. You are just here fishing(套话). fish for: She stopped and fished for her door key. fish around: Matthew started fishing around in a pile of papers. II. intransitive to try to make someone tell you something, without asking them directly. fish for: "Having trouble?" he asked casually, fishing for information. fish for compliments: When I said I was overweight, I wasn't fishing for compliments. to fish in troubled waters 趁火打劫, 浑水摸鱼, 落井下石 to win an advantage from someone's difficult situation The powers are distributed differently between government bodies in different places and as a result there are ample opportunities for fishing in troubled waters. 8. Stress eating 压力下大吃大喝 is consuming food in response to your feelings, especially when you are not hungry. Stress eating is also sometimes called emotional eating. Emotional eating 情绪导致的大吃大喝 is a pattern of eating where people use food to help them deal with stressful situations. Emotional eating means that your emotions — not your body — dictate when and how much you eat. mandate [ˈmænˌdeɪt] noun. I. countable 授权. the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election. If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out as a result of winning an election or vote. The President and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform. The union already has a mandate from its conference to ballot for a strike. mandate for: Congress claimed to have a mandate for their new legislation. mandate from: We will use this mandate from our electors to make independence our main goal. a mandate to do something: He was elected with a clear mandate to reduce taxes. a. the period of time during which an elected government or official is allowed to be in power. You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate. ...his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends. He will have to step down at the end of his mandate 任期. b. If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation? A mandate from the U.N. would be needed before any plans could be implemented. II. formal 强制令. an official order to do something. All over the country, including in rule-resistant Texas, authorities are imposing mask mandates that Trump will still not endorse and are slowing or reversing economic opening plans as a Covid-19 summer becomes reality. It now seems certain that a predicted fall spike of the virus will simply become an extension of relentless months of sickness and death. Their mandate is to report back by March on how the new tax law will change employment. III. countable/uncountable the authority given to a country to rule another country or region. verb. I. When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire. The elections are mandated by a peace accord signed by the government last May. II. To mandate something 强制 means to make it mandatory. The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%. Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools. ...constitutionally mandated civil rights. 9. In law, treason [ˈtriz(ə)n] is criminal disloyalty, typically to the state. It is a crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign. This usually includes things such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state. A person who commits treason is known in law as a traitor 叛国者, 卖国者 (defectors 叛变者, 叛徒). 洗床具(bedding)频率: According to CHOICE Australians should be washing their sheets once a week, including the pillowcases. This prevents a build up of dust mites, which feed off dead skin cells, sweat and seminal [ˈsemɪn(ə)l] fluid. A person sheds on average 1.5 grams of skin each day - and if that's not 'disgusting' enough, that amount of dead skin can feed one million dust mites, Good Housekeeping reported. 'Use a mattress protector or mattress topper to protect your mattress from sweat stains,' CHOICE suggested. 'This can pay dividends if you need to make a warranty claim 质保期维修, 保修期维修, as excessive staining could see claims refused. Likewise pillow protectors can help keep your pillows at their best.' Each month the team recommend rotating or flipping your mattress to avoid 'grooves' from forming where you sleep each night. 10. selection I. the process of choosing one person or thing from a group. There are strict rules that govern the selection of political candidates. make a selection: It's worth taking the time to make a careful selection. a. only before noun relating to the process of choosing. selection process/ procedure/ policy: An interview normally forms part of the selection process. b. cuntable someone or something that you have chosen. I'm very happy with my selection. II. countable a set of things for you to choose from, or things that have been chosen from a larger set a selection of local cheeses. The program presents a selection of poems from around the world. a good/wide/large/varied selection: They have a wide selection of carpets to suit all tastes. I have a great selection of whiskey. natural selection 自然选择 the process by which the living things that are best able to grow and reproduce in their natural environment are the ones that usually pass these qualities through their genes to the new living things that they produce. 瑞典: Stockholm tattoo artist Zashay Tastas is a big fan. Tegnell, he says, radiates (give off, exude, emanate, seep, ooze) 散发 a kind of dad-like Swedish cool. frippery [ˈfrɪpəri] 华而不实的东西 something useless but attractive or enjoyable. If you refer to something as frippery, you mean that it is silly or unnecessary, and only done or worn for pleasure [mainly British, disapproval] ...all the fripperies with which the Edwardian woman indulged herself. ...a sombre display, with no frills or frippery. The GST now raises around $70 billion a year, which is about 13 per cent of Australia's total tax haul. It is well short of what it could be, and has been in decline since it was introduced thanks to our spending habits — more on housing, education and health, less on GST-attracting frippery. the jig is up 末日到了 (US, idiomatic) I. An expression used to mean "We have been caught out and have no defense", or if spoken to a person who has just been found out as the perpetrator of an offense, where it means "You've been discovered". II. used to say that a dishonest plan or activity has been discovered and will not be allowed to continue. the scheme or deception is revealed or foiled. "the jig is up; you've had your last chance". The jig is up: where did you hide the stolen goods? The jig is up for the Great Australian Property Bubble. 11. double down 双重加码 I. (in blackjack) double a bet after seeing one's initial cards, with the requirement that one additional card be drawn. to double one's original stake after having looked at one's cards and before receiving an additional card. "the amount only increases when you choose to split or double down". II. strengthen one's commitment to a particular strategy or course of action, typically one that is potentially risky. to reinforce one's commitment to a venture or idea in spite of opposition or risk. "he decided to double down and escalate the war". It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that never has been more promising. Institutions refusing to join the national redress scheme are "doubling down" on the crime of child sexual abuse, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. "We consider it to be reprehensible 值得被批评的, 需要被批判的 that you have failed to sign up to the scheme.". abject [æbdʒekt] (obsequious) I. You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad. complete: used for emphasizing how bad, unpleasant, or severe a situation or condition is. Both of them died in abject 极度的 poverty. His letter plunged her into abject misery. This scheme was an abject failure. Both have failed abjectly. II. 低声下气的. 没有自尊的. 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. III. (of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing. "an abject apology". The term abjection literally means "the state of being cast off". The term has been explored in post-structuralism as that which inherently disturbs conventional identity and cultural concepts. Among the most popular interpretations of abjection is Julia Kristeva's, pursued particularly in her 1980 work Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. Kristeva describes subjective horror (abjection) as the feeling when an individual experiences, or is confronted by (both mentally and as a body), what Kristeva calls one's "corporeal reality", or a breakdown in the distinction between what is Self and what is Other. Abjection prevents the absolute realization of existence, completing the course of biological, social, physical, and spiritual cycles. The best representation of this concept can be imagined as one's reaction to gazing at a human cadaver ( cadaver [kəˈdævər] a dead human body. Human remains detection (HRD) or cadaver dogs 尸体追踪狗 are used to locate the remains of deceased victims. Depending on the nature of the search, these dogs may work off-lead (e.g., to search a large area for buried remains) or on-lead (to recover clues from a crime scene). Tracking/trailing dogs are often cross-trained as cadaver dogs, although the scent the dog detects is clearly of a different nature than that detected for live or recently deceased subjects. Cadaver dogs can locate entire bodies (including those buried or submerged), decomposed bodies, body fragments (including blood, tissues, hair, and bones), or skeletal remains; the capability of the dog is dependent upon its training. ), or corpse, as a direct reminder of the inevitability of death. The abject is, as such, the process that separates from one's environment what "is not me".
CNN From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials: The sources said there was little evidence that the President became more skillful or competent in his telephone conversations with most heads of state over time. Rather, he continued to believe that he could either charm, jawbone 强势压人, 仗势欺人, 强迫 ( To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate. to try to persuade or bring pressure to bear (on) by virtue of one's high office or position, esp in urging compliance with official policy. ) or bully almost any foreign leader into capitulating ( capitulate [kəˈpɪtʃəˌleɪt] I. 听命于, 停止抵抗. 放弃抵抗. 屈服于压力. 屈服于势力. 服软. to stop opposing what someone wants and agree to it, usually because they are stronger than you. The police capitulated and allowed the march to go ahead. If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do. The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal rights to women. In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand. capitulate to: We will not capitulate to the demands of terrorists. II. to stop fighting in a war and accept that you are defeated. To capitulate means to give in to something. If your parents refuse to raise your allowance, you might try to argue until they capitulate. Good luck! To capitulate is to surrender outright or to give in under certain terms. Either way, you're agreeing to something you don't really want. catapult [ˈkætəˌpʌlt] I. intransitive/transitive 坐火箭升职 to suddenly put someone into an important position. If something catapults you into a particular state or situation, or if you catapult there, you are suddenly and unexpectedly caused to be in that state or situation. Suddenly she was catapulted into his jet-set lifestyle. Affleck catapulted to fame after picking up an Oscar. II. transitive to push or fire someone or something very quickly through the air. If someone or something catapults or is catapulted through the air, they are thrown very suddenly, quickly, and violently through it. We've all seen enough dummies catapulting through windscreens in TV warnings to know the dangers of not wearing seat belts. He was catapulted into the side of the van. ) to his will, and often pursued goals more attuned to ( I. 更熟悉. 更了解. If you are attuned to something, you can understand and appreciate it. familiar with something and able to deal with it in a sensitive way The company needs people who are attuned to today's youth culture. I have become attuned to Carlisle's industrial past. He seemed unusually attuned to people's feelings. II. If your ears are attuned 更熟悉于, 更耳熟 to a sound, you can hear it and recognize it quickly. Their ears were still attuned to the sounds of the London suburb. ) his own agenda than what many of his senior advisers considered the national interest. These officials' concerns about the calls, and particularly Trump's deference to ( deference [ˈdef(ə)rəns] 尊敬, 敬畏 behavior that shows you respect someone and are willing to accept their opinion or decision. Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position. The old sense of deference and restraint in royal reporting has vanished. Out of deference to him, I lowered my head as he prayed. ) Putin, take on new resonance 回想, 余音 ( [ˈrezənəns] I. uncountable if a sound has resonance, it is deep and clear and continues for a long time. If a sound has resonance, it is deep, clear, and strong. His voice had lost its resonance; it was tense and strained. II. countable/uncountable an emotional effect produced by something that reminds you of something else. If something has a resonance for someone, it has a special meaning or is particularly important to them. The ideas of order, security, family, religion and country had the same resonance 同等效果 for them as for Michael. This is an anniversary that has great resonance for 意义非凡 survivors of the crash. III. countable/uncountable science a sound that something makes as a result of sound waves from another object. ) with reports the President may have learned in March that Russia had offered the Taliban bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan -- and yet took no action. Trump incessantly 无休无止的 boasted to his fellow heads of state, including Saudi Arabia's autocratic royal heir Mohammed bin Salman and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, about his own wealth, genius, "great" accomplishments as President, and the "idiocy" 愚蠢 of his Oval Office predecessors, according to the sources. In his conversations with both Putin and Erdogan, Trump took special delight in trashing 挖苦, 讥讽, 贬得一钱不值 former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and suggested that dealing directly with him -- Trump -- would be far more fruitful than during previous administrations. "They didn't know BS," he said of Bush and Obama -- one of several derisive ( [dɪˈraɪsɪv] 鄙视性的. showing that you think someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. derisive remarks/comments. ) tropes ( troupe [trup] a group of performers, especially one that travels to different places to perform. a dance/circus troupe. A troupe is a group of actors, singers, or dancers who work together. She joined a dance troupe and travelled all over the world. A troupe of dancers from Beijing is one of the leading attractions in the festival. trouper A reliable, hard-working and unselfish performer; one who considers the troupe before themselves. someone who you can always depend on or who never complains. a real trouper: Thanks for finishing that for me – you're a real trouper! ) the sources said he favored when discussing his predecessors with the Turkish and Russian leaders. The full, detailed picture drawn by CNN's sources of Trump's phone calls with foreign leaders is consistent with the basic tenor 基调一致 and some substantive ( I. important or serious, or referring to the most important or serious issues. The family appeared at the press conference but made no substantive comments. II. large in amount, degree, or strength. substantive changes. a substantive report. ) elements of a limited number of calls described by former national security adviser John Bolton in his book, "The Room Where It Happened." But the calls described to CNN cover a far longer period than Bolton's tenure, are much more comprehensive 更全面的 — and seemingly more damning -- in their sweep ( at one/a sweep by one action, at one time He fired half of his employees at one sweep. the sweep of something I. a long curved line or area of land the wide sweep of lawn. II. the many different and important ideas, events, or qualities of something the broad sweep of history. sweep noun. I. 地毯式搜索 A sweep of land or water forms a long, wide, curved shape. The ground fell away in a broad sweep down to the river. ...the great sweep of the bay. II. If someone makes a sweep of a place, they search it, usually because they are looking for people who are hiding or for an illegal activity. Two of the soldiers swiftly began making a sweep of the premises. There may be periodic police 'sweeps' of crime in the area. III. If you refer to the sweep of something, you are indicating that it includes a large number of different events, qualities, or opinions. The charter brought accountability to the whole sweep of public services. sweep verb I. If a person or group sweeps an election or sweeps to victory, they win the election easily. ...a man who's promised to make radical changes to benefit the poor has swept the election. In both republics, centre-right parties swept to power. ...voters nostalgic for the free-spending policies of the 1980s swept his Socialists back to power. ...a sweeping victory. II. 目光扫射. If lights or someone's eyes sweep an area, they move across the area from side to side. Helicopters with searchlights swept the park which was sealed off. Her gaze sweeps rapidly around the room. III.丢到九霄云外, 跑到一边. 抛诸脑后. If a person or thing sweeps something away or aside, they remove it quickly and completely. The commission's conclusions sweep away a decade of denials and cover-ups. In times of war, governments often sweep human rights aside. He swept the names from his mind. IV. 气势汹汹的走进. If someone sweeps into a place, they walk into it in a proud, confident way, often when they are angry. She swept into the conference room. Scarlet with rage, she swept past her employer and stormed up the stairs. The Chief turned and swept out. V. If events, ideas, or beliefs sweep through a place, they spread quickly through it. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow. ...the wave of patriotism sweeping the country. VI. f something sweeps from one place to another, it moves there extremely quickly. An icy wind swept through the streets. The car swept past the gate house. VII. If you are swept somewhere, you are taken there very quickly. The visitors were swept past various monuments. A limousine swept her along the busy freeway to the airport. VIII. 风刮起. If wind, a stormy sea, or another strong force sweeps someone or something along, it moves them quickly along. ...landslides that buried homes and swept cars into the sea. Suddenly, she was swept along by the crowd. IX. If your arm or hand sweeps in a particular direction, or if you sweep it there, it moves quickly and smoothly in that direction. His arm swept around the room. Daniels swept his arm over his friend's shoulder. ...the long sweeping arm movements of a violinist. With one sweep of her hand she threw back the sheets. X. If you sweep things off something, you push them off with a quick smooth movement of your arm. I swept rainwater off the flat top of a gravestone. With a gesture of frustration, she swept the cards from the table. 'Thanks friend,' he said, while sweeping the money into his pocket. ). Like Bolton, CNN's sources said that the President seemed to continually conflate ( [kənˈfleɪt] to combine two or more things. If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate, you combine them in order to produce a single one. Her letters conflate past and present. Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality 混杂在一起, 混淆在一起, 掺杂起来 and made her into a saint. The two meanings conflated. ) his own personal interests -- especially for purposes of re-election and revenge against perceived critics 批评者 and political enemies 政敌 -- with the national interest. To protect the anonymity of those describing the calls for this report, CNN will not reveal their job titles nor quote them at length directly. More than a dozen officials either listened to the President's phone calls in real time 实时听 or were provided detailed summaries and rough-text recording printouts of the calls soon after their completion 通话结束, CNN's sources said. The sources were interviewed by CNN repeatedly over a four-month period extending into June. One person familiar with almost all the conversations with the leaders of Russia, Turkey, Canada, Australia and western Europe described the calls cumulatively ( cumulative [ˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪv] 越来越的 developing or increasing gradually as a result of more and more additions. We studied the cumulative effect of long periods of stress on the body. ) as 'abominations [əˌbɑmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] 反感, 厌恶' ( something that you hate because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable. What is happening is an abomination. abominable [əˈbɑmɪnəb(ə)l] 令人反感的 extremely bad, offensive, or unpleasant. Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad. The President described the killings as an abominable crime. The weather was abominable, cold with wind and rain. Chloe has behaved abominably. Wallis was often abominably rude. abominate [əˈbɑmɪˌneɪt] verb. 反感至极 to dislike intensely; loathe; detest. to hate something because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. ) so grievous ( [ˈɡrivəs] 严重至极的 extremely serious or severe. a grievous injury. He has made a grievous error. a. If you describe something such as a loss as grievous, you mean that it is extremely serious or worrying in its effects. Their loss would be a grievous blow 沉重打击 to our engineering industries. Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake. Birds, sea-life and the coastline all suffered grievously. b. A grievous injury 重伤 to your body is one that causes you great pain and suffering. He survived in spite of suffering grievous injuries. The world champion driver was grievously injured. grievous bodily harm. ) to US national security interests that if members of Congress heard from witnesses to the actual conversations or read the texts and contemporaneous [kənˌtempəˈreɪniəs] 同时的 notes ( contemporaneous [kənˌtempəˈreɪniəs] happening or existing during the same period of time. There are several contemporaneous accounts of the meeting. contemporaneous with: His work is contemporaneous with the beginnings of the Pop Art movement. ), even many senior Republican members would no longer be able to retain confidence 保持信心 in the President. The insidious effect ( [ɪnˈsɪdiəs] I. 看似无害实则危险的 something that is insidious is dangerous because it seems to be harmless or not important but in fact causes harm or damage. the insidious effects of gossip. II. 不为人知的. 不被注意的. 悄无声息的. Somettohing that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed. (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm. Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner. High blood pressure is an insidious condition which has few symptoms. The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years. They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism. Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive. III. Treacherous. The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors 叛变者 (traitor 卖国者). treacherous [ˈtretʃərəs] I. 暗藏危机的. 危机重重的. 危机四伏的. very dangerous, especially because the dangers are not obvious. Is it wise to go out in this treacherous weather? a treacherous road/path/journey. II. someone who is treacherous pretends that they support you but secretly tries to harm you, for example by helping an enemy. treacherous 暗地里勾通的, 私下里勾通的 behavior/ thoughts. hideous [ˈhɪdiəs] very ugly or frightening in appearance The corpse had a hideous grin on its face. ) of the conversations comes from Trump's tone, his raging outbursts at allies while fawning over authoritarian strongmen, his ignorance of history and lack of preparation as much as it does from the troubling substance, according to the sources. Two sources compared many of the President's conversations with foreign leaders to Trump's recent press "briefings" on the coronavirus pandemic: free form 自由发挥的 ( freeform music or art does not obey the usual rules for creating a piece of music or art. A free form work of art or piece of music has not been created according to a standard style or convention. ...free-form jazz. not having or following a particular style or structure: free-form dancing. free-form skating. having or being an irregular or asymmetrical shape or design free-form furniture. ), fact-deficient [dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] 缺乏事实的 stream-of-consciousness ramblings 意识不清的, 意识流似喋喋不休, full of fantasy and off-the-wall pronouncements based on his intuitions, guesswork 乱猜测( intuition 直觉 ( instinct 本能 (hunch, gut reaction) ) an ability to know or understand something through your feelings, instead of by considering facts or evidence. Your intuition or your intuitions are unexplained feelings you have that something is true even when you have no evidence or proof of it. Her intuition was telling her that something was wrong. You can't make a case on your intuitions, Phil. Archaeologists often use their intuition to decide where to dig. Sometimes you just have to rely on your intuitions. intuit 直觉感受到, 直觉感知 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. intuitive 直觉上的 If you have an intuitive idea or feeling about something, you feel that it is true although you have no evidence or proof of it. A positive pregnancy test soon confirmed her intuitive feelings. He seemed to know intuitively that I must be missing my mother. Some of the ideas are very intriguing and sound intuitively 直觉上 plausible. instinct 本能 ( aggressive, animal, basic, maternal, natural, primitive, protective ) I. a natural tendency to behave in a particular way that people and animals are born with and that they obey without knowing why. For example the maternal instinct is a woman's natural tendency to behave like a mother. the instinct of ducklings to follow their mother. instinct for: the instinct for survival. II. a natural ability to know what to do in a particular situation. If you have an instinct for something, you are naturally good at it or able to do it. Farmers are increasingly losing touch with their instinct for managing the land. Irene is so incredibly musical and has a natural instinct to perform. My first instinct was to turn and run. Potential investors want to know that you’ve got strong entrepreneurial instincts. trust/follow your instincts (follow, ignore, obey, trust): It's always best to trust your instincts. instinct tells/warns you: Instinct told me that it would be unwise to return home. III. If it is your instinct to do something, you feel that it is right to do it. I should've gone with my first instinct, which was not to do the interview. IV. Instinct is a feeling that you have that something is the case, rather than an opinion or idea based on facts. There is scientific evidence to support our instinct that being surrounded by plants is good for health. He seems so honest and genuine and my every instinct says he's not. killer instinct 杀手本能 the ability to be cruel and not worry about other people, in order to be successful. homing instinct 回巢本能, 倦鸟归巢 if an animal or bird has a homing instinct, it is able to find its way home across long distances. gut feeling/instinct a feeling that you are certain is right, although you can give no good reason why. Beverly had a gut feeling there was something seriously wrong. ), the opinions of Fox News TV hosts and social media misinformation. In addition to Merkel and May, the sources said, Trump regularly bullied and disparaged 蔑视, 贬低 other leaders of the western alliance during his phone conversations -- including French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison -- in the same hostile and aggressive way he discussed the coronavirus with some of America's governors. Next to Erdogan, no foreign leader initiated more calls with Trump than Macron, the sources said, with the French President often trying to convince Trump to change course on environmental and security policy matters -- including climate change and US withdrawal from the Iranian multilateral nuclear accord. Macron usually got "nowhere" on substantive matters, while Trump became irritated at the French President's stream of requests and subjected him to self-serving harangues ( harangue v. [həˈræŋ] 咆哮 (bluster 雷霆震怒) to speak to someone in a loud angry way for a long time, in order to criticize them or to try to change their opinion. If someone harangues you, they try to persuade you to accept their opinions or ideas in a forceful way. An argument ensued, with various band members joining in and haranguing Simpson and his girlfriend for over two hours. noun. an occasion when someone is angry and shouts at or criticizes another person. A harangue is a long, forceful speech that someone makes to try and persuade other people to accept their opinions. vocabulary: A harangue is more than a speech, louder than a discussion, and nastier than a lecture. It is a verbal attack that doesn't let up, delivered as a verb or received as a noun. Either way, it's pretty unpleasant. barrage [bəˈrɑʒ] 疯狂攻击, 炮轰, 雨点似的攻击, 连珠炮似的攻击 verb. if you are barraged by criticisms, complaints, or questions, you have to deal with a large number of them at the same time. If you are barraged by people or things, you have to deal with a great number of people or things you would rather avoid. Tech CEO seen on camera barraging Asian family with racist rant has resigned. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen. He was barraged with calls from friends who were furious at the indiscreet disclosures. barrage [bəˈrɑʒ] noun. I. countable an attack during which an army continuously fires guns, drops bombs etc. for a long time. A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks. The artillery barrage on the city centre was the heaviest since the ceasefire. The two fighters were driven off by a barrage of anti-aircraft fire. II. singular a lot of criticisms, complaints, or questions directed at one person. A barrage of something such as criticism or complaints is a large number of them directed at someone, often in an aggressive way. He was faced with a barrage of 一连串的 angry questions from the floor. barrage of: a barrage of abuse. barrage [ˈbɑrɪdʒ] 大坝 countable a wall built across a river in order to control the level of the water. A barrage is a structure that is built across a river to control the level of the water. ...a hydro-electric tidal barrage. rage 咆哮, 大喊大叫, 怒吼 intransitive/transitive mainly literary to shout angrily at someone. If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it. Monroe
was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers.
Inside, Frannie was raging. 'I can't see it's any of your business,' he
raged. 'Don't lie to me!' she raged. I could hear one of the customers raging at him. ) and lectures that were described by one source as personalized verbal "whippings," especially about France and other countries not meeting NATO spending targets, their liberal immigration policies or their trade imbalances with the US. But his most vicious attacks, said the sources, were aimed at women heads of state. In conversations with both May and Merkel, the President demeaned and denigrated ( denigrate [ˈdenɪˌɡreɪt] 批得一文不值, 挖苦个够 to criticize something in a way that shows you think it has no value at all. If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them. They denigrated his work, questioning whether it did anything to confront the problems. ...the denigration of minorities in this country. To denigrate is to say bad things — true or false — about a person or thing. Your reputation as a math whiz might be hurt if your jealous classmate manages to denigrate you, even though the accusations are unfounded. The verb denigrate comes from the Latin word denigrare, which means "to blacken." To sully or defame someone's reputation, or to spread negative or hurtful information about a company or a situation, is to denigrate it. Your neighbors may denigrate your proposal for mandatory recycling in an attempt to stop your plan. Denigrate can also mean that you're making something seem less important, like when your brother tries to denigrate your athletic achievements. demean to make people have less respect for someone. Advertisements like this demean women. ) them in diatribes ( [ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb] 檄文. 声讨文. a speech or piece of writing that angrily attacks someone or something. A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities. The book is a diatribe against the academic left. The senator launched into a furious diatribe against handgun legislation. It's pretty overwhelming when you ask your friend a seemingly innocuous question, like "Do you like hot dogs?" and she unleashes a diatribe about the evils of eating meat. A diatribe is an angry, critical speech. This noun has its roots in the Greek diatribē, "pastime or lecture," from diatrībein, "to waste time or wear away," combining dia-, "thoroughly," and trībein, "to rub." So the origin of the word diatribe is connected to both serious study and the spending or wasting of time. With most diatribes, the speaker thinks he's well informed and knows something the listener doesn't, while to most listeners the diatribe is so angry and unhinged that it's just a waste of time. ) described as "near-sadistic" by one of the sources and confirmed by others. "Some of the things he said to Angela Merkel are just unbelievable: he called her 'stupid,' and accused her of being in the pocket of 玩弄于股掌之上 the Russians ... He's toughest [in the phone calls] with those he looks at as weaklings 弱者, 软弱无能者 ( a person or animal that is physically weak ) and weakest with the ones he ought to be tough with." "He'd get agitated about something with Theresa May, then he'd get nasty with her on the phone call," One source said. "It's the same interaction in every setting -- coronavirus or Brexit -- with just no filter applied 没有把门的." Merkel remained calm and outwardly unruffled in the face of Trump's attacks —"like water off a duck's back," in the words of one source -- and she regularly countered his bluster 应对 with recitations of fact ( bluster 发飙 angry or threatening talk or behavior from someone who wants to hide their fear or nervousness. ). The German official quoted above said that during Merkel's visit to the White House two years ago, Trump displayed "very questionable behavior" that "was quite aggressive ... [T]he Chancellor indeed stayed calm, and that's what she does on the phone." Prime Minister May, in contrast, became "flustered 惶恐不安的, 惴惴不安的, 不知所错的 ( feeling confused, embarrassed, or nervous, especially because you have too much to do or too little time to do something. in a state of confusion or agitation. to make or become confused, nervous, or upset. I realize that I made a lot of mistakes (things such as being too critical or getting flustered with him easily) and I feel like the end of the relationship was my fault. Marianne noted his flustered appearance. He gets all flustered and doesn't know what to say. She was so flustered that she forgot her reply. She arrived at the interview late, flustered, and hot. While it would be easy to get flustered given the breakneck pace and the president's unpredictable behavior, Collins maintains that the job is bigger than her. "I'm here as more of a vehicle for the American people." at breakneck speed very fast, especially in a way that is dangerous. If you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast. Jack drove to Mayfair at breakneck speed. Joey came racing round the corner at breakneck speed. bluster 发飙 ( harangue v. [həˈræŋ] 咆哮. blister 水泡) angry or threatening talk or behavior from someone who wants to hide their fear or nervousness. If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended. 'That's lunacy,' he blustered. He was still blustering, but there was panic in his eyes. ...the bluster of the party's campaign. blister noun. A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin. verb. When your skin blisters or when something blisters it, blisters appear on it. The affected skin turns red and may blister. The sap of this plant blisters the skin. ...pausing to bathe their blistered feet. ) and nervous" in her conversations with the President. "He clearly intimidated her and meant to," said one of CNN's sources. The calls with Putin and Erdogan were particularly egregious ( egregious [ɪˈɡridʒəs] 最糟糕的 extremely bad. Egregious means very bad indeed. ...the most egregious abuses of human rights. Something that is egregious stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an egregious error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game. An egregious error is so bad that it might not be forgivable. Some synonyms are appalling and intolerable. The word has made a 180-degree turn from its original sense in Latin, when it meant "exceptionally good." Word historians have speculated that the negative usage was originally meant to be ironic, but it is the only sense that has survived. Be careful not to use it to mean "outstanding," since no one wants to be called egregious. ) in terms of Trump almost never being prepared substantively 充分准备 and thus leaving him susceptible to being taken advantage of in various ways, according to the sources -- in part because those conversations (as with most heads of state), were almost certainly recorded by the security services and other agencies of their countries. In his phone exchanges with Putin, the sources reported, the President talked mostly about himself, frequently in over-the-top, self-aggrandizing [ˈselfəˈɡrænˌdaɪzɪŋ] 自我夸大的, 自夸的 terms ( spread/pour/lay it on thick = lay in on with a trowel I. Fig. 夸张. 夸大. to exaggerate or over-state praise, excuses, or blame. Sally was laying it on thick when she said that Tom was the best singer she had ever heard. After Bob finished making his excuses, Sally said that he was pouring it on thick. Bob always spreads it on thick. II. 夸大其辞, 言过其实. to make an emotion or experience seem more important or serious than it really is They must have told us ten times how wonderful their daughter was - they were really laying it on with a trowel. He'd injured his hand slightly but he was laying it on a bit thick about how painful it was ( He's lying about how much painful it was. He was bullshitting about that). pump something up I. to inflate something. Do you have something with which I can pump my basketball up? I pumped up the ball just an hour ago. II. Sl. to exercise to make muscles get bigger and stronger. The body builder pumped her muscles up in preparation for the competition. She pumped up her muscles. III. to make someone very interested or enthusiastic. Our coach talks with every team member before a game, offering advice and trying to pump them up. Taylor's band came out and pumped up the crowd. IV. 夸张. 夸大. to make something appear to be bigger or more successful than it is. Opponents charged that the state treasurer pumped up the state's financial figures. We pumped the number of flights up to 500 in our report so everyone would think the airport was really busy. V. to improve someone's or something's performance. Athletes can take drugs to pump themselves up, but there are huge risks involved. Everett hopes the new products will pump up corporate sales. inflate I. 充气
to fill something with air or gas so that it becomes the right shape
and size for using. f you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre,
or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas. Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate. The pump inflates the tires automatically. a. intransitive to become inflated. It takes only a second for the airbag to inflate. II. transitive
to make a number or price higher than it should be. If you say that
someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you
mean that the price increases. hey had to buy everything at inflated prices
at the ranch store. The promotion of a big release can inflate 抬高 a
film's final cost. Clothing prices have not inflated 提价 as much as
automobiles. a. to make something seem more important than it really is. b. If someone inflates the amount 虚报, 虚高, 夸大其词 or effect of something, they say it is bigger, better, or more important than it really is, usually so that they can profit from it. They inflated clients' medical treatment to defraud insurance companies. Even his war record was fraudulently inflated. Other allegations which will be investigated include security firms engaging in 'ghosting' - a practice which involves inflating 虚报 the amount of guards listed on duty to charge the government and taxpayer more for their services. ): touting his "unprecedented" success in building the US economy; asserting in derisive language how much smarter and "stronger" he is than "the imbeciles" and "weaklings" who came before him in the presidency (especially Obama); reveling in 滔滔不绝的 his experience running the Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow, and obsequiously [əbˈsikwiəs] 低人一等的, 巴结似的, 热情过头的, 过于热情的, 低声下气的, 做小伏低的 (abject 没有自尊的, 极度的, 最为极端的) ( too eager to please someone, in a way that does not seem sincere. If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. Perhaps your mother was very obsequious to doctors. He smiled and bowed obsequiously to Winger. His tone quickly changed from obsequiousness to outright anger. obsequious waiters. If you disapprove of the overly submissive way someone is acting — like the teacher's pet or a celebrity's assistant — call them by the formal adjective obsequious. Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn takes issue with the College Board's inclusion of obsequious in a list of words you won't see on the redesigned SAT. There are many words in the English language for a person or an action that is overly obedient and submissive. Obsequious people are usually not being genuine; they resort to flattery and other fawning ways to stay in the good graces of authority figures. An obsequious person can be called a bootlicker, a brownnoser or a toady [ˈtoʊdi] ( someone who pretends to like a rich or important person in order to get some advantage from them. ). You can also say that someone gives an obsequious bow, a gesture that means, "your wish is my command." ) courting Putin's admiration and approval. Putin "just outplays 棋高一着" him, said a high-level administration official -- comparing the Russian leader to a chess grandmaster and Trump to an occasional player of checkers. While Putin "destabilizes the West," said this source, the President of the United States "sits there and thinks he can build himself up enough as a businessman and tough guy that Putin will respect him." (At times, the Putin-Trump conversations sounded like "two guys in a steam bath," a source added.) In numerous calls with Putin that were described to CNN, Trump left top national security aides and his chiefs of staff flabbergasted (staggered) 惊呆的, 目瞪口呆的, less because of specific concessions he made than because of his manner -- inordinately [ɪnˈɔrdɪnət] ( 远比平常多的. 远比正常多的 much more than you would usually expect: used for emphasizing how large something is or how much of something there is. It all took an inordinate amount of time. ) solicitous [səˈlɪsɪtəs] 关切的, 无比关心的, 非常上心的 ( behaving in a way that shows you care about someone's health, feelings, safety, etc. A person who is solicitous shows anxious concern for someone or something. He was so solicitous of his guests. He took her hand in greeting and asked solicitously how everything was. Vocabulary: When you hear the word solicitous, think of your mom — attentive, caring, and concerned. It's nice when your waiter gives you good service, but if he or she is solicitous, the hovering (赶都赶不走的) might annoy you. Solicitous comes from the Latin roots sollus "entire" and citus "set in motion." If someone is solicitous, they are entirely set in motion caring for you. Your neighbors are solicitous if they try to help your family out all the time. Use this word too if you're eager to do something. A good student will be solicitous to appear interested in what the teacher says — even when it's not that interesting. ) of Putin's admiration and seemingly seeking his approval -- while usually ignoring substantive policy expertise and important matters on the standing bilateral agenda, including human rights; and an arms control agreement, which never got dealt with in a way that advanced shared Russian and American goals that both Putin and Trump professed to favor, CNN's sources said. Throughout his presidency, Trump has touted the theme of "America First" as his north star 指南针, 北极星 in foreign policy, advancing the view that America's allies and adversaries have taken economic advantage of US goodwill 善心, 善意 in trade. And that America's closest allies need to increase their share of collective defense spending. He frequently justifies his seeming deference to Putin by arguing that Russia is a major world player and that it is in the United States' interest to have a constructive and friendly relationship -- requiring a reset with Moscow through his personal dialogue with Putin. In separate interviews, two high-level administration officials familiar with most of the Trump-Putin calls said the President naively elevated 抬高 Russia -- a second-rate 二流的, 二线的 totalitarian [toʊˌtæləˈteriən] 强权似的 ( controlling a country and its people in a very strict way, without allowing opposition from another political party. authoritarian [ɔˌθɔrɪˈteriən] controlling everything and forcing people to obey strict rules and laws. an authoritarian government/regime. Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic in nature, and may be based upon the rule of a party or the military. Totalitarianism is a term for a political system or form of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. It is regarded as the most extreme and complete form of authoritarianism. In totalitarian states, political power has often been held by autocrats who employ all-encompassing campaigns in which propaganda is broadcast by state-controlled mass media. ) state with less than 4% of the world's GDP -- and its authoritarian leader almost to parity with the United States and its President by undermining the tougher, more realistic view of Russia expressed by the US Congress, American intelligence agencies and the long-standing post-war policy consensus of the US and its European allies. "He [Trump] gives away the advantage that was hard won in the Cold War," said one of the officials -- in part by "giving Putin and Russia a legitimacy they never had," the official said. "He's given Russia a lifeline -- because there is no doubt that they're a declining power 明日黄花, 辉煌不再, 日薄西山, 风光不再 ... He's playing with something he doesn't understand and he's giving them power that they would use [aggressively]." Both officials cited Trump's decision to pull US troops out of Syria -- a move that benefited Turkey as well as Russia -- as perhaps the most grievous example. "He gave away the store( give away the store 白送, 拱手相让, 拱手让人, 白给 (idiomatic) To transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party. Focusing on environmental concerns, the congressional candidate has accused his opponent of giving away the store to corporate interests. You have to make your business attractively affordable, but you can't give away the store or you'll never turn a profit. I hope you didn't give away the store for that beat up old car.)," one of them said. The frequency of the calls with Erdogan -- in which the Turkish president continually pressed Trump for policy concessions and other favors -- was especially worrisome to McMaster, Bolton and Kelly, the more so because of the ease with which Erdogan bypassed normal National Security Council protocols and procedures to reach the President, said two of the sources. Erdogan became so adept at knowing when to reach the President directly that some White House aides became convinced that Turkey's security services in Washington were using Trump's schedule and whereabouts to provide Erdogan with information about when the President would be available for a call. On some occasions Erdogan reached him on the golf course and Trump would delay play while the two spoke at length. Two sources described the President as woefully uninformed about the history of the Syrian conflict and the Middle East generally, and said he was often caught off guard, and lacked sufficient knowledge to engage on equal terms in nuanced policy discussion with Erdogan. "Erdogan took him to the cleaners ( take sb to the cleaner's I. 能把你卖了 To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc. (humorous way of saying older expression clean out 大获全胜 ). to take a lot of someone's money, usually by treating them unfairly or dishonestly. to get a lot of money from someone, usually by cheating them: Paul was really taken to the cleaner's on that deal. II. 大获全胜. to defeat someone by a very large amount: In the second half, United were really taken to the cleaner's, and they finally lost the match 6–1. )," said one of the sources. The sources said that deleterious 伤害性的, 有害的, 有伤害的 ( [ˌdeləˈtɪriəs] harmful. Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it. Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life. vocabulary: If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on 负面影响 your health, not to mention your social life. My parents were worried that their divorce would have a deleterious effect on us kids, but in the end it was less harmful than watching them fight all the time. For most plants, a lack of sunlight has very deleterious consequences, but there are some plants that actually do very well in the dark. It's a wonder, given how well-established the science is, that we continue to do things that are deleterious to the fragile ecosystem. We must be willing to live with the deleterious effects. ) US policy decisions on Syria -- including the President's directive UK [dɪˈrektɪv] US [daɪˈrektɪv] ( noun. 命令. an official order. adj. giving precise orders, instructions or guidance. Is cognitive therapy directive or non-directive? ) to pull US forces out of the country, which then allowed Turkey to attack Kurds who had helped the US fight ISIS and weakened NATO's role in the conflict -- were directly linked to Erdogan's ability to get his way with Trump on the phone calls. Trump occasionally became angry at Erdogan -- sometimes because of demands that Turkey be granted preferential trade status, and because the Turkish leader would not release an imprisoned American evangelical pastor, Andrew Brunson, accused of 'aiding terrorism' in the 2016 coup that attempted to overthrow Erdogan. Despite the lack of advance notice 事先通知 for many of Erdogan's calls, full sets of contemporaneous notes from designated notetakers at the White House exist, as well as rough voice-generated computer texts of the conversations, the sources said. Unlike Bolton, CNN's sources did not assert or suggest specifically that Trump's calls with Erdogan might have been grounds for impeachment because of possible evidence of unlawful conduct by the President. Rather, they characterized Trump's calls with heads of state in the aggregate as evidence of Trump's general "unfitness" for the presidency on grounds of 基于 temperament and incompetence, an assertion Bolton made as well in an interview to promote his book with ABC News last week: "I don't think he's fit for office. I don't think he has the competence to carry out the job," Bolton said. "The call was all over the place," said an NSC deputy who read a detailed summary of the conversation -- with Putin speaking substantively and at length, and Trump propping himself up 自吹自擂 in short autobiographical bursts of bragging, self-congratulation and flattery toward Putin. As described to CNN, Kushner and Ivanka Trump were immediately effusive 热情洋溢的, 饱含赞美的, 大为赞誉的 ( [ɪˈfjusɪv] expressing happiness, admiration, praise, etc. in an extremely enthusiastic way. Getting a compliment from your effusive Aunt Sally can be a little embarrassing. Since she's so effusive, Aunt Sally holds nothing back, gushing with enthusiasm. The adjective effusive means "extravagantly demonstrative," and if you know someone who expresses positive emotions in a heartfelt, bubbly way, you understand just what the word means. The word effusive has a surprisingly similar definition in geology; it describes a particular kind of volcanic eruption, one in which lava bubbles up out of the volcano and flows around it. ) in their praise of how Trump had handled the call -- while Tillerson (who knew Putin well from his years in Russia as an oil executive), Hill and McMaster were skeptical. Hill — author of a definitive biography of Putin -- started to explain some of the nuances she perceived from the call, according to CNN's sources — offering insight into Putin's psychology, his typical "smooth-talking" and linear approach and what the Russian leader was trying to achieve in the call. Hill was cut off by Trump, and the President continued discussing the call with Jared and Ivanka, making clear he wanted to hear the congratulatory evaluation of his daughter and her husband, rather than how Hill, Tillerson or McMaster judged the conversation. McMaster viewed that early phone call with Putin as indicative of the conduct of the whole relationship between Russia and the Trump administration, according to the sources -- a conclusion subsequent national security advisers and chiefs of staff, and numerous high-ranking intelligence officials also reached: unlike in previous administrations, there were relatively few meaningful dealings between military and diplomatic professionals, even at the highest levels, because Trump -- distrustful of the experts and dismissive of their attempts to brief him -- conducted the relationship largely ad hoc with Putin and almost totally by himself. Ultimately, Putin and the Russians learned that "nobody has the authority to do anything" -- and the Russian leader used that insight to his advantage, as one of CNN's sources said. The Kushners were also present for other important calls with foreign leaders and made their primacy apparent 毫不掩饰 ( [ˈpraɪməsi] 高人一等. 最高待遇 the fact of being more powerful or important than anything else. With regard to European defense, they accept the primacy of NATO. Something with primacy has first importance. If you are deciding who to take on an all-expenses-paid trip up the Amazon, the quality of being chill and fun might take primacy 最高优先级 over the number of years you've been friends. Primacy comes from primary, meaning first, and it is like a condition of always having first place. If you are the teacher's pet, you might have primacy over your classmates. You can also talk about primacy within a field. Madonna, Beyonce, and Shakira have all at one time or another achieved primacy in the field of pop music. Keep practicing, maybe you'll be next.) , encouraged by the President even on matters of foreign policy in which his daughter and her husband had no experience. Almost never, according to CNN's sources, would Trump read the briefing materials prepared for him by the CIA and NSC staff in advance of his calls with heads of state. "He won't consult them, he won't even get their wisdom," said one of the sources, who cited Saudi Arabia's bin Salman as near the top of a list of leaders whom Trump "picks up and calls without anybody being prepared," a scenario that frequently confronted NSC and intelligence aides. The source added that the aides' helpless reaction "would frequently be, 'Oh my God, don't make that phone call.'" "Trump's view is that he is a better judge of character than anyone else," said one of CNN's sources. The President consistently rejected advice from US defense, intelligence and national security principals that the Russian president be approached more firmly and with less trust. CNN's sources pointed to the most notable public example as "emblematic ( [ˌembləˈmætɪk] 有代表性的, 有代表意义的 generally accepted as being a symbol of a quality, idea, or principle. )": Trump, standing next to the Russian President at their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2018, and saying he "didn't see any reason why" Russia would have interfered in the 2016 presidential election -- despite the findings of the entire US intelligence community that Moscow had. "President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today," Trump said. The common, overwhelming dynamic that characterizes Trump's conversations with both authoritarian dictators and leaders of the world's greatest democracies is his consistent assertion of himself as the defining subject and subtext of the calls -- almost never the United States and its historic place and leadership in the world, according to sources intimately familiar with the calls. In numerous calls with the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Australia and Canada -- America's closest allies of the past 75 years, the whole postwar era -- Trump typically established a grievance ( [ˈɡrivəns] I. countable a complaint about being treated in an unfair way. Managers were presented with a long list of grievances. have a grievance 不满, 心怀不满: People know who to go to if they have a grievance. II. countable/ uncountable a feeling that you have been treated in an unfair way. nurse a grievance 心怀怨恨: For years he nursed a grievance against his former employer.) almost as a default or leitmotif ( leitmotiv = leitmotif [ˈlaɪtmoʊˌtif] I. a tune that is repeated several times in a piece of music and represents a particular character or situation. II. a word, phrase, or idea that is repeated several times in something such as a speech or book and is important for understanding the speech or book correctly. ) of the conversation, whatever the supposed agenda, according to those sources. "Everything was always personalized, with everybody doing terrible things to rip us off — which meant ripping 'me' — Trump — off. He couldn't -- or wouldn't -- see or focus on the larger picture," said one US official. The source cited a conspicuously demonstrable instance in which Trump resisted asking Angela Merkel (at the UK's urging) to publicly hold Russia accountable for the so-called 'Salisbury' poisonings of a former Russian spy and his daughter with Novichok, a nerve agent developed in what was then the Soviet Union, in which Putin had denied any Russian involvement despite voluminous evidence to the contrary. "It took a lot of effort" to get Trump to bring up the subject, said one source. Instead of addressing Russia's responsibility for the poisonings and holding it to international account, Trump made the focus of the call -- in personally demeaning terms -- Germany's and Merkel's supposedly deadbeat approach 死路一条的 to allied burden-sharing. Eventually, said the sources, as urged by his NSC staff, Trump at last addressed the matter of the poisonings, almost grudgingly 心不甘情不愿的, 不心甘情愿的, 被逼无奈的.
Spill the tea or Spill the T (tell the truth) means the same thing as "spill the beans" 竹筒倒豆子—to gossip, to spill (tell) information, to tell the truth ("T" or "tea" stands for "truth"). "My T" was said by the transgender club performer The Lady Chablis and printed in the non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) by John Berendt. The slang sense of "shade" is often in the phrase "throw shade." "Shade" was explained by trans woman, drag performer, and fashion designer Dorian Corey (1937-1993) in the documentary film Paris Is Burning (1990). "Shade" was defined in the Urban Dictionary on March 31, 2006, as "to talk trash about a friend or aquaintance, to publicly denounce or disrespect." "No tea, no shade" (or "no T, no shade") means "this is the truth, no gossip and no disrespect." "Lemonade" is often added for rhyming purposes. "No tea No shade No Lemonade" was posted on Twitter by Armon.... on February 11, 2010. "Pink lemonade" is often added. no tea, no shade (not comparable) (LGBT slang, idiomatic) Indicating that no offence is meant, that the speaker is merely making an observation. The phrase "spill the tea" has taken the internet by storm in the past decade as a multifaceted meme. Spill the tea, according to the first definition published in Urban Dictionary, means "Tea: gossip or personal information belonging to someone else; the scoop; the news." The term, in its purest form, is used for gossip and to indicate that yours is the juiciest of news. Twitter has become an especially fertile breeding ground for tea, with tweets containing phrases like "Give me the tea," "where's the tea," and "spill that tea" popping up around events like the Jussie Smollett verdict and the release of the Mueller Report. That's the tea That's the gossip. The deal. The current news. The latest. Tea refers to gossip or other private information. She broke up with him because he cheated on her! That's the tea! Have you heard the tea? Joe was fired, Jim was suspended and Patty quit! That's the tea.
from here on (out) (from here on in) from this time forward. From this moment and continuing into the future. We need to follow the directions from here on out—otherwise, we're liable to get lost. From here on out, I'm making all the decisions. from here on (out/in) from this time forward. From this moment and continuing into the future. We
need to follow the directions from here on out—otherwise, we're liable
to get lost. From here on out, I'm making all the decisions. From here on in VS from here on out: I think the people who use 'from here on in' mean 'from this stage forward',
which is slightly different in emphasis form 'from now on'. It tends to
be used, I think, by tense people, nervous about the outcome of a
process or chain of events. Here in the United States, when one uses the
phrase "from here on in" rather than "from here on out", one might get
more of the impression that the element being changed is soon to come to
an end. Take sports, for example. "From here on in, I want you guys to run a strong right, without relent." "Jake, from here on out you need to remember your plays." One pertains to a singular game, whereas the other pertains to an indefinite period. And yes, I think "there" or "then" can be substituted for "here" if one is talking about others (third rather than first or second person) or a situation removed in space or time. "We're
going to do it my way from here on out." "The new boss insisted that
things be done his way from then on out." "After the confrontational
meeting, the new boss insisted on his way from there on out." I have heard both and think the nuance is that "Frome here on out" is open-ended, with no destination or expected end in sight, while "From here on in" means until some specific event is completed or goal achieved. From here on in" is usually about a specific project or goal and "from here on out" is from now until... well, forever. "This
development project is a shambles, Dave. I can't afford to have it
fail. From here on in, everyone on your team will report to me on a
daily basis until this project is completed." "Linda, I love you but this is just not working for either of us. From here on out, let's just be friends. We'll both be happier."
potter around VS doodle VS dawdle VS diddle VS loiter VS bum around VS mooch around VS slack off VS at a loose end VS goof off VS twiddle one's fingers VS mope around VS dead time: 1. potter around = potter about (putter around in US) 闲来无事做的事 (doodle 无所事事, 闲来无事什么也不做, 发呆, 闲呆着) If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying. to spend time doing pleasant things that are not important without hurrying. She spent the morning pottering about on the terrace. I was perfectly happy just pottering around doing up my flat. At weekends he would potter around the garden. I started puttering around outside, not knowing what I was doing. She liked to putter in the kitchen. potter / putter around or potter / putter about If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying. to spend time doing pleasant things that are not important without hurrying. She spent the morning pottering about on the terrace. I was perfectly happy just pottering around doing up my flat. At weekends he would potter around the garden. 2. doodle around 闲晃, 漫无目的的闲逛 Doodle around is walk around without a real purpose. She was doodling around the mall looking at stuff. Doodle around is walk around without a real purpose. She was doodling around the mall looking at stuff. doodle 涂鸦, 闲画 To draw or scribble aimlessly. The bored student doodled a submarine in his notebook. full of beans 精神百倍, 活力十足: very lively and full of energy. 3. dawdle [ˈdɔd(ə)l] vi. 磨磨唧唧 (dilly dally) 墨迹, 慢吞吞的, 慢条斯理的, 慢悠悠的, 晃悠悠的 (在美国一般不说dawdle around dawdle about) (dilly dally 磨磨唧唧: to waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision: Don't dilly-dally - just get your bags and let's go!) to go somewhere, or to do something, so slowly that people become annoyed with you. a. If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts. b. If you dawdle over something, you spend more time than is necessary doing something. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque. ...pals who dawdle over coffee. Don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers! The woods are dangerous. vocabulary: There are lots of words that mean to move slowly. The point of dawdle is that one is moving too slowly, is falling behind, or is not properly focused on making progress. One way to remember the meaning of dawdle is that it rhymes with "waddle," as in, "a duck waddles." Imagine what would happen if you waddled instead of walked. It would take a lot more time, and your companion might say, "Don't dawdle!" Dawdle implies not only taking extra time but actually wasting it. A leisurely walk in the woods is one thing, but if you have to get to the theater on time, don't dawdle along the way: you'll miss the curtain! 4. loitering [ˈlɔɪtə(r)] I. 闲晃, 晃来晃去的. 溜达, 闲逛, 逡巡, 无事闲呆着, 漫无目的的站在那里. 逗留. to stand or wait in a public place for no particular reason. To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly; to linger; to hang around. For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside. There's a group of kids loitering outside the shop. II. to move slowly, often stopping to rest. Don't loiter, we've got a train to catch. vocabulary: To loiter is to hang around a place with no real purpose, usually somewhere where you are not welcome — like under the "No Loitering" sign at a convenience store. If you're a dawdler, or a loafer, then you are probably inclined to loiter from time to time. The verb loiter is similar to "hang out," but it has a more negative connotation and is sometimes associated with acting illegally. You might hang out at your friend's house watching movies, but you would loiter by the vending machine at school when you are supposed be in class. 5. traipse [treɪps] [disapproval] I. 漫无目的的闲走 to walk around slowly and without a specific direction. We spent the whole day traipsing around museums. If you talk about people traipsing somewhere, you mean that they are going there or moving about there in a way that annoys someone or gets in their way. You will have to get used to a lot of people traipsing in and out of your home. She doesn't want security men traipsing round with her every minute of the day. to walk somewhere in a slow or unwilling way because you are tired or bored. traipse around/through/across etc I've been traipsing around the shops all morning. II. 长途跋涉 to travel to a place that is a long distance from where you are, especially for pleasure. We traipsed all the way to New York to see the tall ships. III. If you traipse somewhere, you go there unwillingly, often because you are tired or unhappy. If traipsing around shops does not appeal to you, perhaps using a catalogue will. Joyce traipsed from one doctor to another, praying that someone would listen. 6. bum around 闲逛, 闲溜达, 闲晃
If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular
destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to
do. I think they're just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot. She went off to bum around the world with a boyfriend. mooch [mutʃ] = UK cadge 白要 to ask someone to give you something instead of paying for it yourself. mooch around/about 晃来晃去 If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose. Andrew was left to mooch around the house on his own. He was awake at 3am, mooching about in the darkness. 7. I'm out there busting my ass and you're in here slacking off 无所事事, 消磨时间?
It's a busy day at the store you work at. You go into the back room and
see that one of your coworkers is playing games on his phone. You're
annoyed, so you say this to him. A: I'm hungry. When are we going to eat? B: Don't rush me! I'm in there slaving away in the kitchen. What are you doing? Just sitting around watching TV! bust (one's) ass "Busting your ass" is an idiom that means "working really hard". I busted my ass waiting tables
and working construction to pay my way through college. I know that all
of you have really busted your asses on this project, and I really
appreciate it. This is a colloquial expression that
you use when talking to people you're comfortable with. The word "ass"
is a mild swear word. You probably shouldn't use it in formal
situations. There's also another meaning of "busting your ass", by the
way. It means to injure your butt by falling: You remember that time when you slipped on the ice in the front driveway and busted your ass? (someone) is slacking off 消磨时间
"Slacking off" means doing fun or relaxing things instead of doing the
work that you're supposed to do. It sounds lazy. For example, if a child
is watching TV after school, you can say: I don't think you have time to slack off, Daniel. You have homework to do. "Slacking off" is bad, but sometimes people admit to it: A: What did you do this weekend? B: I just kind of slacked off mostly. 8. be at a loose end 没事干, 闲得无事, 没什么事, 无所事事, 无聊了 informal (US also be at loose ends)
to have nothing to do. If you are at a loose end, you are bored because
you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you
want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose
ends. Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're at a loose end. If you find yourself at a loose end, you could always clean the bathroom. 9. goof around to spend your time behaving in a silly way. They just goof around, roll around on the floor and fight. goof off 磨洋工, 无所事事 to avoid work to waste time. John is always goofing off. Quit goofing off and get to work! She spent most of the school day goofing off with her friends. goof-off One who shirks work or responsibility. Sheldon: Oh, baguettes. Yes, I like baguettes. What exactly are you doing? Amy: Determining baseline fear levels in capuchin monkeys by measuring their response to visual stimuli. Sheldon: So, goofing off. As I was saying, I'm done with work and Leonard's not. So good news, you get to take me home. Play your cards right 乖一点的话, 聪明一点的话, I'll let you drive me past the lot where the buses park at night. 10. But that still means a lot of people spending a lot of time twiddling their thumbs 无所事事, 发呆. 11. Reid and his girlfriend were attempting to cross the US-Canada border in upstate New York before the visa would expire at midnight on the 24th of April. But the border crossing took longer than the couple had anticipated, with Reid being held up with Canadian border patrol officers for hours. "As we approached the border, the people working border patrol started giving us a bit of a hard time," Reid's girlfriend Kancso said on the GoFundMe page created to raise funds for legal costs. "They spent hours asking us remedial questions ( giving or intended as a remedy or cure. "remedial surgery". provided or intended for children with learning difficulties. "remedial education". ) and giving us the run around 白跑腿(To delay, dodge, or frustrate (someone), especially by providing useless information or directions. They gave me the runaround when I called. I got a full tour of the facility by phone, but no answer to my question. ), with hours of dead time in between(dead time 无所事事的时间, 啥也不干, 无所进展, 什么也没有发生 I. Time in which someone or something is inactive or unable to act productively. time when there is little or no activity: Investors often treat bear markets as dead time, figuring that there's nothing to do until the economy improves. the dead time spent on aeroplanes and buses'. a. Physics The period after the recording of a particle or pulse when a detector is unable to record another.)." 12. diddle I. [intransitive] American 无所事事的. 百无聊赖的. to spend time doing something in a way that is not very serious. pass time aimlessly or unproductively. "I felt sorry for her, diddling around in her room while her friends were having a good time". 逗弄. 挑逗. That's
perfectly understandable. However there are still occasional a few bad
apples. She suspects that your impotent, alcoholic dad is diddling调戏 the maid. II. [transitive] to trick or cheat someone. cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something. "he thought he'd been diddled out of his change". He got diddled out of his inheritance. 13. mope [məup] 百无聊赖的, 无所事事的, 提不起精神的, 郁郁寡欢的 to feel bored or unhappy and show no interest in doing anything. Do you plan to sit and mope all day? mope about/ around to spend time somewhere with no particular purpose, feeling bored or unhappy. She spent the whole weekend moping around the house. mopey 情绪不高的, 兴致不高的 Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical. In the 1980s, liberals nursed the fear that we really might be dwelling in an irrelevant cul-de-sac outside of the majority American culture. That kept us sullen and mopey. moped [moupt] adj. 郁郁寡欢的, 忧郁的, 满脸愁容的.. Melancholy, dejected. it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […]. n. mo-ped = moped [ˈmou.ped]
电动自行车. A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor
and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. scooter: A mobility scooter, i.e. an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people. dejected 挫败的, 丧家犬似的 灰心丧气的.
Sad and dispirited. someone who is dejected has lost all their hope or
enthusiasm, especially because they have failed at something. They sat in silence, looking tired and dejected. down in the mouth 满脸悲哀的 (idiomatic) Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance. sullen
I. 阴郁的, 阴气沉沉的, 死气沉沉的. 没有生气的. 一脸不高兴的. 不爱讲话的. 不开心的. showing that you are
in an unhappy mood, and do not want to talk. a. used about someone's
expression or attitude. a sullen look. II. literary if the sky or weather is sullen, it is dark and unpleasant.
If Fights With Your Partner Turn Into Huge Blowouts On The Reg, Experts Suggest This: I used to be friends with a couple who I had to stop spending time with, because every time we all got together they would inevitably have a blowout fight — usually in public over something petty. The first few times it happened, I was shocked to see how quickly it escalated from bickering to raised voices and name calling. Over time, I came to almost expect it. Not great. Unsurprisingly, they eventually divorced because when fights with your partner always turn into huge blowouts, it's probably a pretty big red flag that there are deeper issues in the relationship. Relationship coach Brenda Della Casa agrees. "It's perfectly normal, even healthy, to have disagreements with your partner, but having blow-out fights showcases several concerning behaviors in a relationship: a lack of communication, respect and control over oneself being the most obvious," she tell Elite Daily. "Frequent blowouts can be a sign of communication issues in the relationship. Partners need to communicate. When something is wrong they need to discuss and not be afraid that the confrontation to the problem will end up in a blowout," she says. "If you are in a relationship where there is a blowout every time you try to have a discussion, that is an intrinsic 本质的, 固有的问题 problem in the communication style." So, if you suspect that you and your partner are falling into this pattern 形成惯例了, here's how the experts suggest breaking out of it. Do you equate the anger of a blow-up fight with passion? If so, the experts warn this is an unhealthy pattern in your relationship. "Many times, high drama and toxic habits such as yelling and stonewalling 不搭理, 不理, 不理人 are cloaked under the name of 'passion' and 'fire' when in reality there's never an excuse to treat your partner with disrespect," warns Della Casa. It's also not a fix for sexual issues in the relationship, says Dr. Feuereisen. "Some couples that have sexual problems describe make-up sex as the best sex in their relationship and that make-up sex always follows a blowup. The couple feels a great release of all they have been holding back that comes out in a huge blowout and then they cling to each other sexually," she explains. But the reality is that you may be doing harm to the relationship. "Blowouts can be abusive, you can say things you only mean at the moment but the hurt from the blowout can linger," says Dr. Feuereisen. Do you find that your fights always return to past grievances 旧事重提, only to escalate? Della Casa calls this type of a blowout "kitchen sink" fighting. "[It's] where one or both partners bring up old disagreements 提起王室 and take pot shots ( I. a criticism that is very unfair or that is made only to make someone look bad. To take a potshot at someone or something means to shoot at them without taking the time to aim carefully. II. A potshot is a criticism of someone that may be unexpected and unfair. ...Republicans taking potshots at the president. potshot 乱说一通, 乱骂, 胡乱批评 I. a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation: He was taking potshots at neighbourhood cats. II. a criticism. a criticism made without careful thought: Her opponent has taken potshots at her for not being tough enough. The recent criticism of his leadership has included potshots from several leading political journalists.), throwing 'everything but the kitchen sink' into the argument," she explains. But these kinds of fights can have a corrosive effect on the relationship. "This may feel good to the person throwing things around in the moment but it's not productive and can cause further damage," she warns. Next time you feel the fight heading into a more explosive place, Della Casa says it's time to take a break and calm down. "It"s important to remember that there is power in pausing. You don't have to address every grievance the moment it arises 当下解决, and taking time to cool off and think about what's really bothering you is a great way to ensure conversations stay on track. This is important, as being specific when having a disagreement helps to ensure clarity," she advises. Dr. Feuereisen suggests taking a moment to catch your breath, literally. "You need to learn to breathe and count to 10 or 20 before blowing up. If the issues and emotions are too hot, perhaps first communicate them in an email and ask for a time to discuss after work or in the morning, whatever time works best for both of you to be more calm," she advises.
