用法学习: 1. tripe [traɪp] I. informal nonsense. You refer to something that someone has said or written as tripe when you think that it is silly and worthless. I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life. He said Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian have succeeded in "frightening the tripe out of people" as the states grapple to overcome the deadly disease. II. the stomach of a cow or a sheep eaten as food. ramble [ˈræmb(ə)l] I. to talk for a long time in a confused way, especially about other things instead of the subject that you should be talking about. If you say that a person rambles in their speech or writing, you mean they do not make much sense because they keep going off the subject in a confused way. Sometimes she spoke sensibly; sometimes she rambled. It would have been best written in a more concise way as it does tend to ramble. Kanye West broke down in tears and rambled at his first rally in South Carolina. As he continued his rambling speech 说废话, 废话连篇 inside the Exquis Event Center, West said that he did not care if 39-year-old Kardashian divorced him after his admission. II. to go for a long walk in the countryside for enjoyment talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way. If you ramble, you go on a long walk in the countryside. ...freedom to ramble across the moors. "Willy rambled on about Norman archways". 2. quarantine: During that time, Mr Goodwin said lewd acts, loud music and 'balcony hopping' were commonplace 司空见惯, 常有的事 despite formal warnings being issued by hotel management and police. "They were getting grog ( Grog is a drink made by mixing a strong spirit, such as rum or whisky, with water. ) brought into the place. They were having parties … there was a fair bit of stuff going on." "The people that were looking after us said, 'We've had people jumping from balconies, we've had people piddling on (piddle [ˈpɪd(ə)l] to urinate. piddle around 浪费时间, 消磨时间, 磨磨唧唧 to spend time doing things that are not important. To waste time idly or aimlessly. Almost always followed by "around." Stop piddling around and get to work! We were supposed to be working on our essays, but we just piddled around for most of the day. piddle [sth] away 浪费, 挥霍一空 to waste time, energy, or money. piddling. To waste or use up something recklessly, carelessly, or foolishly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "piddle" and "away." He piddled away his entire inheritance on drugs, gambling, and sports cars. We can't piddle our time away if we want to get this finished by the deadline! adj. 不值一提的. small, or not important. pathetically trivial; trifling. Piddling means small or unimportant. ...arguing over piddling amounts of money. "piddling little questions". In conversations with his advisors during the Vietnam War, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson referred to Vietnam as "a piddling piss-ant little country". ) the bloody people down the streets (below), partying and causing disruptions.' The claims come hot on the heels of Melbourne being thrust into its second lockdown following quarantine breaches at hotels in the city earlier this month. Following a spate of incidents, authorities resorted to issuing guests with a sternly-worded 措辞严厉的 letter urging occupants to stop 'engaging in antisocial behaviour.' But Mr Goodwin said the threats were to no avail 没有效果. "It was just a slap-happy 傻乐的, 傻笑的, 傻高兴的 ( 不负责任的. 没有责任心的. silly and not responsible. If you describe someone as slap-happy, you believe they are irresponsible and careless. ...a slap-happy kind of cook. ...a slap-happy ignorance of the danger. After two drinks he usually felt slaphappy. vocabulary: Someone who's confused or incoherent is slaphappy. Going without enough sleep for a couple of days will leave most people slaphappy. If you're feeling a bit like you've hit your head—dizzy and lightheaded—you're slaphappy. This informal word is perfect for describing the state when you're so exhausted that you start giggling 傻笑的. Slaphappy was first recorded in the 1930s, and it originally described someone who is "punch drunk," or "stupefied from repeated blows to the head," like a slaphappy boxer. giggly [ˈɡɪɡ(ə)li] 傻笑的 adj laughing a lot in a nervous, excited, or silly way. Someone who is giggly keeps laughing in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or drunk. Ray was very giggly and joking all the time. ...giggly girls. ) way of dealing with human beings if you ask me," he said. 3. posse [ˈpɑsi] I. American informal in the past, a group of ordinary men gathered together by a law officer to search for a criminal. After the end of her marriage, Parker moved back in with her mother and worked as a waitress in Dallas. One of her regular customers was postal worker Ted Hinton. In 1932, he joined the Dallas Sheriff's Department and eventually served as a member of the posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde. Parker briefly kept a diary early in 1929 when she was 18, in which she wrote of her loneliness, her impatience with life in Dallas, and her love of talking pictures. II. a group of people who are together in a place doing the same thing. A posse of reporters was waiting outside the courtroom. III. informal a group of friends. This word is mainly used by young people. vocabulary: A posse is group of people who help the police force when necessary. In a classic Western movie, when the sheriff gathers together a posse, its members usually work to find and arrest the bad guys. The classic image of a posse is from the Old West, of a group of armed cowboys on horses, in pursuit of an outlaw. Originally the term was posse comitatus, Latin meaning the force of the country. Today, the word posse is used most often to refer to a group of friends or people with some common interest, in a somewhat joking way, like your posse that gets together to hit all the garage sales together. Bonnie and Clyde: Their marriage was marred ( mar 破坏, 阻碍 to spoil something. To mar something means to spoil or damage it. A number of problems marred the smooth running of this event. That election was marred by massive cheating. The beauty of the bay was marred by tall concrete hotels. ) by his frequent absences brushes with the law 小犯罪行为, and it proved to be short lived. They never divorced, but their paths never crossed again after January 1929. In order to avoid hard labor in the fields, Barrow purposely ( [ˈpɜrpəsli] deliberately. If you do something purposely, you do it intentionally. They are purposely withholding information. Alice purposely left the door open. ) had his two toes chopped off by either him or another inmate in late January 1932. Because of this, he walked with a limp for the rest of his life. However, Barrow was set free six days after his intentional injury. Without his knowledge, Barrow's mother had successfully petitioned for his release. He was paroled on February 2, 1932 from Eastham as a hardened and bitter criminal. His sister Marie said, "Something awful sure must have happened to him in prison because he wasn't the same person when he got out." Fellow inmate Ralph Fults said that he watched Clyde "change from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake 响尾蛇 ( A rattlesnake is a poisonous American snake which can make a rattling noise with its tail. He had been bitten by a rattlesnake. )". In his post-Eastham career, Barrow robbed grocery stores and gas stations at a rate far outpacing 速度超过 速度远超 the ten or so bank robberies attributed to him and the Barrow Gang. His favorite weapon was the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). According to John Neal Phillips, Barrow's goal in life was not to gain fame or fortune from robbing banks but to seek revenge against the Texas prison system for the abuses that he suffered while serving time.Barrow was 20 years old, and Parker was 19. Parker was out of work and staying with a female friend to assist her during her recovery from a broken arm. Barrow dropped by the girl's house while Parker was in the kitchen making hot chocolate. Both were smitten 一见钟情 immediately; most historians believe that Parker joined Barrow because she had fallen in love with him. She remained his loyal companion as they carried out their many crimes and awaited the violent death which they viewed as inevitable. The brazen raid generated negative publicity for Texas, and Barrow seemed to have achieved what historian Phillips suggests was his overriding 压倒一切的, 高于一切的 goal: revenge on the Texas Department of Corrections. Barrow Gang member Joe Palmer shot Major Joe Crowson during his escape, and Crowson died a few days later in the hospital. This attack attracted the full power of the Texas and federal government to the manhunt for Barrow and Parker. As Crowson struggled for life, prison chief Lee Simmons reportedly promised him that all persons involved in the breakout would be hunted down and killed. All of them eventually were, except for Methvin, who preserved his life 保住一命 by setting up the ambush of Barrow and Parker. The Texas Department of Corrections contacted former Texas Ranger Captain Frank Hamer and persuaded him to hunt down the Barrow Gang. He was retired, but his commission had not expired. He accepted the assignment as a Texas Highway Patrol officer, secondarily assigned to the prison system as a special investigator, and given the specific task of taking down the Barrow Gang. Hamer was tall, burly, and taciturn ( taciturn [ˈtæsɪˌtɜrn] 默不作声的, 话少的, 不爱讲话的, 沉默寡言的 someone who is taciturn does not speak often and does not say very much. A taciturn person does not say very much and can seem unfriendly. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables. ), unimpressed by authority and driven by an "inflexible 宁折不弯的 adherence to right, or what he thinks is right." For 20 years, he had been feared and admired throughout Texas as "the walking embodiment of the 'One Riot, One Ranger' ethos". He "had acquired a formidable reputation as a result of several spectacular captures and the shooting of a number of Texas criminals". He was officially credited with 归到名下 53 kills, and suffered seventeen wounds. Prison boss Simmons always said publicly that Hamer had been his first choice, although there is evidence that he first approached two other Rangers, both of whom declined because they were reluctant to shoot a woman. Starting on February 10, Hamer became the constant shadow 摆脱不掉的尾巴, 影子 of Barrow and Parker, living out of his car, just a town or two behind them. Three of Hamer's four brothers were also Texas Rangers; brother Harrison was the best shot of the four, but Frank was considered the most tenacious [təˈneɪʃəs] 不轻易放弃的, 锲而不舍的 ( I. If you are tenacious, you are very determined and do not give up easily. She is very tenacious and will work hard and long to achieve objectives. He is regarded at the BBC as a tenacious and persistent interviewer. In spite of his illness, he clung tenaciously to his job. II. If you describe something such as an idea or belief as tenacious, you mean that it has a strong influence on people and is difficult to change or remove. ...a remarkably tenacious belief that was to dominate future theories of military strategy. ). Barrow and Methvin killed highway patrolmen H.D. Murphy and Edward Bryant Wheeler on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1934 at the intersection of Route 114 and Dove Road, near Grapevine, Texas (now Southlake). An eyewitness account said that Barrow and Parker fired the fatal shots, and this story got widespread coverage before it was discredited 证伪. Methvin later admitted that he fired the first shot, after assuming that Barrow wanted the officers killed; he also said that Parker approached the dying officers intending to help them, not to administer the coup de grâce ( A coup de grâce ([ˌkuːdə ˈɡrɑːs]) is a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person or animal. It may be a mercy killing of mortally wounded civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the sufferer's consent. ) as described by the discredited eyewitness. Barrow joined in, firing at Patrolman Murphy. It has long been assumed that Parker was asleep in the back seat when Methvin started shooting, and took no part in the assault. The surviving officers later testified that they had fired only fourteen rounds in the conflict; one hit Jones on the side, one struck 命中, 射中 Clyde but was deflected by his suitcoat button, and one grazed 擦到 Buck after ricocheting ( ricochet [ˈrɪkəˌʃeɪ] 反弹, 弹回来 if a moving object ricochets, it hits a surface at an angle and immediately moves away from it at a different angle. ricochet off: The ball ricocheted off a rock and hit him on the shoulder. And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake? Cursing my name, wishing I stayed. Look at how my tears ricochet. ) off a wall. 4. make waves 闹事, 兴风作浪, 挑起事端 informal to cause trouble; disturb the status quo 改变现状. to be very active so that other people notice you, often in a way that intentionally causes trouble. to cause problems by making suggestions or criticisms. The independent candidates are making waves in the election campaign. It's probably not a good idea to start making waves in your first week in a new job. rock the boat 打破现状 (idiomatic) To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention. to cause a disturbance in the existing situation. I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat. Tinseltown [ˈtɪnsltaʊn] 花花世界 DEROGATORY Hollywood, or the superficially glamorous world it represents. People sometimes refer to Hollywood as Tinseltown, especially when they want to show that they disapprove of it or when they are making fun of it. "temp agencies have become the method of choice for those who want to get a foot in Tinseltown's door". humblebrag 明贬实褒, 低调炫富 [informal, disapproval] an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud. "social media status updates are basically selfies, humblebrags, and rants". verb make an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement with the actual intention of drawing attention to something of which one is proud. If you humblebrag, you say something or write something on the internet that appears to be modest or critical of yourself, but is actually a way of boasting about your own success. "I don't know why they like my stupid book so much," he humblebrags. "she humblebragged about how 'awful' she looks without any make-up". 5. 隔离: More than 200 people who were meant to be isolating at home under strict coronavirus quarantine laws in Queensland are missing. Of those flouting the rules, 185 had given health officials false contact details, including addresses where they were alleged to have been isolating at. Police said 210 people remained unaccounted for 找不到人 and were wanted for questioning. If found, they are likely to face hefty fines 重罚 for breaking the stringent 严格的 stay-at-home laws in place to curb the spread of the virus. Police have stressed 强调到 that the number of people found to be doing the wrong thing was low, but said those who did not adhere to the strict stay-at-home rules 遵守规则 were putting the community at risk. Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers said those disappearing from self-quarantine who are found to have given police false information, should be banned from the state. "What they've done is put our state at risk and not only the safety of our people but also the economy, it goes hand in hand 一荣俱荣, 一损俱损 so my view is, let's look at changing legislation and deport them to New South Wales, they don't deserve to be here," Mr Leavers said. He said he doesn't envisage a taskforce will be created to track down those who are missing, but if police do find them, they should be forced to leave Queensland. 6. Trump first briefing on virus since April: In his first formal coronavirus briefing since April, US President Donald Trump stuck to a prepared script, urged Americans to wear masks and warned that things would "get worse before they get better". In other words, he treated COVID-19, which has killed more than 140,000 Americans, like a threat. It's a long cry from 一百八十度大转弯, 大不同, 大不一样 his comments just two days ago, when he compared climbing case numbers to "little embers" rather than, say, a forest fire. "We have embers and fires and big fires," he backpedalled (backflip) in today's briefing. "As one family, we mourn every precious life that's been lost. I pledge in their honour that we will develop a vaccine, and we will defeat the virus. This is hardly the first time the President has backflipped (backpedal) on his stance 立场大改变 since the start of the US outbreak. His latest comments end a three-month period of insisting life is back to normal, but they still leave plenty of ammo 吐槽点 ( ammunition [ˌæmjʊˈnɪʃ(ə)n] I. bullets, bombs etc that can be fired from a weapon. a stockpile of guns and ammunition. II. facts or evidence that can be used against someone in an argument. The recent news report provided more ammunition for opponents of GM foods. You can describe information that you can use against someone in an argument or discussion as ammunition. The improved trade figures have given the government fresh ammunition.) for his critics. Unlike the previous briefings, the 27 minutes of guidance came from Trump and Trump alone, as the medical experts on the White House's Coronavirus Task Force stayed outside the briefing room. That left no-one but the President to dole out the statistics, facts and scientific reasoning behind his points. Perhaps the briefing was meant to reassure 宽慰, 放宽心 the portion of the public that's panicked. But health experts have warned such comments also run the risk of lulling ( lull [lʌl] verb. I. to make someone relaxed enough to sleep. The sound of rain falling soon lulled him to sleep. If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy. The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze. Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep. II. 放松警惕. 错误的认为. to make someone feel relaxed or confident so that they are not prepared for anything unpleasant. If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe. It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security. I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter. Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever. Their reports lulled us into a false sense of security. the calm/lull before the storm a quiet time just before problems start. noun. a quiet period during a very active or violent situation. A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement. There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president. ...a lull in the conversation. a lull in the fighting. a. 沉寂. a situation in which there is not enough success or activity. The award helped the British music scene out of its lull. ) those who are weary of coronavirus restrictions into a false sense of security. Though he said a return to lockdowns would be "unfeasible [ˈfizəb(ə)l] (practical, pragmatic. feasance [ˈfiːzəns] the execution of an action, condition or obligation. malfeasance [ˌmælˈfiz(ə)ns] 违法行为, 犯法行为 illegal actions. the doing of a wrongful or illegal act, esp by a public official. misfeasance [mɪsˈfiːzəns] 行为不端 the improper performance of an act that is lawful in itself. nonfeasance [ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns] 渎职行为 a failure to act when under an obligation to do so. )" at this stage, Trump encouraged social distancing, hand-washing and general vigilance. He pleaded with young Americans, who appear to be driving the outbreaks in the southern states, to stop attending bars and gatherings. Even while Trump managed to stay somewhat on-message ( (of a politician) stating the official party line. (of a politician) saying things in public that support the official ideas of his or her political party. a politician who is on-message says things that are in agreement with the ideas of his or her political party, especially when it appears that he or she is not thinking enough about these ideas The candidate is clearly on message with the party leadership. off message 脱离党的路线 (of a politician) saying things in public that are different from the official ideas of his or her political party: He was criticized severely by party leaders for going off message during the debate. ) when it came to coronavirus, he still bestowed his good wishes on Ghislaine Maxwell, the former partner of disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. "I don't know, I haven't really been following it too much. I just wish her well, frankly," Trump responded when asked about the charges she faces of transporting minors for illegal sexual acts. Plenty have speculated that Trump's motivation for resuming the briefings involves rescuing his sagging 颓势 poll numbers. And with the Trump campaign still reeling from an embarrassing turnout in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it's clear the virus has prohibitively diminished the ability ( prohibitive I. a prohibitive cost or price prevents people from buying something because it is too expensive. If the cost of something is prohibitive, it is so high that many people cannot afford it. The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive. ...the prohibitive prices charged for seats at the opera. Meat and butter were prohibitively expensive. The cost of conversion to western technology would be prohibitive. II. limiting something, or preventing something from being done. prohibitive laws.) to hold rallies, Trump's signature campaign tool. 7. 泄密事件: Next, the NSA did an internal audit 内部调查, confirming that Winner was one of six workers who had accessed the particular documents on its classified system, but only Winner's computer had been in contact with The Intercept using a personal email account. On June 3, the FBI obtained a warrant to search Winner's electronic devices, and she was arrested. Both journalists and security experts have suggested that The Intercept's handling of the reporting, which included publishing the documents unredacted and including the printer tracking dots, was used to identify Winner as the leaker. Concerns were raised that The Intercept's sloppy 不专业的, 不认真负责的, 马虎的 handling of the material exposed her as the source and contributed to her arrest. Twice denied bail, Winner was held at the Lincoln County Jail in Lincolnton, Georgia. On August 23, 2018, Winner was sentenced to five years and three months in prison as part of a plea deal. As of May 2019, she is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Ft. Worth, Texas. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, called on the public to support Winner, offering a $10,000 reward for information about a reporter for The Intercept who had allegedly helped the U.S. government identify Winner as the leaker. Assange wrote on Twitter that "Winner is no Clapper or Petraeus with 'elite immunity'. She's a young woman against the wall ( up against the wall In a difficult or troubling situation in which one's options or ability to act are limited or constrained. I just feel like I'm up against a wall with all these creditors breathing down my neck. Sometimes, the most innovative solutions come to us when we're up against a wall. have your back to/against the wall to have very serious problems that limit the ways in which you can act: He owes money to everyone - he really has his back to the wall now. ) for talking to the press." On August 24, President Trump tweeted: "Ex-NSA contractor to spend 63 months in jail over 'classified' information. Gee, this is 'small potatoes' compared to what Hillary Clinton did! So unfair Jeff, Double Standard." Winner expressed appreciation for his support, saying, "I can't thank him enough." On August 31, Winner said she will ask Trump for clemency [ˈklemənsi] 仁慈, 宽容 ( a decision not to punish someone severely, made by someone in a position of authority. grant someone clemency: Three hundred people have been granted clemency for their crimes, if they accept deportation. clement [ˈklemənt] I. clement weather 不冷不热的, 正好的, 冷热正好的, 冷热适度的 is pleasant because it is neither very hot nor very cold. inclement weather is bad, usually because it is wet, cold, or windy. II. 宽容的. 仁慈的. forgiving someone who has done something wrong although you have the power to punish them severely. ) as a result of his tweet, and that her legal team was already working on her pardon application. On April 24, 2020, a federal judge rejected Winner's request to commute the remaining 19 months of her 63-month sentence and be released to home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner's lawyer argued that her history of respiratory illness and immune system compromised by bulimia [bʊˈlɪmiə] 强制呕吐(以减肥) ( a serious sickness in which a person makes himself or herself vomit after eating in order to control his or her weight. ) makes her highly vulnerable to the virus. Two inmates had tested positive before being transferred to the federal medical center where (under the terms of her June 2018 guilty plea agreement) Winner is housed to meet her special needs; they were immediately quarantined and never entered the general population. The government insisted that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) "has taken aggressive action to mitigate the danger and is taking careful steps to protect inmates' and BOP staff members' health." The judge found that Winner did not exhaust her administrative remedies through the BOP, which he held has sole authority to grant her compassionate release. 8. A review of that incident "revealed a lack of clarity for [officers] regarding the lawfulness = legality [liˈɡæləti] 合法性 ( Questions over the legality of the searches - all targeting drugs - was a "recurring" issue, the report said. ) of such a request", the report said. It has added to public scrutiny of searching practices and calls for reforms. In one instance in January 2019, police strip-searched two young women outside a Sydney casino - one was asked by an officer to remove her tampon. That prompted 引发了 a review of other cases where complaints had been made and no drugs had been found. In another case, a young performer at the Secret Garden festival was ordered to pull down her underwear and bend over before being spoken to unprofessionally and laughed at by male officers, the report said. A woman strip-searched at another festival was made to squat and cough and wasn't given adequate privacy. 9. 澳元the surging Australian dollar: It started the year off trading for around 70 US cents. Between January and late February, it slid 下滑 slightly, going down to around 66 US cents. But then, the March coronavirus market crash came, and our dollar was obliterated ( obliterate [əˈblɪtəˌreɪt] I. to destroy something completely. If something obliterates an object or place, it destroys it completely. Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over. Whole villages were obliterated by fire. ...the obliteration of three isolated rainforests. The bombing raid has obliterated whole villages. II. to cover something completely so that you cannot see it. The park had been obliterated beneath a layer of snow. III. to get rid of a memory, thought, or feeling from your mind. If you obliterate something such as a memory, emotion, or thought, you remove it completely from your mind. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him. He tried to obliterate all thoughts of Mary from his mind. ), first falling below 60 US cents and bottoming out at 55.1 US cents on 19 March. It was the first time since 2002 that our dollar had sunk to these levels. 10. prospect noun. [ˈprɒspekt] verb. [prəˈspekt] I. countable/ uncountable 前景. 可能性. (attractive, bleak, bright, daunting, exciting, gloomy, grim, inviting 喜人的, terrifying) the possibility that something will happen, especially something good. Someone's prospects are their chances of being successful, especially in their career. I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects. ...a detailed review of the company's prospects. prospect for: The prospects for employment in the technology sector are especially good right now. prospect of: Doctors say there is little prospect of any improvement in his condition. in prospect (=expected or being considered): We have an exciting game in prospect 近在眼前. II. singular something that you expect or know is going to happen in the future, or the thought of this. A particular prospect is something that you expect or know is going to happen. They now face the prospect of having to wear a cycling helmet by law. After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect. Spending a week at his cousin's ranch was an exciting prospect. prospect of: Her heart sank at the prospect of introducing him to her family. III. prospects plural chances of success, especially in a job or career. Your employment prospects would be much better if you went to college. IV. countable a person who has a good chance of success. If there is some prospect of something happening, there is a possibility that it will happen. Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered. The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter. There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament. Sean is one of our brightest young prospects. V. countable business a possible or likely customer. She's been on the phone all day calling various new prospects. VI. countable usually singular formal a view of a wide area of land or water, especially from a high place. From the hill we had an excellent prospect of the river valley below. prospect noun. [ˈprɒspekt] verb. [prəˈspekt] verb. When people prospect for oil, gold, or some other valuable substance, they look for it in the ground or under the sea. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal. In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here. He was involved in oil, zinc and lead prospecting. The discovery of gold brought a flood of prospectors into the Territories. protest [prəˈtest, ˈproʊˌtest] verb I. intransitive/transitive to disagree strongly with something, often by making a formal statement or taking action in public. students marching to protest the war. protest against: Workers are protesting against high unemployment and inflation. II. transitive to try to make other people believe that something is true. To this day she still protests her innocence. protest that: He protested that he had no knowledge of their criminal activities. Bamber protested his innocence throughout 自称无辜, although his extended family remained convinced of his guilt. protest [ˈproʊˌtest] noun I. countable/ uncountable a strong complaint or disagreement. protest at/against: The organization has made a formal protest against the nuclear testing. in protest 作为抗议: She resigned in protest against the company's unfair policies. without protest 没有抗争: He left the building without protest after the police arrived. raise/provoke a storm of protest 引发抗议, 引起抗议: The decision raised a storm of protest 如潮的抗议 among farmers and agricultural workers. II. countable something such as a meeting or public statement by people who strongly disagree with a policy, law, etc. peaceful protests against the war. Students will hold a protest this weekend at the federal building. under protest if you do something under protest, you say that you do not think it is right or fair. The office admitted that they had approved the budget under protest. 11. plank noun I. an important principle on which the activities of a group, especially a political group, are based: Educational reform was one of the main planks of their election campaign. The party's policy is based on five central planks. an important aspect of something, on which it is based the main/central plank of someone's policy/argument/programme 重要支撑, 重要基石, 重要支柱: Spending cuts remain the main plank of the party's defence policy. White House Farm: A key issue was whether Bamber received a call from his father that night to say Sheila had "gone berserk" with a gun. Bamber said that he did, that he alerted police, and that Sheila fired the final shot while he and the officers were standing outside the house. It became a central plank of the prosecution's case that the father had made no such call, and that the only reason Bamber would have lied about it—indeed, the only way he could have known about the shootings when he alerted the police—was that he was the killer himself. II. an exercise in which you hold your body straight and parallel to the floor while resting on your toes and hands or elbows: Planks are very good for strengthening your core. III. a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for making floors: oak/concrete planks. a plank of wood. We used a plank to cross the ditch. sovereign [sɒvrɪn] adj. I. A sovereign state or country is independent and not under the authority of any other country. Lithuania and Armenia signed a treaty in Vilnius recognising each other as independent sovereign states. The Federation declared itself to be a sovereign republic. II. Sovereign is used to describe the person or institution that has the highest power in a country. Sovereign power will continue to lie with the Supreme People's Assembly. noun. A sovereign is a king, queen, or other royal ruler of a country. The British sovereign is also the head of the Church of England. backdrop I. A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed. II. The backdrop to an object or a scene is what you see behind it. everything that you can see behind the main thing you are looking at. The lake and mountains provided a dazzling backdrop for the ceremony. Leeds Castle will provide a dramatic backdrop to a fireworks display next Saturday. Light colours provide an effective backdrop for pictures or a mirror. III. The backdrop to an event is the general situation in which it happens. the situation or place in which something happens. Her new novel has 19th-century China as its backdrop. Negotiations were carried out against a backdrop of continued fighting. The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability 在...背景下. 12. orientation [ˌɔriənˈteɪʃ(ə)n]
I. If you talk about the orientation of an organization or country, you
are talking about the kinds of aims and interests it has. ...a marketing orientation. To a society which has lost its orientation 失去了方向 he has much to offer. The movement is liberal and social democratic in orientation. II. Someone's orientation is their basic beliefs or preferences. ...legislation that would have made discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal. III. Orientation is basic information or training that is given to people starting a new job, school, or course. They give their new employees a day or two of perfunctory orientation. ...a one-day orientation session. IV. The orientation of a structure or object is the direction it faces. Farnese had the orientation 朝向 of the church changed so that the front would face a square. perfunctory [pərˈfʌŋkt(ə)ri] adj. 心不在焉的, 简单的, 随随便便的, 满不在乎的, 不在意的 A perfunctory action is done quickly and carelessly, and shows a lack of interest in what you are doing. She gave the list only a perfunctory glance 不认真的, 随便扫了一眼, 简单看了一眼(a cursory glance). ...a perfunctory handshake. Our interest was purely perfunctory. Melina was perfunctorily introduced to the men. done without much effort or interest. Officers made a perfunctory search of the room. She gave her mother a perfunctory kiss on the cheek. vocabulary: Perfunctory means done as part of a routine or duty 兴趣了了的, 只是习惯性的, 不经心的. If you give someone a gift and they look at it like it's roadkill and say nothing but a perfunctory "thank you," you might not be giving them another one anytime soon. (roadkill = road kill 路上被压死的小动物 an animal or bird that has been killed by a vehicle and is lying in the road. Roadkill is the remains of an animal or animals that have been killed on the road by cars or other vehicles. On average, two crocodiles a year end up as road kill on Florida's Highway 1. I don't feel good about seeing roadkill. ) A person who does something in a perfunctory way shows little enthusiasm or interest in what they are doing. Many of our everyday greetings are perfunctory. For example, when we say "Hello" and "How are you?", we usually do so out of habit. Perfunctory is from Latin perfunctus, from perfungi, "to get through with, perform," formed from the Latin prefix per-, "completely," plus fungi, "to perform." front 前面挨着 A building or an area of land that fronts a particular place or fronts onto it is next to it and faces it. if an area or building fronts something or fronts on or onto it, it has that thing at the front of it. The theater is housed in a large building fronting Canning Street. The estate fronts onto the bay. ...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center. There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement. ...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds. face I. transitive to be opposite someone or something so that your face or front is toward them. The two men faced each other across the table. I turned to face the sun. a. intransitive/ transitive if something faces in a particular direction 面向, 朝向, its front is pointing or turned in that direction. face onto/toward/away from: The building faces onto a busy road. face upward/ downward/ inward/ outward: Keep your hands by your sides with the palms facing inward. face north/south etc.: My dining room faces north. II. transitive if you face a problem, or if it faces you, it is likely or certain to happen and you have to deal with it. The family is behind with the rent 拖欠 and now faces eviction. How to combine a career and children is a dilemma facing many women. 区别: face something 马上就要来临的 sth. be faced with sth 面对着这样的一个问题, 这样一个困难. face someone with something 有对峙的意思to present evidence of something to someone. Confront. When he was faced with the evidence, he admitted it. When I faced him with the evidence, he confessed immediately. The police faced Max with the witness's story. The CEO was faced with the problem of bringing the bankrupt firm back to profitability. face something with something to install something on the surface of something. We faced the kitchen walls with yellow tile. The wall was faced with tile. be faced with/by something (confront) (用证据, 事实等对质) 被迫面对: To force someone to confront or deal with something or someone. Used chiefly in the passive: When I'm faced with a problem, I ask my parents for advice. The country is now faced with the prospect of war. face doing something 面临着一个问题, 一个挑战: Many of the shipyard workers face losing their jobs. Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, facing an election 面临着选举, is slamming shut her border to people from greater Sydney, on the grounds of "more cases of community transmission spreading across a wider area" of the NSW capital. III. face up to 接受, 面对, 直面 transitive to accept that a bad situation exists and try to deal with it. We have to face the reality that, so far, the treaty has had little effect. I decided I must face up to the truth. face (up to) the fact that: She had to face the fact that she still missed him. IV. transitive to talk to someone or to deal with someone although this is difficult or embarrassing. I'll never be able to face her again after what happened. V. transitive to have to compete against a person or team. The Bruins face 面对的是 the Flyers in the playoffs. face off 面对面竞争, 直接面对
I. to fight, argue, or compete with someone, or to get into a position in
which you are ready to do this. To confront (each other). The two candidates will face off in a televised debate on Friday. II. if people or groups face off, they compete or fight with each other Soldiers and protesters faced off during riots. III. to begin a game of hockey The teams face off at 3 o'clock. face-off 面对面的对打, 面对面的争论 informal especially American English
a fight or argument. A face-off is an argument or conflict that is
intended to settle a dispute. A face-to-face confrontation, especially a
bitter one. A face-off between Congress and the White House appears to be in the making. a face-off between police and rioters. fight off I. to defend oneself against (someone or something) by fighting or struggling. II. to avoid being harmed or overcome by (someone or something) by fighting or struggling. They fought off the attack/attackers. I'm trying to fight off a cold. III. If you fight off something, for example an illness or an unpleasant feeling, you succeed in getting rid of it and in not letting it overcome you. Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection. All day she had fought off 压制, 打退 the impulse to phone Harry. IV. If you fight off someone who has attacked you, you fight with them, and succeed in making them go away or stop attacking you. The woman fought off 击退. 打退. the attacker. wipe the smile off sb's face 笑不出来了, 笑容消失 to make someone feel less happy or confident, especially someone who is annoying you because they think they are very clever: Tell him you saw Helena at the cinema with another guy - that should wipe the smile off his face! face the music to accept punishment or criticism for something you have done wrong. face facts used for saying that someone has to accept the truth, although it is unpleasant. When are these people going to face facts? face charges/counts (of something) 面临指控 to be accused officially of committing a crime He appeared in court facing two counts of theft. He faces charges of homicide and crimes against humanity. can't face something 受不了 to not want to do something because it is too difficult or unpleasant He couldn't face the housework, so he left it until the morning. can't face doing something: I just can't face attending another conference. 13. PR专家评Ellen事件: During a recent conversation with Fox News, Eric Schiffer, the chairman of Reputation Management Consultants spoke about these allegations and claimed, "Authenticity is king with celebrity brands and these continued leaks are lacerating ( lacerate [ˈlæsəˌreɪt] to make a deep cut in someone's flesh. If something lacerates your skin, it cuts it badly and deeply. Its claws lacerated his thighs. She was suffering from a badly lacerated hand. ) her credibility and mangling her capacity to continue to try to be positioned at a high moral ground 道德的制高点. It's celebrity brand suicide." shoehorn noun. A shoehorn is a piece of metal or plastic with a slight curve that you put in the back of your shoe so that your heel will go into the shoe easily. verb. If you shoehorn something into a tight place 强挤, 硬塞, you manage to get it in there even though it is difficult. Their cars are shoehorned into tiny spaces. I was shoehorning myself into my skin-tight ball gown. hand-me-downs 传下来的旧衣服, 二手衣服 clothes that have been worn by someone and then given to someone else in the same family. vassal [ˈvæs(ə)l] noun. I. someone in Europe during the Middle Ages who was loyal to a king who gave them a home and protection. In feudal society, a vassal was a man who gave military service to a lord, in return for which he was protected by the lord and received land to live on. II. a person or country that depends completely on, and is controlled by, another person or country. If you say that one country is a vassal of another, you mean that it is controlled by it. The question is whether the country is destined to end up as a vassal of its larger northern neighbour. Our nation risked becoming a total economic vassal of the mother country. vassal state 附属国, 附庸国 showing disapproval a term used by some Brexiters to refer to the UK if it stays in the customs union or single market during a transition period following departure from the EU. If we are just going to merely be a vassal state of the European Union, we are not really leaving the European Union. vocabulary: If this were Medieval Europe, you would probably be a vassal — like most everyone else. Vassals 雇佣工, 农奴 were people who worked the vast plots of land that were held by lords 地主, who though much fewer in number, held all the wealth and power. In days of yore ( of yore [jɔr] 旧时候 Of yore is used to refer to a period of time in the past. The images provoked strong surges of nostalgia for the days of yore. Suburbia is a sadder place than of yore. ), vassals pledged devotion to feudal lords, who were the landowners, in exchange for protection and use of the land—-called a fief( [fiːf] 佣田, 佣地 In former times, a fief was a piece of land given to someone by their lord, to whom they had a duty to provide particular services in return. ). Use vassal when referring to a servant, or anyone wholly dependent on another, or to describe a place that is controlled by one that is more powerful. For example, during World War II, Poland was a vassal of Germany. 14. innumerous [ɪˈnjuːm(ə)rəs] = Innumerable 无数的, 不计其数的, 数不清的 adj LITERARY too many to be counted (often used hyperbolically). Innumerable means very many, or too many to be counted. He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies. "the oft quoted statement has been repeated innumerous times". numerous [ˈnumərəs] 很多次的, 无数次的 existing in large numbers. He had numerous other duties apart from teaching. on numerous occasions: She has been seen here on numerous occasions. too numerous to mention 数不胜数的: I've made mistakes too numerous to mention. pull sb up on sth 说你, 数话, 数说 to tell someone that they have done something wrong. to criticize someone about something they are not doing well enough. Last week my five-year-old pulled me up on my spelling! She's always pulling me up for/on/over my bad spelling. bring/pull somebody up short make somebody stop what they are doing because something attracts their attention or because they suddenly realize something. to make someone unexpectedly stop in surprise and think The question pulled Rory up short. His criticism of my work pulled me up short, because I thought he was pleased with it. wear one's heart on one's sleeve = to be a open book If you wear your heart on your sleeve, you openly show your feelings or emotions rather than keeping them hidden. To be very transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotions. 15. 澳洲债务: Reserve Bank board member Ian Harper said the Commonwealth could borrow for 30 years at about 1%. "Can we expect the economy to grow faster than 1% per annum in nominal terms over a 30-year horizon" he asked rhetorically. "I would have thought that's a shoo-in 毫无疑问的事, 必然无疑的," he answered. If so, then the debt would be easily serviced. Consulting economist Rana Roy pointed out that public debt was "not an anomaly". It was an enduring and defining feature of the modern economy, providing an enduring and defining asset class, sovereign bonds 主权债券, which were in high demand. Paul Fritjers of the London School of Economics said he would normally support running up government debt for the sake of the economy, but could not support it being run up to support an economy the government itself had run down 搞砸, 搞垮. The government should wean the population off of its ( wean [win] to make a baby stop taking its mother's milk and start to eat solid food. When a baby or baby animal is weaned, its mother stops feeding it milk and starts giving it other food, especially solid food. The baby would be weaned and she would bring it home. When would be the best time to start weaning my baby? Phil took the labrador home and is weaning him off milk on to meat. Once weaned, the lambs may be put in pens. wean off = wean from 断奶 (wean someone off something) to make someone gradually stop depending on something that they like and have become used to, especially a drug or a bad habit. We're trying to wean ourselves off watching too much television. If you wean someone off a habit or something they like, you gradually make them stop doing it or liking it, especially when you think is bad for them. ...a need to wean the public off food imports from outside the EU. It has been good for him to be gradually weaned from depending on me. Children should be weaned off television. It's two years since I've seen Iain. I'm still trying to wean myself off him but it's hard. wean someone on something to make someone get used to something when they are young The daughter of a musician, she was weaned on classical music. ) "irrational fears" and letting "normal economic life return". 16. fudge I. transitive 篡改. to change the details of something, or to leave out information. If you fudge something, you avoid making a clear and definite decision, distinction, or statement about it. Both have fudged their calculations and avoided specifics. ...certain issues that can no longer be fudged. Journalists have always tended to fudge the facts. II. intransitive/transitive to avoid giving a clear decision or answer. People have accused us of fudging the issue.
partition VS section VS segment VS portion (divide, separate, segment, split up): 1. partition noun. A partition is a wall or screen that separates one part of a room or vehicle from another. ...new offices divided only by glass partitions. Her taxicab has a thick perspex partition between the passengers' seats and the driver. verb. If you partition 间隔, 隔开 a room, you separate one part of it from another by means of a partition. Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room. He sat on the two-seater sofa in the partitioned office. II. If a country is partitioned, 四分五裂. 瓜分 it is divided into two or more independent countries. Korea was partitioned in 1945. Britain was accused of trying to partition the country 'because of historic enmity'. The island has been partitioned since the mid-seventies. ...areas ruled by the Russian Tsar during Poland's period of partition. ...fighting which followed the partition of India. 2. segment noun. I. A segment of something is one part of it, considered separately from the rest. ...the poorer segments of society. ...the third segment of his journey. II. A segment of fruit 一瓣而 such as an orange or grapefruit is one of the sections into which it is easily divided. III. A segment of a circle is one of the two parts into which it is divided when you draw a straight line through it. IV. A segment of a market 一块市场, 市场分区 is one part of it, considered separately from the rest. Three-to-five day cruises are the fastest-growing segment of the market. Women's tennis is the market leader in a growing market segment–women's sports. VERB If a company segments 划区 a market, it divides it into separate parts, usually in order to improve marketing opportunities. The big multinational companies can segment the world markets into national ones. 3. section noun. A section of something is one of the parts into which it is divided or from which it is formed. He acknowledged that his family belonged to a section of society known as 'the idle rich'. They moulded a complete new bow section for the boat. ...a large orchestra, with a vast percussion section. ...the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. ...a geological section of a rock. II. A section of an official document such as a report, law, or constitution is one of the parts into which it is divided. ...section 14 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968. ...the all-important section on the powers of the federal government. III. A section is a diagram of something such as a building or a part of the body. It shows how the object would appear to you if it were cut from top to bottom and looked at from the side. For some buildings a vertical section is more informative than a plan. verb. If something is sectioned, it is divided into sections. It holds vegetables in place while they are being peeled or sectioned 切块 (slice, cube). section off 隔间, 隔开, 分隔 If an area is sectioned off, it is separated by a wall, fence, or other barrier from the surrounding area. The kitchen is sectioned off from the rest of the room by a half wall. 4. portion noun. I. A portion of something is a part of it. Damage was confined to a small portion of the castle. I have spent a fairly considerable portion of my life here. I had learnt a portion of the Koran. Insurance can represent a significant portion of the total price of a holiday. II. A portion is the amount of food that is given to one person at a meal. Desserts can be substituted by a portion of fresh fruit. The portions 一份饭 were generous. ...fish and chips at about £2.70 a portion. potion [poʊʃən] A potion is a drink that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers. helping I. A helping of food is the amount of it that you get in a single serving. She gave them extra helpings of ice-cream. II. You can refer to an amount of something, especially a quality, as a helping of that thing. It took a generous helping of entrepreneurial confidence to persevere during this incident.
骗, 欺骗: to pull the wool over someone's eyes If you say that someone is pulling the wool over your eyes, you mean that they are trying to deceive you, in order to have an advantage over you. Stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes! What were you two fighting about just now? to be taken for a ride If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated. to trick, cheat, or lie to someone. I found out I'd been taken for a ride by someone I really trusted. When he didn't return with my money, I realized I had been taken for a ride. put one over on sb to trick someone: He'd tried to put one over on the tax office and got found out. blow smoke = blows smoke in your face/eyes 说得云山雾罩的 to speak in a way that is intended to make someone confused or prevent them from getting an accurate idea of a situation. To intentionally mislead. I think they're blowing smoke about giving regular raises to their employees—I couldn't find any evidence to support that claim. Instead of really negotiating, they were just blowing smoke. blow smoke (up somebody's ass) 来虚的, 不说实话, 撒谎 (American English, slang) try to trick somebody or lie to somebody, particularly by saying that something is better than it really is: I won't blow smoke up your ass. Your product is OK but I've seen better. smoke and mirrors 骗术, 欺骗 Trickery, deception, or misdirection. The candidate has been accused of using smoke and mirrors during the debate to undermine the credibility of his opponent. Before computer generated effects, filmmakers had to use a lot of smoke and mirrors to make fantastic, unbelievable things look realistic in their movies. put sth across/over sb to cause a piece of false information to be believed by one or more people: You didn't manage to put that story over on the tax people, did you? have/put sb on 骗我的, 捉弄 to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke: That's your new car? You're having me on! She said she was planning to give her house to a charity for the homeless but I thought she was putting me on. reel sb/sth in 上当受骗, 上钩 to get control of something or someone, sometimes by offering something in exchange: The article offers tips on how computer users can avoid being reeled in by internet scams. bamboozle to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them: She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. string you along 玩得团团转, 牵着鼻子走 mislead someone deliberately over a length of time, especially about one's intentions. "she had no plans to marry him—she was just stringing him along" If you string someone along, you deceive them by letting them believe you have the same desires, beliefs, or hopes as them. The longer you string him along, the more hurt he will be when you dump him. run someone close 步步紧逼, 逼得很紧, 追得很紧 to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to. He got the job, but another applicant ran him close.
Debt and deficit go out the window as the reality of the coronavirus crisis hits home - Fiscal cliff becomes fiscal slope: As Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Matthias Cormann grimly 阴郁的 fronted 面对 a media pack in Canberra, fresh after releasing Treasury's latest tally of COVID-19's financial toll, they were peppered with 轮番轰炸 endless questions about how we will ever dig ourselves out of debt after all this Federal Government largesse = US largess [lɑrˈdʒes] ( 大方. 慷慨. 大手大脚. noun uncountable generous acts of giving presents or money to a large number of people. ...grateful recipients of their largesse. ...his most recent act of largesse. a. countable money or presents given to a large number of people. vocabulary: Largesse is extreme generosity. If your neighbors bring you an expensive watch from Switzerland because you fed their cat while they were traveling, thank them for their largesse. Though pronounced "lar JESS," the word largesse looks sort of like largeness. That's an easy way to remember what largesse means: think of it as largeness of spirit. Largesse can describe the generosity of someone giving gifts, or it can describe the gift itself. You could dispense largess by buying your brother a flashy car from your lottery winnings. ). They did their best for a while, with graphs and tables demonstrating our capacity to pay and how much stronger we are than almost every other country, until an exasperated 惹恼的, 激怒的 ( [ɪɡˈzæspəˌreɪtəd] extremely annoyed and impatient because things are not happening in the way that you want or people are not doing what you want them to do. ) Senator Cormann broke ranks ( break ranks I. if soldiers or police officers break ranks, they stop standing in lines and move away. II. if a member of a group breaks ranks, they disagree publicly with the rest of the group. if you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization. Even the President's staunchest supporters have some issues where they simply must break ranks. the decision to break ranks with other members of the European Union. Toricelli angered fellow Democrats by breaking ranks with the leadership.). "What was the alternative?" he barked, several times. It was a sobering moment that met a muted response. Exactly. There was, and is, no alternative. But that's the price you pay for spending decades indoctrinating ( indoctrinate [ɪnˈdɑktrɪˌneɪt] 灌输 to teach someone a set of beliefs so thoroughly that they do not accept any other ideas. If people are indoctrinated, they are taught a particular belief with the aim that they will reject other beliefs. They have been completely indoctrinated. I wouldn't say that she was trying to indoctrinate us. ...political indoctrination classes. vocabulary: If you indoctrinate someone, you teach that person a one-sided view of something and ignore or dismiss opinions that don't agree with your view. Cults, political entities, and even fans of particular sports teams are often said to indoctrinate their followers. If you indoctrinate someone, the goal is to have that person follow a particular set of beliefs (or a doctrine), rather than being able to think independently or know right from wrong. For example, a child may be indoctrinated into a life of violence by growing up in a war-torn region, or a student may be indoctrinated into a life as a Marxist by an influential political science professor. ) an electorate [ɪˈlekt(ə)rət] 选民 about ( all the people who are allowed to vote in an election. The electorate of a country or area is all the people in it who have the right to vote in an election. He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate. ...the Maltese electorate. a policy designed to appeal to all sections of the electorate. ) the absolute sanctity of surpluses [ˈsɜrpləs] and evils of deficits 赤字 [ˈdefəsɪt] ( sanctity [ˈsæŋktəti] I. the special importance that some things have, especially traditional institutions. If you talk about the sanctity 重要性 of something, you mean that it is very important and must be treated with respect. ...the sanctity of human life. He believed in Christian values and the sanctity of marriage. II. the quality of being holy or of having special religious importance. sanctuary [sæŋktʃuəri , US -tʃueri] I. A sanctuary is a place where people who are in danger from other people can go to be safe. His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war. II. Sanctuary is the safety provided in a sanctuary. Some of them have sought sanctuary in the church. III. A sanctuary is a place where birds or animals are protected and allowed to live freely. ...a bird sanctuary. ...a wildlife sanctuary. sacrosanct [ˈsækroʊˌsæŋkt] 神圣不可侵犯的 adj. I. considered too important to be changed or criticized. If you describe something as sacrosanct, you consider it to be special and are unwilling to see it criticized or changed. Freedom of the press is sacrosanct. ...weekend rest days were considered sacrosanct. II. very holy. unctuous [ˈʌŋktʃʊəs] 甜言蜜语的, 竟说好听话的 adj seeming to be interested, friendly, or full of praise, but in a way that is unpleasant because it is not sincere. If you describe someone as unctuous, you are critical of them because they seem to be full of praise, kindness, or interest, but are obviously insincere. ...the kind of unctuous tone that I've heard often at diplomatic parties. If you describe food or drink as unctuous, you mean that it is creamy or oily. Goose fat gives the most unctuous flavour but you can use chicken fat. ). But it won't be fixed by premature attempts to rein in the deficit and cut national debt. The surplus fetish needs to end. Forecasting is never easy. You only need to look at the rosy forecasts dished up by Treasury over the past decade. The Reserve Bank hasn't been any better. They've pretty much all been wrong. Wages growth has been set for an Apollo mission-style take-off every year in recent memory. Inflation, household income and, until recently, GDP were all on the cusp of returning to normal. Until they didn't, and the prediction was repurposed for the following period. The problem is always in the underlying assumptions. And this week's effort is likely to continue that trend. One assumption that appears entirely unrealistic is that international travel restrictions could well be eased by January. Let's just put aside the travails ( US [trəˈveɪl] UK [ˈtræveɪl] a very difficult situation, or a situation in which you must work very hard. You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems as travail. He did whatever he could to ease their travail. The team, despite their recent travails, are still in the game. ) in Victoria right now. Even if that hadn't taken place, given the second-wave virus outbreaks coursing through ( course through (something) 流过 To travel through something. The phrase is often used to describe the movement of liquids. To run, race, or flow rapidly through something. I believe, sometimes, that ice water courses through your veins. No, perfectly red blood courses through them. As soon as I stepped on the stage, I could feel the adrenaline coursing through my veins. ) North America and Europe and the escalation 升级, 恶化 of a first wave in Africa, what are the chances of open borders by the new year? First, it would allow a limited resumption of international tourism and the inflow of foreign students, our third-biggest export industry. Second, and more important, it would reinstate ( I. 官复原职 to give someone their previous job or position again. If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them. The governor is said to have agreed to reinstate five senior workers who were dismissed. The prime minister announced his resignation, but he is expected to be reinstated within a few days. He was fired and then reinstated three days later. II. to start using or having something such as a law or benefit again. To reinstate a law, facility, or practice means to start having it again. ...the decision to reinstate the grant. Her conviction was reinstated last month. The government voted against reinstating 恢复 the death penalty.) one of the biggest drivers of Australian economic growth: immigration. While we skite about 吹嘘 ( Australian, New Zealand Boast. 'she did it just so that she could skite about it' 'But having skited, it could hardly expect the hoi polloi to discern between true cash and pre-spent cash, or between capital and other spending commitments. ) our "miracle economy" and 28 years of uninterrupted growth, a large part of that has been down to simply adding more people to the population. The bigger your population, the bigger your economy. So, adding people equals growth. While immigration boosts the overall size and value of the economy, it doesn't necessarily make everyone better off. In fact, it can make us worse off, as this graph from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. The surplus obsession, coupled with the immigration-led growth model, has led to a decline in our productivity. Our cities have become ever more populated but the infrastructure investment hasn't been made to allow us to maintain our output as we waste time stuck in traffic jams or waiting for a bus that isn't full. There may never have been a better time for the Government to think about ramping up investment to modernise the nation. As the Treasurer pointed out, Australia has one of the lowest debt-to-GDP levels of any developed nation. That puts us in a unique position to cope with this crisis. But, despite all the rhetoric 说辞, we have not entered this global downturn from a position of strength. RBA governor Philip Lowe repeatedly urged the government to ramp up spending to boost the economy; pleas that were buried in the quest to achieve a balanced budget. With mass unemployment, little if any immigration and enormous household debt, it will be up to the Federal Government to help maintain household consumption which, in turn, will keep industry afloat and ultimately put the economy back on track. As the Europeans learned during the global financial crisis, austerity can turn an emergency into a disaster.
