用法学习: 1. lot I. 一帮人. 一群人. 一伙人. You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September. We've just sacked one lot 一拨人 of builders. You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot. II. You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. She was given £20 and by Monday morning had spent the lot. III. Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. Sometimes you just have to accept your lot in life. someone's lot (in life) 命运 someone's general situation in life, especially when this is not very good. Miss Wilkinson was never satisfied with her lot in life. IV. A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights. parking lot. V. A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot. The two lots have made just over £5 million. to draw lots If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen. Two names were selected by drawing lots. For the first time in a World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third. to throw in your lot with someone 共命运, 同生死, 把命运交给, 生死与共, 把名托付给 If you throw in your lot with a particular person or group, you decide to work with them and support them from then on, whatever happens. He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups in parliament. 2. concoct [kənˈkɑkt] I. to invent a false explanation or false information, especially for a dishonest purpose. If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true. Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted 编造 the story to get a lighter sentence. II. 调制. 混调. (各种原料混合起来)调制 to produce something unusual by mixing things in a new way, especially a drink or meal. If you concoct something, especially something unusual, you make it by mixing several things together. Eugene was concocting Rossini Cocktails from champagne and pureed raspberries. ...a specially concocted massage oil. vocabulary: When you concoct something, you mix up different ingredients. If you want to become a mad scientist or a wizard, you'll have to learn how to concoct 混调 strange potions. If the word concoction makes you think of steaming caldrons or liquids bubbling in test tubes, you'll be amused to know that it comes from a Latin word for "digestion." Yum! On summer days, children sometimes concoct imaginative stews from grass, leaves and dirt. They may also concoct lies to explain why they tried feeding such concoctions to their little sister. purée [ˈpjʊəreɪ] 粥粥的, 稀粥的, 粘稠状的, 糊糊的, 糊状的 noun. food that has been mixed or crushed to form a thick smooth sauce. Puree is food which has been crushed or beaten so that it forms a thick, smooth liquid. ...a can of tomato puree. Push the potatoes through a sieve to make a puree. tomato purée. verb. If you puree food, you make it into a puree. Puree the apricots in a liquidiser until completely smooth. verdict [ˈvɜrdɪkt] 审理意见, 审判决定 I. an official judgment made in a court about whether someone is guilty of a crime. In a court of law, the verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial. The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict. Three judges will deliver their verdict in October. a unanimous verdict. reach a verdict: The jury took 16 hours to reach a verdict. return/deliver a verdict (=say whether someone is guilty or not): The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. return a verdict (of something) to say whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime in a court of law. return a verdict (of something) of: After several hours the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. a. an official judgment by an organization or person in authority. verdict of: The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. II. an opinion that you have or a decision that you make. "So, what's the verdict?" Anne asked cheerily. verdict on: His verdict on the lunch was "a disaster.". open verdict a court's decision stating that the cause of someone's death is officially not known. 3. NSW Police have set up a command post 临时指挥中心, 临时指挥部 ( a post at which the commander of a unit in the field receives orders and exercises command. the place from which military leaders and their officers control activities. A command post is a place from which a commander in the army controls and organizes their forces. ) on Heathcote Road at Menai, with riot and forensic officers combing bushland for clues. suffuse [səˈfjuːz] to spread over or through something. A warm glow suffused her body. Her cheeks were suffused with colour. a. If something, especially a colour or feeling, suffuses a person or thing, it gradually spreads over or through them. A dull red flush suffused 弥漫, 弥散, 扩散, 散开 Selby's face. b. If something such as a book, film, or piece of music is suffused with a quality, it is full of that quality. This book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour. Kingdon's broad experience 丰富的经历, as writer and scholar, suffuses 布满 this important book. Even those who had previously been less than enthusiastic about Swift projects were glowing 大加赞赏的. Folklore got some of the best reviews of Swift's entire career — Jon Caramancia's review in the New York Times, probably the most mixed, was still suffused with praise 满是赞誉. 4. 乐评: Folklore feels fresh, forward-thinking 超前的 and, most of all, honest. The glossy production she's lent on for the past half-decade is cast aside 扔一边儿, 抛一边儿 for simpler, softer melodies and wistful (wistful [ˈwɪstfəl] 无可奈何的, 依依不舍的, 舍不得的, 遗憾的, 不舍的
slightly sad because you want to have or to do something. Someone who
is wistful is rather sad because they want something and know that they
cannot have it. I
can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up. [+
about] He has a wistful look. 'I wish I had a little brother,' said
Daphne wistfully. I sensed her wistfulness when she talked about vacations her relatives took. a wistful expression/smile. a. used when you are thinking about something that made you happy in the past. Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days. vocabulary: Only one letter separates the two words, but "wishful" is having hope for something, and wistful is having sadness or melancholy about something. "Wist" isn't even a word that's used anymore, but you can still be wistful. People who appear wistful often show a longing for something or a look of serious reflection. One way to describe the adjective wistful is as the sad appearance of someone looking back and thinking "if only..." A thoughtful or pensive mood centered on something good in the past that is missed or something not so good in the present that could have been better "if only" something had gone differently — these things make for a wistful outlook. pensive 表情深沉的, 可能是苦思冥想的样子, 也可能是忧郁伤感的, 深沉的样子, 沉思的, 若有所思的 (look deep in thought) thinking in a quiet way, often with a serious expression on your face: She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive. He gazed pensively at the glass in front of him, lost in thought. Nicole looked pensive in the photo and captioned it: "What do you think I'm thinking in this photo?" sombre = somber [ˈsɒmbə(r) I. 沉重的. 严肃的. 肃静的. 肃杀的. serious, or sad. the sombre tone in her voice. Nouns frequently used with sombre air, atmosphere, moment, mood, occasion, scene, tone. If someone is sombre, they are serious or sad. The pair were in sombre mood. His expression became increasingly sombre. Unfortunately, this happy story finishes on a more sombre note. 'All the same, I wish he'd come back,' Martha said sombrely. She felt more sympathy for Neil's sombrely stolid manner than she ever had before. The death of Queen Victoria cast a sombre mood over the nation. II. 阴郁的. 阴沉的. 阴暗的. 暗色调的. dark in colour, especially grey or black. Sombre colours and places are dark and dull. ...a worried official in sombre black. It was a beautiful house, but it was dark and sombre and dead. vocabulary: See that person staring out the window who looks so sad and lost in thought? He is pensive, the opposite of cheery and carefree. If you've studied Spanish, you know that the verb pensar means "to think." If you're pensive, you might simply be thinking hard about something. Having no expression or maybe even frowning can be a result of being so engrossed in your thoughts — it might not reflect a melancholy attitude. Remember this the next time you're about to ask a pensive person, "What's wrong?" It could very well be nothing. ) instrumentation. hangnails 指甲倒刺: a painful piece of loose skin at the side of a nail. a piece of skin torn away from, but still attached to, the base or side of a fingernail. a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected. A hangnail is a tiny, torn piece of skin, more specifically eponychium or paronychium, next to a fingernail or toenail. 5. deterministic [dɪˌtərmɪnˈɪstɪk] 决定论的, 一切已经决定好了的, 一切已经安排好了的 adj believing that everything that happens must happen as it does and could not have happened any other way, or relating to this belief: It would be overly deterministic to say that if the party did change its leader, the new one would continue to make the same mistakes. using or believing in the idea that everything is caused by another event or action and so you are not free to choose what you do. Deterministic forces and factors cause things to happen in a way that cannot be changed. Genetics is probabilistic, not deterministic. ...a deterministic view of human progress. probabilistic [ˌprɒbəbəˈlɪstɪk] concerning the philosophical idea that people make decisions based on what is probably true, because no one can be completely certain about things. 5. anecdotal [ˌænɪkˈdəʊt(ə)l] I. Anecdotal evidence 口耳相传的, 听来的证据, 道听途说的证据 is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid. based on someone's personal experience or information rather than on facts that can be checked There is now anecdotal evidence that these chemicals are harmful. Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe have slipped. ...countless anecdotal reports. Scott Morrison on Thursday admitted there was "far too much anecdotal evidence that we've been receiving of PPE [personal protective equipment] — despite the training, despite the PPE being there — not being used the way it should". II. Anecdotal speech or writing is full of anecdotes or is based on anecdotes. Gray's book is anecdotal and entertaining. anecdote [ˈænɪkˌdəʊt] a story that you tell people about something interesting or funny that has happened to you. Joe kept us entertained with anecdotes about his friends. a. An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened. Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother. He has a talent for recollection and anecdote. b. Anecdotes are individual accounts of something that are not reliable evidence. The image of the fox as a pest is grossly exaggerated in anecdote 口耳相传的故事, 传说故事 and folklore. mark down I. to write something in order to have a record of it. Use this column to mark down how much each item costs. II. to reduce the price of something. They've marked down 降价 the shoes to £20 for this week only. III. EDUCATION to give a student a lower mark for their work for a particular reason. to reduce the price of something, usually in order to encourage people to buy it: Low consumer demand has forced us to mark down a wide range of goods, sometimes by as much as 30 percent. Shares in the electricity companies were marked down following the announcement of the new energy tax. mark someone down for something: They'll mark you down 压分, 给低分 for poor spelling. With teams now being sent into facilities to check PPE use, Morrison warned failure to comply with PPE (personal protection equipment) requirements would "lead to marking down" of accreditation. A warning that should have been loudly delivered much earlier. IV. to intend or plan that a particular thing should happen to someone or something. mark someone/something down for something: The museum has been marked down for closure. mark down as 被归类为, 被认为是 to decide that you think someone or something is a particular type of person or thing, especially when you first see them He was immediately marked down as a troublemaker. accreditation [əˌkredɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] official approval of an organization, worker, or course of study. accredit [əˈkredɪt] I. If an educational qualification or institution is accredited 通过认证, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard. to state officially that a person or organization is good enough to provide a particular type of service The university accredits a number of educational programmes in the area. This degree programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. ...an accredited college of Brunel University. This is the body responsible for the accreditation of MBA courses. II. If someone such as a diplomat or journalist is accredited to a particular job or place, they are officially recognized as having that job, or the right to be in that place. Foreign ambassadors who have been accredited to the Court of St James's will be invited. The organisations protested that the delegates they had chosen were not being accredited. ...fully accredited diplomats. Media representatives should arrive at the Press Centre by 11:40 to obtain accreditation. III. to believe that someone has a particular quality accredit something to someone: He clearly lacked the wisdom usually accredited to old people. 6. be slumped = to slump shoulders/head 耷拉肩, 垂头丧气, 灰心, 耷拉脑袋 if your shoulders or head slump or are slumped, they bend forward because you are unhappy, tired, or unconscious Her shoulders slumped and her eyes filled with tears. lovesick 单相思的, 相思成病的 = lovelorn [lʌvlɔːrn] ( longing, desiring, pining ) If you describe someone as lovesick, you mean that they are so in love with someone who does not love them, that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way. ...a lovesick boy consumed with self-pity. He was acting like a lovelorn teenager. be/feel slighted to feel insulted because someone has done or said something that shows that they think you are not important: Annie felt slighted because she hadn't been invited to the meeting. no love lost/little love lost If you say that there is no love lost between two people or groups or there is little love lost between them, you mean that they do not like each other at all. There was no love lost between the two men. 7. languish [ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ] I. 疲软. 走低. to fail to be successful or to improve. If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties. Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished. New products languish on the drawing board. Oil prices continue to languish at $10.79 a barrel. II. 受苦. 受罪. to remain in a difficult or unpleasant situation for a long time. If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation. Pollard continues to languish in prison. No one knows for certain how many refugees languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement. languish in: The children are languishing in orphanages waiting for adoption. anguish [ˈæŋɡwɪʃ] 难受, 痛苦 a feeling of great physical or emotional pain. Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain. A cry of anguish burst from her lips. Mark looked at him in anguish. The rejection filled him with anguish. rub off on someone 学会某人, 沾染上某人, 潜移默化的吸收 [of personal qualities, behaviour, opinions, etc.] to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present. to have an effect through close association. if a quality that someone has rubs off, it starts to affect another person so that they start to have that quality too. Hopefully her enthusiasm will rub off on the rest of the team. I was hoping some of his genius might rub off on them. Her sense of fun has rubbed off on her children. Let's hope some of his good luck rubs off on me! I like to think that our love of reading will rub off on our children. Note: Usually said about a quality, skill, condition, or interest. internalize 被洗脑, 同化, 归化 (认同, 认可, 并习以为常) I. make (attitudes or behavior) part of one's nature by learning or unconscious assimilation 潜移默化. Some women have really internalized 内心上认同, 内心里接受 the misogyny. II. Economics
incorporate (costs) as part of a pricing structure, especially social
costs resulting from the manufacture and use of a product. 8. Meghan Markle scolded by the palace over Harry necklace: "While she knew the aide had good intentions 是好意, the surreal 诡异的 experience of having someone from her boyfriend's office tell her what kind of jewelry to wear or not to smile at a photographer was too much," the extract reads, according to People. According to the authors, William was happy for his brother, but "just wanted to make sure that Harry wasn't blindsided by lust". But his younger brother allegedly took offence to the phrase "this girl", and interpreted it as "snobbish and condescending". It also claims Meghan and Kate's relationship had "struggled to move past distant politeness" for the whole two years Meghan was part of the family and that the Duchess of Cambridge "snubbed" the Sussexes at their final royal engagement.
long VS pine VS yearn VS crave VS pant for VS hanker after: feel [a] longing for something (渴望得到, 因得不到而伤心) If you feel longing or a longing for something, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much. He felt a longing for the familiar. Imelda spoke of her longing to return home. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood. pine noun. A pine tree or a pine is a tall tree which has very thin, sharp leaves and a fresh smell. Pine trees have leaves all year round. ...high mountains covered in pine trees. Pine is the wood of this tree. ...a big pine table. verb. pine for sb or sth (想某人在身边, 伤心某人不在身边, 想要某东西) to be very sad because you want to be with someone who you love, or want something that you do not have She pined for some excitement in her life. a. If you pine for someone 思念至极 who has died or gone away, you want them to be with you very much and feel sad because they are not there. When the family moved away, Polly pined for them. Make sure your pet won't pine while you're away. b. If you pine for something, you want it very much, especially when it is unlikely that you will be able to have it. I pine for the countryside. ...the democracy they have pined for since 1939. pine away to feel very sad because you cannot be with someone who you love. yearn for sth/to do sth 想得到, 想拥有(某人, 捉某东西) to want something a lot, especially something that you know you may not be able to have. If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much. He yearned for freedom. I yearned to be a movie actor. He yearned for her love. They were yearning to have a baby. pant
If you pant, you breathe quickly and loudly with your mouth open,
because you have been doing something energetic. to breathe very loudly
with your mouth open, for example when you have been running or
exercising. 'I can't go any further,' he panted. Louisa banged the door shut and leaned against it, panting. She climbed rapidly until she was panting 气喘吁吁, 喘不上气来 with the effort. pant for/after something to want something very much. to want someone or something very much: The newspapers are panting for details of the scandal. He came in panting for a cup of tea. crave [for] 渴望, 迫切得到, 迫切拿到 intransitive/transitive to want something very much and in a way that is very hard to control. If you crave something, you want to have it very much. There may be certain times of day when smokers crave their cigarette. You may be craving for some fresh air. ...a craving for sugar. ...her craving to be loved. He'd craved the attention of the older kids. Lewis still craves for the recognition he feels he lacks in America. II. transitive an old word used for asking for something in a polite way. I crave your pardon. hanker 极想, 非常想 If you hanker after something, you want it very much. to have a strong feeling of wanting something. hanker after/for: She had always hankered after thick curly hair. hanker to do something: He hankered to revisit his childhood home. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
Victoria Covid-19: Victoria's Thursday record figure of 723 new COVID cases — taking its total active cases to well over 5,000, and coming with further restrictions in regional areas — plunged that state into a new dark place. One federal official described it as a "hinge day". Morrison flagged discussion of tougher measures for the state. The Victorian Government's quarantine missteps 失误 and tracing inadequacies let the virus loose, and continuing failures in contact tracing are creating problems for its containment. Other states have more robust protections but they're all jumpy 焦虑的, 紧张不安的 ( I. informal nervous. If you are jumpy, you are nervous or worried about something. I told myself not to be so jumpy. When he spoke his voice was jumpy. II. a jumpy image or sound keeps moving or being interrupted. ). NSW, dealing with a limited but potentially explosive number of cases, remains on tenterhooks ( on tenterhooks 焦虑不安的, 不确定的 nervous because you do not know what is going to happen. If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous and excited because you are wondering what is going to happen in a particular situation. He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job. We were all on tenterhooks waiting for her answer. ), despite Morrison's confidence that state has the situation under control and Premier Berejiklian's desire not to flatten economic activity. Gladys was "constantly anxious," the PM noted, in a massive understatement. Political leaders' nerves are stretched taut ( taut [tɔːt] I. stretched tight. Check that the rope is taut before climbing. a. a taut body 结实的身材 is firm with strong muscles and little fat. taut muscles/legs. II. used about something such as a voice or expression that shows someone is nervous or angry. a taut 紧绷的 reply. ), arguably even more so than early on. They're exhausted, and less patient with each other. Federal-Victorian angst broke out this week over aged care, as did sniping between Canberra and Perth about Western Australia's refusal to open its border. The Victorian wave was even showing up "on things like table bookings at restaurants and in states that aren't affected by COVID in the same way that Victoria [is]", he said. A friend just returned from Queensland backs up this point 支持这种说法, 支持这种观点, having heard stories of how Victorian bad news is hurting trade in Brisbane shops. Victoria has derailed Morrison's hope, indeed expectation, that economic recovery would be centre stage by now. In his mind, we'd be going about our business with the virus contained, a few periodic outbreaks efficiently handled. Instead we see how COVID, once it breaks out, can dash away 一骑绝尘. Already it has rendered last week's revised budget numbers out of date. Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy told the Senate's COVID committee on Thursday the Victorian situation had deteriorated since the Treasury did its figures (which took account of 计入, 考虑进来 the six-week lockdown). Morrison's mantra is of dual health and economic crises, but in the public's mind the health one will command priority. This goes back to the sustainability of the Morrison "aggressive suppression" strategy. The PM continues to reject an elimination strategy although he does now talk about a goal of zero community transmission, which on the New Zealand interpretation is elimination. Six of the eight jurisdictions are at or close to this position.
Who Will Be The First Popstar To Actually Take Accountability For Their Fanbase? When she sent her Twitter private, they publicly crowed 公开欢呼 ( crow [krəʊ] I. [informal, disapproval] (贬义) 欢呼, 雀跃 If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory. We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead. II. If someone crows, they make happy sounds or say something happily. She was crowing with delight. 'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine. as the crow flies If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line. It was 150 miles inland from Boston as the crow flies. ) about the success of their bullying. This is now the norm 常态 for those targeted by toxic stans — there's no option but to ride out the wave of 等风声过去, 忍过去 ( ride a wave of something 趁势, 借...春风, 借机 (also ride the wave of something) to be helped by being connected to something attractive or interesting: The president was riding a wave of good feeling about the economy, but it didn't last long. The new president is riding (on) a wave of popularity. ) violence and cruelty. Twitter doesn't help. You can't block accounts fast enough. There is no way to send your account into lockdown mode except for going private, and far too often stans work their way around that restriction pretty quickly. Last weekend, when Music Junkee's journalist Joseph Earp found himself targeted by Louis Tomlinson stans who were incensed 激怒 by an article he wrote critical of the popstar, going private on Twitter only encouraged them to find his Instagram. When he went private on Instagram, the stans targeted Junkee socials. This is how stans work — they are tireless in their hatred, endlessly inventive in generating ways to cause pain. Nothing will stop these stans, who move en masse 集体出动, and are indiscriminate in their targets 不管是谁的 and virulent ( [ˈvɪrʊlənt] adj. I. medical 病势凶猛的. a virulent illness is very dangerous, and affects people very quickly. A virulent disease or poison is extremely powerful and dangerous. A very virulent form of the disease appeared in Belgium. ...a particularly virulent strain of the virus. an especially virulent form of malaria. II. mainly journalism virulent feelings or actions are extremely strong and angry. Virulent feelings or actions are extremely bitter and hostile. Now he faces virulent attacks from the Italian media. Friends spoke of 'a virulent personal campaign' being waged against him. The talk was virulently hostile to the leadership. virulent racism. vocabulary: A virulent 来势凶猛的, 传染性强的 disease is one that's infectious, spreading, and making lots of people sick, while a virulent rant 激烈的发作, 发脾气 is just a verbal attack, causing sickness of the emotional kind. Either way, something virulent puts a strain on the people who get it. Two meanings come out of the roots for virulent: "poisonous" and "spiteful." The virus-carrying meaning of virulent often gets combined with strain, such as in a "virulent strain of the flu." Those who aren't carrying disease but are still considered virulent most likely lash out at others with a biting tone. Unleashing acid-tongued 尖酸刻薄的 words on someone would be considered a virulent attack. ) in their hate — nothing except the intervention of the source of stans' affections, popstars themselves. Louis Tomlinson stans are notoriously aggressive, in no small part because 很大程度上因为 Tomlinson has historically 曾经以前 encouraged that hatred. When radio host Ash London lightly poked fun at the popstar and received an immediate backlash online, Tomlinson seemed to relish the bullying; spurred more on. He has never publicly apologised to London for the death threats she received, or even acknowledged the incident at all. And so his fans perpetuate that hate to this day. Music Junkee still receives tweets every week regarding the article we published about the incident. They feel justified in violently defending Tomlinson's honour because he has explicitly shown them that criticism does hurt him; that he is thin-skinned 脸皮薄的, 受不了攻击的. They don't care about being called out by articles like this one, or by other fandoms. Their hero, the source of their adoration, Louis Tomlinson, once gave them the thumbs up. Only he can undo that approval. And at present, he has limited reason to do so. Stans tar their heroes with an ugly brush( tar sb with the same brush 归为一类人 to think that someone has the same bad qualities as another person: Because they worked so closely in the same department, John was tarred with the same brush as Tim. if all the people or things in a group are tarred with the same brush 一丘之貉, 看做一类人, you think or say they are all bad because you know some of them are bad. If some people in a group behave badly and if people then wrongly think that all of the group is equally bad, you can say that the whole group is tarred with the same brush. Football supporters all get tarred with the same brush when there's trouble. pigeonhole [ˈpɪdʒ(ə)nˌhəʊl] verb. To pigeonhole someone or something means to decide that they belong to a particular class or category, often without considering all their qualities or characteristics. to decide that someone or something belongs to a particular type or group, especially without knowing much about them He felt they had pigeonholed him. noun. A pigeonhole is one of the sections in a frame on a wall where letters and messages can be left for someone, or one of the sections in a writing desk where you can keep documents. put someone/something into a pigeonhole 简单归类 to decide that someone or something belongs to a particular type or group, especially without knowing much about them. There's a tendency to put handsome young actors into a pigeonhole. tar and feather someone in the past, to cover someone with tar and feathers as a punishment. wiki: Tarring and feathering 浸猪笼似的惩罚 is a form of public humiliation and punishment used to enforce unofficial justice or revenge. It was used in feudal Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, as well as the early American frontier, mostly as a type of mob vengeance. The image of a tarred-and-feathered outlaw remains a metaphor for severe public criticism. be burnt at the stake 耻辱柱: Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in 1431. Emasculation is the removal of the penis and the testicles, the external male sex organs. Removal of the testicles alone is termed castration 阉割.
Emasculation was a form of punishment in Medieval Europe and sometimes
formed part of the process of being hanged, drawn and quartered. By
extension, the word has also come to mean to render a male less of a man, or to make a male feel less of a man by humiliation. This metaphorical usage of the word is much more common than the application of its literal meaning. It can also mean the reduction or removal of force behind a statute or legislation,
for example, "the Triennial Act was emasculated by the Cavalier
Parliament". The removal of male (pollen) parts of a plant, largely for controlled pollination and breeding purposes, is also called emasculation.), disembowelled( disembowel [ˌdɪsɪmˈbauəl] 开膛破肚, 挖空内脏 to kill someone by cutting open their stomach and removing their intestines. ), beheaded and quartered 斩首示众的, 五马分尸的 (chopped into four pieces). Their remains were often displayed in prominent places 示众 across the country, such as London Bridge. For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burned at the stake 烧死在耻辱柱上. ) — Tomlinson and Korean boyband BTS are both hurt by their association with teenagers who spend their time on the internet threatening to kill writers' pets, and dox 人肉 ( to publish personal information about (a person) on the internet. to publish personal details, home addresses and other information about people against their wishes, so they can be identified; based on the word 'docs', meaning documents. I've been doxxed on a popular forum, by one of the moderators no less. The forum owner doesn't care. Doxing or doxxing 人肉 (from dox, abbreviation of documents) is the Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting private or identifying information (especially personally identifying information) about an individual or organization. The methods employed to acquire this information include searching publicly available databases and social media websites (like Facebook), hacking, and social engineering. It is closely related to Internet vigilantism and hacktivism. Doxing may be carried out for various reasons, including to aid law enforcement, business analysis, risk analytics, extortion, coercion, inflicting harm, harassment, online shaming, and vigilante versions of justice.) critics. But the exact intensity and loyalty that leads these fans to spread hate is the same energy that gets singles up the charts. Stans can mobilise at the drop of a hat. They will flood internet polls to make sure their heroes win even meaningless competitions. They'll go to sleep with songs playing on mute in order to game the streaming charts. They will create thousands of fancams, DIY edits of their beloved popstars, and then spam those fancams in the mentions of anybody who even mentions their heroes. And yes, they can scare publications off from ever publishing a critical word about their heroes. Going through a stan dogpiling ( dogpile I. a disordered mass or heap of people, formed around an individual on whom others jump. The Warriors finished with a 10-7 win and a dogpile on the mound to celebrate the win. II. an occasion when someone is criticized aggressively and en masse. I was appalled by the attack and the ensuing media dogpile. verb. I. to jump on top of someone in a disorderly way. I was hit with a stick, dogpiled, punched in the head and held in jail all night. II. 群嘲. 围攻 to criticize someone aggressively and en masse. You're only dogpiling her because you disagree with her message. As a woman online it is even more challenging to be heard or taken seriously without getting dogpiled on.) is exhausting for everyone involved — mentally draining 费尽心神的, 费心费力的, 费神的, 耗费精力的, deeply upsetting. It's no surprise that some publications choose to avoid covering certain popstars at all, or only writing glowing praise about them. Any cruelty inflicted by a Taylor Swift fan is the responsibility of Taylor Swift herself. Accepting such cruelty because it sells novelty cardigans is no longer acceptable. Popstars have an imperative to stamp out 消除 hatred committed on their behalf. And they need to get to work stamping out that hatred right now. It won't take long. Popstars are, by their very nature, both rich and massively influential over their stans, and those two factors are all that is necessary to alter behaviour. Popstars need only hire one or two team members to monitor online standoms, detect surges 暴增 in hatred directed against individuals, and then publicly and immediately address that hatred through their own social accounts. Which is not to say that popstars need to stop journalists from ever being criticised. We're not advocating for a world in which journalists exist in a bubble, never held to account for their own writing. But there's clearly a line between acceptable criticism of journalists and what stans do, which is target, dox, threat and dogpile. And it's time for popstars to stop pretending their stans behave acceptably, when they so clearly don't. Imagine if, last weekend, Taylor Swift made a public tweet telling stans to stand down. And what's the downside? Fans wouldn't abandon Swift just because she encouraged them to give up on hatred. They'd still stream folklore, and buy the merch. They'd just be kinder and less aggressive. For too long, we have put up with the state of standoms; the ugliness; the death threats. No more. Change needs to come. And it's the popstars themselves who have to lead it.
Hydroxychloroquine returns as wedge (rift, schism, division) 隔阂, 分歧, 心结 between President Trump, health advisers: President Donald Trump's recent social media promotion of a video supporting hydroxychloroquine, despite both the National Institute of Health and the Food and Drug Administration already dismissing the antimalarial drug's efficacy ( efficacy [ˈefɪkəsi] 效果, 有效性 effectiveness in producing the result that you intended. If you talk about the efficacy of something, you are talking about its effectiveness and its ability to do what it is supposed to. Recent medical studies confirm the efficacy of a healthier lifestyle. The efficacy of the medical procedure has not been proven.) in treating COVID-19, has broadened the rift 分歧 between him and several of his top public health officials. The ongoing war of words 争吵, 争来吵去, 口舌之争, 打嘴仗, 口水仗( war of words a prolonged, often acrimonious, debate. serious or angry discussions about something that people disagree on, especially discussions that continue for a long time: The war of words over sanctions remains furious. Politicians in California, Illinois, and other states engaged in an escalating war of words. "the political war of words over tax". a situation in which two people or groups continuously criticize each other in public because they disagree seriously about something. a war of words a situation in which two people or groups of people argue or criticize each other because they strongly disagree about a particular issue A war of words has blown up over who is to blame for a confrontation between police and fans outside the venue. acrimonious [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs] 激烈的 an acrimonious situation is unpleasant because people feel angry towards each other. Acrimonious words or quarrels 吵得很凶 are bitter and angry. There followed an acrimonious debate. Our relationship ended acrimoniously. an acrimonious divorce ( amicable 和平的离婚, 和平分手). ) over the drug led the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to reiterate that the drug "is not effective 没有效果的, 没有用的" in treating the virus, while FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn recently lamented that 遗憾表示 it had become "politicized" in the midst of a pandemic. The video, which Twitter later removed for violating its "misinformation policy," showed a group of doctors downplaying the effectiveness 效果 of masks and lockdowns and praising the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine. Before that, in an interview with ABC News as part of its sweeping "20/20" investigation "American Catastrophe: How Did We Get Here?", Hahn acknowledged that the president's infatuation with the drug has "politicized" the government's response to the crisis. Hahn defended his agency's decision initially to grant 准许, 办法 an emergency use authorization (EUA) for hydroxychloroquine, noting that the government's move to do so was based "upon the available data at the time." Hahn added that as additional information emerged, his agency revoked 取消, 收回, 撤销 its EUA earlier this month. "Nothing other than the data and science goes into our decision about revocation," he said. In June, after finding that hydroxychloroquine "was very unlikely to be beneficial 有好处的, 有用的, 有效果的 to hospitalized patients with COVID-19," the National Institute of Health abandoned clinical trials of the drug. In its July 1 announcement revoking its emergency use authorization, the FDA warned that hydroxychloroquine can cause "heart rhythm problems and other safety issues, including blood and lymph system disorders, kidney injuries, and liver problems and failure" -- though it remains effective in treating malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. Even so, the president's advocacy of the drug has remained consistent. The president and his close political advisors have repeatedly come into conflict with 意见相左, 意见不一, 互相冲突 the administration's public health experts. This friction 摩擦, 纷争 reached a fever pitch 炽热状态, 火热状态 ( a state of extreme excitement. If something is at fever pitch, it is in an extremely active or excited state. Frances kept talking, her mind at fever pitch. Campaigning is reaching fever pitch for elections on November 6. Excitement at the stadium had reached/was at fever pitch. "the football crowd was at fever pitch". ) earlier this month when the president's trade advisor, Peter Navarro, penned an op-ed in USA Today critical of Fauci. The White House later distanced the president from Navarro's comments, and Trump himself said Navarro "shouldn't be doing that." Experts said the president's repeated support of the drug's prospects – and more broadly his tendency to politicize [pəˈlɪtɪsaɪz] science and medicine – despite significant evidence to the contrary has contributed to the government's muddled response ( muddled 糊涂了 adj. If someone is muddled, they are confused about something. not clear or effective. muddled thinking. I'm afraid I'm a little muddled. I'm not exactly sure where to begin. ...the muddled thinking of the Government's transport policy in recent years. muddle = muddle up I. to put things into an untidy state or the wrong order. His business files were muddled up 混在一起, 搅和在一起 with his personal files. The question muddles up three separate issues. He sometimes muddles me up with other patients. II. to think that someone or something is another person or thing as a result of a mistake. If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle 混淆 the two names. get someone/something muddled 搞混了: I know that I am getting my words muddled up. I'm sorry, but I get your names muddled. muddle through to succeed in doing something despite having no clear plan, method, or suitable equipment. muddleheaded 昏头昏脑的 resulting from a lack of clear thought. muddle-headed plans. muddle along = muddle on to continue to live or do something without having a clear idea of what you want to achieve. They're content to just muddle along. noun. If people or things are in a muddle, they are in a state of confusion or disorder. My thoughts are all in a muddle. We are going to get into a hopeless muddle. ...a general muddle of pencils and boxes. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay. ...domestic muddles and family tensions. ) to the crisis.
The outsider (limited series): A disgruntled 心怀不满的 Jack Hoskins is sent to join the investigation at the barn where the clothing was discovered. After wasting time, he shows up late to the empty barn, where he is attacked by an unseen apparition [ˌæpəˈrɪʃ(ə)n] ( I. 鬼影. Generally, an apparition is an instance of something's appearing, i.e. being seen. a strange image or creature that someone sees. An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. The patient recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen. ...these apparitions of the Virgin. II. humorous someone who looks very strange or unusual. ). Over the following days, he develops strange marks on his neck, and his behavior grows increasingly erratic. Ralph goes to Howie Salomon and Alec Pelley with the information he has gathered on the van and the Maitlands' trip to Dayton. They contact eccentric savant ( [sa'vɒnt] I. someone who has a lot of knowledge. A savant is a person of great learning or natural ability. The opinion of savants on the composition of the lunar surface. II. a person with learning difficulties who performs brilliantly at some specialized intellectual task. idiot savant 傻子天才 someone with a mental disability who has a special ability in a particular subject, for example in mathematics. wiki: Savant syndrome is a rare condition in which someone with significant mental disabilities demonstrates certain abilities far in excess of average 远超正常. The skills that savants excel at are generally related to memory. This may include rapid calculation, artistic ability, map making, or musical ability. Usually, only one exceptional skill is present. Those with the condition generally have a neurodevelopmental disorder such as autism spectrum disorder or have a brain injury. About half of cases are associated with autism, and these individuals may be known as "autistic savants". ) investigator Holly Gibney to backtrack 回追 Terry's movements during the trip. Holly and Ralph theorize that there is one killer who becomes a perfect doppelganger of various unassuming ( behaving in a quiet and pleasant way, without trying to appear better or more important than other people. If you describe a person or their behaviour as unassuming, you approve of them because they are quiet and do not try to appear important. He's a man of few words, very polite and unassuming. She has a gentle, unassuming manner. unprepossessing [ˌʌnpripəˈzesɪŋ] 不起眼的, 貌不惊人的, 外表普通的
not impressive or attractive. If you describe someone or something as
unprepossessing, you mean that they look rather plain or ordinary,
although they may have good or special qualities that are hidden. We found the tastiest food in the most unprepossessing bars and cafés. prepossessing [ˌpriːpəˈzesɪŋ] adj. creating a favourable impression; attractive. ) targets, carrying out the horrific crimes in the target's form, while the target is away. The doppelganger who committed the murder scratches a stranger before assuming their form (shape-shifting) 变身 and repeating the pattern in this new target's city. Caneles explains her belief to Holly that the perpetrator is a boogeyman [ˈbuːɡi] ( an imaginary man who frightens children, especially in children's stories. wiki: The Bogeyman ( [ˈbəʊɡimæn, ˈboʊɡi-]; also spelled boogeyman, bogyman, bogieman [ˈbəʊɡi], boogie monster or boogie man) is a type of mythical creature used by adults to frighten children into good behavior. The Bogeyman has no specific appearance, and conceptions vary drastically by household and culture, but is most commonly depicted as a masculine or androgynous monster that punishes children for misbehavior. The Bogeyman or a somewhat related creature can be found in every culture. Bogeymen may target a specific act or general misbehaviour, depending on what purpose needs serving, often based on a warning from the child's authority figure. The term "Bogeyman" is sometimes used as a non-specific personification or metonym for terror, and in some cases, the Devil. ) who feeds on the suffering of its victims and their families. In Dayton, Holly theorizes about the shape-shifting 会变身的(assume one's form) creature killing children. She visits the cemeteries of both Heath Hofstadter and his alleged victims, finding dilapidated ( [dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪtɪd] 废弃的. 荒废的. a dilapidated building, vehicle, or system is old and in bad condition. A building that is dilapidated is old and in a generally bad condition. The cotton mill was in a state of dilapidation. ) buildings nearby and photographing them. She believes that the creature would live in these buildings to feed on the suffering of those visiting the graves.
