用法学习: 1. hypeman 烘托的, 炒气氛的, 热场子的 (yesman 应声虫): A hype man, in hip hop music and rapping, is a backup rapper and/or singer who supports the primary rappers with exclamations and interjections and who attempts to increase the audience's excitement with call-and-response 一唱一和 chants. Music writer Mickey Hess expands the term as follows: "a hype man is a figure who plays a central but supporting role within a group, making his own interventions, generally aimed at hyping up the crowd while also drawing attention to the words of the MC". Discussing the role of the hype man in the book How to Rap, Royce da 5'9" describes how a hype man can contribute to a live performance: "a lot of my verses [can] be so constant with the flow [that] I'd need somebody to help me." A rapper named Lateef has stated, "You're gonna have to have somebody say something somewhere to give you a breath... usually it's just a matter of getting somebody to hit some line or some word in a line—that's all you really need." His or her job is also to keep the momentum going during the show, especially during the down times like wardrobe 换衣服 or set changes 换场景. Hype men usually work the side of the stage the MC isn't, yelling classic lines like "Throw ya hands in the air!" "All the ugly people be quiet!" "When I say_________, y'all say _________!" These call and response strategies to get the crowd motivated first originated in Hip-Hop back in the '80s by early hype men Creole and MC Cowboy from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The role took on a heavy work load during the show in the early days. Years later though, the job has become less demanding, often resulting in a small army of so-called hype men milling around the stage brandishing water bottles and towels. 2. congregate [ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt] 凑在一起, 三五成群的, 成群结队的, 聚在一块, 聚在一起, 凑群 gather into a crowd or mass. "some 4,000 demonstrators had congregated at a border point". When people congregate, they gather together and form a group. Youngsters love to congregate here in the evenings. Visitors congregated on Sunday afternoons to view public exhibitions. nonstory 不值一提的, 不算什么新闻, 凑数的新闻, 没有新闻价值的事情 a story of little interest, substance, or importance. The real puzzle was why such a non-story ever got broadcast. This sensationalised non-story merely reiterated what everyone knew. something that is not a story a nonstory. specifically an event or occurrence that is not newsworthy enough to be a news story with no clear plot. What had been an obscure Canadian nonstory, just another chapter in an endless saga of debate and dispute, suddenly had become world news. information that someone tries to pass on that is of no importance or of no interest to anyone: It all turned out to be a bit of a non-story. Why are they spending so much time spinning a non-story to the media? a man for all seasons 全活的. 无所不能的, 什么都会的 I. A man who is successful and talented in many areas. Harold is a talented writer, director, and actor. He's a man for all seasons. II. a man who is ready to cope with any contingency and whose behaviour is always appropriate to every occasion. III. 四季皆宜的. suitable in or appropriate for every kind of weather. "a coat for all seasons". IV. adaptable to any circumstance. "a singer for all seasons". thot [θɒt] = That hoe over there (thirsty hoes out there) 那个贱人, 那个荡妇 noun INFORMAL DEROGATORY I. a woman considered to be sexually provocative or promiscuous; a slut or whore. a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships. A thot is usually active on social media especially instagram and Snapchat. On instagram she can be found in pictures of her in the dog filter and is usually half naked. On Snapchat she is most likely posting videos of her obnoxiously lip syncing to rap songs, while playing with her hair, thinking she looks like Kylie Jenner. Probably wears Calvin Klein, Adidas and Nike hats. She has perfect eyeliner and contour and she seems like she doesn't care what anyone think's about her. She may come across as a fake, conceited, shallow dumb bitch, but deep down she is insecure and unfortunately the only way she gets confidence is by getting validation from men on social media by posting pictures showing off her figure and plastic face. Next time you see a thot be nicer to them, they still haven't developed fully yet. II. an offensive term for a young sexually active woman. The archetypical thot drinks cheap alcohol, eats Chipotle ... and shops at mall staple Aeropostale. 3. carline marshall 指挥交通 (车辆交通) (交通协管员, traffic marshall) is someone who directs traffic. lift verb. I. If you lift something, you move it to another position, especially upwards. The Colonel lifted 抬起. 举起. the phone and dialed his superior. She lifted the last of her drink to her lips. She put her arms around him and lifted him up. Curious shoppers lifted up their children to take a closer look at the parade. II. If you lift a part of your body, you move it to a higher position. Amy lifted her arm 抬起胳膊 to wave. 'Goodbye,' she called. She lifted her foot 抬脚 and squashed the wasp into the ground. Tom took his seat again and lifted his feet up on to the railing. The boys lifted up their legs, indicating they wanted to climb in. III. If you lift your eyes or your head 抬眼, 抬头, you look up, for example when you have been reading and someone comes into the room. When he finished he lifted his eyes and looked out the window. IV. If people in authority lift a law or rule 取消 that prevents people from doing something, they end it. The European Commission has urged France to lift its ban 取消禁令 on imports of British beef. V. If something lifts your spirits or your mood 提高兴致, 提高兴趣, or if they lift, you start feeling more cheerful. He used his incredible sense of humour to lift my spirits. A brisk walk in the fresh air can lift your mood and dissolve a winter depression. As soon as she heard the phone ring her spirits lifted. VI. If a government or organization lifts people or goods in or out of an area 运送, it transports them there by aircraft, especially when there is a war. The army lifted people off rooftops where they had climbed to escape the flooding. The helicopters are designed to quickly lift soldiers and equipment to the battlefield. VII. To lift something means to increase its amount or to increase the level or the rate at which it happens. The bank lifted 提高, 提升 its basic home loans rate to 10.99% from 10.75%. A barrage would halt the flow upstream and lift the water level. VIII. If fog, cloud, or mist lifts 云散开, 云开雾散, 迷雾散去, it reduces, for example by moving upwards or by becoming less thick. The fog had lifted and revealed a warm, sunny day. IX. If you lift root vegetables or bulbs 挖出来, you dig them out of the ground. Lift carrots on a dry day and pack them horizontally in boxes of damp sand. noun. I. If something gives you a lift, it gives you a feeling of greater confidence, energy, or enthusiasm. My selection for the team has given me a tremendous lift 信心提升, 热情提升. II. = elevator in US. A lift is a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings. They took the lift to the fourth floor. III. If you give someone a lift somewhere, you take them there in your car as a favour to them. He had a car and often gave me a lift home. 4. line up I. TRANSITIVE to move something into the correct position in relation to something else, especially so that it is level with it. He lined the ball up 对好, 对齐, 对准 and kicked it straight into the net. line up with: Hold a pen in front of you and line up its tip with some distant object. II. INTRANSITIVE if people are lining up to do something, they all want to do it at the same time. Her colleagues are lining up 联署, 联名 to demand her resignation. III. to organize or prepare things for an event or a series of events We have a series of activities lined up 安排好了 to keep you entertained. IV. to form a row, or to put people or things in a row. The books are lined up 排成排, 排队 on a shelf above the desk. All children must line up when the whistle goes. identity parade (UK) a row of people, including a person who is believed to have committed a crime, who are shown to. police lineup (US): At a lineup, a witness to a crime tries to identify the criminal from among a line of people. a witness (= person who saw the crime) to find out if the witness recognizes that person. He failed to identify Graham from photographs, but later picked him out of a police lineup. A police lineup (in American English) or identity parade (in British English) is a process by which a crime victim or witness's putative ( putative [ˈpjuːtətɪv] 觉得是的, 被认为是的, 相信是的 believed to be something. If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. his putative father. ) identification of a suspect is confirmed to a level that can count as evidence at trial. The suspect, along with several "fillers" or "foils" 充数的, 混淆视听的—people of similar height, build, and complexion who may be prisoners, actors, police officers, or volunteers—stand side-by-side, both facing and in profile 正面和侧面. There is crucial information that should be conveyed to the eyewitness prior to viewing the lineup. It is necessary to inform the eyewitness that it is possible the perpetrator is not present in the lineup. The eyewitness should also be told that they do not have to choose one of the people from the lineup. Including these details has shown to result in fewer misidentifications. The lineup sometimes takes place in a room for the purpose, one which may feature a one-way mirror to allow a witness to remain anonymous, and may include markings on the wall to aid identifying the person's height. For evidence from a lineup to be admissible in court, the lineup itself must be conducted fairly. The police may not say or do anything that persuades the witness to identify the suspect that they prefer. This includes loading the lineup with people who look very dissimilar 看上去不同的 to the suspect. The three main forms of police lineups 不同形式的 are photographs of suspects, videos, or the original form of physically present lineups. Where photos and videos are often more practical and convenient, it is the identification where suspects are physically present that has proven to demonstrate improved identification. Photographs of the suspect and fillers can be shown to the identifier in what is called a "photo-lineup", or a "six pack". If the victim or witness successfully identifies the suspect from among the fillers, the identification is considered valid. There is some research into using other methods of photo-lineup that involve the witness sequentially 一个一个的, 顺序的 viewing photographs rather than simultaneously 同时的. A "show-up" is another alternative, in which a suspect is individually shown to a witness. 5. unspeakable 羞于出口的, 无法描述的, 难以言说的 难以描述的, 说不出口的, 难以出口的, 说不出来的, 难以启齿的 I. too bad or shocking to be expressed in words: unspeakable crimes. If you describe something as unspeakable, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant. ...the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons. The pain is unspeakable. ...unspeakable crimes. No report can convey the unspeakable suffering that this war has caused. The stench coming from the toilets was unspeakable. Okay. Do you think your father's doing unspeakable things to my mother? II. unspeakable feelings are so extreme that it is impossible to describe them. unspeakable joy. indescribable 言语难以表达的, 说不出来的, 无法表达的 impossible to describe, especially because of being extremely good or bad: a scene of indescribable beauty. The pain was indescribable. You use indescribable to emphasize that a quality or condition is very intense or extreme, and therefore cannot be properly described. ...her indescribable joy when it was confirmed her son was alive. The stench from the sewer is indescribable. strewn 满是, 布满 adj. If a place is strewn with things, they are lying scattered there. The front room was strewn with books and clothes. The riverbed was strewn with big boulders. Strewn is also a combining form. ...a litter-strewn street. ...a rock-strewn hillside. strew To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there. The racoons knock over rubbish bins and strew the contents all over the ground. A woman was strewing the floor with chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip. By the end, bodies were strewn all round the building. 6. A server room 机房 is a room, usually air-conditioned, devoted to the continuous operation of computer servers. An entire building or station devoted to this purpose is a data center 数据中心. The computers in server rooms are usually headless systems that can be operated remotely via KVM switch or remote administration software, such as Secure Shell (ssh), VNC, and remote desktop. Climate is one of the factors that affects the energy consumption and environmental impact of a server room. In areas where climate favors cooling and an abundance of renewable electricity, the environmental effects will be more moderate. Thus, countries with favorable conditions such as Canada, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland are trying to attract more companies to site their server rooms there. cold storage 冷藏 the keeping of something in a refrigerator or other cold place for preservation. If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it. The strawberries are kept in cold storage to prevent them spoiling during transportation. "a billion pounds of food is being held in cold storage". into/in cold storage 冷藏期, 暂时搁置期 the temporary postponement of something. If you put an idea or plan into cold storage or in cold storage, you delay it for a while rather than acting on it as you originally intended. I considered writing a novel, and the idea has been in cold storage for years. "the project went into cold storage". cold store = cool store 冷库, 冰库 a large refrigerated room for preserving food at very low temperatures. A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it. New Zealand's first coronavirus outbreak in more than 100 days may have come from chilled 冷冻食品 products shipped from a Melbourne coldstore, according to local media. Mr Bloomfield on Friday said the Mt Wellington venue was being 'thoroughly' investigated from the border through to the coolstore. This is despite earlier in the week saying chilled products were unlikely to be the source of the outbreak. wiki: A cool store or cold store is a large refrigerated room or building designed for storage of goods in an environment below the outdoor temperature. Products needing refrigeration include fruit, vegetables, seafood and meat. Cold stores are often located near shipping ports used for import/export of produce. Cool stores have been an essential part of the shipping industry since the late 19th century. Christian Salvesen expanded from a small Scottish whaling company when they established a cold store in Grimsby, then a major fishing port. Nine Elms Cold Store, constructed in 1965, could hold 16,000 tons of meat, cheese and butter. It closed in 1979 and was used by squatters and various illegal activities before being demolished towards the end of the century. 7. Home and away: Ari has been desperate to keep his nose clean ( keep your nose clean informal to avoid getting into trouble. If you keep your nose clean, you behave well and stay out of trouble. If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life. I'd only been out of prison three months, so I was trying to keep my nose clean. ) and to protect nephew Nik from going down the same road. Unfortunately Tane refused to tow his brother's line ( toe the line = toe the mark Meet a standard, abide by the rules, as in The new director will make us toe the line, I'm sure, or At daycare Brian has to toe the mark, but at home his mother's quite lenient. If you toe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to. ...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line. He's one of the politicians that wouldn't toe the party line. This idiom refers to runners in a race placing their toes on the starting line and not moving until the starting signal. Its figurative use dates from the early 1800s. ) and give up his criminal activities, and so was outcast from the family by Ari. Hearing how the family were lodging with Marilyn and struggling to make ends meet, Tane decided it was time to step up and provide for Gemma and Nik himself, making it clear to Ari that he was no longer calling the shots. With Tane renting a home for them all across the street from the Palmer House, Ari swallowed his pride and agreed to take up residence with the rest of the family—just for the sake of protecting Gemma and Nik from Tane if anything! The brothers eventually agreed to put their differences aside, and Gemma and Nik were pleased to then see Ari and Tane join forces to 合力 build a hangi in the back garden—a traditional Māori pit oven. Gingerly 小心翼翼的 hovering outside with a cheese platter, John hesitates when he sees Marilyn, and wonders whether his presence will really be welcomed by both her and the family. Finding something of an affinity with ( affinity [əˈfɪnəti] 惺惺相惜, 契合 I. singular a natural understanding and sympathy between people. If people or things have an affinity with each other, they are similar in some ways. The two plots share certain obvious affinities. There's an affinity between the twins that's very rare. a. a natural understanding of something. She has a distinct affinity for music. II. countable/uncountable a connection between two or more similar things. If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well. He has a close affinity with the landscape he knew when he was growing up. There was clearly an affinity between the two men. vocabulary: If you get along with someone very well, you have an affinity 心有灵犀, 息息相通 with them. Sometimes opposites attract, so you might feel a strange affinity 感觉心灵感应 to someone who is seemingly very different from you. When you are attracted to someone or something a great deal, we say that you have an affinity, a natural connection. Likewise, scientists use affinity to describe organisms that are alike or resemble each other. Interestingly, the Middle English word, affinite, originally applied to people who were connected or related by marriage, rather than by biology. affiliate verb. [əˈfɪlieɪt] noun. [əfɪliət] 附属 be affiliated to/with something to be officially connected with a larger organization or group. If an organization affiliates to or with another larger organization, it forms a close connection with the larger organization or becomes a member of it. All youth groups will have to affiliate to the National Youth Agency. The Government will not allow the staff association to affiliate with outside unions. a local youth group affiliated to the Labour Party. II. 隶属于. to have a connection with or support a larger organization or group. If a professional person such as a lawyer or doctor affiliates with an organization, they become officially connected with that organization. He said he wanted to affiliate with a U.S. firm. noun. [əfɪliət]. An affiliate is an organization which is officially connected with another, larger organization or is a member of it. ...twelve companies, including three affiliates 附属公司 of a Texas oil firm. The World Chess Federation has affiliates in around 120 countries. affiliated adj an affiliated company/corporation/trade union. Goodyear: The President's tweet followed a report from WIBW television station in Topeka, Kansas based on an anonymous Goodyear employee's screenshot that listed Black Lives Matter and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender pride messages as acceptable while politically affiliated 政治相关的, 挂钩的 slogans and material, including "MAGA Attire" and "Blue Lives Matter", in support of police, were listed as unacceptable.) Gemma, the two immediately hit it off and the conversation flows. Having slurred 说话不清 some of his words earlier—which Mack and Marilyn jokingly put down to him having one too many—John is feeling very woozy and tells Marilyn that he's going to go home for a lie down. 8. Madison has led tourists along this path many times over the past two years, and while the heavy heat 酷热, 炙热 doesn't seem to bother her, it's the smell, she admits, that's hard to get used to. You smell the dead sharks before you see them, that rotten egg stench 恶臭 that hits you in the face and seems to seep into your skin 浸入肌肤. Men walk up and down hacking off fins with bored ease. The sounds of skulls being crushed and entrails being tossed ( entrails [ˈentreɪlz] the organs inside the body of a person or animal, especially the intestines. The entrails of people or animals are their inside parts, especially their intestines. viscous 粘稠的, 黏稠的 (gooey) [ˈvɪskəs] a viscous liquid is thick and sticky. ..dark, viscous blood. viscus [ˈvɪskəs] the singular of viscera. viscera [vɪsərə] 内脏 Viscera are the large organs inside the body, such as the heart, liver, and stomach. ) to the ground cut through the chatter of fishery officers and Chinese buyers overseeing the activity. Madison is a well-known figure here, and it's not long before she's whisked away to the fisheries office to discuss her visit and determine whether she is permitted to document the day's catch. "I got there super early while the men were still unloading their haul. I had no idea what to expect, I was told if I tried to talk them out of fishing, they would slit my throat and throw me overboard," Madison says. But after several exchanges in broken English and Indonesian, Odi understood that Madison's offer to pay him more for a boat tour than two harrowing weeks at sea was an opportunity worth pursuing. His crew could bring back between 50 to 100 sharks on any given trip, and one of those sharks could have a kilogram of shark fin. At the market that would sell for about $180. From there it gets exported to Hong Kong and retailed for about $1,100 per kilogram. The mark up isn't stacked in their favour, and with a diminishing catch, earning a living was getting tougher.
Trump's birther lie about Kamala Harris magnifies racist themes of his campaign: President Donald Trump once again drove the dignity of the American presidency into the ditch ( drive sth in the ditch 尊严扫地, 名誉扫地. keep it between the ditches I. To drive safely; to stay on the road. (Usually said imperatively.) Whoa there, son. I know you're only just learning, but try to keep it between the ditches! II. To behave properly or appropriately; to stay out of trouble or harm's way; keep to the straight and narrow. (Often said imperatively.) Okay, Bob, I'll see you after you're back from your trip. Keep it between the ditches now, you hear? ditch (some place) To leave a place, especially one that is no longer of use or interest, generally in search of something better. Come on, let's ditch this place and go back to my house. ditch (someone) To leave, abandon, or purposefully lose someone. My little brother was being a real pest around me and my friends, so we decided to ditch him in the mall. I can't believe she ditched me to go hang out with her friends! ditch (something) To throw away or abandon something. I was tired of carrying his bag for him, so I ditched it in a bush and went home. I had to ditch my car and walk into town after I ran out of gas. drive a wedge between sb to damage the good relationship that two people or groups of people have: It doesn't make sense to let things that happened in the past drive a wedge between us now. last-ditch attempt/effort Final, usually drastic or risky, with failure as the only alternative. The home team is mounting one last-ditch attempt in the final seconds of the game to try to force an overtime showdown. In a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown, congress has pushed forward a new spending bill. ) this week by raising a false and racist conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris, elevating the efforts of the alt-right to portray her as "other" because of her mixed-race heritage. It was not surprising that Trump would try to exploit Harris' background for personal gain given that he is running the most racially-charged presidential campaign that America has seen since the 1968 run of former Alabama Gov. George Wallace. After all, he elevated his own stature 提升, 提高自己的名声 ( elevate I. 升职, 升级. When someone or something achieves a more important rank or status, you can say that they are elevated to it. The President elevated him to the chairmanship of the council. He was elevated to the post of prime minister. The elevation of Pierre d'Aubusson to the rank of cardinal was applauded throughout Europe. After his elevation to the papacy, he reigned for two years. II. 提高身份. 提高知名度. 提高身价. If you elevate something to a higher status, you consider it to be better or more important than it really is. We need to work together to elevate the position of women in society. elevate someone/something to something: The brilliant script elevates the film to the status of a classic. Don't elevate your superiors to superstar status. III. To elevate something means to increase it in amount or intensity. Emotional stress can elevate 提高血压, 升高 blood pressure. ...individuals who have elevated 含量提高 cholesterol levels. a. to improve something, especially your mind or feelings. music that elevates the spirit. IV. If you elevate something, you raise it above a horizontal level. Jack elevated the gun at the sky. stature [ˈstætʃə(r)] I. 知名度. 身价. the degree to which someone is admired or regarded as important. The stature of a person is the importance and reputation that they have. a man/woman of stature. gain/grow/rise in stature: He’s a writer who has grown in stature over the last few years. Who can deny his stature as the world's greatest cellist? This club has grown in stature over the last 20 years. of world/international/national stature 世界知名度, 国际知名度 Armstrong was a musician of world stature. He grew in stature (=became more admired or popular) during the campaign. his growing stature as an artist. II. 身高. someone's height or size. It's more than his physical stature that makes him remarkable. Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall. She was a little short in stature. Bernard was short in stature, with a large head. ) from the realm [relm] of a New York gadfly 大马蝇 ( I. a particular area of knowledge, experience, interest etc. the political/military realm. This is not really within the realms of my experience. II. mainly literary a country ruled by a king or queen. the defence of the realm. III. a plane of existence in the spirit world. There are seven realms 7层精神世界 几重地狱 in the spirit world, with one being the lowest and seven the highest.) to the mainstream of American politics by trafficking lies about the eligibility of President Barack Obama, who was the nation's first Black president. But it was a sickening spectacle 场景, 画面 to watch the President of the United States use a podium 讲台 at the White House to question whether the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee -- who was born in Oakland, California, and is the first Black and South Asian American woman on a major party ticket -- might somehow be ineligible for the post. It was a clear attempt by Trump to stir controversy and divert attention from his inept handling of the coronavirus pandemic( inept [ɪˈnept] 无能的, 笨拙的 I. someone who is inept does not have much ability or skill. If you say that someone is inept, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill. He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern. You are completely inept at writing. ...his inept handling of the army. I was a hopelessly inept student. II. used about things that are done very badly. an appallingly inept performance. inert [ɪˈnɜː(r)t] I. 怠惰的. someone who is inert does nothing when they should be taking action. II. chemistry an inert substance does not produce a chemical reaction when it is mixed with other substances. An inert substance is one which does not react with other substances. ...inert gases like neon and argon. an inert gas. III. 一动不动的. not moving. Someone or something that is inert does not move at all. He covered the inert body with a blanket. IV. [disapproval] not exciting or interesting. If you describe something as inert, you are criticizing it because it is not very lively or interesting. The novel itself remains oddly inert. ...her inert personality. ) and the more than 168,000 American deaths. After Trump first dangled the theory 提出这种说法 Thursday in response to a reporter's question, during what was billed as a press briefing, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and Marc Short, the chief of staff to the vice president, stirred more aspersions about ( cast aspersions [əˈspɜː(r)ʃ(ə)nz] (on) 怀疑个人能力, 贬低别人的, 人身攻击 to say or write things about someone that attack their character, work etc. If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way. He has flatly denied casting aspersions on the rabbi's behaviour. I have no wish to cast aspersions on my opponent. vocabulary: An aspersion is a disparaging remark. It almost invariably appears as a plural, following the word "cast" — when you cast aspersions on someone, you are questioning their abilities or doubting them. Finding out that a field-hockey coach had never played the sport might cast aspersions on her ability to coach it. Wendy's ads don't come out and say that McDonald's hamburgers are made out of cardboard, but through shot after shot of their own thick and juicy and oddly square offering, they cast aspersions on the quarter-pounder. ) Harris' background on Friday in two different interviews. Kushner, who is both a White House and a campaign aide to Trump, pointed out that the President said "he had no idea whether that's right or wrong" — a technique Trump often uses when he's trying to shirk responsibility 逃避责任, 躲避责任 for spreading disinformation. "I don't see that as promoting it. But at the end of the day, it's something that's out there," Kushner said in a morning interview with CBS News. "I think that we can celebrate the fact that a daughter of two immigrants has had such a celebrated political career, to be elected statewide and now be the nominee for the Democratic Party," Short said during an appearance on Fox Business. "I think what's more concerning is some of the socialist ideas she seems to have imported from overseas as well." Even before Trump's comments about Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian parents, he had centered his campaign on 集中精力到 his efforts to create fears of "otherness" in the hearts of White Americans. He cast peaceful demonstrators in the streets after George Floyd's death as "THUGS" and criminals. He has repeatedly made appeals to suburban White voters, specifically women he describes as "Suburban Housewives," warning that polices created by the Obama-Biden administration to dismantle 摧毁 segregation in housing will destroy their neighborhoods. He told Wisconsin voters during a recent tele-town hall that those housing rules would bring "who knows into your suburbs." And he has described the toppling of statues of Confederate generals and slave-owning figures from America's history as an attack on the nation's heritage and founding principles. It's a similar playbook 同样的招数, 同样的策略 to the one that he used as a candidate in 2016 when he tried to portray immigrants as criminals, and again in 2018 as he tried to protect the GOP's congressional majority, claiming that dangerous caravans were headed across the US border with Mexico to terrorize Americans. (They never arrived). It's unclear why Trump and some of his allies believe that dragging Americans back into another baseless "birther" ( birthers are opponents of US President Barack Obama, who claim that he is not a 'natural born citizen' (not born in the USA) The Republicans who appear to be willing to listen to "birthers," even to debunk them, have to walk a tightrope. The word birther dates back to the presidential campaign of 2008. It parallels the earlier nickname truther, coined to refer to people who question the official account of the attacks on New York's World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001. Truthers argue that there was some sort of cover-up, sometimes even suggesting that the attacks were the result of an inside job. ) controversy about Harris will help his chances of staying in the White House. While it's true that many voters are firmly entrenched in their pro and anti-Trump camps, female voters in swing districts have told CNN in countless interviews over the past three years that they are exhausted by Trump's divisive tactics — from his vilification of Latinx 拉美人, 拉丁美洲人 ( [læˈtiːneks] a gender-neutral or non-binary term for a person of Latin American origin or descent. Undocumented Latinxs affected by these injustices are not treated fairly and can not provide for their families. I am particularly interested in studying the history of Latinx in the U.S. ) and Black Americans to his sexist remarks about women he does not like. Former Republican Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania told CNN's Kate Bolduan Friday night it made "absolutely no sense" why Trump and his allies would want another smear attached to the Republican Party as they try to maintain control of the Senate and win back the House. "So, I don't understand what they're thinking, how this helps. But it is maybe a dog whistle 暗号 to the nativist ( [ˈneɪtɪvɪz(ə)m] a policy of protecting the interests of people who were born in a country or have lived there for a long time against those of more recent immigrants. Both inclusiveness and nativism date back to the founding of the US. ) element, maybe to try to drive them out." Biden spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement that Trump "has sought to fuel racism and tear our nation apart on every single day of his presidency." "So it's unsurprising, but no less abhorrent, that as Trump makes a fool of himself straining to distract ( strain I. to try very hard to do something. If you strain to do something, you make a great effort to do it when it is difficult to do. I had to strain to hear. Several thousand supporters strained to catch a glimpse of the new president. They strained their eyes, but saw nothing. strain to do something 极力, 奋力: I strained to hear what they were saying. strain for: tourists straining for a view of the tower. strain yourself: I could keep up with him, without straining myself. a. To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do. The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system. Resources will be further strained by new demands for housing. II. transitive to make a relationship uncomfortable and not friendly. Relations between the two nations have been strained 关系恶化 since the war. III. transitive 拉伤. to injure yourself by twisting or stretching a muscle too much. If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it. He strained his back during a practice session. I've strained a muscle in my shoulder. strain your back/eyes: Reading in poor light can strain your eyes. strain your eyes/ears 使劲看, 使劲听, 睁大眼看 to try very hard to see or hear something. IV. transitive 过滤. to separate a solid from a liquid by pouring it into a strainer. When you strain food, you separate the liquid part of it from the solid parts. Strain the stock and put it back into the pan. V. intransitive to pull at something very hard. strain at: The elephants strained at their ropes. a. to push against something very hard. strain against: Tommy was straining against the straps of his car seat. noun. I. 压力. If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do. The prison service is already under considerable strain. The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system. ...the credit crunch caused by strains on the banking system. II. Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation. She was tired and under great strain. ...the stresses and strains of a busy and demanding career. III. If you say that a situation is a strain, you mean that it makes you worried and tense. I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage. IV. Strain is a force that pushes, pulls, or stretches something in a way that may damage it. Place your hands under your buttocks to take some of the strain off your back. The large door already places plenty of strain on the hinges. V. Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it. Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging. ...a groin strain. V. 一丝丝的, 一丢丢的, 些许的. 一点点的 You can use strain to refer to a particular quality in someone's character, remarks, or work. There was a strain of bitterness in his voice. ...this cynical strain in the book. VI. A strain of a germ, plant, or other organism is a particular type of it. Every year new strains of influenza develop. ...a particularly beautiful strain of Swiss pansies. eye strain 眼睛疼, 眼睛疲劳 If you suffer from eye strain, you feel pain around your eyes or at the back of your eyes, because you are very tired or should be wearing glasses. repetitive strain injury Repetitive strain injury is the same as RSI. ...computer users suffering from repetitive strain injury. ) the American people from the horrific toll of his failed coronavirus response that his campaign and their allies would resort to wretched ( [ˈretʃɪd] I. informal 可恶的, 可恨的 used for emphasizing how much someone or something annoys you. You use wretched to describe someone or something that you dislike or feel angry with. Of course this wretched woman was unforgivably irresponsible. Reality started to hit about four months after we had bought the wretched place. I looked everywhere and eventually found the wretched letter. The wretched man never answered her questions. II. 令人同情的. very unpleasant, or in very bad condition. You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences. These wretched people had seen their homes going up in flames. The country's 37 million people are wretchedly poor. ...prisoners living in wretchedly overcrowded conditions. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness. The whole family lived in one wretched room. III. very unhappy, or ill. She felt wretched at the thought of what might happen. Someone who feels wretched feels very unhappy. I feel really confused and wretched. The wretched look on the little girl's face made him sorry. ), demonstrably false lies in their pathetic desperation," Bates said. Harris did not engage during a Friday appearance in Delaware to sign ballot-related documents when she was asked what she thought of the attacks from Trump and his allies since Biden announced her as his running mate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, dismissed the President's comments during a gaggle ( I. a group of people, especially a noisy and uncontrolled group. a gaggle of children in the park. II. a group of geese. a noisy gaggle of geese. III. an informal press briefing that is not televised The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Politico were also excluded from the gaggle. ) with reporters on Capitol Hill on Friday. "Why would you even talk about that? He is just taking attention away from the fact that he's been a total failure in addressing the coronavirus challenge in our country," she said. "He can't handle the fact that a woman of color has risen to this place and will soon be the vice president of the United States," Pelosi said. "He's intimidated by strong women, we know that. And for him to say what he said, and for you all to report it, is like the biggest waste of time."
似是而非 specious VS ostensible VS seeming VS spurious VS superficial: spurious [ˈspjʊəriəs] 貌似有理的, 假的, 骗人的, 虚假的 I. false and not what it appears to be, or (of reasons and judgments) based on something that has not been correctly understood and therefore false: Some of the arguments in favour of shutting the factory are questionable and others downright spurious. Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories. Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin — a fake. II. A spurious argument or way of reasoning is incorrect, and so the conclusion is probably incorrect. ...a spurious framework for analysis. The justification of this chart is entirely spurious. These figures were often spuriously computed by selecting particularly favorable sample groups. ...a spuriously scientific book. III. Something that is spurious seems to be genuine, but is false. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges. Quite a lot of allegations of misjustice are spurious. vocabulary: Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories. Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin — a fake. Anytime you see the word spurious, you're dealing with things that can't be trusted or accepted at face value. A spurious claim is one that's not backed up by the facts. A spurious argument relies on faulty reasoning — and maybe some lies. Politicians often accuse each other of saying things that are spurious and meant to deceive the voters. As long as you're honest, clear, and not trying to trick anyone, nobody can say you're being spurious. specious [ˈspiːʃəs] 貌似有道理的, 听上去很对的, 听上去有道理的, 似是而非的 adj formal disapproving seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false. Something that is specious seems to exist or be true, but is not real or true. a specious argument is an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments. a specious argument/claim. specious allegations/promises. Something that is specious seems to exist or be true, but is not real or true. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments. vocabulary: Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system 歪理. Specious is pronounced "SPEE-shuhs." Something that is specious is attractive in a deceptive way, and if you follow the word's etymology, you'll see why. In Middle English, this adjective meant "attractive," from Latin speciōsus "showy, beautiful," from speciēs "appearance, kind, sort." Latin speciēs is also the source of English species. Big Bang Theory: The more I told him about my lab, the pissier he got. You know what he said to me? He said, "I hope all your correlations turn out to be specious 不是那么一回事的". vocabulary: Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system. Specious is pronounced "SPEE-shuhs." Something that is specious is attractive in a deceptive way, and if you follow the word's etymology, you'll see why. In Middle English, this adjective meant "attractive," from Latin speciōsus "showy, beautiful," from speciēs "appearance, kind, sort." Latin speciēs is also the source of English species. ostensible [ɒstensɪbəl] 表面的, 公开的, 表面上的 Ostensible is used to describe something that seems to be true or is officially stated to be true, but about which you or other people have doubts. The ostensible purpose 官方的, 公开说的, 声称的, 宣称的 of these meetings was to gather information on financial strategies. appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else: Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government. seeming to be the reason for or the purpose of something, but usually hiding the real reason or purpose. ostensible reason/purpose/aim. The ostensible reason for his resignation was ill health. When something is ostensible it appears to be the case but might not be. Your ostensible reason for visiting every bakery in town is that you're looking for a part-time job — but I think you really just want to eat cupcakes. Just because something is ostensible doesn't necessarily mean that it's not as it appears to be, only that there's a possibility of another reason. Your ostensible reason for calling your crush was to ask about homework; the real reason was that you were hoping they would ask you out. Ostensible derives from the Latin verb ostendere, meaning "to show or display." seeming appearing to be something, especially when this is not true: He said, with seeming embarrassment, that he would have to cancel the meeting. superficial I. 不深入的, 肤浅的. 不能深入交谈的. 浮皮潦草的. 浅薄的. 没有深度的. disapproving (of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important. If you describe someone as superficial, you disapprove of them because they do not think deeply, and have little understanding of anything serious or important. This guy is a superficial yuppie with no intellect whatsoever. The tone of his book is consistently negative, occasionally arrogant, and often superficial. He hated the superficiality, the neon glamour and the cheap prettiness of life in L.A. Hill cannot write badly or superficially; his characters and plotting are, as usual, admirable. He's fun to be with, but he's very superficial. II. 不深入的. 流于表面的. not complete and involving only the most obvious things: I thought that article was written at a very superficial level. The documentary's treatment/analysis of the issues was very superficial. I only have a superficial (= slight) knowledge of French. If you describe something such as an action, feeling, or relationship as
superficial, you mean that it includes only the simplest and most
obvious aspects of that thing, and not those aspects which require more
effort to deal with or understand. Their arguments do not withstand the most superficial scrutiny.
His roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level. Father had no
more than a superficial knowledge of music. This demonstrates
the
superficiality of the judgements we make when we first meet people. The
film touches on these difficult questions, but only superficially. III. appearing to be real or important when this is not true or correct. There are superficial similarities between the two cars, but really they're very different in terms of performance. IV. 外皮的. 表皮的 only on the surface of something. Superficial injuries are not very serious, and affect only the surface of the body. You can also describe damage to an object as superficial. The 69-year-old clergyman escaped with superficial wounds. The explosion caused superficial damage to the fortified house. superficial damage. The driver only received superficial injuries/cuts/wounds. V. Superficial is used to describe the appearance of something or the
impression that it gives, especially if its real nature is very
different. Despite these superficial resemblances 外表上的, 表面上的, this is a darker work than her earlier novels. Spain may well look different but the changes are superficial. Superficially there have been many changes in Britain in recent years. VI. The superficial layers of the skin are the ones nearest the surface. ...superficial blood vessels in the forearm. dubious [ˈdubiəs] ( I. not sure about the truth or quality of something, or whether you should do something. If you are dubious about something, you are not completely sure about it and have not yet made up your mind about it. My parents were dubious about it at first but we soon convinced them. He eyed Coyne dubiously. dubious about: I'm very dubious about his ability to do the job. We were dubious about signing the deal. II. not completely good, safe, or honest. If you describe something as dubious, you mean that you do not consider it to be completely honest, safe, or reliable. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious. Soho was still a highly dubious area. Those figures alone are a dubious basis for such a conclusion. Carter was dubiously convicted of shooting three White men in a bar. I hear he has a dubious reputation in the business. The story seemed a bit dubious to me. III. used for saying that something is the opposite of the good thing you are describing it as. a dubious honor/pleasure/distinction似是而非的: If you say that someone has the dubious honour or the dubious pleasure of doing something, you are indicating that what they are doing is not an honour or pleasure at all, but is, in fact, unpleasant or bad. Nagy has the dubious honour of being the first athlete to be banned in this way. I had the dubious pleasure of meeting him last night. deceptive 让人误解的, 让人误会的, 似是而非的, 误导的: tending or having power to deceive; deceptive advertising. deceptive practices. New laws against misleading or deceptive advertising The hotel looked nice but appearances can be deceptive. It's deceptive - from the outside the building looks small, but inside it's very big. He put the question with deceptive casualness. a deceptive appearance. difference: deceitful 骗人的, 欺骗性质的, 不老实的 means intended to deceive or cheat (focus on intention) while deceptive 欲以骗人的, 意在骗人的, 意欲骗人的,具有欺骗性的 means causing one to believe what is not true or likely to mislead someone (focus on effect) Appearances can be deceptive. Deceiving VS deceptive: In general, the
noun-derived form (such as 'deceptive') implies a characteristic: that
is, a typical attitude, behaviour or property, whereas the verb-derived
form (such as 'deceiving') does not. This does not mean that the
words may not in some contexts convey a very similar semantic meaning.
The above is a general principle for words of this kind. looks/ appearances can be deceiving used for saying that people and things are often very different from how they appear. He's being deceitful 没说实话, 骗人的, 说谎的 all the time. deceive (deceiver 骗子): to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage: The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones. The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out. If something deceives you, it gives you a wrong impression and makes you believe something that is not true. His gentle, kindly appearance did not deceive me. The boys, if my eyes did not deceive me, were praying. deceive yourself 自欺欺人 to refuse to accept the truth: She thinks he'll come back, but she's deceiving herself. are my eyes deceiving me? something you say when you cannot believe what you see: Is that snow in May, or are my eyes deceiving me?
