用法学习: 1. waft If sounds or smells waft through the air, or if something such as a light wind wafts them, they move gently through the air. if a smell or a noise wafts, it floats through the air in a gentle way. The aroma of freshly made pancakes wafted through 飘散在空气中 the air. The scent of climbing roses wafts through the window. The music from the party wafts out to the terrace. A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her. A waft of perfume drifted into Ingrid's nostrils. shell I. 蛋壳. 干果壳. The shell of a nut or egg is the hard covering which surrounds it. They cracked the nuts and removed their shells. Once the eggs have hatched the shells are left behind. Shell is the substance that a shell is made of. ...beads made from ostrich egg shell. II. 动物的壳(蜗牛, 螃蟹, 乌龟等). The shell of an animal such as a tortoise, snail, or crab is the hard protective covering that it has around its body or on its back. III. 贝壳. Shells are hard objects found on beaches. They are usually pink, white, or brown and are the coverings which used to surround small sea creatures. I collect shells and interesting seaside items. ...sea shells. IV. If someone comes out of their shell, they become more friendly and interested in other people and less quiet, shy, and reserved. Her normally shy son had come out of his shell. ...a lonely boy struggling to emerge from his shell. V. The shell of a building, boat, car, or other structure is the outside frame of it. ...the shells of burned buildings. The solid feel of the car's shell is impressive. VI. 弹壳. A shell is a weapon consisting of a metal container filled with explosives that can be fired from a large gun over long distances. verb. I. If you shell nuts, peas, prawns, or other food, you remove their natural outer covering. She shelled 去壳, 剥壳 and ate a few nuts. ...shelled prawns. II. To shell a place means to fire explosive shells at it. The rebels shelled the densely-populated suburbs near the port. Out on the streets, the shelling continued. Separatist authorities in the region reported an increase in Ukrainian government shelling along the tense line of contact. Separatist official Rodion Miroshnik said rebel forces returned fire. Ukraine disputed the claim, saying separatists had shelled its forces but they didn't fire back. mooch [mutʃ] = cadge in UK 白要, 索要, 讨要, 拿来主义, 偷来用 (scrounge, bum) to ask someone to give you something instead of paying for it yourself. [mainly British, informal] If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it. Can I cadge a cigarette? He could cadge a ride from somebody. Choose a name for yourself as first time grandparent: One sister-in-law goes by "Jamma", but her first-born grandchild inspired the name, and I didn't feel I should mooch it, which was the problem with "Gigi" and "Mimi", friends' names. mooch around = mooch about (UK) If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose. Andrew was left to mooch around the house on his own. He was awake at 3am, mooching about in the darkness. 2. aggrieved [əˈɡrivd] I. feeling angry and unhappy because you think you have been treated in an unfair way. If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way in which you have been treated. I really feel aggrieved at this sort of thing. Facebook and search giant Google had long been aggrieved by legislation that would force them to pay news sites for content users found or linked to. II. legal used about someone who is taking a case to court because they have been treated unfairly. An aggrieved person is also known as the injured party. the aggrieved party. aggrieved party 受害方 a person or group of people that has suffered harm such as injury, financial loss, or damage to property. The defendant is then duty bound to compensate the aggrieved party for all their financial losses. aggrieve I. to grieve; distress; afflict. it aggrieved her much that she could not go. II. to injure unjustly, esp by infringing a person's legal rights. be no slouch [slaʊtʃ] 不是白给的, 不是无名之辈 informal If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they work hard at it and produce good results. If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it. The Welsh are no slouches at cooking. She's no slouch when it comes to organizing parties. sloutch 懒懒散散的 verb & noun. to sit, walk, or stand with your shoulders bent forwards and your head low so that you look lazy. Don’t slouch – stand up straight. a lazy way of sitting, walking, or standing with your shoulders bent forwards and your head low. no harm, no foul 没有伤害到就没事 used to indicate that a mistake or instance of misconduct should be excused because it has not caused damage. Although technically a breach of some code or law may have occurred, there was no actual damage meriting punishment, apology or retribution. He parked in my space, but I was away at the time: no harm, no foul. "strictly speaking it was petty trespassing, but no harm, no foul". Usage notes: Phrases with the same construction (i.e. no x, no y) are common and productive. See the related terms below. Compare the expression de minimis non curat lex ("the law will not cure (or concern itself with) trifles"), de minimis. skilful = US skillful 熟练的, 有技巧的 adj Someone who is skilful at something does it very well. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician. ...Rembrandt's skilful use of light and shade. He had a clear idea of his company's strengths and skilfully exploited them. skilled I. Someone who is skilled has the knowledge and ability to do something well. Not all doctors are skilled in helping their patients make choices. ...a network of amateur but highly skilled observers of wildlife. II. Skilled work 技术工作 can only be done by people who have had some training. New industries demanded skilled labour 技术工人 not available locally. ...skilled workers, such as plumbers and electricians. 3. enter the fray 加入战局 I. To join a competition. Now that you've entered the fray and decided to run for mayor, I hope you've prepared for the personal attacks that are likely to follow. II. To join in on an argument. Once my relatives start arguing, I usually leave the room rather than enter the fray. enter the lists 加入争端 To join an argument or competition. to begin to take part in a contest or argument. He had decided not to stand for Parliament, but entered the lists at the last minute. The family disagreement had almost been resolved when the grandfather entered the lists. Now that you've entered the lists and decided to run for mayor, I hope you've prepared for the personal attacks that are likely to follow. Once my relatives start arguing, I usually leave the room rather than enter the lists. what you've never had you never miss 从来没有拥有过的东西, 也不会想 proverb If you've never had a particular item or experience, then you will not long for it. Why would I be sad to be an only child? What you've never had you never miss. I don't care that I don't have a fancy car. What you've never had you never miss.
Morrison and Dutton are puffing themselves up like mini-me McCarthyists – and it’s beyond reckless: The prime minister and the defence minister are imperilling 置于危险境地 Australia's national security as they try to hang on to power 抓住不放. By turning question time into a treason tribunal – staging a daily Judge Judy session to unmask the sleeper agent in our midst 在我们之中 – Morrison and Dutton are actively stoking societal anxiety. Given the current climate, that behaviour creates material risk 现实的危险. Mike Burgess (Asio's boss) has rebuked the partisan grubbiness twice, publicly and politely, in the space of a week 一周之内. That level of public intervention from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation is highly unusual. After Morrison and Dutton ignored the first rebuke ( rebuke 指责 to tell someone that they have behaved badly. If you rebuke someone, you speak severely to them because they have said or done something that you do not approve of. The company has been publicly rebuked by one of its largest shareholders over its executive pay levels. The UN delivered a strong rebuke to both countries for persisting with nuclear testing. 'Silly little boy' was his favourite expression of rebuke to his pupils.) by Burgess (what would he know after all?), a former spy chief, Dennis Richardson – one of the most respected former public servants in the country – entered the fray. Now retired, he can be more direct than Burgess. Richardson told the ABC on Thursday morning: "What is unusual in this case is that the government is seeking to create the perception of a difference between it and the opposition on a critical national security issue, that is China – seeking to create the perception of a difference when none in practise exists". "That's not in the national interest. I'll repeat it again, because politics is so noisy at the moment it can be hard to sort signal from noise. Richardson said the current political debate is serving China's interests, not Australia's. As excoriations ( excoriate [ɪkskɔːrieɪt] verb. to denounce or strongly condemn. To excoriate a person or organization means to criticize them severely, usually in public. During the Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao would excoriate western capitalism as an evil. He proceeded to excoriate me in front of the nurses. ) go, that one was pretty succinct [səkˈsɪŋkt] 简单明了的, 简洁有力的( [approval] Something that is succinct expresses facts or ideas clearly and in few words. The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history. If you have something to say make sure that it is accurate, succinct and to the point. ). Recent history tells us foreign interference is easier to execute in an environment of societal divisions and low levels of trust in institutions. On Thursday morning, Richardson exposed the monumental irony of the increasingly hyperbolic 夸张 and incendiary 嚣张的 posturing 装腔作势 of Morrison and Dutton. The two men currently pretending that only they can keep Australia safe in a dangerous world (unlike those alleged Manchurian candidates opposite) are amply demonstrating their appetite for partisan recklessness. It also needs to be noted, in the context of recent leaks and persistent internal division, that Morrison's rhetoric 修辞, 用词 has crept up in increments over the past few days to match Dutton's. Whatever the motives of these two individuals – this much can be said. The two men who claim to be the only reliable custodians of Australia's national interest are currently imperilling it to win an election. This behaviour is beyond reckless. It is beyond disgraceful. It is amoral 不道德的 and corrosive 具有破坏力的( I. A corrosive substance is able to destroy solid materials by a chemical reaction. Sodium and sulphur are highly corrosive. II. 具有破坏性的 causing gradual damage to something such as a society, an institution, or a relationship. If you say that something has a corrosive effect, you mean that it gradually causes serious harm. ...the corrosive effects of inflation. ). And it needs to be called for what it is. Former ASIO boss accuses Liberal senator of 'grubby' attack over Huawei comments: One of Australia's most respected former public servants, Dennis Richardson, has accused Liberal senator James Paterson of engaging in a "grubby" ( grubby I. A grubby person or object is rather dirty. His white coat was grubby and stained. ...kids with grubby faces. II. [disapproval] 肮脏的. 卑劣的 If you call an activity or someone's behaviour grubby, you mean that it is not completely honest or respectable. ...the grubby business of politics. ) and "despicable 下流无耻的" attempt to blacken his name 黑化名声 over comments Paterson made in an interview on Sky News. The unusual intervention carried weight. During his long career in the public sector, Richardson was secretary of the departments of foreign affairs and defence, as well as the Asio boss, and Australia's ambassador to Washington.
Home favourite Eileen Gu completes golden Games with victory in women's half-pipe at Beijing Winter Olympics: Eileen Gu has backed up extraordinary expectations 不负期待, 不负众望 heaped upon her heading into these Winter Olympics by dominating the freestyle skiing half-pipe to claim her third medal and second gold of the Games. In typically sublime form on the pipe in Zhangjiakou, the 18-year-old sensation was shrugging aside the pressure that comes from competing at a home Olympics. "The overriding emotion 最强烈的情绪 is just this deep-seated sense of gratitude and resolution, just like this all coming together, years and years in the making and it's like letting out a deep breath," Gu told the Olympic Information Service. "I feel exhausted. I mean, God, from Opening Ceremony until now I've been skiing every single day so I'm really tired, but I feel at peace. I feel grateful. I feel passionate, and I feel proud. "It has been two straight weeks of the most-intense highs and lows I've ever experienced in my life. "It has changed my life forever." Her score of 93.25 was the best of anyone in the first round and would have been enough to claim gold all on its own. Gu, of course, was not to know that, so sent down an even better run of 95.25 in her second go, extending her lead 扩大领先优势 and making the third run a mere formality 走走形势. Her closest rivals — Canadians Cassie Sharpe and Rachael Kerker — could not match her score in their final runs, settling for silver and bronze respectively. That meant Gu was able to use her final run as a victory lap, with her grandmother — someone Gu has credited as being a huge inspiration in her life — watching her compete in the crowd for the first time. "I've never taken a victory lap before in my entire life, so I felt like, 'You know what, last event at the Olympics, it feels like I finally deserve it'," she said. "I'm really happy." The American-born skier — whose decision to compete for China created something approaching hysteria amongst some sections of the media — was one of the few athletes to compete in three freestyle skiing events at these Games. It is impossible to avoid seeing Gu's face staring out at you from just about everywhere in China. She's on a multitude of posters, online and TV, speaking in the pristine ( Pristine things are extremely clean or new. Now the house is in pristine condition. something that is pristine looks very clean, neat, or new in pristine condition: pristine snow/beaches/lawns. The bike was in pristine condition. ...pristine white shirts. ) Mandarin that only comes from fluency in language and culture learned by living in Beijing for almost half her life. One can only assume is an affront ( [əfrʌnt] verb. If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. His reforms had so affronted many of his natural supporters in England. He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased. Reggie reacted with the same affronted horror Midge had felt. noun. If something is an affront to you 冒犯, 羞辱, it is an obvious insult to you. It's an affront to human dignity to treat people so poorly. She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront. ) to those who assume she "defected" from the United States. There was pressure, something Gu admitted did get to her during the competition. "I was actually feeling pretty nervous this morning, maybe the pressure had started to catch up a bit," Gu said. "I never take anything for granted, in terms of competition. There are so many amazing, talented women in this field. "At the top [of my run] I said, 'My name is Eileen Gu, and I'm the best half-pipe freeskier in the world'," she said, starting to cry. "I said that three times. And then I said, 'I'm really grateful to be here. I can't believe this is real. I love skiing so much. And I love you all'." Her profile was already high 已经小有名气 before the Games, but now that she is a three-time medallist for the host nation it will skyrocket to entirely new heights. "I'm so honoured to be here and I'm even more honoured by this platform that I've been given to be able to spread this message and inspire young girls through my own passion for the sport and to be able, hopefully, spread the sport to people [who] might not have heard of it before," she said. "To have a young girl sitting at home watching TV, and the first time they hear about free skiing, they hear about it from a young teenage girl, a young biracial teenage girl, who can kind of reflect themselves on the TV. And they'll be like, 'Hey, she looks just like me. She's just like me. If she can do it, I can too.' And so I think that is so important." Gu had sent Chinese social media into overdrive after claiming gold 收获金牌, 夺得金牌 in the big air competition during the first week of the Games, briefly crashing Weibo, where she is known as the Snow Princess. "The second I landed the last 16 in [the] big air, I knew my life was never going to be the same," Gu said. "Even then, I would have never imagined that I'd walk away with another silver and another gold." But she did, winning silver in Tuesday's slopestyle competition, missing out on a second gold by just 0.3 points to Swiss rival Mathilde Gremaud. Gu was favourite for gold heading into the half-pipe as the reigning world champion and having won four FIS World Cup events so far this season in the discipline. And she did not disappoint.
