用法学习: 1. grinch US informal a very unfriendly person who does not want other people to enjoy themselves. a person whose lack of enthusiasm or bad temper has a depressing effect on others.A person who aggressively sets out to ruin the Christmas holidays for others. What a grinch! You are such a grinch. Note: from a character in the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss (1904–91), US writer and illustrator, whose full name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. squawk [skwɔk] 鸟厉声尖叫 I. intransitive ︎when a bird squawks, it makes a loud unpleasant noise in its throat. When a bird squawks, it makes a loud harsh noise. I threw pebbles at the hens, and that made them jump and squawk. A mallard suddenly took wing, rising steeply into the air with an angry squawk. II. intransitive/transitive to say something in a loud, high, and unpleasant voice. If a person squawks, they complain loudly, often in a high-pitched, harsh tone. Mr Arbor squawked that the deal was a double-cross. 'Wait for me!' Melanie squawked. 'I'm not staying here alone.' You squawked the whole winning time, complaining, begging. You lost man, how about some time to the winner? 2. TBBT: Prasinohaema (Greek: "green blood") is a genus of skinks (石龙子科的蜥蜴 Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae) characterized by having green blood. This condition is caused by an excess buildup of the bile 胆汁 ( I. Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat. II. Bile is the bad-smelling liquid that comes out of your mouth when you vomit with no food in your stomach. III. Bile is anger or bitterness towards someone or something. He aims his bile at religion, drugs, and politics. ) pigment biliverdin. Prasinohaema species have plasma biliverdin concentrations approximately 1.5-30 times greater than fish species with green blood plasma and 40 times greater than humans with green jaundice ( [ˈdʒɔndɪs] 黄疸 an illness affecting the liver that makes the skin and the white part of the eyes become yellow. ). The benefit 益处, 好处 provided by the high pigment concentration is unknown, but one possibility is that it protects against malaria. Spock: Hello again, Sheldon. Sheldon: What is it now, tiny Spock? Spock: I am very disappointed in you. You broke your toy and switched it with Leonard's. You should be ashamed of yourself. Sheldon: You're the one who told me to play with it. Spock: If I told you to jump off the bridge of the Enterprise, would you do it? Sheldon: No. If I got on the bridge of the Enterprise, I would never, ever leave. Spock: Trust me, it gets old 厌烦, 厌倦 after a while. You must right your wrong 改正错误, Sheldon. Sheldon: Why? I got away with it. Leonard has his toy, and he's never going to open it, so he won't know it's broken. And I have a toy that isn't broken. Everybody's happy. Spock: Well I am unhappy. Sheldon: I thought where you come from they don't have emotions. Spock: I come from a factory in Taiwan. Now do the right thing. Sheldon: You know what you are? Well, you're a green blooded ( blue-blooded adj A blue-blooded person is from a royal or noble family. ...blue-blooded aristocrats.) buzzkill. Perhaps it's time you beam on out of here. Spock: Fine. I will just use the transporter. Oh, right. You broke it. TBBT: Penny: You know, I paid a lot for this. Let's take it over there and show him. Leonard: Absolutely. Penny: What is the truth? Sheldon: My Mr Spock doll came to me in a dream and forced me to open it. And when the toy broke I switched it for yours. Later he encouraged me to do the right thing and I defied him ( defy I. If you defy someone or something 不听话, 不听他的 that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. Nearly eleven-thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading. II. If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. I defy you to read this book and not feel motivated to change. He looked at me as if he was defying me to argue. III. If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. The skill of the craftsman who made it defies description. It's a devastating and barbaric act 野蛮行径 that defies all comprehension. ). And then I was attacked by a Gorn. Leonard: Okay, that I believe. Penny: Mmm. Sheldon: Leonard, Penny, I just, I want you both to know that I regret my actions toward the two of you. That's a lie. Leonard: So, is that one mine. Sheldon: Yes. Leonard: Well, hand it over so I can open it. Sheldon: Okay. Leonard, even though I don't have one any more, I hope you have fun playing with it. Leonard: And that's a lie, right? Sheldon: Big fat whopper. I hope it breaks. defy one's age / the years If you say that someone defies their age, or defies the years, you mean that their appearance or behaviour suggests that they are younger than they really are. TBBT: Sheldon: I'm not saying you don't have attractive qualities. Your choice of friends is impeccable, you're a good sleeper, and last but not least, you buy the grapes I like. You're a real catch ( I. A catch is a hidden problem or difficulty in a plan or an offer that seems surprisingly good. The catch is that you work for your supper, and the food and accommodation can be very basic. 'It's your money. You deserve it.'—'What's the catch?' II. 鱼获. 收货. When people have been fishing, their catch is the total number of fish that they have caught. The catch included one fish over 18 pounds. III. If you describe someone as a good catch, you mean that they have lots of good qualities and you think their partner is very lucky to have found them. I was so in love with him and all my friends said what a good catch he was. ) compared to some snoring guy with a fridge full of lousy grapes. Leonard: None of this matters. I trust that Penny cares about me, and nothing's gonna happen with this guy. Sheldon: Well, unless of course he's a skilled hypnotist. Leonard: What? Sheldon: While unlikely, it's still a statistical possibility. She might be performing sexual acts with him and not even know it. Leonard: Now you're just being ridiculous. Sheldon: Am I? The mind's a mysterious thing 人心难测, 人心难捉摸, Leonard. He could be having the time of his life while she thinks she's a chicken pecking for corn 小鸡啄米. TBBT: Bernadette: What about you? Penny: Oh. I don't know. I guess my school was a nice place. We didn't really have bullies. Amy: Come on, no one ever gave anyone mean nicknames or picked on them or put gum in their hairy knuckles so the school nurse had to use peanut butter to get it out? Penny: No, we weren't really like that. I mean, look, we played pranks on each other, but it was never mean. Like, okay, this one girl, Kathy Geiger, got really good grades 成绩非常好, so we blindfolded her, tied her up and left her in a cornfield overnight. Bernadette: Oh, my God, that's awful. Penny: No, it was funny. Everyone laughed. Amy: Did Kathy Geiger laugh? Penny: Uh, probably. It's hard to say. She kind of had an ear of corn 玉米棒, 玉米穗 (corn on the cob 玉米棒) in her mouth ( We were walking past the Wonderopolis barn the other day when we overheard an interesting conversation between a couple of cows: Bessie: Psst! Molly! Can you keep a secret? Come out to the field and I'll tell you. Molly: No! Not out in the field. Tell me here.Bessie: Why not out in the field? Molly: You can't tell a secret out in the field, Bessie! It's a field of corn. There are too many ears! Bessie: Boo! Molly: Sorry! Was that joke too corny for you? We agree with Bessie. That was a bad joke. But it did get us to WONDER about why they're called "ears" of corn. As it turns out, it doesn't have anything to do with the ears on your head. "Ear" comes from the ancient word "ahs," which meant "husk 玉米皮 (silk 玉米穗上的须须, stalk 玉米秸秆 ) of corn." In English, sometimes the ear also is referred to as a "cob" or a "pole." The ear is the spiked part of the corn plant that contains kernels. The kernels are the delicious yellow tidbits we love to nibble on in the summertime. Each ear of corn is wrapped in a husk. The husk is the green, leafy layer that we peel back before feasting on this summer treat. Don't feel foolish if you thought an ear of corn had something to do with your ears — you're not alone! In the 16th century, Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo created a painting he titled "Summer." The painting depicts the head of a man made from seasonal fruits and veggies: peapods for lips, a cucumber nose, peach cheeks, and — you guessed it — ears of corn! Check out these kernels of corn knowledge: Every row of corn on a corncob 玉米芯 has the same number of kernels 玉米粒, 玉米仁. The average ear of corn has 800 kernels. You can find corn in more than 3,000 products on your grocery shelves, including cereal, peanut butter, and soft drinks. Corn is grown on every continent except Antarctica. More than 50 percent of the corn grown in the United States becomes food for livestock. The main ingredient in most dry pet food is corn. ). Amy: Who would have thought Fuzzy Fingers Fowler is best friends with a bully? Penny: What? I was not a bully. Bernadette: Kind of sounds like you were. And maybe a felon. TBBT: Leonard: Come on, buddy, open up. Howard: We're worried about you. Raj (off): Oh, just because I've stopped going to work and answering my phone you think something bad happened? Maybe something good happened. Bernadette: Did something good happen? Raj (off): Of course not. Nothing good ever happens. (Opens door. He is wearing a stained vest, his hair is unkempt, and he is drinking wine from a bottle.) Leonard: Whoa. Raj: What? Leonard: Nope, just, just, whoa. Bernadette: It smells pretty ripe ( I. If a situation is ripe for a particular development or event, you mean that development or event is likely to happen soon. Conditions were ripe 万事俱备, 条件满足 for an outbreak of cholera. This society is ripe 是时候该 for change. II. Ripe cheese has developed a strong flavour: This brie smells good and ripe. III. 恶臭. A ripe smell is strong and unpleasant: There was a ripe smell from his socks. IV. used to describe language that is rude: a ripe joke. ripe with full of The field of biotechnology is ripe with possibilities for significant medical advances. the time is ripe 时机成熟 If you say the time is ripe, you mean that a suitable time has arrived for something to be done. He told reporters that he thought the time was ripe for a normalisation of relations 关系正常化. The British Foreign Office has decided the time is ripe to send its first female ambassador to the region. ripe for picking/plucking 唾手可得 If something is ripe for picking or ripe for plucking, it will be very easy to obtain. Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking. ripe old age 活到大年纪, 活了大年纪 If someone lives to a ripe old age, they live until they are very old. He lived to the ripe old age of 95. ) in here. You kind feel it in your eyes. Leonard: Raj, what's going on? Raj: I was humiliated by yet another woman. Howard: You didn't kill her and chop her up, that's not what we're smelling, right? Raj: No. I took her for coffee, and she snuck out the bathroom window to get away from me. Bernadette: Oh, you poor baby. Raj: I went and looked. It was a high and tiny window. She must have been very motivated. Howard: I'm sorry. That's awful, but come on, you got to shake it off. Leonard: Yeah, you can't stay in your apartment for the rest of your life. Raj: Why not? With online shopping and overnight delivery, I can get anything I want. Look, I just ordered a case of Dinty Moore beef stew and two live lobsters on Amazon. Leonard: Lobsters overnight? Howard: Oh, you're kidding. Let me see. Well, I'll be. Look, you can throw in a couple steaks and have a surf and turf ( Surf and turf or surf 'n' turf is a main course combining seafood and red meat. A typical seafood component would be lobster, prawns, shrimp, squid or scallops, any of which could be steamed, grilled or breaded and fried. The meat is typically beef steak, although others may be used. ). Leonard: The surf and turf sounds good. See if they have corn on the cob 玉米棒. Bernadette: Guys, we're trying to get him out of here, not you in. Raj: You're wasting your time. Just please, leave me alone. Howard: Now what? Leonard: I don't know. Bernadette: We could go to Red Lobster and talk about it. We're all thinking it. I just had the decency 有人性 to wait for him to leave. Amy: Shh. That's how you wind up in a cornfield. TBBT: Scene: The room in the basement. Sheldon enters, takes out a box, takes a beanbag 毽子 (Shuttlecock) from the box, then starts playing keepie-uppie 踢毽子, Sheldon: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight… Drat. I'm never going to get to forty-three again. One, two, three, four… Rats. 3. be gagging for it vulgar To have an intense desire for sex. If someone is gagging for it, they want very much to have sex. You could see he was gagging for it. to be very eager to have or do something Many people are under the impression that men are gagging for it 24 hours a day. dead on arrival I. Being a failure from the start, a nonstarter. used to describe a person who is declared dead immediately upon arrival at a hospital. (of an idea, etc.) declared ineffective without ever having been put into effect. "why are people pronouncing the plan dead on arrival in the legislature?" II. (of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital. Found dead at a scene, upon the arrival of an emergency medical service (EMS) or the police. III. (slang) Of a new item: received broken. dead in the water I. (of a ship) unable to move. "the vessel was dead in the water with no engine power". II. unable to function effectively. "the economy is dead in the water". If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future. A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water. thrust upon 强加给的, 强买强卖的, 被甩给, 被丢给 If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it. Why has such sadness been thrust upon us? She had not wanted to be Queen, but the role was thrust upon her. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. to force someone to accept or deal with something: Fatherhood had been thrust on him. She had more responsibility thrust upon her. 4. grunt verb. (of an animal, especially a pig) make a low, short guttural sound. When an animal grunts, it makes a low rough noise. ...the sound of a pig grunting. "an enormous pig grunted and shuffled in a sty outside". II. If you grunt, you make a low sound, especially because you are annoyed or not interested in something. The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy. 'Rubbish,' I grunted. He grunted his thanks. Their replies were no more than grunts of acknowledgement. noun. I. a low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person. "with snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp". II. INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN a low-ranking soldier or unskilled worker. "he went from grunt to senior executive vice president in five years". soft pedal noun. a pedal on a piano that can be pressed to make the tone softer. verb 淡化. 软化. 软处理. 低调处理. refrain from emphasizing the more unpleasant aspects of; play down. If you soft-pedal something, you deliberately reduce the amount of activity or pressure that you have been using to get something done or seen. to make something seem less important or less unpleasant than it really is. He refused to soft-pedal an investigation into the scandal. "the administration's decision to soft-pedal the missile program".
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells criticises 'Liberal sisterhood' for staying quiet on toxic culture in parliament: Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has criticised "the Liberal party sisterhood" for lacking the "gumption" ( gumption I. [informal] If someone has gumption 大智慧, they are able to think what it would be sensible to do in a particular situation, and they do it. Surely anyone with marketing gumption should be able to sell good books at any time of year. II. the quality of being sensible and brave enough to do the right thing in a difficult situation. If someone has the gumption to do something, they are brave enough to do it. He suspected that deep down, she admired him for having the gumption to disagree with her. ) to speak out against toxic parliamentary culture, while also suggesting factional in-fighting (派系斗争, factional warfare) contributed to Labor senator Kimberley Kitching's sudden death. The Liberal senator said that she and Kitching were outspoken and unconstrained 没把门的, 口无遮拦的 by the "prevalent group think within our political parties", and that they had commiserated [kəˈmɪzəˌreɪt] with 同情 ( If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them. to express sympathy to someone who is unhappy about something When I lost, he commiserated with me. After half an hour's commiseration, we turned to more practical matters. We have sent the team our commiserations. ) one another about the "slings and arrows" ( Slings and arrows I. 糟心事. 恶心事. II. 尖酸刻薄恶的话. 恶意攻击. are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault. pointed often acerbic critical attacks. She has suffered the slings and arrows of detractors. She had suffered her own share of slings and arrows in the quest for publicity. detractor [dɪˈtræktər] 批评者 someone who publicly criticizes someone or something. The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing. This performance will silence many of his detractors. The news will have delighted detractors of the scheme. in dribs and drabs 一点一点的 gradually and in small amounts or numbers The guests began arriving in dribs and drabs. waifs and strays I. 没人要的. 流浪猫狗, 流浪者. 无家可归者. children or animals that do not have homes. People or animals that are in need of a place to stay. "Waif" commonly refers to a person or animal that has been abandoned. She loved cats, and would take any waifs and strays into her home. It's heartbreaking to see so many waifs and strays wandering the city streets, with no one to care for them. II. lonely people with nowhere else to go: My wife is always inviting various waifs and strays from work to our house. She seems to attract them. note: A waif 没有人要的东西 was an item of ownerless and unclaimed property found on a landowner's territory, while a stray referred to a domestic animal that had wandered onto the same land. Both terms originated from Anglo-Norman French. A grant of waif and stray permitted the landowner to take ownership of such goods or animals if they remained unclaimed after a set period of time. In later centuries, the expression "waifs and strays" came to be used as metaphors for – and ultimately became synonymous with – abandoned or neglected children. blues and twos British informal the emergency services, particularly police or ambulance response vehicles. The flashing blue lights and (originally) two-tone siren of a police vehicle. I was taken to hospital under blues and twos. block and tackle 滑轮系统 a piece of equipment that consists of wheels and ropes, used for lifting heavy objects. A block and tackle or only tackle is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift heavy loads. ) of pitched internal battles( pitched battle A pitched battle is a very fierce and violent fight involving a large number of people. an intensely fought battle in which the opposing forces are locked in close combat. a battle in which the time and place are determined beforehand, rather than a casual or chance skirmish. She has been in a pitched battle with her ex-husband over custody of their children. a violent confrontation involving large numbers of people. "rival fans engaged in a pitched battle outside the ground". ). Emotions brimming 情绪饱满, Fierravanti-Wells declared both had internal enemies who "desperately wanted to see us defeated and they worked very hard at it". She said both the major parties were now facing court actions as a consequence of internal rancour ( rancor = rancour [ˈræŋkər] 愤怒, 愤恨 Rancour is a feeling of bitterness and anger. 'That's too bad,' Teddy said without rancour. ) about preselection processes. "Your death put much into context for me. It made me realise that all the stress associated with factional warfare is not worth the toll it takes on health and family." As well as battling internal dramas, the Liberal senator alleged she and Kitching had also been treated poorly by their female colleagues. Fierravanti-Wells said: "The concept of mean girls is not confined to 仅限于 one political party." She said her female Coalition colleagues – whom she did not name – would "privately whinge and complain" about political culture, but people ultimately lacked the "gumption", "fortitude" or "appetite" to speak out. "I suspect they were concerned about being summoned for a fireside chat 被请去喝咖啡, 被请去喝茶(A fireside chat is a personal and interactive discussion involving a moderator and guest, allowing an audience to gain insights into the guest's personal stories and thoughts on various topics.) with the threat of demotion for breaching group think(Groupthink 集体意识, 团体思想 is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.)," Fierravanti-Wells said. "I shared my own experiences with Kimberley, so I understood how Kimberley felt having been treated the way she was." In his eulogy for Kitching at her memorial service in Melbourne, the late senator's husband, Andrew Landeryou, told mourners "the unpleasantness" Kitching experienced from a "cantankerous ( [kænˈtæŋkərəs] always complaining or arguing and easily annoyed. Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about. ) cabal ( [kəˈbæl] [disapproval] a small group of people who secretly work together to get power for themselves. If you refer to a group of politicians or other people as a cabal, you are criticizing them because they meet and decide things secretly. He had been chosen by a cabal of fellow senators. ...a secret government cabal. )" inside the parliamentary party and outside it "did baffle and hurt her". Wong, Keneally and Gallagher have flatly denied bullying Kitching. Kitching and Fierravanti-Wells, both rightwingers in their respective political movements, have been significant factional operators during their parliamentary careers. Keneally told the Senate on Monday that Kitching was a formidable colleague, plain-speaking and comfortable with the use of power. "She was never to be underestimated," Keneally said. "She made her decisions. She was not manipulated by others in her career, beliefs or passions. "I would never have described her as a shrinking violet 害羞的, 胆小的. She was never backwards about coming forward. If she had a view, she put it. In many ways I found this refreshing." Implicitly referencing some of the score-settling ( score to settle 旧账要算, 算旧账 something bad that was done to someone that the harmed person keeps in mind in order to do something bad in return. To get vengeance (on someone) for a past wrong or grievance; to punish someone for causing one harm or misfortune in the past. The former champion entered the competition looking to settle a score with the young player who dethroned him in the previous tournament. After five years in hiding from the law, Hofstadter decided it was time to return to town and settle a score. He says he has a few (old) scores to settle.) and in-fighting that has erupted after Kitching's death, Keneally told the Senate: "Those who use the grief 悲伤 caused by her death for purposes other than honouring her life and her work will find no friend in me." Wong, Labor's Senate leader, noted that much had been "said and written in the days since Senator Kitching's passing". "Many are hurting and many are grieving," Wong told the chamber. "I understand that grief and loss can be so profound that it can provoke anger and blame. "I have made my views very clear outside this place about some of that misplaced anger and blame. "I will not return anger with anger, or blame with blame." Senator Kitching's preselection for the coming election was not yet confirmed when she died from a suspected heart attack earlier this month, amid a tussle between the splintered right factions of the Victorian ALP over Senate positions and a legal battle over the federal takeover of the branch. In the days after her death, allegations were aired about her being the victim of bullying. "I know how hard it had been for my own husband, John, himself a cancer survivor, who has stood by me through all the slings and arrows of internecine ( internecine [ˌɪntərˈnesin ˌɪntərˈnisin] 派系内的 happening or existing between people who belong to the same group, organization, country, etc. An internecine conflict, war, or quarrel is one which takes place between opposing groups within a country or organization. The whole episode has drawn attention again to internecine strife in the ruling party. ) factional and intrafactional 派系间的 skulduggery ( skulduggery 行为不端, 下三滥的手段, 黑手 [skʌlˈdʌɡ(ə)ri] underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities. Skulduggery is behaviour in which someone acts in a dishonest way in order to achieve their aim. ...accusations of political skulduggery. "a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery")," she said. "So, Andrew, whilst John and I can walk away, you will be left to walk alone." According to Liberal Party insiders, Senator Fierravanti-Wells has become increasingly isolated in the NSW branch, with her far-right faction splitting with the right grouping. Her allies were involved in a confrontation at a suburban Sydney branch meeting early last year and a factional ally of hers, Matthew Camenzuli, has mounted a legal challenge against the party executive over the fraught ( I. 问题重重的. 有很多问题的. full of problems, difficulties, or things that are confusing. a thousand-word statement fraught with ambiguities. II. mainly British involving problems that worry you. Things have been a bit fraught at home. She sounded a little fraught.) preselection process. She said she and Senator Kitching both drew fire from colleagues because they were outspoken and "not constrained by groupthink". She pointed out that when she spoke out in an ABC investigative report in late 2020 about the treatment of women and integrity issues in Parliament, not one female Coalition MP backed her. "My female Coalition colleagues would privately whinge and complain, but there had been no fortitude or appetite to stand up publicly and say what needed to be said," she said, adding the Coalition women's WhatsApp group "was more concerned with trivial 10th-order issues". Liberal backbencher Bridget Archer has spoken previously of being ordered to the Prime Minister's office for a dressing down after she crossed the floor to vote against the government in an attempt to bring on debate on a federal integrity commission. Former Liberal MP Julia Banks said she had similar experiences. Senator Wong led the condolence motion and acknowledged talk surrounding Labor's internal politics following claims she, Katy Gallagher and Kristina Keneally had bullied and shunned Senator Kitching prior to her death. They have jointly denied the allegations. One of Senator Kitching's close parliamentary friends, NSW Labor senator Deb O'Neill, urged the party to seek "respectful disagreement rather than torrid ( I. Torrid weather is extremely hot and dry. ...the torrid heat of a Spanish summer. II. A torrid relationship or incident involves very strong emotions connected with love and sex. She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer. ...torrid bedroom scenes. III. [British, journalism] If someone or something has a torrid time, they experience a lot of difficulties. Seles, the victim of a death threat earlier this week, has had a torrid time during the Championships. The minister suffered yet another torrid day of criticism. ) taunting and brokenness". The Liberal Party has dumped veteran senator and conservative warrior Concetta Fierravanti-Wells from a winnable spot on its Senate ticket, as both major parties scramble to finalise their candidate lists before the looming federal election. The party also has to resolve the future of veteran senator Kim Carr and sign off on a candidate for the lower house seat of Holt vacated by Anthony Byrne. Senators Molan and Fierravanti-Wells are both aligned with the hard right faction of the NSW Liberal Party, which is currently split.
