用法学习: 1. kinesiology [kɪˌniːsɪˈɒlədʒɪ] 身体运动技能学 the study of human and nonhuman body movements, performance, and function. Kinesiology is now the world’s fastest growing natural therapy. Kinesiology is a form of therapy that uses muscle monitoring (biofeedback) to look at imbalances that may be causing disease in the body. Kinesiology aims to detect and correct imbalances that may relate to stress, nutrition or minor injuries. Kinesiology is not used to diagnose disorders. bum someone out informal North American make someone feel upset or disappointed. to make someone feel sad or disappointed: That comment just bummed me out. "I was assigned the day shift, which bummed me out". A shill 托儿, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with said person or organization. Shills can carry out their operations in the areas of media, journalism, marketing, politics, sports, confidence games, or other business areas. A shill may also act to discredit opponents or critics of the person or organization in which they have a vested interest. to shoot/fire from the hip 条件反射似的反击 If you say that someone shoots from the hip or fires from the hip, you mean that they react to situations or give their opinion very quickly, without stopping to think. To speak or act rashly, recklessly, or bluntly, without consideration of potential consequences. An allusion to firing a handgun immediately upon drawing it from its holster without taking time to aim. The country's prime minister has gained a reputation for shooting from the hip, issuing executive orders without consulting members of parliament. The boss tends to shoot from the hip, so don't take what he says too personally. Judges don't have to shoot from the hip. They have the leisure to think, to decide. personified [pərˈsɑnəˌfaɪ] If you say that someone is evil personified or kindness personified 邪恶化身, 善良的化身, you mean that they are a perfect example of that quality: She is charm personified. He is not just a murderous liar but evil personified. I regretted it from the second I stepped in the door. He was abhorrent. He was evil personified. I had nightmares about it…my heart breaks for these young women because that's how I felt... She personifies beauty and grace. Justice is personified as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales. 2. 乌克兰战争 - 美国禁止进口俄罗斯汽油的争论: The U.S. and its Western allies have bombarded Russia's economy with a litany 一连串, 一系列 一长串的 ( litany [ˈlɪt(ə)ni] I. [disapproval] a long, usually boring, list of things that someone talks or writes about. If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany 无休无止的 of complaints against her client. a depressing litany of complaints. II. a series of prayers in a religious service, usually with a priest saying some parts and the people saying other parts. A litany is part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words. ) of crippling sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russian banks and businesses and social and government elites, including Putin. "We don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the American people," she added. "And it's as simple as less supply raises prices, and that is certainly a big factor for the president at this moment." Psaki argued that because barring oil imports may raise prices globally this could have an adverse effect and actually drive more income for Putin. It is unclear to what extent prices would be affected by blocking Russian oil imports but nations worldwide would need to take a more collective stance to effectively target Putin's top moneymaker. 3. apologism 无理搅三分, 辩护, 辩解, 狡辩, 诡辩, 开脱 A defence or excuse; a speech or written answer made to justify someone. a defence or excuse, or these things collectively The book has been criticized as a work of naive apologism. In many cases the apologism around these crimes benefitted future perpetrators. It's really dangerous that any attempt to contextualize [kənˈtekstʃuəˌlaɪz] 放在大环境下看, 而不是孤立的看 the invasion or attribute any complicity of the role of the West and NATO is being smeared as Putin apologism. contextualize [kənˈtekstʃuəˌlaɪz] to consider an idea, event, activity, etc. together with everything relating to it in order to understand it better. to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context. An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life. 'I am no apologist for Hitler,' observed Pyat. ...the great Christian apologist Origen. Meanwhile, elsewhere on the political right, there is something even more awful: the meek apologism for Putin seen lately in the endless excuses for the Ukraine invasion proffered by Nigel Farage – who moronically 愚蠢的 ( [məˈrɒn.ɪk] very stupid: a moronic grin. some really moronic suggestions. ) reduces Ukraine's plight to the consequences of Nato and the EU "poking the Russian bear with a stick" – and the Brexit-backing millionaire Arron Banks, who once compared Crimea's relationship with Russia to the Isle of Wight's with Britain. apologetics [əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪks] I. the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity. II. a defensive method of argument. wiki: Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called Christian apologists. In 21st-century usage, apologetics is often identified with debates over religion and theology. Although the term apologetics has Western, primarily Christian origins and is most frequently associated with the defense of Christianity, the term is sometimes used referring to the defense of any religion in formal debate involving religion. censorious [senˈsɔriəs] [formal, disapproval] always wanting to criticize other people or ideas and find faults in them. If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour. Despite strong principles he was never censorious. censor: In August 2020, however, Representative Devin Nunes accused YouTube of being overly censorious toward his channel and began posting his videos on Rumble. 4. amoral [eɪˈmɒr(ə)l] (没有道德观念的, 不辨是非的, immoral 是不道德的) [disapproval] lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something. If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong. I strongly disagree with this amoral approach to politics. The film was violent and amoral. Anita envied her sister's amorality and contempt for public opinion."an amoral attitude to sex". What is happening in Ukraine, moreover, reminds us of the cruel, amoral way that Putin governs his own country, and its contrast with the ideas that unite the west. wiki: Amorality [eɪmə'rælɪti] is an absence of, indifference towards, disregard for, or incapacity for morality. Some simply refer to it as a case of not being moral or immoral. Amoral should not be confused with immoral, which refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong. Morality and amorality in humans and animals is a subject of dispute among scientists and philosophers. If morality is intrinsic to humanity, then amoral human beings either do not exist or are only deficiently human. If morality is extrinsic to humanity, then amoral human beings can both exist and be fully human, and as such be amoral by default. Human capabilities may be thought of as amoral in that they can be used for either constructive or destructive purposes, i.e. for good or for ill. There is a position that claims amorality is just another form of morality or a concept that is close to it, citing the cases of moral naturalism, moral constructivism, moral relativism, and moral fictionalism as varieties that resemble key aspects of amorality. 5. subversion [səbˈvɜrʒ(ə)n] the action of trying to destroy a government or an established belief, especially by attacking it indirectly in written or spoken material. Subversion is the attempt to weaken or destroy a political system or a government. He was arrested in parliament on charges of subversion 推翻 for organizing the demonstration. subversive [səbˈvɜrsɪv] 反政府的 adj. intended to destroy the power or influence of a government or an established belief. Something that is subversive is intended to weaken or destroy a political system or government. This courageous and subversive movie has attracted widespread critical support. They were expelled from the country for subversive activities. It's a challenging novel with a subversive message. noun. someone who tries to destroy a government or an established belief. Subversives are people who attempt to weaken or destroy a political system or government. Agents regularly rounded up suspected subversives. subvert ( = overthrow) 推翻, 颠覆 I. to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics, etc. To subvert something means to destroy its power and influence. ...an alleged plot to subvert the state. ...a last attempt to subvert culture from within. II. to make someone less loyal or less moral. Howard: I see. Well, it's good to know, when I need you guys, I can always count on you to step up 站起来 and ruin everything.
Leonard: I feel awful. Raj: Ah, me, too. Leonard: To tell you the
truth, I thought if anyone was going to screw things up for Howard, it'd
be Sheldon. Sheldon: Well, your expectations have been subverted. Aha. wiki: Subversion (from the Latin word subvertere, 'overthrow') refers to a process by which the values and principles of a system in place are contradicted or reversed in an attempt to transform the established social order and its structures of power, authority, hierarchy, and social norms. Subversion can be described as an attack on the public morale and, "the will to resist intervention are the products of combined political and social or class loyalties which are usually attached to national symbols. Following penetration, and parallel with the forced disintegration of political and social institutions of the state, these tendencies may be detached and transferred to the political or ideological cause of the aggressor". Subversion is used as a tool to achieve political goals because it generally carries less risk, cost, and difficulty as opposed to open belligerency. Furthermore, it is a relatively cheap form of warfare that does not require large amounts of training. A subversive is something or someone carrying the potential for some degree of subversion. In this context, a "subversive" is sometimes called a "traitor" with respect to (and usually by) the government in power. Subversion, however, is also often a goal of comedians, artists and people in those careers. In this case, being subversive can mean questioning, poking fun at, and undermining the established order in general. 6. lionize [ˈlaɪənaɪz] to treat someone as though they are famous or important. If someone is lionized, they are treated as if they are very important or special by a particular group of people, often when they do not really deserve to be. By the 1920's, he was lionised by literary London. The press began to lionize him enthusiastically. In 1936, Max Schmeling had been lionised as boxing's great hope. PBS Newshour just ran a segment lionizing the mayor of Konotop for killing Russians, all the while blurring out the portrait of Nazi leader and holocaust perpetrator Stephan Bandera behind him. catalyze [ˈkætəˌlaɪz] I. chemistry to make a chemical reaction happen more quickly. II. 催化 to cause something to happen, especially in way that involves a lot of change Discovery of viruses on several of the company's computers catalyzed a review of all information systems. RT America laying off all staff is product of our Red Scare moment. While catalyzed by Russia invading Ukraine, fear has bubbled beneath the surface since 2016 election.
Putin's war: The world, it is said, is once again polarising between dictatorship and freedom – and in cooperation with its allies, the government has proudly entered what one Tory ( A Tory 保守派, 保皇派 ([ˈtɔːri]) is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The Tory ethos 信条, 宗旨 has been summed up with the phrase "God, Queen, and Country". Tories are generally monarchists, were historically of a high church Anglican religious heritage, and opposed to the liberalism of the Whig faction. Typically, Tories defend the ideas of hierarchy, natural order, and aristocracy. ) MP recently described as a global "battle for democracy". Johnson, indeed, sees himself as leading the charge, repeating the mantra that "Putin must fail", and claiming that Britain is "out in front". All this might seem welcome, but it is also rather absurd. For a long time now, the Conservative party has been happily backsliding ( to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc. to go back on something you have said you will do, or to go back to doing something bad. They may feel the party has backslided over Brexit. The country is backsliding into the authoritarianism of its neighbours.) on its commitment to liberal values, and dismantling some of the basic structures of political scrutiny and accountability. Brexit, the reckless project that put Britain on the periphery 边缘, 边缘化 ( peripheral vision 眼角余光) ( [pəˈrɪf(ə)ri] I. the outer part of an area, very far from the center. If something is on the periphery of an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it. Geographically, the U.K. is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent. Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery. II. The periphery of a subject or area of interest is the part of it that is not considered to be as important or basic as the main part. The sociological study of religion moved from the centre to the periphery of sociology. on the periphery of something: Each republic occupied a territory on the periphery of the Soviet Union. on/at the periphery only slightly involved with something, and not a very important part of it. groups on the periphery of the party. vocabulary: When something is on the periphery of your vision 眼角余光, you can only see it when you're looking sideways. Periphery means outside the boundary of something. If you're on the periphery of a group, you're close to it but not part of it. A band on the periphery of a particular scene might have opened for another band a few times, but it's never headlined or gotten their big break. Periphery comes from a Greek word meaning "to carry around." ) of Europe and brought Johnson to power, was a huge blow to exactly the kind of multilateralism the prime minister now affects to believe in ( affect somebody/something I. to produce a change in someone or something How will these changes affect us? Your opinion will not affect my decision. The south of the country was worst affected by the drought. II. (of a disease) to attack someone or a part of the body; to make someone become sick The condition affects one in five women. Rub the ointment into the affected areas. III. to make someone have strong feelings of sadness, anger, etc. Her experience of the last few hours has deeply affected her. Gregor loved his sister, and her loss clearly still affects him. They were deeply affected by the news of her death. Try not to let his problems affect you too much. IV. (disapproving) to use or wear something that is intended to impress other people. If you affect a particular characteristic or way of behaving, you pretend that it is genuine, or natural for you. He listened to them, affecting an amused interest. Ms. Redgrave affects a heavy Italian accent. I wish he wouldn't affect that ridiculous accent. affect (to do) something (formal) to pretend to be feeling or thinking something She affected a calmness she did not feel. ). As further proof of the ethical vacuum at the heart of Tory politics, Conservative politicians have been happily accepting Russian money while averting their eyes 别开眼, 装看不见 from the Putin regime's meddling in British politics. Now, though, all of that must suddenly be forgotten: the din of bombs and guns has suddenly awakened the Tory conscience 良心发现, and the prime minister will soon be telling us that huge hikes in the cost of petrol, gas and food are the price to be paid for values he himself seems to scarcely believe in. When Johnson bemoans "the Kremlin's blizzard of lies and disinformation", the gaff is blown ( blow the gaff (on sth) 秘密揭开 British slang to divulge a secret. To talk about or reveal a private or secret matter. The report blows the gaff on a series of illegal actions by the government. I can't believe you blew the gaff and talked about the plans for her surprise party right to her face! Don't tell your little brother anything you want to keep secret because he'll definitely blow the gaff. note: Note: 'Blow' here means 'reveal'. In the 19th century, 'gaff' was a slang word used to refer to dishonest behaviour which was intended to deceive people. ). Clearly, he is no Putin, but that is not quite the point. His time in power, let us not forget, has seen not just serial mendacity [menˈdæsəti] 谎话连篇 ( I. lies, lying or a tendency to lie. Mendacity is lying, rather than telling the truth. ...an astonishing display of cowardice and mendacity. II. a lie. Contradictions and even blatant mendacities go unchallenged. mendacious [menˈdeɪʃəs] A mendacious person is someone who tells lies. A mendacious statement is one that is a lie. a. not telling the truth. b. used about deliberately false statements, information, etc. ), but the unlawful suspension of parliament, attacks on the courts, plans for clampdowns on the right to protest – and, via the government's cynical 讽刺的 insistence that voting will depend on presenting photo ID, new restrictions on our most basic democratic rights. And the impression that the BBC is now being victimised for not being as obedient as the government would like has the same whiff of ( a slight smell, carried on a current of air: He leaned towards me and I caught/got a whiff of garlic. During the first few months of pregnancy the slightest whiff of food cooking made my stomach turn. ) the worst kind of power politics 权力政治, 争权夺势(Power politics is a theory in international relations which contends that distributions of power and national interests, or changes to those distributions, are fundamental causes of war and of system stability. The concept of power politics provides a way of understanding systems of international relations: in this view, states compete for the world's limited resources, and it is to an individual state's advantage to be manifestly able to harm others. Power politics prioritizes national self-interest over the interests of other nations or the international community, and thus may include threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression to protect one nation's own interest. ), along with ministers' seemingly endless "war on woke" and the introverted nastiness of Priti Patel's Home Office (highlighted on Saturday, when an immigration minister apparently suggested that Ukrainian refugees could attempt to come to Britain using the government's seasonal workers' scheme). When it comes to a very modern mixture of reactionary politics and disregard for democratic norms, there is a continuum [kənˈtɪnjuəm] ( a series of events, changes, features, etc. that all have a particular quality to different degrees. a continuum that starts with minor transgressions and can end with serious criminal activity. a. A continuum is a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees. These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health. It is at one end of the cost continuum. b. A continuum is a continuous series of closely connected events. ...responses to stress on a continuum from mild to extreme. ) that ends with Putin and also takes in such figures as Donald Trump and Hungary's Viktor Orbán; and Johnson is definitely on there somewhere. Even if he's an opportunist rather than an ethno-nationalist ( Ethnic nationalism, also known as ethnonationalism, is a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric (and in some cases an ethnocratic) approach to various political issues related to national affirmation of a particular ethnic group. ), that's still some indictment. In 2020, Electoral Commission records showed that six members of the cabinet and eight junior ministers had taken money from individuals or businesses linked to Russia. If senior Tories now insist that such donors are often opposed to the Putin regime, and all is therefore well ( all is well 没什么大问题, 一切都好 everything is in a good or acceptable state. used to say that a situation is satisfactory or not satisfactory All is not well with their marriage. I hope all is well with Jack. all well and good If you say that something is all well and good, you are suggesting that it has faults or disadvantages, although it may appear to be correct or reasonable. It's all well and good for him to say he's sorry, but has he told you why he did it?), that is not convincing: as anyone who knows about modern Russia will tell you, retaining significant business interests, connections or assets in Russia entails obligations to Putin, and relationships with a state that constantly seeks information, intelligence and foreign influence. Any political party with the most basic grasp of national security should surely know that. Clearly, unease about Tory donations dovetails 契合 into ( noun. a type of joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together. verb. to fit together, or to work together well. ) serious questions about the government's lamentable record on Russian interference in our politics. When the findings of the parliamentary intelligence and security committee's long-suppressed, heavily redacted inquiry into that subject (aka the Russia report) were finally published, in the summer of 2020, they prompted loud noise about the lack of attention the government paid to evidence of Russian meddling in UK elections and referendums – but Johnson pathetically batted away ( bat away I. To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself. The ball can still be batted away with one or both hands. It can be batted from a player's hands or batted away during a shot. II. 挡开. 回避. 避开. To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion. To avoid, dismiss, or disregard some comment or question. I tried to nail down the senator's position on the new tax proposal, but he batted all my questions away. You can't just bat away any bit of criticism leveled at you. You'll never grow as an artist that way! ) such worries as the neuroses ( neurosis [nʊˈroʊsɪs] 杞人忧天 a mental illness that makes you behave in an unusual way or makes you worry all the time about something unimportant. Neurosis is a mental condition which causes people to have unreasonable fears and worries over a long period of time. He was anxious to the point of neurosis. She got a neurosis about chemicals and imagined them everywhere doing her harm. neurotic [njʊˈrɒtɪk] adj. [disapproval] If you say that someone is neurotic, you mean that they are always frightened or worried about things that you consider unimportant. extremely worried about something unimportant in a way that does not seem reasonable to other people He was almost neurotic about being followed.There are also unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour. noun. neurotic someone who is neurotic These patients are not neurotics. ) of "Islingtonian remainers". From the members of the House of Lords with Russian business interests to London's so-called laundromat for dirty Russian money, other issues that the Ukraine crisis has once again pushed into the political foreground 推上政治前台 were also laid bare. But what followed was even more of the same inaction that the report bemoaned, which is one of the reasons why Johnson's sudden scramble to look resolute and tough( resolute If you describe someone as resolute, you approve of them because they are very determined not to change their mind or not to give up a course of action. Voters perceive him as a decisive and resolute international leader. He described the situation as very dangerous and called for resolute action. He resolutely refused to speak English unless forced to. The United States remains resolutely opposed to this. resolved [rɪˈzɑlvd] determined to do something. If you are resolved to do something, you are determined to do it. Barnes was resolved to moving on when his contract expired. ) looks so desperate. It would be comforting to think that their views are confined to the same political fringes as comparable ideas on the hard left, but the context is markedly different: these, after all, are people who played a crucial role in our exit from the EU, and have strong support in the rightwing press (and, for what it's worth, the TV channel GB News). They are also the figureheads of a strand of rightwing politics that blurs out not just into Toryism but parts of English society characterised by money and power, where the influence of what the Russia report called "a lot of Russians with very close links to Putin" is increasingly clear. What a mess all this is, but what a clear alternative it demands: politicians and public figures whose attachment to our fragile, damaged liberal values is just as fervent as the belief in democracy and the rule of law that evidently runs deep among so many of the Ukrainians – and Russians – who are currently in such a desperate situation. In the absence of such authentic voices, all the government's sound and fury threatens to amount to a flimsy and cynical performance – no basis for leading us through the economic turbulence this crisis is already creating; and, worse still, something that Putin may well interpret as a sign that things will once again align in his favour. Twenty-three years ago, the then largely unknown Putin surfed a national wave of jingoism ( [ˈdʒɪŋɡoʊˌɪzəm] the belief that other countries are not as good as your own, and that your government should never trust them. Jingoism is a strong and unreasonable belief in the superiority of your own country. ) to become Boris Yeltsin's successor, after a series of supposed terrorist bombings in Russian apartment buildings provided a pretext for the country's second Chechen war. Never mind that there is compelling evidence that Russian security services carried out these bombings to provide a casus belli ( casus belli [kɑsʊs ˈbeli] I. an event or act used to justify a war. II. the immediate cause of a quarrel. ) for the invasion, never mind that tens of thousands of Chechens were slaughtered amid horrendous war crimes: Putin was lauded and embraced. Today, complicity largely lies within the ranks of the Conservatives. The coffers of our governing party are flush with Putin-linked cash. An economic model forged by Thatcherism transformed London into one of the world's premier tax havens and a hub for "dirty money" from Russia and other human rights abusers: no wonder so many oligarchs have snapped up real estate in London and the home counties. From football clubs to newspapers to tennis matches with our now prime minister, it's no exaggeration to describe the Russian and British elites as profoundly entangled. Arguing for consistency on international issues is often condemned as "whataboutery", but at its heart is the belief that all victims of injustice are of equal worth.
Bruno Aiub became famous by imitating Joe Rogan, and he's now sparked a national conversation about the boundaries of free speech: His meteoric rise is due in no small part to the model developed by his hero, but as he learned last week, aping ( ape 模仿, 照搬, 学着 If you ape someone's speech or behaviour, you imitate it. Modelling yourself on someone you admire is not the same as aping all they say or do. ...French films which merely aped Hollywood. go ape If someone goes ape, they become very angry and upset. When Colonel Harper found out, he would go ape. ) Rogan comes with risk. In a February 7th conversation with two members of the Brazilian congress, Aiub argued that Brazil should embrace free speech absolutism, including legalizing the currently-illegal Nazi party. Aiub woke up Tuesday to thousands of people calling him a Nazi on social media. Sponsors pulled funding, the government opened an investigation into "the alleged offence of Nazi apologism," and his podcast production company announced that they would be severing ties with the 31-year-old provocateur 挑事的人. His apology came in several stages. First he blamed the remarks on his drunkeness, claiming that the show's bartender served him "a really crazy drink. I don't even know what it was, to be honest, but it worked." Two days later, he sounded more regretful. "The point that I was going to make that day was about the First Amendment in the United States. But I defended it in a really bad way, in a stupid way," he said. "I want to assure you that I am totally against any kind of prejudice." Now, he's going on the attack. In his latest interview with the Times, he said, "I am being destroyed for defending an idea that is constitutional in the United States. I'm not a Nazi." He plans to start a new podcast, and is hoping to get the blessing of Rogan himself. "It would be a tremendous honor to talk to him," he said. "I need a little international help." The government's investigation is ongoing, and Aiub's rapid rise and striking fall have sparked a nationwide conversation in Brazil about free speech and the difference between cancel culture and consequences. Even President Jair Bolsonaro has weighed in, saying that, "Nazi ideology must be repudiated," and adding, "as well as any and all totalitarian ideology that jeopardizes the fundamental rights of people." Across the globe, nations are engaged in high-stakes battles over the acceptable boundaries of speech. As for Rogan, he's long walked the line between controversial and inflammatory, protected by America's liberal free speech laws and the $100 million contract he signed with Spotify, which has made it financially difficult for the streaming platform to move on. His persistent vaccine misinformation caused Neil Young to pull his music from Spotify, and since then, entertainers have lined up on both sides of the debate.
一系列, 一连串, 一个接一个的 ( a parade of, a spate of (用于坏事), a host of 大量的, raft 大量, chain of, flurry of, cascade of, a litany of 用于负面的事情, barrage 连番的, 连珠炮似的, torrent 连珠炮, stream of, package of, series of,
sequence, a string of, ): 0. The resignation of Mr. Jones, the latest in a parade of 一连串的 civil servants who have left the Johnson government, left little doubt that the government's actions raised thorny legal problems. The cars have brought in their train 后续的 a host of 一连串的 other problems. (a (whole) host of (something) = a (whole) raft of (something) A very large number or collection of people or things. We had a whole host of problems on opening night, but I think most of the issues have been resolved. While the film has been receiving positive reviews from critics, there's a host of fans who are upset with the way it turned out. a (whole) host of people/things a large number of people or things A host of show business celebrities have pledged their support.). A string of shootings is being interpreted as a dark harbinger(
[ˈhɑrbɪndʒər] a sign that something will happen soon, often something
bad. Something that is a harbinger of something else, especially
something bad, is a sign that it is going to happen. The November air stung 刺痛 my cheeks, a harbinger of winter. ) of what "returning to normal" could look like in America, writes Emily Olson. The spate of shootings( [speɪt] a large number of things of the same type, usually bad things, that suddenly happen in a very short period of time. spate of 一连串的: a large number of similar things that happen in a short period of time, especially bad things a spate of burglaries. a spate of bombings/thefts/violence. ) sparked fears that right as America emerged from one of those crises, another was about to fill the void. 1. raft I. A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together. ...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest. II. A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat that you blow air into to make it float. The crew spent two days and nights in their raft. III. A raft of people or things is a lot of them. a very large number of people or things. A whole raft of strategies were suggested in the report. He
has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical.
This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer
industries. Among a raft of changes 大量, 大批量的
put forward in a draft determination released on Thursday is the
removal of a prohibition on charging for energy exported into the grid. 2. A chain of events 一连串的
is a number of actions and their effects that are contiguous. A
contiguity is a continuous mass, or a series of things in contact or in
proximity. In a different meaning, contiguity is the state of being
contiguous. This is why Hollywood can't stand Will and Jada Pinkett
Smith anymore.
When Will Smith didn't get a Best Actor nomination for 2015's Concussion
despite the Oscar buzz that surrounded the biographical football drama, a chain of events 一系列的事件, 一件接一件的 was set in motion(set in motion 触发而行动起来: start something moving or working. to make a series of events or a process start happening. We want to set in motion talks involving all sides in the conflict. "the mobile of five clouds is set in motion by a little fan". "the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law".) that ended with hate for the actor and his wife reaching new levels in Hollywood. 3. flurry [flʌri , US flɜːri]
I. A flurry of something such as activity or excitement is a short
intense period of it. a short period of activity or emotion. There was a flurry of 一系列的, 一波的, 一连串的 activity right outside the hospital. ...a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at ending the war.
An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers,
happening suddenly or in a short period of time; a volley, a barrage. The
fencer landed a flurry of hits on her opponent. The think piece
provoked a flurry of media responses for the remainder of the week. a. a series of things that happen suddenly a flurry of blows/punches 一连串的, 一个接一个的.
II. A flurry of something such as snow is a small amount of it that
suddenly appears for a short time and moves in a quick, swirling way. a
small amount of snow, rain, or leaves blown around in a twisting
movement small flurries 一团团的雪 of snow. 4. cascade [kæˈskeɪd] 递叠的, 层层交叠的, 步步演变. 一步一步的演变, 层层递进, 逐渐发展成为, 一连串的, 接二连三的, 一个接一个的 I. If water cascades somewhere, it pours or flows downwards very fast and in large quantities. She hung on as the freezing, rushing water cascaded past her. A waterfall cascades down the cliff from the hills behind. II. If one thing cascades over another, it falls or hangs over it. Vivid red and pink geraniums cascade over my balcony. From her tiny waist a crinolined skirt cascaded in three deep tiers. to flow down or hang down in large amounts cascade to/down/from/over: The tears cascaded down her cheeks. dark hair that cascaded to her shoulders. But if workers cannot trip those breakers fast enough, Mr. Schewe said a failure could cascade into 递变, 递进演变 a much larger blackout. noun. I. If you refer to a cascade of something 瀑布般的, 雪片般的, you mean that there is a large amount of it. The women have lustrous cascades of black hair. A cascade of mail arrived from friends.
something that hangs down in large amounts, for example cloth or hair.
II. a series of things that come quickly one after the other The bank's collapse led to a cascade of 一系列的, 一连串的 business failures. III. A cascade is a waterfall. a small waterfall. litany [ˈlɪtəni]
I. a long, usually boring, list of things that someone talks or writes
about. If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean
that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or
insincere. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany 一长串的, 一连串的 of complaints against her client. a depressing litany of complaints.
II. a series of prayers in a religious service, usually with a priest
saying some parts and the people saying other parts. A litany is part of
a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the
people reply, also using a set group of words. 6. barrage [bəˈrɑʒ] noun. I. countable
an attack during which an army continuously fires guns, drops bombs
etc. for a long time. A barrage is continuous firing on an area with
large guns and tanks. The artillery
barrage on the city centre was the heaviest since the ceasefire. The two
fighters were driven off by a barrage of anti-aircraft fire. II. singular
a lot of criticisms, complaints, or questions directed at one person. A
barrage of something such as criticism or complaints is a large number
of them directed at someone, often in an aggressive way. He was faced with a barrage of 连珠炮似的, 一波接一波的, 一连串的 angry questions from the floor. barrage of: a barrage of abuse. barrage [ˈbɑrɪdʒ] 大坝 countable
a wall built across a river in order to control the level of the water.
A barrage is a structure that is built across a river to control the
level of the water. ...a hydro-electric tidal barrage. 7. Tackled in question time by Labor's health spokeswoman, Catherine King, and deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek, for having unleashed "a torrent of expletives [ˈeksplətɪv] 一连串的, 连珠炮似的粗话 to a grandmother", Hunt could barely apologise enough. 8. Mr Joyce fired back: "That's interesting coming from you, mate ... " before Sandilands exploded, cutting him off with a stream of 一连串的 insults. Aided by a little luck and a vocal group of Australian supporters - Kyrgios answered every question asked of him in a high-quality final set with a string of 一连串的 aces and ferocious winners. 9. The main opposition Socialists said on Friday they would back 支持 a package of 一系列的, 一揽子的 extraordinary measures to impose central rule on the region, whose threat to break away has unsettled the euro and hurt confidence in the eurozone's fourth-largest economy. 10. roll call I. If you take a roll call, you check which of the members of a group are present by reading their names out. We had to stand in the snow every morning for roll call. II. 一系列的. 一个接一个的. A roll call of a particular type of people or things is a list of them. Her list of pupils read like a roll-call of the great and good. 11. But for Kylie, this sequence of events 这一系列的动作 didn't quite go that way. For some commentators and community advocates, racial profiling was a factor in this sequence of offending, and the coinciding spike in African-Australian youth imprisonment — which has now reached concerning levels. 12. It was a series of events 一系列的事件 that sort of led to this period of time in my life', she added. 13. The spate of shootings( [speɪt] a large number of things of the same type, usually bad things, that suddenly happen in a very short period of time. spate of 一连串的: a spate of bombings/thefts/violence. ) sparked fears that right as America emerged from one of those crises, another was about to fill the void.
