用法学习: 1. no word of a lie 真的, 不骗你 = not a word of a lie = without a word of a lie (chiefly Ireland) No falsehood at all; the absolute truth. A phrase used commonly in Hiberno-English to emphasize the truth of a narration, particularly in the case of a surprising. I've run seven marathons this month. No word of a lie! My dad's having an affair! No word of a lie! abrogate [ˈæbrəˌɡeɪt] If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it. to officially get rid of a law or political arrangement, often without the agreement of the other people, groups, etc. involved The next prime minister could abrogate the treaty. ...a dereliction of duty and an abrogation of responsibility. abrogable [ˈæbrəɡəbə] adj able to be abrogated. Thus the conventional characterisation of human rights as universal 普世的, 普适的, indivisible 不可分割的, inalienable 固有的 and inabrogable 不可否决的, 不可废除的 is not consistent with the way human rights are enacted, and this is a cause of confusing and ambiguity. inalienable [ɪnˈeɪliənəb(ə)l] 固有的权利 an inalienable right cannot be taken away from you or given to someone else. If you say that someone has an inalienable right to something, you are emphasizing that they have a right to it which cannot be changed or taken away. He said the republic now had an inalienable right to self-determination. ...respect for the inalienable rights of peoples and nations. 2. understand VS understood (明白, 我明白了): Everybody shakes hands with each other when they first meet each other in the United States, so hand shaking is an understood 公认的 method of communication. "Understood" strikes me as more terse ( A terse statement or comment is brief and unfriendly. He issued a terse statement. His tone was terse as he asked the question. 'It's too late,' he said tersely.) than serious, but that could be appropriate depending on circumstances. You might be used to replying "understood", but that is about as normal to English speakers as "got it". There's many ways of saying that you understand an explanation, but for most of us they begin "I ..." - "I understand", "I see", 'I've got that/I got that", "I get it", "I see what you mean" are examples. mange [meɪndʒ] 毛囊虫病, 家畜疥, 兽疥癣(人类的皮肤癣病: Ringworm (scalp and body) A highly contagious fungal infection of the skin or scalp. Ringworm is spread by skin-to-skin contact or by touching an infected animal or object. Ringworm is typically scaly [ˈskeɪli] 鳞片状的 and may be red and itchy. Ringworm of the scalp is common in children, where it may cause bald patches. The treatment for ringworm is antifungal medication. Psoriasis [səˈraɪəsɪs] 牛皮癣, 银屑病: A condition in which skin cells build up and form scales and itchy, dry patches. Psoriasis is thought to be an immune system problem. Triggers include infections, stress and cold. The most common symptom is a rash on the skin, but sometimes the rash involves the nails or joints. Treatment aims to remove scales and stop skin cells from growing so quickly. Topical ointments, light therapy and medication can offer relief.) a disease affecting animals in which their skin becomes itchy and they start to lose fur. an infectious disorder mainly affecting domestic animals, characterized by itching, formation of papules and vesicles, and loss of hair: caused by parasitic mites. mangy [mangy] adj. I. A mangy animal looks dirty, uncared for or ill. a mangy animal has itchy skin and is starting to lose fur because it has the disease mange ...mangy old dogs. II. informal old and dirty a mangy old sweater. manger [ˈmeɪn(d)ʒə] 马槽, 食槽 a long trough from which horses or cattle feed. 3. airy-fairy [ˌɛːrɪˈfɛːri] 琼瑶似的, 不切实际的 [British, disapproval] not practical or sensible. impractical and foolishly idealistic. If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic. ...their airy-fairy principles. "love might seem an airy-fairy, romantic concept". homoerotic [ˌhoʊmoʊɪˈrɑtɪk] (homoerotically) adj. in a way that relates to or causes sexual desire for a person of the same sex. involving sexual love between two men or between two women. Homoerotic is used to describe things such as films, literature, and images intended to be sexually appealing to gay people. It's a challenge for the artist to portray masculinity in positive ways, other than homoerotically. small fry 小人物(a big name/noise/shot: Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization. ) I. 小孩子. 孩子们. A small, young child (or children). An allusion to newly hatched fish. Can be singular or plural, and can also be pluralized as "small fries." Peter's taking the small fry to the zoo. We should take the small fry to the pantomime. There's a bouncy castle out the back for the small fry, and we have video games set up in the living room for the older kids. You're still just a small fry. When you're bigger, you can come skateboarding, too. II. By extension, trifling, unimportant, or inconsequential persons or things. unimportant people. The police have only caught the small fry. The leader of the gang is still free. You people are just small fry! I want to talk to the boss. I've been trying to raise my concerns about the project, but the company's upper management doesn't listen to small fry like me. The investigations have turned up small fries 小鱼小虾 so far, but I think they're getting closer to the big money laundering scheme. III. Lit. newly hatched fish; small, juvenile fish. The catch was bad today. Nothing but small fry. stew in (one's) (own) juice(s) 自惭形秽, 不能自已, 自作自受 To brood over one's unpleasant emotions, such as guilt, anger, or anxiety, in isolation. Kevin was in such a foul mood at dinner that I left early and just let him stew in his own juice. I can tell the suspect is racked with guilt. Let her stew in her juices for a while, and she'll confess. Suffer the consequences of one's actions. He's run into debt again, but this time we're leaving him to stew in his own juice. This metaphoric term alludes to cooking something in its own liquid. Versions of it, such as fry in one's own grease, date from Chaucer's time, but the present term dates from the second half of the 1800s. to have better/bigger/other fish to fry 有事 To have other, more important matters to attend to. Referring to fish cookery, this term dates from the seventeenth century. To have more important or more interesting things to do or attend to. It's really not worth my time. I've got better fish to fry! I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has better fish to fry right now. "I fear he has other fish to fry," wrote John Evelyn in his Memoirs. 4. TBBT: Howard: Okay, this is the match that decides it all. First to 11 wins. Serve switches 交换发球权, 换发球 every five points. And just so you know, when this started, I was going to put the TARDIS in a discreet 不显山不露水的, 不显眼的 corner of the house, but I've since turned mean, and now it's going right in the middle of the living room on a rotating platform with a sign that says suck it. Game on. Bernadette: Except, Raj is gonna win. Isn't that right, Raj? Raj: Uh, yeah, I mean, her serve was pretty good. Bernadette: Come on, get in her head. Be intimidating. Raj: Okay, uh, I'm gonna own you, bitch. Penny: Whoa. Bernadette: Hey. Amy: That's not nice. Raj: Let's just play. Howard: One-zero. Two. Three. Four. Five-nothing. Wait, did you play badminton or sad-minton? Bernadette: Don't listen to him, all she's got is a serve. Now, grab a fresh tampon and put her away(put away I. store something in an appropriate or usual place. If you put something away, you put it into the place where it is normally kept when it is not being used, for example in a drawer. She finished putting the milk away and turned around. 'Yes, Mum,' replied Cheryl as she slowly put away her doll. Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away. "the decorations were boxed up and put away for next year". II. INFORMAL consume food or drink in large quantities. "did you see how much food he put away?" III. to move someone into a place where people live and are cared for together, such as a mental hospital or old people's home: In the past, people who suffered from schizophrenia were often put away. III. to send someone to prison. If someone is put away, they are sent to prison or to a psychiatric hospital for a long time. He's an animal! He should be put away. His testimony could put Drago away for life. After what he did, he deserves to be put away for life. ). Raj: What, and that's not offensive? Where's the line? Penny: It's in your purse. Play. 5. TBBT: Sheldon: I never realized this building was classified. Howard: Maybe that's because it's classified. Leonard: Wish we weren't so far from my parking space. Sheldon: The way you put away those lemon bars, perhaps that's a good thing. Leonard: I'd like to reinstate the you-not-talking rule. Sheldon: Why? It clearly doesn't work. Howard: I guess this is it. Leonard: Is that a retinal ( retina [ˈretɪnə] 视网膜 the part at the back of your eye that sends light signals to your brain, where they are changed into images. ) scanner? Howard: Let's find out. Scanner: Howard Wolowitz, access granted. Leonard: No way. Sheldon: Impressive. Leonard: Oh, my turn, my turn. Scanner: Leonard Hofstadter, access granted. Leonard: I didn't even have to take my glasses off. 7. Drip marketing (drip campaign): Drip marketing is a communication strategy that sends, or "drips," a pre-written set of messages to customers or prospects over time. These messages often take the form of email marketing, although other media can also be used. Drip marketing is distinct from other database marketing in two ways: a. the timing of the messages follow a pre-determined course; b. the messages are dripped in a series applicable to a specific behavior or status of the recipient. It is also typically automated. Drip Campaign: A series of automated emails sent to people who take a specific action. For any given action, you can choose how many emails to send and the rate at which to send them. These emails can be personalized with data like the contact's name and specific references to the action they took. You might send a drip campaign to someone who signs up for your online course, for example. Or, you could send a drip campaign to people who add an item to their online cart without buying it, also called abandoned cart emails. Madison Cawthorn says someone is out to get him amid a 'drip-drip' of embarrassing leaks: Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina appeared to confirm the authenticity 真实性 of a leaked nude video and slammed it as part of a "drip drip" campaign to destroy his career. The video was released on Wednesday by American Muckrakers PAC, a political action group that is campaigning against the 26-year-old lawmaker as he runs for reelection in North Carolina's 13th congressional district. The roughly 30-second-long clip appears to show a naked Cawthorn thrusting his pelvis against someone while the person laughs. It is unclear who the other person in the video is or who is filming. At one point, a male voice can be heard laughing and saying: "Stick it in his face." In response to the leak, Cawthorn tweeted on Wednesday: "A new hit against me just dropped. Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny." "We were acting foolish, and joking. That's it," he added. "I'm NOT backing down. I told you there would be a drip drip campaign. Blackmail won't win. We will." Insider was unable to independently verify the video. Cawthorn did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Conservators and curators 'speechless' that Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe's dress to Met Gala: Textile conservators and fashion curators are appalled that beauty mogul Kim Kardashian donned Marilyn Monroe's iconic Jean Louis gown for the 2022 Met Gala. Kardashian, a pop culture phenom in her own right, became the only other person to slip into the historic garment for Monday's Met Gala, a "gilded glamour"-themed affair at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Kardashians" star joined hundreds toasting the opening of the Costume Institute's newest exhibition, "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," which examines historical context and tells stories of unsung heroes in early American fashion design. "I'm frustrated because it sets back what is considered professional treatment for historic costume," says Sarah Scaturro, chief conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art and formerly a conservator at the Met's Costume Institute. "In the '80s, a bunch of costume professionals came together to state a resolution that historic costume should not be worn. So my worry is that colleagues in historic costume collections are now going to be pressured by important people to let them wear garments." The reality TV star took on the sartorial soiree's theme and historical context requisites ( requisite [ˈrekwɪzɪt] 必备条件. 必要条件 noun. something that is necessary for a particular purpose. A requisite is something which is necessary for a particular purpose. An understanding of accounting techniques is a major requisite for the work of the analysts. ...his little bag of hunting requisites. adj. You can use requisite to indicate that something is necessary for a particular purpose. She filled in the requisite paperwork. prerequisite [priˈrekwəzɪt] noun. I. 先决条件. 前提条件. something required as a prior condition. something that must exist or happen before something else is possible. Good language skills are a prerequisite for the job. II. a course that you must take before you are allowed to take another particular course. adj. necessary in order for something to happen. If one thing is a prerequisite for another, it must happen or exist before the other thing is possible. Good self-esteem is a prerequisite for/of a happy life. Party membership was an essential prerequisite of a successful career. precondition [ˌprikənˈdɪʃ(ə)n] If one thing is a precondition for another, it must happen or be done before the second thing can happen or exist. something that must happen or be done before something else can happen An army withdrawal is a precondition for peace talks. They made multi-party democracy a precondition for/of/to giving aid. premise[ˈpremɪs] 前提, 基础 A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. a principle or statement that you consider to be true, that you base other ideas and actions on. The conclusions in the report were based on a false premise. We started from the premise that the situation can get no worse. The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete. The programme started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society. proviso [prəˈvʌɪzəʊ] 前提条件 a condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement. a statement in an agreement, saying that a particular thing must happen before another can: He was released from prison with/on the proviso that he doesn't leave the country. "he let his house with the proviso that his own staff should remain to run it". The provisos set out in a lease cover a range of matters which a tenant should understand before signing it. contain/include/carry a proviso Recent legislation includes a proviso that the country's private creditors agree to reduce their claims in order to make the debt burden more sustainable. with/on the proviso that We are currently offering a new investment fund whose return tracks the FTSE 100, with the proviso that it can only fall by 5% a quarter. something that must be done before something else happens or is agreed: You can buy back or sell the shares at any point - the only proviso is that any loss or money owed is within your account limit. with/on the proviso that The firm will pay only half the fine on the proviso that it does not breach regulations again.) by selecting Monroe's bejeweled gown, which she described as "the original naked dress." The "Some Like It Hot" star herself had to be sewn into the piece ahead of her sensual 1962 performance at a Madison Square Garden fundraiser that took place a few months before her death. Monroe's gown, the most expensive dress ever sold at auction, is made of a delicate fabric called souffle. It's stretchy and resilient when it's new, but becomes weaker and more brittle 易碎的, 易折的 with age. What's more, it's embroidered with heavy beadwork — thousands of hand-sewn beads. "Gravity can do a lot of damage," says Kevin Jones, curator of the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. "Whenever you move, something is giving way, even if you can't see it. Under a microscope it would show all these little splits. And over time that would be a big problem. " What's at risk, Jones adds, is more than just a dress. The garment is a vehicle channeling history 见证历史的证物 — "it speaks" — and damage to it has cultural consequences for generations to come. "We are truly proud to be the stewards of such an iconic artifact and are excited to be able to add to its cultural significance with Kim Kardashian, who is sharing the story of Marylin Monroe and her iconic career with an entirely new generation," Ripley's vice president of publishing and licensing, Amanda Joiner, said in a statement Monday.
It's worth noting that Ripley's Believe It or Not is not a museum. It's part of a privately owned, for-profit "attractions company," as it refers to itself, with themed locations around the world. While Kardashian didn't pay the company a fee to don the dress, she donated money — Ripley's would not disclose how much — to two organizations on Ripley's behalf. "She'll be donating to two Florida-based organizations — a goodwill gesture 善举 in appreciation of us allowing her to wear the dress," Joiner said in an interview. "We're not disclosing their names, but they're organizations we've worked with in the past, and they're youth-oriented in arts and underserved communities." If there's an upside to the incident, some curators and conservators said, it would be creating conversation around fashion conservation. But the risks outweigh the reward, Jones says.
拒绝邀请, 拒绝邀约, 拒绝offer, 回绝 (gracefully turn down, decline, refuse, take up invitation/offer, take sb up on one's offer): decline I. If something declines 衰弱, 衰减, 衰退, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength. The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter. Union membership and union power are declining fast. ...a declining 下降 birth rate. The number of people buying their own homes has declined. In many cases living standards are declining. decline steadily/sharply/rapidly/dramatically: Stock prices declined sharply last week. II. If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it. to say politely that you will not accept something or do something. They offered to fly him to Brussels, but he declined. decline an offer/invitation: We asked her to the reception, but she declined the invitation. decline to do something: The mayor declined to comment on the rumors. He declined their invitation 拒绝邀请. The band declined to comment on the story. He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely 婉拒. III. If there is a decline 减少, 减弱 in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality. There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all. ...Rome's decline in the fifth century. The first signs of economic decline became visible. in decline/on the decline If something is in decline or on the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline. He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is in decline 下滑. into decline If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power. Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline. refuse I. If you refuse to do something, you deliberately do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it. He refused to comment after the trial. He expects me to stay on here and I can hardly refuse. II. If someone refuses you something, they do not give it to you or do not allow you to have it. The United States has refused him a visa 拒签. She was refused access to her children. The town council had refused permission for the march. III. If you refuse something that is offered to you, you do not accept it. He offered me a second drink which I refused. The patient has the right to refuse treatment. repudiate [rɪˈpjudiˌeɪt] verb. If you repudiate something or someone, you show that you strongly disagree with them and do not want to be connected with them in any way. Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence. Cavour later repudiated what he regarded as his youthful follies. ...his public repudiation of the conference decision. a. to say formally that something is not true They repudiated 否认指控 all accusations of unlawful activity. b. to state that you do not accept or agree with something. Party members appeared on television to repudiate 反对 policies they had formerly supported. c. old-fashioned to formally end a friendship or other relationship with someone. d. if you repudiate a contract or other agreement, you refuse to accept it. refute [rɪˈfjut] verb. I. 证伪. 驳斥. If you refute an argument, accusation, or theory, you prove that it is wrong or untrue. to prove that a statement is false The evidence refutes all claims that the loan program is not working. It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute. II. 否认. If you refute an argument or accusation, you say that it is not true. to say that a statement is not true or accurate without giving proof. The police said he was drunk, a claim refuted by his attorney. Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery.
