用法学习: 1. string someone along If you string someone along, you deceive them by letting them believe you have the same desires, beliefs, or hopes as them. to make someone continue believing something that is false for a long time, especially something about your intentions or beliefs She's just stringing you along – she won't marry you. The longer you string him along, the more hurt he will be when you dump him. TBBT: Wil: It's always tough when the L bomb gets dropped and you're not ready for it. Penny: Tell me about it. Wil: I dated this one girl, and I told her that I loved her, and she said she wasn't sure. And she strung me along for almost two years. It was brutal. Penny: Oh, I'm sorry. Wil: Thanks. Yeah, I wish she had just broken up with me right there, put me out of my misery. Penny: Really? Wil: Yeah, would have been kinder. string along with to agree with or go along with an idea or suggestion I'll string along with your plan and see what happens. 2. rightful 应该的. 该有的. 原本的 I. officially or legally accepted as right or correct The stolen paintings have now been restored to their rightful owners. The hero eventually gains his rightful place in society. Giving traditional
ecological knowledge its rightful place in environmental impact
assessment. Her mission, as she defines it, is to restore selflessness,
love and compassion to their rightful place 该有的地位 in the modern world. II. A rightful 正当的, 合理合法的 position or claim is one that is morally or legally correct. having a just and fair claim according to the law: The stolen property was returned to the rightful owners. Don't forget that I am the rightful owner of this house. rightly I. in accordance with principles of justice or morality. behaving in a way that is suitable and acceptable: They quite rightly complained to the manager. for a good reason. with good reason; justifiably he was rightly annoyed with her. It was a vicious foul, and the referee rightly removed him from the game. quite rightly (=very rightly): Everyone is quite rightly concerned about what is going to happen now. and rightly so (=very rightly): spoken used to say that a decision or action you have just described is fair and morally right, in your opinion A lot of people round here were furious, and rightly so. The public is worried, and rightly so. II. rightly or wrongly, used to mean that something may or may not be morally correct, but it is a fact. used for saying that something is true, whether people think it is a good thing or a bad thing They believe, rightly or wrongly 对不对搁一边, 对也好, 错也罢, that their violent protest will achieve their aims. Rightly or wrongly, she has been given the post of managing director. III. properly or suitably; appropriately rightly dressed for a wedding. IV. correctly, or accurately. in accordance with the facts; correctly. as you rightly point out/say: There is a lot to be done, but as you rightly say, we must move carefully. if I remember rightly: He was driving his mother's car, if I remember rightly. I don't rightly know/I can't rightly say 确定的知道, 确切的知道 used for saying that you are not certain whether something is true or not. with certainty; positively or precisely. 用例: This is Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Yeah, I need to cancel my membership to the planetarium. Well, I'm sorry, too, but there's just no room for you in my wallet. I understand, but it was between you and the Museum of Natural History, and frankly, you don't have dinosaurs. I'll miss you, too. Bye-bye. Okay, I know you're texting about me and I'd really like you to stop. Oh, dear, I am rightly and truly screwed. Hey, I thought you were
finding new friends. I've got some feelers 探子 out. In the meantime, listen to this. Hi, Rajesh. This is Lalita Gupta. Your mother gave my mother your phone number to give to me. So, I'm calling you and... call me back. Bye. 3. NSW government makes offer to end dispute with rail union over fleet left in storage: RTBU members have refused to operate the trains, claiming that, in their current form, guards cannot adequately monitor platforms and check that gaps are clear from the new trains to ensure passenger safety. The government has maintained they are safe, with the fleet receiving accreditation( accreditation [əˌkredɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] 认证, 批准, 认可 official approval of an organization, worker, or course of study. The school received accreditation from the national board in 1952. accredit [əˈkredɪt] I. If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard. This degree programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. ...an accredited college of Brunel University. This is the body responsible for the accreditation of MBA courses. II. If someone such as a diplomat or journalist is accredited to a particular job or place, they are officially recognized as having that job, or the right to be in that place. Foreign ambassadors who have been accredited to the Court of St James's will be invited. The organisations protested that the delegates they had chosen were not being accredited. ...fully accredited diplomats. Media representatives should arrive at the Press Centre by 11:40 to obtain accreditation.) from the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator. But, after a long-running stalemate and protracted industrial action, the government has said it will make the modifications, beginning in August, for $264 million. Mr Elliott said he wanted the union to wind back its industrial action from Friday. "The NSW government will expect the union to act in good faith 带着善意, 带着诚意," he said today. "Am I happy about spending millions of dollars to modify what the safety regulator has said are perfectly good trains? Absolutely not. "But the cost of this industrial action, the cost to the NSW economy, the inconvenience to the commuters has to be front of mind 优先考虑 when it comes to running public transport in this state." 4. spout [spaʊt] I. intransitive if liquid spouts from somewhere 喷射, a lot of it comes out fast and continuously. If something spouts liquid or fire, or if liquid or fire spout out of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force. He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames. The main square has a fountain that spouts water 40 feet into the air. In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale. A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully. II. transitive to shoot liquid out with a lot of force. III. intransitive/transitive informal to talk, especially for a long time or in a boring way. We listened patiently while my uncle spouted a lot of nonsense. [disapproval] If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel. He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team. She said her son was raised with love and had friends of different ethnicities and cultures before he became involved with extremists and started to spout their views. remonstrate [ˈremənˌstreɪt] to argue with, complain to, or criticize someone about something. If you remonstrate with someone, you protest to them about something you do not approve of or agree with, and you try to get it changed or stopped. He remonstrated with the referee. I jumped in the car and went to remonstrate. There had been remonstrations from the Town Clerk. In sentencing Ms Rankin, he said he did not understand how she thought it was ever appropriate to physically remonstrate with the child, no matter how challenging his behaviour was.
Hannah Clarke inquest concludes as coroner finds further actions by authorities 'unlikely' to have prevented murders: A coroner has found any further actions by authorities were "unlikely" to have stopped Rowan Baxter murdering his estranged partner Hannah Clarke and their children. Deputy State Coroner Bentley's voice broke as she delivered the findings, choking back tears 哽住眼泪 as she offered her condolences to Ms Clarke's parents Sue and Lloyd Clarke. Mr and Ms Clarke watched the remarks over a live stream from a packed courtroom in Brisbane, as the coroner handed down her findings from Southport Court, on the Gold Coast. "The majority of statements provided by friends and associates of Hannah and Baxter provided insight into the controlling nature of Baxter's personality and how it led to the deaths," Ms Bentley said. The Deputy State Coroner said some statements given to police were indicative of ongoing issues and community attitudes around domestic violence. "The majority of statements provided by friends and associates of Hannah and Baxter provided insight into the controlling nature of Baxter's personality and how it led to the deaths," Ms Bentley said. "However it is of great concern, and reflective of the attitudes that continue to purvey ( purvey 供应, 提供 供给(信息, 服务) [pərˈveɪ] to provide information, ideas, or products. purvey something to someone: These writers purveyed an important message to the people. a. If you purvey something such as information, you tell it to people. ...one who would, for a hefty fee, purvey strategic advice to private corporations. b. If someone purveys goods or services, they provide them. They have two restaurants that purvey dumplings and chicken noodle soup. purveyor [pərveɪər] 提供者 A purveyor of goods or services is a person or company that provides them. Someone who supplies what is needed, especially food. The merchants are the purveyors of fine selections. ...purveyors of gourmet foods. purview ( [ˈpɜː(r)vju:] 本职工作, 职能范围, 工作范畴, 工作范围. 责任范围. 影响力范围. the area of responsibility or influence that a person or organization has. This case falls outside the purview of this particular court. Some of the bank's lending operations come under/within the purview of the deputy manager, and some are handled directly by the manager Raising the funds is outside the purview of this committee. remit [rɪˈmɪt] (个人的) 工作范围, 职责范围(Someone's remit is the area of activity which they are expected to deal with, or which they have authority to deal with. The oversight board has a narrow remit 工作范围, 职能范围:
it only reviews whether "decisions were made in accordance with
Facebook's stated values and policies", and not what those values or
policies should be. Presiding Coroner John Hutton made 13 recommendations as a result of the inquest, and Peter and his assistant went beyond the remit of their office to spread the inquest's findings. That issue is not within the remit of the working group. The centre has a remit to advise Asian businesses and entrepreneurs. verb. I. If you remit money to someone, you send it to them. Many immigrants regularly remit money to their families.
II. 退回重审. 打回重审. In an appeal court, if a case is remitted to the court
where it was originally dealt with, it is sent back to be dealt with
there. The matter was remitted to the justices for a rehearing. realm [relm] I. An abstract sphere of
influence, real or imagined. Pink
sang live hanging off the side of a building while Selena put on a
performance by lip syncing. Why are these two even in the same REALM
同一时空? II. (fantasy, role-playing games) An
otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise —
usually in reference to one ruled or created by a mystical character. peer of the realm a member of the class of peers who has the right to sit in the House of Lords. in the realm of dreams 在梦想统治的领域,
meaning in the area, where the dreams rule. The way I hear this word
most often is for exaggeration, especially when used in the negative. So
I might say that an object is not even in the realm of $1000 or that something is not even in the realm of possibility. The reason this works with exaggeration is that realm conveys a large area. It also sounds so definite. beyond/within the realm[s] of possibility impossible/possible: It's
not beyond the realm of possibility that some schools may have to cut
sports altogether. "Do you think he could step down?" "I think it's
within the realm of possibility, yes." Studies have suggested TTS affects four to six people per million vaccinations, or somewhere in the realm of one in every 200,000 people. confines [ˈkɑnˌfaɪnz] I. the borders or edges of a place. They spent most of their time within the confines of the school. II. the limits of something such as an activity or way of life. You can't really discuss politics within the confines of a novel. the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of 范围呢 the grandstand. away from the confines 禁锢 of the British class system. I can't stand the confines of this marriage. The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory. within the confines of the classroom. bailiwick [ˈbeɪlɪwɪk] 知识领域 I. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction. II. a person's special field of interest, authority, or skill. vocabulary: A bailiwick is an area of knowledge in which a person or institution has control or expertise — as in "My bailiwick 研究领域, 擅长的领域 is international relations." There is a faintly old-fashioned, even pedantic air 意味( [pəˈdæntɪk] giving too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar. ) to the term now, so use with caution. Bailiwick also can mean a
geographical area over which someone or some body has legal or
political control, though this is a less common meaning nowadays. It
derives from the combination of the Old English term bailiff, meaning a
local officer with certain powers, and wic, meaning a village.
Britain's central criminal court, the famous Old Bailey, is so named
because it lay on the ancient bailey or wall that defined the original
City of London. ) our community, even after Baxter had killed Hannah and her children, a number of people continued to give statements to police in which they stated that Baxter loved his wife and children, he was a great father, and that his actions were somehow excused or explained by the fact that he was losing everything, was being victimised by the process, and that Hannah should not have kept his children from him. The truth is that Hannah, who knew him best, was initially in favour of him having contact with their children but became fearful of their safety, as she correctly perceived that he was becoming more dangerous". In relation to the police response, Ms Bentley found while there were missed opportunities overall their response was appropriate. "However, overall I felt that Hannah was dealt with appropriately by the police officers with whom she had contact." The coroner accepted the pandemic hindered police resources and the scourge ( scourge [skɜrdʒ] I. formal something that causes a lot of trouble or harm. A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. Union chiefs demanded more urgent action to stop the scourge of unemployment. There have been great advances in treatments for global scourges such as cancer and Aids. the effort to keep the scourge of drugs off our streets. II. a whip used in the past to punish people. III. formal someone in a position of power who criticizes people severely. verb. If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world. ) of domestic violence placed increasing demands on the service. Ms Bentley said a holistic approach to policing and programs for perpetrators was necessary.
TBBT: 1. tangent [ˈtændʒənt] I. 切线. a straight line that touches the edge of a circle but does not pass through it. II. in a right triangle, the measurement of an acute angle that is equal to the length of the side opposite the angle divided by the length of the side between the angle and the right angle. III. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it. I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party. go off at/on a tangent 跑题, 离题 to suddenly start doing, discussing, or thinking about something completely different. If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before. The conversation went off at a tangent. His mind had gone off at a complete tangent. tangential [tænˈdʒenʃəl] I. very formal only slightly related to what you are doing, discussing, or thinking about. II. maths something such as a line that is tangential to something touches its edge but does not pass through it. 用例1: Leonard: Okay, so we agree, whenever someone takes us off topic they get their arm hair yanked off. Raj: And I really can't let that happen or the girl who does my eyebrows will think I've been cheating on her. Leonard: All right, now, one benefit of 好处 quantum coupling… Sheldon: Wait, a question, who decides if someone's gone off topic? Leonard: I think it'll be pretty clear. If not, we'll take a vote. Oh, and also… Sheldon: Ow. We didn't vote! Leonard: We didn't have to, that was clearly a tangent. Now come on. Back to work. If we're leaning towards 倾向于 quantum coupling… Aah! Why? Sheldon: You said quantum coupling. That made me think of the show Quantum Leap. That's a tangent and it's your fault. Howard: That's ridiculous. Sheldon, I vote that is not a tangent. Leonard: Thank you. And now I owe you one. Sheldon: Ow. That was your fault. 用例2: Sheldon: I've been seeing Penny behind your back. Leonard: Okay, when you say seeing Penny, what exactly does that mean? Sheldon: We had dinner last night. She made me spaghetti with little hot dogs cut up in it. Well, little hot dog. I gave up the other five hot dogs to a real dog. A real, big dog. A hell hound. Tangential to the primary story. How about I circle back to it 回头再说? Leonard: Fine. Why did you have dinner with Penny? Sheldon: I told you, she made spaghetti with little hot dogs. I like spaghetti with little hot dogs. Leonard: Then why did you have Chinese food with us? Sheldon: I didn't want to upset you. Howard made it very clear that my allegiance should be to male comrades before women who sell their bodies for money. Leonard: Is it possible he said Bros before Hos? Sheldon: Yes, but I rephrased it to avoid offending the hos. Leonard: Sheldon, I don't care if you want to be friends with Penny. Sheldon: Oh. Well, so the emotional turmoil 情感起伏 that's been keeping me from achieving REM sleep was entirely unjustified 没道理的, 没有出处的? Leonard: Yes. Sheldon: Well then as my meemaw would say, looks like we butchered a pig, but nobody wanted bacon. Leonard: I guess not. Sheldon: And now, as promised, the tangent. Sheldon and the Hell Hound, or How I Lost My Hot Dogs.
