用法学习: 1. recrimination [rɪˌkrɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] 互相指责 I. uncountable a situation in which people are accusing or criticizing each other. Recriminations are accusations that two people or groups make about each other. The bitter rows and recriminations have finally ended the relationship. The war sweeps up everyone in hatred and recrimination. attempts to end years of bitter recrimination. No marriage could survive such harsh words and recriminations. Recriminations over the Coalition's federal election loss have boiled over spectacularly, with senior Liberal Party figures engaging in a vicious blame game over the impact of factional infighting on the result. II. countable usually plural a statement accusing or criticizing someone who has accused or criticized you. recriminate [rɪˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt] vi. to return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations. remonstrate [ˈremənˌstreɪt] 吵架, 教训, 争吵 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. 2. pedigreed 纯种的 adj. I. A pedigreed animal is descended from animals that have all been of a particular type, and is therefore considered to be of good quality. used to describe an animal, especially a dog, whose parents and other relations are all of the same breed: young pedigreed dogs. II. from a family of high social class: Despite his pedigreed background, Bill still tries to be one of the boys. III. having a lot of experience or a good reputation in a particular activity or job: The movie made $18 million on its first weekend, though it lacked an expensive cast or a pedigreed filmmaker. IV. from somewhere that you know and trust: A pedigreed product 优质产品 can cost twice as much as less well-known varieties. pedigree [ˈpedɪɡriː] I. countable the parents, grandparents etc of an animal, or a list of them. If a dog, cat, or other animal has a pedigree, its ancestors are known and recorded. An animal is considered to have a good pedigree when all its known ancestors are of the same type. 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees. II. an animal whose parents, grandparents etc were all of the same breed (=type). Their dog is a pedigree. A pedigree animal is descended from animals which have all been of a particular type, and is therefore considered to be of good quality. ...a pedigree dog. ...pedigree horses. III. countable all the past experiences or achievements of someone or something, especially when this shows that they are good or successful. The law firm's pedigree is impeccable. IV. countable/ uncountable someone's parents and other family members from the past, especially in families of a high social class. Someone's pedigree is their background or their ancestors. Hammer's business pedigree almost guaranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents. She had an impeccable aristocratic pedigree. thoroughbred I. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse). someone or something that is extremely good. well-bred and properly educated. That athlete is a real thoroughbred. II. a horse that belongs to a breed (=type) that is considered of very high quality. a. A thoroughbred is a horse that has parents that are of the same high quality breed. b. A thoroughbred is a particular breed of racing horse. ...a thoroughbred stallion. well-bred 教养好的 I. (of animals) Of good breed. II. 家教良好的. (by extension) Well-mannered and refined because of a good upbringing and education. TBBT: So I was talking to my favorite aunt... Aunt Doe, right? Exactly. Did she ever figure out what that thing on her knee was? Turns out it was a chocolate chip. Hmm. Makes sense, she does like to bake. Yes, she does. Damn, you are a thoroughbred 你太厉害了. 3. beat down 猛烈照耀, 太阳当空照 I. 太阳毒, 曝晒 When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright. If the sun beats down, it shines very strongly and makes the air very hot: The sun beat down, parching the already dry fields. The tropical sun beat down on them mercilessly. II. When the rain beats down, it rains very hard. Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it's nice and cosy in there. III. If you beat down a person who is selling you something, you force them to accept a lower price for it than they wanted to get. A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down 强迫降价. Beat down the seller to the price that suits you. Make someone lower a price. He's always trying to beat us down 压价. Economist Jeremy Bentham used this idiom in 1793: "Thus monopoly will beat down prices 压低价格." "Some markets are starting to find their footing 站稳脚跟, 稳定 but there's a lot of volatility right now," Sebastien Galy, senior macro strategist at Nordea Asset Management, said. However, asset manager Nuveen sees room for optimism after sharp market falls in the first half. "Beaten-down public markets offer extremely compelling upside potential in the near term," the firm's Global Investment Committee wrote in its mid-year 2022 outlook. IV. to flatten something. To strike something repeatedly in order to flatten it. That chicken needs to be thinner before we add the bread crumbs, so beat down on it some more. Sam beat the veal down to the thickness of a half an inch. First you beat down the meat to a very thin layer. V. To exhaust or discourage someone. The long winters here just beat me down. I miss the warmth of the sun! I think working three jobs has finally beaten Alicia down—all she does these days is come home and sleep. filter through/out/back etc 散播开来, 逐渐传回来, 渐渐传开: if news or information filters out or through to people, they receive it gradually or after a period of time News of the decision filtered out to reporters. These new ideas have not yet filtered down to sales staff. Videos show families walking through the streets before hearing sirens as word filtered back about the shooting, then running to get their kids off the streets. Frustration at another mass shooting in the nation has filtered through. filter through/in/into, etc.: if light or sound filters into a place, only a little of it enters that place The August sunlight filtered in through the blinds. The noise of the traffic filtered through the heavy curtains. filter in/into/out etc.: if people filter somewhere, they gradually go there At 7:00 people began to filter into the theater. filter 加滤镜 to use a filter on an image The woman showed him the heavily filtered image on her profile and said: "I want to look like that." 4. helping I. A helping 一份 (serving, potion, share) of food is the amount of it that you get in a single serving. She gave them extra helpings of ice-cream. A tall black woman, smiling and calling some of the kids by name, plopped a big helping of pie on her plate, then some pink-lady peas in butter and a yeast roll. II. You can refer to an amount of something, especially a quality, as a helping of that thing. It took a generous helping of entrepreneurial confidence to persevere during this incident. plop plop countable noun A plop is a soft, gentle sound, like the sound made by something dropping into water without disturbing the surface much. Another drop of water fell with a soft plop. verb. I. If something plops somewhere, it drops there with a soft, gentle sound. To land heavily or loosely. He plopped down on the sofa to watch TV. The ice cream plopped to the ground. II. If you plop something somewhere, you drop it there gently and without making a loud noise. Just plop the noodles over the center of the sauce. She picked up the coffee pot, then plopped it down and went into the living room. III. to drop something into a liquid so that it makes a short sound Ben plopped three sugar cubes into his coffee. IV. informal to drop something carelessly but gently onto a surface. 5. satiate [ˈseɪʃiˌeɪt] 满意, 满足 If something such as food or pleasure satiates you, you have all that you need or all that you want of it, often so much that you become tired of it. The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets. The festival offers enough choice to satiate most appetites. She finished the meal and sat back with a satiated sigh. to satisfy a need or desire completely, sometimes in a way that makes you feel as though you have had too much Nothing seems to satiate people's need for gossip. satiated adj. filled or supplied beyond capacity or desire She finished the meal and sat back with a satiated sigh. sated [seɪtɪd] adj. If you are sated with something ( be sated (with something)), you have had more of it than you can enjoy at one time. to have had enough, or more than enough, of something. ...children happily sated with ice cream. satiable [ˈseɪʃɪəbəl] adj capable of being satiated. insatiable [ɪnˈseɪʃəb(ə)l] 欲求不满的, 不满足的 always wanting more and never feeling satisfied. always wanting more and never feeling satisfied The public seems to have an insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. The public seems to have an insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. 6. extraterritoriality 治外法权: In international law, extraterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Historically, this primarily applied to individuals, as jurisdiction was usually claimed on peoples rather than on lands. Extraterritoriality can also be applied to physical places, such as foreign embassies, military bases of foreign countries, or offices of the United Nations. The three most common cases recognized today internationally relate to the persons and belongings of foreign heads of state, the persons and belongings. Historically, the United States has had extraterritoriality agreements with 15 nations with non-Western legal systems: Algeria, Borneo, China, Egypt, Iran, Japan, Korea, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Samoa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, and the Ottoman Empire. Americans in the military or civilians working on American military bases overseas generally have extraterritoriality, so they can only be tried by the U.S. military. This is regulated by a status of forces agreement. extraterritorial [ˌekstrəˌterɪˈtɔriəl] I. formal 领土以外的. outside the borders of a particular country. beyond the limits of a country's territory. II. legal extraterritorial rights allow you to obey your own country's laws rather than the laws of the country where you are living. extraterrestrial [ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl] adj. 外太空的. relating to things that exist on planets other than Earth. Extraterrestrial means happening, existing, or coming from somewhere beyond the planet Earth. NASA has started a 10-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ...extraterrestrial rocks. noun. 外星人. Extraterrestrials are living creatures that some people think exist or may exist in another part of the universe. wiki: Extraterrestrial life, sometimes colloquially referred to as alien life 外星人, is life that may occur outside Earth and which did not originate on Earth. No extraterrestrial life has yet been conclusively detected, although efforts are underway.
will VS willingness: willingness 意愿, 渴望, 想法 the fact of being willing to do something, sometimes when you do not want to. willingness to do something: All it takes is a willingness to learn. We were impressed by his willingness to listen and learn. She has displayed a willingness to experiment with new ideas. One problem is the lack of willingness of victims to report the crime. Yet it was helped along by the bank's apparent willingness to hand out loans online, without the added scrutiny of a face-to-face meeting. The apparent willingness to invest in private equity ventures sits oddly with the cautious approach taken by many funds to public equities. will 坚决, 信念, 决心, 意志, ...的懿旨, ...的意思 I. Will is the determination to do something. 意志. He was said to have lost his will to live. free will 自由意愿, 自由意志. someone's determination to do what is necessary to achieve what they want. strong/iron will 坚强意志, 钢铁意志: Mr Wolski had an iron will and learned to walk again. the will to do something做某事的意愿: Without the will to win, the team won't go far. battle/clash of wills想法不同, 想法冲突: a clash of wills between a manager and an employee. a. what someone wants to happen. will of: For once politicians are listening to the will of the people. against someone's will: He claims he was held in the flat against his will. impose your will on someone自己的意愿强加于人 (=make other people do what you want): She was a powerful ruler, used to imposing her will. b. [singular] an ability to make decisions and take action. This machine seems to have a will of its own自有主意, 自有想法(a mind of one's own). III. N-SING 意愿, 意旨. 懿旨. If something is the will of a person or group of people with authority, they want it to happen. He has submitted himself to the will of God. IV. 遗嘱, 遗愿. [countable] legal a legal document that explains what you want to happen to your money and possessions after you die. This is often more formally called a last will and testament. make/write a will立遗嘱: I really should make a will, just in case something happens. in someone's will: Ed's father didn't leave him anything in his will. have a mind/will of one's own 自有主意, 挺有主见, 自行其是, 不听指挥 Fig. to be very independent, if a machine or vehicle has a mind of its own, it does not work or move the way you want it to, as if it is controlling itself. to be very independent 独立的. self-willed [ˌselfˈwɪld] 自有主意的, 认定不回头的, 不听劝的 very determined to do what you want to do, even though other people argue with you.
肌肉群: pecs = Pectoral muscles 胸肌 (colloquially referred to as "pecs") are the muscles that connect the front of the human chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder. This region contains four muscles that provide movements to the upper limbs or ribs. biceps The biceps is a muscle on the front part of the upper arm. The biceps includes a "short head" and a "long head" that work as a single muscle. The biceps is attached to the arm bones by tough connective tissues called tendons ( tendon 肌腱 VS ligament: A tendon serves to move the bone or structure. A ligament 韧带 is a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together and keep them stable.). abs 腹肌: The term "six-pack 六块肌" typically refers to the rectus abdominis muscle. This long, relatively narrow muscle runs from your sternum to your pubic bone and is responsible for dynamically flexing your spine forward. glutes = Gluteal muscles 臀大肌 The gluteal muscles are the most superficial group of the posterior hip and thigh muscles. This muscle group consists of the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus and tensor fasciae latae. These four muscles fill the gluteal (buttock) region and provide it with shape and form. Hamstring 股二头肌: noun. A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon 肌腱 behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg. Webster has not played since suffering a hamstring injury in the opening game. verb. 废掉. 弄残废. If you hamstring someone, you make it very difficult for them to take any action. If he becomes the major opposition leader, he could hamstring a conservative-led coalition. Triceps 肱三头肌: Your triceps is the muscle in the back part of your upper arm. traps (trapezius [trəˈpiːzɪəs]) 斜方肌 I. personal belongings; baggage The driver took my traps, and placed them on the ground beside me. II. either of two flat triangular muscles, one covering each side of the back and shoulders, that rotate the shoulder blades. calves 小腿肚子, 小腿肌: the thick back part of your leg between your knee and your ankle. quadriceps 大腿肌群: the large muscle on the front of your thigh. a large four-part muscle of the front of the thigh, which extends the leg. Often shortened to: quads.
TBBT: 1. Mrs Wolowitz (off): Howard, have you seen my girdle?! Howard: No, Ma! Mrs Wolowitz: I can't find it, and I'm late for my Weight Watchers meeting! Howard: Maybe it committed suicide! Leave me alone! Now, where were we? Bernadette: I believe you were about to rip off my uniform with your teeth. Howard: Bernadette? What are you doing here? Katee Sackhoff: Well, if I had to guess, I'd say I'm here because you saw me earlier this evening, and you're still hung up on me 还想着, 念念不忘, 忘不了, 忘不掉( be hung up on/about sth 执着于, 心心念念的 [informal, disapproval] to be extremely interested in or worried by a particular subject and spend an unreasonably large amount of time thinking about it. If you say that someone is hung up about a particular person or thing, you are criticizing them for thinking or worrying too much about that person or thing. It was a time when people weren't so hung-up about health. Are you really that hung up on her? Why are you so hung up on getting everything right? ). Howard: No, I'm not. Bernadette: Clearly you are. Otherwise, based on past experience, we'd be done by now. Howard: Okay, I'm a little confused here. George Takei: Oh, my. Can I help? Howard: Not that kind of confused. Bernadette: What's George Takei doing here? Katee Sackhoff: Howard, do you have latent 迟来的 homosexual tendencies( latent没表露出来的, 没表现出来的, 隐藏的, 深藏的 something that is latent exists but is not obvious and has not developed yet. Latent is used to describe something which is hidden and not obvious at the moment, but which may develop further in the future. Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message. a latent infection. latent anger/aggression/violence. latent heat the heat that is taken in or given out when a substance changes its physical state, without affecting the temperature of the substance. )? Howard: No, of course not. George Takei: So you say. Yet, here I am. Katee Sackhoff: George, let me ask you something. How did you deal with being typecast 定型 as a science fiction icon? George Takei: It's difficult. You try and stretch as an actor ( spread/stretch/try your wings 尝试新东西 to start to do new and interesting things that you have not done before. It's time for him to leave home and stretch his wings. ), do Strindberg, O'Neill, but all they want is, Course laid in, Captain. Katee Sackhoff: Tell me about it. It's frackin' frustrating. Howard: Wait. Katee, why are you leaving? Bernadette: She's leaving because you really want to be with me. Mrs Wolowitz: Howard, I found my girdle! It was in the dryer! Howard: Great, Ma! Mrs Wolowitz: I think it shrunk! I'm spilling out like the Pillsbury Doughboy here! Howard: And with that mental picture 脑中的画面, I think we're done for the evening. 2. Howard: So nice you could join me this evening. You're looking lovely as always. Katee Sackhoff: Thanks, Howard. Always nice to be part of your masturbatory fantasies. Howard: Come on, Katee, don't make it sound so cheap. Katee: I'm sorry, fiddling with yourself in the bathtub is a real class act. Howard: Thank you. So, shall we get started? Katee: Sure. But can I ask you a question first? Howard: You want to play Cylon and colonist? Katee: No. I want to know why you're playing make-believe with me when you could be out with a real woman tonight. Howard: You mean, Bernadette? Katee: No, I mean Princess Leia. Of course I mean Bernadette. She's a wonderful girl and she really likes you. Howard: I know, but she's not you. Katee: I'm not me. The real me is in Beverly Hills going out with a tall, handsome, rich guy. Howard: Really? Tall? Katee: Six-four. Howard: Ouch. Katee: The point is, you've got a wonderful girl in your life, and you're ignoring her in order to spend your nights in the bathtub with a mental image and a wash cloth. Howard's Mother: Howard! What are you doing in there? Howard: I'm taking a bath! Howard's Mother: I hope that's all you're doing! We share that tub! Howard: Don't remind me! (Katee has vanished) Oh, man. All soaped up and no place to go. 3. Leonard: Why can't he have a desk, Sheldon? Sheldon: Oh, Lord, will this day never end? As I've explained repeatedly to Dr. Koothrappali, whose ability to comprehend the American idiom fails him when it's convenient, there's absolutely no money in my budget for additional office furniture. Raj: Oh, but there's money for a drawer full of Red Vines, a marshmallow shooting rifle, and a super executive ant farm with glow-in-the-dark sand? 4. Do you want to pretend like nothing's bothering you and blow up 大爆发 later, or do you just want to be a maniac right now? Nothing is bothering me. Fine. Be that way. If you want to talk, I'll be flushing my sinuses. Wait. I have a confession. When I berated Leonard, it was a clever ruse to conceal the fact that I'm not working on anything. Well, I think I speak for everyone when I say, "No!" The truth is I have nothing of interest to pursue. Well, maybe this is the perfect opportunity to take some time for yourself and refocus. I'm sure you'll find something you're excited about. Hey, can I stay here? Sheldon kicked me out. Well, is everything okay? Yeah. He just wants some alone time to work. Fine. Make yourself at home. Yeah. We were just about to watch a little TV. You're welcome to join us. 5. Penny: I love your little heart locket 吊坠, Bernadette. Bernadette: Oh, thanks. Howard gave it to me. It's the cutest thing. Every time I have dinner with his mom, the next day I get jewellery. Amy: Did you know that the iconic Valentine's heart shape is not actually based on the shape of a human heart, but rather on the shape of the buttocks of a female bending over? Penny: Oh, so I spent seventh grade dotting my I's with little asses? Cool. Zack: Hey, Penny, how's it going? Penny: Hey, Zack, what are you doing here? Zack: My dad's company prints the menus for this place. I'm just dropping off some new ones laminated. Makes 'em easier to clean if people throw up on 'em. Guess how I got the idea? Penny: Yeah, I got it, I got it. Uh, Zack, these are my friends Bernadette and Amy. Bernadette: Hi. Zack: Hey. Amy: Hoo. Zack: Okay, well, it was good to see you. Penny: Yeah, you, too. Bernadette: He's really cute. How do you know him? Penny: Oh, we went out a couple of times. Amy: I'm often flummoxed ( flummoxed [ˈflʌməkst] 迷惑不解, 搞不懂 extremely confused. perplexed or bewildered. If someone is flummoxed by something, they are confused by it and do not know what to do or say. The two leaders were flummoxed by the suggestion. No wonder Josef was feeling a bit flummoxed. No wonder Josef was feeling a bit flummoxed. I was flummoxed by her direct question. Kyrgios seemed flummoxed as Djokovic claimed his trophy and faced an on-court interview. After a taxing run to his first major final, Kyrgios said he hoped to return to this stage again, but was not sure if he would or could. Djokovic, on the other hand, was. taxing 耗神耗力的 difficult, and needing a lot of physical or mental effort. A taxing task or problem is one that requires a lot of mental or physical effort. It's unlikely that you'll be asked to do anything too taxing. So here she is, in the most taxing role of her life. tax to cause problems, or to make things difficult for someone. If something taxes your strength, your patience, or your resources, it uses nearly all of them, so that you have great difficulty in carrying out what you are trying to do. Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste. These dilemmas would tax the best of statesmen. The crowds have severely taxed the security services. Having to repeat things constantly can really tax your patience.) by current slang. Does went out mean had intercourse? Bernadette: Yes. Penny: No, no. But in this case, yes. Amy: Interesting. And was it not satisfactory? Penny: No, it was great. He just didn't really challenge me on an intellectual level. Bernadette: Couldn't you just fool around with him and then listen to NPR? Penny: Wouldn't help. Zack can't even spell NPR. Bernadette: It's what I do with Howard. I'm much smarter than he is. But it's important to protect his manhood 男人气概, 男子气概. 6. Leonard: So this button here will allow you to scan a new equation, but over here, you can press this, and just substitute new values for the coefficients. Sheldon: Good one, boss. Leonard: What? Sheldon: This diagram. I assume you were opening with a joke. It certainly buoyed up this employee's esprit de corps 精气神, 提振精神. Leonard: It's not a joke. It's the real design. Sheldon: In that case, may I offer 27 little tweaks to make it slightly less embarrassing? Leonard: Sheldon, I think this will work. Let's just try it my way. Sheldon: Oh, I'm, I'm sorry. I assumed that you wanted candid truth-telling 说实话 from your employees, but I realize now, you want the mindless 弱智的, 无脑的 nattering of complacent yes-men( natter [ˈnætər] 闲聊 [mainly British, informal] a conversation with a friend about unimportant things. When people natter, they talk casually for a long time about unimportant things. If something dramatic has happened during the day, we'll sit and natter about it. Susan and the girl were still nattering away in German. Ahead of you is a day of nattering with fellow farmers at the local market. You natter all day long at the hospital. His mother would natter to anyone. What's the topic of conversation when a group of new mums get together for a natter? mindless I. [mainly British, disapproval] 无意义的, 没有动大脑的. 无脑的, 不经大脑的. If you describe a violent action as mindless, you mean that it is done without thought and will achieve nothing. ...a plot that mixes blackmail, extortion and mindless violence. II. [disapproval] 愚蠢的. If you describe a person or group as mindless, you mean that they are stupid or do not think about what they are doing. The mindless idiots are just trying to get a reaction. I was annoyed with myself for having so mindlessly lost thirty dollars. III. [disapproval] 弱智的. If you describe an activity as mindless, you mean that it is extremely dull. not needing any thought or intelligence He spends most Saturday evenings watching something mindless on television. a mindless task. ...the mindless repetitiveness of some tasks. I spent many hours mindlessly banging a tennis ball against the wall. complacent 骄傲自满的, 志得意满的, 自满的. 自以为好的 adj. [disapproval] A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous. too confident and relaxed because you think you can deal with something easily, even though this may not be true These results are good, but we cannot afford to be complacent. We cannot afford to be complacent about our health. ...the Chancellor's complacent attitude towards the far-right's activities. He sat back, smiling complacently at his own cleverness. ). Leonard: Are you done? Sheldon: If you say so, boss. 7. Sheldon: And so, instead of bowing to pressure 屈服于压力, and going to that pointless soiree, I stayed right here and did a load of whites. Amy (on webcam): Well, normally I respect your macho rebellious 叛逆的 attitude toward The Man, but, in this case, I think you've made a foolish mistake. Sheldon: Unlikely. But make your case 你说说看. Keeping in mind that your critical attitude is ruining our Saturday night together, and I'm not above minimizing your window. Amy: Sheldon, like it or not, until you manage to upload your intelligence into a self-sustaining orbiting satellite, equipped with high-speed Internet and a cloaking device, you will be dependent on other members of the human race. Sheldon: That's it. Prepare to be minimized. Amy: I'm not finished. All scientists have to fund-raise, Sheldon. How do you think I paid for my lab? I went to Saudi Arabia and met with a prince who had an interest in neurobiology. Sheldon: Your lab is funded by some Middle-Eastern dilettante? Amy: Technically, Faisal is my fiance. But I do have a state-of-the-art two-photon microscope and a place to stay in Riyadh for the winter. Sheldon: Well, that explains those puzzling camel race photos on your Facebook page. Amy: And consider this, without you to make the case 说服, 现身说法 for the physics department( make a case for sth = UK make out a case for sth 说服, 游说 to argue that something is the best thing to do, giving your reasons. To state the reasons why something should be done or should be the case. Your friend here has been making quite a strong case for why I should hire you. We will only publish a new edition if you can make a convincing case for it. ), the task will fall to people like Leonard and Rajesh. Sheldon: Are you trying to scare me? 'Cause you're succeeding. Amy: Well, then prepare to be terrified. If your friends are unconvincing, this year's donations might go to, say, the geology department. Sheldon: Oh, dear, not, not the dirt people! Amy: Or worse, it could go to the liberal arts. 8. put together I. If you say that something is bigger or better than several other things put together 加起来, 加在一起, you mean that it is bigger or has more good qualities than all of those other things if they are added together. London has more pubs and clubs than the rest of the country put together. II. If you put something together, you join its different parts to each other so that it can be used. He took it apart brick by brick, and put it back together again. The factories no longer relied upon a mechanic to put together looms within the plant. II. If you put together a group of people or things, you form them into a team or collection. It will be able to put together a governing coalition. He is trying to put a team together for next season. III. If you put together an agreement, plan, or product, you design and create it. We wouldn't have time to put together an agreement. The government must put together a package of incentives to find a buyer for the company. We got to work on putting the book together.
