用法学习: 1. close of business (COB) the end of the working day or the business day, especially on a financial market: Purchase orders will be processed at the close of business 下班前 on the day the markets reopen. If you book by close of business tomorrow, you get 50 per cent off standard fares. He had asked election officials to give him until the close of business next Tuesday to suggest improvement in the recount rule. The Senator announced he would leave the GOP and become an independent at the close of business on June 5. As of close of business on Friday, no deal had been done. No one at the Embassy could be reached to comment in calls made after the close of business Tuesday. By close of business tonight, some seven tons will have hit the pot. see to something/someone to deal with a person or task that needs to be dealt with or is waiting to be dealt with: "These letters need posting." "I'll see to them later." Mrs Chapman asked for some help with the orders - could you see to it? Please see to it that no one comes in without identification. to deal with or take responsibility for someone or something. You try to get some sleep, I'll see to the children's breakfast. have/get something seen to: You'd better take her to hospital and get her ankle seen to. see to it that: I should have seen to it that she was told. see to one's needs 确保无忧 There was a time when planes and ships were dependent on professional navigators to get them from Point A to Point B. However, now Garmin can supply your light plane or yacht with a dedicated GPS system that will see to your needs. See to your bathroom needs promptly. "Now you need to see to your business, Mr. Burkett," she tells him. 2. Hit on someone = crack on someone 搭讪. loosen up I. to stop worrying and become more relaxed, or to make someone do this She loosened up after she'd had a drink. His welcoming smile helped loosen her up. II. if your muscles loosen up, or if something loosens them up, they stop feeling stiff. A massage will loosen up your joints. III. If a person or situation loosens up, they become more relaxed and less tense. Relax, smile; loosen up in mind and body and behaviour. Young people often loosen up on the dance floor. I think people have loosened up their standards. IV. If you loosen up your body, or if it loosens up, you do simple exercises to get your muscles ready for a difficult physical activity, such as running or playing football. Squeeze the foot with both hands, again to loosen up tight muscles. Close your eyes. Relax. Let your body loosen up. commanding adj. I. (in military contexts) having a position of authority. "a commanding officer". II. 强势的, 逼人的. indicating or expressing authority; imposing. If you describe someone as commanding, you mean that they are powerful and confident. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray moustache. The voice at the other end of the line was serious and commanding. "a man of commanding presence". III. possessing or giving superior strength. If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation. Right now you're in a more commanding position than you have been for ages. The French vessel has a commanding lead. "a commanding 13–6 lead". IV. (of a place or position) dominating from above; giving a wide view of an area. If a building has a commanding position, it is high up and has good views of the surrounding area. The size of the castle and its commanding position still impress the visitor today. What other home offers such a commanding view of the capital? "the castle is built in a commanding 俯瞰一切的, 登高望远的 position on a hill looking out over the sea". demanding I. A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention. needing a lot of time, ability, and energy a demanding job. He found he could no longer cope with his demanding job. It is a demanding role and she needs to work hard at it. II. People who are demanding are not easily satisfied or pleased. a demanding person needs a lot of attention and is not easily pleased or satisfied Young children can be very demanding. Ricky was a very demanding 难搞的, 高要求的 child. Her boss was very demanding but appreciative of Christina's talents. over-demanding excessively demanding tips for nurses to deal with difficult and over-demanding patients. 3. snow bunny = snowbunny = ski bunny, slope bunny A snow bunny is an attractive woman who enjoys skiing … or a white woman who likes or is in a relationship with a black man. An inexperienced, usually female skier. A young, attractive, female skier; a sexually active young woman attracted to the promiscuous après-ski way of life. note: Snow bunny begins in the 1950s as a slang term for a novice skier, usually in reference to a woman. Bunny, here, may imply a sort of floppy inexperience on the slopes. Bunny has also been slang for an "attractive woman" since the 1700s … so there's that. This helped snow bunny quickly ride down the hill to a slang term for a woman who, as Green's Dictionary of Slang memorably puts it, "frequents the ski slopes as much for the sex as for the sport." snow angel an impression in snow that resembles a conventional representation of an angel and is made by a person lying faceup in the snow and making sweeping motions with the arms and legs. A design made in fresh snow by lying on one's back and moving the arms up and down and the legs from side to side. Chances are snow angels and snow men will be your child's best buddies during the frigid winter months. She proceeds to make a snow angel, clearly enjoying the classic snowy activity. 4. mankle a man's bare ankle, esp when displayed for the purpose of fashion. cankle noun INFORMAL a woman's fat or swollen ankle whose flesh merges unattractively with that of the calf. latecomer 晚到者, 迟来者, 迟到者 a person who arrives late. A latecomer is someone who arrives after the time that they should have done, or later than others. The latecomers stood just outside at door and window. "latecomers were not admitted before the interval". Country strong 身体壮硕 A body type - bulky yet strong. It develops in a person who looks strong from farm labor and down home cooking rather than weight lifting and protein shakes. Someone who is country strong will not be chiseled or have defined muscles and is neither obese nor sinewy. The Nebraska Cornhuskers offensive line, Bluto from Popeye and the bouncers from the movie Roadhouse are all country strong. overreach( a. to fail because of trying to do more than one can. b. to fail because of being too crafty or eager. ) If you say that someone overreaches themselves, you mean that they fail at something because they are trying to do more than they are able to. to try to do more than your ability, authority, or money will allow. He has overreached himself financially. He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune. The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments. The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach. Trump has, however, been hinting for months that he intends to run for president again in 2024, even as his legal woes pile up: take a select committee probe into the January 6 attack on the US Capitol; an Atlanta district attorney investigation into his election loss in the battleground state of Georgia; and a New York investigation into his business practices, including allegations that he misrepresented the value of his assets to secure loans and get tax breaks. To that end, it's no wonder that many Democrats could barely contain their excitement after the raid, while many Republicans – even those who had grown weary of Trump and his antics – were outraged by what they saw as government overreach 过分 and a lack of transparency by federal authorities. Chillingly, some of his most ardent fans were even calling for violence, claiming, as Trump had, that the "radical Left" was trying to stop him from running for office again. "Civil War! Pick up arms, people," wrote one on Twitter. fall over yourself 争抢着, 争着抢着, 急着..., 争先恐后的做某事, 急于做某事 to be very eager to do something. If you say that people are falling over themselves to do something, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about doing it, and often that you disapprove of this. To expend an inordinate amount of energy or effort to do something, especially as a means of gaining attention or approval. John is such a teacher's pet, falling over himself to impress Mrs. Smith. My parents fell over themselves trying to seem cool to my friends. It was pretty embarrassing, to be honest. Within days of his death those same people were falling over themselves to denounce him. Publishers are falling over themselves to produce non-fiction for seven-year-olds. The boys fell all over themselves to open the door for Sarah. Larry fell over himself trying to help Sarah on with her coat. Traditional conservatives and right-wing extremists alike were also practically falling over themselves to vent their anger. 5. tenuous [ˈtenjuəs] 站不住脚的, 牵强的 adj. If you describe something such as a connection, a reason, or someone's position as tenuous, you mean that it is very uncertain or weak. weak and likely to change. a tenuous agreement/connection. The cultural and historical links between the many provinces were seen to be very tenuous. This decision puts the President in a somewhat tenuous position. The sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected. In the new motion, Swift's lawyer, Peter Anderson, wrote: "It is, unfortunately, not unusual for a hit song to be met by litigants hoping for a windfall based on tenuous claims that their own song was copied. But even against that background, Plaintiffs' claim sticks out as particularly baseless."
塔利班: summary noun. A summary of something is a short account of it, which gives the main points but not the details. a short account of something that gives only the most important information and not all the details The text provides summaries of the plots of Shakespeare's plays. What follows is a brief summary of the process. Here's a summary of the day's news. Milligan gives a fair summary of his subject within a relatively short space. in summary used at the end of a talk or piece of writing for introducing a short statement that gives only basic information or opinions. In summary, nobody knows where the disease originated. adj. I. giving only the most important information and not all the details. a summary report/statement. II. Summary actions 匆匆处决, 仓促处决 are done without delay, often when something else should have been done first or done instead. done immediately and without following the usual methods or processes. Soldiers were accused of summary executions of civilians. It says torture and summary execution are common. There is no doubt that some considered that a beating was no more than summary justice. The four men were killed after a summary trial. Several detainees had been summarily executed. summary judgment 匆匆判决 a judgment entered by a court without a full trial. A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence). in England and Wales, a crime that is not serious. In the U.S. it is known as a misdemeanor. He was charged with having committed several summary offences 小偷小摸 and was released on bail pending his trial. 关于法外处决的报道: A report this month said Taliban forces had summarily executed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former police and intelligence officers in four provinces since taking over the country in August 2021, in defiance of a proclaimed amnesty. "Summary killings and enforced disappearances have taken place despite the Taliban's announced amnesty for former government civilian and military officials, and reassurances from the Taliban leadership that they would hold their forces accountable for violations of the amnesty order," the report said. wiki: The Center for Justice and Accountability brings cases against former
military commanders, paramilitary leaders, and government officials who
execute prisoners without a full and fair trial. Summary execution or extrajudicial killing 法外枪决, 非法枪决, 就地正法 is a tactic used to terrorize a population and enforce compliance. In nearly all jurisdictions, summary execution is illegal as an arbitrary deprivation [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n] of the right to life. wiki 2: Summary execution is an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial. Executions as the result of summary justice (such as a drumhead court-martial ( A drumhead court-martial 草草的军事法庭, 仓促而就的军事法庭 is a court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action. The term sometimes has connotations of summary justice. The term is said to originate from the use of a drum as an improvised 临时的, 将就用的 table, the drumhead forming the writing surface. A court-martial or court martial 军事法庭 is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law, and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decide upon punishment.) are sometimes included, but the term generally refers to capture, accusation, and execution all conducted within a very short period of time, and without any trial. Under international law, refusal to accept lawful surrender in combat and instead killing the person surrendering is also categorized as a summary execution (as well as murder). Summary executions have been practiced by police, military, and paramilitary organizations and are frequently associated with guerrilla warfare, counter-insurgency, terrorism, and any other situation which involves a breakdown of the normal procedures for handling accused prisoners, civilian or military.
Tea = dinner. Tea (in reference to food, rather than the drink) has long been used as an umbrella term for several different meals. English writer Isabella Beeton, whose books on home economics were widely read in the 19th century, describes meals of various kinds and provides menus for the "old-fashioned tea", the "at-home tea", the "family tea", and the "high tea". Teatime is the time at which this meal is usually eaten, which is mid-afternoon to early evening. Tea as a meal is associated with the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries. Some people in Britain and Australia refer to their main evening meal as "tea" rather than "dinner" or "supper", but generally, with the exception of Scotland and Northern England, "tea" refers to a light meal or a snack. A tea break is the term used for a work break in either the morning or afternoon for a cup of tea or other beverage. The most common elements of the tea meal are the drink itself, with cakes or pastries (especially scones), bread and jam, and perhaps sandwiches; these are the pillars of the "traditional afternoon tea" meals offered by expensive London hotels. Other types of both drink and food may be offered at home, under the same name, tea. 澳洲人自述: 1. When growing up on a sugar cane farm west of Mackay, North Qld in the sixties, dinner was the meal eaten in the middle of the day (now, years later in Brisbane, dinner refers to the evening meal). At the time we used the terms tea or supper interchangeably for the evening meal: What's for tea/supper? 2. Contributor's comments: An auntie who grew up in Sydney but now lives in Brisbane still refers to the meal eaten in the middle of the day as dinner. 3. Contributor's comments: In Central Qld we still call Lunch "Dinner" and Dinner "Tea". Also, morning and afternoon tea is "Smoko". 4. Contributor's comments: This was the same for me growing up in the sixties in SW WA. Dinner was at midday or thereabouts ( or thereabouts You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate. near a particular place, amount, time, etc. that has been mentioned, but not exactly. You'll end up paying an extra five percent or thereabouts. He told us that her age was forty-eight or thereabouts.) and tea was the evening meal. 5. Contributor's comments: Breakfast, lunch and dinner with my Sydney relatives and breakfast, dinner and tea when visiting the family in Dubbo and Albury regions. That is the way it always seemed. A friend from Tamworth says the same. 6. Contributor's comments: [UK informant] Dinner is a posh word for Evening meal, Tea (meal at around 4pm) is for those with a sweet tooth, cakes with cucumber or the likes of sandwhiches, Supper, the last evening meal befor bed, a cookie/bisuit or toast with a drink, depending on your location & upbringing, & of course your Race! 7. Contributor's comments: The word "dinner" was always used to describe the middday meal in the Adelaide region and the word "tea" to describe the evening meal. 8. Contributor's comments: My 86 year old Dad, who grew up in Geelong then lived 60 years in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, uses the word dinner this way. 9. Contributor's comments: In Tasmania 'dinner' is usually the meal (or snack) eaten in the middle of the day; though, if the midday meal is a snack it may be referred to as 'lunch', especially by school children, ie it's lunch-time. 'Tea' is the evening meal. 10. Contributor's comments: [Tasmanian informant] A light meal in the middle of the day; lunch: "I had a sandwich for dinner." 11. Contributor's comments: [Tasmanian informant] A meal eaten out in a restaurant or hotel in the evening: "We went out to dinner to celebrate his birthday." 12. Contributor's comments: [Central West NSW informant] Breakfast, lunch and dinner in our house - although my grandmother says dinner and tea. I was always told 'dinner' for the midday meal is more working class. We also say 'smoko' for morning and afternoon tea - we learned that as kids from the shearers. 13. Contributor's comments: Thank goodness that the word "Dinner" still means the mid-day meal to most people. A local tavern near us had shopper dockets 促销券 ( Shopa Docket is an Australian coupon company, founded in 1986, based in Brisbane, Australia. It is a provider of coupons that appear on the back of receipts in supermarkets and variety stores and outlets including Woolworths Supermarkets, Target Australia, Kmart, Big W, Chemist Warehouse, Harris Farm and IGA. docket I. legal Americana list of cases that are waiting to be considered in a court of law. The Court has about 1,400 appeals on its docket. II. 货物清单 a document that gives information about what is inside something such as a package. A docket is a certificate or ticket which shows the contents of something such as a parcel or cargo, and proves who the goods belong to. The clerk asked me to sign the docket. III. Americana list of business to be discussed or things to be done, especially at a meeting. ) printed which offered a "two for one" meal deal for DINNER and as I had a day off in the middle of the week when this offer was available, I took my wife out to lunch on this docket. The tavern refused to honour the docket saying that "dinner was the evening meal and not the one in the middle of the day". I was made to pay for the two meals and have never returned to use their services since. I have noticed that now the shopper dockets read "Buy one Evening Meal" so others apart from myself may have complained. Its usage has nothing to do with being lower class for I attended a private school and was taught that the three meals of the day were breakfast, lunch and dinner and there were two snacks known as morning and afternoon tea. So that's the usage of the word in Brisbane. 14. Contributor's comments: Brisbane: Dinner has never been lunch in my life. Always tea. And it isn't posh as indicated by the UK informant. 15. Contributor's comments: I grew up in Katoomba and Leura in the Blue Mountains. To me, "dinner" was always the evening meal. We had breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, my wife, who also grew up in Katoomba, still sometimes refers to the midday meal as "dinner". This suggests that it may not be regionally based. 16. Contributor's comments: Growing up in Adelaide in the 60s and 70s, we ate lunch and tea. Strangely enough, this is a hybrid combination. In the UK working class people eat dinner and tea, and middle class people eat lunch and dinner. Working class people consider the word lunch to be posh, and middle class people see the word tea (for evening meal) as definitely down market. Americans on the other hand, only ever drink their tea, and call their evening meal dinner or supper ( 睡前晚餐). When they eat before going to bed, it's probably a midnight snack. It seems that the English-speaking world can only agree on breakfast!
The old man: 1. As a young CIA operative in Afghanistan, played by Bill Heck, he's called Jon. In the present day, where he's trying to evade payback 报复 for whatever happened back then, he has a stash of cash and a swag of false identities, as well as a range of places to hole up (藏身 if you hole up or are holed up somewhere, you stay there, especially because you are hiding. If you hole up somewhere, you hide or shut yourself there, usually so that people cannot find you or disturb you. His creative process involves holing up in his Paris flat with the phone off the hook. She was holed up at a resort somewhere, trying to avoid the media.). 2. While on the run, Chase rents a room from Zoe McDonald who draws on reserves ( draw on I. to use something that you have gradually gained or saved. As an actor, you often draw on your own life experiences. Your body draws on its reserves of fat during the times when you are fasting. II. to breathe in smoke from a cigarette She shook her head as she drew on 猛吸 her cigarette. III. to take money from a bank account by writing a cheque He paid with a cheque drawn on 提取 his company's account. IV. literary to put on a particular piece of clothing. ) she never knew she had in order to survive the day when she learns the truth about her new tenant. 3. What Zoe has learned from her nasty divorce is that money, as she explains to Chase, is "a measure of discomfort," and a person's power is how they use that money to avoid such discomfort. So, she requires an amount that makes her more than just "a complication" ( complication I. countable usually plural something that makes a medical condition more dangerous or difficult to treat. A complication is a medical problem that occurs as a result of another illness or disease. Blindness is a common complication 并发症 of diabetes. He died of complications from a heart attack. Some people develop complications after an operation. If there are no complications, the doctor says that she'll be able to come home within two weeks. II. countable/uncountable something that makes a process or activity more difficult to do, deal with, or understand. A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with. The age difference was a complication to the relationship. An added complication is the growing concern for the environment. Dave couldn't find his passport at the airport and then there were further complications意外发生, 意外因素 when Fiona lost her baggage. If any complications arise, let me know and I'll help. III. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper. interloper [ˈɪntərˌloʊpər] 意外, 外来客, 不受欢迎, 不受待见的人, 意外闯入者, 意外闯进来的人 [disapproval] someone who is in a place or group but is not wanted by the other people there. If you describe someone as an interloper, you mean that they have come into a situation or a place where they are not wanted or do not belong. She had no wish to share her father with any outsider and regarded us as interlopers. interlope to intrude or interfere in the affairs of others. ) in Chase's story: "You will account for me." Chase, shitting his pants at how badly he's been owned ( own 打败 to defeat someone completely. If you own someone, you completely defeat them in a game, competition, or argument. I just totally owned you. I totally owned everybody in the first grand prix. get owned: To all the people saying the game was rigged, you got owned.), tries threatening Zoe, but she is so over that tired routine( tired 重复了无数遍的, 了无新意的, 老生常谈的 [disapproval] If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times. I didn't want to hear another one of his tired excuses. What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual. ), holding firm to her ultimatum. 4. lesser 不那么厉害的, 较轻的, 差一点的, 不那么好的, 不那么强的 I. used to describe something that is not as great in size, amount, or importance as something else: A lesser man (= a man who was not as strong or brave) might have given up at that point. The charge of murder was altered to the lesser (= less serious) charge of manslaughter. Ethiopia and, to a lesser extent/degree, Kenya will be badly affected by the drought. a. You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing that has been mentioned. Any medication is affected to a greater or lesser extent by many factors. The more obvious potential allies are Ireland, Denmark and, to a lesser degree, the Netherlands. ...lesser known works by famous artists. b. You can use lesser to refer to something or someone that is less important than other things or people of the same type. They pleaded guilty to lesser charges of criminal damage. He was feared by other, lesser, men. II. used in the names of some animals, birds, or plants to show that they are a smaller type. the lesser of two evils = the lesser evil ( better the devil you know ) If you have two choices, but think that they are both bad, you can describe the one which is less bad as the lesser of two evils, or the lesser evil. People voted for him as the lesser of two evils. One suspects that hydro power is still the lesser evil. a lesser man/woman/person someone who is not as good or as moral as someone else A lesser man wouldn't have admitted he was wrong. Again, it's not that Dan Chase and Harold Harper aren't compelling; they're played by Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. In the hands of lesser actors, however, it's easy for Chase and Harper to be reduced to stock roles. 5. At his age, one doesn't bounce back 恢复如初 from a roadside three-against-one beatdown so quickly, even if you are ex-CIA. Zoe is immediately spooked by Chase's dogs, fearing they'll destroy the furniture, which will lead to a fight with her vindictive ex, who technically still owns the property. She shuts down the arrangement, and Chase prepares to leave as Zoe tears into a pathetic microwave meal while poring over ( pore over 细细阅读, 一个字一个字的读 to examine or read something very carefully and in a lot of detail. to look at and study something, usually a book or document, carefully: She spends her evenings poring over textbooks. He pored over the letter searching for clues about the writer. Ben was poring over computer printouts with an engineer.) "final notice" bills. 6. Back in Gloomytown, Pennsylvania, Chase pulls out all the stops to reverse Zoe's housing decision. While peering through ( peer through (something) To glance, look, or stare through something, especially in an intent, inquisitive, or searching manner. Peer through the telescope and see if you can make out the constellations. I stood peering through the fog, trying to figure out where the bus had left me. Sarah peered through the curtains to see if the man was still lurking outside the house. to stare through a partial barrier, such as a window, drapes, the haze, the fog, etc. George peered through the drapes and spied on the party next door. Sally peered through the haze as best she could, trying to see if the way was clear.) her window, he notices the unpaid bills and sad Lean Cuisine lunch. To buy himself time, he cooks up a story about needing a tow truck just so he can charm the shit out of his landlady. He whips her up a real meal, all the while talking to her about how cooking for someone can "soften the hardest of hearts." 7. Zoe gets a call from her son. We don't hear his dialogue, but we don't need more details other than Zoe's insistence that she "paid it" and that "everything should be square ( I. informal 互不相欠. 两清. 两讫. if two people are square, neither person owes the other anything. You give me back six dollars and then we'll be square. II. informal someone who is square is boring because they do not wear fashionable clothes or have fashionable interests. III. straight, or parallel with something straight. Place the pieces together and make sure the edges are square. The corners aren't square. fair and square in a way that is clear and fair, so that no one can complain or disagree. If you say that someone won a competition fair and square, you mean that they won honestly and without cheating. There are no excuses. We were beaten fair and square. She had to admit she'd been defeated fair and square. all square if a game is all square, both teams or players have the same number of points. a square deal fair treatment Most of the workers think they’re getting a square deal. a square meal a large meal that makes you feel satisfied. a square peg in a round hole someone or something that does not suit the position or situation that they are in. verb. I. 对得上. 合得上. If you square two different ideas or actions with each other or if they square with each other, they fit or match each other. That explanation squares with the facts, doesn't it? He set out to square his dreams with reality. II. If you square something with someone, you ask their permission or check with them that what you are doing is acceptable to them. I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right. She should have squared things with Jay before she went into this business with Walker. square the circle 一石双鸟 If you say that someone squares the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together. He has squared the circle of keeping the City happy and doing something to improve business cash flow. 'Nirvana' squared the circle by making a record that was pop and rock at the same time. squarely I. Squarely means directly or in the middle, rather than indirectly or at an angle. I kept the gun aimed 正对着, 瞄准着 squarely at his eyes. II. If something such as blame or responsibility lies squarely with someone, they are definitely the person responsible. The president put the blame squarely 不偏不倚的 on his opponent. Responsibility for success or failure lies squarely with the Nigerians. III. If you face something squarely 正面迎上 you face it directly, without trying to avoid it. The management committee have faced the situation squarely. We have to drop our pretences and look squarely at schooling as it really is. ) in the bursar's ( bursar [ˈbɜrsər] I. British 学校财务. a person who manages the financial affairs of a college or school. The bursar of a school or college is the person who is in charge of its finance or general administration. A bursar is a professional administrator in a school or university often with a predominantly financial role. In the United States, bursars usually hold office only at the level of higher education or at private secondary schools. II. a student who holds a bursary. ) office."
TBBT: 1. Raj: Magic wand TV remote? Howard: Yeah, I can control all sorts of stuff. Raj: Did Bernadette think it was cool? Howard: Not when I said mute and pointed it at her face. Raj: Oh, uh, let me try. Uh, channelis changeroni. This might be my second favorite brown magic wand. Howard: Well, that's the last time I play with that. Raj: Uh, off. And on. And the Oprah Network. This is so much better than watching TV like a muggle 凡人 ( a person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill. "she's a muggle: no IT background, understanding, or aptitude at all". a. (in fantasy fiction) a person who does not possess supernatural powers. b. a foolish or inept person. wiki: In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, a Muggle ([ˈmʌɡəl]) is a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born in a magical family. Muggles can also be described as people who do not have any magical blood inside them. It differs from the term Squib, which refers to a person with one or more magical parents yet without any magical power or ability, and from the term Muggle-born (or the derogatory and offensive term mudblood, which is used to imply the supposed impurity 血液不纯 of Muggle blood), which refers to a person with magical abilities but with non-magical parents. The equivalent term used by the in-universe magic community of America is No-Maj, which is short for No Magic. ). 2. Sheldon: Okay. I think we've found the problem here. It's not the table at all. It's you. Penny: Me? Leonard: Well, it's always me, take one for the team. Sheldon: I have spent years turning this lump of clay 坨, 这坨屎 into an acceptable conduit for my will, and then you came along and reshaped him, with your newfangled ideas ( [old-fashioned, disapproval] If someone describes a new idea or a new piece of equipment as newfangled, they mean that it is too complicated or is unnecessary. Mr. Goss does not believe in any of this newfangled nonsense about lean meat. ...a newfangled tax structure. ) and your fancy genitals. Penny: Are you gonna let him talk to me like this? Leonard: Fancy sounds like a compliment. Penny: Okay, I have not tried to change Leonard. That's just what happens in relationships. Look how much Amy's changed you. Sheldon: That's not true. Penny: Oh, please. When I first met you, you were incapable of touching another human being. Now you're holding hands, you're going on dates, you even made out with her on a train. Sheldon: She told you? Penny: Of course she told me, it's the most interesting thing that's ever happened to her in her entire life. Leonard: You're too close to it 局内人看不清, 当局者迷, 旁观者清, 深陷其中, 自己不知道, 不自知, 梦中人, , ( too close/near for comfort 太贴近, 离得太近 close enough to make a person feel nervous, worried, or upset. If you say that something is, for example, too close for comfort, you mean you are worried because it is closer than you would like it to be. The bombs fell in the sea, many too close for comfort. Interest rates and inflation were too high for comfort. something that is too close for comfort makes you feel worried, unhappy, or uncomfortable, because it is dangerous in some way The cars were whizzing past us much too close for comfort. too close to call If something such as a competition or an election is too close to call, it is not possible to predict who will win because it seems likely to be won by only a very small margin. In the Senate, the count is too close to call at this point. hit too close to home I. (idiomatic) To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near. I just barely managed to keep my job during the layoff – it really hit too close to home. II. 太熟悉, 太感同身受 (idiomatic) To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences. As a veteran, the war film I watched yesterday hit too close to home, making me remember many awful things. ) but Amy has had a huge impact on you. Sheldon: You're right. Without realizing it, I've allowed that woman to alter my personality. Leonard: Mm, Sheldon, you didn't have a personality, you just had some shows you liked. Sheldon: No. No, I've changed. Like the frog who's put in a pot of water that's heated so gradually 缓慢的, 慢慢的 he doesn't realize he's boiling to death. Penny: Or you're the frog who's been kissed by a princess and turned into a prince. Leonard: Or you're just a tall, annoying frog. 3. Leonard: So are you really not gonna do this movie? Penny: Well, I don't think it's the kind of part that's good for my career. Leonard: Well, but don't a lot of famous actors get their start doing bad movies? Penny: Okay, I don't think Meryl Streep ever had to say "Must keep gorilla hands from killing again!" Raj: If she did, it would be amazing. That woman can do no wrong. Leonard: I don't know anything about show business, so if you think it's reasonable to turn down paid work and just burn through your savings( burn through sth 快速烧钱 to spend money quickly. to use all of (something) quickly. waste (lots of money) He burnt through the bulk of his $18 million fortune with his reckless lifestyle. They've burned through 2 million dollars already, and the renovations are far from complete. The company is continuing to burn through the money it raised from investors earlier this year.), I'm sure you know what you're doing. Amy: I think we're gonna go. Sheldon: Are you sure? We were making fun of failed careers. We didn't get to tap the juicy vein( to "tap a vein" seems to be an idiom connected with mining, the exploitation of some valuable or difficult-to-obtain resource. vein I. a source of a specified quality. he has tapped a national vein of anger. a supply or amount of a particular thing. vein of: There was a vein of humor in his remarks. a rich vein (=a large supply or amount): He certainly has a rich vein of talent. A vein of a particular quality is evidence of that quality which someone often shows in their behaviour or work. The striker's rich vein of form this season has seen him net 32 goals. This Spanish drama has a vein of black humour running through it. II. a particular mood, style, or subject. Something that is written or spoken in a particular vein is written or spoken in that style or mood. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein. The girl now replies in similar vein. He continued in this vein for a couple of minutes. in the same vein: Her second novel is a thriller, very much in the same vein as the first. III. a layer of a metal or other substance inside the earth. A vein of a particular metal or mineral is a layer of it lying in rock. ...a vein of copper. ...a rich and deep vein of limestone. IV. The veins 叶脉 on a leaf are the thin lines on it. ...the serrated edges and veins of the feathery leaves. ) that is Howard's. Howard: Hey, I work at the same university you do. Sheldon: Yes, and Hawkeye's in the Avengers, but no one ever says help, Hawkeye. Bernadette: Can I ask you something? Why do you constantly feel the need to put down 挖苦 my husband? Penny: Oh, I'm sure he does it out of love. The same way my boyfriend makes me feel terrible about my life choices. 4. Wyatt is a very caring, friendly and fatherly person, who wants Penny to make both good decisions, but also to make his little girl happy. Howard and Bernie nurse a rabbit back to health that almost drowned in their hot tub looking very parental 像父母一样, 有父母样子的 while doing it. Mrs Wolowitz (off): I'm hungry again. Howard: It's like the world's fattest cuckoo clock. Bernadette: You know, you're always talking about having a baby someday. This is exactly what it's gonna be like. Howard: No, it's not. Bernadette: Come on. The constant fussing, eating, pooping, burping, drooling. We're even waiting for the day when she can finally walk on her own. Howard: Maybe you're right. Anything she finds on the floor goes right in her mouth. Bernadette: I'm just telling you now, if we do have kids, don't expect me to do all the work. Howard: Hey, I'm a very paternal 爱孩子的 person( I. Paternal is used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind father towards his child. ...paternal love for his children. He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture. II. A paternal relative is one that is related through a person's father rather than their mother. ...my paternal grandparents. ). I'd be excellent at taking care of a baby. Mrs Wolowitz (off): I'm still hungry. Howard: I'm coming, you big baby. 5. banker's hours NORTH AMERICAN short working hours (in reference to the typical opening hours of a bank). a short working day, esp. one that extends from 9 or 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the hours during which banks were traditionally open to the public. a work day that is shorter than that of most businesses, typically between 10 am and 3 pm on Monday through Friday, the hours when banks used to be open: His business is doing so well he can just keep banker's hours. business hours the part of the day when a business is usually open: during business hours 营业时间 The office is open only during normal business hours. Business hours are from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Amy: You got me removed from my own project? Sheldon: Yeah, and it wasn't easy. Apparently, you're very difficult to replace. Hey, just between you and me, they consider Dr. Park quite the step down. Dr. Park: I was trying to pick my moment to leave. This seems like it. Sheldon: Wow. Banker's hours. No wonder you're not on the tenure track. 6. What? It's my boss. They moved my field ride up 提前 to Monday ( A field ride is generally when a novice, a job applicant, a reporter, etc., goes along with a professional to see what that person's job is really like, or to gain experience in that job. For example, you can go on a field ride with the police here, or an employer may ask you to go along on a field ride to see if you are capable of doing the job. The Ride-Along/Field Ride – Usually after a face to face interview with the manager, you're going to do a field ride with one of the reps, it typically lasts all day or at least half a day. A field ride gives potential candidates a "day in the life" of what the job will be like. Even though a manager won't physically be there, they'll have eyes/ears everywhere and they'll tell the reps you're riding with to give them a full report of how the day went. It's important to treat the field ride as you would an interview with the manager be cause on the field ride, the rep you're shadowing becomes the decision maker. It's important to be just as energetic and engaged with the rep as you would with the manager.) . What does that mean? It means instead of having a week to study, I only have two days. That sucks. Can you start in the morning? Uh, it's kind of a lot. You know, let me do a little tonight, and I'll catch up with you guys later. You sure? Yeah, it's okay. Go ahead.
