用法学习: 1. tide I. The tide of opinion 民意潮流, 民意之风, for example, is what the majority of people think at a particular time. a tendency of people to think or feel in a particular way. the tide of opinion/sentiment: The tide of public opinion is moving towards tighter planning controls. The tide of opinion seems overwhelmingly in his favour. The Liberals – in opposition in Victoria, in government in NSW – could have a good deal to fear if the tide runs again for teals. II. People sometimes refer to events or forces that are difficult or impossible to control as the tide of history, for example. a tendency of events to develop in a particular way the tide of history/prosperity. They talked of reversing the tide of history 历史潮流, 历史大潮. The tide of war swept back across their country. III. You can talk about a tide of something, especially something which is unpleasant, when there is a large and increasing amount of it. ...an ever increasing tide 一波 of crime. The tide of nationalism is still running high in a number of republics. tide over 帮助渡过难关 If you do something for someone to tide them over, you help them through a period when they are having difficulties, especially by lending them money. He wanted money to tide him over. The banks were prepared to put up 50 million euros to tide over the company. time and tide wait for no man 时间不等人 things will not wait for you when you are late Hurry up or you'll miss the plane! Time and tide wait for no man. a rising tide of something an increase in the amount or strength of something, especially something that you must oppose. The police are fighting against a rising tide of crime. stem the tide (of something) 遏制潮流, 扼制潮流, 制止风潮 to stop something from increasing or continuing This rule was used to stem the tide of imported videos. swim against/with the tide 顺历史潮流, 逆历史潮流 to do or believe the opposite to other people/the same as other people. the tide turns 风向变化 used for saying that people's opinion or a situation is changing. The tide seems to have turned against the government. turn the tide to change a situation, especially so that you begin to win instead of losing. He claimed that his government was turning the tide in the war against drugs. 2. rush into something ( = rush/jump/plunge headlong into something) 一头扎进去, 一脑袋扎进去 to start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm but without thinking about it first. If you rush into something such as a job, you start doing it without having really decided if it is the right thing to do or having considered the best way to do it. to do something without first thinking carefully about it Try not to rush into a decision you may later regret. rush headlong into something (=do something too quickly): I swore to myself I wouldn’t rush headlong into another romance. rush to do something to do something very quickly and without delay I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back. He rushed to help his comrade. While some were shocked at the odd gift, others rushed in to defend Kendall's choice of present for Lauren. rush job 潦草, 匆匆而就的, 草草而就的 a piece of work that is not as good as it could be, because you do it quickly: The biography was a bit of a rush job. rush order 急单, 紧急下单 a request from a customer for goods to be supplied very quickly: We placed a rush order for the leaflets, and they arrived the next day. rush something out to very quickly produce something and make it available to sell: When the war started, several publishers rushed out books on the conflict. 4. animal house I. a damn good movie, it's all about college frats and having fun. You do whatever you want. I can't believe this frat is like an animal house! II. Animal House means a place where animals are reared/kept for experiments or testing purposes; parkd to the rear Is this car parked way to the rear车停的太靠后了吧(over the line)? rear adj. at the back of something Keep your front and rear lights in good working order. Manufacturers have been obliged to fit rear seat belts in all new cars. noun. I. The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it. He settled back in the rear 车尾 of the taxi. ...a stairway in the rear of 建筑背面 the building. II. If you are at the rear of a moving line 队尾 of people, you are the last person in it. Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach. III. Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on. He plans to have a dragon tattooed on his rear. verb. I. If you rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves. She reared six children. I was reared in east Texas. Most farmers in the area rear sheep. child-rearing methods. II. If you rear a young animal ( AM: raise, UK rear ) 养动物, 养牛, 养马, 养狗, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself. She spends a lot of time rearing animals. TBBT: a. Howard: Oh. I mean, how do you prepare for something like this? I'm not even sure I've held a baby 抱孩子 before. Bernadette: Oh, it's okay, you'll figure it out. Howard: But how's this all gonna work? Do we get a nanny? I mean, can we afford a nanny? And if we can, we can't get a pretty one, 'cause it'll wreck our marriage. We can't get an ugly one, 'cause it'll scare the kid. Bernadette: I don't know, Howie. Howard: Are we in a good school district 好学区? You're Catholic, I'm Jewish. What religion do we raise it? And if it's a boy, do we get him circumcised? People say it's barbaric, but if we don't, it looks like a pig in a blanket. Bernadette: Calm down, it's gonna be okay. Howard: How's it gonna be okay? Look at me, I'm a mess. And that means this baby's gonna half a mess. And that's even before we screw it up with our cut-rate moderately attractive nanny. b. Penny: Trust me, you guys have nothing to worry about. You know, back in Nebraska, I raised all our baby pigs right until the day they were slaughtered. So, unless your baby's made of breakfast meat, she's fine. III. When a horse rears 尥蹶子, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs. The horse reared and threw off its rider. ...an army pony that didn't rear up at the sound of gunfire. if
an animal such as a horse bucks, it kicks its back legs in the air or
jumps off the ground in an uncontrolled way. If a horse bucks, it kicks
both of its back legs wildly into the air, or jumps into the air wildly
with all four feet off the ground. The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in. ...cowboys riding bucking broncos. IV. If you say that something such as a building or mountain rears above you 高耸, 高高耸立, you mean that is very tall and close to you. The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence. The mountains reared up on each side, steep and white. be reared on something 玩...长大, 吃...长大 to experience a lot of something while you are growing up a generation of children reared on violent computer games. in the rear 在后面, behind located in the space or area behind someone or something. The waiter told me that the bathrooms were in the rear. All deliveries must be made in the rear. at the rear of something 在后部 located at the back part of something. I keep my tools at the rear of my garage. There's a stream at the rear of my property. rear back I. Lit. [for a horse] to pull back and up onto its hind legs in an effort to move backwards rapidly or throw a rider. The animal reared back in terror. The horse reared back and almost threw its rider(摔下骑手, 甩下骑手). II. Fig. [for a person] to pull back and stand up or sit up straighter. He reared back in his chair and looked perturbed. Tom reared back in his chair, waiting for something else to happen. rear up
I. Lit. [for a horse] to lean back on its hind legs and raise its front
legs, assuming a threatening posture or avoiding something on the
ground such as a snake. The horse reared up suddenly, throwing the rider onto the ground. When the horse reared up, I almost fell off.
II. Fig. [for something, especially a problem] to raise up suddenly. To
rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs. A new problem reared up and cost us a lot of time. A lot of new costs reared up toward the end of the month. bring up the rear 拖后, 拖在后面, 扫尾, 跟在后面, 断后, 押后, 压后 to move along behind everyone else; to be at the end of the line. If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them. ...police motorcyclists bringing up the rear of the procession. Here comes John, bringing up the rear. Hurry up, Tom! Why are you always bringing up the rear? rear its ugly head = rear its head If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable. The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer. rear-end 追尾事故 accident or rear-end collision: Who is at fault in rear-end collisions? If only 2 cars are involved in the accident, the car which hits from behind is liable in most circumstances. In 3 or more car pile-ups, it is necessary to determine whether the car immediately behind hit first or whether it had stopped in time and was pushed by the car behind it. If the latter case can be clearly determined then the car at the rear is responsible. In situations where a car rolls back into a stationary vehicle behind, it is the front car that is liable regardless of how close the rear vehicle was behind. In the absence of any independent witnesses however, it is often difficult to prove a situation such as this, unless the owner of the forward vehicle willingly admits liability. 5. Look back on it fondly = look back on something with fondness 回忆起来很美好. look back on something to think about a time or event in the past. Most people look back on their school days with fondness. Looking back on it all, I'm amazed how we managed to do it on time. someone never looked back used for saying that someone achieved something special and then became even more successful. I took the art college offer and have never looked back. doofus [ˈduːfʌs] 傻蛋 INFORMAL NORTH AMERICAN a stupid person. A person with poor judgment and taste. Danny is such a doofus! "a doofus who paid an inflated price for a tatty house". jumble noun. I. singular a collection of different things mixed together. A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way. The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders. ...a meaningless jumble of words. a delightful jumble of pretty painted houses. Local media reports may provide some clues - but none have been
confirmed by police. Furthermore, this jumble 纷杂 of information has often
painted an unclear or seemingly contradictory picture. II. uncountable 美国人用rummage. Jumble is old or unwanted things that people give away to charity. She expects me to drive round collecting jumble for the church. jumble verb. If you jumble things or if things jumble 混在一起, 混杂起来, they become mixed together so that they are untidy or are not in the correct order. He's making a new film by jumbling together 拼凑起来, 拼凑在一起 bits of his other movies. His thoughts jumbled and raced like children fighting. To jumble up means the same as to jumble. They had jumbled it all up into a heap. The bank scrambles all that money together, jumbles it all up and lends it out. The watch parts fell apart and jumbled up. There were six wires jumbled up, tied together, all painted black. spectre = specter [ˈspɛktə] noun. I. a ghost. "a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life". II. something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence. If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur. Failure to arrive at a consensus over the issue raised the spectre of legal action. Like many others, Handford was relieved to see the spectre of 15% interest rates evaporate by the end of the day. "the spectre of nuclear holocaust". Trump could also spend the next several months simply raising the specter of releasing the footage to be used as a political weapon without ever actually doing so. 6. dot hole: The majestic opening in a Hindu females dot that allows access to her third eyes glorious reproductive organ. Dude check out that Indian girl over there! Oh shit bro you can see her dot hole, that's so hot!!! Hey Indian girl! Show us your dot hole! bindi: A bindi (Hindi: बिंदी, from Sanskrit बिन्दु bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") or pottu (Tamil: பொட்டு) is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the center of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains from the Indian subcontinent. A bindi is a bright dot of some colour applied in the centre of the forehead close to the eyebrows or in the middle of the forehead, worn in the Indian subcontinent (particularly amongst Hindus in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asia among Balinese, Filipino, Javanese, Sundanese, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese and Burmese Hindus. A similar marking is also worn by babies and children in China and, as in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, represents the opening of the third eye. Bindi in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism is associated with ajna chakra, and Bindu is known as the third eye chakra. Bindu is the point or dot around which the mandala is created, representing the universe. The bindi has a historical and cultural presence in the region of Greater India. Chakras ([ˈtʃʌkrəz], US: [ˈtʃɑːkrəz] 法轮, 转轮, 脉轮) are various focal points used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the esoteric or inner traditions of Hinduism. The concept of the chakra arose in the early traditions of Hinduism. Beliefs differ between the Indian religions, with many Buddhist texts consistently mentioning five chakras, while Hindu sources reference six or seven. Early Sanskrit texts speak of them both as meditative visualizations combining flowers and mantras and as physical entities in the body. Within Kundalini yoga, the techniques of breathing exercises, visualizations, mudras, bandhas, kriyas, and mantras are focused on manipulating the flow of subtle energy through chakras. Chinese Esoteric Buddhism 密宗佛教 (esoteric [ˌesəˈterɪk] 少数人真理 known about or understood by very few people. If you describe something as esoteric, you mean it is known, understood, or appreciated by only a small number of people. ...esoteric knowledge. His esoteric interests set him apart from his contemporaries. a rather esoteric debate about European tax rules. ) refers to traditions of Tantra and Esoteric Buddhism that have flourished among the Chinese people. In the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) through to the modern period, esoteric practices and teachings became absorbed and merged with the other Chinese Buddhist traditions to a large extent. Songkran 泰历新年 (泼水节) is a term derived from the Sanskrit word, saṅkrānti (or, more specifically, meṣa saṅkrānti)[clarification needed] and used to refer to the traditional New Year celebrated in Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam and Xishuangbanna, China. It begins when the sun transits the constellation of Aries, the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, as reckoned by sidereal astrology. It is related to the equivalent Hindu calendar-based New Year festivals in most parts of South Asia which are collectively referred to as Mesha Sankranti. 7. keep time I. MUSIC if a musician keeps time 合拍子, they play a piece of music at the correct speed and beat. II. if you keep time 打拍子 for a musician, you show them what the correct speed and beat are for a piece of music. If you keep time when playing or singing music, you follow or play the beat, without going too fast or too slowly. Maintain the correct tempo and rhythm of music; also, mark the rhythm by foot-tapping, hand movements, or the like. The children love to keep time by clapping their hands. As he sang, he kept time on a small drum. III. if a clock keeps good time, it always shows the correct time. When you talk about how well a watch or clock keeps time, you are talking about how accurately it measures time. Ann kept time at all the basketball games. Whoever keeps time has to watch the referee very carefully. It must be nerve-racking to keep time 计时 during a game that important. One mistake could affect the whole season! My watch keeps good/perfect time 走得准. Some pulsars keep time better than the Earth's most accurate clocks. Fig. [for a clock or a watch] to keep track of time accurately. This watch doesn't keep time. My other watch kept time better. pulsar [ˈpʌlsɑr] 脉冲星 a type of star in space that produces a regular radio signal. A pulsar is a star that spins very fast and cannot be seen but produces regular radio signals.
Will teal independents strike Liberals another blow in Victorian and NSW elections?: In theory, the Victorian opposition should be in a strong position against the ageing Andrews government whose multiple skeletons are in view. In practice, it's a shambles. Liberal leader Matthew Guy is unimpressive, and he's now mired in the messy aftermath of a scandal around his former chief of staff's seeking funds inappropriately. In NSW, the Coalition government has a record that should be saleable. But it has been scandal-ridden, most recently losing two ministers, one of whom, Stuart Ayres, was deputy Liberal leader. Ayres was caught up in the saga of John Barilaro's appointment as trade commissioner to New York. The tortuous ( [ˈtɔrtʃuəs] I. 弯弯绕的, 曲曲弯弯的, 弯弯曲曲的 twisting and turning around many bends. A tortuous road is full of bends and twists. Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. The only road access is a tortuous mountain route. a tortuous route. II. 冗长复杂的, 繁冗的 extremely complicated. A tortuous process or piece of writing is very long and complicated. ...these long and tortuous negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. The parties must now go through the tortuous process of picking their candidates. a tortuous process. Usage notes: This term has strongly negative connotations, perhaps transferred from the similar-sounding adjective torturous. Not to be confused with the legal term tortious. vocabulary: Tortuous means twisting or complicated. "James Bond drove up a mountain road that was tortuous in its twists and turns. He had to stop the evil madman's plan for world domination, a plan so tortuous that even 007 himself could not understand it." From Latin torquere "to twist," tortuous means something with twists and turns –– a path, an argument, a story. It is important not to confuse it with torturous, which means characterized by great pain. "The contemporary string quartet was tortuous in its tonal shifts, but only torturous at the point where the violinist ran her nails up and down a chalkboard." tortious [ˈtɔʃəs] relating to a tort or punishable as a tort. Such acts will result in the court determining the defendant's tortious liability. tort 侵权行为: A tort is something that you do or fail to do which harms someone else and for which you can be sued for damages. A tort is a civil wrong (other than breach of contract) that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. In some, but not all, civil and mixed law jurisdictions, the term delict is used to refer to this category of civil wrong, though it can also refer to criminal offences in some jurisdictions and tort is the general term used in comparative law. torturous [ˈtɔrtʃərəs] I. causing extreme physical pain. torturous beatings. II. causing a mentally or physically uncomfortable feeling. torturous memories. ) ins and outs of the Barilaro affair have been aired at a parliamentary inquiry this week, with the former deputy premier and Nationals leader (who eventually withdrew from the job) casting himself as an injured party. These scandals (and many others) in the two states are political manna ( [ˈmænə] according to the Bible, the food that God gave to the Israelites in the desert after they had escaped from Egypt. manna from heaven 沙漠甘霖, 天上掉馅饼, 及时雨 something that you need or want very much and that you get unexpectedly. If you say that something unexpected is manna from heaven, you mean that it is good and happened just at the time that it was needed. Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking. The revealed documents were manna for journalists. A letter from home was like manna from heaven. ) for the community independents movement. The public hate such shenanigans and, as happened with the federal election, community independents will make integrity and the quest for a better kind of politics a core part of their campaigns. We see from this how the push for state independents is leveraging off the federal success( leverage I. Leverage is the ability to influence situations or people so that you can control what happens. power to influence people and get the results you want: If the United Nations had more troops in the area, it would have greater leverage. His function as a Mayor affords him the leverage to get things done through attending committee meetings. II. Leverage is the force that is applied to an object when something such as a lever is used. the action or advantage of using a lever: Using ropes and wooden poles for leverage, they haul sacks of cement up the track. The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage. verb. I. to borrow money to buy a business, hoping that the business will make enough profit to pay the interest on the money that is borrowed. Home equity is invaluable if you leverage it to build wealth. the act of using borrowed money to buy an investment or a company: With leverage, the investor's $100,000 buys $500,000 or more of stock if he wants. II. To leverage a company or investment means to use borrowed money in order to buy it or pay for it. Leveraging the company at a time of tremendous growth opportunities would be a mistake. The committee voted to limit tax refunds for corporations involved in leveraged buyouts. III. to use something that you already have in order to achieve something new or better: We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners. leveraged I. A leveraged company or organization owes a large amount of money in relation to its value: The company is highly leveraged and struggling with interest payments. II. A leveraged deal or investment has been paid for using borrowed money. He owns some highly leveraged investment property. The company was acquired by a consortium in a highly leveraged takeover. ). Federal teals have a political interest in reinforcing the message of their personal "independence". Regardless, in state areas where teal-type candidates will run, there'll likely be ready-made volunteer cohorts to support them. Many citizens, energised by the federal successes, seem anxious to take part in what they see as a new brand of politics. "People are dissatisfied," she says. Unsurprisingly, "issues around integrity are very top of mind 最放在心上的, 最关心的, 最重要的, 第一考虑的 首要的, 最关心的, 最要紧的 ( top of mind I. the first priority When you do decide to buy a car, fuel efficiency should be top of mind. II. 第一个想到的 the most likely association with something. Adding your photo, logo and tagline to a custom shirt will keep your brand top-of-mind. front of mind = top of mind I. if a brand, product, or company is front of mind, it is the first one that people think of when they are considering buying something: We need advertising that will keep the brand front of mind and help reinforce brand values. II. considered very important and usually thought of first by people: Food safety issues affect everyone and are becoming increasingly front of mind with consumers today. top of mind awareness (advertising) The awareness of a brand in a consumer who, without prompting, names that brand first when asked to list all the advertisements they recall seeing in a general product category over the past 30 days. Companies that are well known advertise heavily and have attention-getting ads that tend to receive the highest top of mind awareness scores in ad tracking studies. aided awareness (unaided awareness) (advertising) In advertising research, recognition of a specific brand or product from a list of possible names offered as a prompt. Since respondents were asked specifically if they saw any of the company's ads in the aided awareness question, that score is higher than the one for unaided awareness. to my mind 在我看来 You say or write to my mind to indicate that the statement you are making is your own opinion. in my opinion. "this story is, to my mind, a masterpiece". There are scenes in this play which to my mind are incredibly violent. turn of mind 思路, 想法 If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character. a particular way of thinking. a characteristic way of thinking: His natural supporters are the urban poor, and educated people of a liberal turn of mind. "people with a practical turn of mind". She was of a rational turn of mind. an academic/practical etc turn of mind 思考方式, 学术思路 youngsters with an independent turn of mind. ). People are looking at what is happening in NSW and are fed up", although health, education, over-development and privatisation are also concerning these voters. "People in North Sydney have caught the democracy bug," Shrivell says. One major problem for the community candidates in NSW is the state's optional preferential voting system: this means they could not rely to the extent the federal teals did on preferences bumping them over the line. As in the federal election, Climate 200 will wait until candidates emerge. It will then assess their individual suitability, the viability of their campaign structure, and their prospects of victory, before deciding whether to provide support. It needs to choose carefully. One reason for the teal successes at federal level was that the candidates were so impressive – mediagenic 媒体形象好的, 媒体亲善的 ( [ˌmiːdɪəˈdʒɛnɪk] attractive or well-suited to the communications media. presenting an attractive or sympathetic image when portrayed in the media. creating a favourable impression when presented in the media. "the tawdry modern phenomenon of the mediagenic politician". tawdry [ˈtɔdri] I. unpleasant, or immoral. If you describe something such as a story or an event as tawdry, you mean that it is unpleasant or immoral. ...the yawning gulf between her fantasies and the tawdry reality 现实与幻想之间的巨大差距, 巨大鸿沟. ...the tawdry business of day-to-day bartering and bargaining. a tawdry affair. II. inexpensive and of bad quality. If you describe something such as clothes or decorations as tawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste. ...tawdry jewellery. yawn I. to open your mouth wide and take a big breath, usually because you are tired or bored. II. mainly literary to become or to be very wide. yawning [ˈjɔnɪŋ] I. very wide or large. being or standing wide open; gaping the yawning 宽大的, 巨大的 mouth of a cave. The wealth and poverty gap has grown to a yawning chasm. Many times we had to jump over yawning crevasses. chasm [ˈkæzəm], gap, gulf: There is a yawning gap between what the Government says in public and its actions. II. indicating by yawns one's weariness or indifference The lecturer was oblivious to his yawning audience. gaping [ˈɡeɪpɪŋ] a gaping hole or space is very large a gaping wound. chasm [ˈkæzəm] a very big difference that separates one person or group from another. If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them. ...the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry. ...the chasm between rich and poor in America. chasm between: a widening chasm between town and country. 搭配: adj. gaping, great, growing, huge, unbridgeable 没法逾越的, 无法逾越的, widening, yawning. Many politicians are not concerned about the gaping chasm between the rich and the poor. Verbs: divide, exist, open up, separate. A communication chasm exists between some teachers and their pupils.) professional women. It could be harder to find equivalent talent for state contests, which are less attractive to high flyers. Climate 200 has its own credibility to preserve. It doesn't want a triumph at the federal election to be followed by state pushes that flop spectacularly 惨败. Federally, the community-candidate movement has eaten away at the Liberal Party's progressive wing, cutting a swathe [sweɪð] ( noun (also spelled as swath ). I. a long narrow piece of cloth, especially one that is wrapped around someone or something. ...swathes of white silk. II. A swathe of land is a long strip of land. On May 1st the army took over another swathe of territory. Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear. swathe in = swathe someone/something in something to completely cover someone or something with something. To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely. She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics. His head was swathed in bandages made from a torn sheet. The moon was swathed in mist. cut a swathe through sth 扫荡式的, 以摧枯拉朽之势 If a person or thing cuts a swathe through something, they pass through it causing great destruction or change. The storm cut a swathe through southern England. Keegan's team have been cutting an irresistible swathe through the first division. ) through the moderates in the parliamentary party. The federal Liberals now face the existential question of how to juggle appeals to outer suburbia, where Peter Dutton feels most comfortable, and to the urban areas, currently lost, that used to be the party's "blue ribbons" (including for fund-raising), and which are vital to winning government. Just as many people underestimated the chances of the teals federally, there is a risk of over-estimating their state prospects. But if the independent movement does erode the Liberal base in core areas at state level, it will all the harder for the party to re-group nationally. Although part of the federal teal success was due to "strategic" voting by some Labor supporters, victories for state community candidates in Victoria and NSW would reinforce the message that Liberal supporters are migrating to a new political force. For the Liberal Party, the implications would be alarming for the long term.
