用法学习: 1. cistern [ˈsɪstərn] 厕所水箱 a container for holding water. A source told DailyMail.com that the lid of the toilet's cistern was cracked and broken. The couple's personal butler found her body squashed and slumped between the tiny space between the toilet and the wall, badly beaten and covered in blood, according to sources. 斐济杀妻: A lawyer for Chen's family, Ronald Gordon, told DailyMail.com that her body was so badly beaten that she was unable to be embalmed and her parents had to cremate her before bringing her ashes back to the United States. He added that she suffered such deep lacerations to both sides of her head, near her eyes, that the embalming fluid would have leaked. On the night Chen was killed, Dawson was seen walking the length of Turtle Island in the early hours of the morning by the night watchman 值晚班的看守, before he went back toward the private bungalow. Dawson left his GPS watch and mobile phone in the bungalow, but took his wallet and passport before fleeing across the water, 1.2 miles away to a secluded beach on Matacawa Levu Island. Gordon said it suggested that he'd been headed toward the mainland - which is about a two or three hour boat ride away - in the hopes of fleeing Fiji. But Dawson never made it that far, and he was discovered - with cuts and bruises - about 3pm on July 10 by a local man as he walked toward the island's village. Monoa Ratulele, 49, told DailyMail.com that Dawson told him that he used a kayak to paddle to the island between 2am and 3am on Saturday morning after having a fight with Chen. Ratulele said he was alarmed 觉得不对劲 because the entire Yasawa group of islands are littered with resorts and tourists are often seen on the beaches which cradle the azure blue waters the area is known for - but guests of Turtle Island Resort are rarely seen wandering off the island. 2. wristy [ˈrɪsti] adj 腕部力量的 CRICKET TENNIS (of a stroke) performed using a pronounced movement of the wrist. (of a player's style of hitting the ball in cricket, tennis, etc) characterized by considerable movement of the wrist. Characterised by marked or exaggerated movement of the wrist; involving deft wrist movements. "he uses a fast, wristy swing to hit his forehand". noun. (slang) A handjob. He gave me a wristy last night. wide-on (slang, vulgar) A sexually-aroused vagina; a state of female sexual arousal. A sexually-aroused vagina; a state of female sexual arousal. have a wide-on for someone. dry run 操练人马, 演练 noun INFORMAL a rehearsal of a performance or procedure before the real one. If you have a dry run, you practise something to make sure that you are ready to do it properly. The competition is planned as a dry run for the World Cup finals. what makes somebody tick informal the thoughts, feelings, opinions etc that give someone their character or make them behave in a particular way I've never really understood what makes her tick. tick somebody/something off I. British English informal to tell someone angrily that you are annoyed with them or disapprove of them. Mrs Watts will tick you off if you're late again. II. British English to mark the things on a list with a tick to show that they have been dealt with, chosen etc As you finish each task, tick it off ( = check off in USA). Have you ticked off Kate's name on the list? III. American English informal to annoy someone. Her attitude is really ticking me off. IV. American English to tell someone a list of things, especially when you touch a different finger as you say each thing on the list. Carville began ticking off points on his fingers 用指头数. 3. gritty [ˈɡrɪti] I. firm in your intentions. Someone who is gritty is brave and determined. We have to prove how gritty we are. ...a gritty determination to avoid humiliation. a gritty determination to succeed. II. 现实残酷的. showing life as it really is, even when it is not pleasant or attractive. A gritty description of a tough or unpleasant situation shows it in a very realistic way. ...gritty social comment. His most celebrated work is the film classic, 'Woman in the Dunes,' a gritty look at survival in an extreme environment. a gritty account of the survival of a professional football player. III. 粗糙的. 颗粒状的. containing or covered with grit. Something that is gritty contains grit, is covered with grit, or has a texture like that of grit. The sheets fell on the gritty floor, and she just let them lie. the nitty-gritty the most basic aspects of a situation or an activity that must be dealt with, even if they are unpleasant. the nitty-gritty of: the daily nitty-gritty of running a company. get down to the nitty-gritty: OK, let's get down to the nitty-gritty – what do I need to do to get rid of him? grit noun. I. Grit is very small pieces of stone. It is often put on roads in winter to make them less slippery. He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees. II. 不服输. 不认输. determination to succeed, even in very difficult situations. If someone has grit, they have the determination and courage to continue doing something even though it is very difficult. You've got to admire her grit. Heartbreak High was always grittier than its soapy fellow countrymen, such as Neighbours and Home and Away, and while this update doesn't shy away 回避 from the tougher issues, it has a much more ironic tone, and a generous sense of humour. Whether that humour will land with all viewers remains to be seen; I imagine some of it will succeed or fail along generational lines. But this Heartbreak High is big-hearted, and its teenagers are not entirely insufferable – an achievement in the difficult world of contemporary teen TV. Plus, someone reads out a fictional news story from the Guardian at least twice, which is a certain marker of good taste. III. Grits are coarsely ground grains of corn which are cooked and eaten for breakfast or as part of a meal in the southern United States. verb. I. If you grit your teeth 牙冠紧咬, 咬紧牙关, you press your upper and lower teeth tightly together, usually because you are angry about something. If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult. to show determination in a difficult situation She would just have to grit her teeth and start all over again. There is going to be hardship, but we have to grit our teeth and get on with it. Gritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks. 'It is clear that my client has been less than frank with me,' he said, through gritted teeth. II. 忍着怒气, 憋着火. to press your teeth together tightly, for example because you are angry or in pain. 4. grievance [ˈɡrivəns] If you have a grievance about something that has happened or been done, you believe that it was unfair. They had a legitimate grievance. The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences. ...a deep sense of grievance. a. countable a complaint about being treated in an unfair way Managers were presented with a long list of grievances. have a grievance 不满意, 有意见: People know who to go to if they have a grievance. b. countable/uncountable a feeling that you have been treated in an unfair way. nurse a grievance 心怀不满: For years he nursed a grievance against his former employer. It centres on two best friends, Amerie and Harper, previously inseparable, who are torn apart by a mysterious grievance that turns them into enemies. I would tell you what the jumping-off point for all the drama is, but Netflix issued critics with a list of spoilers they would like us to avoid, which includes the main source of action for the whole thing, even though it happens in the first few minutes and almost everything that happens is about it. grievance procedure 申诉流程 a formal series of actions that an employee has to go through when they want to complain officially about the way that they have been treated at work. jumping-off point 起步点, 出发点 the point from which a new undertaking or activity is begun. A jumping-off point or a jumping-off place is a place, situation, or occasion which you use as the starting point for something. a point from which to start a journey or activity. an idea, example, or piece of information that is used to begin a process or activity: Using his daughter's case as a jumping-off point, he described a justice system that ignores the rights of the victim. Lectoure is a bustling market town and the best jumping-off point for a first visit to Le Gers. "many stations became jumping-off points for hunting expeditions". 5. rack off Australian English informal to leave or go away, used especially as a rude way of telling someone to go away: If you don't like Sydney, rack off. All you are doing is whinging. backed up If traffic is backed up, the vehicles have to wait in a long line because there are too many of them: The traffic is backed up for six miles on the road to the coast. It's not because I don't want you here.I've been writing this thing for so long, and I have found no success, no respect, no money and I'm not sure if it'll ever be worth it. But I know what is worth it and I really want to make this work. If you still want to live with your deadbeat dad. Fifty bucks a week. And I'll chuck in a large fries every Thursday. By the way, I'm not a huge fan of how the son steals the surfboard in the end. It's too predictable and it's not how real life works. You read the whole thing? I was taking a shit. I needed something to read.It must've been a hell of a shit. Yeah, I was pretty backed up 憋了一肚子屎. Don't read into it! Goodnight. 6. Story: As the plane leveled out 飞行平稳, Matt came by again to make sure I was good after take off. He brought me water and sat down again. My seat was the last row in first class and there is a thick curtain that separates the cabins of the plane. I told him I was good, take off was scary but I came to ( come to 意识恢复, 恢复意识, 苏醒 to become conscious again after an accident or operation: When he came to, he was lying on the floor with his hands tied behind his back. Has he come to yet? come to someone I. if something comes to you, you think of it or remember it. If a thought or idea comes to you, you suddenly remember or start to think about it: I can't remember his name - it'll come to me in a minute 会想起来的. The idea came to me when we were on holiday. Her name will come to me in a minute. it comes to someone that: It came to her that it was foolish to expect him to help. II. to become someone's property, especially because the previous owner has died. come to something I. 达到 to reach a particular total when everything is added together. to be a particular total when numbers or amounts are added together: That comes to £25 总数是, 总计达到. With salaries and overtime the bill came to £752,000. II. = come on to. to start to deal with a new subject in a discussion. We'll come on to the politics of the situation in a moment. I'll come on to some of the effects of this policy in a moment. III. transitive to reach a particular state or point, especially one that is bad or unpleasant If it comes to war, NATO forces will be stronger in the air. a. used for emphasizing how bad a situation is and how shocked or upset you are about it. to develop so that a particular situation exists, usually a bad one I never thought it would come to this. We need to be prepared to fight, but hopefully it won't come to that 不会走到那一步 (=that won't be necessary). All those years of studying, and in the end it all came to nothing. It's come to something when I'm not allowed to express an opinion in my own house! what is the world/the country etc coming to? (=used to say that the world etc is in a bad situation). something has come to this 走到这一步, 走到这一天, 变成这样: So, has our relationship come to this? Two people with nothing to say to each other. what something is coming to: You wonder what the world is coming to when young children are dying of hunger. it comes to something when: It comes to something when you don't even remember your own mother's birthday. IV. to finally achieve a particular level of success. come to nothing/something/not much etc: So much effort and planning, and it's all come to nothing. His teachers all agreed that he wouldn't come to anything much. V. to reach a particular point or state: His hair comes right down to his shoulders. He's tiny, he doesn't even come up to 够不到 my chest! And now I come to (= I will mention) my main point 说到. The war had just come to an end (= ended). The car spun off the road, turned over twice and came to rest (= stopped moving) in a field. We may have to sell the house, but I hope it won't come to that. when it comes to (doing) something when the subject being discussed is a particular thing. When it comes to holidays, I prefer something lazy. When it comes to writing letters, she's hopeless. come on to someone informal to behave towards someone in a way that shows you would like to have a sexual relationship with them. come to blows 掐架 if two people come to blows, they start hitting each other. It sounded as if they were about to come to blows. come to hand to be available easily and immediately. Use whatever tools come to hand. come up to something I. to get nearer to a particular time or stage in a process. As we come up to the end of the first half, the score remains France 3, Italy 3. II. to be as good as you want, need, or expect something to be It's hard for others to come up to the very high standards she sets for herself. ). As he started to make small talk, we hit turbulence and my reaction was to grab something to hold on. I soon realized I had grabbed Matt's thigh. He let out a little moan and that brought me back to reality. I blushed as I tried to hide my instant hard on. It was too late Matt had seen it and I soon saw a tent forming in his uniform. He said he had to check the others but if I was ok with it, he'd like to sit by me for the flight in case I needed something. I told him I would like that. 7. syllogism [ˈsɪləˌdʒɪzəm] noun I. a deductive inference 推论 consisting of two premises and a conclusion, all of which are categorial propositions. The subject of the conclusion is the minor term and its predicate the major term; the middle term occurs in both premises but not the conclusion. There are 256 such arguments but only 24 are valid. Some men are mortal; some men are angelic; so some mortals are angelic is invalid, while some temples are in ruins; all ruins are fascinating; so some temples are fascinating is valid. Here fascinating, in ruins, and temples are respectively major, middle, and minor terms. II. a deductive inference of certain other forms with two premises, such as the hypothetical syllogism, if P then Q; if Q then R; so if P then R. III. a piece of deductive reasoning from the general to the particular. IV. a subtle or deceptive piece of reasoning. syllogistic using or relating to syllogisms. Most of us have bumped into syllogistic reasoning somewhere in our educational odysseys. The methodology of syllogistic logic is designed to emphasize the efficiency and reliability of thought processes.
女王过世: procession 队伍, 车队 I. a line of people or vehicles moving in a slow and formal way as part of an event. A procession is a group of people who are walking, riding, or driving in a line as part of a public event. ...a funeral procession. ...religious processions. The anniversary was marked in 1689 with a huge procession through London. in procession: About 10,000 women, carrying pots of milk on their heads, walked in procession from one temple to another. II. used about people or vehicles that are moving in a line. She watched the sad little procession leave the station. Thousands lined the streets as King Charles III led the procession behind the coffin for the journey to Westminster Hall. The scene of the princes was reminiscent of 让人想起, 让人回忆起 when they followed their mother Princess Diana's coffin, 25 years ago. The military procession was designed to underscore the Queen's seven decades as head of state. The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery during the ceremonial procession. Unlike the funeral procession in Edinburgh two days ago, Wednesday's event was not silent, with a military band playing funeral marches. Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister Liz Truss filed past the Queen's coffin. Some of the hundreds of thousands of mourners who had gathered to watch Queen Elizabeth's procession through London's streets were overcome with emotion as King Charles, his three siblings and two sons marched closely behind. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and a military honour guard 仪仗队 were among those greeting the coffin when it arrived at the west London RAF base. 2. depose [dɪˈpoʊz] I. transitive 逼着退位. to force a political leader or a king or queen out of their position of power. If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position. Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965. ...the deposed dictator. James was to be even more controversial, and was deposed in the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1689. II. intransitive/ transitive legal to give information about something in a court of law. 3. apoplectic [ˌæpəˈplektɪk] adj. If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something. It's enough to make them choke with apoplectic rage. My father was apoplectic when he discovered the truth. In 1685, Charles II suffered a sudden apoplectic fit and died, aged 54. The manner of his death and his unpopularity seeded suspicions of poisoning. wiki: Apoplexy 内出血 is rupture of an internal organ and the accompanying symptoms. The term formerly referred to what is now called a stroke. Nowadays, health care professionals do not use the term, but instead specify the anatomic location of the bleeding, such as cerebral, ovarian or pituitary. Informally or metaphorically, the term apoplexy is associated with being furious, especially as "apoplectic". 4. 梅根: According to body language expert and connection specialist Katia Loisel, Meghan Markle looked "ill at ease" (不自在, discomfort and uncertainty. 不知所措) during the encounter. She pointed to the lack of eye contact, interaction and acknowledgment of Meghan as a sign that Kate was freezing her out( freeze someone out 排除在外 behave in a hostile or obstructive way so as to exclude someone from something. to deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc Why did you freeze me out? "during a banquet, she completely froze out her husband". If you freeze someone out of an activity or situation, you prevent them from being involved in it by creating difficulties or by being unfriendly. Other traders did everything they could to freeze us out of the business. ). "On numerous occasions Meghan looked over at Kate, however, the gaze wasn't reciprocated," Loisel said. "Rather, Kate appeared to look through her, suggesting underlying tension between the pair." Drilling down to 进一步, 深入( drill down I. to look at or examine something in depth. examine or analyse something in further depth. "Strachan declined to drill down into the details of his discussion". to drill down through financial data. II. to organize data (=computer information) according to different levels of detail, each level more detailed than the previous one. access successively deeper levels of a hierarchically organized database, set of files, etc. to look for something on a computer or website by moving from general information to more detailed information: Many websites have some form of hyperlink navigation as you drill down. "just click on a button and drill down until you find the level of detail you require". ) discuss the "icy stare" moment, Loisel said Kate's posture looked tense, with a fixed glare and compressed lips when looking at Meghan. "Meghan appeared clearly taken aback and uncertain 不知如何是好, stepping sideways, orientating her body away from Kate, shifting her weight from foot, her head slightly stooped," Loisel said. "Her gestures uncertain and hesitant with the use of manipulators or self-adaptors further suggesting. 5. The Queen's oak coffin - adorned with the Royal Standard flag, wreath of roses and dahlias, and the breath-taking Imperial State Crown resting on top - was placed onto a horse-drawn gun carriage for the 38-minute procession. King Charles led the cortege ( [kɔrˈteʒ] 送葬队伍, 葬礼队伍. a long line of people and cars taking part in a funeral. A cortege is a procession of people who are walking or riding in cars to a funeral. ) with siblings Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, while his sons Prince William and Prince Harry followed in a united front. Prince Andrew and Prince Harry stood out from the rest of the family after they were not allowed to wear their military uniform as they're not working members of the royals. Some mourners standing at The Mall - the road leading to the Buckingham Palace - could not contain their emotions 失声痛哭, 控制不住情绪, shedding a tear as Her Majesty came past the Horses Guards Palace, Cenotaph, and statues of the Queen's parents. Others were upset after being turned away due to crowd limits being reached in much of the vantage points, forcing them to find a TV screen televising the event. The eerie silence in the city was interrupted every one-minute by the Big Ben tolling throughout the journey to Westminster Hall. Meghan showed her respect to the former monarch by curtseying in front of the coffin while her husband bowed his head for his grandmother. The royals understandably were emotional, with some unable to control their tears, including the Duke of Sussex who was photographed wiping away a tear. King Charles, who has had little time to mourn with several royal protocols to adhere to in the days following his mother's death, was seen taking a deep breath and glancing up at the Hall to take a moment for himself. Millions of mourners are expected to file through to view the coffin and pay their last respects with those hoping to visit already met with long queues. 6. Why are people grieving for a queen they never met? Opinion: We're Not All Grieving the Queen's Death. Not everyone is mourning the death of the Queen. A contested grief: Because most of us didn't know the Queen personally, our perception of her – her attributes, her personality – is not grounded in facts. For instance, how an individual might remember her may be coloured by their age, their political views, or whether their lives have been shaped by colonialism. So a tussle ( tussle [ˈtʌs(ə)l] noun. I. informal a short fight. II. mainly journalism a disagreement between two people who are both trying to get or to achieve something. verb. I. to fight or argue with someone, especially because you are both trying to get something. If one person tussles with another, or if they tussle, they get hold of each other and struggle or fight. They ended up ripping down perimeter fencing and tussling with the security staff. He grabbed my microphone and we tussled over that. James and Elliott tussled. The referee booked him for a tussle with the goalie. The players tussled with each other for the ball. II. If one person tussles with another for something, or if they tussle for it, they try to beat each other in order to get it. The two athletes tussled with each other for fourth place. Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda. ...a legal tussle over who gets custody of the children. III. If someone tussles with a difficult problem or issue, they try hard to solve it. He is tussling with the problem of what to do about inflation. ) for how she is remembered – in the United Kingdom, in the Commonwealth and more broadly – is being played out on social media. That tussle can also complicate grief when people share differing reactions to her death.
