用法学习: 1. frazzled [ˈfrazld] 身心交瘁的, 心力交瘁的 adj. I. showing the effects of exhaustion or strain. If you are frazzled, or if your nerves are frazzled, you feel mentally and physically exhausted. ...a place to calm the most frazzled tourist. I need to rest my frazzled nerves. "a long line of screaming children and frazzled parents". II. BRITISH damaged by burning or exposure to heat. "a leave-in conditioner for repairing frazzled hair". rattled 吓着了, 吓坏了. disconcerted, unnerved. He swore at her, another indication that he was rattled. The clearly rattled MP declined to answer further questions. I was really rattled by this accident. flustered [ˈflʌstəd] (= fluttered) 慌了手脚, 慌手慌脚的, 手忙脚乱, 乱了阵脚, 慌乱, 手足无措的. 心慌, 慌了, 慌神了, 不知所措, 不知如何是好, 茫然无措 adj. agitated or confused. upset and confused: She seemed a little flustered. If I look flustered it's because I'm trying to do so many things at once. "a flustered commuter". If you fluster someone, you make them feel nervous and confused by rushing them and preventing them from concentrating on what they are doing. The General refused to be flustered. She was a very calm person. Nothing could fluster her. She was so flustered that she forgot her reply. To be flustered is to lose your cool. When you're flustered, you're embarrassed, agitated, or just confused. in a state of confusion or agitation. Marianne noted his flustered appearance. He gets all flustered and doesn't know what to say. She was so flustered that she forgot her reply. If your pants fell down in the middle of class while you were giving a presentation, you'd probably be flustered: highly embarrassed, out of breath, and a little freaked out. It's hard to concentrate when you're flustered — it's a distracting state of mind. Being flustered isn't quite as bad as being panicked, but it's close. People can also get flustered by good things, like if someone you had a crush on kissed you. The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes. flushed [flʌʃt] I. 红通通的. 红扑扑的. 通红的. (of a person's skin) red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion. red in the face: You look a little flushed - are you hot? flushed cheeks. flushed with anger/embarrassment. "her flushed cheeks". II. (of a person) excited or elated by something. "flushed with success, I was getting into my stride". flushed with success feeling excited and confident after achieving something: Flushed with success after their surprise win against Italy, The Pirates are preparing for Saturday's game against the Red Sox. If you say that someone is flushed with success or pride you mean that they are very excited by their success or pride. Grace
was flushed with the success of the venture. The publishers were
flushed with triumph when they secured rights to her novel. plastered I. If something is plastered to a surface, it is sticking to the surface. His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain. II. If something or someone is plastered with a sticky substance, they are covered with it. My hands, boots and trousers were plastered with mud. III. If a story or photograph is plastered all over the front page of a newspaper, it is given a lot of space on the page and made very noticeable. His picture was plastered all over the newspapers on the weekend. IV. If someone gets plastered, they get very drunk. With gin at 9p a tot, getting plastered is cheap and easy. V. If someone's broken arm or leg is plastere 打石膏, it has a hard cover of plaster of Paris around it to protect the broken bone while it is mending. She was sitting in a hospital bed, her plastered leg up in the air. flutter I. If your heart or stomach flutters, you feel slightly uncomfortable because you are excited or nervous. Every time I think about my exams my stomach flutters! II. 扑闪, 扑扇, 挥翅, 展翅 to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this. to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this: Brightly
coloured flags were fluttering in the breeze. Leaves fluttered down
onto the path. Butterflies fluttered about in the sunshine. A white bird poised on a wire and fluttered its wings. Brightly coloured flags were fluttering 飘扬, 迎风招展
in the breeze. Leaves fluttered down onto the path. Butterflies
fluttered about in the sunshine. A white bird poised on a wire and
fluttered its wings. flutter your eyelashes 抛媚眼, If a woman flutters her eyelashes at a man, she behaves as if she is sexually attracted to him, especially in order to persuade him to do something: Go and flutter your eyelashes at the barman, Janet, and see if you can get him to serve us. make someone's heart flutter If someone makes your heart flutter, you find that person very physically attractive and you feel excited when you see or talk to them: James has been making hearts flutter ever since he joined the company. fanny flutter: In case you didn't know, fanny flutter is the slight tingling sensation a person with a vagina will get down below when they see someone they have a sexual attraction to. The tingling sensation could range from contractions in the vagina to actually feeling like you're going to have an orgasm. swipe 横扫 verb. I. If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm. to swing your arm and hit or to try to hit someone or something, using your hand or an object. She swiped him hard on the side of the head. swipe at: I used a broom to swipe at the snake. She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly. He swiped me across the shoulder with the poker. He took a swipe at Andrew that deposited him on the floor. II. If you swipe something, you steal it quickly. Five soldiers were each fined £140 for swiping 抢走, 硬抢, 横抢 a wheelchair from a disabled tourist. Everywhere I went, people kept trying to swipe my copy of The New York Times. III. If you swipe a credit card or swipe card through a machine, you pass it through a narrow space in the machine so that the machine can read information on the card's magnetic strip. Swipe your card 刷卡 through the phone, then dial.
IV. If you swipe, you move your finger across the screen of a phone or
computer in order to give it an instruction. to move your finger across
the screen of a smartphone or tablet Simply
swipe left or right to change the clock style. You swipe products to
get further information and to add them to your shopping basket. Swipe
right to answer the call, or swipe left to dismiss the call. Swipe the screen to unlock. noun. I. If you take a swipe at a person or an organization, you criticize them, usually in an indirect way. The song took a swipe at greedy property developers. In a swipe at the President, he called for an end to 'begging for aid around the world'. take a swipe at I. informal: to direct criticism or insults toward (a particular person or group). She took a swipe at her former company in her latest column.
II. try to hit (someone or something) by moving something. To attempt
to hit someone or something with one's fist or an instrument in a broad,
sweeping stroke. Bill didn't hear me coming up behind him, and he took a swipe at me when I touched his shoulder. Their toddler is going through a phase of taking swipes at anyone who goes near him. He stood taking swipes at the golf ball for nearly five minutes before he finally hit it. The batter took a swipe at the ball and missed. Make/have a dig at = take a diss at 取笑, 羞辱, 暗讽, 讽刺, 嘲讽, 挖苦, 批评: I. a remark that is intended to criticize, embarrass, or make a joke about someone. a criticism, esp. a remark about someone that does not seem intentional but actually is. To make a mocking, sarcastic, or insulting remark, gibe, or criticism at someone's or something's expense. I'm really not trying to have a dig at you. I'm just trying to give you some constructive feedback. He's really nice to me when we hang out by ourselves, but he always starts having digs at me when we're around his other friends. I can speak the language very well, but they still can't resist having a dig at my accent. His reference to how busy we were was a dig at us for forgetting to greet him properly. He's always taking digs/a dig at me. Did Priyanka Chopra's show Citadel take a dig at Kate Middleton? Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden starrer series Citadel might have taken a not-so-subtle diss at Princess Catherine of Wales. In episode 3, Priyanka Chopra's character Nadia Sinh tells her partner Mason Kane/Kyle Conroy (played by Richard Madden) to meet with crime leader Balduino Basto (played by Sen Monro) to broker a deal with the military. This is when Balduino makes a joke about Kate, as he says, "The chief of armed forces? You might as well have asked me how to get between the legs of the Duchess of Cambridge." As of now, neither the streaming platform nor Priyanka Chopra has addressed the diss towards Kate Middleton. II. UK also He's always having/making dig/a dig at me. take a jab at (someone or something) To make a mocking, sarcastic, insulting remark or criticism at someone's or something's expense. The senator continued taking jabs at his opponent's record throughout the debate. I'm really not trying to take a jab at you. I'm just trying to give you some constructive feedback. I can speak the language very well, but they still can't resist taking a jab at my accent. take the piss (out of someone or something) 笑话, 取笑, 嘲笑 = take the mickey/mick (out of someone) idiom UK offensive to make a joke about someone or make someone look silly. If you take the piss out of someone, you tease them and make fun of them. to laugh at someone and make them seem silly, in a funny or unkind way: A group of other boys were taking the mickey out of him. She's always taking the mick - she's got no respect for the managers at all. She was trying to organize everything and the kids were just standing there taking the mick. Some people took the mickey out of her because of her name. They were mocking my accent and generally taking the mickey. They're always taking the piss out of him because he's a Barry Manilow fan. 2. intrinsic [ɪntrɪnsɪk] 与生俱来的, 生来就有的, 固有的, 自身的, 本身具备的 adj. If something has intrinsic value or intrinsic interest, it is valuable or interesting because of its basic nature or character, and not because of its connection with other things. The paintings have no intrinsic value except as curiosities. The rate is determined by intrinsic qualities such as the land's slope. Sometimes I wonder if people are intrinsically evil. It was intrinsically a very powerful ship. ambit [æmbɪt] 范围 The ambit of something is its range or extent. the range or limits of the influence of something: They believe that all the outstanding issues should fall within the ambit of the talks. Her case falls within the ambit of moral law. QAS (Queensland Ambulance Service) and police were at the address yesterday in relation to the deceased, in relation to mental health concerns. The nature of the activities involved in treating him yesterday is now subject to the ambit of this investigation as well. 85岁aged care patient 被警方戴上手铐: Police body-camera footage shows the-then 81-year-old Rachel howling 狂吼，吼叫 in distress as the handcuffs dig into 勒进, 勒到 her arms. She can be heard screaming, "oh, help", and calls one of the officers a "big bully". 取代辞职的主持人: One name being bandied about 多次提起 as a possible longer term replacement for Grant, should one be needed, may be less familiar to some viewers. But Dan Bourchier is highly regarded at the ABC. 3. 游艇大火: "This fire activated our emergency response procedures including a full muster 全员集合, 召集 of guests and crew and we thank everyone on board for their co-operation," the spokesperson said. "There are no reports of injury." The spokesperson said the damage appeared to be contained 控制在 to one cabin. come across someone/something to meet someone, or to find something by chance I came across an old diary in her desk. I've never come across anyone quite like her before. We've come across a few problems that need resolving. I came across a word I'd never seen before. Have you ever come across 偶遇, 遇到过 such a horrible person in all your life? come across = come over 给人印象 I. INTRANSITIVE if someone or something comes across in a particular way, you have a particular opinion of them when you meet them or see them A lot depends on how well you come across in the interview. come across as: He comes across as a very intelligent sensitive man. She sometimes comes across as being rather arrogant. I don't think I came across very well (=seemed to have good qualities) in the interview. She comes across as very self-confident. II. INTRANSITIVE if something such as a feeling or idea comes across when you speak 传递, 传达, 表达, you make it very clear to people. if an idea comes across well, it is easy for people to understand. If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when someone is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it: What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness. Your point really came across at the meeting. His sense of enthusiasm comes across very clearly. III. to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic. to give other people a certain feeling or opinion: He comes across as a bit of a bore. We don't mean to be vague, but I know that's how it comes across. She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) 表现好 on television. He comes across as a bit of a bore in interview. come off I. to achieve a particular result in an activity, especially a competition or fight. If someone comes off worst in a contest or conflict, they are in the worst position after it. If they come off best, they are in the best position. Some Democrats still have bitter memories of how, against all odds, they came off worst during the inquiry. In these circumstances, it is the managers who come off best. come off well/badly/best/worst 结局, 结果: British English to be the most or least successful, or get the most or least advantages from a situation As far as pensions go, it's still women who come off worst. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality. I'm
sorry if I came off as condescending; that wasn't my intention. You
should be careful about how you come off during interviews. He came off quite badly in the exchange of insults. If something comes off, it is successful or effective. It was a good try but it didn't quite come off. He hoped would come off in an orderly and peaceful way. II. I don't want to come off as desperate. III. informal to be successful It was a good idea, but it didn't quite come off. The performance on the first night came off pretty well. IV. If you come off a drug or medicine, you stop taking it. ...people trying to come off tranquillizers. V. [informal, spoken] You say 'come off it' to someone to show them that you think what they are saying is untrue or wrong. 4. be of the opinion that to believe that. to think that something is true I was firmly of the opinion that we should not give Jackson any more money. purehearted (have a pure heart, be pure in heart) 纯真, 善良 (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless. promissory note 本票, 期票 A promissory note, sometimes referred to as a note payable, is a legal instrument, in which one party promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to the other, either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms and conditions. a written promise by one party to make a payment of money at a date in the future. Although potentially issued by financial institutions, other organizations or individuals can use promissory notes to confirm the agreed terms of a loan. In short, a promissory note allows anyone to act as a lender. promissory estoppel [ˌprɑmɪsəri ɪˈstɑp(ə)l] a principle that allows a person to receive the benefit of a promise made even if a legally binding contract does not exist. The doctrine of promissory estoppel is a fund. swanky adjective INFORMAL I. stylishly luxurious and expensive. If you describe something as swanky, you mean that it is fashionable and expensive. ...one of the swanky hotels that line the Pacific shore at Acapulco. "directors with swanky company cars". II. using one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements to try to impress others. III. UK disapproving behaving too confidently: I'm sick of his swanky talk. 5. frantic I. If you are frantic, you are behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way because you are frightened or worried. A bird had been locked in and was by now quite frantic 发疯的. She clutched frantically at Emily's arm. II. 手忙脚乱的. 慌里慌张的. 穷于应付的. If an activity is frantic, things are done quickly and in an energetic but disorganized way, because there is very little time. A busy night in the restaurant can be frantic in the kitchen. We have been frantically trying to save her life. railroad to force something to happen or force someone to do something, especially quickly or unfairly: We were railroaded into signing the agreement. If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. She is a very fine actor who has refused to be railroaded into rom-coms. He railroaded the reforms through. get a bad press to be repeatedly criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. So-called 'arranged marriages', common in many cultures, tend to get a bad press in the West. You got a bad read 不看好 on this business deal? I don't think I got a bad read on. a good/exciting etc. read something that is enjoyable/exciting etc. to read. get a read 解读 on someone It could refer to a telepathic ability this guy has, he is asking him to hear his thoughts, scan his memory or possibly send thoughts directly to his mind. balmy [ˈbɑːmi] 暖暖的. 温暖的. characterized by pleasantly warm weather. Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant. ...a balmy summer's evening. "the balmy days of late summer". chummy [ˈtʃʌmi] chummy people are friendly with each other, especially in a way that stops other people from joining the group. If people or social events are chummy, they are pleasant and friendly. Following the performances there were chummy gatherings in the drawing room. get chummy with someone (=become very friendly with someone): I can't see him getting chummy with Bill – they have absolutely nothing in common. chum [tʃʌm] INFORMAL verb. form a friendship with someone. "his sister chummed up with Sally". noun. Your chum is your friend. ...his old chum Anthony. faecal = fecal matter [ˈfiːkəl]. One of the ways the parasite spreads is through fecal matter. faeces [fiːsiːz] = feces (US) Faeces is the solid waste substance that people and animals get rid of from their body by passing it through the anus. baller I. a person or device that makes or forms something into balls. "a melon baller" II. INFORMAL US a player of a ball game, especially a talented basketball player. a person who plays a ball game, especially someone who plays basketball well: The highlight was seeing a video of my favourite baller 球员 shattering the backboard. "he's a baller who will take an open shot or create one". III. adjective INFORMAL US extremely good or impressive; excellent. "it was a pretty baller time, overall". IV. a successful person, especially one who is rich, lives well and buys expensive things: Now he's a baller, a ghetto star, still in his teens making six figures. 6. 印度BJP的前世今生: The Janata Party won 298 of the 542 seats. Most importantly, the Jan Sangh held the foremost position within the coalition, winning 90 seats. Mr Choudhary says Vajpayee could have made the "nominal claim" for the prime minister's job, but at 52 he was too young for the job. (The 78-year Morarji Desai, a spartan 节俭的, 清教徒似的 ( [ˈspɑrt(ə)n] very plain and simple, without the things that make life comfortable and pleasant. A spartan lifestyle or existence is very simple or strict, with no luxuries. Their spartan lifestyle prohibits a fridge or a phone. Felicity's bedroom was spartan but functional. ) and crusty ( crusty I. crusty bread is covered with a hard crust. II. informal easily annoyed. If you describe someone, especially an old man, as crusty, you mean they are impatient and easily irritated. ) politician, became the prime minister.) The new cabinet included three Jan Sangh members. Vajpayee took office as foreign minister, promising no "immediate or major changes in the country's policy", and an improvement in relations with China. The theremin ( [ˈθɛrəmɪn]; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The instrument's controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which function not as radio antennas but rather as position sensors. Each antennae forms one half of a capacitor with each of the thereminist's hands as the other half of the capacitor. These antennas capacitively sense the relative position of the hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. The sound of the instrument is often associated with eerie situations. 7. What Is Circadian [sərˈkeɪdiən] Rhythm 生理周期? Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle. These natural processes respond primarily to light and dark and affect most living things, including animals, plants, and microbes. Chronobiology is the study of circadian rhythms. These 24-hour rhythms are driven by a circadian clock 生理时钟, and they have been widely observed in animals, plants, fungi and cyanobacteria. skimp 小气, 吝啬 If you skimp on something you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough. Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent. skimpy adj. Something that is skimpy is too small in size or quantity. ...skimpy underwear. They suffered long hours, unsafe working conditions and skimpy pay. Raj: Come on, let's get a drink. Sheldon: I don't drink. Raj: Yeah, well I do. And when my wingman is carrying a Green Lantern lantern, I drink a lot. I'll have a screwdriver, please. Don't be chintzy with ( chintzy adj. I. Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz. ...chintzy armchairs. Chintz ([tʃɪnts]) is a woodblock printed, painted, stained or glazed calico textile that originated in Golconda (present day Hyderabad, India) in the 16th century. The cloth is printed with designs featuring flowers and other patterns in different colours, typically on a light, plain background. II. [mainly US, disapproval] If 便宜的, 花哨的, 花俏的. 花里胡哨的. you describe something as chintzy, you mean that it is showy and looks cheap. inexpensive and badly made. too colorful and in poor taste. cheap and of poor quality. "a chintzy 不值钱的, 劣质的, 廉价的 amateur lens". chintzy furniture ...a chintzy table lamp. having a lot of traditional decoration, especially using cloth with patterns of flowers; this word is often used when you think this style is ugly or not fashionable: I find their house a bit too chintzy. a chintzy rose-patterned sofa. III. [US, informal, disapproval] You can describe someone as chintzy if they are mean and seem to spend very little money compared with other people. someone who is chintzy does not like to spend money or give things to people I knew I couldn't afford one of their fabled handbags on my chintzy budget. not willing to spend money: Don't be so chintzy - the whole evening will only cost you ten bucks. (of things) cheap and not well made, or (of people) not willing to spend money: He never tipped enough – he was too chintzy.) the screw. Sheldon: I would like a root beer float. Raj: Sheldon, they don't have ice cream. Sheldon: They don't? Well, apparently, these people and I differ greatly on the definition of party. Raj: He'll have a Shirley Temple. Sheldon: And don't be chintzy with the Shirley. Raj: Okay, let's check out the females. 8. play favourites 偏向, 偏心 NORTH AMERICAN show favouritism towards someone or something. "I think the publisher is just playing favourites and I'm very offended". To give preferable treatment to someone or something one likes or favors more than others. The teacher is always playing favorites in class, letting the students she likes go home a little bit earlier than the rest. As a senator, I promise not to play favorites with our public services. 美国零元购: "All of a sudden we see some gentlemen run into the store in masks and hoodies," Ferguson said, "They swiped 疯抢 until they couldn't hold any more product and ran out the door." No one at the store called the police during the other swipes. This time, Rogers and Ferguson called the authorities. However, Ferguson says this went against company policy.
engage I. If you engage in an activity 从事, 参与, you do it or are actively involved with it. It is important for children to have time to engage in family activities. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn. to take part in a particular activity, especially one that involves competing with other people or talking to them He has engaged in a dispute 介入, 卷入 with his former business partner. II. If something engages 吸引着, 引起兴趣, 吸引注意力 you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others. III. If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. engage someone in conversation to start having a conversation with someone. They tried to engage him in conversation. We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion. IV. If you engage with something or with a group of people 保持联系, 保持互动, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. She found it hard to engage with office life. I will keep blogging because it offers me a way to engage with readers . engage with someone/something to make an effort to understand and deal with someone or something. She is accused of failing to engage with the problems of her staff. V. If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer. He had been able to engage some staff. VI. When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage. ...a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive. VII. When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. engage with someone to start to fight an enemy in battle. engaged adj. I. Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity 正在做, 正在从事 is doing that thing. They found the three engaged in target practice. ...the various projects he was engaged on. II. When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman. ...the engaged couple. III. If a phone or a phone line is engaged(US: busy), it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. The line is engaged. We tried to call you back but you were engaged. IV. If a public toilet is engaged (US: occupied 厕所有人), it is already being used by someone else. engaging adj. An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. ...one of her most engaging and least known novels. He was engaging company.
TBBT: 1. Leonard: It's an annual science conference. We've all been invited to speak. Penny: Oh. Oh, okay, well, you know, like I said, I have plans, so. Amy: Shame. Since you're my best friend, I thought it would be a good bonding opportunity. Penny: I'm your best friend? Amy: Don't you read my blog? Penny: Oh, don't feel bad. I never read Leonard's, and I used to sleep with him. Amy: Do you know anybody else who would appreciate an all-expense-paid spa weekend at a four-star resort in Big Sur? Penny: No, I really, I'm sorry, free what? Sorry, what, what? Leonard: I think her weekend just opened up. Penny: Wait, wait, just to be clear, when you guys say spa, does that mean the same thing as when regular people say it? Leonard: Pretty much. Except we keep our shirts on in the sauna. Penny: You know, it is going to be difficult, but I'm going to cancel my plans so I can do this for my bestie.
impertinent [ɪmˈpɜrt(ə)nənt] 没礼貌 If someone talks or behaves in a rather impolite and disrespectful way, you can say that they are being impertinent. rude and not showing respect for someone, especially someone older or more senior. an impertinent question/child. I didn't mean to be impertinent. Would it be impertinent to ask where exactly you were? I don't like strangers who ask impertinent questions. vocabulary: If someone's rude without being openly nasty, like a kid in the back row of class quietly heckling his teacher, you can call him impertinent. Impertinent originally meant just what it sounds like, "not pertinent, irrelevant," but it also came to mean "inappropriate, out of place" and therefore "intrusive, presumptuous; behaving without proper respect; insolent." It still carries a condescending air, so it's best used of or to a child being snippy 臭脾气的, 没好气的 ( [US, informal, disapproval] a snippy person is not patient and speaks to people in an angry way. A snippy person is often bad-tempered and speaks rudely to people. It is your job to correct them gracefully and not to be snippy about it. ...Muriel's snippy, prudish father. Raj: Well, I've been quite enjoying that. It combines all the superhero fun of Spider-Man with all the body-switching shenanigans of Freaky Friday. Both versions, original and Lohan. Howard: Both versions: original and Lohan. You're an idiot. Raj: Hey, what's your problem? Howard: I'm sorry, I've been kind of snippy lately. It's probably this stupid diet I'm on. snarky 语带讥讽的, 嘲讽的 said in a way that is intended to make someone feel stupid or bad. unpleasant and scornful. Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation. critical or mocking in an indirect or sarcastic way. "snarky remarks". snide 贬低的 I. Disparaging or derisive [dɪˈraɪsɪv] 让对方觉得蠢的 in an insinuative way. Don't make snide remarks to me. II. Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible. He was a snide lawyer. I received a shipment of snide goods. Penny : Okay, you know what, if I'm not allowed to be snide, you are not allowed to be condescending. Sheldon Cooper : That wasn't a part of our original agreement, and I do not agree to it now! ) to a grownup: "Don't be impertinent!" The stress is on the second syllable: im-PERT-inent. impudent [ˈɪmpjəd(ə)nt] 斗胆无礼的, 不尊重的 adj [formal, disapproval] not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. behaving in a rude way that shows no respect for someone. If you describe someone as impudent, you mean they are rude or disrespectful, or do something they have no right to do. Some of them were impudent and insulting. One sister had the impudence to wear the other's clothes. an impudent child. impudent remarks. "he could have strangled this impudent upstart". vocabulary: An impudent person is bold, sassy, and shameless. If your teacher asks the class to open their textbooks, and you snap back, "Let's not and say we did," you're being impudent. Impudent comes from the Latin combination of im, meaning without, and pudens, meaning shame. We often call someone impudent if they're disrespectful, snotty, or inappropriate in a way that makes someone feel bad. If you know someone has just lost all their money on the stock market, don't be impudent and ask them how they're going to afford gas money for their yacht. impetuous [ɪmˈpetʃuəs] 好冲动的, 不计后果的, 头脑冲动的 adj. If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful. likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions: He's so impetuous - why can't he think things over before he rushes into them? He was young and impetuous. He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way. said or done suddenly, without considering the likely results: The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half. vocabulary: Someone impetuous acts too hastily or carelessly. Hotheaded, impulsive folks are impetuous. If you're a careful person who thinks everything through and doesn't act rashly, then you're not very impetuous. Impetuous has to do with doing things on the spur of the moment — and not good things. Being impetuous usually goes along with being impatient and easily angered. If you're impetuous, you act quickly and thoughtlessly when you should just take a deep breath, relax, and think about the best thing to do. impetus [ˈɪmpətəs] 助力, 助推力 I. a force that helps something to happen or develop more quickly. Something that gives a process impetus or an impetus makes it happen or progress more quickly. This decision will give renewed impetus to the economic regeneration of east London. She was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent. impetus for: The committee's report may provide further impetus for reform. Given the climate that we're in, hypersonics are considered a key technology by many countries. There was a lot of impetus to work on more restricted research directly applicable to weapons. gain/lose impetus: The peace process has been steadily gaining impetus. give/add/bring impetus to something: The document will give fresh impetus to the debate. II. physics a force that makes a moving object able to continue moving at the same velocity (=speed), despite any resistance (=force that slows things down). brash adj. [disapproval] I. I. If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive. behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly – used to show disapproval. On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising. I brashly announced to the group that NATO needed to be turned around. He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance. impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man. hasty; rash; impetuous. energetic or highly spirited, especially in an irreverent way; zesty: a brash new musical. II. a brash building, place, or object attracts attention by being very colourful, large, exciting etc. The painting was bold, brash, and modern. vocabulary: Brash sounds like what it means: harsh, loud, and maybe a little rude. Sometimes that's good, like when you have a serious rash on your face and give Aunt Nell a brash warning before she showers you with kisses. There's nothing warm and fuzzy about brash. New Yorkers are sometimes thought of as the poster children for brash behavior: they can be bold and brazen. Pushy even. You might find brashness offensive, or maybe you think it's refreshingly direct. If you're a cab driver, a tough exterior might be useful, but being brash probably won't advance your career if you work in a hotel, where you're supposed to be polite and welcoming.
