用法学习: 1. grieve I. If you grieve over something, especially someone's death, you feel very sad about it. to feel extremely sad because someone has died. I never had time to grieve properly. He's still grieving for his wife. Millions of people are grieving over his death. He's grieving over his dead wife and son. I didn't have any time to grieve. Margery's grieving family battled to come to terms with their loss. II. feel intense sorrow about. "he is still grieving his mother's death". They were grieving the death of their father. III. If you are grieved by something, it makes you unhappy or upset. He was deeply grieved by the sufferings of the common people. I was grieved to hear of the suicide of James. It grieved me to see the poor man in such distress. TRANSITIVE FORMAL to upset someone. cause great distress to (someone). "it grieves me to think of you in that house alone". It grieves me to see her like this. war game noun. a military exercise carried out to test or improve tactical expertise. verb. engage in (a campaign or course of action) using the strategies of a war game. "there seemed to be no point war-gaming an election 15 months away". Stony-faced Lisa Wilkinson returns to her mansion - where her security are waiting for her - after explosive audio tape leak exposed her 'war-gaming' with Brittany Higgins and attacks on politicians and journalists. 2. 国会性侵风波: Ms Price said she wasn't surprised by the 'derogatory' comments made by Wilkinson, who she accused of virtue signalling ( the practice of saying or writing things that show you have the correct opinions about something. an attempt to show other people that you are a good person, for example by expressing opinions that will be acceptable to them, especially on social media... indicating that one has virtue merely by expressing disgust or favour for certain political ideas or cultural happenings. Virtue signalling is the expression of a moral viewpoint with the intent of communicating good character. The expression is often used to imply by the user that the virtue being signalled is exaggerated or insincere. One example often cited as virtue signalling is "greenwashing" (a compound word modelled on "whitewash"), when a company deceptively claims that its products or policies are more environmentally friendly than they actually are. A lot of what happens on Facebook, as with Twitter, is "virtue signalling" — showing off how right on you are. ) to pretend she cared about Indigenous people. 'I certainly didn't get to where I am without hard work, respect from my community and outlining the hard issues,' she told 2GB's Ben Fordham. 'I would absolutely expect an apology from the 10 network, from Lisa Wilkinson herself. That would be the decent thing,' she said last Friday. Late on Friday Wilkinson released a statement saying: 'I sincerely apologise to Senator Price for any offence I may have caused. 'The conversation was private and not intended to appear as it has out of context and in the public arena. 'The tenor 基调, 调子 ( singular the feeling, mood, or main message that you get from a book, person, situation, etc. I think the tenor of the discussions has been pretty positive.) of our conversation was about the need for real, genuine change within the Liberal party, and that too many of their female pre-selections were in unwinnable positions.' 3. The ambivalent ( ambivalent [æmˈbɪvələnt] 模棱两可的, 暧昧不明的 feeling two different things about someone or something at the same time, for example that you like them and dislike them. Leigh's response was ambivalent. Most of us have an ambivalent attitude toward technology. ambivalent about: Joe was ambivalent about taking the job. ) beau, believed to be from the US, turned to Reddit's Am I The A**hole forum for advice, desperate to know if he is in the wrong 'begging' his girlfriend 'to uphold a sexist tradition just so she can make a good first impression.' He explained that his relatives get together for 'big family dinners every few months,' for which they all convene at his great-grandfather's estate. slovenly [ˈslʌv(ə)nli] adj. [disapproval] I. 不整洁的, 污垢的, 脏乎乎的. (especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty. Slovenly people are careless, untidy, or inefficient. Lisa was irritated by the slovenly attitude of her boyfriend Sean. "a fat, slovenly ex-rock star". II. 满不在乎的 (especially of a person or action) careless; excessively casual. "slovenly speech". queeny (of a gay man) having an ostentatiously affected, flamboyant, or feminine manner. Like a queen; effeminately homosexual. "a queeny movie director". 4. Philophobia 恋爱恐惧症: Philophobia is the fear of falling in love. Not included in the DSM-5. The risk is usually when a person has confronted any emotional turmoil relating to love but also can be a chronic phobia. This affects the quality of life and pushes a person away from commitment. phallophobia 阴茎恐惧症 a strong dislike or fear of a penis, especially an erect one. Many sufferers have no idea why they suffer from phallophobia, but it could be caused by sexual harassment or rape. The phrase "Jack the Lad" is British slang for a "flashy, cocksure young man". moribund [ˈmɔrəˌbʌnd] 半死不活的, 将死的, 垂死的 no longer effective and not likely to continue for much longer. If you describe something as moribund, you mean that it is in a very bad condition. ...the moribund economy. ...the moribund housing market. a moribund economy/industry. get amongst it 同乐, 参与进来, 加入进来, 一起玩 (idiomatic, colloquial) To throw oneself into doing something, especially a leisure activity or something physical. disenchanted [ˌdɪsɪnˈtʃæntəd] disappointed and no longer enthusiastic about someone or something. If you are disenchanted with something, you are disappointed with it and no longer believe that it is good or worthwhile. I'm disenchanted with the state of British theatre at the moment. When Evita moved to a London theatre, Covington—who had become disenchanted with the whole project—refused to reprise the part of Eva, and the role went to Elaine Paige. disenfranchise [ˌdɪsɪnˈfrænˌtʃaɪz] to no longer allow someone to have the right to vote. To disenfranchise a group of people means to take away their right to vote, or their right to vote for what they really want. Opponents say that the laws are a Republican ruse to disenfranchise entire groups of voters. ...the helplessness of disenfranchised minorities. 5. sheer I. You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else. His music is sheer delight. Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea. ...acts of sheer desperation. Maya succeeded through sheer hard work. the sheer size/volume etc. of something: We were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work. sheer weight of numbers (=the simple fact of being much greater in number): In the end, they overcame the enemy through sheer weight of numbers. (by) sheer luck/coincidence: By sheer coincidence, we ended up working for the same company. sheer delight/joy/exhaustion etc.: He sat down and wept out of sheer joy. II. 陡峭的. 直上直下的. A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical. The landscape on that island is very sheer and dense. There was a sheer drop just outside my window. A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death. III. Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate. ...sheer black tights. 6. -adjacent 几近的, 差不多的, 大差不差的, 近似于, 约等于, 近乎, 接近于 [əˈdʒeɪsnt] US I. used in compounds to show that something is not exactly the thing mentioned, but very similar to it: For fans looking for some excellent horror-adjacent movies, I've put together the list below. "There are an enormous number of science-adjacent and science-related careers for you to choose from," he explained. II. (of an area, a building, a room, etc.) next to or near something The planes landed on adjacent runways. adjacent to something Our farmland was adjacent to the river. adjacent angle 邻角 noun (geometry) one of the two angles formed on the same side of a straight line when another line meets it. snub verb 1. 冷落, 怠慢. 慢待. rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully. If you snub someone, you deliberately insult them by ignoring them or by behaving or speaking rudely towards them. He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot. They snubbed his invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers at the U.N.. "he snubbed faculty members and students alike". If you snub someone, your behaviour or your remarks can be referred to as a snub. Ryan took it as a snub. His decision not to attend the opening was seen as a snub to the club's hierarchy. an act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something. "the move was a snub to the government". II. check the movement of (a horse or boat), especially by a rope wound round a post. 栓住, 拴在, 拴起来. To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner. "a horse snubbed to a tree". adj. Someone who has a snub nose 翘鼻子, 猪拱嘴, 猪鼻子 (snout [snaʊt] 猪拱嘴 the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal. )has a short nose which points slightly upwards. A snubber is a device used to suppress ("snub") a phenomenon such as voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems (caused by for example water hammer) or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems. A snubber is a device that is used to limit (or "snub") voltage transients in electrical systems. In an electrical system where there is a sudden interruption of current flow, there can be a corresponding significant rise in voltage across the device. This can result in two things — 1) it can cause electromagnetic interference, which can in turn either cause the device itself to act wonky or it can have a negative effect on nearby systems, and 2) if the spike in voltage is more than the system can tolerate, it can cause significant and sometimes catastrophic damage to the device itself. Both of those outcomes are not ideal — but that’s where the snubber comes to the rescue. RC snubbers are typically the most popular choice in electronic system design and are applicable for both AC and DC systems. RC stands simply for resistor (R) and capacitor (C), which are connected across a switch. Since the voltage across a capacitor cannot change instantaneously, any voltage spikes will be mitigated (as long as they are sustained — which I suppose wouldn't be a "spike" in that case). 7. trip/roll off the tongue 好说, 说着顺嘴 Something that trips off the tongue is easy to say or pronounce. to be easy to say or pronounce The name just rolls off the tongue. The new company will need to have a name that trips off the tongue and is easy to remember. uplift noun. I. improvement of a person's moral or spiritual condition: We are counting on your speech, bishop, to give some moral uplift 精神提升 to the delegates. II. support or forces that raise an object or hold it up: The wings are designed to provide uplift when the plane is flying horizontally. an uplift bra. III. an increase in value: Shares have now recovered to 481p - this represents a huge uplift 增值, 升值 of almost 50 percent in their value. IV. [C] Scottish English the act of collecting goods or people from one place, in order to take them to another: Alloa Community Enterprises provide a free uplift service for furniture and household appliances. verb I. to improve a person's moral or spiritual condition. If something uplifts people, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions. We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better. Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit. This victory was a massive uplift for us. II. In economics, an uplift in something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value. ...an uplift in the stock market. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift. 8. welfare I. The welfare 福祉 of a person or group is their health, comfort, and happiness. I do not think he is considering Emma's welfare. He was the head of a charity for the welfare of children. II. Welfare services 福利服务 are provided to help with people's living conditions and financial problems. Child welfare services are well established and comprehensive. He has urged complete reform of the welfare system. III. In the United States, welfare is money that is paid by the government to people who are unemployed, poor, or sick. States are making deep cuts in welfare. event I. COUNTABLE something that happens, especially something that involves several people. the most traumatic event of my life. events surrounding something: Police questioned witnesses about the events surrounding his death. a chain/sequence/series of events: The investigation uncovered a chain of events that could have been prevented. a. events PLURAL used in a general way to talk about a combination of things that happen. Events conspired to bring the two lovers together. events unfold: We are watching to see how events will unfold. II. COUNTABLE an organized occasion such as a party or sports competition. Our next event is a dinner dance on the 18th. The concert is an annual event. stage/organize an event: They are very good at staging international sporting events. a. a particular planned activity that takes place during an occasion such as a sports competition. She won the first event. b. a particular type of activity in athletics. The javelin is her best event 参赛项目, 竞赛项目. after the event after something has happened, when it is too late to change anything. It seems obvious now, but that's being wise after the event 事后诸葛亮. to be wise after the event used to mean that it is easy to understand what you could have done to prevent something bad from happening after it has happened: In retrospect, we should have insisted on checking his calculations, but it's easy to be wise after the event. in the normal/ordinary course of events used when you are saying what would normally happen. In the normal course of events police would not respond to this situation. 9. 印度内战一触即发: Nearly two months after it was convulsed ( [kənˈvʌls] I. transitive mainly journalism to cause major problems or serious harm to someone or something. ethnic killings 种族屠杀 that have convulsed the region in recent weeks. Problems in the Far Eastern economy convulsed the New York markets. II. transitive usually passive if you are convulsed with a strong emotion, it makes your body move in an uncontrolled way. be convulsed with something: They were convulsed with laughter, and could hardly speak. II. intransitive/transitive medical if someone convulses, or if something convulses them, their body moves in an uncontrolled way. ) by ethnic violence, Manipur is teetering on what many believe is the brink of a civil war. Clashes between the majority Meitei and Kuki communities have left more than 100 dead and over 400 wounded. Nearly 60,000 people have been displaced 安置 and taken shelter in some 350 camps. The level of mistrust between the warring communities 对战双方 has sharpened, with both accusing security forces of being partisan 偏袒的, 偏向的, 不公正的( I. Someone who is partisan strongly supports a particular person or cause, often without thinking carefully about the matter. hey were cheered on by a partisan crowd of about 20,000 fans. partisan reporting in the paper. He is clearly too partisan to be a referee. At first the eager young poet was a partisan of the Revolution. II. Partisans are ordinary people, rather than soldiers, who join together to fight enemy soldiers who are occupying their country. He was rescued by some Italian partisans. ...serving in resistance and partisan activities. bipartisan Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups. involving two political parties with different ideas or policies bipartisan support for the Transportation Bill. ...a bipartisan approach to educational reform. ). More than 200 churches and 17 temples have been destroyed or damaged by mobs. Homes of local ministers and legislators have been attacked and set on fire. There are sporadic 零星的, 时不时的 killings and arson. The federal government's proposal for a peace panel to broker a truce has received a tepid 反响平淡, 反映冷淡, 不热衷, 反应冷淡 response. Previous ethnic 种族冲突 - and religious - clashes in Manipur have claimed 夺去生命 hundreds of lives. "This time, the conflict is strictly rooted in 根源于 ethnicity, not religion," says Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur. May's large-scale violence was sparked by a controversy over affirmative action: Kukis protested against the demand seeking tribal status for the Meiteis. But this does not entirely explain the explosive ethnic violence that has engulfed 席卷 Manipur. The underlying tensions in the region stem from a complex interplay ( The interplay between two or more things or people is the way that they have an effect on each other or react to each other. ...the personal interplay between great entertainers and a live public. ...the interplay of political, economic, social and cultural factors. the ways that people or things affect each other or react when they are put together The summit highlighted the often hostile interplay between the two countries. ) of various factors, including a long-standing insurgency 起义, 抗争, 对抗政府 ( an attempt by a group of people to take control of their country by force. An insurgency is a violent attempt to oppose a country's government carried out by citizens of that country. He has led a violent armed insurgency for 15 years. insurgent Insurgents are people who are fighting against the government or army of their own country. By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country's main military air base. ), a controversial recent war on drugs, illegal migration from troubled Myanmar through porous 筛子似的 borders, pressure on land, and a lack of employment opportunities 工作机会, which make the young vulnerable to recruitment by rebel groups. Adding to the volatility, say experts, is the alleged complicity of politicians in the drug trade over decades and the nexus ( nexus [ˈneksəs] a closely connected group of people or things, often forming the central part of something. A nexus is a connection or series of connections within a particular situation or system. The Prayer Book has provided a flexible enough nexus of beliefs to hold together the different church parties. ...the nexus between the dominant class and the State. ) between politicians and militancy. Mr Singh's campaign appears to have exacerbated ( exacerbate [ɪɡˈzæsərˌbeɪt] to make a problem worse. If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions. ) divisions 分歧 between a section of Kukis and the government. He has cautioned that villages growing poppy - mostly Kuki homelands - would be derecognised and stripped of welfare benefits 福利好处. "For the past five years there has been growing animosity and anger between the two communities, some related to indigenous faith and practices and others related to encroachment, 强占" says Bhagat Oinam of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticised for maintaining a studied ( studied [ˈstʌdid] 故意的 studied behavior is planned and deliberate, so that it often seems false. A studied action is deliberate or planned. The newsletter he sent to investors was full of studied understatement. studied calm/indifference. studious [stjuːdiəs] Someone who is studious spends a lot of time reading and studying books. I was a very quiet, studious little girl.) silence on the violence. The majority of ministers and legislators from the governing BJP have gathered in Delhi, the capital, to devise strategies for resolving and managing the situation. 11. square up to somebody/something If you square up to a problem, person, or situation, you accept that you have to deal with them and take action to do so. to deal with a difficult situation or person in a determined way The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption. ...a woman squaring up to the deepest crisis she has yet had to face. square up I. 找平. to pay money that you owe I'll pay for the drinks and you can square up later. II. British English to get ready to fight someone. The two lads squared up to each other. 老虎: The newly-weaned tiger turned up on a leash with an animal wrangler ( I. a cowboy. II. 动物管理员. 动物饲养员. someone who trains or handles animals; also used humorously. a horse/snake wrangler. A local kitten wrangler is keeping an eye on them for me. wrangle to argue about something for a long time, especially in an angry and unpleasant way. The government is wrangling with various groups demanding compensation.), who told Chris to give him "his bottle" if he started getting fractious [ˈfrækʃəs] ( I. [disapproval] easily upset or annoyed. If you describe someone as fractious, you disapprove of them because they become upset or angry very quickly about small unimportant things. ...fractious national movements. Nancy was in a fractious mood. The children were predictably fractious. a fractious child. II. causing problems and difficult to control. ). "But then he started getting antsy," he explained. "I remembered a trick I was taught. When animals are used to their bottle you can stick your finger in their mouth and they will suck on it". 12. whimper I. If someone whimpers, they make quiet unhappy or frightened sounds, as if they are about to start crying. She lay at the bottom of the stairs, whimpering in pain 抽泣. He made another pathetic whimpering sound. David's crying subsided to a whimper. II. If someone whimpers something, they say it in an unhappy or frightened way. 'Let me go,' she whimpered. 'You're hurting me.' She whimpered something inaudible. not with a bang but a whimper If you say that something happens not with a bang but a whimper, you mean that it is less effective or exciting than was expected or intended. He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper. The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang. ballsy [ˈbɔːlzi] adj. [informal, approval] determined and courageous. You can describe a person or their behaviour as ballsy if you admire them because you think they are energetic and brave. ...the most ballsy woman I know. ...ballsy, gutsy live rap music. "she was a cool, ballsy woman". hundreds and thousands noun BRITISH I. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) Tiny balls or strands of
multicoloured sugar, sprinkled over ice cream, desserts or party foods. Fairy
bread is sliced white bread spread with butter or margarine and covered
with "Hundreds and Thousands", often served at children's parties in
Australia and New Zealand. It is typically cut into triangles. tiny sugar beads of varying colours used for decorating cakes and desserts. II. An indefinite but emphatically large number. 13. descent I. A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position. During their descent from the summit, a storm swept in. ...the crash of an Airbus A300 on its descent into Kathmandu airport. II. A descent is a surface that slopes downwards, for example the side of a steep hill. On the descents 下坡, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed. III. When you want to emphasize that a situation becomes very bad, you can talk about someone's or something's descent into that situation. Without a political settlement, the descent into chaos will be guaranteed. ...his swift descent from respected academic to homeless alcoholic. IV. You use descent to talk about a person's family background, for example their nationality or social status. All the contributors were of African descent 后裔. best-of 精选集 noun INFORMAL a list or collection comprising the best examples of something, especially songs by a particular band or artist. "yet another Frank Sinatra best-of". 瓦格纳叛乱: He said the causes for the mutiny included the ineptitude 无能( [disapproval] If you refer to someone's ineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill. ...the tactical ineptitude of the allied commander. ) displayed by the Russian military in Ukraine. "Experienced fighters, experienced commanders would simply be smashed and turned into meat; they would not be able to use their combat potential and combat experience," he said.
PwC crisis: The nation's top cop has been accused of failing to declare a conflict of interest, after documents produced to the Senate showed he met multiple times with a "friend" who now worked for consulting firm 咨询公司 PwC over a contract awarded without public tender 没有通过公开招标. "The meeting of course was not minuted ( minute [ˈmɪnɪt] 会议记录 to
record something in the minutes of a meeting or in a note. When someone
minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a
written record of it. You don't need to minute that. The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it. He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting. ).
So two mates get together ... in an un-minuted meeting, to work out how
PwC can get money from the AFP." In a statement, a spokesperson for the
AFP says it "categorically rejects the assertions
made", and referred to comments the commissioner made at Senate
estimates last month. He said it was concerning that the same agency "hobnobbing" ( hobnob [ˈhɑbˌnɑb] 混迹于, 勾肩搭背, 勾勾搭搭的
to spend time talking to rich or famous people. If you disapprove of
the way in which someone is spending a lot of time with a group of
people, especially rich and powerful people, you can say that he or she
is hobnobbing with them. [informal, disapproval] Here there might be opportunities to hobnob with top people. ) with PwC partners was now investigating the firm over alleged confidentiality breaches. In a sublime combination ( sublime [səˈblaɪm] I. mainly literary extremely good or beautiful. Sublime music filled the air. II. only before noun formal used for describing a feeling or quality that is extreme. His face assumed an expression of sublime conceit. the sublime something that is extremely good or beautiful. Her dancing approached the sublime. from the sublime to the ridiculous used when talking about a change from something extremely good or important to something silly and not important. ) of breathtaking arrogance and dazzling ineptitude, the Australian arm of global accounting giant PwC has managed to turn a possible crime into a national crisis and then allowed it to evolve into a catastrophe. At each step of the way, rather than take the course of responsibility and transparency, the firm and its local leaders have chosen the opposite path. In what must be the ultimate humiliation, PwC has struck a deal to sell its government consulting arm for the princely sum of $1. Even that may not save the firm. And through all this, at no stage during the past eight years has anyone voluntarily fronted the public to explain how and why confidential federal government information was exploited for profit or to outline any steps taken to rectify the situation. Instead, its leaders have repeatedly chosen to hide, first behind the veil of client confidentiality and later behind an impenetrable corporate wall and an army of spin doctors. If ever evidence was needed of the disconnect 脱节 between the standards employed by the firm's senior management and what is expected by society, it is front and centre in its own defence. In fact, last month, PwC didn't pick up a single new contract from the federal government after the Department of Finance effectively banned it as the fallout from the scandal spread and the anger within government ranks escalated. That puts the entire revenue stream under a cloud once existing contracts end. For potential new owner, private investment group Allegro, the challenge will be in resurrecting the firm's tarnished image and its cash flow. The Australian Federal Police has reasserted its ability to effectively investigate a former member of PwC, as the firm completes millions of dollars worth of contracts working alongside AFP staff. Maintaining the wages bill 发工资 will be no trifling [traɪfəlɪŋ] matter( A trifling matter is small and unimportant. The guests had each paid £250, no trifling sum. Outside California these difficulties may seem fairly trifling. ...a comparatively trifling 360 yards. ), making the purchase a high-risk endeavour rather than the bargain many may think it is. The big consulting firms were already on the nose ( I. exactly or completely correct. II. Australian bad or bad-smelling. ) with government, even before the scandal erupted. Years of gutting the public service and outsourcing billions of dollars in advice, consulting and contracting to outside parties had rankled( If an event or situation rankles, it makes you feel angry or bitter afterwards, because you think it was unfair or wrong. They paid him only £10 for it and it really rankled. Britain's refusal to sell Portugal arms in 1937 still rankled with him. The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland. ) many in the incoming Albanese government. Little wonder then that many in the Big Four accounting firms were bracing for a protracted winter when it came to extracting lucrative government work. By divorcing itself from the PwC mothership, the new firm — codenamed Bell for now — will highlight the inherent conflicts that exist across the industry and may force the others to ultimately follow suit. That's if the deal gets off the launch pad. At the moment, it still is only a proposal. Conveniently, it has distracted attention away from the main topic of conversation: the monumental breach of trust committed by a raft of senior partners within the firm, the years of cover-up in the aftermath 事后 and the continued refusal to come clean on key aspects of the betrayal, such as who was involved. For PwC's global leaders, the diversion is welcome relief. Many were around when Arthur Andersen – with 85,000 employees in 84 countries – imploded in 2002 after auditing scandals at two of its former US clients.
TBBT: Zack: You're inferring I'm stupid. Sheldon: That's not correct. We implied you're stupid, you then inferred it.
perch VS lurk VS lurch: lurch I. to move in a way that is not regular or normal, especially making sudden movements backwards or forwards or from side to side. To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward. Henry looked, stared, and lurched to his feet. More and more frequently the vessel lurched into a sudden roll. The train lurched forward 摇晃 and some of the people standing fell over. II. [disapproval] to act or continue in a way that is uncontrolled and not regular, often with sudden changes. If you say that a person or organization lurches from one thing to another, you mean they move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way. The state government has lurched from one budget crisis to another. The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair. The property sector was another casualty of the lurch towards higher interest rates. We seem to lurch from crisis to crisis. She just lurches from one bad relationship to another. leave sb in the lurch If someone leaves you in the lurch, they go away or stop helping you at a very difficult time. You wouldn't leave an old friend in the lurch, surely? lurk verb. I. If someone lurks somewhere, they wait there secretly so that they cannot be seen, usually because they intend to do something bad. He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address. II. If something such as a danger, doubt, or fear lurks somewhere, it exists but is not obvious or easily recognized. Hidden dangers lurk in every family saloon car. Around every corner lurked doubt and uncertainty. III. Someone who lurks 潜水 on social media or internet forums looks at other people's posts without commenting or contributing. Trolls lurk on sites like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Do you lurk online? perch verb. I. If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it. He perched on the corner of the desk. He perched himself on the side of the bed. She was perched on the edge of the sofa. II. To perch somewhere means to be on the top or edge of something. ...the vast slums that perch precariously on top of the hills around which the city was built. St. John's is a small college perched high up in the hills. Frank's tinted glasses are perched 架在 precariously on his head. You're a cowboy like me. Perched in the dark. Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear. Like it could be love. I could be the way forward. Only if they pay for it. III. If you perch something on something else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns. IV. When a bird perches on something such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there. A blackbird flew down and perched on the parapet outside his window. noun. I. A perch is a short rod for a bird to stand on. II. You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch. III. A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch. be knocked off one's perch If someone is knocked off their perch, they are no longer admired or no longer thought of as important or clever.
