用法学习: 1. pathetic [pəθetɪk] I. If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them. ...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail. The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight. She now looked small, shrunken and pathetic. She was pathetically thin. causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering: The refugees were a pathetic sight - starving, frightened and cold. After the accident he became a pathetic figure, a shadow of his former self. II. [disapproval] If you describe someone or something as pathetic, you mean that they make you feel impatient or angry, often because they are weak or not very good. unsuccessful or showing no ability, effort, or bravery, so that people feel no respect: a pathetic attempt/joke/excuse. Are you telling me you're frightened to speak to her? Don't be so pathetic! What pathetic excuses. 'This area is pathetic,' he says. 'It has so few hotels.' ...the pathetic attempts at public speaking made by members of all parties. Don't be so pathetic. Five women in a group of 18 people is a pathetically small number. unsuccessful, useless, or worthless: a pathetic excuse. Bernie's hitting was pretty pathetic! pathos [ˈpeɪθɑs] (pathetic) Pathos is a quality that stirs emotions. A song with a lot of pathos hits you right in the heart. You ever notice how some songs or movies appeal to your brains, while others appeal to your feelings? The ones that are all about feeling are full of pathos 动人因素, 感人的因素, an appeal to emotions that originally meant "suffering" in Greek. Often, this word has to do specifically with pity and sympathy: when someone tells a story about people suffering that makes you feel for them, that's pathos. bathos [ˌbeɪˈθɑs] If something starts out serious and then turns trivial, that's bathos. If you're watching a serious drama about Poland's transition to capitalism and it suddenly ends in a giddy car chase, you might remark on the film's unexpected bathos. The word bathos came into English in the 17th century from the Greek word bathos, which literally means "depth." In the 18th century English poet Alexander Pope gave the word its current meaning of a descent from lofty [ˈlɒfti] ( I. A lofty ideal or ambition is noble, important, and admirable. It was a bank that started out with grand ideas and lofty ideals. Amid the chaos, he had lofty aims. II. 非常高的. 高耸的. of imposing height. A lofty building or room is very high. ...a light, lofty apartment in the suburbs of Salzburg. Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms. III. [disapproval] If you say that someone behaves in a lofty way, you are critical of them for behaving in a proud and rather unpleasant way, as if they think they are very important. ...the lofty disdain he often expresses for his profession. ...lofty contempt. 'We supply financial information to selected clients,' Crook said loftily. ...loftily indifferent to the world outside. ) to trite (trite [traɪt] 老掉牙的, 老生常谈的 adj. If you say that something such as an idea, remark, or story is trite, you mean that it is dull and boring because it has been said or told too many times. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive. ). We often use it for movies or books. Bathos is usually unintentional — which means you can laugh at it. Bathos can also be used more broadly for something that's trite or overly sentimental. to describe an amusingly failed attempt at presenting artistic greatness. Bathos has come to refer to rhetorical anticlimax, an abrupt transition from a lofty style or grand topic to a common or vulgar one, occurring either accidentally (through artistic ineptitude) or intentionally (for comic effect). Intentional bathos appears in satirical genres such as burlesque and mock epic. "Bathos" or "bathetic" is also used for similar effects in other branches of the arts, such as musical passages marked ridicolosamente. In film, bathos may appear in a contrast cut intended for comic relief 博大家一笑 or be produced by an accidental jump cut. bathetic [bəˈθɛtɪk] 滑稽的, 意外的搞笑的 adj. producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax. "the movie manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic". the bathetic emotionalism of soap operas. 2. Alan Joyce will leave Qantas tomorrow after a tumultuous week for the airline. Qantas announced his early departure saying Mr Joyce would bring forward 提早, 提前, 拉前 his retirement by two months to help the company "accelerate its renewal". Qantas chairman Richard Goyder thanked Mr Joyce for his service, saying his decision to bring forward his retirement showed he was putting the company first. He said Qantas now faced the task of winning back the public's confidence. "This transition comes at what is obviously a challenging time for Qantas and its people," he said. "We have an important job to do in restoring the public's confidence in the kind of company we are, and that's what the board is focused on, and what the management under Vanessa's leadership will do," he said. 3. William Tyrrell's former foster father appears to berate a child in secret recording played to court: A Sydney court has heard secret recordings in which William Tyrrell's former foster father appears to berate a child in an expletive-laden [ɪkˈspliːtɪv] (1客死扑里tiv) 脏话连篇的 tirade as he fights charges of assault and intimidation. The 56-year-old and his wife, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, faced Parramatta Court on Tuesday for the second day of a five-day hearing. The former foster parents were charged in 2021 with assault and intimidation of a child – who is not William Tyrrell – in Sydney's north shore. Prosecutor John Marsh told the court the pair's home and cars were bugged 窃听 for about a year as part of the police investigation into William's disappearance. Mr Marsh played several excerpts [ˈɛksəːpt] 片段(艾克色扑词) of the recordings in court, which allegedly picked up offences of assault and intimidation, including one in which the man was captured calling the child a "f***ing stupid little s**t", saying "we've fed you, we've housed you and you treat us like s**t". 4. do something at/in one sitting 一口气 to not stop doing something until you have finished it. during one limited period of time, without stopping. In a single session; finishing a task in the same period when one sets out to do so. The bookworm devoured her book in one sitting. I sat down and read the whole book in one sitting. She can easily go through a box of chocolates in one sitting. I enjoyed the book so much that I read it all in one sitting. The crime thriller you want to binge in one sitting. peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] 有点饿 adj INFORMAL BRITISH hungry. slightly hungry: By ten o'clock I was feeling peckish, even though I'd had a large breakfast. "I hadn't eaten and was quite peckish". set the table (US), lay the table (UK) 放桌子(准备吃饭) spread the table 是旧用法, 现在很少用了.
洗漱: ablution [əˈbluːʃən] noun I. the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels. the act of washing yourself: Ablution is part of some religious ceremonies. II. (often plural) the act of washing. Your ablutions are the things you do when you wash yourself: perform your ablutions He went off to the baths to perform his ablutions. III. (plural) military informal. a washing place. A bit whimsically, these actions are sometimes referred to as one's morning ablutions. whimsical [hwɪmzɪkəl] adj A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical. McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side. His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical. morning ritual/routine (不限于梳洗, 有可能包括其他的散步, 遛狗等): "ablutions" would refer specifically to the cleaning part of that morning routine). The term "personal maintenance" is used in some places although the meaning is wider than just the morning ablutions. I believe the term is used to contrast with terms such as "car maintenance" or "house maintenance" or the maintenance of other equipment. For a phrase that covers the entire ritual I would find it unsurprising to hear it referred to as "taking care of personal hygiene" or "morning personal hygiene routine" for collectively all of the things that someone does in the bathroom in the morning when they perform their ablutions. Another umbrella term for actions of personal grooming is toilette (pronounced twa-LET) or toilet: "the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair" (Dictionary.com). This sense of the word may be considered old-fashioned; Google Ngrams suggests it was more at home in the 19th century than our own, although it hasn't completely gone out of use. If you need a verb phrase, the idiom is "to make one's toilet(te)." fresh-faced 年轻的 adj. looking young: fresh-faced 18 and 19–year-old soldiers. freshen up I. If you freshen something up, you make it clean and pleasant in appearance or smell. to make something cleaner and/or cooler: She opened a window to freshen up the room. A thorough brushing helps to freshen up your mouth. My room needed a lick of paint to freshen it up. II. If you freshen up, you wash your hands and face and make yourself look neat and tidy. to make someone or something clean and pleasant: Would you like to freshen up after your journey? I'm just going to have a shower to freshen myself up. After Martine had freshened up, they went for a long walk. to make something different and more interesting or attractive: a project to freshen up the town's tired-looking main street. III. If a wind freshens, it becomes stronger and cooler: The wind is expected to freshen as it moves in from the east. IV. If you freshen someone's especially alcoholic drink, you add more to it: Here, let me freshen your drink. wash (something) up I. to clean the plates, pans, and other things that you have used for cooking and eating: He washed up his mug and put it back on the shelf. You wash up tonight and I'll dry. I'm not washing up all these dishes. I just need to wash up these dishes. I washed up all the plates. II. to wash your hands, especially before a meal: He headed to the bathroom to wash up. She told the children to wash up for dinner. Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up. Go wash up - your dinner's ready. III. to appear on land because the ocean or a river or lake left it there. If something is washed up on a piece of land, it is carried by a river or sea and left there. Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach. The tide washes up a lot of driftwood. The whale was washed up on the beach. Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm. The fossils appear to be an early form of seaweed washed up on a beach. Spilled oil has washed up 冲上岸, 冲洗上岸 on beaches behind the wreck. wash-up 总结会, 事后讨论, 过气的人 I. A meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game. a discussion after an event in which people talk about what happened, what could have been done better, etc.: The wash-up of his failed campaign will be done in the months to come. There will be a full wash-up to see if we could have picked it up earlier. II. Something or somebody that is washed up; a has-been 过气的人. washed up If you say that someone is washed up, you mean that their career or success has ended. He's all washed up, but he still yells at everyone. washing-up I. To do the washing-up means to wash the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which have been used for cooking and eating a meal. Martha volunteered to do the washing-up 刷洗, 洗盘子, 洗碗 (AM: wash the dishes). II. Washing-up is the plates, cups, cutlery, and pans which you have to wash after a meal. ...a brimming bowl of washing-up (dirty dishes, the dishes).
restore VS retrieve VS recover VS reinstate VS recuperate VS recoup VS revive: restore I. To restore a situation or practice 恢复关系, 恢复秩序 means to cause it to exist again. The army has recently been brought in to restore order. As they smiled at each other, harmony was restored again. The death penalty was never restored 恢复. His visit is expected to lead to the restoration [ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃn] of diplomatic relations. They were committed to the eventual restoration of a traditional monarchy. to bring back into use something that has been absent for a period of time: Some people are in favour of restoring capital punishment 恢复使用 for murderers. II. To restore someone or something to a previous condition means to cause them to be in that condition once again. We will restore her to health 恢复健康 but it may take time. He said the ousted president must be restored to power 官复原职. His country desperately needs Western aid to restore its ailing economy 复苏经济. I owe the restoration of my hearing 听力恢复 to this remarkable new technique. If you restore a quality or ability that someone has not had for a long time, you make it possible for them to have that quality or ability again. to return something or someone to an earlier condition or position, or to bring something back into existence: Power company crews were working yesterday to restore electrical service 恢复电力服务 to homes in the area. Surgeons restored the sight in her right eye. Doctors have restored his sight 恢复视力. The government is trying to restore 恢复信心 public confidence in its management of the economy. New Qantas boss vows to restore trust 重建信任, 恢复信任 after sudden Joyce exit. Qantas needs to restore the public's confidence, chair says. III. When someone restores something such as an old building, painting, or piece of furniture 复建, 恢复原样, they repair and clean it, so that it looks like it did when it was new. ...experts who specialise in examining and restoring ancient parchments. ...the beautifully restored old town square. I specialized in the restoration of old houses. The bones were 'mislaid' during the seventeenth-century restorations. IV. If something that was lost or stolen is restored to its owner 物归原主, it is returned to them. to give something that has been lost or stolen back to the person it belongs to: The painting was restored to its rightful owner. The following day their horses and goods were restored to them 返还回来, 返回来. The burglars were arrested and my stolen property was restored. recover I. 复原. 恢复健康. When you recover from an illness or an injury, you become well again. He is recovering from a knee injury. A policeman was recovering in hospital last night after being stabbed. He is fully recovered from the virus. II. If you recover from an unhappy or unpleasant experience 缓过劲来, 走出来, you stop being upset by it. ...a tragedy from which he never fully recovered. There was no time to recover from the defeat. III. If something recovers from a period of weakness or difficulty, it improves or gets stronger again. He recovered from a 4-2 deficit 复苏 to reach the quarter-finals. The stock market index fell by 80% before it began to recover 收复失地. IV. If you recover something that has been lost or stolen 找回, 还回, you find it or get it back. Police raided five houses in south-east London and recovered stolen goods. Rescue teams recovered more bodies from the rubble. V. If you recover a mental or physical state, it comes back again. For example, if you recover consciousness 恢复意识, you become conscious again. For a minute he looked uncertain, and then recovered his composure 恢复镇定. She had a severe attack of asthma and it took an hour to recover her breath 恢复呼吸. She never recovered consciousness. VI. If you recover money 回收, 要回 that you have spent, invested, or lent to someone, you get the same amount back. Legal action is being taken to try to recover the money. The home market was not large enough to recover their costs of production. recuperate [rɪ'kuːpəreɪt] 复建, 恢复健康, 复原 verb. When you recuperate, you recover your health or strength after you have been ill or injured. to become well again after an illness; to get back your strength, health, etc: She spent a month in the country recuperating 疗养, 恢复身体, 身体恢复 from/after the operation. I went away to the country to recuperate. He is recuperating from a serious back injury. Leonard was very pleased with his powers of recuperation. recoup [rɪ'kuːp] 收回, 要回, 找回, 找补损失 verb If you recoup a sum of money that you have spent or lost, you get it back. Insurance companies are trying to recoup their losses by increasing premiums. retrieve I. If you retrieve something 拿回, 找回, you get it back from the place where you left it. He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island. II. If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation 挽回局势, 挽回败局 (salvage the situation). III. To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back. Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits. As children older, their strategies for storing and retrieving information improve. salvage [sælvɪdʒ] verb
I. 抢救. 抢救出. If something is salvaged, someone manages to save it, for
example from a ship that has sunk, or from a building that has been
damaged. The team's first
task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged. The investigators
studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage. Salvage is the act of salvaging things from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building. The salvage operation went on. ...the cost of salvage. The salvage from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building is the things that are saved from it. They climbed up on the rock with their salvage 抢救出来的物品. II. If
you manage to salvage a difficult situation, you manage to get something
useful from it so that it is not a complete failure. Officials tried to salvage the situation 挽回局势. Diplomats are still hoping to salvage something from the meeting. III. If you salvage something such as your pride or your reputation 挽回脸面, 挽回名声, you manage to keep it even though it seems likely you will lose it, or you get it back after losing it. We definitely wanted to salvage some pride for British tennis. She was lucky to be able to salvage her career. noun. I. The salvage from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building is the things that are saved from it. They climbed up on the rock with their salvage. II. Salvage is the act of salvaging things from somewhere such as a damaged ship or building. The salvage operation went on. ...the cost of salvage. reinstate [ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt] I. If you reinstate someone 恢复职位, 官复原职, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them. The governor is said to have agreed to reinstate five senior workers who were dismissed. The prime minister announced his resignation, but he is expected to be reinstated within a few days. II. To reinstate a law, facility, or practice 重新启用, 恢复 means to start having it again. ...the decision to reinstate the grant. Her conviction was reinstated last month. revive verb. I. When something such as the economy, a business, a trend, or a feeling is revived or when it revives, it becomes active, popular, or successful again. ...an attempt to revive the British economy. His trial revived memories of French suffering during the war. There is no doubt that grades have improved and interest in education has revived. Habib grimaced at the revived memories. II. When someone revives 复兴, 复苏 a play, opera, or ballet, they present a new production of it. The Gaiety is reviving John B. Kean's comedy 'The Man from Clare'. III. If you manage to revive someone who has fainted or if they revive, they become conscious again. She and a neighbour tried in vain to revive 复苏, 苏醒 him. With a glazed stare she revived for one last instant.
empirical VS in no uncertain terms VS categorical VS clear-cut VS expressly VS unambiguously VS unequivocally VS decided VS make it plain to someone 明确无误的, 确切无疑的: 1. empirical [ɪmˈpɪrɪkl, ɛmˈpɪrɪk] 实践中来的, 而不是理论上的 Empirical evidence or study relies on practical experience rather than theories. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory: This theory needs to be backed up with solid empirical data/evidence. Empirical studies show that some forms of alternative medicine are extremely effective. "they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument". There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis. ...empirically based research. They approached this part of their task empirically. 2. in no uncertain terms 清楚无误的, 明确的 If you say that someone tells a person something in no uncertain terms, you are emphasizing that they say it strongly and clearly so that there is no doubt about what they mean. very clearly and often unkindly: She was told in no uncertain terms that the magazine had no interest in her short stories. She told him in no uncertain terms to go away. 3. categorical 坚定的, 坚决的, 决绝的, 斩钉截铁的 If you are categorical about something, you state your views very definitely and firmly. ...his categorical denial of the charges of sexual harassment. He is quite categorical that the U.N. should only help the innocent civilian population. They totally and categorically deny the charges. He stated categorically that this would be his last season in Formula One. 4. clear-cut I. 清晰, 明确无误的, 清楚明白的. 无可争议的, 确定无疑的. straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic. clear and certain, so that there is no doubt about something. She has clear-cut evidence that the company cheated her. The link between alcohol and crime is clear-cut. It looks like a simple enough problem, but the answer might not be as clear cut as you suppose. But these days, there may be no clear-cut spot to hold your wedding if you and your fiancé are from different parts of the country—or world— and you've moved away from where you grew up. II. (forestry) having had all trees cut. 5. expressly I. formal 确定无疑的, 明确无误的, 清楚的. 明明白白地 in a way that is clear and definite. Maria gestured expressively as she talked. The students were expressly forbidden to use the Internet for their research on this occasion. II. 专门地, 特别地, 特意地 for a particular purpose. She came expressly to see you. express adj. I. formal very clear, so that there can be no mistake about what is intended. Against the woman's express wishes, the media publicized her story. express permission/consent: You must not leave this house without my express permission. a. deliberate. You came here with the express purpose of causing trouble. II. an express train, bus etc makes a particular journey more quickly than ordinary trains, buses etc. a. an express service delivers letters or parcels more quickly than the ordinary service. a parcel sent by express post. an express delivery. 6. ambiguous I. If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations. They may not be fully aware of what they are voting for because of ambiguous language on the ballot paper. Zaire's national conference on democracy ended ambiguously. II. If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it contains several different ideas or attitudes that do not fit well together. Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world. 例子: Having drawn that distinction: mention of the word slag - while it's clearly to be avoided when on one's best behaviour - is unlikely to cause much offence; that would put it on a roughly similar level to slut or perhaps skank. However, using the word slag to describe someone would be a good way to start a fight. It is probably at a similar level to slut: perhaps slightly more offensive, if only because slutty/sluttish can refer to general demeanour (in dress, speech) - and indeed can occasionally merely mean "untidy, slovenly" with no sexual connotation - whereas slag is unambiguously 明确无误的, 毫无疑问的 referring to sexual behavior. 7. unequivocally [ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkli] 绝不动摇的, 坚定不移的, 明确无误的 clear, definite, and without doubt. If you describe someone's attitude as unequivocal, you mean that it is completely clear and very firm. ...Richardson's unequivocal commitment to fair play. Yesterday, the message to him was unequivocal: 'Get out.' He stated unequivocally that his forces were ready to go to war. Temperature records have unequivocally confirmed the existence of global warming. their unequivocal commitment to public education. 8. straight out = flat out 直言不讳的, 直截了当的 informal without hesitation or deliberation. If you tell someone something straight out, you say it directly and honestly, without trying to make what you are saying more pleasant: I told her straight out that I didn't love her any more. You just need to tell her straight out that you're not going. He just came straight out and accused them of lying. I'm going to tell him straight out that he needs to leave. He said straight out that he wasn't interested in our opinion. "If you're not going to help me, just say so straight out". flat out I. clearly and without confusion. holding nothing back. 清楚无误的. 明确无误的, 明明白白的. 不加掩饰的, 直言不讳的. The coach told me flat out, "You're too small." I don't want to flat out say I never did it when maybe I just don't remember having done it. She thought it was best to tell him she didn't love him flat out. He was flat out furious when his car was stolen. II. as fast as possible The painters have been working flat out to get the job finished. She drives as though her car has only two speeds – flat out and stopped. After 10 minutes of running flat out, he was out of breath. III. = flat out like a lizard drinking. Extremely busy, at top speed. This is word play on two different meanings of the standard English 'flat out'. The literal sense is to lie fully stretched out (like a lizard), and the figurative sense means as fast as possible. The phrase also alludes to the rapid tongue-movement of a drinking lizard. It is sometimes shortened, as in 'we're flat out like a lizard trying to meet the deadline'. IV. Lazy, sleeping. flat out (like a lizard in the sun) - doing absolutely nothing. 9. When auctioneer David Scholes made it plain to the crowd 明确无误的, 清楚的 (play to the crowd/gallery 迎合大众, 哗众取宠, grandstanding) that ( make it plain and simple 简单明了, 直截了当 to clearly show. To express something in a straightforward, uncomplicated, or unelaborate style or manner. A: "Do you have any tips for writing the application?" B: "Just try to make it plain and simple why you're the best candidate. You're not writing an essay for college." I can see you're not getting it, so let me make it plain and simple. You are going to fail this class if you don't get an A on your next test, understand? The evidence makes it plain that he is guilty. ) there was no designated access to the rear of the property, former owner George Laris stepped in to contest the statement. 10. decided 明显的, 明确无误的, 毫无疑问的 impossible to doubt and easy to see. Decided means clear and definite. Her ignorance of the area put her at a decided disadvantage. He's a man of very decided opinions. a decided improvement on last year.
cater VS pander VS accommodate VS play to: Pander has a negative connotation. Cater has a positive one. You want someone to cater to you. You do not want someone to pander to you. "Pander" feels like someone is changing their behavior because you cannot handle it otherwise. "Cater" is when someone changes their behavior as a favor to treat you or make something easier. Examples: "The children's TV show panders to a younger audience." "The waitress caters to the VIP table." 1. cater for someone/something 提供饮食, 供给所需, 提供所需 to provide people with everything they want or need. Who's catering the party? I'm catering for a wedding reception next week. The school aims to cater for children of all abilities. Football fans are well catered for. cater to provide food and drinks at an event. cater to something/someone 迎合...特殊需要 to provide people with something they want or need, especially something unusual or special. There are more and more TV shows catering to young male audiences. Sheldon: But why should I cater to 迎合 second-rate minds 二流的大脑? ? Leslie: Because first-rate minds call you "dumbass"?. cater for somebody/something = cater to somebody/ something I. to provide a particular group of people with the things they need or want an LA bank catering to Asian businesses. Vegetarians are well catered for. Most perfume ads cater to male fantasies. The school aims to cater for children of all abilities. Internet shopping caters to every conceivable need. bars that cater to the lucrative tourist trade. II. often disapproving to satisfy a need or desire that is unusual or unacceptable: Why should you cater to his every whim? This legislation simply caters to racism. cater 餐饮供应, 提供饮食: to provide food and drinks at an event. Who's catering the party? cater for: I'm catering for a wedding reception next week. cater for someone/ something to provide people with everything they want or need. The school aims to cater for children of all abilities. Football fans are well catered for. cater to something 讨好, 逢迎, 迎合 to provide people with something they want or need, especially something unusual or special. To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve. I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim 迎合我的所有无理要求. There are more and more TV shows catering to young male audiences. cater作为及物动词: 提供膳食服务. To provide food professionally for a special occasion. Did you hire someone to cater our party next week? 2. pander [ˈpandə] 迎合不良趣味, 取悦大众 gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste). "newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts". pander I. To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp. II. If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of. ...books which don't pander to popular taste. His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate. He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes. II. a person who caters for vulgar desires, esp in order to make money. III. a person who procures a sexual partner for another; pimp. pander [ˈpandə] 迎合低级趣味, 迎合不良趣味, 取悦大众 gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste). "newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts". pander to someone/something 巴结, 讨好, 说好听的, 别净捡好听的说 拍马屁, 讨好, 取悦 to do or say what someone wants in order to please them, even though you know it is not right. As a politician he was a well known panderer 拍马屁, 溜须拍马 to the lowest of public opinions. The government was accused of pandering to racial prejudice. to do or say what someone wants in order to please them, even though you know it is not right. If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes. ...books which don't pander to popular taste. The government was accused of pandering to racial prejudice. pander to someone/something to do or say what someone wants in order to please them, even though you know it is not right. The government was accused of pandering to racial prejudice. As a politician he was a well known panderer 拍马屁, 溜须拍马 to the lowest of public opinions. If you pander to someone or to their wishes 如愿, 遂了心愿, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of. ...books which don't pander to popular taste. His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate. He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes. Ozark: This is important. What do you say when somebody asks what you're doing here? We bought a resort called the Blue Cat. That's exactly right. We bought a resort called the Blue Cat. And while I'm there today doing my job, your job is to get your boxes up into your rooms. Okay? What's Wendy's job? Getting groceries. If you don't like your jobs, you're free to go find a real job and help out the family. How long are we here 我们要待多久? Is your cartel after us? It is not my cartel, and no one is after us, pal. Uh, hopefully, we're only here a few months. Why did you tell us the real reason we're here? Because you're too smart for bullshit. Please don't pander. 巴结, 讨好, 说好听的, 别净捡好听的说. I'm not pandering. You both have a right to know why your lives were uprooted, and the more you know, the safer you'll be. Is it? Or is it 'cause you wanted us to turn on Marty here(turn on someone I. to suddenly start angrily criticizing someone or shouting at them. to suddenly attack someone violently. Dan suddenly turned on her and yelled at her to be quiet. II. to make someone become interested in something. turn someone on to something: That book really turned me on to astronomy.whatever turns you on informal used for saying that something that interests someone else does not interest you. turn something on to make a deliberate effort to use a special quality that you have in order to achieve something. He'll have to turn on all his charm to persuade her. turn something on someone/ something to direct something at someone or something. The hoses were turned on the demonstrators. turn on something to be the issue, fact, or point that something depends on most. The trial turned on the medical evidence presented by the prosecution. Prospects for a rate cut may now turn on tomorrow's fourth-quarter production figures.)? You know, I found bus fares. Caitlin said I could live with them. That's never gonna happen. No, ma'am. Her mother drinks every day. 3. curry favor with = find favor with to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc. to try to make someone like you or give you something. Big tax cuts are often proposed to curry favor with voters. 4. tickle I. 挠痒痒. 瘙痒. When you tickle someone, you move your fingers lightly over a sensitive part of their body, often in order to make them laugh. I was tickling him, and he was laughing and giggling. II. If something tickles you or tickles, it causes an irritating feeling by lightly touching a part of your body. ...a yellow hat with a great feather that tickled her ear. A beard doesn't scratch, it just tickles. III. If a fact or a situation tickles you, it amuses you or gives you pleasure. It tickles me to see him riled. The story was really funny–it tickled me. They all sounded just as tickled. Tickle sb's vanity 迎合某人的虚荣心. tickle someone's fancy If something tickles your fancy, you like it and want to have it: Does anything on the menu tickle your fancy? be tickled pink ( to please, gratify, delight, etc. often used in the passive voice with slang intensifiers, as tickled pink, tickled silly, or tickled to death. ) Informal. greatly pleased. If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something. 'I'm tickled pink,' said Jimmy after his wife gave birth. She was tickled pink that he had remembered her birthday. 5. tap into I. To establish a connection with (something), especially in order to take advantage. Milk delivery services from Maine to Washington state report a growing customer base as they tap into Americans' desire 迎合了美国人的需求 for local produce and overwhelmed dual-working families 双职工家庭 (two-income families) looking for relief. II. To access (a resource or object). to manage to use something in a way that brings good results: If only we could tap into all that energy and creativity. When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund. tap someone for something (someone be tapped for) to get money from someone. To ask one for something, especially money. He tapped his parents for $50 to cover the cost of the ticket. Every week, Janet taps me for a couple dollars. It has really started adding up! I might be able to tap my father for a loan. II. To select someone for some particular opportunity, especially to take up a specific role, position, or purpose. The decorated general has been tapped by the president for the position of Secretary of State. I can't believe the boss tapped me for the big promotion! 6. play to I. to behave or perform in a particular way for (someone or something) in order to get approval or attention. to try to gain favour with by flattery. to attempt to impress in order to gain someone's favor. Students who too obviously play up to their teachers 巴结, 迎合 are usually disliked by their classmates. He didn't mean what he was saying. He was just playing to the crowd. He loves publicity and plays to the cameras every chance he gets. II. 利用. to make use of (something). a film that plays to stereotypes of housewives. In his latest album, he once again plays to his strengths as a classical musician. A threat to mobilise the military plays to an image of strength 迎合 and his preferred persona of Commander-in-Chief. 7. accommodating 乐于助人的, 舍己为人的 adj. If you describe someone as accommodating, you like the fact that they are willing to do things in order to please you or help you. used to describe a person who is eager or willing to help other people, for example by changing his or her plans: I'm sure she'll help you - she's always very accommodating. By being especially accommodating to 迎合, 适应 the carriers--moving quickly on new technology, adding new features, and tweaking design specs as requested--HTC has enjoyed more of their support over the years. accommodate I. If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them. The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children. Floors are flat where possible and doors and corridors can accommodate wheelchairs. II. To accommodate someone means to provide them with a place to live or stay. ...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso. Students are 收住, 入驻, 入住. 收纳. accommodated in homes nearby. III. If something is planned or changed to accommodate a particular situation, it is planned or changed so that it takes this situation into account. The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes. The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate 行方便 some more of those cultures. IV. If you do something to accommodate someone, you do it with the main purpose of pleasing or satisfying them. He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers. Efforts have been made to accommodate the needs 满足要求, 满足需要 of all users. V. If you accommodate to 适应 something new, you change your behaviour or ideas so that you are able to deal with it. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions. She walked slowly to accommodate herself to his pace.
TBBT: 1. Sheldon: Wait. (Handing him a measuring jug 量杯) Put this in the bathroom. Leonard: What for? Sheldon: I need to measure my fluid intake and output to make sure my kidneys aren't shutting down. Leonard: I mix pancake batter in this! Sheldon: No, that measuring cup has always been for urine. Leonard: You had time to make a label for everything in this apartment, including the label maker, but you didnt have ten seconds to make one that said urine cup? Sheldon: It's right here on the bottom. Leonard: Huh. I guess I owe the Betty Crocker company a letter of apology 道歉信. 2. Sheldon: Do you think Penny will come here and take care of us? Leonard: I don't think Penny's ever coming here again. Sheldon: I'm very congested 鼻塞的严重, 鼻塞的厉害. Leonard: Yeah, so? Sheldon: Can you go to the kitchen, and get me the turkey baster labelled mucus. Leonard: If I stand, I'll vomit. Sheldon: Under the sink, yellow Tupperware bowl.
