用法学习: 1. "No cap" means "no lie" or "for real", according to Dictionary.com. "Cap" is another word for lie, so "no cap" emphasizes when someone is being truthful. If someone is "capping," they are lying. The phrase is rooted in African American Vernacular English (AAVE), or Black speech separate from standard English. As early as the 1900s, "to cap" meant to brag, exaggerate or lie about something, according to Dictionary.com. Additionally, "no cap" can be used to describe something that has no limit. In the "Green’s Dictionary of Slang" in the 1940s, "to cap" meant "to surpass." Therefore, "cap" could be defined as the "top" or "upper limit", according to Dictionary.com. "You can't be serious right now." "I really am, no cap." "I know he's capping right now. There's no way he makes that much money." "It's almost like there's no cap on what she'll do to impress them." "Rizz" is a slang term often used to describe someone's ability to flirt and be charming, especially for their verbal communication while pursuing a romantic interest. The term can be used as a noun or verb, depending on the sentence. If someone has "rizz," they are often considered attractive or alluring because of their charismatic way of communicating. That may still be true even if you do not find that person attractive. If you want to "rizz" someone, you want to flirt with or charm them. "Marco just tried to rizz up Lena. I don't think it went well." "They've got this unspoken rizz. Everything about them just exudes charm." "I heard him practicing his rizz for when we hit the bar later." The title of a 1968 Beatles track, "Glass Onion" was intended as a joke from Paul McCartney about people who read too much into the band's lyrics. Fans have theorised that a glass onion is a metaphor for something both multi-layered and transparent, somewhat proving the point he was making. Furthermore, "Glass Onion" was a British colloquialism of the era, making reference to a monocle as if to symbolize the detective-like prowess of their fans. In other words, much like the film Glass Onion, the mystery was never really that deep. ICYMI = in case you missed it: "ICYMI: Glass Onion is now on Netflix." "ICYMI: USA TODAY released a new article about angel numbers." "ICYMI: McCarthy lost the fifth ballot for House speaker." Bussin' means "really good." The word "bussin'" is a popular slang term among gen-Z TikTok users. It's used to describe anything very good, like an event or activity, song, meal, etcetera. For example, after a fun night out, you might say, "Karaoke was bussin' last night!" Sus - "Giving the impression that something is questionable or dishonest; suspicious." Bet - "An expression that means 'I agree', 'good news'." Yeet - "To violently throw an object that you deem to be worthless, inferior or just plain garbage." Salty - ""When you are upset over something little." Cap - "Another word for lying. It can be used like no cap or you can say stop capping." Extra - "Being over the top, excessive, dramatic behavior." Bussin' - "What you would say if something was really good." Bougie - "Used to describe someone as high class, literally or figuratively." Sheesh - "An expression when you’re impressed or amazed by something." Drip - ""When something is very cool. Can be used to describe an outfit/accessory, person, song, etc." Oof - "Can be used to express discomfort, stress, or sadness." Finna - "Abbreviation of 'fixing to'. Normally means 'going to'." Shook - "Being shocked or surprised. When you can't believe what you're seeing." Simp - "When someone does way too much for a person they like." Mid - "Used to insult or degrade something or an opposing opinion, labeling it as average or poor quality." Hold This L/You Took An L - "What someone says to another person when they lose at something." IYKYK - "If You Know You Know." NPC - "Someone, regardless of their views, who doesn't think for themselves." 2. 建筑缺陷: The NSW Building commissioner says a Sydney apartment and retail development is "not at risk of failure" despite an order issued to the developer this week saying it was "at threat of collapse". In its building work rectification order (BWRO), Building Commission NSW said parts of the basement and ground floor of a development at 23 Halifax Street in Macquarie Park were found to have "serious damage" and spalling in the concrete, due to "defective workmanship 有缺陷的". Spalling refers to deterioration of concrete and threatens the building's supportive structure. Greenland Australia's Lachlan's Line precinct development, which consists of four buildings containing a total of 900 apartments with a retail village on the ground floor, was completed in February 2020. However, commissioner David Chandler told ABC Radio Sydney while there was a "set of circumstances that need to be fixed" at the development, media reports were "inflated 夸大其词的 ( beatup adj. A beat-up car or other object is old and in bad condition. worn-out; dilapidated ...a beat-up old Fiat 131. noun. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) 夸大. An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media. ) and unfortunate". "There is absolutely no threat to collapse of this building. Absolutely. None at all," he said. The BWRO published this week said the "issue compromises structural performance and structural adequacy of the concrete slab", and called on Greenland to "remediate 修补, 校正 ( [rɪˈmidiˌeɪt] verb to provide a remedy for. to correct something that is wrong or damaged or to improve a bad situation: It's a problem that we will need to continue to monitor and remediate.) the serious and/or potential serious defects" identified. "This is a defect ... that causes or is likely to cause the basement slab to fail, namely, to fracture and collapse, leading to the destruction of the building ... or threat of collapse," the order says. 3. con job 骗局 I. an act or instance of duping or swindling. II. an act or instance of lying or talking glibly to convince others or get one's way. Tightrope walking 走钢丝( walk/tread a tightrope If you walk/tread a tightrope, you have to deal with a difficult situation, especially one involving making a decision between two opposing plans of action: Many manufacturers have to walk a tightrope between pricing their goods too high and not selling them, and pricing them low and losing money. Ms Carroll's appearance was somewhat of a tightrope walk because of limitations the judge has posed on the trial in light of the previous verdict, and prior rulings he has made restricting the infusion of political talk into the proceedings. Highwire is a form of tightwire walking but performed at much greater height. Although there is no official height when tightwire becomes highwire, generally a wire over 20 feet (6 m) high are regarded as a highwire act. Skywalk is a form of highwire which is performed at great heights and length. A skywalk is performed outdoors between tall buildings, gorges, across waterfalls or other natural and man-made structures. ), also called funambulism [fjuːˈnæmbjʊlɪsm], is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining. 4. 特朗普性侵案: Ms Habba lobbed multiple objections seeking to prevent the jury from hearing details of Ms Carroll's sexual assault allegations. "I've paid just about as dearly as it's possible to pay," Ms Carroll said, referencing the damage she said Mr Trump had caused to her reputation. She said that Mr Trump's vitriol [ˈvɪtrɪəl] ( I. bitter criticism or malice. If you refer to what someone says or writes as vitriol, you disapprove of it because it is full of bitterness and hate, and so causes a lot of distress and pain. The vitriol he hurled at members of the press knew no bounds. He has been no stranger to controversy and vitriol during a tumultuous political career. "her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol". II. sulphuric acid. "it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face". ) towards her has not ceased, pointing to multiple social media posts he made about her in recent days, and that his rhetoric 言论, 言辞 continues to inspire venom against her from strangers because she claimed he sexually abused her decades ago. Ms Carroll said her worries about her personal safety after a stream of death threats led her to buy bullets for a gun she inherited from her father, install an electronic fence, warn her neighbours of threats and unleash her pit bull to roam freely on the property of the small cabin in the mountains of upstate New York where she lives alone. She took the stand after a hostile encounter between Ms Habba and Mr Kaplan — culminating in Mr Trump's desk slam 拍桌子( Earlier, without the jury in the courtroom, Mr Trump could be seen slamming his hand on the table and uttering the word "man" when the judge again refused his lawyers' request that the trial be suspended on Thursday so he could attend his mother-in-law's funeral in Florida. ) — over the judge's refusal to adjourn the trial on Thursday so Mr Trump could attend the funeral for former first lady Melania Trump's mother, Amalija Knavs, who died last week. Mr Trump, who is juggling court appearances with campaign stops, sat in on jury selection on Tuesday. Before opening statements began, he left for a New Hampshire rally. He declared on social media on Tuesday that the case was nothing but "fabricated lies and political shenanigans" that had garnered his accuser money and fame. Ms Carroll has claimed Mr Trump forced himself on her in a dressing room after a chance meeting 偶遇 at a luxury department store in 1996. Then he publicly impugned ( impugn [ɪmpjuːn] 质疑 verb. If you impugn something such as someone's motives or integrity, you imply that they are not entirely honest or honourable. to cause people to doubt someone's character, qualities, or reputation by criticizing them: Are you impugning my competence as a professional designer? The Secretary's letter questions my veracity and impugns my motives. All I can hope is that the good name of the Bank will not be impugned in some way. veracity [vəræsɪti] 诚实度, 真实性 Veracity is the quality of being true or the habit of telling the truth. the quality of being true, honest, or accurate: Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi. We have total confidence in the veracity of our research. He was shocked to find his veracity questioned. veracious [vəˈreɪ.ʃəs] honest and not telling or containing any lies: a veracious and trustworthy historian. ) her honesty, her motives and even her sanity after she told the story publicly in a 2019 memoir. Ms Carroll has maintained she lost millions of readers and her longtime position at Elle magazine as a result of Mr Trump's vitriol. He asserts that nothing ever happened between him and Ms Carroll and that he never met her. He says a 1987 party photo of them and their then-spouses "doesn't count" because it was a momentary greeting. Ms Carroll is now seeking $US10 million ($15.3 million) in compensatory damages and millions more in punitive damages. Ms Carroll's testimony came nine months after she was in the same chair convincing a jury in the hopes that Mr Trump could be held accountable in a way that would stop him from frequent verbal attacks against her as he campaigns for the presidency. 5. fire crotch fire crotch is not a medical condition, thankfully. It means having red pubic hair. A person with naturally red hair might be said to have a fire crotch or be insulted as a fire crotch. The actress' rep told The Messenger she was "very hurt and disappointed" by the use of "fire crotch" – an insult infamously used against her by socialite Brandon Davis in the early 2000s. set shot 定点投球 a two-handed shot in basketball taken from a stationary position. a shot attempted by a player while standing in place, rather than while jumping in the air. shoot set 片场 (film set): A set is artificially constructed scenery used in film and TV. In the latter two cases there are many reasons to build or use a set instead of travelling to a real location, such as budget, time, the need to control the environment, or the fact that the place does not exist. Sets are normally constructed on a film studio backlot or sound stage, but any place that has been modified to give the feel of another place is a set. Cosmopolitan added in its interview footnotes that Shammas has "exceptionally chill energy" and stopped by her shoot set 片场. "Lindsay is resolute in keeping the details of their relationship private but occasionally slips in compliments about him on her podcast, where she's said, 'He is one of the wisest people I know and gives the most sound advice,'" the outlet wrote. 电视剧 - 越地方的越世界: "The success of these shows, Bluey in particular and now Boy Swallows Universe, reminds screen creators of a truism 真理 that is being repeatedly underscored by the global reach of Netflix – if you try and make something for everyone, you end up making something for no one," he said. "While it seems counterintuitive 不合理的, for those really carefully crafted and thematically deep screen stories, the more they are anchored for audiences in a specific time and place, the greater their authenticity and the more universally appealing they become." "[Dalton's] father was equal parts the most terrifying person he knew and also the most beautiful person he knew," said Baker, who plays Eli's father Robert. Dalton, who was an executive producer on set, would dig out his own photo albums to help recreate sets, take crews on tours of the streets and local Chinese restaurants where he grew up. 6. impediment [ɪmpedɪmənt] 阻力 I. Something that is an impediment to a person or thing makes their movement, development, or progress difficult. something that makes progress, movement, or achieving something difficult or impossible: impediment to The lack of funds is a major impediment to research. In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress. He was satisfied there was no legal impediment to the marriage. II. Someone who has a speech impediment has a disability which makes speaking difficult. John's slight speech impediment made it difficult for his mother to understand him. "We have a very clear view about settlements," Wong told reporters in Jerusalem, "We have said as a government we believe settlements are contrary to 不符合 international law. We've also consistently said that they are an impediment to peace" Arguing that both Israelis and Palestinians wanted to live in peace, security and dignity, Wong said the Australian government had made it clear that settlement building 定居点 was inconsistent with a pathway to a two-state solution. More than 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank, a figure that rises to 700,000 when East Jerusalem is included. Violent incidents between settlers and Palestinians have surged since the October 7 attacks. vocabulary: An impediment is anything that slows or blocks progress. It can refer to a physical thing, like a fallen tree in the road, or something more intangible, like how your short stature is an impediment to becoming a professional basketball player. See the pedi in there? Pedi means "feet" and hundreds of years ago, the word impediment referred to shackling one's feet. Now its use has broadened considerably. An impediment is something that blocks or impedes your path. There's no end to the things in life that can be considered impediments: a small bank account, a low-paying job, a country's economic malaise — any one of these could be considered an impediment in someone's quest for happiness. 7. Spent convictions ( It's a confronting moment captured on camera — a handcuffed 16-year-old boy is kneed in the torso by a veteran prison guard much bigger and older than him. That single moment resulted in the guard, Daniel Travis Ratten, 52, being fined $5,000 and given a spent conviction. ) in New South Wales are governed by the Criminal Records Act 1991. The act implements a scheme to limit the effect of criminal convictions for relatively minor offences once the offender completes a period of crime-free behaviour. Once this period has passed, the conviction will be regarded as spent and should not form part of a person's criminal history. A conviction is usually spent on the completion of a specified crime-free period. However, some convictions are spent immediately. If an offence is proved, or a person is found guilty without proceeding to a conviction, this will mean the conviction is spent immediately after this occurs. In the Children's Court, an order that a charge be dismissed, and a caution given, means the order is spent after the caution is administered. If an offence has been proved, or it is found that a person is guilty of an offence and the court orders the offender be released on entering into a good behaviour bond or participating in an intervention program, the finding is spent when the period of time passes or the conditions are met. When an offence ceases to be an offence because the law has changed, existing convictions for the offence become spent immediately on the law changing. 西澳警察袭击少年犯: Ratten's trial heard detainees in one of the unit's day rooms started throwing items like steel poles and a window frame at youth custodial officers, leading to one calling a "code red" over the radio. It prompted prison officers – who are not necessarily trained in managing young people – to rush to the unit from across the prison in a bid to help bring it back under control. As the handcuffed 16-year-old was being escorted out of the day room he yelled something to detainees who remained. He was then led into a small airlock ( I. An airlock is a small room that is used to move between areas which do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft or submarine. a room between two areas that have different air pressure, allowing you to go from one area to the other: Airlocks are commonly found on submarines and manned spacecraft. II. An airlock is a bubble of air in a pipe that prevents liquid from flowing through. a bubble in a pipe that prevents liquid from flowing along it. ) where Ratten, surrounded by more than a dozen other officers, kneed him and pushed his head, before he was pulled through by the officer supervising him. "You've got heightened tensions of officers when they attend, heightened adrenaline, no training, large numbers of officers in a small area. I don't excuse [what happened] in any way, but as an employer the Department of Corrective Services owes it to prison officers and to juvenile officers to provide them with the right facility, the right training, the right number of staff and a safe working environment." 8. "Actions we are taking allow us to advance near-term 近期的, 短期的 growth and preserve future opportunities," Albemarle chief executive Kent Masters said in a statement. This decision could signal another setback in the critical minerals sector with job losses and mine curtailments for Ravensthorpe nickel, Panoramic nickel, and the suspension of Core Lithium's mines in the Northern Territory. upset the applecart = tip/knock over the applecart, overturn the applecart, rock the applecart = to cause trouble or spoil something. to disrupt a procedure, spoil someone's plans, etc.: The state-run media is hardly likely to upset the applecart and criticize the government. He is not very happy with how things are but he doesn't want to upset the apple cart. The occasional unexplained event is hardly enough to overturn the applecart of science. The attempt at an olive branch comes after Molloy took a swipe at his radio rivals after they mocked him for dining alone. However Molloy didn't respond, leading her co-host Kyle Sandilands to quip about the pair's recent feud, 'you've upset the apple cart there.' litany [ˈlɪtəni] I. a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people. A litany is part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words. II. a tedious recital or repetitive series."a litany of complaints". III. [disapproval] If you describe what someone says as a litany of things 一个接一个的, you mean that you have heard it many times before 老生常谈的, 说了无数遍的, and you think it is boring or insincere. a long list of unpleasant things, especially things that are repeated: The manufacturers are reported to have received a litany of complaints from dissatisfied customers. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client. A litany of building defects across NSW has shaken consumers but experts say new laws are turning things around. up to snuff 满足要求, 满足标准, 符合标准 I. in good health or in good condition. as good as it should be; of an acceptable standard: The phone system just wasn't up to snuff. "David Chandler is doing some great work, but there are still the odd couple of developments that have not been up to snuff 不合要求, and the development sector does not stand for that," she said. II. mainly British not easily deceived. Up to snuff is an adjective phrase that describes something as reaching an acceptable or usual standard or being of passable quality. The phrase is usually used in the context of an expected standard being met. It's often used in negative constructions to indicate that something is not meeting such a standard (and is of poor quality). Our team's effort simply hasn't been up to snuff for the last two games—they're not playing with their usual intensity. Even when used positively, the phrase typically means about the same thing as satisfactory or adequate, indicating that a standard or expectation has been met but not exceeded. An older sense of the phrase was used in British English to describe a person as shrewd or sharp. Note that the phrase is typically always used in postpositive position, meaning it's placed after the thing it's describing, instead of before it like most adjectives. 9. comedy of errors I. an event or series of events made ridiculous by the number of errors that were made throughout. a situation in which many mistakes are made: He said that attempts to deal with the oil spill had been a comedy of errors. The project was a comedy of errors. II. a humorous play that involves people being mistaken for other people. shake down I. If someone shakes you down, they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you. to get money from someone by using threats or tricks Former police checkpoints on highways were being used to shake down motorists for bribes. Residents complain about being harassed and even shaken down 勒索钱财. 搜身 for their money. He was accused of shaking down small business owners in his district. They throw big parties to shake down sponsors. He co-operated at every step even though it was an incompetent shakedown, a total comedy of errors that would make a very funny cop movie. Thankfully, the actor was eventually released following a three-hour ordeal revolving around how he could pre-pay potential taxes on the watch. The hassle seemed to pay off big as the watch in question reportedly sold for $US293,000, per TMZ. "The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative will properly report it, as all of Arnold's non-profits do," an insider told us of the big ticket item.. II. to search a person or place carefully, usually in order to find things that are stolen or illegal: We can't shake down the whole building - only the suspect's apartment. III. to become organized or established after a period of change. if a new system or situation shakes down, it begins to work normally: The new IT network is still causing delays but is expected to shake down by year end. Give the new arrangements time to shake down 落停 - I'm sure they'll be OK. shakedown 重组 I. If an organization or system is given a shakedown, it is thoroughly reorganized in order to make it more efficient. becoming organized after a period of change: The new administration is still in the shakedown period. a period during which people become familiar with a new system or situation: There is usually a period of shakedown 过渡期, 混乱期, 混沌期 with new technology. ( A shakeup is a major set of changes in an organization or a system. a new arrangement of something, esp. people's jobs, that is intended to be an improvement. a difficult period in which a company, industry, etc. is forced to change in order to be more successful: The industry is going through its largest shakeup for 40 years. Over 90 jobs were lost in the recent shakeup. CBS announced a shakeup of its Friday night TV schedule. Community leaders say a complete departmental shakeup is needed. ) II. A shakedown of a boat, plane, or car is its final test before it starts to be used. the act of testing a new piece of equipment, especially a vehicle: They take all the cars on a long run to give them a shakedown. a shakedown test/trial. III. the activity of getting money from someone by threatening or tricking them. The act of getting money from someone by using threats: They were accused of a series of bribes and shakedowns relating to a business deal in Africa. Her lawyers say the suit is a shakedown 抢劫, 勒索钱财, an attempt to get her to pay them off. IV. a careful search in order to find things that are stolen or illegal: Two policemen gave his place a real shakedown. V. a period during which prices are going down on a financial market: They are predicting a shakedown at the upper end of the market. 10. air quotes = finger quotes noun informal a pair of quotation marks gestured by a speaker's fingers in the air, to indicate that what is being said is ironic or mocking, or is not a turn of phrase the speaker would typically employ. imaginary quotation marks that you make in the air with your fingers, to show that you are using a word or phrase in an unusual way or repeating exactly what someone has said. wiki: Air quotes, also called finger quotes, are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. The gesture is typically done with both hands held shoulder-width apart and at the eye or shoulders level of the speaker, with the index and middle fingers on each hand flexing at the beginning and end of the phrase being quoted. The air-quoted phrase is, in the most common usage, a few words. Air quotes are often used to express satire, sarcasm, irony or euphemism and are analogous to scare quotes in print. pork pie = porky mainly British and Australian slang a lie. Have you been telling porkies again? "We're tired of the porky pies from Western Power, Synergy and all the other people in this mix," he said. "They assured us the emergency generator would be ready to fire up. That was a lie — it failed." porky I. saucy, cocky, presumptuous, impertinent, or the like. II. (slang) Rather fat; chubby. 11. Red carpet looks show that men have finally taken off the straight jacket: When a bloke like actor Barry Keoghan – small and muscular as a French Bulldog, a boxer in his spare time – pulls on a pillar-box red checked Louis Vuitton suit adorned with pearls, chains and a ruby earring to attend a major awards show, it's past argument that 无可争论 some of the red carpet's more performative trends are going to be picked up by men everywhere and that the spell of the black tuxedo will finally be broken. Barry is no leading edge( I. Aeronautics the foremost edge of an aerofoil, especially a wing or propeller blade. II. 先锋. 前沿. the forefront or vanguard, especially of technological development. "leading-edge research". III. 最前沿 the most advanced position in an area of activity. in or at the most advanced position in an area of activity: This is a very important, leading-edge project. leading-edge technology. leading-edge companies/products/technology. scientists at the leading edge of cancer research. get/have a leading edge 领先优势 The UK has a leading edge in areas such as biotechnology. at/on the leading edge of sth Manufacturers who are at the leading edge of technology will be among the leaders. ), here: actors like Timothee Chalamet have been wearing daisy patterns, and Wedgewood-blue suits and spangles with no undershirt for years, but someone like Barry? That's different. Is it that he's more – relatable? Men's mainstream fashion has been a beggar at the table of flamboyant style for too long now, its original guests – Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, all of glam rock – having long departed. The power hold 掌控, 控制 that( hold the balance of power to be able to support either opposing side in a competition, etc. and therefore be able to decide who will win: If independents do end up holding the balance of power, then they decide whether Labor or the Liberals govern for the next four years.) the well-cut suit has over men is formidable, understandably. As Vesper coolly informs a young and impressionable James Bond, there are dinner jackets and there are dinner jackets: she had just provided him with the latter. But it's been quite thrilling to see men everywhere in the last handful of years – from weddings to race meetings to weekend parties – unapologetically embrace colour and texture and decoration free of the anxiety that usually seems to accompany a radical fashion choice. As Christian Allaire wrote in Vogue – how many times has he walked through the brightly coloured women's-wear floors in a department store only to find drab, monochrome menswear huddled in the basement. Despite years of runways from Gucci and Versace, the embellished look has never gone mainstream. It's only red-carpet events that seemed to crash through. And now enough of those moments on enough different kind of men seem to have given men everywhere the licence to move out of their straight-jacketed lane and use fashion as women have for centuries: as one of the most pertinent and effective forms of self-expression. Yes, we can reasonably argue they've been Queer-Eyed: the phenomenal, cross-generational and cross-sexuality appeal of that television show can't be gainsaid ( gainsay 拒绝接受, 拒绝承认 If there is no gainsaying something, it is true or obvious and everyone would agree with it. to refuse to accept something as the truth: What cannot be gainsaid is that nature safeguards certain principles that must be respected no matter in which discipline they come to fruition. Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his performance. Who could possibly gainsay such a judgment? There is no gainsaying the fact that they have been responsible for a truly great building.) in the context of men prepared to take that flowered shirt over that plain one, pin jewellery to their lapel, or even pull on a skirt. We've seen enough tough guys on that show break down when they see themselves sleek and adorned to realise this isn't trash exploitation. It's self-care and self-esteem on a whole other level. But equally I think men have to tip their hats to the rich heritage of Saville Row, and its revived look of the last 10 years that first allowed men to get out of their boxy, boring suits, discover their shape, appreciate tailoring, adopt colour and even some dandyish style. The Brits, going a long way back, have a powerful tradition here. The Saville Row thing has been something to behold, hasn't it? OK, sometimes it's meant seeing burly Aussie blokes in too-tight suits, their sleeves creeping up their arms; but it's also meant colour and pattern and peacocking with a sense of flair(flair (flɛə) I. A natural talent or aptitude; a knack. If you have a flair for a particular thing, you have a natural ability to do it well. ...a friend who has a flair for languages. a flair for interior decorating. II. Instinctive discernment; keenness: a flair for the exotica. III. Distinctive elegance or style: served us with flair 从容地, 优雅地, 不慌不忙的. If you have flair 优雅的, you do things in an original, interesting, and stylish way. Their work has all the usual punch 威力, panache [pəˈnæʃ] 娴熟, 游刃有余 and flair 优雅, 从容 you'd expect. I hear the beta crew had a good run. Everybody pulled their weight 各尽其职. 12 shills, hundred-count each. Almost 40 grand. Go out with a flair 闲庭信步似的 从容地, 优雅地, 不慌不忙的. have a flair for something to have a talent for doing something; to have a special ability in some area. Alice has quite a flair for designing. I have a flair for fixing clocks.) that I'm sure many men have been raised to scorn. I've also seen men with the kind of lapel decorations – jewellery, silk flowers – that only a few years ago they wouldn't dare to wear unless they were gay. And it makes me so glad. A cultural shift like this only takes place when there's enough critical mass to give you coverage, and when the people you idolise do it first. And they're all doing it. There's a Reddit thread where a seemingly broad cross-section of blokes discuss with wonder the effect these highly-adorned men are having on them. One guy, a self-described married dad in his late 30s "with grey in his beard" wonders about the "trickle-down effect": "I've been a little more adventurous with colours and stuff that I wouldn't have usually tried." Another agrees and says he started stealing his wife's cardigans as they were softer and better cut than his. "I'm trying to channel more of that energy this year." I guess we'll know when the rule of the black tux has been broken and we reach peak-peacocking when the Zeus ( Zeus [zjuːs] 宙斯 the supreme god of the ancient Greeks, who became ruler of gods and humans after he dethroned his father Cronus and defeated the Titans. He was the husband of his sister Hera and father by her and others of many gods, demigods, and mortals. He wielded thunderbolts and ruled the heavens, while his brothers Poseidon and Hades ruled the sea and underworld respectively. ) of all things stylish, George Clooney, turns up to a red carpet in Harry Styles' feathers. There are suits, and suits, George. That will be the latter. This weekend old bones, old mines and old Catholic beliefs in new and different times. 12. divert VS digress VS sidetrack VS distract: divert [dʌɪˈvəːt, dɪˈvəːt] I. [British] To divert (detour in US) vehicles or travellers 引导车辆改向 means to make them follow a different route or go to a different destination than they originally intended. You can also say that someone or something diverts from a particular route 绕路, 绕远 or to a particular place. ...Rainham Marshes, east London, where a new bypass will divert traffic from the A13. During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals. We diverted a plane to rescue 100 passengers. She insists on diverting (detour 绕一下) to a village close to the airport. The capital remained jammed with diverted traffic. II. To divert 重定向 money or resources means to cause them to be used for a different purpose. The government is trying to divert more public funds from west to east. ...government departments involved in diverting resources into community care. III. To divert a phone call 转接电话, 转电话 means to send it to a different number or place from the one that was dialled by the person making the call. He instructed switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him. Customers will only incur additional call charges if the call is diverted outside the U.K.. IV. [disapproval] If you say that someone diverts your attention from 转移注意力 something important or serious, you disapprove of them behaving or talking in a way that stops you thinking about it. They want to divert the attention of the people from the real issues. The President needed to divert attention away from his own economic record. Sheldon: Sorry, you diverted me (ditrack). Anyway, in 1935, Erwin Schrodinger, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, he proposed an experiment where a cat is placed in a box with a sealed vial of poison that will break open at a random time. Now, since no-one knows when or if the poison has been released, until the box is opened, the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead. distract If something distracts you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it. Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework. Don't let yourself be distracted by fashionable theories. A disturbance in the street distracted my attention. digress [daɪgres] 离题, 岔开话题 verb If you digress, you move away from the subject you are talking or writing about and talk or write about something different for a while. I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap. She digressed from her prepared speech to pay tribute to the President. The text is dotted with digressions. Leonard: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, and it is my very great honour to introduce the winner of this year's Chancellor's award for Science and my good friend, Dr. Sheldon Cooper. But before I do, I'd like to share with you a letter from Sheldon's mother, who couldn’' be here tonight. Isn't that nice? His mother sent him a letter. She's proud of him. I wonder what that feels like. Dear Shelly. That's what she calls him. Shelly, it's a pet name. You know what my mother's pet name for me is? Leonard. But I digress. Dear Shelly. I am so proud of… (continues as background noise). Sheldon: Oh, dear. Penny: What's the matter? Sheldon: I'm getting dizzy. Raj: Don't worry. You're surrounded by your C-Men. Sheldon: I can't do this. I'm going to faint. Penny: Here, drink this. It'll relax you. Sheldon: Alcohol? I don't drink alcohol. Penny: Fine, faint. Sheldon: I don't feel different, this alcohol's defective. Penny: Here, see if this one works. Leonard (still talking): First of all, the projects were totally different. I was showing that classical music nurtures lima beans and makes them grow, but my mother didn’t hear me. If you'd like to look at the relationship between nurturing and growth, I’d like to point out that my brother is eight inches taller than me. Sheldon: I’m ready. Leonard: Oh, right. Ladies and gentlemen, our guest of honour, Dr. Sheldon Cooper. sidetrack verb If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. He'd managed to avoid being sidetracked by Schneider's problems. The leadership moved to sidetrack the proposal. They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.
West Hollywood Motel: 1. Marty, what you need from a man is your intellectual equal 同等智力. Not some freshman who paid the equivalent of a mortgage to see Madonna in concert. Did you get any premium channels with the room? Uh... HBO, I think. I dunno. I think I'm just gonna stream something offline. In that case, I have a recommendation for you. It's a romantic comedy, but... But you have to go into it blind and with a detached attitude. 2.You will come back later. Will I? I know where you live... and I have your landline in my cell. How long have you had these threats in your back pocket? These... these threats! You've been my entire life for two years, Natasha. I am completely and utterly devoted to you 忠贞无二, and I'm not going to be tossed aside. And I'm not gonna let you go without a fight. Oh, nobody is talking about giving anybody up. You're so dramatic, Carol. I mean, of the two of us, you... you should've been the actress. You undoubtedly have more feelings. 3. Did you have fun? I did actually. My back has been acting up 又开始不舒服了 again though. Probably didn't help that I slept on Kevin's couch. The couch? That's where you slept? Yes, babe. Well, you know, if you slept in the bed, you could just tell me. God, Martin, please. I could use one of your special rubdowns( rubdown an act of drying, smoothing down, or cleaning something by rubbing. the act of rubbing someone's body to dry it or to make it feel better: I got a rubdown after my workout. a cold shower and a rubdown with a towel. "a shower and a brisk rub-down with a towel". If you give someone a rubdown, you dry them or massage them with something such as a towel or cloth. He found a towel and gave his body a vigorous rubdown.)... My feet are killing me too. I should not have worn those shoes. So, is that your way of saying 变着法儿的说 you're too sore to leave the motel today? No, but one of your massages would help. Are you saying that you're actually up for leaving the motel today? I was up for leaving the motel last night, Alex. Could've fooled me. I just wasn't up for company. Right, because you have a problem with live humans. Did you drink the champagne? No, I did not. Um, I did, uh... I found a joint in the medicine cabinet though. You didn't smoke it, did you? No, why? Would you like to? No, God! It's probably laced 掺着, 掺杂 with something bad. Are you hungry? A little, yeah. There's supposed to be a continental breakfast down in the office. God, no... It's probably Cork Flakes... stale toast. No. I could go down there and check out the situation. Wouldn't you rather just go to Starbucks and get a venti and a cranberry bliss bar? Sure, why not. Cool. I'm gonna grab a shower really quick, and then we can go. 3. Thank you for calling. All of our representatives are engaged with other calls at the moment. Please hold. 4. Of course I really want to see your new house, and um, and meet your producer boyfriend, but um... Look, trust me, it's not a good idea. Not today. I could be contagious. Contagious? Maybe we should reschedule for the next time we're in town. Fine... Okay? Is Ray putting you up to this ( put (someone) up to 逼着...做某事, 让你这么说, 鼓动你这么做, 是...的注意 to convince (someone) to do (something stupid or foolish). to encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong: She never stole anything before – maybe her friends put her up to it. I think he was put up to it by his friends. His friends put him up to (playing) the prank. )? Yeah. All right. Well, tell Ray I said hello. I'll tell him. 5. We're never going to find anything to watch. There's too much to choose from. Ha. I'm being sarcastic. But this is nice, right? Just... sitting here, talking? I guess so. It's so pretty 外边很漂亮 out, Carol. And I'm in a position to enjoy it? We could at least lie by the pool. You could get a tan. I don't tan. I contract malignant melanoma. This room is a petri dish for allergies... Oh! How about California Suite? Seems appropriate. Jane Fonda's in it. Jane Fonda? Remember that song? Hampton. So, what happened with that guy? Oh, nothing. Our clothes came off and we spooned a little. That's it? He was wearing a diaper! What! He was... Did he have a changing table too? I don't know. I was just really trying not to be judgmental. You know, it takes all kinds (to make a world), and... people are into different things. Right. I'll be back. Where are you going? I need a cigarette. What was I saying? Takes all kinds, people into different things... But, I mean, given the situation 鉴于情况... you would say he's the freak, right? Oh, no... Once he found out that I had done porn, he was the one calling it off 不愿意的. You're joking... I wish I was. What a jerk. No... I'm a failure. Scott... You bring pleasure to many, many, many people. That is not such a bad thing. Carol, a man who wears Pampers and soils himself won't even date me. Yeah, well, try dating a married woman... for, like, two years... I still win. 6. Let's go get dinner. Cool. I'm gonna grab a shower really
quick. All right. Um, I'll... I'll go down to that liquor store and get us something to drink. Champagne or whatever. Perfect. Are you ready? Yeah, just give me a minute. I have to download this song, and then I gotta make it my ringtone, and then I gotta take a shower. You still have to shower? Sorry. The password and username thing didn't work, so I had to call downstairs, and it took forever. All right, well, I'll pour us a couple glasses... Babe, we don't have time for that. Well, then would you hurry 快点, please? You know, I thought you'd be ready. I am hurrying. While Alex showers, Marty begins to hear a voice from the adjoining room 临近的. Hey babe, we might be meeting up with some people after dinner. Okay... Is this something you've already planned? Or... Well, no it's still up in the air 还没有定下来呢. But probably, yeah. I've got friends out here, babe. I'd like to see them. It's not exactly what I had in mind for tonight 我想象的, babe. I thought we'd... ...go to dinner, have some wine, I could look into your eyes. And we can do that, but after we go out. We've been invited. We've been traveling all day, Alex. I thought we'd just come back and snuggle up ( If you snuggle somewhere, you settle yourself into a warm, comfortable position, especially by moving closer to another person. to move yourself into a warm and comfortable position, especially one in which your body is against another person or covered by something: The children snuggled up to their mother to get warm. I was just snuggling down into my warm bed when my phone rang. Jane snuggled up against his shoulder. I snuggled down in the big, comfortable seat. ) and watch a movie. You're such a lesbian. A lesbian? Yes, you never want to go out and you're always in bed by nine. Me? You're the one that sits there for hours watching things eat each other on Discovery Channel. That's educational. Oh. I mean, Christ, could you live a little? We're on vacation. All we ever do is watch movies. Well, I happen to like movies. I start feeling claustrophobic. I don't like to sit in bed and stare at something like I'm a zombie. Life's not a spectator sport. Well, you know, when I'm not slaving away at the hospital, I prefer to stay in and relax. I don't understand why you can't go out and relax. Where do people go out and... Like here, where would people go out and relax? Akbar. It's in Silverlake. Okay... You know that Thomas thinks that you're an agoraphobic ( agoraphobia [ægərəfoʊbiə] 怕出门的 Agoraphobia is the fear of open or public places. fear of going outside and being in public places or of being in a situation from which it might be difficult to escape or in which help might not be available: Suffering from agoraphobia, she's afraid to even step outside her home. It is estimated that approximately 500,000 adults in Great Britian suffer from agoraphobia to some extent. ) ? Exactly because agoraphobics often choose to work with cancer patients. You know what I think? I think Thomas wants to get into your pants. Oh, God, Martin. Could you not be gross? Do you deny? You know, he stares at you. He mentally undresses you. He does not. That's his normal look. That is not his normal look. If he looked at me like that, I'd expect a sext message not long after. You don't trust me. That's what it all boils down to 归因于, 问题的症结, 问题的根本. What does that have to do with anything? Because you don't have faith in anything. You don't have faith in me, in us, in other people... I'm surprised you're not an atheist. Well, my skepticism keeps me from being an atheist. Look, I'm not gonna have another one of these drawn out conversations with you. I refuse to stay in on our first night here. It's absolutely ridiculous. Are you gonna come or not? No. All right, well, don't wait up then.
