用法学习: 1. schlocky [ˈʃlɒkɪ] US slang of poor quality. cheap or low in quality: a schlocky TV drama. schlock [ʃlɒk] 劣质, 廉价的东西 [informal, disapproval] If you refer to films, pop songs, or books as schlock, you mean that they have no artistic or social value. goods or artistic works that are cheap or low in quality: markets selling schlock. schlock TV shows. ...a showman with a good eye for marketable schlock. vocabulary: Schlock is cheap, shoddy stuff that's for sale. You might browse through a gift shop hoping to buy the perfect memento, but find nothing but schlock. Schlock isn't made well, and it's not really worth much. It's an informal word for trashy, junky merchandise — or trashy, low-rent movies, TV shows, or other entertainment. Your grandmother might gasp, "Why are you watching that schlock?" when she sees the terrible reality show you've got on the television. The North American schlock comes from the Yiddish word shlak, "a stroke" or "junk," from the German Schlacke, "dregs," "slag," or "refuse." 2. jerry can 油桶 (a large metal container with flat sides used for storing or carrying liquids such as fuel or water.): A jerrycan or jerrican (also styled jerry can or jerri can) is a fuel container made from pressed steel (and more recently, high density polyethylene). It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres (4.4 imp gal; 5.3 US gal) of fuel, and saw widespread use by both Germany and the Allies during the Second World War. The development of the jerrycan was a significant improvement on earlier designs, which required tools and funnels to use, and it contained many innovative features for convenience of use and robustness. Today similar designs are used worldwide for fuel and water containers, in both military and civilian contexts. The designs usually emulate the original steel design, though some are also produced in plastic. 3. Australia boasts universal healthcare 全民医保 so citizens and permanent residents get free or low-cost health and hospital services. 4. sitch = SITUATION a situation or state of affairs. "I've been in this sitch loads of times. What's your financial sitch? "I got this" is a phrase associated with Obama going back to 2008… used to assure nervous aides and fans that he had the sitch under control even at its bleakest. twit [twɪt] = twerp = twat [British, informal, disapproval] If you call someone a twit, you are insulting them and saying that they are silly or stupid. a stupid person: He's such a twit! You stupid twit! twat an offensive word for a stupid or unpleasant person. incinerate I. When authorities incinerate rubbish or waste material, they burn it completely in a special container. to incinerate waste. The spacecraft and its crew were incinerated by the billion-degree temperatures generated by the fireball. The government is trying to stop hospitals incinerating their own waste. ...banning the incineration of lead batteries. ...an incineration plant. II. If people are incinerated, for example in a bomb attack or a fire, they are burnt to death. An incinerator is a furnace for burning waste. Modern incinerators include pollution mitigation equipment such as flue gas cleaning. 5. Shingles 带状疱疹 is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Shingles can occur anywhere on your body. It typically looks like a single stripe of blisters that wraps around the left side or the right side of your torso. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. state noun. I. You can refer to the government of a country as the state. The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure. ...the sale of major state-owned corporations. II. When you talk about the state of someone or something, you are referring to the condition they are in or what they are like at a particular time. For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression. When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state. Look at the state of my car! in a state/into a state 状态, 状况 If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something. I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness. People will work themselves up into a state about anything. adj. I. State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies. ...reform of the state social-security system. II. A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country. The president arrived in Britain last night for his official state visit 国事访问. verb. If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way. Clearly state your address and telephone number. The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer. 'Our relationship is totally platonic,' she stated. Buyers who do not apply within the stated period can lose their deposits. not in a fit state If you say that someone is not in a fit state to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it. When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive. state school = public school in US 公立学校 A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay. lie in state When the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is arranged so that the public can see and honour it before it is buried: Thousands of people came to pay their respects as his body lay in state. Her body had lain in state for several days while well-wishers paid their respects. Her body will lie in state at the palace until her funeral next week. People were able to say their last goodbyes at her home, where she lay in state. His body has been lying in state since Saturday, four days after he died at his home. close (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind. Shall I open the window? Ah, leave it. Oh, it's it's just a bit close. You're staying the night, aren't you? 6. TV Show - one day: I think that you have it in you to be a fine young man. Exceptional, even. I always have. But you're not there yet, Dexter. You're a long way off 还差得远. And I'm afraid the person you have become is not very nice. Come back next time and start again. hasten [ˈheɪ.sən] I. 加速. to make something happen sooner or more quickly: There is little doubt that poor medical treatment hastened her death. These recent poor results have hastened the manager's departure. II. If you hasten to do something, you quickly do it: The president hastened to reassure his people that he was in perfect health. III. If you hasten to say something, you want to make it clear: hasten to It was an unfortunate decision and I hasten to say it had nothing to do with me. "People around here dress so badly - except you, Justin," she hastened to add 赶忙补上. to hurry, or to make something go or happen faster: They didn't get what they were after – thanks to you, I hasten to add. To hasten softening, place the cream cheese in the oven for a few minutes. 7. stop-out I. 休学. a temporary withdrawal from school or a delay in the pursuit of one's education. II. a student who withdraws from school temporarily. III. (a) colloquial one who stays out late. Guess who. Where are you, you dirty stop-out? Oh, well. Call me anytime. I'm not going anywhere. you are a dirty stop-out = you are a nocturnal reveller. In BE, "dirty stop-out" rarely had any sexual or moral connotations - "dirty" approximates to "bloody/damn, etc., i.e. as an emphatic. "It's often used in a less damning, more jocular way, say for someone who's normally back home by 9pm staying in a pub until closing time. I have seen explanations saying it implies a sexual liaison but that's wide of the mark (= way off the mark), IMO, certainly in older usage. In my experience it is/was used facetiously/semi-ironically. Say you went for a beer after work with colleagues one evening - the next morning: "Did you stay long after after we left? "I stayed for a couple more and left about 10" "Eee you dirty stop-out". Sort of similar to calling someone "crazy-horse" after they've described a mild evening out. British work-places have a whole load of such stock phrases, the repetetive/ritual/cliched use of which sort of adds to the humour on another level to the phrase itself. stop out I. to mask (certain areas of an etching plate, photographic negative, etc.) with varnish, paper, or the like, to prevent their being etched, printed, etc. II. to withdraw temporarily from school. Most of the students who stop out eventually return to get their degrees. 8. Are you still mates with Dexter? He's, uh He's doing all right for himself. Yeah. He's having a bit of a hard time of it at the moment. His mom's ill, and he's not taking it very well. Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. Mm. Well, anyway, that's good, then, that you're still around for him. Never really liked him, I guess. No. I remember that. Mm. In fact, I I always thought he took you a bit for granted. 8. Bang snaps 摔炮, 甩炮 also know as Poppers or Whipper Snappers are a type of small novelty firework sold as a trick noisemaker. Bang snaps are primarily produced alongside other export fireworks in Brazil, South Korea and China and are widely available over the counter at small toy stores and shops specializing in jokes, novelties and magic tricks. The snaps are typically packed in sawdust 锯末 to prevent them from discharging due to rough handling while in transit. Despite producing a legitimate (albeit tiny) high-explosive detonation, the extremely high mass ratio of gravel to explosive acts as a buffer to ensure that they only produce the audible "crack" of the supersonic shockwave; they are incapable of producing physical damage, even when discharged in the hand. The explosion is unable to propel the gravel any distance, which usually falls to the ground, making them safe for use as a children's toy, for which purpose they have been widely sold around the world since the 1950s. They are also a common part of Chinese New Year celebrations. 9. absent [ˈabs(ə)nt] adj. I. If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there. He has been absent from his desk for two weeks. The pictures, too, were absent from the walls. Evans was absent without leave from his Hong Kong-based regiment. II. If someone appears absent 心不在焉的, they are not paying attention because they are thinking about something else. 'Nothing,' Rosie said in an absent way. He nodded absently. III. An absent parent does not live with his or her children. ...absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs of looking after their children. verb. If someone absents themselves 缺席, 不出现 from a place where they should be or where they usually are, they do not go there or they do not stay there. She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose. He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave. prep. [US, formal] If you say that absent one thing, another thing will happen, you mean that if the first thing does not happen, the second thing will happen. Absent a solution, people like Sue Godfrey will just keep on fighting. It seems plausible that West would try to upstage Swift, given that he has a history of doing precisely that. However, how could Swift or anyone get someone removed from a seat they properly purchased, absent 没有 some sort of misbehavior that would have justified removal? field noun I. Your field of vision or your visual field 视野 is the area that you can see without turning your head. Our field of vision is surprisingly wide. II. The field is a way of referring to all the competitors taking part in a particular race or sports contest. Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field 所有竞争对手. The field were so close that they would have caught us if I hadn't begun the sprint. ...one of the strongest fields ever assembled for the Women's Bowling Association championship. III. You use field to describe work or study that is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions. I also conducted a field study 实地考察 among the boys about their attitude to relationships. Our teachers took us on field trips to observe plants and animals, firsthand. The man offering help is a field worker. verb. I. In a game of cricket, baseball, or rounders, the team that is fielding is trying to catch the ball, while the other team is trying to hit it. When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball. At first base he led the league 21 times in fielding. II. If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully. He was later shown on television, fielding questions. III. If a sports team fields a particular number or type of players, the players are chosen to play for the team on a particular occasion. England intend fielding 召集, 组队, 组成 their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship. Shanahan hired Wilks after losing DeMeco Ryans, who was hired as head coach in Houston after helping San Francisco field the top defence 组成顶级防线 in the league in 2022. IV. If a candidate in an election is representing a political party, you can say that the party is fielding that candidate. The new party aims to field candidates in elections scheduled for next year. new wrinkle A clever device or expedient, a novelty. The players added a new wrinkle to victory celebrations by tossing their shirts to the crowd after the game. Shanahan wanted to keep the same system that had been successful and Wilks had the difficult task of trying to add his own wrinkles to an unfamiliar scheme. add a new wrinkle 加入新玩意, 加入新主意 To bring or contribute a new and often unexpected aspect, dimension, innovation, development, or stratagem (to something). If proven to be true, the discovery could add a new wrinkle to the way we think about the evolutionary process. Their new, and unorthodox, pitcher has added a new wrinkle to the team's offensive game. Well, this certainly adds a new wrinkle—no one foresaw that the experiment would yield a rubber-like substance. 10. of sorts/a sort 某种程度的, 算是的, 勉强算的 If you describe something as a thing of sorts or as a thing of a sort, you are suggesting that the thing is of a rather poor quality or standard. He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van. She even managed a grimacing smile of sorts. They have had an education of a sort. turn on a dime 迅速转换, 说变就变 [mainly US] to suddenly do something completely different from what you were doing before Nowadays businesses need to be flexible and to change, and sometimes to turn on a dime in order to stay competitive. In a very small space, suddenly. That horse is so well trained it can turn on a dime. This expression alludes to the fact that the dime is the smallest-size U.S. coin. on the boil I. British, informal: in a state of activity or development. if a situation or feeling is on the boil 打得火热, 热腾腾, 热烈沸腾, 蒸气腾腾, it is at its point of greatest activity or strength. Across the border in Sweden, a similar debate is on the boil. The deal is still on the boil. kept their romance on the boil. II. on a hot burner/stove so that a liquid would boil. the act of washing or cooking something in very hot water. go off the boil to lose interest or become less urgent: They were really excited about the project, but now they seem to have gone off the boil. come to the boil = come to a boil 达到顶点, 达到极点 if anger comes to the boil, it increases until it reaches a very high level Their anger came to the boil last week when they protested at a media campaign against them. a boil (US) = the boil (UK) the state of boiling: bring something to a boil Bring the water to a boil, then add the pasta. bring something to the boil UK Bring the water to the boil, then add the pasta. Let the liquid come to a boil and then reduce the heat. As the liquid comes to a boil, whisk it lightly. Bring the sauce very gently to a boil and let it simmer for ten minutes. Add half a teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil. boil dry 烧干 If a container or food boils dry, all the liquid in the container in which the food was cooking turns to gas: He'd left a pan of water on the stove and it had boiled dry. boil informal to be extremely angry: boil with He was boiling with rage. 11. egalitarian 人人平等的 adjective believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. Egalitarian means supporting or following the idea that all people are equal and should have the same rights and opportunities. I still believe in the notion of an egalitarian society. "a fairer, more egalitarian society". noun. a person who advocates or supports the principle of equality for all people. "he was a social and political egalitarian". grind noun I. [informal, disapproval] a difficult or boring activity that needs a lot of effort. If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service. Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person. Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind. daily grind The daily grind of taking care of three children was wearing her down. I have reached a stage in my life where balancing ailing parents, raising young kids, having a stable home life all while running a successful office starts to become a grind 周而复始的, 日复一日的难以忍受的无聊 on a daily basis. Uni can be a grind. The weather in the north especially can be soul destroying at times. Why bother with uni? II. US disapproving, informal a boring person who studies all the time and does nothing else. III. Irish English, informal extra lessons in a subject from a private teacher: She's getting grinds. He can give you maths grinds 开小灶. IV. The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves. to have an axe to grind [informal, disapproval] If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons. He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him. verb. I. If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily. Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south. II. in computer games, to repeat tasks many times in order to make your character more powerful, get more useful things, etc.: It can be hard to grind a game 比赛升级 without getting bored. He asked me how to grind the game without spending money. grind on I. [disapproval] I. If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time. To continue in a manner that feels interminable or tedious. After Susie's presentation ground on for 45 minutes, the teacher finally told her to wrap it up. The war has been grinding on for years. II. slang 磨臀舞. 摩臀舞. To dance very closely to someone while using aggressive and overtly sexualized hip movements. In this usage, one of the participants is named after "on." If one more skeezy guy tries to grind on me in this club, I'm out of here! Why would I go to a school dance? To watch all the cool kids grind on each other all night? skeezy 猥琐 = Sleazy used to describe someone, especially a man, who is strange and unpleasant. morally or physically disgusting or repulsive. In Sleeping With Other Friends, Matthew has slicked hair parted to the side with a thin mustache. He looks like a skeezy guy that you wouldn't trust. I saw a skeezy man trying to pick up young girls in a bar. Or was it money for sex, left on a sleazy [low quality] nightstand by a sleazy [untrustworthy] John when he finished doing his sleazy [perverted] thing? Sleazy John may be interpreted as untrustworthy, perverted or both in this case. grinding adj. If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. ...the grinding difficulty of getting to the stadium. Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work. grind the faces of the poor to treat poor people very badly, often to get money from them. grind someone's gears to annoy someone: What really grinds my gears is when people talk behind your back. You know how it is when you see an email that grinds your gears before you've even had your morning coffee. grind someone down to treat someone so badly for such a long time that they are no longer able to fight back: Ground down by years of abuse, she did not have the confidence to leave him. 12. slow burn I. INFORMAL a state of slowly mounting anger or annoyance. A gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration. "the medical community's shrugging acceptance is fueling a slow burn among women". II. a period of not much activity: Many workers have benefited from the new programme, which allows careers to be put on a slow burn for months or years and then reactivated. III. 发展缓慢的. 慢热型的 If something is a slow burn, or if it happens on a slow burn, it develops slowly. This death had been a slow burn. Because it worked on a slow burn before becoming a hit around the country, many people missed out on seeing the early episodes. This is a slow-burn romance. do a slow burn If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily. It was the sort of thing that might make anyone do a slow burn. IV. (fiction, fandom slang) A romantic story (especially a work of fan fiction) in which the central relationship develops slowly. battle of wits 智斗, 智慧的较量, 智斗 If you refer to a situation as a battle of wits, you mean that it involves people with opposing aims who compete with each other using their intelligence, rather than force. the situation in which two people or two groups use their intelligence and ability to think quickly to try to defeat each other With chess you're involved in a battle of wits from start to finish. dance 斗智斗勇 (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals. So how much longer are we gonna do this dance? You want to show your affections, but also you don't want to thrust yourself on your partner when they are not in it as much as you do yet. Dating is a dance. Life is not a journey, but a dance. Life's a dance you learn as you go. Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. Don't worry about what you don't know. Life's a dance you learn as you go. to lead someone a merry dance If someone leads you a merry dance, they make you do things over a long period of time which cause you problems and do not benefit you in any way. to dance to someone's tune [disapproval] If you say that someone is dancing to someone else's tune, you mean that they are allowing themselves to be controlled by the other person. Supermarkets buy meat at the lowest price and farmers have been forced to dance to their tune. to make a song and dance about 大惊小怪 I. [British, informal, disapproval] If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary fuss about it. if you make a song and dance about something, you behave as if it was worse, more important, more difficult etc than it really is. Suzy was there, making a song and dance about her aching feet. He used his money to help others - but he never made a song and dance about it. II. American English an explanation or excuse that is too long and complicated She gave us a long song and dance about why she was late. 13. jam verb I. To play music together. I heard you guys jamming out in the garage—you really sounded great! We jammed until the wee hours of the night. II. To leave. Aw man, I've got to jam. See you later. III. To forcefully shove a basketball into the net, as by dunking. He was able to jam it right at the buzzer and give us a two-point lead. noun. I. Difficulty or trouble. I'm in a bit of a jam here—my car won't start, and I have a job interview in half an hour. II. In basketball, the act of forcefully shoving a basketball into the net, as by dunking. His jam right at the buzzer gave us a two point lead. III. slang A song that one loves or likes a lot. A song that one loves or likes a lot. Yo, this is my jam! Turn it up! A: "This dumb song is your jam?" B: "Yes, and clearly you have no taste." Look at Mom dancing with her friends over there. This must be their jam. Yo, this is my jam! Turn it up! IV. slang (one's jam) Something one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about. Something one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about. I knew classic literature was your jam, so I thought you might like this book I found. Thank you for the invitation, but long-distance cycling just isn't really my jam. Baking's not my jam—I don't like having to measure every little thing so precisely. I knew classic literature was your jam, so I thought you might like this book I found. Thank you for the invitation, but long-distance cycling just isn't really my jam. V. slang A car. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "jam" is short for "jam jar," which rhymes with "car." Primarily heard in UK. That's a beauty of a jam you've got there. What is it, a '67? My jam won't start today—can I get a ride with you? jam someone or something (into something) 强塞 and jam someone or something in to force or compress someone or something into something or some place. Sam jammed all his clothes into the canvas bag. The conductor jammed all the passengers into one car. Don't jam in everything! They had to jam themselves into the tiny room, because there was no other place to meet. 以德报怨 give grace: Grace is often a word we throw around but struggle to define. We celebrate and extol it ( extol [ɪkˈstəʊl] If you extol something or someone, you praise them enthusiastically. Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato. They kept extolling my managerial skills.), but I also think we misunderstand it — especially when it comes to giving grace to others. This is what I think we mean when we say we should give grace — that we give free passes. And those free passes usually relate to things that aren't even spiritual matters! We equate letting someone see our messy house as them "giving us grace." But when giving grace is actually applied to spiritual matters, we tend to lean toward believing we should never press, never hold a line of truth or call someone away from the cliff of self-destruction. Grace the definition is the act of giving acceptance unconditionally and voluntarily to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver. Giving grace to another person is simply to forgive them, unconditionally, just as God forgave us through Christ. "Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you" (Colossians 3:13, NIV). Give yourself grace is permission to forgive your mistakes, lapses in judgment, and hurtful behavior, because no one is perfect. Whenever I think of grace given, I think of God. I believe God's extension of salvation is the best example of grace and mercy there is, so let me use that to explain. First of all, you gotta know the difference between mercy and grace. Mercy is when you do not give someone the punishment or harm they deserve, when it is in your power to do so. That is what God does for us when He saves us from the punishment of hell. Grace however is mercy taken to the next level; not only do you not give them the punishment they deserve, you extend love and kindness they don't deserve. God demonstrated His grace for us by not only saving us from the punishment of sin, but also offering us the opportunity to spend an eternity with Him. That is the true standard of Grace. 14. steamroller = steamroll [stiːmroʊlər] noun. A steamroller is a large, heavy vehicle with wide, solid metal wheels, which is used to make the surface of a road flat. In the past steamrollers were powered by steam. verb. If you steamroller someone who disagrees with you or opposes you, you defeat them or you force them to do what you want by using your power or by putting a lot of pressure on them. to use great force either to make someone do something or on something to make it happen or be successful: He steamrollered the plan through the committee. I hate being steamrollered into doing something I don't want to. They could simply steamroller all opposition. She tried to steamroller him into a job he did not want. noun. informal a person who forces other people to agree with them and prevents any opposition. 15.
Jacob Elordi: With a BAFTA Rising Star nomination and having hosted the first Saturday Night Live of 2024, Jacob is collecting industry co-signs ( I. to sign (a document) jointly. II. (intransitive) banking to sign (a promissory note) in addition to the maker, thus becoming responsible for the obligation if the maker should default. to sign a document that has already been signed by a borrower of money, declaring that, should the borrower be unable to repay that money, the signer will repay the amount due. ) that suggest he's more than just the internet's latest obsession. Not everyone's sold just yet: I think it's safe to say that I'm maybe a little more convinced of Jacob's staying power than many. Like most internet slang, babygirl has transformed in meaning over the years. First an affectionate (if not infantilising) term for one's girlfriend, babygirl is now the description de jour for a hot Hollywood man that has any kind of soft features or mannerisms and a large female fanbase. One of Jacob's SNL promos was based around the idea of how babygirl he is, and of course he was utterly bewildered at being crowned babygirl (further proving his babygirlness). It signifies a level of comfort that he has with his fans and it's nice to see him playing along with it. I think his reaction, while extreme, ties in with ( tie (something) in with something I. to plan an event or activity so that it combines with or happens at the same time as another, or to be planned in this way: We're trying to tie our holiday in with Jaimie's business trip. II. If something such as an idea or fact ties in with or ties up with something else 有关联, 一致, it is consistent with it or connected with it. Our wedding had to tie in with David leaving the army. I've got a feeling that the death may be tied up with his visit in some way. ) the comments he's made about struggling with being objectified: I know people might be reading this thinking "boo hoo, hot rich famous guy can't handle people being obsessed with him", but I can't imagine how numbing it'd be to be continually approached about the bathtub scene: It's pretty degrading, with the joke essentially being "I want your semen". How are you supposed to react to that? It's very Robert Pattinson and James Franco. Both of them broke out of the heart-throb mould with (slightly pretentious) indie films and art projects to become Serious Actors. It's clearly what he's trying to do too. To me, he's coming across a little desperate in trying to make a safe landing from teen heart-throb to Serious Actor. I am a massive Kissing Booth fan because it's perfect, horny nonsense. But for years, Jacob has been trashing The Kissing Booth, the film that made his hot, tall face identifiable. In his GQ Man of the Year interview last year he straight out 直言不讳的 said he never wanted to be in them, that they were "ridiculous", "not universal" and "an escape". Also, he pocketed the cash from the original and TWO sequels, so the work can't have been that bad. It just really boils my potatoes when heart-throbs think they've earned the right to blast the films that launched their star in the first place. And, putting aside how I feel about Saltburn, he's an absolute star in it. You're right though, they're all similar roles. He's a privileged boy relying on charm to stay afloat in pretty much everything we've seen from him so far — maybe it's more that you struggle with? It's less the 'pretty boy' and more the 'privilege' part of it. Cause I'm a Brisbanite (boo all you want, I can't hear you) and the one thing every Brisbane local knows is that Jacob Elordi went to Nudgee College — the old boyest of the old boy schools in the city (he also attended St Kevin's College, the Nudgee of Melbourne). And, look, not to get presumptuous but… it shows. I don't think Jacob Elordi is a bad actor by any means (I haven't seen Priscilla but you haven't seen The Kissing Booth so we're even), but all the roles he's played so far have been as borderline set dressing ( A set dresser in drama prepares the set with props and furniture to give it correct appearance and make sure each item is in correct position for each performance. ). He's always second fiddle to the more captivating co-star (Joey King, Barry Keoghan, the rest of the Euphoria cast), yet he's demanding to be seen as a 'serious actor'. I don't doubt he's going to do some good things, he has a bright career ahead of him and this could be a little tall poppy syndrome coming through. But answer me this 回答我, would you be as excited for a Jacob Elordi performance if he didn't look like that? Hard to say! He'd simply be a different actor: His roles, so far, have played off ( play off somebody/something American English to deliberately use a fact, action, idea etc in order to make what you are doing better or to get an advantage. ) his looks. But I assume he'll go ugly when he plays Frankenstein's Monster in Guillermo del Toro's take on Mary Shelley's novel, so we'll see then. Take this interview he did about 'things he likes' (including dogs, Fred Again, and Les Murray poetry that he recites!) while wearing an oversized pink turtleneck. Sure, the cynic in me says the softboy personality is practised, but I do find his demeanour and earnestness endearing. He's also beloved because of his style, which the likes of GQ and Vogue celebrate as a new type of gentle, suave [swɑːv] 彬彬有礼的 ( adj Someone who is suave is charming, polite, and elegant, but may be insincere. A suave man is very polite, pleasant, and usually attractive, often in a way that is slightly false: He's very suave and sophisticated. He is a suave, cool and cultured man. ...the skills needed to deal suavely with a company's senior managers. ) masculinity. Jacob's handbags, slouchy knits, tiny shorts and even his internet-breaking barefoot servo run speak to me a lot more than, say, Harry Styles' or Pedro Pascal's boho looks. He's come a long way since his award-winning fedora at the 2012 Flemington Races. We could wax lyrical about Jacob's wardrobe all day but we must get to the question on everybody's lips, is Jacob Elordi too tall to be an actor?
