用法学习: 1. butterfingers 拿东西不稳的人, 漏勺手 a person who drops things they are carrying or trying to catch. a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things. A butterfingers is someone with a clumsy tendency to drop things they're holding. Being a butterfingers is considered a particularly bad trait in baseball, for obvious reasons. "Butterfingers!" she called as I dropped the hot plates. note: The common use of this term by sportscasters in the 1920s inspired the name for the newly-invented candy known as Butterfinger. Before that, many people credited Charles Dickens with coining the word in The Pickwick Papers, in the mouth of a character watching an athlete drop a ball. However, word sleuths have traced butterfingers back at least as far as a 1615 book that described a "good housewife" this way: "she must not be butter-fingered." The plastic also a little slippery, so hopefully you don't have butterfingers, because that screen will shatter. Maybe you want something smaller, or with a rubberized backing to combat your butterfingers. You have just permitted the cleverest rascal in the state to slip through your butterfingers. She was no "butterfingers" now. 2. head in the game If someone has their head in the game, they are paying very careful attention to what they are doing: have your head in the game It is important for all the jurors to have their heads in the game. Get your head in the game! Come on - get your head in the game! keep your head in the game He was a ferocious competitor, keeping his head in the game and ignoring the insults that were thrown his way. To focus on and put one's best effort into the athletic match currently underway. By extension, to focus on and put one's best effort into some task or
endeavor at hand. I know you've got some issues at home right now, but
you've got to get your head in the game. If we don't close this deal
today, the whole company goes under! Did you see all the evidence the
defense attorneys produced? If you don't get your head in the game,
we're going to lose this case! Even as an intern, I knew I needed to get
my head in the game and impress the head of the department. We're down by two points, and you're having trouble remembering the plays I'm calling? You need to get your head in the game, Jenkins! I was so distracted by seeing my ex-girlfriend in the bleachers that I just couldn't get my head in the game. If you're a professional athlete, you need to be able to get your head in the game no matter what is going on in your personal life. keep your eye on the ball ( take your eye off the ball. ) to give your attention to what you are doing at the time. to continue thinking about or giving attention to something important. to stay focused. to continue to pay close attention to what you are doing. She won widespread praise for her innovation, her tough negotiating skills and her ability to keep things moving, keep her eye on the ball. She really needs to keep her eye on the ball if she wants to win the election. You have to keep your eye on the ball in business. "Labor members must be wondering if their captain has his head in the game and his eye on the ball," they told Markson. 3. beaut [bjuːt] I. [mainly US, or Australian, informal] a particularly fine example of something. You describe someone or something as a beaut when you think they are very good. something that, or someone who, is very good or noticeable: She's a beaut, that one. Let me have a look at that bruise. Oh, that's a beaut! His third goal was a beaut. "the idea was a beaut". II. a beautiful person. adj. very good or beautiful. "a beaut view". deadwood 废物, 废木, 朽木 I. the dead branches on a tree; dead branches or trees. II. 没用的废物. a useless person; encumbrance. useless or burdensome persons or things. people or things that are no longer useful. people, esp. employees, who are no longer useful: When she took over the agency, she streamlined the operation by getting rid of a lot of dead wood. She cleared out the dead wood as soon as she took over the company. He cut the deadwood from his staff. CEO Wentworth said in a statement that the "turnaround will take time, but we are confident it will yield significant financial and consumer benefits over the long term." For Saunders, Walgreens' eliminating the "dead wood will help the company strengthen its financials over time, but it is a huge admission of failure." II. (in writing) unnecessary words, phrases, or exposition; expendable verbiage: This could be a thoughtful and incisive essay if you get rid of the deadwood.
