用法学习: 1. Monkfish( also sometimes called fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils ), also known as stargazer in Australia, is a wild-caught fish with a firm, meaty texture and a mild, slightly sweet flavor. It's often compared to lobster in both taste and texture, and is sometimes called "poor man's lobster". Monkfish is sold as skinless and boneless fillets, making it easy to cook. kleptomaniac [ˌklep.təˈmeɪ.ni.æk] = klepto [ˈklɛptəʊ] 偷窃成瘾的人 someone with a very strong wish to steal that they cannot control, usually considered to be a type of mental illness: I knew she was a kleptomaniac of extraordinary skill. He has severe kleptomaniac tendencies. kleptomania [ˌklep.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə] a very strong wish to steal that you cannot control, especially without any need or purpose, usually considered to be a type of mental illness. fidgety [ˈfɪdʒɪti] 骚动不安的, 不安分的, 好动的 adj inclined to fidget; restless or uneasy. making continuous, small movements that annoy other people: a fidgety child/audience. She seemed restless and fidgety. "I get nervous and fidgety at the dentist". Oh, look how calm she is with you. She's usually very fidgety around new people. Well, I just think she senses you're gonna be a good friend for her... during good times and- and flu season. fidget [ˈfɪdʒ.ɪt] verb. to make continuous, small movements, especially if they do not have a particular purpose and you make them without meaning to, for example because you are nervous or bored: Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting. He cleared his throat and nervously fidgeted with a pencil. He fidgets with a string of worry beads. noun I. 小动作. a small movement that somebody makes repeatedly, often without meaning to, for example because they are nervous or bored: Maddie is a sweet four-year-old with a constant fidget. Up close, you could see his every nervous fidget. II. 拿在手里玩的玩具. a toy or other small object that is used to give people something to do with their hands when they are bored or nervous: Fidgets come in all different shapes and sizes: little toys you can roll around in your hand, cubes with different functions on each side, or a little ball of putty you can squeeze and shape. III. UK often disapproving a person who finds it difficult to stay still, and who often makes continuous, small movements, especially without meaning to: Tim's a terrible fidget 喜欢动来动去的人. the fidgets UK informal a state in which you keep making small movements, especially without meaning to, for example because you are nervous or bored: I got the fidgets halfway through the lecture. 2. shrill [ʃrɪl] adj. I. 尖利的. having a loud and high sound that is unpleasant or painful to listen to. A shrill sound is high-pitched and unpleasant. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out. ...the shrill whistle of the engine. Mary Ann's voice grew shrill. 'What are you doing?' she demanded shrilly. ...that shrillness in his voice. The terrified woman shrilly ordered the goat out of her kitchen. She had a shrill high-pitched voice. II. [disapproval] used to describe a way of arguing or criticizing that seems too forceful. If you describe a demand, protest, or statement as shrill, you disapprove of it and do not like the strong, forceful way it is said. Shrill voices on both sides of the Atlantic are advocating protectionism. He launched a shrill attack on the prime minister. verb. 尖叫. If someone with a high-pitched voice shrills something, they say it loudly. 'No, no, no,' she shrilled. scrappy [ˈskrapi] (one-upmanship, pungacious) adjective I. 杂乱无章的. consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts. badly organized or put together: I'm afraid your last essay was a very scrappy piece of work. We were scrappy in the first half and deserved to lose. "scrappy lecture notes piled up unread". II. untidy and not very attractive or well developed: They live on a scrappy street in a poor part of town. a patch of scrappy bushes by the front door. III. informal North American 不达目的誓不罢休的. 争强好胜的. determined, argumentative, or pugnacious. having a strong, determined character, and willing to argue or fight for what you want. very competitive and willing to oppose others without fear to achieve something: They were a scrappy team – you had to go all out to beat them. a scrappy little kid who won't take no for an answer. Big companies are losing market share to scrappy smaller operators. "he had a scrappy New York temperament". Monica: I can't believe you tried to cut me out. Why Phoebe, why? Phoebe: It was right after we were living together and you were driving me crazy, okay? You were really controlling and compulsive and shrill. Monica: I'm still all those things! Phoebe: You're also so generous and kind and scrappy! Monica: (starts smiling) I am scrappy. Phoebe: Exactly! Look, no matter what I tried to do, I couldn't keep you out of my life. Of all the people I have cut out, you were the only one who ever clawed her way back in. Monica: It's because I'm scrappy. Phoebe: Yeah, you are. And I'm so glad that you fought your way back in, because I don't know what I would do without you. Monica: I won't know what I would do without you. pugnacious [pʌɡˈneɪʃəs] 耍勇斗狠的, 好斗的 (scrappy, one-upmanship) quick to argue or fight with people. Someone who is pugnacious is always ready to quarrel or start a fight. ...the pugnacious little Scouse striker who terrorised defences across the North West in a prolific playing career. Lip is also shown to be "dickish" (his words), combative, and pugnacious.
He's unafraid to back down from anyone who challenges him, and he vents
his frustration by getting into fights and destroying property. He also
uses his smarts to pull off lucrative cash schemes. Despite all his
arrogance and bravado, Lip is a deeply sensitive person who has trouble
being vulnerable, and his issues with women point to fragile self-esteem. vocabulary: Pugnacious means ready for a fight.
If you're pugnacious, you might find it hard to make friends. On the
other hand, you might be a very successful professional boxer one day. Your brother is a pugnacious thug — always ready to use his fists to settle arguments, and he has the strength to do so. That's the literal sense of pugnacious. You can use pugnacious figuratively, too. When two candidates face off in a debate during a close election, one or the other might be pugnacious.
He looks to pick a fight with his opponent and is willing to say almost
anything, no matter how outrageous, to make his opponent look bad. 3. be one with (something) 融为一体, 合二为一, 跟我一起, 一起来 To be or feel very connected to or in perfect harmony with something. Sometimes used sarcastically or facetiously. When I meditate, I feel like I am one with the universe. Concentrate as you line up your shot. Clear you mind of all other thoughts and be one with the ball. Date nights are a must. They help me to feel like I'm one with my husband amid the hustle and bustle of life. Are you done with Alex? 'Cause I'm having trouble slivering these almonds. Be one with me. How could he fumble that 没抓住, 没拿住, 掉了? Center blew the snap. I hate that. I played center, and I always got blamed for a quarterback's clumsy hands. Well, I was a quarterback, and it was probably your fault. It's impossible to fumble the ball... when the quarterback has the proper hand placement. It's weird to think of a woman being sexually attracted to Dad. No, you wanna hear weird? Cam said he'd pick up Dad at a gay bar. Ooh. How did that come up? Mmm, I'm really trying to block it out. As far as I'm concerned, Mom and Dad had sеx two times. Agreed. Okay, get your hands up there like you're lifting me off the ground. Be one with me, Jay. There you go. Do you wanna get something to eat? I am never eating again. Just snap the damn thing. be at one with somebody/something I. 和谐. 融洽, 其乐融融. to feel very calm or relaxed in the situation or environment you are in. Very connected to or in harmony with someone or something. I like to meditate and feel like I'm at one with nature. I love looking up at the stars at night. It makes me feel like I'm at one with the universe or something. Date nights are a must. They help me to feel at one with my husband amid the hustle and bustle of life. She felt as she always did in these mountains: peaceful, without care, at one with nature. II. formal In agreement. to agree with someone about something He was at one with 同意, 支持 Wheatley on the need to abandon free trade. They need to be at one with each other when they choose their wedding date. No progress can be made on the proposal unless all of the trustees are at one with each other. Yes, I'm at one with Marcus on this—Catherine's the candidate we should hire. be one up on someone to have an advantage over someone or to have done something that shows you are better than them: She disliked having someone think they were one up on her. Why was he able to be one up on his pursuers all these years? get one up on someone to get an advantage over someone, or to do something that shows you are better than them: The urge to get one up on him was too hard to resist. She has a gloating expression on her face at having got one up on her sister. one-upmanship (one-upmanship, scrappy) disapproving 压到别人, 你争我抢. 胜负欲强. 争强好胜 a situation in which someone does or says something in order to prove that they are better than someone else: Officials complain of his habit of one-upmanship when arranging events with other ministers. The researchers discovered that moving among certain social groups involves participating in constant one-upmanship. 3. Just tell me one thing. How do you really feel that I'm with your father? Uh, well- Honestly, at first, it was hard. I mean, you don't expect to wake up one morning... with a new mom who looks like she fell off a mud flap(Mudflap Girl is a silhouette of a woman with an hourglass body shape, sitting, leaning back on her hands, with her hair being blown in the wind. The image was created in the 1970s and was popularized on mudflaps. Subsequently, it went on to be featured on other American trucking accessories as well as on clothing, jewelry, and personal accessories. The image is also referred to as trucker girl or seated lady. Over the decades there have been many variations upon the original image including women portrayed with different and more diverse body types. ). But... I'm getting used to it. And the important thing is you make him happy, which you do in- in so many ways, so many colors. hate begets hate proverb If you treat someone with anger, malice, or hatred, it will typically cause them to behave in a similar way to yourself or to others. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and treat people as kindly as possible, even if they've wronged me in the past. Hate only ever begets hate, after all. It just feels like people only want to attack and tear down anyone with an opposing 针锋相对的 opinion these days. But hate begets hate, and all we seem to be getting is an ever-rising sea of ill will between each other. A: "What am I supposed to do, just forgive and forget the awful things she's done to me?" B: "No, I'm just saying is that hate begets hate—and that forgiveness might benefit you more than you think." kindness begets kindness proverb If you treat someone kindly, they will likely reciprocate in a similar fashion. Maybe you should be nicer to Arthur if you want him to treat you better. Kindness begets kindness, you know. When I was a barista, it made my day when people would pay it forward. Kindness really begets kindness. love begets love proverb If you show love, kindness, and goodwill toward someone, it will typically cause them to behave in a similar way to yourself or to others. I feel like we as a people are losing the notion that love begets love these days, choosing instead to attack or criticize other people as our default reaction. I've always taken the stance that love begets love, and, in my own experience, anyway, it has always borne out to be true. sleep begets sleep cliché An infant who naps soundly and often during the day is more likely to have long, restful, and unbroken sleep at night. You may feel inclined to keep your baby awake during the day, but trust me, sleep begets sleep. Let them nap as much as possible, and you'll find they actually sleep much better at night. Win-win, huh? 4. de rigueur [də rɪˈɡəː] 符合世俗的, 符合礼仪的, 合乎规范的 adj. required by etiquette or current fashion. demanded by fashion, custom, etc.: de rigueur for Where I work, suits are de rigueur for all employees. "it was de rigueur for bands to grow their hair long". "J'Accuse...!" ( Afterward, when I sat back in my chair, my deputy prime minister, Wayne Swan, had this odd expression on his face and said, "You can't give that kind of j'accuse speech and then sit down." Then the leader of the house, Anthony Albanese, said, "Oh, I felt sorry for Tony Abbott." By the time we'd been released from the debate and I'd walked back to my office, phones were ringing, and people were sending emails. But it was only over the next few days that it was reported around the world". ) (French pronunciation: [ʒakyz]; "I Accuse...!") is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore. Zola addressed the president of France, Félix Faure, and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage, and sent to the penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence during Dreyfus' trial. The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper, and caused a stir in France and abroad. Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty on 23 February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899. Other pamphlets proclaiming Dreyfus's innocence include Bernard Lazare's A Miscarriage of Justice: The Truth about the Dreyfus Affair (November 1896). As a result of the popularity of the letter, even in the English-speaking world, J'accuse! has become a common expression of outrage and accusation against someone powerful, whatever the merits of the accusation. J'accuse! is one of the best-known newspaper articles in the world. the Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer from a prosperous Jewish family. In 1894, while an artillery captain for the General Staff of France, Dreyfus was suspected of providing secret military information to the German government. A cleaning woman and French spy by the name of Madame Marie Bastian working at the German Embassy was at the source of the investigation. She routinely searched wastebaskets and mailboxes at the German Embassy for suspicious documents. She found a suspicious bordereau (detailed listing of documents) at the German Embassy in 1894, and delivered it to Commandant Hubert-Joseph Henry, who worked for French military counterintelligence in the General Staff. The bordereau had been torn into six pieces, and had been found by Madame Bastian in the wastepaper basket of Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen, the German military attaché. When the document was investigated, Dreyfus was convicted largely on the basis of testimony by professional handwriting experts: the graphologists asserted that "the lack of resemblance between Dreyfus' writing and that of the bordereau was proof of a 'self-forgery', and prepared a fantastically detailed diagram to demonstrate that this was so." There were also assertions from military officers who provided confidential evidence. 5. Bloodletting 放血 ( I. killing and violence, especially between enemy groups involved in an argument that has existed for a long time: ethnic bloodletting. II. 大裁员. the situation in which a company reduces the number of people working for it. a process in which a company with financial problems gets rid of a lot of employees at the same time: Twenty-five senior employees were fired in the latest round of bloodletting. EWS carried out further bloodletting by sacking some senior employees. III. in the past, a medical treatment in which blood was taken from a person who was ill. IV. a period of time during which shares lose a lot of their value: Wall Street prepared itself for a week of bloodletting as stock market conditions continued to worsen. ) (or blood-letting) was the deliberate withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. Bloodletting, whether by a physician or by leeches, was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as "humours" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health. It was the most common medical practice performed by surgeons from antiquity until the late 19th century, a span of over 2,000 years. In Europe, the practice continued to be relatively common until the end of the 19th century. The practice has now been abandoned by modern-style medicine for all except a few very specific medical conditions. In the beginning of the 19th century, studies had begun to show the harmful effects of bloodletting. Today, the term phlebotomy refers to the drawing of blood for laboratory analysis or blood transfusion. Therapeutic phlebotomy refers to the drawing of a unit of blood in specific cases like hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, porphyria cutanea tarda, etc., to reduce the number of red blood cells. The traditional medical practice of bloodletting is today considered to be a pseudoscience, though the method is still commonly used in forms of alternative medicine. bloodbath 大屠杀, 血洗 noun. I. an extremely violent event in which a large number of people are killed: Is there nothing that the outside world can do to prevent a bloodbath? Any major confrontation with security forces would be likely to end in a bloodbath. II. a very bad situation in which a lot of harm or damage is caused. If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently. The war degenerated into a bloodbath of tribal killings. The government seem determined to continue in the face of an electoral bloodbath. We know there will be a bloodbath of job cuts in January and February. bloodshed 流血, 杀戮 noun. killing and violence. a great amount of killing and injury. Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded. The government must increase the pace of reforms to avoid further bloodshed. The army was brought in to try to prevent further bloodshed. The government must find a way to restore order and end the bloodshed. 5. realpolitik [reɪˈɑːlpɒlɪˌtiːk] (基于目前的需要而不是道义和原则的) 现实政治，实用政治，实力政策 a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations. practical politics, decided more by the urgent needs of the country, political party, etc., than by morals or principles. a ruthlessly realistic and opportunist approach to statesmanship, rather than a moralistic one, esp as exemplified by Bismarck. "commercial realpolitik had won the day". A week of fairly widespread astonishment at the comprehensiveness of Labor's two-party-preferred win last Saturday turned deeply sour on Thursday as the realpolitik of factional politics — firstly in the party's NSW and Victorian Right — played out for all of us to see, uninhibited by any attempts at intervention by a prime minister who has the enhanced authority to at least urge caution, or even stop it. men in suits powerful men within an organization who exercise their authority anonymously. the men who are in control of an organization or company and who have a lot of power. People, especially men, who have a lot of influence, authority, and money, especially those in the top positions in a business or other organization. Professional soccer players get paid a lot, but it's a pittance compared to the amount of money they make the men in suits who control the league. We're lucky if we get a few hundred dollars at the end of the year as a bonus, while the men in suits walk away with enough to buy a new house. A lot of young people feel detached from older politicians – the men in suits. "the prime minister was removed from Ten Downing Street by men in grey suits". 6. emolument [ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt] 报酬, 薪酬 a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. payment for work in the form of money or something else of value: The emoluments of the highest-paid director totalled £382,000, including pension contributions. There must be full disclosure of company directors' total emoluments. "the directors' emoluments". pass-through I. COMMERCE ( = pass-along 费用转嫁) an increase in the price a customer pays because of an increase in a company's costs: Despite the increased price of raw materials, we want to avoid pass-through or we risk losing customers. II. FINANCE ( = pass-through security) an arrangement in which a financial organization buys loans from a bank and sells bonds representing these loans to investors. The payments on the loans are then used to pay interest to the investors and pay back the bonds: A trader of 30-year pass-throughs said volume for the day at his firm was about $50 million. Jordan Libowitz, a spokesperson for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said the potential move is a sharp departure from the playbook presidents have followed to ensure they stay in line with the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause, which bans foreign payments to a sitting US president. "It is ridiculous. It's a gift to Trump. The federal government is a pass-through 传话的, 幌子," Clark added. During Trump’s first term, legal disputes arose concerning whether he had violated the emoluments clause by illegally profiting from his business ventures while in public office, Clark noted. In 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the cases against Trump because he was no longer in office. III. 传递窗口. a hatch, esp one for passing food from the kitchen to the dining room. an opening in a wall, as between a kitchen and dining room, often with a shelf, as for passing food. IV. a place through which one passes or is obliged to pass. Motorists used the park as a pass-through. The new gate will be a pass-through for security clearance. V. denoting a pass-through. passalong I. the act of giving or conveying something to another person for additional use. relating to people who do not buy a newspaper or magazine themselves, but read a copy after the buyer has finished with it: pass-along audience/readership Total audience - from paid circulation, pass-along readership, and online traffic - grew 15.3%. Readership passalong means that three people read every copy of the magazine. II. the act, policy, etc., of compensating for increased costs by incorporating them in the price charged a customer or client. a passalong 费用转嫁 to hotel guests of rising energy costs. III. the additional amount charged; surcharge. a passalong of thirty cents per gallon of gas. IV. relating to people who send emails, website information, etc. on to another person: Marketing videos that contain humour have a high pass-along rate 转发, as people forward the link to their friends. pass-along reader 读二手书 someone who does not buy a newspaper or magazine themselves, but reads a copy after the buyer has finished with it: Pass-along readers, who did not actually buy the magazine themselves, account for a high proportion of our readership. 7. 总统专机: Replacing the Air Force One aircraft has long been a priority for Trump. Boeing has been working toward renovating two 747 jets into next-generation Air Force One aircraft, but the process has been wrecked by delays( rack and ruin = US also wrack and ruin a state of decay: go to rack and ruin something that is going to rack and ruin is falling into a very bad condition, because nobody is looking after it or dealing properly with it The country is going to rack and ruin under this government. The whole farm was going to rack and ruin. Over the years, they let the house go to rack and ruin. Many of the former mill towns are trying to avoid wrack and ruin by increasing tourism. The city had been abandoned, and the grand buildings in the square were in rack and ruin. Why would anyone allow such a place to fall into wrack and ruin? rack and pinion 齿轮和传送带 adjective using a system where a cog (= a round metal part with small teeth) turns against a long bar that also has small teeth, and makes it move. (of a type of steering gear in motor vehicles) having a track rod with a rack along part of its length that engages with a pinion attached to the steering column. rack and pinion gears. noun. a device for converting rotary into linear motion and vice versa, in which a gearwheel (the pinion) 齿轮 engages with a flat toothed bar (the rack) 传送带. ). The planes had been scheduled to be delivered by 2022 and now aren't expected until at least 2027. Boeing's $3.9 billion contract to replace the two Air Force One jets has become an expensive and embarrassing albatross ( [disapproval] something or someone you want to be free from because that thing or person is causing you problems. If you describe something or someone as an albatross around your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do. Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party. Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election. In Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Mariner" wind plays a role within the narrative. The mariner shoots the albatross following the ship because he believed it to be a bad omen. The crew were initially angry with his act, believing that the albatross brought the wind that led them out of the Antarctic. The south wind that blew them north then began to send them into uncharted waters where they became stranded, tormented by thirst.). The company has already reported losses totaling $2.5 billion already on the program, known as VC-25B, since it agreed to be responsible for what has become soaring cost overruns 费用超支. The challenge is not the basic jet, but what it takes to turn a run-of-the-mill Boeing 747 into the flying communications and command post fit for the president of the United States, Richard Aboulafia, managing director at AeroDynamic Advisory, an aerospace consulting firm, previously told CNN. They are supposed to be able to protect its occupants from missile attacks or even the shock waves of a nuclear blast. 8. Hackles [ˈhæk.əlz] 炸毛(the hairs on the back of some animals, or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds, that rise when the animal or bird is frightened or about to fight. raise sb's hackles/make sb's hackles rise 汗毛倒竖, 毛发倒竖 If something raises your hackles or makes your hackles rise, it makes you feel angry and hostile. Oh boy, this record's going to raise a few hackles. You could see her hackles rising as she heard him outline his plan. jackal [ˈdʒæk.əl] 豺狼, 胡狼, 又名狐狼 a wild animal like a dog that lives in Africa and southern Asia and eats animals that have died or been killed by others. A jackal is a wild animal that looks like a dog, has long legs and pointed ears, and lives in Africa and Southern Asia. The albatross: Wise men once read fake news. And they believed it. Jackals raised their hackles. You couldn't conceive it. ) are the erectile plumage or hair in the neck area of some birds and mammals. In birds, the hackle is the group of feathers found along the back and side of the neck. The hackles of some types of chicken, particularly roosters, are long, fine, and often brightly coloured. These hackles may be used in fly fishing as lures 诱饵. In mammals, the hackles are the hairs of the neck and back which become erect when the animal is fearful, as part of the fight-or-flight response, or to show dominance over subordinate animals. Raising the hackles causes the animal to appear larger, and acts as a visual warning to other animals. Raised hackles are used by grey wolves as a dominance behavior, by moose preparing to attack, and by cats and striped hyena which are fearful or threatened. The process by which the hair is raised is called piloerection. The contraction of the arrector pili muscle associated with each hair follicle causes the hair to become erect. 9. raise hell = raise Cain 大声喧哗, 制造麻烦, 惹是生非, 惹祸, 惹出祸端 informal I. to behave in a way that is not controlled and that causes trouble to protest about. (raise the devil, raise Cain, raise hob, raise the roof; give someone hell; throw a fit) To complain vociferously (about a certain matter). If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it. She came in and raised hell. Her son's sports bag was missing. The only way to preserve democracy is to raise hell about its shortcomings. To cause a lot of serious issues or disruptions (for someone or something). The road closures have raised hell in this whole area. The blizzard is raising hell with travelers flying in and out of the region. The Albatross: Cross your thoughtless heart. Only liquor anoints you. She's the albatross. She is here to destroy you. Devils that you know. Raise worse hell than a stranger. She's the death you chose. You're in terrible danger. II. something in a loud and angry way. III. ( raise the devil, raise Cain, raise hob, raise the roof; stir shit. disturb loudly: raise the dead, wake the dead. ) Raise hell can also mean to argue loudly or make demands. make a noisy disturbance. To cause a considerable disturbance. "lager louts raising hell in the Home Counties". IV. To cause or get into trouble; to engage in unrestrained and excessively disruptive behavior. I raised a lot of hell when I was in high school, but I settled down a bit after I graduated. The local gang has been raising hell in this town for years. V. To make a lot of angry, vocal complaints with someone or some group, department, organization, etc. The problem isn't going to go away on its own—you need to go raise some hell so HR knows what's going on. The customer has been raising hell about the service charge we included on his bill. hellraiser 制造麻烦的人 A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell. He was notorious for his hell-raising and heavy drinking. The hell-raising actor was fined £63 with £20 costs yesterday. raise the devil [with sth] 搅得天翻地覆 make a noisy disturbance. To cause or get into trouble; to engage in unrestrained and excessively disruptive behavior. I started raising the devil as soon as I was in college and could do what I wanted, but I mellowed out after I graduated. The customer has been raising the devil about the service charge we included on his bill. That idea raises hell with my plan. The onions raised the devil with my stomach. raise someone from the dead 起死回生, 复生, 复活 to make a dead person start living again: Christians believe that, at Easter, Christ was raised from the dead. raise the dead 死而复生 To be extremely noisy and disruptive. To raise one's voice to a very high level; to be noisy or disruptive. Would you two be quiet—you'll raise the dead! Having so many kids running around screaming all at once, it was loud enough to raise the dead! To resurrect a dead person, or dead people in general; to reanimate the corpse of someone, rendering them undead. wake the dead To be extremely noisy and disruptive. Would you two be quiet—you'll wake the dead! Having so many kids running around screaming all at once, it was loud enough to wake the dead! 10. Cassandra or Kassandra [kəˈsændrə] ( Cassandra: So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst. And tried to tell the town. So they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say. Do you believe me now? ) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed. Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her elder brother was Hector, the hero of the Greek-Trojan War. The older and most common versions of the myth state that she was admired by the god Apollo, who sought to win her love by means of the gift of seeing the future 看到未来. According to Aeschylus, she promised him her favours, but after receiving the gift, she went back on her word 食言. As the enraged Apollo could not revoke 撤回, 撤销, 收回 a divine power, he added to it the curse that nobody would believe her prophecies. In other sources, such as Hyginus and Pseudo-Apollodorus, Cassandra broke no promise to Apollo, but rather the power of foresight was given to her as an enticement to enter into a romantic engagement, the curse being added only when it failed to produce the result desired by the god. Later versions on the contrary describe her falling asleep in a temple, where snakes licked (or whispered into) her ears which enabled her to hear the future. Her cursed gift from Apollo became an endless pain and frustration to her. She was seen as a liar and a madwoman by her family and by the Trojan [ˈtrəʊdʒ(ə)n] people. Because of this, her father, Priam, had locked her away in a chamber and guarded her like the madwoman she was believed to be. Though Cassandra made many predictions that went unbelieved, the one prophecy that was believed was that of Paris being her abandoned brother. Before the fall of Troy took place, Cassandra foresaw 预见, 预知 that if Paris went to Sparta and brought Helen back as his wife, the arrival of Helen would spark the downfall and destruction of Troy during the Trojan War. Despite the prophecy 预言 and ignoring Cassandra's warning, Paris (Paris of Troy, also known as Paris or Alexander, is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector. His elopement with Helen sparks the Trojan War, during which he fatally wounds Achilles. Paris was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the Chronography as "well-grown, sturdy, white, good nose, good eyes, black pupils, black hair, incipient beard, long-faced, heavy eyebrows, big mouth, charming, eloquent, agile, an accurate archer 神射手, cowardly, hedonist". Meanwhile, in the account of Dares the Phrygian, he was illustrated as "fair, tall, and brave. His eyes were very beautiful, his hair soft and blond, his mouth charming, and his voice pleasant. He was swift, and eager to take command." Homer's Iliad casts Paris as unskilled and cowardly. Although Paris readily admits his shortcomings in battle, his brother Hector scolds and belittles him after he runs away from a duel with Menelaus that was to determine the end of the war. His preference for bow and arrow emphasizes this, since he does not follow the code of honor 江湖道义, 江湖规矩 shared by the other heroes ( A code of honor or honor code is generally a set of rules or ideals or a mode or way of behaving regarding honor that is socially, institutionally, culturally, and/or individually or personally imposed, reinforced, followed, and/or respected by certain individuals and/or certain cultures or societies. Codes of honor frequently concern (often subjective) ethical or moral considerations or cultural or individual values and are commonly found in certain honor cultures or within the context of cultures, societies, or situations that place importance on honor. ). Early in the epic, Paris and Menelaus duel in an attempt to end the war without further bloodshed. Menelaus easily defeats Paris, though Aphrodite spirits him away before Menelaus can finish the duel. Paris is returned to his bedchambers, where Aphrodite forces Helen to be with him. Later in the war, after Philoctetes mortally wounds Paris, Helen makes her way to Mount Ida where she begs Paris's first wife, the nymph Oenone, to heal him. Still bitter that Paris had spurned her for his birthright in the city and then forgotten her for Helen, Oenone refuses. Helen returns alone to Troy, where Paris dies later the same day. In another version, Paris himself, in great pain, visits Oenone to plead for healing but is refused and dies on the mountainside. When Oenone hears of his funeral, she runs to his funeral pyre and throws herself in its fire. Later in the war, after Philoctetes mortally wounds Paris, Helen makes her way to Mount Ida where she begs Paris's first wife, the nymph Oenone, to heal him. Still bitter that Paris had spurned 拒绝 her for his birthright ( birthright 生来就有的权利 something that you believe you deserve to have because of your family situation or social class, or because you believe it is your right as a human being. something that is received or owned esp. because of where you were born or your family or social situation, without having to be worked for or bought: He told them that human rights are a universal birthright. Some men see well-paid, powerful jobs as their birthright. Americans see freedom of expression as their birthright. ) in the city and then forgotten her for Helen, Oenone refuses. Helen returns alone to Troy, where Paris dies later the same day. In another version, Paris himself, in great pain, visits Oenone to plead for healing but is refused and dies on the mountainside. When Oenone hears of his funeral, she runs to his funeral pyre and throws herself in its fire. ) still went to Sparta and returned with Helen (Eventually, Zeus [zjuːs]
ordered Hermes to lead the three goddesses to Paris, a prince of Troy,
who, unaware of his ancestry 不了解自己的身世, was being raised as a shepherd on Mount
Ida, because of a prophecy that he would be the downfall of
Troy. After bathing in the spring of Ida, the goddesses appeared to
him naked, either for the sake of winning or at Paris' request. Paris
was unable to decide among them, so the goddesses resorted to bribes.
Athena offered Paris wisdom, skill in battle, and the abilities of the
greatest warriors; Hera offered him political power and control of all
of Asia; and Aphrodite offered him the love of the most beautiful woman
in the world, Helen of Sparta. Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite,
and, after several adventures, returned to Troy, where he was recognised
by his royal family.). While the people of Troy rejoiced, Cassandra, angry with Helen's arrival, furiously snatched away Helen's golden veil and tore at her hair. In Virgil's epic poem, the Aeneid, Cassandra warned the Trojans about the Greeks hiding inside the Trojan Horse, Agamemnon's death, her own demise at the hands of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, her mother Hecuba's fate, Odysseus's ten-year wanderings before returning to his home, and the murder of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra by the latter's children Electra and Orestes. Cassandra predicted that her cousin Aeneas would escape during the fall of Troy and found a new nation in Rome. At the fall of Troy, Cassandra sought shelter in the temple of Athena. There she embraced the wooden statue of Athena in supplication for her protection( supplication [sʌplɪkeɪʃən] A supplication is a prayer to God or a respectful request to someone in authority for help. the act of asking a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way: Inside the temple, worshippers were kneeling in supplication. He raised his arms in a gesture of supplication. The government has to date resisted all supplications. supplicant [ˈsʌp.lɪ.kənt] = suppliant [ˈsʌp.li.ənt] a person who asks a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way. A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant. ), but was abducted and brutally raped by Ajax the Lesser. Cassandra clung so tightly to the statue of the goddess that Ajax knocked it from its stand as he dragged her away. The actions of Ajax were a sacrilege because Cassandra was a supplicant at the sanctuary under the protection of the goddess Athena, and Ajax further defiled the temple by raping Cassandra. In Apollodorus chapter 6, section 6, Ajax's death comes at the hands of both Athena and Poseidon: "Athena threw a thunderbolt at the ship of Ajax; and when the ship went to pieces he made his way safe to a rock, and declared that he was saved in spite of the intention of Athena. But Poseidon smote the rock with his trident and split it, and Ajax fell into the sea and perished; and his body, being washed up, was buried by Thetis in Myconos". Ajax was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey, in Virgil's Aeneid and in Euripides' The Trojan Women. In Etruscan legend, he was known as Aivas Vilates. Ajax's mother's name was Eriopis. According to Strabo, he was born in Naryx in Locris, where Ovid calls him Narycius heros. According to the Iliad, he led his Locrians in forty ships against Troy. He is described as one of the great heroes among the Greeks. In battle, he wore a linen cuirass (λινοθώραξ, linothorax), was brave and intrepid, especially skilled in throwing the spear and, next to Achilles, the swiftest of all the Greeks. The chronicler Malalas portrayed him as "tall, strong, tawny, squinting, good nose, curly hair, black hair, thick beard, long face, daring warrior, magnanimous, a womanizer." In the funeral games ( Funeral games are athletic competitions or other forms of celebration held in honor of a deceased person, a practice common in various ancient cultures. These games often include events like chariot races, boxing, wrestling, and footraces, similar to the events of the ancient Olympics. While sometimes seen as a way to honor the deceased, they could also serve as a method to appease their spirits. ) at the pyre of Patroclus, Ajax contended with Odysseus and Antilochus for the prize in the footrace 赛跑 ( a race between runners; a running race. "they're competing in one of the world's toughest foot races, the Marathon des Sables, in South Morocco". ); but Athena, who was hostile towards him and favored Odysseus, made him stumble and fall, so that he won only the second prize. In later traditions, this Ajax is called a son of Oileus and the nymph Rhene, and is also mentioned among the suitors of Helen. After the taking 侵占 of Troy, he rushed into the temple of Athena, where Cassandra had taken refuge, and was embracing the statue of the goddess in supplication. Ajax violently dragged her away to the other captives. According to some writers, he raped Cassandra inside the temple. Odysseus called for Ajax's death by stoning for this crime, but Ajax saved himself by claiming innocence with an oath to Athena, clutching her statue in supplication. Since Ajax dragged the supplicant from her temple, Athena had cause to be indignant. According to the Bibliotheca, no one was aware that Ajax had raped Cassandra until Calchas, the Greek seer, warned the Greeks that Athena was furious at the treatment of her priestess and she would destroy the Greek ships if they did not kill him immediately. Despite this, Ajax managed to hide at the altar of a deity where the Greeks, fearing divine retribution should they kill him and destroy the altar, allowed him to live. When the Greeks left without killing Ajax, despite their sacrifices, Athena became so angry that she persuaded Zeus to send a storm that sank many of their ships. As Ajax was returning from Troy, Athena hit his ship with a thunderbolt and the vessel was wrecked on the Whirling Rocks (Γυραὶ πέτραι). But he escaped with some of his men, managing to cling onto a rock through the assistance of Poseidon. He would have been saved in spite of Athena, but he then audaciously declared that he would escape the dangers of the sea in defiance of the immortals. Offended by this presumption, Poseidon split the rock with his trident and Ajax was swallowed up by the sea. Thetis buried him when the corpse washed up on Mykonos. Other versions depict a different death for Ajax, showing him dying when on his voyage home. In these versions, when Ajax came to the Capharean Rocks on the coast of Euboea, his ship was wrecked in a fierce storm, he himself was lifted up in a whirlwind and impaled with a flash of rapid fire from Athena in his chest, and his body thrust upon sharp rocks, which afterwards were called the rocks of Ajax. After Ajax's death, his spirit dwelt in the island of Leuce. The Opuntian Locrians worshipped Ajax as their national hero, and so great was their faith in him that when they drew up their army in battle, they always left one place open for him, believing that, although invisible to them, he was fighting for and among them. The story of Ajax was frequently made use of by ancient poets and artists, and the hero who appears on some Locrian coins with the helmet, shield, and sword is probably this Ajax. Trojan War: Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from a sequence of events beginning with a quarrel between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and so arrived bearing a gift: a golden apple ( beware of Greeks bearing gifts proverb Be skeptical of a present or kindness from an enemy. The phrase refers to the Trojan horse, a gift to the Trojans from which Greek soldiers emerged and conquered Troy. A: "I can't believe the opposing team made us cupcakes before the big game!" B: "Yeah, I'd beware of Greeks bearing gifts if I were you." Any time a stranger is too friendly, I can't help but think, beware of Greeks bearing gifts. You just never know if they have an ulterior motive or not! A: "I asked Alyssa to tell the teacher I was going to be late to class, but she didn't, and now I have a demerit!" B: "Isn't Alyssa your main competition for valedictorian? Come on, beware of Greeks bearing gifts." like Greeks bearing gifts Said of someone to be wary of, as an enemy offering gifts or kindness with possibly treacherous ulterior motives. The phrase refers to the Trojan horse, a gift to the Trojans from which Greek soldiers emerged and conquered Troy. The consulate received us very coldly 对待冷淡, treating us like Greeks bearing gifts. A: "I can't believe the opposing team made us cupcakes before the big game!" B: "Yeah, like Greeks bearing gifts."), inscribed "for the fairest". Each of the goddesses claimed to be the "fairest", and the rightful owner of the apple. They submitted the judgment to a shepherd they encountered tending his flock. Each of the goddesses promised the young man a boon in return for his favour: power, wisdom, or love. The youth—in fact Paris, a Trojan prince who had been raised in the countryside—chose love, and awarded the apple to Aphrodite. As his reward, Aphrodite caused Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and most beautiful of all women, to fall in love with Paris. The judgement of Paris earned him the ire of both Hera and Athena, and when Helen left her husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy. Menelaus' brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans, except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves and desecrated the temples, thus earning the gods' wrath. Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes and many founded colonies in distant shores. The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, Aphrodite's son and one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to Italy. 11. Sherpa [ˈʃəːpə] I. 夏尔巴人. a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering. a member of a Himalayan people who are skilled mountain climbers and who are often employed to help visiting climbers. II. informal a civil servant or diplomat who undertakes preparatory work prior to a summit conference. an official who makes preparations for or assists a government representative or important delegate at a summit meeting or conference. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Andrew Charlton, who has been appointed cabinet secretary, will have an "important" role to play in the government: Andrew Charlton is very experienced as a sherpa at various international conferences. I saw first hand the work he has done at the G20 meeting that was held in London. III. a thick, soft artificial material used for making clothes that looks similar to sheepskin (= the skin of a sheep with wool on one side): This cosy zip hoodie is fully lined with sherpa. He wore ripped jeans with a sherpa jacket. serialize 连载 I. to make a book or story into a number of television or radio programmes or publish it in a newspaper or a magazine in parts: The novel was serialized on TV back in the 1990s. Her memoirs were serialized in the Sunday Times. Partially serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". II. to arrange something in a series: The program can retrieve a list of employees, serialize the results, and return it as the response to the request. III. to change data into a form that can be stored or sent and put back into its original form later: The Chart Controls make it amazingly simple to serialize and deserialize chart data.
