用法学习: 1. proscribe 勒令停止, 被命令结束 (of a government or other authority) to not allow something. to forbid an action or practice officially ( a. to condemn or prohibit. b. to outlaw; banish; exile. ). to order an end to the existence or use of something. The organization has been proscribed by law: In some cultures surgery is proscribed. They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns. The sale of materials that could be used in making nuclear weapons is proscribed 禁止 by US law. Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law. The Athletics Federation has banned the runner from future races for using proscribed drugs. While the federal government has proscribed three international far-right groups as terrorists, no Australian groups have been listed. Author Sally Rooney says she will continue to support Palestine Action, despite the group being proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. tradwife 传统家庭主妇 a married woman who embraces the role of supporting her spouse and taking care of domestic affairs. a married woman, especially one who posts on social media, who stays at home doing cooking, cleaning, etc. and has children that she takes care of. Tradwife is short for traditional wife: Trad wives are not just traditional stay-at-home mothers, but social media influencers making money for content. Gen Z is watching a lot of tradwife content. Trad wives don't split the bill! wiki: A tradwife (a neologism for traditional wife or traditional housewife) is a woman who believes in and practices traditional gender roles and marriages. Some may choose to take a homemaking role within their marriage, and others leave their careers to focus on meeting their family's needs in the home. The traditional housewife aesthetic has since spread throughout the Internet in part through social media featuring women extolling the virtues of being a traditional wife. charlatan 江湖术士, 江湖骗子 ( = shyster, quack, or faker, swindler, mountebank ) I. charlatans harming their patients with dubious procedures. II. 大骗子. one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability. a charlatan willing to do and say virtually anything to remain in the spotlight. A charlatan is a person who falsely pretends to have knowledge or skills, often for personal gain. They are essentially deceivers who exploit others' trust and naivety by feigning expertise or abilities they lack. This can manifest in various forms, including medical quackery, fraudulent business practices, or even political manipulation. wiki: A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. One example of a charlatan appears in the Canterbury Tales story "The Pardoner's Tale," with the Pardoner who tricks sinners into buying fake religious relics. Synonyms for charlatan include shyster, quack, or faker. Quack is a reference to quackery or the practice of dubious medicine, including the sale of snake oil, or a person who does not have medical training who purports to provide medical services. mountebank [ˈmaʊn.tɪ.bæŋk] someone who pretends to be someone or something that they are not, or to be able to do something that they cannot: The university was divided into those people who thought he was a genius and those who thought he was a mountebank. The potion was dispensed by both physicians and itinerant mountebanks. 2. fall over yourself UK = US fall all over yourself 争先恐后, 争着抢着 to be very eager to do something: fall over yourself to do sth If you say that people are falling over themselves to do something, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about doing it, and often that you disapprove of this. Within days of his death those same people were falling over themselves to denounce him. Publishers are falling over themselves to produce non-fiction for seven-year-olds. "Once again, the media is falling all over themselves to defend criminal illegal gang members. We hear far too much about gang members and criminals' false sob stories and not enough about their victims." high-minded 道德高尚的, 道德标准高的 having strong moral principles. having very high moral standards of behaviour. If you say that someone is high-minded, you think they have strong moral principles. The President's hopes for the country were high-minded, but too vague. "rich high-minded Victorians". He later stated that his relationship with Trott was "an ideal love-affair, platonic in a philosophical sense; we never exchanged a kiss, let alone an embrace. We were both extremely high-minded, perhaps too much so". singe [sɪndʒ] to burn slightly on the surface, without producing flames: My sweater started to singe when I leaned over a burning candle. a slight burn mark: singe (mark) 烙印, 烧伤 The hot iron left a singe (mark) on my dress. With the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, closing in on the plotters, a final attempt was organised in July 1944. Stauffenberg personally took a briefcase containing a block of plastic explosive to a conference in the Wolf's Lair. The explosives were armed and placed next to Hitler, but it appears they were moved unwittingly at the last moment behind a table leg by Heinz Brandt, inadvertently saving Hitler's life. When the bomb detonated, it killed Brandt and two others, while the rest of the room's occupants were injured, one of whom, Rudolf Schmundt, later died from his injuries. Hitler's trousers were singed by the blast, and he suffered a perforated eardrum and conjunctivitis, but was otherwise unharmed. 3. recommend (recommend sth, recommend that sb do sth. recommend doing sth, recommend sth to sb, recommend sb to sth.) to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done: I can recommend the chicken in mushroom sauce - it's delicious. She has been recommended for promotion. The headmistress agreed to recommend the teachers' proposals to the school governors. The doctor recommended (that) I get more exercise. I recommend writing your feelings down on paper. The city has much/little to recommend it (= it has many/few pleasant qualities). Can you recommend a hotel in San Francisco? I recommend that you go on a diet. recommend that sb do sth Most financial advisers recommend that you buy individual life insurance, at least as a supplement. We recommend changing your internet provider. The board will recommend the offer to shareholders. They've recommended some software to help with the planning process. Can you recommend a good restaurant in this area? recommend sth to sb This is the package that we recommend to most clients. I can recommend several candidates. recommend sb to sth This is the package that we recommend to most clients. 4. Gerbilling, also known as gerbil stuffing or gerbil shooting, is an urban legend description of a fictitious sexual practice of inserting small live animals (usually gerbils but also mice, hamsters, rats and various other rodents) into one's rectum to obtain stimulation. Some variations of reports suggest that the rodent be covered in a psychoactive substance such as heroin prior to being inserted. There is no evidence that the practice has ever occurred in real life, and its existence remains highly dubious, as all rodents have long nails and teeth for digging or burrowing and naturally try to burrow out of any small spaces. The Mongolian gerbil 沙鼠 or Mongolian jird (Gerbillinae is one of the subfamilies of the rodent family Muridae and includes the gerbils, jirds, and sand rats. Once known as desert rats, the subfamily includes about 110 species of African, Indian, and Asian rodents, including sand rats and jirds, all of which are adapted to arid habitats. Most are primarily active during the day, making them diurnal (but some species, including the common household pet, exhibit crepuscular behavior), and almost all are omnivorous. gerbil a small, furry animal that has long back legs and a thin tail, and is often kept as a pet. a small animal, similar to a mouse with long back legs, that is often kept as a pet. ) (Meriones unguiculatus) is a rodent ([ˈrəʊ.dənt] 啮齿目) belonging to the subfamily Gerbillinae.Their body size is typically 110–135 mm (4+1⁄4–5+1⁄4 in), with a 95–120 mm (3+3⁄4–4+3⁄4 in) tail, and body weight 60–130 g (2–4+1⁄2 oz), with adult males larger than females. The animal is used in science and research or kept as a small house pet. Their use in science dates back to the latter half of the 19th century, but they only started to be kept as pets in the English-speaking world after 1954, when they were brought to the United States. However, their use in scientific research has fallen out of favor. 5. slump 衰落, 下跌, 下滑, 跌落 verb. I. (of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly: The value of property has slumped. Car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year. II. to sit or fall heavily and suddenly: She slumped into the chair, exhausted. noun. I. a fall in the price, value, sales, etc. of something: There's been a slump in the demand for new cars. II. a period when an industry or the economy is in a bad state and there is a lot of unemployment: an economic slump. The airline industry is currently in a slump. III. a period when someone is tired and does not have much energy: The body's desire for a nap is strongest in the afternoon slump. Simple carbohydrates are converted rapidly into glucose, which produces a short energy boost followed by an energy slump. IV. 低谷, 低潮. in sport, a period when a team or player is performing badly: Their mid-season slump seems to be well and truly behind them. He is battling a slump, not having won since late last year. V. 耷拉肩的. a position in which the body, or part of the upper body, is bent forwards or down in a heavy way, or the act of moving into this position: She has the classic adolescent slump 耷拉. "They never choose me," she said with a slump of her shoulders. VI. a dish consisting of cooked fruit with a thick bread-like mixture on top, cooked in a flat saucepan on top of the cooker. Slump is sweetened fruit topped with dollops of dough and cooked on the stovetop. a recipe for a peach slump.
