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用法学习: 1. the upshot 最终结果 something that happens as a result of other actions, events, or decisions. The upshot of a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday. The upshot of the discussions is that there will be no layoffs. I guess from the initial excitement of the announcement, it was a bit devastating for us all about the cancellation, But then once we realised what the upshot was going to be for us, I think we started to become quite satisfied. stark I. Stark choices or statements are harsh and unpleasant. U.K. companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive. The conviction should send out a stark warning to other motorists. That issue is presented starkly and brutally. The point is a starkly simple one. II. If two things are in stark contrast to one another, they are very different from each other in a way that is very obvious. ...secret cooperation between London and Washington that was in stark contrast to official policy. Angus's child-like paintings contrast starkly with his adult subject matter in these portraits. The outlook now is starkly different. completely or extremely: The children were splashing in the river, stark naked. If I didn't exercise, I think I'd go raving mad (UK also stark staring mad) from sitting at a desk all day. III. Something that is stark is very plain in appearance. ...the stark white, characterless fireplace in the drawing room. The desert was luminous, starkly beautiful. The room was starkly 朴素的, 简单平凡 furnished. empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary: It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture. The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss. In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark (= extreme) contrast to the slums of the city's poor. stark staring mad = stark raving mad =  stark staring bonkers Completely insane; out of one's mind. go up in the world = come up in the world = move up in the world = rise (up) in the world 社会地位提升 to have more money or a better social position than you had before: Roger and Ann have gone up in the world 有钱了 - these days they only ever travel first-class. To elevate or improve one's social, political, or financial position in life; to become more successful than one was before. You're only going to truly rise up in the world if you make connections with those of a higher social standing. It's unsurprising how quickly Sarah has risen in the world when you consider that her tenacity and determination are only matched by her intelligence and talent. The Robinsons really rose up in the world after they won the lottery. 2. rend [rend] rent or US also rended 撕破. 划破. to tear or break something violently. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst. Powder rends a rock in blasting. Lightning rends an oak. With one stroke of his sword, he rent his enemy's helmet in two. Firemen had to rend him free of (= pull him out of) the burning car. II. (transitive, figurative) To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos. A terrifying scream rent the air. a scream that rent the air 划破长空. durry [ˈdʌrɪ] Australian slang a cigarette. I'm speaking as an ex-smoker who still has the occasional durry.  Nature is healing. On the other hand, what are the tradies going to listen to now while they tailgate and merge without looking on the eastbound M4? There's going to be a lot of clutching at singlets and rending of durries this week. placate [pləˈkeɪt] (appease often disapproving, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify ) make (someone) less angry or hostile. Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements. "they attempted to placate the students with promises". mollify [ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ 安抚, 安慰 (placate) verb I. to make someone less angry or upset. to make someone less angry or upset, or to make something less severe or more gentle: I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers. She was not mollified by his apology. greener pastures a new situation that is better than the previous one. a new and better situation. a better or more promising situation. There are drawbacks for nurses seeking greener pastures overseas, and many are put off by the lengthy process involved in going to work in the US. Many scientists working for the government have left for greener pastures in the private sector. I was frustrated at home, and dreaming of greener pastures elsewhere. Keep your CV and contacts up to date so you can always carry out your threat to move on to greener pastures. So many people in the community ended up leaving for greener pastures. Staff are demoralized by years of cost cutting and many have departed for greener pastures. political will 政治意愿, 高层想的话: Political will is defined as "the extent of committed support among key decision makers for a particular policy solution to a particular problem." It is also considered by political scientist Linn Hammergren to be "the slipperiest concept in the policy lexicon." Lack of political will is often blamed for unresolved political issues. The term is also used in public health discourse to denote a community's willingness and commitment to support or modify existing policies and programs or to develop new ones, based on public understanding and support, to enable the mobilization of resources necessary for their implementation. They require the sort of political will and investment our members have long called for. The insurgents 叛军 will try to win by eroding political will. But it takes political will to get this done. It has huge debts and there doesn't seem to be any political will to increase taxes to cut it down. The political will to grasp them, however, remains far more elusive. 3. lucid [ˈluː.sɪd] 表达清楚的, 说话清楚的, 口齿清楚, 头脑清醒 I. clearly expressed and easy to understand, or (of a person) thinking or speaking clearly. If someone is lucid, they are thinking clearly again after a period of illness or confusion. He wasn't very lucid, he didn't quite know where he was. The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity. She gave a clear and lucid account of her plans for the company's future. The drugs she's taking make her drowsy and confused, but there are times when she's quite lucid. II. (of speech or writing) clearly expressed and easy to understand, or (of a person) thinking or reasoning clearly. Lucid writing or speech is clear and easy to understand. ...a lucid account of the history of mankind. His prose as always lucid and compelling. Both of them had the ability to present complex matters lucidly. His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style. The author’s prose is lucid and entertaining. He didn’t seem very lucid after the accident. Terminal lucidity 回光返照 ( premortem clarity = lightening up before death, paradoxical lucidity 偶尔清醒) is the unexpected, temporary return of mental clarity 头脑清醒, memory, and consciousness in patients suffering from severe psychiatric or neurological conditions (e.g., dementia, Alzheimer's) shortly before death. This "rallying" phenomenon allows non-responsive individuals to speak, recognize loved ones, and act like their former selves, often signaling that death is imminent 马上来了, 马上到, 马上来临. Terminal lucidity is an unexpected return of mental clarity shortly before death in people who have previously been dull, confused, demented, or nonresponsive. The term was coined in 2009 by biologist Michael Nahm and psychiatrist Bruce Greyson. The most remarkable cases occur in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders. The phenomenon has been reported since antiquity and is also known as premortem clarity回光返照 or lightening up before death 回光返照. The related phenomenon paradoxical lucidity 偶尔清醒, 时而清醒 describes an unexpected surge of mental clarity in people with severe neurodegeneration of the brain, but its occurrence is not restricted to the time before death. Terminal lucidity is not considered a medical term and there is no official consensus on the identifying characteristics. Terminal lucidity is poorly understood in the context of medical and psychological research, and there is no consensus on what the underlying mechanisms are. It has occurred in cases of severe dementia, challenging the idea that such conditions are irreversible. Studying terminal lucidity presents ethical challenges due to the need for informed consent. Care providers also face ethical challenges of whether to provide deep sedation, which might limit terminal lucidity, and how to respond to requests for a change in care plans from family members. 4. chinwag a chat or gossipy conversation. a long and pleasant conversation between friends: We had a good chinwag over a bottle of wine. penny 一分钱都不要 used in expressions to refer to a very small amount of money: We have never taken a penny of aid from federal government. If you pay it back within six months, you won't pay a penny in interest. be penny-wise and pound-foolish 大师糊涂小事精明 to be extremely careful about small amounts of money and not careful enough about larger amounts of money. be two/ten a penny 不值钱, 到处都是, 非常常见 to be very common: Antique toy cars are ten a penny nowadays. in for a penny (in for a pound) 一不做，二不休, 要干就该干到底 used to express someone's intention to see an undertaking through, however much time, effort, or money this entails. something you say that means that since you have started something or are involved in it, you should complete the work although it has become more difficult or complicated than you had expected "oh hell, I thought, in for a penny, in for a pound, and scrubbed the place from top to bottom". not have a penny to your name 一贫如洗, 一文不名, 身无分文. the penny drops If the penny drops, you suddenly understand something: She looked confused for a moment, then suddenly the penny dropped. (a) penny for your thoughts 抛砖引玉 said when you want to know what another person is thinking, usually because they have been quiet for a while. a penny saved is a penny earned 省一分是一分. Turned up like a bad penny 不速之客, 不请自来 Used to describe a person who is unwelcome or disreputable, but continuously returns or reappears. Penny dreadfuls 耸人听闻的, 惊悚故事 a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine. cheap popular serial literature produced during the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts of 8 to 16 pages, each costing one penny. The subject matter of these stories was typically sensational, focusing on the exploits of detectives, criminals, or supernatural entities. two pennies' worth = two cents 浅见, 不成熟看法 (idiomatic, UK, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts. That's just my two pennies' worth; you can believe what you like. Usage notes: The US-originated terms two cents and two cents' worth have gained familiarity in the UK in the web era, just as various Briticisms have gained familiarity in the US. the juice is worth the squeeze 值得, 结果配得上努力 (informal) The effort put into something is justified by the outcome. The benefits of some endeavor or objective are enough to outweigh the potential hardship or fallout of pursuing it. A: "I'm just not sure if college is the right choice for me." B: "I can understand that. It's a lot of time money, and hard work. You've got to be sure that the juice is worth the squeeze. You robbed a convenience store for a few thousand dollars, and now you're facing 15 years in prison. Was the juice worth the squeeze? Usage notes: Occurs in various other constructions, such as negations and questions. 5. crown I. to put a crown on someone's head in an official ceremony that makes that person king or queen: be crowned queen Queen Elizabeth II was crowned queen in 1953. be crowned king He was crowned king in Westminster Abbey. I saw the spot where the Emperors were crowned. II. to give someone or something a particular title, usually because they have won it, or deserved it because of their achievements: The race to crown a new champion in US College Basketball continues. Sports Illustrated crowned him the greatest team player on the greatest team ever. be crowned something They are more determined than ever to be crowned European champions this season. She was the favourite to be crowned winner of the TV talent show. hitch noun. I. a temporary difficulty that causes a short delay. a difficulty or troubling fact esp. in a situation that is generally positive: I finally did get a job offer that sounded perfect – the only hitch was the low salary. The taping at Channel 4 went off without a hitch (= perfectly). technical hitch Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting half an hour late. without a hitch The ceremony went off without a hitch. a legal/technical hitch 技术难题, 法律难题 The airline has been plagued by technical hitches and staff shortages. The steady ascent of the company's profits continued without a hitch for an impressive 26 quarters. II. a knot that is used to attach a rope to an object or to another rope: A hitch 结 is a knot used to tie a rope to a fixed object. There are many different hitches, such as a barrel hitch, a boom hitch, a cow hitch and a pipe hitch. III. a device for fastening one thing to another, for example for fastening a caravan (= a wheeled vehicle for sleeping in) to a car: The unit can be mounted to most bikes with a special hitch. verb. I. to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook. to fasten something to another thing, such as a vehicle: We just need to hitch the trailer to the car and then we can go. be hitched to 绑到 The horses were hitched to a shiny, black carriage. hitch something onto something We just need to hitch the trailer onto the car and then we can go. hitch a lift/ride informal to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of travelling. to get a free ride in someone else's road vehicle as a way of traveling: Nancy hitched a ride with her husband's cousin. They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car. hitch your fortunes/future/wagon to sth/sb to rely on something or someone to bring you success:The former oil industry investor has hitched his wagon to renewable energy. 

scarpetta: 1. lair [leər] I. a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides. A lair is a place where a wild animal lives, usually a place which is underground or well-hidden. a fox's lair. the thieves' lair. II. Someone's lair is the particular room or hiding place that they go to, especially when they want to get away from other people. Green recounts how he once went to see Bremner in his lair. The village was once a pirates' lair. My wife and Pete Marino are here. I guess Dr. Scarpetta didn't enjoy being filled in after the fact? No, she didn't. I slept in a chair and my back hurts. Why a chair? Don't you have couches and beds in that plantation house (A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and expensive architectural works today, though most were more utilitarian, working farmhouses. )? It's not-- I slept in my childhood, uh, lair. 2. Can you believe Benton hid this shit from me? Yeah, but it's kind of his job, you know? I mean, he kind of had to, right? Come on. What? You wouldn't do that. I... Well, that's different, you know, I never had... I never had that much sense when it came to you. 3. Marino is not in love with Kay. Well, that's not what Janet says. Janet? Oh, oh, we go by ( go by I. to move past, in space or time: You can watch the trains going by from this window. You can't let an opportunity like that go by - it's too good to miss. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about her. II. to follow something or be shown the way by something: I'm sorry, madam, but we have to go by the rules. III. to follow or use information provided by something or someone: Don't go by 当真, 当回事, 听...说的 what she says – she's always wrong. IV. 由...来看. to base an opinion, decision, or judgment on something: What do you go by when you're deciding whether or not to employ someone? Going by what she said 从...说的看 yesterday, I would say she's about to resign. in days gone by in the past: The house was a train station in days gone by. if something is anything to go by If past experience is anything to go by, he'll completely ignore our suggestions and then change his mind at the last minute. ) Janet now? She's not even really a person. Oh, no... ( shushes ) You're not allowed to say that. No, no, no, I have been course-corrected( course-correct 纠正航向 I. To alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination. II. 纠偏. (ambitransitive) To make adjustments to an ongoing process or project in order to achieve a desired outcome. course correction I. (aviation, nautical, literally) An alteration to the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination. II. (figuratively) The act of recognizing and correcting an error, or the changing of a direction in order to achieve a desired outcome. A course correction is a change in direction or strategy to address a problem and return to the desired path or objective. It implies adjusting, calibrating, or changing plans to ensure a successful outcome. It often refers to fixing errors to avoid undesirable outcomes midcourse correction I. a navigational correction made in the course of a ship, airplane, missile, or spacecraft at some point between the beginning and end of the journey. II. a correction or adjustment made in the middle of a course of events, course of action, etc. If actual results begin to diverge from aspirations, that should trigger an in-depth review to explore whether a midcourse correction in strategy is needed. ) on that score (on this/that score 在这件事上, 在那个问题上, 在那一方面, 在这方面 about the thing or subject that has just been mentioned: I'll let you have the money, so there's nothing to worry about on that score. "The team has a lot of determination to win," declared the coach. "I have no doubts on that score." There's definitely accommodation available so we're all sorted on that score. He's certainly qualified for the job. I have no problem on that score. She's blameless on this score, at any rate. about the thing or subject that has just been mentioned. You can use on that score or on this score to refer to something that has just been mentioned, especially an area of difficulty or concern. I'll let you have the money, so there's nothing to worry about on that score. I became pregnant easily. At least I've had no problems on that score. If someone you know has cancer, don't let worry on this score stop you from visiting them. on that score Regarding a certain person, situation, outcome, or possibility.  so far as that (or this) is concerned. The police have done a lot to make the city safer—on that score, it's been a really positive past few years. I already got the kids' presents, so we don't need to worry on that score. The accommodation is excellent so I don’t think we need to worry on that score.) for the last couple days. 3. Don't mind me 不用管我, 不用理我, 不用搭理我 ( a polite English phrase used to tell others to ignore you or not let you interrupt their current activity. It acts as a way to minimize disruption, suggesting you are merely passing through or working quietly in the background. Rarely, it can express annoyance at being ignored. ), boss, just wanted to say congratulations again, one on one, in private. Whoa. That is, uh, some neck wound, huh? It's almost like Detective Marino was bent on obliterating it. Could you put your mask on, Dr. Reddy? Oh, that's not necessary, I'm not staying. 4. I just killed a man. What? He was a murderer, and I killed him with a plate. I can't breathe. Oh, I can't breathe. Somebody shot him to cover it up. Who? It doesn't matter. Uh, I think it does. Now I have to go and be feted like a hero and take credit for solving the case, and I think it's the end of me and I think it's the end of my career and it's like a runaway train 出轨的火车. Hey. Look at me. You have a medical degree, a law degree. It all cost you a pretty penny, and for what? Your shit job and your shit life? Come on. For God's sake, Kay, go take some credit for something. He was a filthy, disgusting murderer that needed to be stopped. You did that. You did that. Take the fսcking credit for the brains God gave you. Dare I say "bask in it"? You are Kay Scarpetta. Never forget your namesake. 5. Your wife wants you. Okay. Well, uh, her wish is my command( your wish is my command 你的话就是命令, 说什么就是什么 (often humorous) Whatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away. One's requests or orders must be fulfilled. one's word is law 说话算数. what someone says goes Used to indicate that someone has authority to make a final decision.). Hell of a shindig ( shindig I. a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something. "the glitziest of election night shindigs" II. a noisy disturbance or quarrel. a noisy event or situation, especially a large, energetic party, celebration, etc.: They're going to their neighbours' for a shindig. ). You know, I can tell when someone's spent a pretty penny, so best wishes, felicitations ( felicitations [fəlɪsɪˈteɪʃnz] a less common word for congratulations. words expressing praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion. an expression used to wish someone happiness, or to praise or show approval: May I offer my felicitations on your engagement. "it is my honour to extend the felicitations of the president of France to you".), and all that jazz ( and all that jazz 诸如此类的事情 and such similar things. used when speaking to mean "and other similar things": They sell televisions and radios and all that jazz. "oh, love, life, and all that jazz".). You did Lucy real nice. Thank you. 5. You got arrested? Marino: Yeah. For beating a guy? A suspect. And this was the day that you abandoned me at the restaurant when you were in a rage. What do we gotta relive 重提旧事 that for( relive 回忆起, 复述, 重提 live through (an experience or feeling, especially an unpleasant one) again in one's imagination or memory. to remember clearly an experience that happened in the past: Whenever I smell burning, I relive the final moments of the crash. "he broke down sobbing as he relived the attack". )? Look, it's a simple thing. The guy is a psycho with a long, involved ( I. 复杂的. 繁杂的. 难懂的. difficult to understand; complicated. not simple and therefore difficult to understand: an involved reason/excuse/argument. The plot of the film was too involved - I couldn't understand it. "a long, involved conversation". II. being in a close relationship with someone: emotionally/romantically involved. When did you two first become involved? involved with If someone is involved with someone else, they have a romantic relationship. As a doctor, you should not become too emotionally involved with the children in your care. III. 沉浸其中, 全神贯注 interested in something you are doing: Maria was so involved in her work that she didn't hear me come in. ) record. This charge is never gonna stick. How do you know that? Because I know about these things. Oh, how do you know that, Peter? What do you mean? I'm... uh, because I'm a cop. 6. By the way, I bailed you out. You are welcome. Okay. I'm sure she took credit. Uh, she who? the Doc? Yeah. Lucy: We got into a fight while we were waiting for you, and I left because she is... a bitch. Yeah, Auntie started whistling your tune ( whistle a different tune To change one's opinion or behavior. He never used to support that political candidate, but he's whistling a different tune all of a sudden. I used to be very pessimistic, but ever since surviving that car wreck, I've been whistling a different tune!) and she told me to move out. Marino: Okay. She told me to move out. Can we just, please, we-- maybe this is not the moment to get into all this. Oh, come on. You are so conflict-averse 不喜欢冲突. Unless it's, of course, with your fists. We are gonna move into a hotel tonight. Peter and I. We'll get you a room. Obviously, it won't be adjoining 连着的. 7. You're the one that just got arrested. Can we please stop already? Please? Okay, okay, okay. I lost my temper, you know? It happens. All right. Wasn't your fault. Oh, yeah? Whose fault was it? My sister. My sister has a deleterious effect on ( deleterious [ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəriəs] harmful. Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. deleterious to someone's health. deleterious effect 有害 Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it. Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life. These drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system. deleteriously in a harmful way: Many people have been deleteriously affected by their actions. His kidney failure has not yet impacted deleteriously on other systems. vocabulary: If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to mention your social life. My parents were worried that their divorce would have a deleterious effect on us kids, but in the end it was less harmful than watching them fight all the time. For most plants, a lack of sunlight has very deleterious consequences, but there are some plants that actually do very well in the dark. It's a wonder, given how well-established the science is, that we continue to do things that are deleterious to the fragile ecosystem. We must be willing to live with the deleterious effects. ) everyone in this house. Do you know that my own stallion-like spirit feels diminished by her? Peter, I want out. Out. Before this ends in a prison sentence for my beloved or the nuthouse for my daughter. We are leaving. So pack. Can we at least tell her before we leave? You know... Who? Oh, my sister? What is your obsession with her? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm not obsessed with her. You follow her around like a dopey dog. You just can't do enough for her. It's almost like you're content to just be in her presence just for the honor of anticipating what maybe she needs next. Marino was right. He's your patsy ( pasty adj. 苍白无力的. (of someone's face or skin) very pale and unhealthy looking. If you are pasty or if you have a pasty face, you look pale and unhealthy. My complexion remained pale and pasty. Ron Freeman appeared pasty faced and nervous. He's an unattractive man with long greasy hair and pasty skin. Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor. He is pasty-faced. (figuratively) He was feeling pasty. Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty. noun. a person who is easily fooled, tricked, taken advantage of, or forced to take the blame for others. It describes a gullible individual, often referred to as a "fall guy," "sucker," or "pushover" (Fall guy, sucker, chump, gull, doormat, pigeon, mook, soft touch). The term originated in the late 19th century, likely stemming from vaudeville acts or Italian immigration. When the boss realized the money was missing, he made his assistant the patsy for the theft. They're probably gonna pin it on some patsy 冤大头, 替罪羊, 替死鬼 and... have somebody else take the fall for Gwen's murder. Like, we've seen that a million times. If Gwen really was a spy, okay, wouldn't it be more likely that whoever Thor hired to guard their secrets killed her, maybe? ). 8. bloviate [ˈbləʊvɪˌeɪt ] 滔滔不觉得说, 自以为是的说 verb (intransitive) US to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner. To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. to speak a lot in an annoying way as if you are very important: Most women agree with this, but they don't feel the need to bloviate about it on the internet. What do they pay you to travel around, bloviate about psychos? Uh... you don't want to know, Pete. Usage notes: Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to president Warren G. Harding, again in the 1990s, and again during the 2000 presidential election. Its usage has increased since then. 9. So, I want to know what you said to my husband. Hmm? Good morning. I... What are you talking about? I didn't say-- I'm probably getting fired today. So I don't need you stirring up shit in my marriage. Kay, come on. Kay. What did you say to him? We had a couple drinks. Okay? That was all. And I have a headache. Do you have...? You must have aspirin. Ah, aspirin. Don't do that. My head is throbbing. It's one thing to force yourself in the middle of Lucy and I, but to put yourself in the middle of my marriage, now, that's too far. Kay, that is rich coming from a person who, without telling me, has apparently been in the middle of mine the whole fucking time. Really? What? Oh, it's true. I have no idea what you're talking about now. Come on. He prefers you, Kay. This is insane. He prefers you. He prefers your company, he prefers your conversation. He prefers you. 10. So many distractions in this case. So many distractions. What, you mean like the spaceship......and the astronauts and the spies? And if you just... Yeah.  But if you peel them all away 接下来, 抛一边, 抛开, what are we left with? Two dead women. Yeah. Both found in the exact same spot. Yes. Both joggers at night, both with similar head injuries, and both found with a signature penny at the crime scene. So it's the same person who murdered Cammie Ramada and Gwen Hainey-- Then that means it wasn't a Russian spy killer, and it wasn't some disgruntled Thor assassin. Or an angry boyfriend. No. What we're looking for here is a serial killer. 10. What are you listening to? Uh, self-help. Seems off-brand 不想你会做的事. TED Talk. Warmer. Did you get home at all last night? Yes, I was on the phone for most of it, assessing the level of national security breach we're in. It's a huge bag of shit, as far as PR. Well, it doesn't help that Farmer Joe and his pals saw the crash. Fortunately, some of them were open to memory erasure and mind control. By that, I mean moonshine( I. = bootleg (or illicit) whiskey. Moonshine is whisky that is made illegally. II. [disapproval] nonsense. 胡说八大. silly talk or ideas. If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality. As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine. ). Hmm. Jared Horton? Still in Russia. Extrication ( extrication [ˌek.strɪˈkeɪ.ʃən] 摆脱, 脱离, 脱难, 脱险, 解救, 救出 I. the act of removing something or someone from a place or setting them free with difficulty: Specially trained firefighters perform vehicle extrications (= helping people out of damaged vehicles). Rescue workers are continuing to work in an extrication effort. II. the act of getting yourself or someone else out of a bad situation with difficulty: his successful extrication from his recording contract. the extrication of their troops from the conflict. extricate to remove something or set something free with difficulty: extricate something from something It took hours to extricate the car from the sand. extricate yourself from something I tried to extricate myself from the situation. ) will be tricky, but the astronaut names are confirmed now. Richard Vance and Ivan Szewski. We need that ballistics info from your wife ASAP. You don't happen to have any of that moonshine left, do you? No chitchat over morning coffee? Uh, no. Pillow talk? I don't believe that that's your business. 11. So, you're setting up a trace on your aunt's work computer in case the murderer checks it to see what she knows about him? It's a trap, so if anyone tries to break into Aunt Kay's files, I'll be notified, but they'll never know I'm notified, so it'll be a secret. This shit just comes to you 天生就会, huh? Well, I do have to learn stuff, but it probably does come easier to me 学得快, 学起来容易 than for other people. Like you with writing, right? 

interpolate VS extrapolate: Interpolation is making a prediction within the range of known data points. Extrapolation is making a prediction outside the range of known data points. interpolate [ɪnˈtəːpəleɪt] I. insert (something of a different nature) into something else. to add something in the middle of a text, piece of music, etc.: In his adaptation of the script he interpolated the words "tempus fugit" and the translation "time flies". Coleridge-Taylor was keen on interpolating African-American spirituals into the classical music tradition. "illustrations were interpolated in the text". II. 插入一句话. interject (a remark) in a conversation. If you interpolate a comment into a conversation or some words into a piece of writing, you put it in as an addition. Williams interpolated much spurious matter. These odd assertions were interpolated into the manuscript some time after 1400. "'I dare say,' interpolated her employer". II. 内插法. to add a number or item into the middle of a series, calculated based on the numbers or items before and after it: They use special software to intelligently interpolate the missing values. Additional jobs are evaluated and their monetary values for each factor interpolated into the scale. III. to interrupt someone by saying something: "How very odd to say all that!" I interpolated. extrapolate [ɪkˈstrapəleɪt] verb I. extend the application of (a method or conclusion) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable. to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known. If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future. Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. It is unhelpful to extrapolate general trends from one case. His estimate of half a million HIV positive cases was based on an extrapolation of the known incidence of the virus. Speaking about global warming, she said that time periods of 15 and even 30 years are too brief to extrapolate changes in climate patterns. extrapolate (sth) from sth We as economists tend to just predict the future by extrapolating 提炼, 提取 from the past. extrapolate trends/patterns/risks. extrapolate figures/data/numbers. extrapolate from Extrapolating from the exit poll, this would amount to about 50,000 new votes. extrapolate something to something It would be dangerous to try to extrapolate these findings to any wild deer populations. extrapolate to. extrapolate something from something You can't really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample. "the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups". II. estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating. "the figures were extrapolated from past trends". III. extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. "the low-temperature results can be extrapolated to room temperature". 

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用法学习: 1. stoush [staʊʃ] informal Australian and New Zealand English verb hit; fight with. "get out of that car while I stoush you". noun. a brawl or other fight. a fight or disagreement: They keep getting into drunken stoushes with each other in pub car parks. The club will close on June 23 after a long stoush with residents. "the prospect of the game deteriorating into a stoush always kept me hooked". Kyle Sandilands and ARN may face ugly legal stoush after Jackie O departure from show. 2. frame of mind the way someone thinks or feels about something at a particular time: in a frame of mind The most important thing is to go into the exam in a positive frame of mind. frame of reference a set of ideas or facts accepted by a person that explains their behaviour, opinions, or decisions: How can Christians and atheists ever come to understand each other when their frames of reference are so different? frame adj. A frame building 木制结构的房子, 木框架的建筑 is one in which pieces of wood form the most important part of the structure, rather than bricks or stone. He lives in a white-painted frame house behind a picket fence up in Connecticut. wiki: Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. If the structural frame of load-bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it may be referred to as half-timbered, and in many cases the infill between timbers will be used for decorative effect. The country most known for this kind of architecture is Germany, where timber-framed houses are spread all over the country. plank house: A plank house is a type of house constructed by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, typically using cedar 北美桥柏 planks. a house built of planks especially one of the rather large usually rectangular and elaborately constructed buildings prevailingly used by American Indians but also by some Eskimos of the northwest coast of North America and adjacent Siberia. Cedar logs compose the primary support system of the plank houses of the Pacific Northwest Indians and are clad with thick cedar planks harvested from living trees. Cedar trees have a straight grain with very few knots and have good weather resistance. The straight grain enables the separation of planks of wood from the tree. Craftspeople would insert a wedge to create a section of wood through the tree's height and remove it with an adze at both ends. This harvest method was sustainable and enabled the people to use the wood and to have a supply of planks to rebuild in another location. The people's patience is evident in the practice of leaving the wedge in place to continue the pressure that would enable another wedge placement further up, creating longer planks. verb. I. 框起来. 相框. to fix a border around a picture, etc. and often glass in front of it. to fix a border around a picture, photograph, etc., often with glass in front of it: We had our wedding pictures framed. fig. Her small face was framed by the open door. I keep meaning to get that photo framed. II. to form an edge to something in an attractive way. If an object is framed by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at. The swimming pool is framed 环绕, 围绕 by tropical gardens. An elegant occasional table is framed in the window. Her new hairstyle frames her face in a much more flattering way. II. [ T often passive ] informal to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by producing facts or information that are not true: He claimed he'd been framed 陷害, 栽赃 by the police. III. to present or describe something in a particular way: be framed as 描述为, 说得好像 The smoking ban was framed as a way to protect workers from secondhand smoke. It is easy, but not helpful, to frame this situation as "us against them". He suggested framing the issue positively. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese framed the move as part of Australia's responsibility to support international stability. Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed that Australia was considering requests from Gulf nations for assistance in defending themselves against Iranian missile and drone attacks. If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way. The story is framed in a format that is part thriller, part love story. He framed this question three different ways in search of an answer. IV. to express something, choosing your words carefully: The interview would have been more productive if the questions had been framed 措辞 more precisely. Lawyers have framed the clause very carefully. Words such as "however", "because",and "therefore" are key to framing an argument. V. to carefully plan or organize ideas, suggestions, methods, etc., in a particular way. If someone frames something such as a set of rules, a plan, or a system, they create and develop it. After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution. Their conclusions are framed in such a way that if one piece of evidence were shown to be false, the argument would be suspect. 3. needle 麻烦, 唠叨, 烦扰 to annoy someone, especially by repeated criticism. If someone needles you, they annoy you continually, especially by criticizing you. Blake could see he had needled Jerrold, which might be unwise. His mother was always needling him about getting a job. Take a dog off a meat truck = talk the horns off a billy goat = talk the hind legs off a donkey = sell ice to an Eskimo = talk a dog off a meat wagon 把死人说话, 能说会道, 能言善辩, 巧舌如簧 extreme persuasiveness, meaning someone is so convincing they could persuade a dog to leave a truck full of meat. It describes someone with incredible negotiation or sales skills, often implying they can talk anyone into anything. The idea is that the dog is very interested in being on the meat truck, so talking him into leaving it is difficult. It's an example of a broad family of idioms along these lines, probably the most famous of which is sell ice to an Eskimo. a king's ransom 一大笔钱, 一大把钱, 很多钱 a large amount of money. If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large. That diamond necklace must have cost a king's ransom. ...clients happy to pay a king's ransom for a haircut. be beyond/past redemption 无可救药, 谁也救不回来 to be too bad to be improved or saved by anyone: He believed passionately that no human was beyond redemption. redemption = redeem 兑换 I. the act of exchanging bonds, shares, etc. for money: Redemptions made by telephone for shares recently purchased by check will not be honored unless the check has cleared. For redemptions of $50,000 or more, you must include a signature guarantee for each owner. The bonds will be redeemed at 100% of their principal amount, plus interest to the redemption date. redemption requests/orders/penalties. redemption proceeds/fees/yields. make/request/submit a redemption: You may request a redemption or an exchange by calling our Shareholder Service Center. II. the act of paying back a loan: redemption of debt/a loan/a mortgage 偿还. The nation's largest jewelry retailer reported an 11% rise in earnings for the latest quarter, boosted by higher sales and the early redemption of debt. redemptive 救赎的 (especially in Christianity) saving someone from evil, suffering, etc.: the redemptive power of love, art, and friendship. The book tells a redemptive story of a woman who triumphs over adversity. punch-drunk 打懵逼了, 打傻了 I. If a boxer is punch-drunk, he behaves in a way that suggests his brain has been damaged as a result of being hit repeatedly on the head. II. 糊里糊涂的. Dizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head. The fighter looked harmlessly punch drunk, but he was only faking and suddenly threw a vicious, skillful, blow. III. 不知所措的. 迷惑不解的. Behaving in a bewildered or dazed manner. out on one's feet I. (idiomatic) 傻了. 懵了. 懵逼了. dazed or stunned, but still standing [ said esp. of a boxer]. out of it, punch drunk. Standing erect but not consciously aware of one's surroundings, or only minimally aware, and having little or no ability to control one's bodily actions, as a result of physical injury or exhaustion. II. (idiomatic, by extension) Stupefied; dazed; nonfunctional. III. completely exhausted. Nationals leader David Littleproud has unexpectedly quit his post, declaring he is "buggered" and "out on my feet". Littleproud said to go on as leader "would be the wrong thing for me to do. I love the National Party. I grew up in it, I'll bleed, to the day I die, green and gold, I love it, and it'd be wrong for me to say that I'm the right person to continue to lead. That's tough for me to say, [that] I think someone better can do it, because I don't have the energy. I'm out of my feet. I'm done.". Etymology: From the sport of boxing, referring to fighter who is too stunned to fight effectively, but who does not collapse to the canvas. cut into something 占到, 占用, 侵占到 to take away or use part of a period of time or an amount of something: I don't like doing the shopping on Saturday afternoon because it cuts into my weekend. Long trips to take part in sports cut into student athletes' school days. Higher oil prices may be starting to cut into those countries' economic growth. All of these costs cut into our profit margins. 4. roil I. If water roils, it is rough and disturbed The water roiled to his left as he climbed carefully at the edge of the waterfall. II. 动荡不安 Something that roils a state or situation makes it disturbed and confused. Times of national turmoil generally roil 动荡, 动摇 a country's financial markets. agency 自己做主, 自主性, 自主能力: the ability to take action or to choose what action to take: sense of agency The protest gave us a sense of agency, a sense of our own power to make a difference. When the legal system acquitted these women on the grounds of insanity it denied their agency. through the agency of someone/something because of the actions of someone or something: She was freed from prison through the agency of her doctor. 伊朗女足球运动员危机: "I respect their independence and agency 自主性 with whatever decision they chose."  "We never told anyone it was time to end the meeting. If people wanted to stay and keep talking and miss that plane, they had agency to do that, as well.". 5. saunter [ˈsɔːntə] 漫步, 慢悠悠的走, 踱步, 信步 walk in a slow, relaxed manner. to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction. If you saunter somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual way. We watched our fellow students saunter into the building. He sauntered along the river to the mill. She began a slow saunter toward the bonfires. He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself. "Adam sauntered into the room". A hotel security guard in a blue shirt also joined the group. They talked some more, before the group sauntered casually towards the lobby's automatic doors. catch sb up = catch up with sb 追上, 赶上 I. to reach someone in front of you by going faster than them: I ran after her and managed to catch up with her. UK Go on to the shops without me, I'll catch you up. II. to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else: We're a young, growing company, and we're trying to catch up to the competition. Will Western industry ever catch up with Japanese innovations? He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up. III. to do something you did not have time to do earlier: She's staying late at the office to catch up with/on 补上, 紧着看, 抓紧看, 赶紧看 some reports. IV. to learn or discuss the latest news. to talk with someone you know in order to exchange news or information. To bring (someone) up to date with the news. After Alice's vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes. I have to miss the end of the meeting, but you can catch me up later. By the time coffee came, R.J. and Angelo had caught up a little bit. Let's go for a coffee - I need to catch up on all the gossip. If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together. The women spent some time catching up on each other's work and families. She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married. catch-up I. a meeting or conversation in which people discuss what has happened since the last time that they met: I'm seeing my boss for a catch-up next week. Whether it's an after-work dinner, a catch-up with friends or family, or a romantic meal for two, this restaurant has what you need. II. the process of reaching the same standard, stage, or level as someone or something else. used to describe something that helps you reach the same standard, stage, or level as others, usually after you have missed something such as lessons or opportunities to practise: These companies have a lot of catch-up 追赶 to do, and whole product lines to replace with modern technology. This is a much needed catch-up after years of underinvestment. If there is a shortfall, you may be required to make hefty catch-up payments 补缴. catch-up classes/sessions 补课. play catch-up to try to reach the same standard, stage, or level as others after you have fallen behind them. the activity of trying to do as well as a competitor or of trying to reach a level of achievement: Having started his fund-raising late, he had to play catch-up 使劲追赶 if he wanted to get enough money for his political campaign. They raced ahead into new markets, leaving other companies to play catch-up 后边追赶, 你追我赶. catch-up TV: You can watch it on catch-up. catch up to (something or someone) I. To make up the difference between oneself and someone or something, so as to be at an equal level, status, or point of progress. If we speed up, we might be able to catch up to the car ahead of us! You're going to have to study really hard to catch up to the rest of the class. Mona's the fastest girl in the class—you'll never even catch up to her in a race, let alone beat her. II. They must weigh up the risk of being caught on the run and the cost of what they must inevitably leave behind. For many, it's something they will ponder for years before finally finding the courage to act, motivated either because their lives have become intolerable or because the moment has simply caught up to them 时机忽然来临, 机会忽然来了, and there is no longer a choice. catch up with someone 带来麻烦, (坏事)纠缠住…, 给…带来麻烦, 惩罚 I. If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you. To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it). His years of drinking were catching up with him. His lies will catch up with him one day. II. If people in authority catch up with you, they discover that you have been doing something wrong and often punish you for it: They had been selling stolen cars for years before the police caught up with them. If you are caught up in something 陷入, 卷入, 混进, 混入, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it. Many people in the region, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade. III. to communicate with someone by talking in person or on the phone or by exchanging messages, and learn or discuss what has been happening in their life: She spends hours on the phone, catching up with old friends. I must catch up with you some time. 6. pledge noun. I. a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a friend, or something that you give as a sign that you will keep a promise. a formal promise, or something that is given as a sign that you will keep a promise: a pledge of friendship. The telethon raised $150,000 in pledges for leukemia research. All the candidates have given/made pledges not to raise taxes if they are elected. Thousands of people made pledges (= promised to give money) to the charity campaign. I give you this ring as a pledge of my everlasting love for you. a pledge to do sth Analysts warn that OPEC's pledge to ramp up oil production in order to ease record crude prices will not have the desired effect. make/honour/sign a pledge Campaigners have accused Congress of failing to honour its US funding pledges. a pledge that sth Their goal of increasing electricity production from renewables by 40% has been reinforced by a pledge that they will not support further development of nuclear power. verb. I. to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something: We are asking people to pledge their support for our campaign. If you join the armed forces, you have to pledge allegiance to your country. So far, £50,000 has been pledged (= people have promised to pay this amount) in response to the appeal. Both sides have pledged to end the fighting. I've been pledged to secrecy. pledge to do sth The UK chief executive has pledged to slash costs by £150m a year by 2014. pledge $32m/£100,000, etc. to/for sth EU leaders pledged $1.2 billion to the region over the next 18 months. pledge that sth He pledged that a reduction in the burden of taxation will become the central economic objective of the government. II. to give something valuable to a person or organization that has lent you money, which they can keep if you fail to pay back the loan: pledge sth as collateral/security 扣押, 抵押, 抵扣, 担保 Shares are frequently pledged as collateral for loans. Some athletes are also forced to pledge property or money before they are allowed to travel, meaning that their families will be financially penalized if they choose not to return. something valuable that is given to a person or organization that has lent you money, which they can keep if you fail to pay back the loan: Serious financial irregularities took place, including the pledge of already paid-for securities. 7. symposium [sɪmˈpəʊziəm] 专题会, 学术研讨会, 专题研讨会 I. a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject. a collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors. II. a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet (and notable as the title of a work by Plato). University of Melbourne has hosted academic conferences 学术会议 or symposia dedicated to researching topics of Swift's impact. symposium [sɪmˈpəʊ.zi.əm] pl symposia uk [sɪmˈpəʊ.zi.ə] symposiums a conference or meeting for the discussion of some subject, esp an academic topic or social problem. an occasion at which people who have great knowledge of a particular subject meet in order to discuss a matter of interest: a symposium on European cinema. The Big Bang Theory: The girl they picked to play Mimi dropped out, and they asked me to replace her. Congratulations. What a lucky break. It's not a big deal, just a one-night showcase, but they invite a lot of casting people. So, you never know. I think I know. No, you don't. He doesn't. It's this Friday at 8:00. You want to come? Friday we are attending a symposium on molecular positronium. I think that's a week from Tuesday, at 6:00. No, it's this Friday. At 8:00. Too bad. I gotta get to rehearsal. You just lied to Penny. Yes, I did. And you did it so casually-- no rapid breathing, no increase in perspiration... So? So, lack of a physiological response while lying is characteristic of a violent sociopath. Sheldon, are you worried about your safety? No, I imagine if you were going to kill me, you'd have done it a long time ago. That's very true. Remember how Leonard told you we couldn't come to your performance because we were attending a symposium on molecular positronium? I remember "symposium." If you knew that she found out that you had lied, so she's agreed to operate as if the original lie is still in force. So she's expecting me to lie about going to a symposium in Pasadena, when, in actuality, we're pretending to go to a drug intervention in Long Beach. zippy I. energetic or fast: a zippy car. a zippy performance. II. bright, fresh, or lively. "a wine with a zippy, zingy, almost citrusy tang". vibrant [vaɪbrənt] 人气旺的, 有人气, 有生气, 生机勃勃, 有活力 adj. I. Someone or something that is vibrant is full of life, energy, and enthusiasm. energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm: a vibrant young performer. a vibrant personality. a vibrant city. The hope is that this area will develop into a vibrant commercial centre. Tom felt himself being drawn towards her vibrant personality. ...Shakespeare's vibrant language. Orlando itself is vibrant, full of affordable accommodation and great places to eat. She was a woman with extraordinary vibrancy and extraordinary knowledge. II. Vibrant colours are very bright and clear. Horizon Blue, Corn Yellow and Pistachio Green are just three of the vibrant colours in this range. The grass was a vibrant green. ...vibrant turquoise scarfs. ...a selection of vibrantly coloured cast-iron saucepans. vibrancy [ˈvaɪ.brən.si] 生机盎然 I. the quality of being energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm: No one can fail to be struck by the vibrancy of New York. This novel lacks the vibrancy of her early works. II. (of light or colour ) the quality of being bright and strong: What most impressed us in terms of picture quality was the vibrancy of the colours. Saturation is a term relating to the richness or vibrancy of the colour. 8. keep your powder dry 做万全准备, 时刻准备 to wait before taking action, but be ready to take action if it is necessary. To be prepared to act with little advance notice. The phrase refers to gunpowder, which needs to be kept dry in order to work properly. Stay alert, be careful I think some potential candidates are going to keep their powder dry and see how it's playing out. I'm going to keep my powder dry and get as much information as I can before I commit to anything. We are keeping some powder dry in case markets fall again. I know this job opportunity didn't work out, but keep your powder dry for the next one that comes along. Go ahead and take on the opposition, but keep your powder dry. But he is Trump's vice president. And for a president who often demands obsequious fealty [fiːəlti] 忠诚 (swear fealty to their ruler) from those around him — including his No. 2 — it's been astonishing to see Vance try to keep his powder at least somewhat dry. Critics of the administration will see politics at work — i.e. Vance trying to insulate himself ahead of the 2028 presidential campaign. But his hands-off approach could be a political liability too. note: This colloquial expression, which originally alluded to keeping gunpowder dry so that it would ignite, has been used figuratively since the 1800s but today is less common than take care. there is no daylight between (two things) 搅和在一起, 纠缠在一块, 没有清晰界限 Two things are very closely related or intertwined. Of course you feel burned out—there's no daylight between your work life and your personal life. put some daylight between (two people or things) 划清界限, 划清距离 To create separation between two people or things that are almost equal or are very closely related. distance or difference between (people or things). Of course you feel burned out—you need to put some daylight between your work life and your personal life. That five-point night helped Miller to put some daylight between himself and the handful of players battling him for the scoring title. They said there was no daylight between the two governments' positions. The team has won five straight games to put some daylight between themselves and their nearest rivals. Vance is not the only one who's been asked about daylight between him and the administration. When asked about this subject, neither Trump nor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have protested too hard about the idea that Vance is in a different place than the president. exercise in futility 白浪费时间, 瞎子点灯白费蜡, 徒劳无功, 注定失败: an activity that is not successful or worthwhile. An action, activity, or behavior that has no chance whatsoever of being successful. an idiom describing a task, action, or effort that is completely pointless, useless, or produces no result. It refers to an endeavor that is not worth attempting because it cannot achieve its goal, often suggesting a repetitive or impossible process. The negotiations turned out to be an exercise in futility. A: "I'm going to ask if the boss will increase our budget." B: "It's an exercise in futility, if you ask me. She has never increased a project's budget in the 15 years I've been working here." They've filed a lawsuit to block the deal from happening, but most legal experts agree that it's just an exercise in futility. Yeah, don't even bother trying to get the school to reimburse you, it's an exercise in futility. body blow 重创, 重大打击 something that causes serious problems and disappointment for a person trying to do something. a damaging or deeply felt blow: Having all her research notes stolen was a real body blow for her. an economic body blow. for lack of something = through lack of something = for want of something because something is missing or insufficient. because something is not available or there is not enough of it; used especially in negative sentences: People do not go hungry for lack of food production. Some passengers were turned away for lack of papers. Most reports fail not through lack of facts, but because they contain too many. He left for lack of better options. They canceled the event for lack of interest 感兴趣的人不多, 兴趣不足. The project was halted for lack of funding 因为没有资金. The plants died for lack of water. He took the job, for lack of a better offer. She was quiet, for lack of anything to say 没有话说. not for lack/want of trying 不是没有试过, 不是没有努力过. "For lack of time 因为没有时间, "for lack of a better word/term 因为没有更好的用词, 没有更好的说法". the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it: lack of confidence 缺乏信心, 没有信心 Her only problem is a lack of confidence. lack of sleep Lack of sleep had made him irritable. If he fails, it won't be for lack of effort (= he has certainly tried). through lack of Most reports fail not through lack of facts, but because they contain too many. for lack of funds 因为没有资金 We won't be going away this year - lack of funds, I'm afraid. lack of support The measure failed to pass last year due to lack of support. lack of evidence 缺乏证据 He was arrested, only to be freed next day for lack of evidence. 

 Vladimir: 1. Oh, my friends, I'm so sorry. I had the wrong time 我搞错了时间. I can't believe it. We were just moving on. 2. Where does it (the class) meet? When does the class meet? Classes meet 上课 at their regular times, and we're able to attend as many (or as few) as we want. Students registered for the class meet, classes meet at 9 o'clock, classes convene at 9 o'clock. Class will meet in Room 222 = class will convene [kənˈviːn] in Room 222. 例子: How do you like her class? Professor Tong's class? Not a professor. It's like the highlight of my week. Like, she's so down to earth but also so brilliant. Yeah. You know? I mean, no one can compare to you. Oh no, I'm ecstatic to hear that. Where does it meet? 3. I wonder what domestic politics went into that text message. So what's this about? It's about growing up in Florida with Russian immigrant parents. So he's a navel-gazer(navel-gazer= navel gazer someone who spends too much time considering their own thoughts, feelings, or problems: He is not a navel-gazer, and doesn't spend time soul-searching and asking why. The overly sentimental and commercial style of writing is satisfying to almost no one beyond the navel gazers who write it.). No, it's excellent. I'm out 我出去了, 我出门了. Where are you going? I'm going to see my friend at Cornell. Think I'm gonna stay the night. Oh. What kind of friend? She's an expert in Title IX. Sid, I'm serious. I don't want you involved. I'm gonna take the Volvo. Be careful. Why'd you buy lettuce? I have a bumper crop. Because I need it as a wrap. I thought we were grilling. The steak is grilled. 4. What's happening here? It's my stupid wax. I'm inflamed 发炎的, 红肿的 (inflammation 炎症, 又称发炎, 炎症反应, 炎性反应)( I. (of strong feelings) provoked or intensified. "inflamed passions overrode reasoning". II. (of a part of the body) red or swollen as a result of inflammation. (of a part of the body) red, painful, and swollen, especially because of infection: an inflamed eye/toe. You should call the doctor if the area around the wound becomes inflamed. "inflamed eyes and lips".). It's fine. It's what I deserve. Why do you have this? It got mixed up 混在一起来, 混在我的邮件里 in my mail. Looks like a paycheck. Yes, I will give it to her when she arrives. Did you get rid of the deer netting? We're not hosting a wedding. It's suburban.

 moral double vision 道德双标, moral outrage道德愤怒, moral clarity 爱憎分明, 忠奸分明, moral relativism, moral equivalence, moral position 道德姿态, 道德表态, moral elasticity 道德弹性: Moral double vision (Moral double vision refers to a cognitive or ethical state of holding contradictory moral viewpoints or applying different ethical standards simultaneously, often leading to inconsistency in judgment. It can manifest as selective moral outrage, where similar situations receive different levels of concern, or as the ability to see multiple, conflicting moral perspectives in literature, such as in Shakespearean drama.) as Australia heads to the Gulf: Australia claimed impotence 感觉无力, 无力感, 无能为力, 爱莫能助 over(lack of power to change or improve a situation. Impotence is a lack of power to influence people or events. ...a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events. political impotence. a sense of impotence. impotent If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events. not having the power or ability to change or improve a situation: You feel so impotent when your child is ill and you cannot help them. The aggression of a bully leaves people feeling hurt, angry and impotent. In impotent rage he got up and stalked up and down the flat. ) Gaza but is now sending military support to the US-Israel war in the Gulf. Andrew Brown on the hypocrisy of a nation that prides itself on fairness. This week, Australia announced it would help defend the United Arab Emirates from Iranian attack. A Royal Australian Air Force Wedgetail surveillance aircraft is being sent to the Gulf along with personnel and advanced defensive capabilities as part of a broader effort to help protect regional airspace. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese framed the move as part of Australia's responsibility to support international stability. Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed that Australia was considering requests from Gulf nations for assistance in defending themselves against Iranian missile and drone attacks. Suddenly, Australia can project power deep into the Middle East. Suddenly we can send aircraft. Suddenly, we can send missiles. Suddenly, we can speak in the language of security and moral clarity. And suddenly the Middle East is not so far away after all. Because for the past year, Australians were told something very different. When Gaza was being destroyed, the message from Canberra was that Australia is merely a "middle power." The conflict was distant. Complex. Beyond our ability to influence. There was little we could do. Restraint became the official moral position. The government said it. The opposition echoed it. Large sections of the media repeated it. Anyone who argued that Australia should speak more forcefully 强硬, 强势 about what was happening in Gaza was treated as naïve or ideological. The country was told that moral outrage 道义上的愤怒 had to be tempered by realism. But while Australia practised this restraint, Gaza was being erased in real time. And amid the chaos came the reports that chilled even hardened 心硬如铁 war correspondents. Doctors describing children arriving in emergency rooms with gunshot wounds to the head or chest. Small bodies carried through shattered hospital corridors after sniper rounds tore through them in the streets. This was not propaganda. These were the testimonies of doctors, humanitarian workers and journalists on the ground. And how did Australia respond? With caution. For months, the political class repeated the same carefully constructed 精心构造, 精心编织 argument. The situation was complicated. Australia had limited influence. Strong action would achieve little. Better to remain balanced. Better to remain restrained. The government hid behind diplomatic language. The opposition, particularly the louder voices inside the Liberal and National parties, went further. They condemned protests, dismissed criticism of Israel as extremist and opposed humanitarian pathways for Palestinians fleeing the destruction. In some cases, the rhetoric 措辞, 用词 became openly hostile. Palestinian suffering was treated as a political inconvenience rather than a humanitarian catastrophe. And much of the media followed suit. Coverage of Gaza was often framed through the language of "complexity" and "balance." Israeli security concerns were explored in depth, while Palestinian deaths were frequently reduced to statistics buried deep in reports. Calls for sanctions or stronger diplomatic pressure were portrayed as radical or irresponsible. Restraint became the narrative. But now Australian aircraft are heading to the Gulf. Now Australia can defend airspace thousands of kilometres away. Now the Middle East is suddenly within our strategic reach. It is difficult to imagine a clearer example of moral elasticity 道德弹性. Yet the hypocrisy does not end there. At the same time, Australia has moved quickly to offer protection to members of the Iranian women's football team seeking asylum abroad. Several athletes have been granted humanitarian visas and welcomed with words of sympathy and concern. And in principle, that is exactly the right response. People fleeing repression deserve protection. But the contrast with Gaza is impossible to ignore. When Palestinian families sought refuge from bombardment and starvation, the tone from Canberra was very different. Politicians warned about security risks. The opposition condemned proposals for humanitarian visas. Sections of the media amplified fears about migration. Compassion was suddenly conditional. The same political voices now urging protection for Iranian athletes were among the loudest critics of offering refuge to Palestinians fleeing bombs and famine. Apparently, some victims deserve asylum. Others deserve suspicion. And the media cannot pretend innocence in this performance. When Iranian repression or attacks on Gulf states dominate the headlines, the language of moral clarity suddenly returns. Victims are humanised. Outrage is expressed. The responsibility of democratic nations to respond is emphasised. Hierarchy of suffering: But when Palestinian civilians were buried beneath rubble, when hospitals collapsed and children starved, the dominant tone was caution. One conflict is analysed with restraint. The other with urgency. Together, the political class and large parts of the media construct a quiet hierarchy 鄙视链, 歧视链, 生物链 of suffering. Some lives command outrage. Others barely command attention. And that raises an uncomfortable question for a country that prides itself on fairness. Australia loves to imagine itself as egalitarian. The land of the fair go. A nation that instinctively sides with the underdog. But myths have a habit of collapsing when they collide with reality. And the reality is this: When Gaza's children were starving, when hospitals were collapsing, when entire families were buried beneath rubble, Australia did not speak with moral clarity; Australia spoke with caution. When Gulf allies asked for military assistance and Iranian athletes sought asylum, suddenly, the language of principle returned, and Australia found its voice. The truth is painfully simple. Canberra was never powerless; it was simply selective. And when compassion appears only when it suits our alliances, our politics or our convenience, it stops being compassion at all. Instead, it becomes theatre. 

 Moral clarity 爱憎分明, 忠奸分明, 明辨是非: Moral clarity is the ability to perceive, judge, and act upon ethical situations with precision, distinguishing right from wrong without ambiguity. It involves recognizing objective facts, such as identifying injustices, and maintaining consistent, firm principles rather than relying on moral relativism. It's a capacity to make firm distinctions without hesitations or much thought between evil and good, and to take action based on those distinctions. a catchphrase associated with American political conservatives. Those that make a claim of moral clarity are suggesting that they are Good and that their enemies are Evil. It follows, historically, that all actions are justified in order to combat said Evil. Popularized by William J. Bennett's Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism, the phrase was first used in its current context during the 1980s, in reference to the politics of Ronald Reagan.  

Moral clarity encodes a complex political argument that includes all of the following claims: 1. The war on terrorism, like some previous wars involving the United States (particularly World War II and the Cold War), is a conflict between good and evil 正义和邪恶. 2. Traditional American values like democracy and freedom are universal human rights, worth promoting and defending through military intervention. 3. Attempts to understand or explain the actions of anti-Western terrorists as justifiable responses to actions of the United States or Israel are a sign of moral weakness at best, and sympathy for the terrorists at worst, and will hamper efforts to defeat them. 4. Though the actions of the United States and its allies may lead to civilian deaths or other forms of collateral damage, may require the use of means such as torture that would be condemned in other contexts, and may involve temporary alliances with undemocratic regimes, these actions are justified by the greater moral necessity of defeating terrorism and thus promoting American values and ensuring long-term U.S. security. 5. Opponents of action against terrorists are guilty of promoting moral relativism or moral equivalence, in which the allegedly similar means of both anti-terrorists and terrorists are used to blur the moral differences between good and evil.

Moral relativism or ethical relativism 道德相对主义 (often reformulated as relativist ethics or relativist morality) is used to describe several philosophical positions concerned with the differences in moral judgments across different peoples and cultures. An advocate of such ideas is often referred to as a relativist. Moral relativism is the metaethical view that moral judgments are not objectively true or universal, but rather relative to social, cultural, or individual contexts. It posits that no single moral code holds a superior status over another, with right and wrong varying based on perspective, time, and culture. It denies the existence of absolute, objective moral facts, opposing moral objectivism/absolutism. Cultural relativism asserts morality is determined by a society's traditions and customs, while individual (or subjectivist) relativism claims it is based on personal, subjective opinions. Supporters often point to the wide variation in moral values across different cultures and eras to argue against universal standards. Critics argue that it cannot account for moral progress (e.g., abolishing slavery), leads to the absurdity that all cultural practices are equally valid, and is self-contradictory if it tries to impose a "universal" rule of tolerance.

Moral equivalence 一碗水端平, 各打五十大板 is a term used in political debate, usually to deny that a moral comparison can be made of two sides in a conflict, or in the actions or tactics of two sides. Moral equivalence is an informal fallacy or political argument suggesting that two sides in a conflict, or two distinct actions, bear equal blame or hold the same moral weight. It is often used to create a "false balance" or as "whataboutism," reducing complex situations to a simplistic, comparable, or justifiable wrongdoing. It is often used to argue that one side in a conflict is not significantly better or worse than the other, or to justify one side's actions by pointing to the faults of the other. This occurs when two different actions are treated as having the same moral significance, ignoring differences in intent, scale, or context. The term is frequently used as a criticism, suggesting that the person drawing the comparison is failing to recognize a clear moral difference (e.g., in a conflict between a democracy and a terrorist organization). The term had some currency in polemic debates ( polemic [pəˈlɛmɪk] noun. I. 讨伐文. 驳论. 批驳文. 反驳文. 檄文. 口诛笔伐. a speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something. A polemic is a very strong written or spoken attack on, or defence of, a particular belief or opinion. "his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties". II. Polemics is the skill or practice of arguing very strongly for or against a belief or opinion. He enjoys polemics, persuasion, and controversy. adj. polemical. expressing or constituting a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something; "unashamedly polemic writing". ) about the Cold War. "Moral equivalence" began to be used as a polemic term-of-retort to "moral relativism", which had been gaining use as an indictment against political foreign policy that appeared to use only a situation-based application of widely held ethical standards. International conflicts are sometimes viewed similarly, and interested parties periodically urge both sides to conduct a ceasefire and negotiate their differences. However these negotiations may prove difficult in that both parties in a conflict believe that they are morally superior to the other, and are unwilling to negotiate on basis of moral equivalence. 反对者认为: For opponents of the notion of "moral clarity", dividing the world into good and evil does not lend itself to a workable foreign policy. For example, if Iraq was invaded for reasons of "moral clarity", it follows that other "rogue states" (like North Korea) would also be similarly attacked. This apparent contradiction is used to argue that proponents of "moral clarity" are guilty of hypocrisy or special pleading, and that the slogan moral clarity masks less exalted reasons ( [ɪɡˈzɔːltɪd,] adj. I. 更高级别的. 更高阶的. (of a person or their rank or status) at a high or powerful level. An exalted position in an organization is a very important one: She rose to the exalted post of Foreign Secretary. "it had taken her years of infighting to reach her present exalted rank". II. in a state of extreme happiness. extremely happy "I felt exalted and newly alive". ) for military intervention, particularly economic motives. Critics also argue that "moral clarity" promotes a dangerous view expressed in the famous phrase "My country, right or wrong". The idea that the United States is always "good" is actually an argument of moral relativism, they say, since it makes no distinction between right and wrong actions. Furthermore, it is argued that "moral clarity" is used to discredit those who want to hold the United States to a higher moral standard than "My country, right or wrong", a standard expressed by U.S. Brigadier General Carl Schurz: "Our country right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.".