用法学习: 1. vexatious [vɛkˈseɪʃəs] annoying = bothersome = galling = irritating = pesky informal = vexing I. 烦人的. 恼人的. 惹人讨厌的. 惹恼人的. vexing or tending to vex. causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry. difficult to deal with and causing a lot of anger, worry, or argument: This settlement will resolve one of the most vexatious problems in the field of industrial relations. "the vexatious questions posed by software copyrights". II. 没机会赢纯属找事的, 只为对方找麻烦的诉讼. 找茬的. 搅局的. 没事找事的. (of a legal action or proceeding) instituted without sufficient grounds, esp so as to cause annoyance or embarrassment to the defendant vexatious legal action has no purpose other than to cause annoyance. The amendment opens the door to vexatious litigation. The defendant must be able to show a prosecutor's charges were "vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith." "a frivolous or vexatious litigant". vexatious litigation. frivolous [frɪvələs] flippant, foolish, dizzy [informal], superficial I. If you describe someone as frivolous, you mean they behave in a silly or light-hearted way, rather than being serious and sensible. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor. II. If you describe an activity as frivolous, you disapprove of it because it is not useful and wastes time or money. [disapproval] The group wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects. vex to make someone annoyed, confused, or worried. If someone or something vexes you, they make you feel annoyed, puzzled, and frustrated. It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back. Everything about her vexed him. Exporters, farmers and industrialists alike are vexed and blame the government. There remains, however, another and more vexing problem. vexed [vekst] 麻烦重重的 adj. A vexed problem or question is very difficult and causes people a lot of trouble. Ministers have begun work on the vexed issue of economic union. ...the vexed question of whether it was acceptable for players to be paid for their performances. 2. Apple busts 逮住, 抓获 Facebook for circumventing (sidestep) 绕开, 避开 app store to distribute data-sucking app, Google doing the same. Facebook tries to sidestep Apple ban to keep capturing data. 发飙: Donald Trump has unleashed a Twitter tirade 又发一次飚 against his own intelligence agencies, accusing them of being "wrong" and "naive" over the impending global threats. In a direct contradiction of statements made by his top spy chiefs yesterday, he claimed "tremendous progress" had been made with Islamic State, and the "caliphate ( [ˈkælɪfeɪt] I. the position of a caliph. II. the period of time when someone is a caliph. III. an area ruled by a caliph. caliph [ˈkeɪlɪf] a Muslim man who was a religious and political leader in the past. ) would soon be destroyed." It came after Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate IS was "intent on resurging 重生, 再起 and still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria" and ready to attack Western adversaries, including the United States. That statement contradicted numerous administration claims of foreign policy success. Never one to be a shrinking violet(shrinking violet someone who is very shy. If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy. When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet. None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.), Mr Trump immediately struck back. The President identified Iran as a source of potential conflict, accusing the nation of testing rockets "last week" and warning the nation was "coming very close to the edge," in a string of furious tweets about regional tensions on Wednesday morning local time. 3. 搜救萨拉: A second cushion was found in the same area later that same day. "From a preliminary 初步调查, 初步探查 examination, we have concluded that it is likely that the cushions are from the missing aircraft," the AAIB said in a statement. Investigators now plan to launch an underwater seabed search for aircraft wreckage. 蕾哈娜出街: The 'Work' singer may have just about every major designer on speed dial, but for her latest outing the pop star proved she is just as comfortable in casual attire as couture ( [kuːtjʊəʳ , US -tʊr] Couture is the designing and making of expensive fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves. clothes that a famous designer makes for individual customers, or the design of these clothes. ...Christian Lacroix's first Paris couture collection. haute couture [ˌoʊt kuˈtʊr] expensive and fashionable clothes, or the business of designing and making them. Someone who makes or sells these clothes is a haute couturier. ). 谣传: My, my, my – it looks like there's definitely legs to this theory ( have legs 后劲足 informal I. If a story in the news has legs, it will continue for a long time: This latest scandal has legs - you'll probably still be reading about it in a year's time. II. If something has legs, it can continue to exist and be successful: The business has legs. If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed. The American economy still has legs. ) and I, for one, am convinced. 4. the more you know: It was a television slogan from American broadcaster NBC. They show an educational announcement 公益广告, and end it with the NBC logo and the words "the more you know". From NBC's public service advertisements. During the short clip a celebrity personality will state some fact, followed by the ending "The More You Know" sequence. Can be used as a sarcastic response to learning some typically useless knowledge, trivia or fact. It became a meme for when someone says something educational, typically used as a sarcastic response when someone mentions a fact that the other person considers trivial or unimportant. look at/on the bright side [of life] to find good things in a bad situation. If you look on the bright side, you try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of some advantages that could result from it, or thinking that it is not as bad as it could have been. Look on the bright side - no one was badly hurt. 5. to drop [down] dead 暴病而死 If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly. He dropped dead of a heart attack. Drop kick: In Australia, a 'drop kick' refers to someone who isn't very smart and hasn't made it very far in life. A drop kick usually doesn't go to school anymore, either having dropped out or done very poorly in Year 12, and is usually either unemployed or working a crappy low paid job full time (such as at McDonalds, KFC, supermarket etc), with no aspirations to do anything better with their lives. Many smoke and/or do drugs. Many drop kicks are eshays or bogans. Drop kicks can be found hanging around train stations or bus interchanges, shopping centres and of course in low paid, unskilled jobs like fast food or supermarkets. Guy 1: So, what happened to James? He dropped out of school before we graduated, what's he doing now? Guy 2: Yeah, he's working at McDonalds full time. He's a total drop kick. come down the pike us to appear or be noticed for the first time: Every movie coming down the pike was touted to be more "spectacular" or "hilarious" than anything seen before. to happen or start to happen This is the lightest, brightest, and tightest movie to come down the pike in quite some time. 6. Albinism [ˈælbəˌnɪzəm] 白癜风(albino [ælˈbaɪnou] 白癜风病人 a person or animal with very pale skin, white hair or fur, and pink eyes caused by a medical condition that they were born with.) is a congenital disorder characterized in humans by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism is associated with a number of vision defects, such as photophobia, nystagmus, and amblyopia. Lack of skin pigmentation makes for more susceptibility to sunburn and skin cancers. 差点被绑架: She detailed the day in 1992 when she missed her bus to work and ex-marine officer Andrew Urdiales offered her a ride. She thought it was a 'godsend'. Due to his physical appearance, she didn't consider him much of a threat: "I could totally beat this guy up if he did anything weird," she recalled to PEOPLE. After driving a few blocks, the man started to scream at her for giving him a fake number, drove her to a deserted area and began trying to sexually assault her. She temporarily broke free before he bound her hands and trapped her in his boot. Asbenson tells PEOPLE she summoned "hysterical strength" 洪荒之力, 使出吃奶的劲 to break free of the bounds and unlatch the boot. 7. Bestjet collapsed: Failed online travel agency Bestjet has gone into liquidation after its $10 million collapse left thousands of customers out of pocket. When Bestjet collapsed, it had just $3.6 million cash in the bank. IntegraPay was Bestjet's principal payment aggregator, and claims it has "entitlement over the entirety of these funds", according to a Pilot Partners report released on January 22. Mr Markey also told the meeting that Bestjet's Xero financial management software had been accessed four times since the company went into administration, a creditor at the meeting told 9Finance. 飞机维护工作外移: Day-to-day maintenance 日常维护 of the airliners will continue in Canberra, carried out by about 25 Qantas staff. Following a competitive tender process, ST Aerospace in Singapore, the world's largest provider of maintenance services, was awarded the contract for heavy maintenance on our Boeing 717 fleet. Because the workers are contractors, there has been no consultation. There will be no redundancy payouts and the engineers will be left high and dry. Mr Purvinas also said the action showed Qantas put profit ahead of safety(This is another example of Qantas putting profit before safety.). He feared CASA will not be able to adequately oversee work overseas.
You S1E1: 1. But, Beck, where's the rest? You owe me 20 more pages. I've been honestly working every day and grading papers. If the schedule is too rigorous( [ˈrɪɡərəs] I. thorough and careful. rigorous safety checks. II. strict, or severe. rigorous enforcement of the law.), drop back to part-time. But then I won't qualify to TA. I need the cash, the housing. I'd lose my place. I'm sure you'll figure it out. I'm rooting for you 我支持你. You just need to keep up. Happy to discuss further, after class some evening. If we're gonna seriously discuss poetry, it should be over a drink. There's a little gastropub I love. I would love that, Paul. Just, uh, how would your wife feel about you... About me helping out an aspiring writer? She's used to my generosity. 2. I was careful to call the gas company on a day when you had a full schedule. Wouldn't want to scare you. Hey, is Beck here? Nope, super let me in. Someone reported a leak. Right, yeah, she mentioned that. Is everything okay? Yeah, all clear. Tell your girlfriend there's no leak. I'm done, so Okay, thanks. Well, I can just lock up. I just need to know who you really are, besides a broke poetry student in a subsidized [ˈsʌbsɪˌdaɪz] apartment 有补助的 you could never afford. 3. Don't you tell me how to parent. Look, this whole nice-guy act, this might work on other people. I'm a parole officer 15 years, and I can see what you are. Well, you're an alcoholic who beats women, so, please, enlighten me. You're a freak. So stay away from Paco, because if you don't, I'm gonna grab a steak knife and I'm gonna cut those freak eyes out. 4. When it comes to the value of a book, it's all about condition. I'll show you. It's always 65 degrees, humidity 40%. Too moist, the pages can mildew ( a fungus like a white powder that grows on plants and other surfaces when they are slightly wet. Mildew is a soft white fungus that grows in damp places. The room smelled of mildew. ). Too dry, they get brittle 脆的. Always keep books upright so the spines don't become rolled or warped or what we call cocked. And we never want to fold or crease the pages. And we dust the covers with a chemical-free duster. Always towards the spine. Under no circumstances is there any sunlight in this room. Sunlight can ruin a book as fast as fire. 4. Well, hello there. Who are you? Based on your vibe 气质, a student. Your blouse is loose. You're not here to be ogled, but those bracelets, they jangle. You like a little attention. Okay, I bite ( I'll bite 我甘愿上钩, 陪你玩 Inf. Okay, I will answer your question.; Okay, I will listen to your joke or play your little guessing game. Bob: Guess what is in this box? Bill: I'll bite. Bob: A new toaster! John: Didyou hear the joke about the used car salesman? Jane: No, I'll bite.). You search the books. Uh, fiction. F through K. Now, hmm, you're not the standard insecure nymph ( [nɪmf] I. literature in ancient Greek and Roman stories, one of the female spirits who live in rivers, mountains, or forests. a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations. "the idyllic world of nymphs and shepherds". a. literary a young woman. II. biology a young insect that becomes an adult without going through a pupa stage. nymphomaniac [nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪak] 欲求不满 n. a woman with uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire. A person (historically used to refer to women, but the word means both men and women) who has an abnormally high sex drive and craves sex nearly all the time. "I heard that Stacy was a nymphomaniac." "Greg is such a nymphomaniac, I bet he doesn't even close pornhub." adjective denoting or characteristic of a woman with uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire. His nymphomaniac lover. nympho [ˈnɪmfəu] 色女, 欲女 informal derogatory a woman with very strong sexual desires. movie nymphomaniac: He takes her back to his home and, over tea, listens intently as Joe recounts the story of her libidinous ( [lɪˈbid(ə)nəs] expressing strong sexual feelings. People who are libidinous have strong sexual feelings and express them in their behaviour. Powell let his libidinous imagination run away with him. ) life. Seligman, a highly-educated but cloistered 离群索居的 ([ˈklɔɪstərd] kept away from the noise, activity, or unpleasant responsibilities of ordinary life. The Countess lived a cloistered existence. cloister to make someone spend time in a quiet or private place away from other people. bimbomania 很容易沦为花瓶, 胸大无脑的女人 花瓶. Akin
to nymphomania but only due to ripe (nubile) age and hormones; as
opposed to sexual starvation after loss of virginity. A cultured woman
at the age of 18 (bimbo) may share a whiff of nymphomania as subtle as
the younger flocks (bird-brains) of the western bimbomaniacs who serve
well @self-pimping up-to immature indulgence before favorable biological
maturity of the psyché thereby. bimbo ['bimbəu] n I.
花瓶, 胸大无脑的人. an insulting word for an attractive but not very
intelligent young woman. an attractive but empty-headed young woman. II.
a fellow; person esp a foolish one. nymphomania [ˌnimfə'meiniə] Excessive sexual desire and behavior by a female. floozy an insulting word for a woman who likes to attract men and have sex.) man, connects and analyzes Joe's stories with what he has read about.) hunting for Faulkner you'll never finish. Too sun-kissed for Stephen King. Who will you buy? You sound apologetic, like you're embarrassed to be a good girl. And you murmur your first word to me. Hello. Do you work here? Guilty. Can I help you find something? Paula Fox? That's a good choice. Hmm, I feel weirdly validated 被认证, 被肯定, 被表扬, 被称赞(I. 证实. to officially prove that something is true or correct. To validate something such as a claim or statement means to prove or confirm that it is true or correct. This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology. ...how that evidence was evaluated and validated by historians. Some thought must be given to the method of validation. This validation process ensures that the data conforms to acceptable formats. The evidence does seem to validate his claim. II. to officially state that something is of an appropriate standard. To validate a person, state, or system means to prove or confirm that they are valuable or worthwhile. She is looking for an image that validates her. The Academy Awards appear to validate his career. I think the film is a validation of our lifestyle. All courses are validated by the University of Wales. III. to make a document legally valid.). Follow me. She's gonna be in here. Celebrity authors. I thought Fox was pretty obscure ( [əbˈskjʊr] v. I. to make something difficult to understand. This accident should not obscure the fact that train travel is extremely safe. II. to cover something so that it cannot be seen. His face was partially obscured by sunglasses. A solid wall of mist obscured the view. adj. I. 不著名, 不出名的. 不广为人知的. 不为人知的. not known about, or not well known. Details of this period of Shakespeare's life remain obscure. The report had been published in an obscure German journal. II. not clearly expressed, or not easy to understand. somewhat/relatively obscure 不明确, 模棱两可: The rules for the competition are somewhat obscure. for some obscure reason 莫名其妙的, 不为人所知的原因, 没有人知道为什么, 因为莫名其妙的原因 used for saying that you do not know the reason for something. For some obscure reason he is regarded as a great singer.). She is Courtney Love's maternal grandmother. You're not expected to know that. Good, I didn't. Mr. Mooney wants anyone in here who's even tangentially ( [tænˈdʒenʃəl] I. 擦点边的. 稍微沾点边的. very formal only slightly related to what you are doing, discussing, or thinking about. If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues. They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential 不沾边的 to the real world of business. II. maths something such as a line that is tangential to something touches its edge but does not pass through it. If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. ...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L. [+ to] ...the street tangential to the courthouse square. ) famous. He thinks it sells more books. That's sad people buying books because of what's popular, not because they want to be moved or changed in some way. Yeah. It's an epidemic 无所不在的, 无处不在的, 普适的, 人人都这样, 到处都是这样( epidemic adj. happening a lot and affecting many people. In some cities, drug use has reached epidemic proportions. n. I. If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas. an epidemic of typhoid. an influenza epidemic. A flu epidemic 流感爆发 is sweeping through Moscow. ...a killer epidemic of yellow fever. [+ of] II. If an activity that you disapprove of is increasing or spreading rapidly, you can refer to this as an epidemic of that activity. [disapproval] An epidemic of petty crime 小偷小摸不断的 has hit the area. ..an epidemic of serial killings. an epidemic of strikes. [+ of] Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic. ). Hmm. Yeah, you see this guy, here with the glasses, behind you? He just grabbed Dan Brown's latest on the way in. So he's gonna wander around for another, like, five or ten minutes just to find something legitimate to buy with it. Oh, like the cereal guys buy when they're really there for condoms? Only makes it more conspicuous. Like, own your shit ( own your own shit = own up to it: 老实承认. 大方承认, 坦白承认. Owning your shit means taking responsibility for your actions, acknowledging their impact on others, and moving forward without trying to cover your ass. It is often used in conversation to simply mean "admit your mistakes," but really it is much bigger than than that. To embrace or accept as fact. To show pride or intent in; thereby taking the sting out of being accused of being or doing something considered unfavorable. Bro, dont let her make you feel bad for cummimg too quickly. You gotta own that shit. know (one's) shit to be knowledgeable of a particular subject. He really knows his shit. He knows his shit when it comes to pop culture trivia. ) if Dan Brown's your kink 怪癖, then be out about it 承认( be/feel out of it/things 格格不入 not be/feel part of a group, a conversation, an activity, etc: I didn't know anybody at the party so I felt a bit out of it really. out I. You can use out to indicate that you are talking about the situation outside, rather than inside buildings. It's hot out–very hot, very humid. II. 不在家. 出门了. If you are out, you are not at home or not at your usual place of work. I tried to get in touch with you yesterday evening, but I think you were out. She had to go out. III. If you say that someone is out in a particular place, you mean that they are in a different place, usually one far away. The police tell me they've finished their investigations out there. When he's not filming out east, Allen lives in the Cotswolds. IV. When the sea or tide goes out, the sea moves away from the shore. The tide was out 退潮 and they walked among the rock pools. V. If you are out a particular amount of money, you have that amount less than you should or than you did. [mainly US] Me and my friends are out ten thousand dollars 少了, 缺了, 丢了, with nothing to show for it! to be out of sth I. if you are out of something, you no longer have any of it. I can't find the sugar – and we're out of milk. She was completely out of sugar. I'm fresh out of good ideas, I'm afraid. II. if you are out of a contest of some kind, you have been eliminated from it. Rovers are out of the League Cup. These players did not make the cut and are out of the competition. be out for something/be out to do something informal to have a particular intention. to be aiming to do something or to get something. These are dangerous men, and they are out for revenge. The company is simply out to make larger profits. Andrew's just out for a good time. I was convinced he was out to cheat me. be out for To seek or pursue, especially to determinedly pursue something to one's own benefit. He's out for all he can get. The king was out for revenge. come out with something 说出 to say something unexpectedly or suddenly: You come out with some strange comments sometimes! get out of something to avoid doing something that you do not want to do, or to escape responsibility for something: If I can get out of going to the meeting tonight, I will. get something out of something to obtain something, esp. a good feeling, by doing something: Bob's sister would probably get a big kick out of visiting him. do someone out of something to cheat someone by preventing that person from obtaining or keeping something of value: Con men did him out of over $10,000 of his hard-earned money. ). At the end of the day, people really are disappointing, aren't they? Sometimes they surprise you. Paula Fox, top shelf. Do you want me to... Oh, no, I got it. Oh, are you not wearing a bra? And you want me to notice. If this was a movie, I'd grab you and we'd go at it 开干 right in the stacks 书架子间. Have you read her fiction? "Desperate Characters" is her it's her best. Oh, that's what I keep hearing. You haven't read "Desperate Characters"? I know. I know. I'm worried it's not gonna live up to the hype 名不副实. I can safely say it is that good. That's a high endorsement. And from a bookstore clerk, nonetheless. Well, it's bookstore manager. Hello? Anyone working here? Oh. Whoa. Do you mind? Uh, I'm in a hurry. He's just pissed he's gotta buy Salinger to feel respectable when all he really wants to do is eat Cheetos and jerk it to iPorn before washing it all down with a Dan Brown chaser. Have a nice day, sir. Okay, I'm going for it 我听你的 (买那个小说). Good, you won't regret it. Better not. Paula Fox, nice. You know, she was, uh, Courtney Love's maternal grandmother. That's why I'm buying it. You have enough cash to cover this, but you want me to know your name. Guinevere? Yeah, my parents were assholes with the whole naming thing. But everyone just calls me Beck. And you're Joe? Goldberg. Everyone calls me Joe. Aren't you gonna tell me to have a nice day? You have a nice day, Beck. You have one yourself, Joe. You smiled, laughed at my jokes, told me your name, asked for mine. She write her number on there? She was on you hard( be hard on I. to treat severely; be harsh toward. II. to be difficult, unpleasant, or painful for. be/get one up on someone 棋高一着, 先一步 to have or get an advantage over someone, usually by being better than they are at something. He and his brothers are always trying to get one up on each other. be on somebody spoken used to say who is going to pay for something The drinks are on me! Each table will get a bottle of champagne on the house (=paid for by the restaurant, hotel etc). be sweet on someone to be attracted to someone in a romantic way. on someone's account (参考 on one's own initiative, use your initiative) I. Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation. Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account 替他担心, 替他害怕. II. 为了...某人. 冒着...的名义. 打着...的旗号. 以...为借口. 拿...当幌子. only for or because of one person. If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you. for a specified person's benefit. if you do something on someone's account, you do it because you think they want you to. Please don't go on my account. "don't bother on my account" Don't leave on my account. doting If you say that someone is, for example, a doting mother, husband, or friend, you mean that they show a lot of love for someone. His doting parents bought him his first racing bike at 13. dote on someone to love someone very much, sometimes too much: They dote on their grandchild. ). No, she was just being nice. I'd be Googling the hell out of her right now. You know her full name. That's pretty aggressive, Ethan. What do I tell you? Always be closing that shit. 5. I was in love once. She broke my heart, Beck. Oh, she really did a number on me(treat someone badly, typically by deceiving, humiliating, or criticizing them in a calculated way. to injure someone or something, or to hurt or embarrass someone: I really did a number on my ankle when I fell. She really did a number on her old boyfriend, making him beg her to come back and then turning him down.). I should have seen the signs 早就应该看明白, 看到警告. But we never do when we're in love. 6. Wow, you are burning through that book, aren't you? Reads quick. It's good. Well, let me know when you finish. I'll I'll get you another one. All right, well, I don't care about that! Are you hungry? 'Cause, you know, I just got this meatball sub, but I remembered I have Thai from last night. No, my mom will just make me something later. It's a shame. This won't keep 不能放着, 不能久放. It's getting tossed 扔掉了. You sure, Joe? All for one and one for all. 7. Are you ready for class? Professor Obvious wants to fuck you. But you're smart. You you let him think one day, he might. And what's the harm in that, right? After class, you head to your favorite cafe to write for the first time all day. But your life doesn't cooperate 天不遂人愿, 老天爷不开眼, 你的人生不合作. Your wealthy girlfriends have just now woken up and have nothing better to do than plan their next pointless 没有意义的 yet Instagrammable night. Can we get real for a second? You have questionable taste in friends, Beck.
关于The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail: 1. The Holy Grail 圣器(有认为是圣杯, 圣石等) is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian 亚瑟王 literature. Different traditions describe it as a cup, dish or stone with miraculous powers that provide happiness, eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance, often in the custody of the Fisher King (In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King, also known as the Wounded King or Maimed 残疾 King, is the last in a long line charged with keeping 保管 the Holy Grail. Versions of the original story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of standing. All he is able to do is fish in a small boat on the river near his castle, Corbenic, and wait for some noble who might be able to heal him by asking a certain question. In later versions knights travel from many lands to try to heal the Fisher King, but only the chosen can accomplish the feat. This is Percival alone in the earlier stories; in later versions, he is joined by Galahad and Bors. Many later works have two wounded "Grail Kings" who live in the same castle, a father and son (or grandfather and grandson). The more seriously wounded father stays in the castle, sustained by the Grail alone, while the more active son can meet with guests and go fishing. For the purposes of clarity in the remainder of this article, where both appear, the father will be called the Wounded King, the son named the Fisher King. In the Fisher King legends, it is implied that he becomes unable to father or support a next generation to carry on after his death (a "thigh" wound has been interpreted by many scholars in Arthurian literature as a genital wound). There are slight hints in the early versions that his kingdom and lands suffers as he does, and 20th-century scholars have suggested his impotence affecting the fertility of the land and reducing it to a barren wasteland.). The term "holy grail" is often used to denote an elusive object or goal that is sought after for its great significance. A "grail", wondrous but not explicitly holy, first appears in Perceval, le Conte du Graal, an unfinished romance written by Chrétien de Troyes around 1190. Here, Chrétien's story attracted many continuators, translators and interpreters in the later 12th and early 13th centuries, including Wolfram von Eschenbach, who perceived the Grail as a stone. In the late 12th century, Robert de Boron wrote in Joseph d'Arimathie that the Grail was Jesus's vessel from the Last Supper, which Joseph of Arimathea used to catch Christ's blood at the Crucifixion. Thereafter, the Holy Grail became interwoven with the legend of the Holy Chalice (The Holy Chalice ( [ˈtʃælɪs] a large cup for wine, especially one used during the Christian ceremony of Holy Communion. poisoned chalice a job or piece of work that will cause many problems for the person who is forced to do it. ), also known as the Holy Grail, is in some Christian traditions the vessel that Jesus used at the Last Supper to serve wine. The Synoptic Gospels refer to Jesus sharing a cup of wine with the Apostles, saying it was the covenant in his blood. The use of wine and chalice in the Eucharist in Christian churches is based on the Last Supper story. Two artifacts, one in Genoa and one in Valencia, became particularly well known and are identified as the Holy Chalice. ), the Last Supper cup, a theme continued in works such as the Vulgate Cycle, the Post-Vulgate Cycle, and Le Morte d'Arthur. 2. In The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ( The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (published as Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the United States) is a book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. The book was first published in 1982. ), the authors put forward a hypothesis that the historical Jesus married Mary Magdalene, had one or more children, and that those children or their descendants emigrated to what is now southern France. Once there, they intermarried with the noble families that would eventually become the Merovingian dynasty, whose special claim to the throne of France is championed today by a secret society called the Priory of Sion. They concluded that the legendary Holy Grail is simultaneously the womb of Mary Magdalene and the sacred royal bloodline she gave birth to. An international bestseller upon its release, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail spurred interest in a number of ideas related to its central thesis. Response from professional historians and scholars from related fields was negative. They argued that the bulk of the claims, ancient mysteries, and conspiracy theories presented as facts are pseudohistorical. The book's ideas were considered blasphemous enough for the book to be banned in some Catholic countries. 3. The Da Vinci Code provoked a popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and Mary Magdalene's role in the history of Christianity. The book has, however, been extensively denounced by many Christian denominations as an attack on the Roman Catholic Church, and consistently criticized for its historical and scientific inaccuracies.
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Series 06 Episode 22 – The Proton Resurgence
Leonard: The interface is pretty simple. You put your horizontal X coordinate here, vertical Y coordinate here. When you're happy with those, you press this button. Penny: Got it. Sheldon: Leonard, you'll never guess who I just found online. Hey! Leonard: Nice shot. Penny: Eh, his giant head did most of the work. Sheldon: Very mature. You're lucky I'm out of silly string. As I was saying, Leonard, you'll never guess 永远猜不到 who I just found online. Professor Proton. Leonard: You're kidding. He's still alive? Sheldon: Yes. Penny: Who's Professor Proton? Leonard: He was the host of this great… Hey! Penny: Yes! Sorry, tell me about Professor Proton. Sheldon: Professor Proton hosted my favourite science show when I was a child. I never missed an episode. He demonstrated scientific principles using everyday objects. Leonard: It was pretty cool. Penny: Aw, so cute when you use the word cool wrong. Like when kids say pasghetti. Sheldon: Oh, dear lord, Leonard, look. He's still available for parties and events. We should hire him. Leonard: Hire him to do what? Sheldon: Well, whatever we want. Hang out, do experiments, make him take 12 pictures with us so we can make a calendar. Leonard: It would be pretty awesome to hang out with him. I just used awesome wrong, didn't I? Sheldon: Well, I'm e-mailing him right now. Leonard: Do you remember his old theme song? Sheldon: Of course I do. Together: Grab your goggles, put your lab coat on, here he comes, Professor Proton. Raj: Hey, I just found out I have to be at the telescope lab all weekend. Any chance you and Bernadette could take care of my dog? Howard: Why don't you put her in a kennel 狗之家? Raj: Why don't you put your mother in a home? Howard: To be honest, she'd do better in the kennel. I'll talk to Bernie. I'm sure it's fine. Raj: Thank you. Sheldon: It's happening. Leonard, it's happening. Professor Proton is coming to our house. Leonard: You're kidding. Howard: You mean the guy who used to host that lame kids show? Sheldon: And you just got yourself uninvited. See? I told you I'd find a tactful way to do that. Howard: How'd you get him to come to your house? Sheldon: As Professor Proton always says, there is no problem you can't solve if you use your noggin. Leonard: And he wrote him a cheque. Sheldon: Yeah, that, too. Big cheque. Raj: Uncle Howard. Cinnamon's here for her sleepover party. Howard: You know if you had a stroke, she'd eat you, right? Raj: And it would be my pleasure to be her num-num. Howard: Okay, so what do I need to know to take care of her? Raj: It's very simple. For breakfast, she has an egg-white frittata. Feel free to give her a choice of home fries or an English muffin, but not both. We're watching our weight. Uh, for dinner, something simple, a veal chop, some scampi, whatever you like. Howard: Classy dog. Raj: Yes. Also, don't forget to close the toilet or she'll drink out of it. Howatd: I feel for ya. I've got a psychotic mommy, too. Sheldon (off): Leonard, are you in bed? Leonard: Yes. Sheldon (off): Me, too. Leonard: Great. Sheldon (off): I can't sleep. Leonard: Well, I can, so shut up. Sheldon (off): Do you realize that in less than nine hours, Arthur Jeffries, aka Professor Proton, will be in our apartment? Leonard: Sheldon, you know that if you stay up all night, you're gonna be sleepy tomorrow. And a sleepy Sheldon is a cranky Sheldon. And a cranky Sheldon is actually no different than a regular Sheldon. Good night. Sheldon (off): I'm thinking of wearing a tuxedo. Leonard: That's not ridiculous. Good night. Sheldon (off): Do you have cufflinks? Leonard: No. Sheldon (off): Ah, just as well. Where can you rent a tuxedo at three o'clock in the morning? Leonard: Okay, good night. Sheldon (off): Nice to meet you, Professor Proton. Nice to meet you, Professor Proton. Nice to meet you, Professor Proton. Nice to meet you, Prof… Ow! Leonard? Leonard: What? Sheldon (off): I still can't sleep. Scene: Howard and Bernadette's apartment. Howard: She really tuckered herself out at the park, huh? Bernadette: Yeah, you two were so cute playing together. Howard: It was kind of fun throwing a ball and not having anyone laugh at me. Bernadette: And you were sweet not to throw it too far so she didn't wear out her tiny legs. Howard: Yeah, that's what I was doing. Bernadette: You know, there were a few moments today when I almost felt like we were a little family. Howard: Really? Bernadette: Yeah. I never thought of myself as a mom, but when the three of us were out there having fun, I felt like maybe someday we could do it. Howard: Of course we can. Especially if our baby's as calm and quiet as little Cinna… Son of a bitch, she's gone. Bernadette: Where'd she go? Howard: I don't know, she didn't leave a note. Bernadette: Well, you were the one who was supposed to put her back in the stroller 小推车, 小孩推车 ( pram, pushchair, baby buggy, travel cot, carrier, car seat, booster seat). Howard: No, I wasn't. You were. Bernadette: No, I wasn't. Howard: Yes, you were!. Bernadette: Yeah, well, you throw like a girl. Scene: The apartment. Sheldon: I'm getting worried. Penny: Relax, Sheldon, he's only a few minutes late. Sheldon: Professor Proton was never late when he was on TV. You know, every day, four o'clock, he was there. Unless tornadoes were ripping apart 肆虐 East Texas, in which case we'd join him in progress. (Phone rings) It's him. Hello. Well, I see. Yes. All right, we can come get you 来接你. Yeah, well, see you soon. Bye. Leonard: Where is he? Sheldon: The third floor landing(I. [countable/uncountable] the process of moving a plane down onto the ground at the end of a trip. Keep your seat-belt fastened during take-off and landing. a crash/emergency landing: The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. a. the action of hitting the ground when you fall or jump from somewhere high. The thick grass gave me a soft landing. II. [countable] the area at the top of a set of stairs or between the sections of a set of stairs. In a house or other building, the landing is the area at the top of the staircase which has rooms leading off it. I ran out onto the landing. the third-floor landing. III. [countable] an attack by soldiers arriving somewhere by boat. the Grenada landings. IV. landing or landing place [countable] a place where you can leave a boat. stairwell 电梯井 a shaft in a building in which a staircase is built. "the stairwell echoed with the sounds of pounding feet". A stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs, or simply stairs, is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Special types of stairs include escalators and ladders. Some alternatives to stairs are elevators (lifts in British English), stairlifts and inclined moving walkways as well as stationary inclined sidewalks (pavements in British English). Landing or Platform: A landing is the area of a floor near the top or bottom step of a stair. An intermediate landing is a small platform that is built as part of the stair between main floor levels and is typically used to allow stairs to change directions, or to allow the user a rest. A half landing is where a 180° change in direction is made, and a quarter landing is where a 90° change in direction is made (on an intermediate landing). As intermediate landings consume floor space they can be expensive to build. However, changing the direction of the stairs allows stairs to fit where they would not otherwise, or provides privacy to the upper level as visitors downstairs cannot simply look up the stairs to the upper level due to the change in direction. The word 'landing' is also commonly used for a general corridor in any of the floors above the ground floor of a building, even if that corridor is located well away from a staircase. ). The poor old guy's been walking up the stairs for half an hour. It's really you. (On the third floor landing) Leonard: Mr. Jeffries, I am so sorry. We should've told you about the broken elevator. Arthur: I agree. Sheldon: Professor Proton, it's an honour to meet you. Arthur: Just, just call me Arthur. Sheldon: Leonard, you hear that? Professor Proton said I should call him Arthur. That means we're friends. Arthur: No. A friend would've told me about the elevator. Sheldon: Look at me. I can get as close to you as I want without my mom saying it's going to ruin my eyes. Arthur: Is he dangerous? Leonard: Actually, he's a genius. Sheldon: I am. Arthur: That doesn't answer my question. Leonard: Mr. Jeffries, I'm Leonard. This is my girlfriend, Penny. Arthur: Hi. Penny: Hello. Arthur: Well, I hope I haven't kept the kids waiting too long for, for the show. Sheldon: Oh, no, there are no kids. No, the, the show's for me. Come on. I'll race ya, Arthur. Arthur: Is the, is the blonde girl really your, your girlfriend? Leonard: Yes, sir. Arthur: You're the genius. (Back in the Apartment) Penny: So, do you do a lot of appearances 露面 like this? Arthur: It, it's hard to say. I'm still trying to figure out what, what this is. We just wanted to hang out with you and maybe learn a little about your life. Well, there really isn't too much to tell.
After the TV show was canceled, nobody in the scientific world would
take me seriously. So I was forced to do these, uh, children's parties to make a living 谋生, 养活自己. That's too bad. But still, working with kids-- it must be rewarding 很有收获, 收获良多, 很有收益. You get bit a lot. Let me see if I have this straight 看看我是不是搞错了, 看看我是不是误解了(get sth straight If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does. You need to get your facts straight 搞清楚事实. Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with her. ).
You two are physicists, and you want me to do a children's science
show? Yes. And if there's time, take 12 pictures with us in seasonal
clothing. You know, I'm a real scientist. I have a PhD from Cornell
University. Yeah, that's great. Did you bring your puppet? Arthur: No, no. I, I hate that puppet. Sheldon: Oh, no. How could anybody hate Gino the Neutrino? It's nice, huh? I got him for 20 bucks on eBay. Including the shipping! Arthur: I'm, I'm awake, right? Th, this is happening? Scene: Bernadette's car. Bernadette: Cinnamon! Howard: Cinnamon! Bernadette: You know, maybe she doesn't recognize her name because of Raj's accent. Howard: Good thinking 想的对, 说得对. (In a bad Indian accent) Cinnamon, come to Daddy. Bernadette (likewise): Cinnamon. Where are you, my little lamb chop? Howard: Nice. Bernadette: Thanks. Howard: When this all blows over 消停, 风平浪静, 都过去后 ( If something such as trouble or an argument blows over, it ends without any serious consequences. Wait, and it'll all blow over. ), remember that voice. It's kind of a turn-on. Bernadette: It turns you on when I sound like Raj? Howard: Cinnamon! Scene: The apartment. Arthur: Okay, as, as I put the egg on top, and, and the flame goes out and, and, and the air pressure decreases in, in the flask, what do you think will happen? Penny: I think I know. Sheldon: It's gonna get sucked in. It's going to get sucked in. Penny: Okay, I didn't know. Sheldon: Yes. Penny: See, I'm not a scientist like them. Arthur: I figured that out. Sheldon: Potato clock. Do potato clock. Penny: What's that? Arthur: I power a clock with a, with a potato. Penny: Shut up. You can do that? I mean, wouldn't that solve the world's energy crisis? Arthur: No. Look, guys, keep your money. I think, I think I'm done. Sheldon: What, well what's wrong? Is she upsetting you? Because I can make her go away. Arthur: No, she's the only reason I've stayed this long. Leonard: Then what is it? Arthur: I don't know. I think I'm, I just don't want to be Professor Proton any more. Sheldon: Well, how can you say that? Professor Proton's the best. Arthur: What, what has it ever gotten me 给了我什么, 带给了我什么? I mean, I'm an 83-year-old man who has potatoes in, in his suitcase. Other scientists, think I'm a joke. And the, the puppeteer who did Gino, well, he also did my wife. Sheldon: Mr. Jeffries, I need to show you something. Penny: I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. Arthur: Uh, thanks. Penny: But if you don't mind me asking, uh, the potato clock, how does it work? Is it a trick clock or a trick potato 变戏法用的, 特制的( trick I. used for tricking someone. a trick question. II. American used about a part of the body that is weak and that does not work the way it should. a trick knee. one-trick pony someone who can do only one thing well or is interested in only one thing. Unlike some Eurosceptic Tories, Mr Carswell is not a one-trick pony. not/never miss a trick 错失良机 to notice every opportunity and use it. they always know what is happening and take advantage of every situation. When it comes to integrating their transport systems, the French don't miss a trick. Oscar, who never misses a trick, noticed the letter and asked what it was about. a trick of the light If you say that something is a trick of the light, you mean that what you are seeing is an effect caused by the way that the light falls on things, and does not really exist in the way that it appears. Her head appears to be on fire but that is only a trick of the light. every trick in the book If someone tries every trick in the book, they try every possible thing that they can think of in order to achieve something. [informal] Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors. tricks of the trade The tricks of the trade are the quick and clever ways of doing something that are known by people who regularly do a particular activity. We asked five successful writers to reveal some of the tricks of the trade. you can't teach an old dog new tricks If you say 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks', you are suggesting that someone is unwilling to try new ways of doing things. up to one's tricks = up to one's old tricks If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave. [informal, disapproval] I have no respect for my father who, having remarried, is still up to his old tricks. can't take a trick Australian slang to be consistently unsuccessful or unlucky.)? Arthur: What do you two talk about? Sheldon: I wrote a fan letter to you when I was a child in Texas, and you sent this autographed picture back to me. Do you remember that? Arthur: I'll, I'll give you a hint. I have a bracelet with my own address on it. Sheldon: Well, anyway, um, you may find this hard to believe, but I didn't have any friends growing up. Arthur: No, I, I get that. Sheldon: But, um, I did have you. And every day at four o'clock, you'd come to my house on Channel 68, and we'd do science together. If it hadn't been for you, well, who knows what would've become of me 我会变成什么? You know? Instead of a world-class physicist, I could've wound up as a hobo. Or a surgeon. Leonard: I bet there are important discoveries being made every day because you inspired millions of kids to pursue science. In a way, their discoveries are your discoveries. Sheldon: Yeah, it's true. A generation of young scientists are standing on your shoulders. Arthur: Well, thank, thank you, guys. That, that, that means a lot. Leonard: It's important you know how much you mean to us. Arthur: Uh-oh. Penny: Arthur, are you okay? Arthur: I'm having a problem with my pacemaker. Leonard: I'll, I'll call for help. Penny: Any chance we could plug it into the potato? Arthur: No. Scene: The telescope lab. Raj's phone rings. Raj: Hello? What do you mean, you found my dog? She's with my friends. Is she okay? Oh, thank you. Uh, just text me your address, I'm on my way. Oh, and if she's hungry, go ahead and feed her. But do not give her anything starchy. She's having risotto for dinner. Scene: The apartment. Paramedic: Your vitals 生命体征 are stable, but let's take you in for some tests just to be safe. Leonard: You want one of us to go with you in the ambulance? Sheldon: I'll do it. Arthur: He's not a relative, he's not allowed, right? Paramedic: No, that's not a rule. He can go. Sheldon: Oh, yeah. Arthur: I can't catch a break today. Penny: We'll pack up your stuff and meet you at the hospital. Leonard: I'm sorry things turned out this way 变成这样, 事情发展成这样, 以这样结束. Arthur: Well, at, at this point, I'm just glad someone's carrying me down the stairs. Sheldon: Met my childhood hero, now I get to ride in an ambulance. Boy, if we can get him to do that calendar, this'll be the best day ever. Scene: Howard and Bernadette's apartment. Bernadette: Can't believe we lost her. What was I thinking? I'd be a terrible mom. Howard: Well, maybe with the first one. But kids are like pancakes. The first one's always a throwaway 试验品. How's this look? Bernadette: It's fine. Where'd you get that picture of her? Howard: It's not her. I just googled foo-foo little dogs. (Skype tone) It's Raj. Stay quiet. Hey, bad timing. Bernadette just took Cinnamon out for a walk. Raj: Hmm. Interesting. Did they take a walk down Liars' Lane? Howard: What? Raj: A lane frequented by liars. Like you, you big liar. Howard: You have her? Bernadette: Oh, thank God she's okay. Raj: Well, I trusted you, and you let me down. The poor thing's been shaking for hours. Howard: I'm really sorry. Bernadette: Hang on, you've had her for hours? Raj: Yes. I picked her up, and then we both went for massages to try and calm down. And then we got Pinkberry. Bernadette: So you knew she was okay, and you couldn't pick up the phone to tell us? Raj: Well, I, I thought about… Bernadette: Don't well me, mister. We've been worried sick. She could have been dead for all we knew. You should be ashamed of yourself. Raj: Sorry. I, I just. Bernadette: Sorry's not good enough. Maybe you need to take some time and think about what you've done. Howard: Nice guilt trip. You are gonna be an amazing mom. Scene: A hospital room. Sheldon: Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr. Arthur: Thank you, Sheldon. That was very nice. Want me to sing it again? No. The fourth, the fourth time was the charm (Third time is a charm is an idiom which means on your third try you're likely to succeed after failing two times. ... 'third time's a charm' or 'third time's the charm' is an idiom - there isn't a correlating first, second or fourth time. A similar expression is 'third time lucky'.).
There anything I can get for you? Some apple juice? Uh, some Jell-O?
No. No, thank you. But I do I do have a favor to ask. Name it 有话就说吧(Penny: Oh, okay. Well, I was hoping, um, you could do me a favour. Stuart: Sure, yeah, name it 帮什么忙, 说吧. Penny: Well, I'm kind of responsible for Sheldon missing Stan Lee, and I really want to make it up to him. So I was hoping you could give me his phone number so maybe I can arrange for them to meet). Well, I'm
booked to do a children's party tomorrow, and, um, frankly I, you know, I don't feel up to it 觉着做不了了, 应付不来了. Oh, you're not. You look awful. Thank you. Anyway, uh I mean, you know my act better than anybody. I was hoping that maybe you'd fill in for me. Are you saying that you want me to be Professor Proton? Yeah. Oh, my. What an honor. Oh, this is like being asked to ascend Mount Olympus and dine with the gods. Arthur: Or a Korean family in Alhambra. Sheldon: But they'll know I'm not you. Should I call myself Professor Proton, Jr.? Arthur: Sounds great. Sheldon: So, in a way it's like I'm your son. Arthur: What, Whatever. Sheldon: Father. Arthur: Sure, what the hell.
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用法学习: 1. In exchange for surrendering his seat, Mr. Adkins had been offered a free ticket and an upgrade to first class on a later flight. "But right before the doors closed on the next flight," Mr. Adkins, a university research director, recalled, "a customer service agent boarded the plane and told me I needed to get off because I had been upgraded illegally. I told her my story, but she said she didn't want to hear it and if I did not get off the plane, she was going to call the police." Mr. Adkins, the passenger who was blacklisted on America West, said he had no plans to fly on America West again, regardless of his status. He dismissed the incident that led to his banishment as a "simple misunderstanding" and speculated that the employees who threatened to call authorities and then informed him of his presence on the blacklist were "just on a power trip." He acknowledged that the airline had turned a new leaf 翻开新篇章 in its customer service, but said that the improvements were too late for him. "When they told me to take my business somewhere else," he said, "I walked across the terminal to Southwest Airlines. I've never looked back." At a time when the federal Transportation Security Administration's "no fly" list is coming under intense public scrutiny, a growing number of air travelers have found themselves trapped on another kind of blacklist -- one kept by an airline. 2. Evie's parents, Meagan and Scott, from Melbourne, thought it was just a phase. The Macdonalds, finally understanding it was not just a stage 阶段性的, 临时的, turned to The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne for help. Gender clinics across the country, including all major children's hospitals, have seen a huge increase in GP referrals of children with gender dysphoria. Research at the hospital shows that 96 per cent of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria have continued to identify as gender diverse and no patient who commenced stage two treatment has wanted to transition back 变性, 变回原来的性 to their birth sex. "My first transgender client was in 1998 but a shift 情况发生变化 started to happen about 10 years ago. Social acceptance 社会接受度, 社会认同度 is increasing and parents become stronger advocates for the needs of their children. This is vastly different to the climate 大气候, 大环境 of fear, judgement and ignorance that was around more than 20 years ago when children were punished, beaten, abandoned or institutionalised for expressing gender diversity. In a landmark 2017 ruling, gender diverse youths were no longer required to go through The Family Court to access hormone treatment – making transitioning much easier. The charge was spearheaded 引领 by teenager and transgender advocate Georgie Stone, who was the youngest person in the country to be granted hormone blockers 荷尔蒙阻断 at just 10 years old. The first step in the transition process involves undergoing gender affirmation sessions, including changing their names and clothing. Stage one of treatment involves the use of puberty blocking drugs usually taken in early adolescence and stage two is irreversible 不可逆转的 cross-sex hormone treatment and surgery. "If Evie doesn't do the medical transition she wants and has asked for, what's the other side of that (other side (idiomatic, usually preceded by the and sometimes capitalized) The afterlife, as a supernatural realm inhabited by spirits of deceased people. the other side of the coin 另一方面 a different way of considering a situation, making it seem either better or worse than it did originally: I like having a white car, but the other side of the coin is that it soon gets dirty. the grass is (always) greener on the other side life seems better somewhere else, or other people's situations seem better than your own. you'll be laughing on the other side of your face 很快你就笑不出来了 used for telling someone that something is going to happen to stop them feeling so happy about a situation. on the other side of the fence in a completely different situation or position from the one you are used to. He looked uncomfortable on the other side of the fence from his former colleagues. )? The other side is I don't have a child who will even make it to adulthood 长大成人. "She's openly said to me: 'If my voice breaks, I'll kill myself'." 2. touchy I. 爱生气的. 动辄生气的. If you describe someone as touchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated. [disapproval] She is very touchy about her past. [+ about] Don't be so touchy. II. 敏感的. If you say that something is a touchy subject, you mean that it is a subject that needs to be dealt with carefully and in a sensitive way, because it might upset or offend people. ...the touchy question of political reform. touchy-feely adj kind and loving, especially by touching and holding people more than is usual, often in a way that makes other people uncomfortable: a touchy-feely approach. She's one of those touchy-feely people, always putting her hand on your arm while she's talking to you. monged [mɒŋd] adj offensive, slang under the influence of drugs. You want to get monged? maim [meɪm] 伤害 wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. I'll maim you 废了你, 致残, 打残你, 弄残废了你 if you mess with me again. "100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed". "they are prepared to kill and maim innocent people in pursuit of their cause". philistine [ˈfɪlɪstʌɪn] noun a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts. "I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings". adj. hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts. "a philistine government". 对艺术无感的. 不懂艺术的. 口味老派的, 没有艺术品味的. 没艺术情趣的. A philistine person is a man or woman of smugly narrow mind and of conventional morality whose materialistic views and tastes indicate a lack of and an indifference to cultural and æsthetic values. 3. The will of God (God's will) 上帝的意志, 天意, 上帝的意愿, 上帝的意旨, divine will, or God's plan (godsend 上帝派来的 a very helpful or valuable event, person, or article. something that you are very grateful for because it helps you in a difficult situation. If you describe something as a godsend, you are emphasizing that it helps you very much. something good that happens unexpectedly, especially at a time when it is needed: The grant was a real godsend, especially considering the theatre was going to be shut down next month. Pharmacists are a godsend when you don't feel sick enough to call the doctor. "these information packs are a godsend to schools") is the concept of a God having a plan for humanity. Ascribing a volition or a plan to a God generally implies a personal God (God regarded as a person with mind, emotions, will). crafty 诡计多端的, 狡猾的, 狡诈的, 狡黠的 adj. If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people. ...a crafty, lying character who enjoys plotting against others. A crafty look came to his eyes. That was my crafty little plan. The government has craftily put up all the hidden taxes. 电子烟: An electronic cigarette or e-cigarette is a handheld electronic device that simulates the feeling of smoking. It works by heating a liquid to generate an aerosol, commonly called a "vapor", that the user inhales. Using e-cigarettes is commonly referred to as vaping 抽电子烟. The liquid in the e-cigarette, called e-liquid, or e-juice, is usually made of nicotine, propylene glycol, glycerine, and flavorings. Not all e-liquids contain nicotine. 4. aside adj. used for telling someone that what you are mentioning is not as important as what you are going to say next. You're right to mention her home circumstances, but that aside, how is her school work? n. 闲话. a remark about something that is not the main subject of your discussion. a. something that you say quietly to someone because you do not want other people to hear. MP Huw Merriman was captured on the live feed from the House of Commons pointing at Michael Fabricant’s long blond locks and making the aside to colleagues: It's a wig.
Tourist holds deadly blue-ringed octopus in the palm of their hand: A visit to the beach could have been disastrous for one tourist who is believed to have casually held one of the world's deadliest animals in his palm. In the video originally, posted on Chinese social media app Tik Tok, the tourist can be seen reaching down into a rock pool, believed to be in waters off Darwin, and scooping up a blue-ringed ( ridge I. 棱的, 棱 A long, narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave. II. A long, narrow, or crested part of the body: the ridge of the nose 鼻梁. ) octopus with his bare hand. With their small and vibrant 鲜艳的 ( [ˈvaɪbrənt] I. lively and exciting. a vibrant city. a strong vibrant market economy. II. bright and colorful. a vibrant green. ) blue and yellow rings, the blue-ringed octopus may have drawn the tourist to its beauty, but these creatures have enough venom to quickly kill 26 adults. "One bite death in minutes. Don't do this he is very lucky" another said. The Museum of Victoria said all it takes is one bite, and its death within minutes. "At only 10cms long, the Blue-ringed Octopus won't chomp through a speedboat anytime soon. But these tiny critters are some of the ocean's most distinctive and venomous 毒性最大的, 最毒的 [ˈvenəməs] inhabitants and can be found off the beaches of Victoria and beyond," a statement on the Museum Victoria website said. They are mostly found in rockpools but aren't always so easy to see and not everyone knows of their dangers. "You can literally see they had no idea whatsoever. Was just a "pretty and cute" little octopus," wrote a Reddit user in response to the video. In an article for e Medical Health, medical author Scott Fell said the octopus has dark brown to yellow bands over the body when at rest. "When excited or angered, the body darkens and the blue circles or striped glow iridescent blue," Mr Fell wrote. This means the octopus on the tourists' palm was likely "excited or angered", so it could have easily released its venom straight into their hand. Fell said the sting of a blue-ringed octopus contains tetrodotoxin, which paralyses its victim in one bite, and without treatment will result in death. "The venom is held in salivary glands and the mouth of the octopus is on the underneath side of the middle of the body… The sting is often fatal," he said. He also said symptoms include pain, nausea, vomiting, bleeding, changes in vision, loss of sight and paralysis, which the tourist would have experienced had they been bitten. Creating more awareness of these symptoms, especially for tourists, may reduce the number of people innocently picking them up. At present, there is no cure, but effective medical assistance and heart massage can treat a blue-ringed octopus bite.
Timothée Chalamet VS Lucas Hedges: While we're usually staunch 坚定信仰 believers of not pitting people or artists against each other 搬弄是非, 搅是非 — of celebrating people for their individual worth — we also accept that there can only be one mainstay ( mainstay [meɪnsteɪ] If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it. Fish and rice were the mainstays 主项, 主要内容, 本质 of the country's diet. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.) white twink actor internet boyfriend at a time. And we believe that twink should be Hedges, not Chalamet. And if you're seriously about to suggest To All The Boy's I've Loved Before's Noah Centineo should be the third contender for the title, then I am forced to provide some entry rules 门槛, 入门规则: they must have been nominated for an Academy Award, like Hedges (Manchester By The Sea) and Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name). Call me when Centineo provides a gripping performance in For All The Boys I've Still Loved, Will Always Love, And Will Kill For, or whatever the sequel's sequel will be called. An internet boyfriend is more than an attractive man. As Vox write in this explainer, an internet boyfriend is a celebrity who can look after you, a figure who, if they loved you, would love you with all of their heart. And while they use Centineo as an example, saying his basic wholesomeness and plain-but-hot persona made him the perfect, approachable fixation, we'd argue an internet boyfriend needs to have a little je ne sais quoi(literally "I don't know what". An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive. She has a certain je ne sais quoi about her. ), too. The two young, svelte (Someone who is svelte is slim and looks attractive and elegant. ) white actors have both attracted accolades( [ˈækəˌleɪd] an honor given to someone for their work. the TV industry's ultimate accolade.) since they both burst to attention a few years ago — and played some similar roles and featured in some pretty similarly titled films. Hedges first gained prominence 出名 in 2016 when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester In The Sea, but it's a recent spate of noteworthy films — Mid90s, Boy Erased, Three Billboards… and Ben Is Back — that catapulted him into B-list territory. But in terms of establishing their personas — and why Hedges is the superior internet boyfriend — it's best to take a look at a film they both star in, Lady Bird. In Lady Bird, Chalamet plays Kyle, a confident, slick teen who plays bass guitar and smokes while reading socialist-friendly history books and uses the word "anarchist" as a complement. Surprise, surprise: he's a classic fuckboi (In essence, a fuckboy (sometimes stylized "fuckboi" or "fuccboi") is a (usually straight, white) dude embodying something akin to the “man whore” label, mashed up with some “basic” qualities and a light-to-heavy sprinkling of misogyny. But consensus on a singular definition is a work in progress. A guy who will tell a girl anything to get them to hook up with them. A complete jerk who flirts with multiple girls at a time and makes them all believe they're individually special. They tell a girl they like them and act like they're in love so that they can get something out of it like pictures, hooking up, sex, etc. Someone who should not be trusted and is the reason for a lot of people's trust issues. Dont fuck with a fuckboi.), treating Lady Bird with frosty contempt. And that's kind of Chalamet's appeal, right? He's cocky-confident 拽拽的, the type who can wear a sparkly harness with nonchalance or precociously rap to his entire high-school at age 15 as "Lil Timmy Tim' and somehow not get bullied. Chalamet is perfect for pining: he's effortlessly charming to the point of being unapproachable 高不可攀的 for most. He makes the slightest move and corners of the internet collapses at the knees, ruining their lives. In Lady Bird, Hedges plays Danny O'Neill, a dorky teen who begins dating Lady Bird after they co-star in a school production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along. He is a boy who stutters around but springs alive singing on-stage. And yet they (twinks) are more culturally mainstream: a growing cohort of famous (and famously small) boys who stand in opposition to the lumbering ( I. to walk slowly because of being large and heavy. lumbering: Clumsy or awkward. II. [transitive] British to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want. ), abusive oafs ( [oʊf] If you refer to someone, especially a man or boy, as an oaf, you think that they are impolite, clumsy, or aggressive. [disapproval] Leave the lady alone, you drunken oaf.) who have been dominating this year's headlines. Consider, for example, Tye Sheridan, the 21-year-old lead in "Ready Player One" — and one of few action heroes who won't be busting out of his T-shirt anytime soon. Or the rising star Lucas Hedges, also 21, whose acting exudes anti-alpha softness. Christopher Nolan's 2017 WWII epic "Dunkirk" was an ensemble showpiece of British twinkiness; "Love, Simon," starring Nick Robinson, 23, is the American suburban version. Historically, music's leading men have been less burdened by stereotypes of masculinity. But if the godfathers of nonbinary pop — from Freddie Mercury to Adam Lambert — paved the way, their personas often came across as glam-rock caricature. Today, gay twinks such as Olly Alexander of the band Years & Years and Troye Silvan feel less costumed. When Sivan, 22, performed on "Saturday Night Live" in January, his shirt was blown open by a wind machine, his whole mien (mien [miːn] 气质 Someone's mien is their general appearance and manner, especially the expression on their face, which shows what they are feeling or thinking. It was impossible to tell from his mien whether he was offended. ...his mild manner and aristocratic mien.) charged with sex. But there seemed to be safety in his slimness — both for the artist to express himself and for his countless questioning teenage fans. Sivan has also walked in a few runway shows, and several modeling agencies, including the German company Tomorrow Is Another Day, now specialize in lithe ( [laɪð] adj A lithe person is able to move and bend their body easily and gracefully. ...a lithe young gymnast. His walk was lithe and graceful.) men, lending their sometimes-teenage charges to Prada and Valentino. When Nicolas Ghesquière unveiled his spring/summer 2016 collection for Louis Vuitton, the actor and musician Jaden Smith, then 17, wore a metal embroidered kilt 苏格兰裙, going beyond drag to question what, if anything, boyishness looks like now. Female body types have always cycled in and out of style; yet with men, alternatives to the ideal of imposing physicality have usually been ignored or lampooned ( [læmpuːn] I. If you lampoon someone or something, you criticize them very strongly, using humorous means. He entertained his readers by lampooning the pretensions of the rich. He was lampooned for his short stature and political views. II. A lampoon is a piece of writing or speech which criticizes someone or something very strongly, using humorous means. ...his scathing lampoons of consumer culture. [+ of] The style Shelley is using here is that of popular lampoon.). But as women continue to use their voices to undo that legacy of toxic masculinity, a different kind of change is taking place from within the culture: These twinks, after all, aren't just enviably lean boys or the latest unrealistic gay fantasy, but a new answer to the problem of what makes a man. 评论: This is the best advice - just let guys look how they want to look. Whatever makes them enjoy what they see in the mirror, I deal with depression and self esteem issues (yeah, like every other gay man - so much for the word being synonymous with "happy") so looking at myself in the mirror and seeing the boyish side-swept hairstyle and a slim, smooth torso both "still there" is the only thing that makes me feel better about myself some days. I sure hope my hair doesn't go on me, baldness isn't too rampant in my family so I might luck out there. My face I'm trying to take care of by using moisturizer as well as sunscreen if I'm going to be outside for any extended period of time. I shave any unwanted body hair, even if just on the torso, though I don't bother with arms/legs (should I? I'm not sure if a hairless body with normal amounts of arm/leg hair is weird or not) and my inability to put on weight combined with a naturally small appetite looks after me in the size department. So I figured why settle for 甘心于 looking almost 30 when I can still pass for 24 with relatively little work. It makes me happy since I'm still reminiscent of what I'm attracted to physically in others. And while I'm not eager to broadcast my age without being prompted first, I'll be honest if asked. It would show a potential partner's true colours if they suddenly lose interest in me after finding out and sometimes telling people can be liberating when I see their disbelief. Now they've gentrified( I. renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste. to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of a higher social class moving to live there: The area where I grew up has been all modernized and gentrified, and has lost all its old character. When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money used to live. The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified. ...the gentrification of the area. II. make (someone or their way of life) more refined or polite. "a gentrified Irish American".) twinks. It's cultural appropriation. Anyone else notice NYT (and the like) is posting more and more of these articles trying to extrapolate [ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt] ( 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. I. 推算. to say what is likely to happen or be true by using information that you already have. It's possible to predict students' success by extrapolating from current exam scores. II. maths 推演. 演算. to calculate an amount that you do not know by basing your calculations on amounts that you already know. ) societal ( [səˈsaɪət(ə)l] relating to society or to the way that society is organized. societal problems. Societal means relating to society or to the way society is organized. [formal] ...societal changes. ...societal norms. ) "trends" based on one persons very limited viewpoint and 3-5 cherry-picked examples? Are these real full-time journalists or just freelance hacks? social 基于个人的 VS societal 基于群体的: Societal relates to the spontaneous and/or directed structuration and organization of society as a whole, while Social refers mostly to the relations of persons or groups within society. What's the difference between social and societal? Not much, but enough that you may become the victim of social stigma if you ignore subtle societal signals. Societal is the pedantic alternative to social. They both mean "pertaining to society," but as the latter word, first attested in the Middle Ages, was increasingly used in the modern era to refer to interpersonal contact rather than in the context of complex forces within human populations, societal appeared in the latter part of the nineteenth century as a more serious, scholarly alternative. It is mostly seen in such usage and is otherwise considered pretentious. Even now, social is more likely to appear in phrases referring to individuals, not groups, such as "social disposition," "social engagement," and "social life." Societal, on the other hand, is employed in contexts like "societal pressure to conform," though social still has the same import in usage such as "social institutions," which refers to widespread traditions, not venues where people hang out. Standing phrases that include social also include "social climber," referring to a person who tries to rise above his or her station in life; "social disease," a euphemism for "venereal disease" (one spread through sexual contact), or any disease whose distribution is related to socioeconomic factors; and "social drinker," which denotes a regular imbiber ( imbibe [ɪmbaɪb] I. To imbibe alcohol means to drink it. [formal, often humorous] They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol. No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to start imbibing. II. If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true. [formal] As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle.) of alcoholic beverages whose indulgence is not considered excessive. The most ubiquitous such phrase of the last decade or so, however, is "social network(ing)," a case of an unfortunate usurpation of a useful term for a diluted sense: In most contexts, a social network is a virtual web of friends, acquaintances, and colleagues or professional contacts, enabled by recent technological innovations, that is widely seen as contributing to a more expansive yet much more superficial outlook on interpersonal communication and interaction than was prevalent in the past. (Yet the telephone, the telegram, and other once innovative devices were in their day similarly derided for weakening the social contract.) More provocative phrases are "social Darwinism," the name for the theory that some social groups are biologically superior to others, and "social engineering," which has two senses: large-scale manipulation or influencing of society, or deceptive collection of confidential personal information. I'll say something is a social problem as opposed to, say, an economic problem. I'd say something is a societal problem as opposed to an individual problem or an Asian-men-aged-21-to-22 problem. But then I can imagine using them interchangeably in other circumstances - "soci(et)al expectations", maybe? That example does make "societal" sound jargony.
Tourist holds deadly blue-ringed octopus in the palm of their hand: A visit to the beach could have been disastrous for one tourist who is believed to have casually held one of the world's deadliest animals in his palm. In the video originally, posted on Chinese social media app Tik Tok, the tourist can be seen reaching down into a rock pool, believed to be in waters off Darwin, and scooping up a blue-ringed ( ridge I. 棱的, 棱 A long, narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave. II. A long, narrow, or crested part of the body: the ridge of the nose 鼻梁. ) octopus with his bare hand. With their small and vibrant 鲜艳的 ( [ˈvaɪbrənt] I. lively and exciting. a vibrant city. a strong vibrant market economy. II. bright and colorful. a vibrant green. ) blue and yellow rings, the blue-ringed octopus may have drawn the tourist to its beauty, but these creatures have enough venom to quickly kill 26 adults. "One bite death in minutes. Don't do this he is very lucky" another said. The Museum of Victoria said all it takes is one bite, and its death within minutes. "At only 10cms long, the Blue-ringed Octopus won't chomp through a speedboat anytime soon. But these tiny critters are some of the ocean's most distinctive and venomous 毒性最大的, 最毒的 [ˈvenəməs] inhabitants and can be found off the beaches of Victoria and beyond," a statement on the Museum Victoria website said. They are mostly found in rockpools but aren't always so easy to see and not everyone knows of their dangers. "You can literally see they had no idea whatsoever. Was just a "pretty and cute" little octopus," wrote a Reddit user in response to the video. In an article for e Medical Health, medical author Scott Fell said the octopus has dark brown to yellow bands over the body when at rest. "When excited or angered, the body darkens and the blue circles or striped glow iridescent blue," Mr Fell wrote. This means the octopus on the tourists' palm was likely "excited or angered", so it could have easily released its venom straight into their hand. Fell said the sting of a blue-ringed octopus contains tetrodotoxin, which paralyses its victim in one bite, and without treatment will result in death. "The venom is held in salivary glands and the mouth of the octopus is on the underneath side of the middle of the body… The sting is often fatal," he said. He also said symptoms include pain, nausea, vomiting, bleeding, changes in vision, loss of sight and paralysis, which the tourist would have experienced had they been bitten. Creating more awareness of these symptoms, especially for tourists, may reduce the number of people innocently picking them up. At present, there is no cure, but effective medical assistance and heart massage can treat a blue-ringed octopus bite.
Timothée Chalamet VS Lucas Hedges: While we're usually staunch 坚定信仰 believers of not pitting people or artists against each other 搬弄是非, 搅是非 — of celebrating people for their individual worth — we also accept that there can only be one mainstay ( mainstay [meɪnsteɪ] If you describe something as the mainstay of a particular thing, you mean that it is the most basic part of it. Fish and rice were the mainstays 主项, 主要内容, 本质 of the country's diet. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.) white twink actor internet boyfriend at a time. And we believe that twink should be Hedges, not Chalamet. And if you're seriously about to suggest To All The Boy's I've Loved Before's Noah Centineo should be the third contender for the title, then I am forced to provide some entry rules 门槛, 入门规则: they must have been nominated for an Academy Award, like Hedges (Manchester By The Sea) and Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name). Call me when Centineo provides a gripping performance in For All The Boys I've Still Loved, Will Always Love, And Will Kill For, or whatever the sequel's sequel will be called. An internet boyfriend is more than an attractive man. As Vox write in this explainer, an internet boyfriend is a celebrity who can look after you, a figure who, if they loved you, would love you with all of their heart. And while they use Centineo as an example, saying his basic wholesomeness and plain-but-hot persona made him the perfect, approachable fixation, we'd argue an internet boyfriend needs to have a little je ne sais quoi(literally "I don't know what". An indefinable quality that makes something distinctive or attractive. She has a certain je ne sais quoi about her. ), too. The two young, svelte (Someone who is svelte is slim and looks attractive and elegant. ) white actors have both attracted accolades( [ˈækəˌleɪd] an honor given to someone for their work. the TV industry's ultimate accolade.) since they both burst to attention a few years ago — and played some similar roles and featured in some pretty similarly titled films. Hedges first gained prominence 出名 in 2016 when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Manchester In The Sea, but it's a recent spate of noteworthy films — Mid90s, Boy Erased, Three Billboards… and Ben Is Back — that catapulted him into B-list territory. But in terms of establishing their personas — and why Hedges is the superior internet boyfriend — it's best to take a look at a film they both star in, Lady Bird. In Lady Bird, Chalamet plays Kyle, a confident, slick teen who plays bass guitar and smokes while reading socialist-friendly history books and uses the word "anarchist" as a complement. Surprise, surprise: he's a classic fuckboi (In essence, a fuckboy (sometimes stylized "fuckboi" or "fuccboi") is a (usually straight, white) dude embodying something akin to the “man whore” label, mashed up with some “basic” qualities and a light-to-heavy sprinkling of misogyny. But consensus on a singular definition is a work in progress. A guy who will tell a girl anything to get them to hook up with them. A complete jerk who flirts with multiple girls at a time and makes them all believe they're individually special. They tell a girl they like them and act like they're in love so that they can get something out of it like pictures, hooking up, sex, etc. Someone who should not be trusted and is the reason for a lot of people's trust issues. Dont fuck with a fuckboi.), treating Lady Bird with frosty contempt. And that's kind of Chalamet's appeal, right? He's cocky-confident 拽拽的, the type who can wear a sparkly harness with nonchalance or precociously rap to his entire high-school at age 15 as "Lil Timmy Tim' and somehow not get bullied. Chalamet is perfect for pining: he's effortlessly charming to the point of being unapproachable 高不可攀的 for most. He makes the slightest move and corners of the internet collapses at the knees, ruining their lives. In Lady Bird, Hedges plays Danny O'Neill, a dorky teen who begins dating Lady Bird after they co-star in a school production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along. He is a boy who stutters around but springs alive singing on-stage. And yet they (twinks) are more culturally mainstream: a growing cohort of famous (and famously small) boys who stand in opposition to the lumbering ( I. to walk slowly because of being large and heavy. lumbering: Clumsy or awkward. II. [transitive] British to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want. ), abusive oafs ( [oʊf] If you refer to someone, especially a man or boy, as an oaf, you think that they are impolite, clumsy, or aggressive. [disapproval] Leave the lady alone, you drunken oaf.) who have been dominating this year's headlines. Consider, for example, Tye Sheridan, the 21-year-old lead in "Ready Player One" — and one of few action heroes who won't be busting out of his T-shirt anytime soon. Or the rising star Lucas Hedges, also 21, whose acting exudes anti-alpha softness. Christopher Nolan's 2017 WWII epic "Dunkirk" was an ensemble showpiece of British twinkiness; "Love, Simon," starring Nick Robinson, 23, is the American suburban version. Historically, music's leading men have been less burdened by stereotypes of masculinity. But if the godfathers of nonbinary pop — from Freddie Mercury to Adam Lambert — paved the way, their personas often came across as glam-rock caricature. Today, gay twinks such as Olly Alexander of the band Years & Years and Troye Silvan feel less costumed. When Sivan, 22, performed on "Saturday Night Live" in January, his shirt was blown open by a wind machine, his whole mien (mien [miːn] 气质 Someone's mien is their general appearance and manner, especially the expression on their face, which shows what they are feeling or thinking. It was impossible to tell from his mien whether he was offended. ...his mild manner and aristocratic mien.) charged with sex. But there seemed to be safety in his slimness — both for the artist to express himself and for his countless questioning teenage fans. Sivan has also walked in a few runway shows, and several modeling agencies, including the German company Tomorrow Is Another Day, now specialize in lithe ( [laɪð] adj A lithe person is able to move and bend their body easily and gracefully. ...a lithe young gymnast. His walk was lithe and graceful.) men, lending their sometimes-teenage charges to Prada and Valentino. When Nicolas Ghesquière unveiled his spring/summer 2016 collection for Louis Vuitton, the actor and musician Jaden Smith, then 17, wore a metal embroidered kilt 苏格兰裙, going beyond drag to question what, if anything, boyishness looks like now. Female body types have always cycled in and out of style; yet with men, alternatives to the ideal of imposing physicality have usually been ignored or lampooned ( [læmpuːn] I. If you lampoon someone or something, you criticize them very strongly, using humorous means. He entertained his readers by lampooning the pretensions of the rich. He was lampooned for his short stature and political views. II. A lampoon is a piece of writing or speech which criticizes someone or something very strongly, using humorous means. ...his scathing lampoons of consumer culture. [+ of] The style Shelley is using here is that of popular lampoon.). But as women continue to use their voices to undo that legacy of toxic masculinity, a different kind of change is taking place from within the culture: These twinks, after all, aren't just enviably lean boys or the latest unrealistic gay fantasy, but a new answer to the problem of what makes a man. 评论: This is the best advice - just let guys look how they want to look. Whatever makes them enjoy what they see in the mirror, I deal with depression and self esteem issues (yeah, like every other gay man - so much for the word being synonymous with "happy") so looking at myself in the mirror and seeing the boyish side-swept hairstyle and a slim, smooth torso both "still there" is the only thing that makes me feel better about myself some days. I sure hope my hair doesn't go on me, baldness isn't too rampant in my family so I might luck out there. My face I'm trying to take care of by using moisturizer as well as sunscreen if I'm going to be outside for any extended period of time. I shave any unwanted body hair, even if just on the torso, though I don't bother with arms/legs (should I? I'm not sure if a hairless body with normal amounts of arm/leg hair is weird or not) and my inability to put on weight combined with a naturally small appetite looks after me in the size department. So I figured why settle for 甘心于 looking almost 30 when I can still pass for 24 with relatively little work. It makes me happy since I'm still reminiscent of what I'm attracted to physically in others. And while I'm not eager to broadcast my age without being prompted first, I'll be honest if asked. It would show a potential partner's true colours if they suddenly lose interest in me after finding out and sometimes telling people can be liberating when I see their disbelief. Now they've gentrified( I. renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste. to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of a higher social class moving to live there: The area where I grew up has been all modernized and gentrified, and has lost all its old character. When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money used to live. The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified. ...the gentrification of the area. II. make (someone or their way of life) more refined or polite. "a gentrified Irish American".) twinks. It's cultural appropriation. Anyone else notice NYT (and the like) is posting more and more of these articles trying to extrapolate [ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt] ( 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. I. 推算. to say what is likely to happen or be true by using information that you already have. It's possible to predict students' success by extrapolating from current exam scores. II. maths 推演. 演算. to calculate an amount that you do not know by basing your calculations on amounts that you already know. ) societal ( [səˈsaɪət(ə)l] relating to society or to the way that society is organized. societal problems. Societal means relating to society or to the way society is organized. [formal] ...societal changes. ...societal norms. ) "trends" based on one persons very limited viewpoint and 3-5 cherry-picked examples? Are these real full-time journalists or just freelance hacks? social 基于个人的 VS societal 基于群体的: Societal relates to the spontaneous and/or directed structuration and organization of society as a whole, while Social refers mostly to the relations of persons or groups within society. What's the difference between social and societal? Not much, but enough that you may become the victim of social stigma if you ignore subtle societal signals. Societal is the pedantic alternative to social. They both mean "pertaining to society," but as the latter word, first attested in the Middle Ages, was increasingly used in the modern era to refer to interpersonal contact rather than in the context of complex forces within human populations, societal appeared in the latter part of the nineteenth century as a more serious, scholarly alternative. It is mostly seen in such usage and is otherwise considered pretentious. Even now, social is more likely to appear in phrases referring to individuals, not groups, such as "social disposition," "social engagement," and "social life." Societal, on the other hand, is employed in contexts like "societal pressure to conform," though social still has the same import in usage such as "social institutions," which refers to widespread traditions, not venues where people hang out. Standing phrases that include social also include "social climber," referring to a person who tries to rise above his or her station in life; "social disease," a euphemism for "venereal disease" (one spread through sexual contact), or any disease whose distribution is related to socioeconomic factors; and "social drinker," which denotes a regular imbiber ( imbibe [ɪmbaɪb] I. To imbibe alcohol means to drink it. [formal, often humorous] They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol. No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to start imbibing. II. If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true. [formal] As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle.) of alcoholic beverages whose indulgence is not considered excessive. The most ubiquitous such phrase of the last decade or so, however, is "social network(ing)," a case of an unfortunate usurpation of a useful term for a diluted sense: In most contexts, a social network is a virtual web of friends, acquaintances, and colleagues or professional contacts, enabled by recent technological innovations, that is widely seen as contributing to a more expansive yet much more superficial outlook on interpersonal communication and interaction than was prevalent in the past. (Yet the telephone, the telegram, and other once innovative devices were in their day similarly derided for weakening the social contract.) More provocative phrases are "social Darwinism," the name for the theory that some social groups are biologically superior to others, and "social engineering," which has two senses: large-scale manipulation or influencing of society, or deceptive collection of confidential personal information. I'll say something is a social problem as opposed to, say, an economic problem. I'd say something is a societal problem as opposed to an individual problem or an Asian-men-aged-21-to-22 problem. But then I can imagine using them interchangeably in other circumstances - "soci(et)al expectations", maybe? That example does make "societal" sound jargony.
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