用法学习: 1. precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] 断崖式. 陡峭的 I. very high and steep. the precipitous hillside. II. happening more quickly than expected a precipitous decline in population. precipitate [prɪˈsɪpɪtət] verb. I. [intransitive/transitive] formal to make something happen or begin to exist suddenly and quickly, especially something bad. Such headaches can be precipitated by certain foods as well as stress. II. [intransitive/transitive] chemistry if a solid substance precipitates 沉淀, or if something precipitates it, it becomes separate from the liquid that it is in and drops to the bottom of the container. adj [prɪˈsɪpɪtət] done too quickly, and without enough thought or preparation. precipitate action. precipitation [prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] I. science 降雨. rain, snow, hail, etc. II. chemistry the process by which a solid substance separates, or is separated from, a liquid it is in. III. formal a way of behaving in which someone does something too quickly and without enough thought. 2. ember [ˈembər] 火炭, 火星儿 (A spark 火星儿 is an incandescent particle. Sparks may be produced by pyrotechnics, by metalworking or as a by-product of fires, especially when burning wood. ) I. [countable] a piece of wood or coal that is still hot and red after a fire has stopped burning. The embers of a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat after the fire has finished burning. II. embers [plural] the last moments or parts of something. the embers of the past. wiki: An ember is a glowing, hot coal made of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material that remain after, or sometimes precede, a fire. Embers can glow very hot, sometimes as hot as the fire which created them. They radiate a substantial amount of heat long after the fire has been extinguished, and if not taken care of properly can rekindle a fire that is thought to be completely extinguished and can pose a fire hazard. In order to avoid the danger of accidentally spreading a fire, many campers pour water on the embers or cover them in dirt. Alternatively, embers can be used to relight a fire after it has gone out without the need to rebuild the fire - In a conventional fireplace, a fire can easily be relit up to 12 hours after it goes out, provided that there is enough space for air to circulate between the embers and the introduced fuel. They are often used for cooking, such as in charcoal barbecues. This is because embers radiate a more consistent form of heat, as opposed to an open fire, which is constantly changing along with the heat it radiates. on the sly To do something on the sly means to do it secretly, often because it is wrong or bad. [informal] Was she meeting some guy on the sly? face-blind 脸盲 Designating a person affected by face blindness. glance ( US [ɡlɑːns] angs UK [ɡlɑːns] ongs) a quick look at someone or something cast/shoot/throw a glance (at): The other wives cast sidelong glances at me. without a backward glance: Rob turned and marched off without a backward glance. exchange glances: The girls exchanged nervous glances. v. I. to look somewhere quickly and then look away. glance at/over/toward etc: He glanced over his shoulder nervously. I glanced up to see Guido watching me from the window. Robin glanced around the room. 'I must go,' Claudia said, glancing at her watch. look/glance sideways to look towards one side by moving your eyes only, without moving your head much. II. to read something quickly and not very carefully. glance at/through: I hadn't even glanced at the report. III. to reflect, glint, or gleam. the sun glanced on the water. IV. to depart (from an object struck) at an oblique angle the arrow glanced off the tree. at a glance If you see something at a glance, you see or recognize it immediately, and without having to think or look carefully. One could tell at a glance that she was a compassionate person. 3. mutt [mʌt] I. a dog, especially a mongrel 杂种狗 ( [ˈmʌŋɡrəl] a dog that is a mixture of different breeds (=types with particular features).). "a long-haired mutt of doubtful pedigree". II. a stupid or incompetent person. "he pitied the poor mutt who ever fell for her charms". lucid [luːsɪd] I. Lucid writing or speech is clear and easy to understand. .a concise, lucid description ..a lucid account of the history of mankind. His prose as always lucid and compelling. Both of them had the ability to present complex matters lucidly. His writings were marked by an extraordinary lucidity and elegance of style. II. If someone is lucid, they are thinking clearly again after a period of illness or confusion. He wasn't very lucid, he didn't quite know where he was. The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity. 头脑清醒的. 头脑清楚的. capable of thinking clearly. a patient with occasional lucid moments. A lucid dream is a dream during which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming. During a lucid dream, the dreamer may gain some amount of control over the dream characters, narrative, and environment; however, this is not actually necessary for a dream to be described as lucid. 4. MAFS: Appearing on Wednesday's episode of Talking Married, Jessika addressed her wandering eye 不老实的眼睛, 不安分的眼睛(Wandering eye may refer to: I. 斜视 strabismus, misalignment of the eyes. II. looking at other people (see staring). Do all men have a wandering eye? ), confirming she had a crush at first sight for new groom Dan. When the issue of a partner's eyes wandering is discussed, there seem to be two general responses: Either the behavior is brushed off as nothing to be concerned about or feelings of hurt and disrespect ensue, which may harm the relationship. Some even believe that checking out people other than a committed partner is a sure sign of infidelity.
惯犯, 屡教不改: 1. Before meeting 二人认识之前, Phillips was a habitual offender 惯偷, 习惯性的犯罪, 惯犯, responsible for multiple real estate scams and counts of shoplifting. 2. When it comes to bailing on weddings, it turns out that Kyle has form(form I. form in (or chiefly Brit. on) playing or performing well. II. record or reputation.惯犯. 非触犯, 不是初犯. If a person "has form" it means the person has a well-founded reputation for being or doing something. He has form 前科 as a long-time critic and did not miss this opportunity. It is also common police talk for "prior convictions". "It is hard to believe that he got through the checks. He has form as long as your arm with some fairly serious convictions. Mrs Dorries, who calls herself "pro-choic" but has form in campaigns to whittle down abortion rights, argues that such charities cannot give independent advice because their financial interest lies in doing more abortions. It means that she is not new to the type of campaign that is under way now. She has a record of involvement in campaigns of this type. It comes from UK judicial and police slang: "to have form" means to possess a criminal record - but that does not imply that Mrs Dorries' activities are or have ever been illegal in any way. "To have form" is not the same as "to be on form". ). 3. Officers took down his details and allowed him to continue on his way, only learning he was a recidivist [rɪˈsɪdəvɪst] 屡犯, 屡教不改, 惯犯, 惯偷 ( someone who continues to commit crimes or behave badly even after being punished. A recidivist is someone who has committed crimes in the past and has begun to commit crimes again, for example after a period in prison. Six prisoners are still at large along with four dangerous recidivists. Their basic criticism was that prisons do not reduce the crime rate, they cause recidivism. wiki: Recidivism ([rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzəm]) is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been trained to extinguish that behavior. It is also used to refer to the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense. The term is frequently used in conjunction with criminal behavior and substance abuse. (Recidivism is a synonym for "relapse", which is more commonly used in medicine and in the disease model of addiction.) For example, scientific literature may refer to the recidivism of sexual offenders, meaning the frequency with which they are detected or apprehended committing additional sexual crimes after being released from prison for similar crimes. ) offender after running his name through the police computer system that afternoon and discovering he'd been issued with 18 separate train-related fines in the past five months. The full extent of his obvious contempt for train ticket machines was revealed two days later when the State Debt Recovery Office emailed police outlining Milgate's poor record. 4. Grashaw got the idea for the film after a friend of his was sent to a reform facility 劳教所, 劳改所, 少管所(In the United States, a reform school was a penal([ˈpi:n(ə)l] relating to the punishment of criminals. the penal system. penal reform/laws. penal code a system of laws dealing with the punishment of crimes.) institution for boys, generally teenagers. In the United Kingdom and its colonies the term "Industrial School" and later "Borstal[ˈbɔ:(r)st(ə)l]" referred to reform schools. Separate schools accommodated delinquent girls or boys. borstal:
the old name for a prison in the UK for criminals who are too young to
be in an adult prison. Today, no state openly or officially refers to
its juvenile correctional institutions
as "reform schools", although such institutions still exist. The
attempt has also been made to reduce the population of such institutions
to the maximum extent possible, and to leave all but the most incorrigible [ɪnkɒrɪdʒəbəl] 惯犯, 屡教不改的, 死性不改的, 死不悔改的 ( [ɪnˈkorɪdʒəb(ə)l] someone who is incorrigible does bad things or has bad habits and will not change. an incorrigible flirt. 狗改不了吃屎 没救的 If you tell someone they are incorrigible, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they have faults which will never change. 'Sue, you are incorrigible!' he said. They are incorrigible optimists. ) youths in a home setting. Also, in an attempt to make the situation more socially normal, and in response to the rising number of young female offenders, many such institutions have been made coeducational. The current approach involves minimizing the use of custodial institutions and the maximization of the use of less-restrictive settings which allow the youths to remain in their own homes, usually while attending during the daytime an institution called an alternative school or something similar, which is usually a more-structured version of a public school. There may be court-monitored probation or other restrictions,
such as a strict curfew applied to the clientele of the "Department of
Youth Services" or whatever the state terms it, than for other youths
the same age. A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school.
In some countries it is primarily for students who are considered
at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to
graduate are the same, but the scheduling is more flexible to allow
students to earn their credits at a quicker pace. ). 5. "This
group keeps me focused and organized in my job search." And it does so
in a setting that is almost familial家庭式的 as repeat visitors (回头客 a repeat offender 惯犯) become fluent in one another's stories and goals.
Michael Cohen drops bombshell Congressional testimony, calling US President Donald Trump a 'racist', 'conman' and 'cheat': Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer is reportedly planning on telling Congress that the US President is a "racist", a "conman" 骗子 and a "cheat". Michael Cohen is facing three days of congressional appearances starting tonight (WA time) in Washington DC to discuss the allegations. His first appearance will be a public testimony before the House Oversight Committee, with the New York Times today publishing an early copy of his reported testimony. Cohen is due to report to Federal Prison on May 6 to serve a three-year sentence for lying to Congress, financial crimes and campaign violations related to hush money payments made to two alleged sexual partners of Mr Trump's. The testimony includes sensational claims, including that Trump knew about the release of hacked Democratic National emails ahead of time, that he had made racist comments, and that he had inflated and deflated his assets at various times to "serve his purposes". Cohen's testimony raises questions over Mr Trump's campaign's alleged collusion with Russia, while also claiming the US President directed Cohen to purchae a portrait of himself via a 'fake bidder' during a charity auction.
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
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用法学习: 1. come/suffer under the lash to be severely criticized: The sales team came under the lash for poor results. broadside I. a strong written or spoken attack (on someone): The candidate fired/launched yet another broadside at the president. II. specialized military the action of firing all the guns on one side of a navy ship at the same time. withhold 先不告诉, 先不公布 If you withhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it. to deliberately not give something to someone. Several nations decided to withhold their support for the treaty. He suggested they withhold payment. withhold something from someone: She was found guilty of withholding information from the courts. Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told. Financial aid for Britain has been withheld. The captain decided to withhold the terrible news even from his officers. The withholding of property from the market may cause prices to be higher than normal. Isn't it supposed to be the woman who withholds favours 拿性作为要挟条件.
关于"要挟" (威逼 coerce, threaten): 1. take sb hostage/hold sb hostage (要挟, blackmail) If someone is taken hostage or is held hostage, they are captured and kept as a hostage. The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist. 2. hold something/it/that against someone (hold something over one's head) to feel angry with someone, because of something that they have done in the past. to like someone less because they have done something wrong or behaved badly in the past: He made a mistake but I don't hold it against him - we all make mistakes. He knows it was an accident – I don't think he'll hold it against her. 3. According to the friend, the Duchess has dealt with his "emotional blackmail" 要挟 in the past and has coping mechanisms 知道如何应对, 知道怎么对付 in place. 4. get at sb I. UK informal to criticize a person repeatedly. to keep criticizing someone in an unkind way Why is he always getting at me? He felt he was being got at by the other students. He keeps getting at me and I really don't know what I've done wrong. II. to influence a person illegally, usually by offering them money or threatening them. to use threats to influence the decision of people who are involved in a court case Do you think some of the jury have been got at 被威胁, 被威逼利诱, 被要挟? The accused claimed that the witness had been got at. 5. hold sb to ransom 被要挟, 被胁迫, 被威逼(hold sb over a [moral] barrel) to force someone to do something by putting that person in a situation where something bad will happen if they do not: The government says it is being held to ransom by the actions of terrorist groups. 6. hold someone or something over 暂时渡过难关, 过渡一下 to retain someone or something (for a period of time). The storm held John over for another day. The manager held over the hit movie for another week. The authorities held the couple over for two days. Harold Anderson and his accordion act have been held over until March 13th. hold something over someone('s head) 要挟 = hold something against someone Fig. to have knowledge of something about a person and to use that knowledge to control the person. So I made a mistake when I was young. Are you going to hold that over my head all my life? Please don't hold that over me anymore. holdover n. One that is held over from an earlier time: a political advisor who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood. holdover tenancy n. the situation when a tenant of real estate continues to occupy the premises without the owner's agreement after the original lease or rental agreement between the owner (landlord) and the tenant has expired. The tenant is responsible for payment of the monthly rental at the existing rate and terms, which the landlord may accept without admitting the legality of the occupancy. A holdover tenant is subject to a notice to quit (get out) and, if he/she does not leave, to a lawsuit for unlawful detainer. 7. He may want to blackmail the government into direct, public negotiations. My landlord's threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week. Breaking it off: Threaten to break off negotiations as a last resort. The strikers refused to be blackmailed into returning to work. He always said he would quit, so we finally called his bluff. Somebody braced them with the idea you'd been buying services from the commission. He threatened legal action. The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order to extract money 勒索钱财(exact something from someone 勒索 to demand something from someone; to take something from someone. The bill collector sought to exact payment from them for a debt that had been paid off long ago. You cannot exact a single cent from me.). The defensive reason for the plan is Russia's inclination to use energy a lever.
Why people are upset Green Book won Best Picture at the Oscars: Peter Farrelly holds aloft 高举, 高高举起(To elevate; to maintain at an elevated altitude.) his Oscar after Green Book won best picture at the 2019 Academy Awards. Green Book has taken home the coveted Best Picture award at this year's Oscars — but not everyone is happy about it. BlackKklansman director Spike Lee made headlines after attempting to walk out of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in protest at 以示抗议 the film's win(in protest at 以示对...的抗议 The rioting began on Sept. 23 when soldiers occupied Kinshasa airport in protest at low pay. On that day thousands marched from West to East Berlin in protest at the terms of unification. On Jan. 13, several people were reported to have been wounded by security forces during demonstrations in protest at the arrests. The four major opposition parties reportedly decided to boycott the Nov. 29 elections in protest at alleged unfair election conditions. Rock bottom: Ex-con strips off in protest at benefit refusal. She shot upright, clutching her head as it throbbed in protest at her sudden move. protest I. [countable, uncountable] something that you do to show publicly that you think that something is wrong and unfair, for example taking part in big public meetings, refusing to work, or refusing to buy a company's products. protest against: Students held a protest march against the war. Five thousand employees came out on strike in protest at the poor working conditions. II [countable] words or actions that show that you do not want someone to do something or that you dislike something very much. protest from: I turned off the TV, despite loud protests from the kids. without protest 未提出异议: He accepted his punishment without protest. She ignored his protests and walked away. The programme caused a storm of protest (=a lot of angry protest). The announcement was met with howls of protest. III. do something under protest: hold/stage/mount a protest Opponents of the plan have staged several protests. lead to/spark (off) protests (=cause them) The arrests sparked off violent street protests. organize a protest She organized a protest outside the store. protests erupt (=start suddenly) Massive protests erupted across the country. a public/popular protest The announcement led to widespread public protests. political protest Lee spent five years in prison for his involvement in political protest. a peaceful protest Some 5,000 students and others began a peaceful protest. a violent/angry protest Three people died yesterday in violent protests against the war. a mass protest 大规模抗议 (=one involving a lot of people) There were mass protests in the capital. a massive protest They reacted to the king's forced abdication with massive public protests. a student protest Student protests were crushed by police. a street protest There was a ban on street protests. an anti-government protest Religious leaders continued to lead anti-government protests. a protest group/movement Students at the heart of the protest movement have called for a general strike. a protest march They staged a protest march through the city's streets. a protest rally (=a large outdoor public meeting to protest about something) A protest rally in the capital was attended by about 400 people. IV. [intransitive, transitive] to come together to publicly express disapproval or opposition to something protest against/at/about Thousands of people blocked the street, protesting against the new legislation. protest something American English Students protested the decision. V. [intransitive, transitive] to say that you strongly disagree with or are angry about something because you think it is wrong or unfair. 'I don't see why I should take the blame for this!' she protested 抗议道. protest that Clive protested that he hadn't been given enough time to do everything. VI. [transitive] to state very firmly that something is true, when other people do not believe you. protest (that) Sarah protested that she wasn't Mick's girlfriend. Years later, he is still protesting his innocence. howls of protest 声声抗议, 一阵阵抗议, 抗议的怒吼. 抗议的呼号 Inevitably there would be howls of protest but there are several valid responses to these. This has generated howls of protest from the firms. 抗议的手段: protest to do something to show publicly that you disagree with something – used especially when a large group of people do this together Huge crowds gathered in the capital protesting against the war.Drivers blocked roads around the capital to protest about the rising cost of fuel. march to walk in a large group from one place to another in order to protest about something Hundreds of students marched through the city in protest against the employment laws. demonstrate to walk or stand somewhere in a large group, in order to protest about something About 200 people were demonstrating outside the US Embassy. Environmentalists have been demonstrating against plans to dump waste at sea. riot 暴乱 to protest by behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way Hundreds of workers rioted after pay negotiations broke down.The prisoners were rioting against their appalling conditions. boycott to protest about the actions of a company, country, or industry by refusing to buy something, or refusing to go to a place or event They may boycott the next Olympic Games. Shoppers are boycotting battery-farmed eggs. hold/stage a sit-in 静坐示威 to protest by refusing to leave a place The students have been staging a sit-in to protest about overcrowding at the polytechnic. go on a hunger strike (also go on hunger strike British English) to protest by refusing to eat Maynard went on a hunger strike to protest his innocence. ) before ushers stopped him from leaving. Speaking after the stunt, Lee said the "refs made a bad call" in handing Green Book the Best Picture gong. Lee was not the only one to voice his discontent 表达不满, 表示不满. Social media was flooded with posts after Green Book took home the top Oscars gong — and a large number of them were far from happy. Green Book followed the (reportedly true) story of a black musician and his white driver, the film's protagonist, in the Deep South of America in 1962. But while it was praised for the performances of its actors — Mahershala Ali won the Best Supporting Actor award — it has also been criticised for perpetuating white saviour 白人拯救世界, 白人充当救世主 stereotypes, and for exaggerating the story it tells. It was written by Nick Vallelonga, the son of the white driver Tony "Lip" Vallelonga, who was paid to escort concert pianist Dr Don Shirley on his eight-week concert tour of the South. As the pair make their way through the Mid West and Deep South of America, Tony eventually comes to respect Don for his talent as a piano player. As this respect grows, Tony becomes increasingly appalled by the racism Don encounters on a daily basis, prompting him to intervene in several racist incidents along their journey. New York Times writer Wesley Morris explained the issue with this oft-employed dynamic: "[The relationship in Green Book] symbolises a style of American storytelling in which the wheels of interracial friendship are greased by employment, in which prolonged exposure 长期相处, 长期待在一起 to the black half of the duo enhances the humanity of his white, frequently racist counterpart." Speaking in the media room after the Academy Awards ceremony, Lee compared Green Book to 1990 film Driving Miss Daisy, which focused on the same — albeit reversed — dynamic. The director, who picked up Best Adapted Screenplay for BlackKklansman, said: "I'm snakebit(having or characterized by bad luck; marked by a series of misfortunes, mistakes, etc. unlucky; experiencing misfortune). Every time someone is driving somebody, I lose." In the wake of Lee's comments, social media users have criticised the film, claiming it helps mainstream audiences feel good about social progress and racism from the perspective of a white protagonist who must come to terms with his black employer's character before he deems him worthy of basic human rights. Green Book has had to face more than claims of perpetuating the white saviour narrative. Here's where things get even dicier(dicey [daɪsi] adj Something that is dicey is slightly dangerous or uncertain. [British, informal] There was a dicey moment as one of our party made a risky climb up the cliff wall.). While Nick Vallelonga's film claims to mirror 真是反映 the events that took place on his father and Dr Shirley's journey as they occurred, Dr Shirley's family has disputed this. In an interview with Shadow and Act in December last year, the Shirley family described the film as "jarring", and said it amounted to a "symphony of lies" that depicted Dr Shirley as "embarrassed by his blackness". This portrayal came despite Dr Shirley being an active participant in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, friends with Dr Martin Luther King and close friends with several prominent black musicians, the family said. Edwin Shirley III told Shadow and Act this aspect of his uncle's depiction "was very hurtful" and "100 per cent wrong". Making matters worse, the Shirley family have said they were not consulted 征询 or contacted during the writing and production of the film. Vallelonga rejected these claims, insisting his version of the story was informed by his father and Dr Shirley directly. The filmmaker told Variety he spoke with Dr Shirley ahead of his death in 2013, when he said the pianist gave him his blessing and told him not to speak to any other sources about the screenplay. Ahead of this year's Oscars ceremony, Twitter users dredged up 挖出 a 2015 tweet by Vallelonga that agreed with US President Donald Trump's claims that Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks. The since-deleted tweet read: "100% correct. Muslims in Jersey City cheering when towers went down. I saw it when you did, possibly on local CBS News." Vallelonga apologised two days later, saying he was sorry "to everyone associated with Green Book … and all members of the Muslim faith for the hurt I have caused". It's not as if it's a terrible film. It's an enjoyable road movie-cum-buddy comedy that touches on some serious issues – racism, sexual bigotry, a whole bunch of preconceptions about what it means to be black (and, to a lesser degree, white) – before resolving them in a great big bear hug of "if only we took the time to get to know one another" washed down with a feast of fried chicken and jazz-blues. What's the problem with that? On the surface of it, Green Book is a perfect fit for an Oscars that oozed diversity from its every pore 每一个毛孔都散发着多样性 but with far less righteous anger than in recent years. It was as if everyone had concluded that in 2019 enough ground has been won that the campaigning of #OscarsSoWhite and #TimesUp et al could be shelved – for now at least. The complaint, though, is that Green Book is feel-good 自我感觉良好的 liberal hogwash(If you describe what someone says as hogwash, you think it is nonsense. [informal, disapproval] Sugar said it was a 'load of hogwash' that he was not interested in football.), a "white saviour" fantasy that does nothing to examine the structures of racism and prejudice in America (or elsewhere). And I agree with that. Compared with the other choices available in the best picture category, Green Book was the soft option in a field positively dripping in diversity(soft option 少争议的选择: an easier alternative. "probation should in no sense be seen as a soft option by the judiciary". If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation. We take the soft option. I like to keep the crowd happy because that's what they pay for. The job of chairman can no longer be regarded as a convenient soft option.). And, in my view, that makes it a poor one. Consider the alternatives. Roma is a careful study of ethnic and economic inequality in Mexico dressed as a piece of beautifully constructed nostalgia. The Favourite shatters our preconceptions of 打破传统观念 what a costume drama can be and puts female sexuality front and centre. Vice is an unflinching 不遗余力的, 大胆的 portrait of mendacity [menˈdæsəti] ( lies. Mendacity is lying, rather than telling the truth. ...an astonishing display of cowardice and mendacity. mendacious [menˈdeɪʃəs] not telling the truth. a. used about deliberately false statements, information, etc. ) and entrenched corruption at the very top of the political system. What it means to be black in America is at the heart of both BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther. One an angry, funny and (mostly) true story that draws a line from the Confederacy to Charlottseville via the 1970s, the other a fantasy that re-examines 重新审视 the Malcolm X-Martin Luther King dialectic of violent versus passive resistance through the prism of the superhero movie (Unfortunately, the best film about the lived black experience, If Beale Street Could Talk, wasn't among the best picture contenders, though Regina King did win best supporting actress for it. If you have any interest in seeing real life breathed into the slogan "black lives matter", watch this magnificent, beautiful work adapted from James Baldwin's 1974 novel. It is heartbreaking, yet strangely optimistic.) A Star is Born retreads an old story about an impossible showbiz romance but Bohemian Rhapsody has at least one foot in the diversity camp. Crowd-pleasing concert re-enactments aside, it addresses (some might say rather timidly) the issue of Freddie Mercury struggling to accept and assert his sexual identity at a time when being gay was far from OK. Was Green Book the best film of the year? Not on your nelly(not on your nelly British slang not under any circumstances; certainly not. ). Was it even the best among this crop? Again, no way. But it may just have been the least divisive. Roma had the double stigma of Netflix and subtitles. The Favourite's liberal 随意的 use of the C-bomb will have appalled as many as it delighted. Plenty of people still think superhero movies are inherently inferior and Spike Lee is a polemicist ( [pəˈlemɪsɪst] someone who writes newspaper articles or books that express very strong opinions. A polemicist is someone who is skilled at arguing very strongly for or against a belief or opinion. ...the greatest polemicist of the 20th century.) whose fury infuses every frame of his sometimes heavy-handed film. And even if you agree with the politics of Adam McKay's Vice, being lectured like that does get a bit tiresome. In this field, Green Book may have benefited not from being the best or even many people's favourite. It might have risen to the top of the pile simply by being a consistent top-two or -three pick. As other films fell away in the preferential voting by which best picture is decided, it is possible that it simply did a Bradbury and stayed upright long enough to claim the prize. Because the votes are secret, we'll probably never know. Lee's anger at the result is understandable (and widely shared), even if his film was never likely to win. It feels like a rerun of 1990, when his masterful and incendiary ( [ɪnˈsendiˌeri] I. designed for the purpose of causing a fire an incendiary device/bomb. II. likely to cause anger or violence. incendiary statements. ) Do The Right Thing was passed over 被无视 – not even earning a best picture nomination (though it was nominated for best screenplay) – while Driving Miss Daisy took home the big one. Three decades on, it suddenly feels like things have barely moved. The Academy may be happy to talk the diversity talk but, when it comes to the crunch, it still prefers a Driving Mr Daisy to actually walking the walk.
关于"要挟" (威逼 coerce, threaten): 1. take sb hostage/hold sb hostage (要挟, blackmail) If someone is taken hostage or is held hostage, they are captured and kept as a hostage. The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist. 2. hold something/it/that against someone (hold something over one's head) to feel angry with someone, because of something that they have done in the past. to like someone less because they have done something wrong or behaved badly in the past: He made a mistake but I don't hold it against him - we all make mistakes. He knows it was an accident – I don't think he'll hold it against her. 3. According to the friend, the Duchess has dealt with his "emotional blackmail" 要挟 in the past and has coping mechanisms 知道如何应对, 知道怎么对付 in place. 4. get at sb I. UK informal to criticize a person repeatedly. to keep criticizing someone in an unkind way Why is he always getting at me? He felt he was being got at by the other students. He keeps getting at me and I really don't know what I've done wrong. II. to influence a person illegally, usually by offering them money or threatening them. to use threats to influence the decision of people who are involved in a court case Do you think some of the jury have been got at 被威胁, 被威逼利诱, 被要挟? The accused claimed that the witness had been got at. 5. hold sb to ransom 被要挟, 被胁迫, 被威逼(hold sb over a [moral] barrel) to force someone to do something by putting that person in a situation where something bad will happen if they do not: The government says it is being held to ransom by the actions of terrorist groups. 6. hold someone or something over 暂时渡过难关, 过渡一下 to retain someone or something (for a period of time). The storm held John over for another day. The manager held over the hit movie for another week. The authorities held the couple over for two days. Harold Anderson and his accordion act have been held over until March 13th. hold something over someone('s head) 要挟 = hold something against someone Fig. to have knowledge of something about a person and to use that knowledge to control the person. So I made a mistake when I was young. Are you going to hold that over my head all my life? Please don't hold that over me anymore. holdover n. One that is held over from an earlier time: a political advisor who was a holdover from the Reagan era; a family tradition that is a holdover from my grandparents' childhood. holdover tenancy n. the situation when a tenant of real estate continues to occupy the premises without the owner's agreement after the original lease or rental agreement between the owner (landlord) and the tenant has expired. The tenant is responsible for payment of the monthly rental at the existing rate and terms, which the landlord may accept without admitting the legality of the occupancy. A holdover tenant is subject to a notice to quit (get out) and, if he/she does not leave, to a lawsuit for unlawful detainer. 7. He may want to blackmail the government into direct, public negotiations. My landlord's threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week. Breaking it off: Threaten to break off negotiations as a last resort. The strikers refused to be blackmailed into returning to work. He always said he would quit, so we finally called his bluff. Somebody braced them with the idea you'd been buying services from the commission. He threatened legal action. The act of threatening to reveal personal information, esp. sexual scandals, in order to extract money 勒索钱财(exact something from someone 勒索 to demand something from someone; to take something from someone. The bill collector sought to exact payment from them for a debt that had been paid off long ago. You cannot exact a single cent from me.). The defensive reason for the plan is Russia's inclination to use energy a lever.
Why people are upset Green Book won Best Picture at the Oscars: Peter Farrelly holds aloft 高举, 高高举起(To elevate; to maintain at an elevated altitude.) his Oscar after Green Book won best picture at the 2019 Academy Awards. Green Book has taken home the coveted Best Picture award at this year's Oscars — but not everyone is happy about it. BlackKklansman director Spike Lee made headlines after attempting to walk out of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in protest at 以示抗议 the film's win(in protest at 以示对...的抗议 The rioting began on Sept. 23 when soldiers occupied Kinshasa airport in protest at low pay. On that day thousands marched from West to East Berlin in protest at the terms of unification. On Jan. 13, several people were reported to have been wounded by security forces during demonstrations in protest at the arrests. The four major opposition parties reportedly decided to boycott the Nov. 29 elections in protest at alleged unfair election conditions. Rock bottom: Ex-con strips off in protest at benefit refusal. She shot upright, clutching her head as it throbbed in protest at her sudden move. protest I. [countable, uncountable] something that you do to show publicly that you think that something is wrong and unfair, for example taking part in big public meetings, refusing to work, or refusing to buy a company's products. protest against: Students held a protest march against the war. Five thousand employees came out on strike in protest at the poor working conditions. II [countable] words or actions that show that you do not want someone to do something or that you dislike something very much. protest from: I turned off the TV, despite loud protests from the kids. without protest 未提出异议: He accepted his punishment without protest. She ignored his protests and walked away. The programme caused a storm of protest (=a lot of angry protest). The announcement was met with howls of protest. III. do something under protest: hold/stage/mount a protest Opponents of the plan have staged several protests. lead to/spark (off) protests (=cause them) The arrests sparked off violent street protests. organize a protest She organized a protest outside the store. protests erupt (=start suddenly) Massive protests erupted across the country. a public/popular protest The announcement led to widespread public protests. political protest Lee spent five years in prison for his involvement in political protest. a peaceful protest Some 5,000 students and others began a peaceful protest. a violent/angry protest Three people died yesterday in violent protests against the war. a mass protest 大规模抗议 (=one involving a lot of people) There were mass protests in the capital. a massive protest They reacted to the king's forced abdication with massive public protests. a student protest Student protests were crushed by police. a street protest There was a ban on street protests. an anti-government protest Religious leaders continued to lead anti-government protests. a protest group/movement Students at the heart of the protest movement have called for a general strike. a protest march They staged a protest march through the city's streets. a protest rally (=a large outdoor public meeting to protest about something) A protest rally in the capital was attended by about 400 people. IV. [intransitive, transitive] to come together to publicly express disapproval or opposition to something protest against/at/about Thousands of people blocked the street, protesting against the new legislation. protest something American English Students protested the decision. V. [intransitive, transitive] to say that you strongly disagree with or are angry about something because you think it is wrong or unfair. 'I don't see why I should take the blame for this!' she protested 抗议道. protest that Clive protested that he hadn't been given enough time to do everything. VI. [transitive] to state very firmly that something is true, when other people do not believe you. protest (that) Sarah protested that she wasn't Mick's girlfriend. Years later, he is still protesting his innocence. howls of protest 声声抗议, 一阵阵抗议, 抗议的怒吼. 抗议的呼号 Inevitably there would be howls of protest but there are several valid responses to these. This has generated howls of protest from the firms. 抗议的手段: protest to do something to show publicly that you disagree with something – used especially when a large group of people do this together Huge crowds gathered in the capital protesting against the war.Drivers blocked roads around the capital to protest about the rising cost of fuel. march to walk in a large group from one place to another in order to protest about something Hundreds of students marched through the city in protest against the employment laws. demonstrate to walk or stand somewhere in a large group, in order to protest about something About 200 people were demonstrating outside the US Embassy. Environmentalists have been demonstrating against plans to dump waste at sea. riot 暴乱 to protest by behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way Hundreds of workers rioted after pay negotiations broke down.The prisoners were rioting against their appalling conditions. boycott to protest about the actions of a company, country, or industry by refusing to buy something, or refusing to go to a place or event They may boycott the next Olympic Games. Shoppers are boycotting battery-farmed eggs. hold/stage a sit-in 静坐示威 to protest by refusing to leave a place The students have been staging a sit-in to protest about overcrowding at the polytechnic. go on a hunger strike (also go on hunger strike British English) to protest by refusing to eat Maynard went on a hunger strike to protest his innocence. ) before ushers stopped him from leaving. Speaking after the stunt, Lee said the "refs made a bad call" in handing Green Book the Best Picture gong. Lee was not the only one to voice his discontent 表达不满, 表示不满. Social media was flooded with posts after Green Book took home the top Oscars gong — and a large number of them were far from happy. Green Book followed the (reportedly true) story of a black musician and his white driver, the film's protagonist, in the Deep South of America in 1962. But while it was praised for the performances of its actors — Mahershala Ali won the Best Supporting Actor award — it has also been criticised for perpetuating white saviour 白人拯救世界, 白人充当救世主 stereotypes, and for exaggerating the story it tells. It was written by Nick Vallelonga, the son of the white driver Tony "Lip" Vallelonga, who was paid to escort concert pianist Dr Don Shirley on his eight-week concert tour of the South. As the pair make their way through the Mid West and Deep South of America, Tony eventually comes to respect Don for his talent as a piano player. As this respect grows, Tony becomes increasingly appalled by the racism Don encounters on a daily basis, prompting him to intervene in several racist incidents along their journey. New York Times writer Wesley Morris explained the issue with this oft-employed dynamic: "[The relationship in Green Book] symbolises a style of American storytelling in which the wheels of interracial friendship are greased by employment, in which prolonged exposure 长期相处, 长期待在一起 to the black half of the duo enhances the humanity of his white, frequently racist counterpart." Speaking in the media room after the Academy Awards ceremony, Lee compared Green Book to 1990 film Driving Miss Daisy, which focused on the same — albeit reversed — dynamic. The director, who picked up Best Adapted Screenplay for BlackKklansman, said: "I'm snakebit(having or characterized by bad luck; marked by a series of misfortunes, mistakes, etc. unlucky; experiencing misfortune). Every time someone is driving somebody, I lose." In the wake of Lee's comments, social media users have criticised the film, claiming it helps mainstream audiences feel good about social progress and racism from the perspective of a white protagonist who must come to terms with his black employer's character before he deems him worthy of basic human rights. Green Book has had to face more than claims of perpetuating the white saviour narrative. Here's where things get even dicier(dicey [daɪsi] adj Something that is dicey is slightly dangerous or uncertain. [British, informal] There was a dicey moment as one of our party made a risky climb up the cliff wall.). While Nick Vallelonga's film claims to mirror 真是反映 the events that took place on his father and Dr Shirley's journey as they occurred, Dr Shirley's family has disputed this. In an interview with Shadow and Act in December last year, the Shirley family described the film as "jarring", and said it amounted to a "symphony of lies" that depicted Dr Shirley as "embarrassed by his blackness". This portrayal came despite Dr Shirley being an active participant in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, friends with Dr Martin Luther King and close friends with several prominent black musicians, the family said. Edwin Shirley III told Shadow and Act this aspect of his uncle's depiction "was very hurtful" and "100 per cent wrong". Making matters worse, the Shirley family have said they were not consulted 征询 or contacted during the writing and production of the film. Vallelonga rejected these claims, insisting his version of the story was informed by his father and Dr Shirley directly. The filmmaker told Variety he spoke with Dr Shirley ahead of his death in 2013, when he said the pianist gave him his blessing and told him not to speak to any other sources about the screenplay. Ahead of this year's Oscars ceremony, Twitter users dredged up 挖出 a 2015 tweet by Vallelonga that agreed with US President Donald Trump's claims that Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks. The since-deleted tweet read: "100% correct. Muslims in Jersey City cheering when towers went down. I saw it when you did, possibly on local CBS News." Vallelonga apologised two days later, saying he was sorry "to everyone associated with Green Book … and all members of the Muslim faith for the hurt I have caused". It's not as if it's a terrible film. It's an enjoyable road movie-cum-buddy comedy that touches on some serious issues – racism, sexual bigotry, a whole bunch of preconceptions about what it means to be black (and, to a lesser degree, white) – before resolving them in a great big bear hug of "if only we took the time to get to know one another" washed down with a feast of fried chicken and jazz-blues. What's the problem with that? On the surface of it, Green Book is a perfect fit for an Oscars that oozed diversity from its every pore 每一个毛孔都散发着多样性 but with far less righteous anger than in recent years. It was as if everyone had concluded that in 2019 enough ground has been won that the campaigning of #OscarsSoWhite and #TimesUp et al could be shelved – for now at least. The complaint, though, is that Green Book is feel-good 自我感觉良好的 liberal hogwash(If you describe what someone says as hogwash, you think it is nonsense. [informal, disapproval] Sugar said it was a 'load of hogwash' that he was not interested in football.), a "white saviour" fantasy that does nothing to examine the structures of racism and prejudice in America (or elsewhere). And I agree with that. Compared with the other choices available in the best picture category, Green Book was the soft option in a field positively dripping in diversity(soft option 少争议的选择: an easier alternative. "probation should in no sense be seen as a soft option by the judiciary". If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation. We take the soft option. I like to keep the crowd happy because that's what they pay for. The job of chairman can no longer be regarded as a convenient soft option.). And, in my view, that makes it a poor one. Consider the alternatives. Roma is a careful study of ethnic and economic inequality in Mexico dressed as a piece of beautifully constructed nostalgia. The Favourite shatters our preconceptions of 打破传统观念 what a costume drama can be and puts female sexuality front and centre. Vice is an unflinching 不遗余力的, 大胆的 portrait of mendacity [menˈdæsəti] ( lies. Mendacity is lying, rather than telling the truth. ...an astonishing display of cowardice and mendacity. mendacious [menˈdeɪʃəs] not telling the truth. a. used about deliberately false statements, information, etc. ) and entrenched corruption at the very top of the political system. What it means to be black in America is at the heart of both BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther. One an angry, funny and (mostly) true story that draws a line from the Confederacy to Charlottseville via the 1970s, the other a fantasy that re-examines 重新审视 the Malcolm X-Martin Luther King dialectic of violent versus passive resistance through the prism of the superhero movie (Unfortunately, the best film about the lived black experience, If Beale Street Could Talk, wasn't among the best picture contenders, though Regina King did win best supporting actress for it. If you have any interest in seeing real life breathed into the slogan "black lives matter", watch this magnificent, beautiful work adapted from James Baldwin's 1974 novel. It is heartbreaking, yet strangely optimistic.) A Star is Born retreads an old story about an impossible showbiz romance but Bohemian Rhapsody has at least one foot in the diversity camp. Crowd-pleasing concert re-enactments aside, it addresses (some might say rather timidly) the issue of Freddie Mercury struggling to accept and assert his sexual identity at a time when being gay was far from OK. Was Green Book the best film of the year? Not on your nelly(not on your nelly British slang not under any circumstances; certainly not. ). Was it even the best among this crop? Again, no way. But it may just have been the least divisive. Roma had the double stigma of Netflix and subtitles. The Favourite's liberal 随意的 use of the C-bomb will have appalled as many as it delighted. Plenty of people still think superhero movies are inherently inferior and Spike Lee is a polemicist ( [pəˈlemɪsɪst] someone who writes newspaper articles or books that express very strong opinions. A polemicist is someone who is skilled at arguing very strongly for or against a belief or opinion. ...the greatest polemicist of the 20th century.) whose fury infuses every frame of his sometimes heavy-handed film. And even if you agree with the politics of Adam McKay's Vice, being lectured like that does get a bit tiresome. In this field, Green Book may have benefited not from being the best or even many people's favourite. It might have risen to the top of the pile simply by being a consistent top-two or -three pick. As other films fell away in the preferential voting by which best picture is decided, it is possible that it simply did a Bradbury and stayed upright long enough to claim the prize. Because the votes are secret, we'll probably never know. Lee's anger at the result is understandable (and widely shared), even if his film was never likely to win. It feels like a rerun of 1990, when his masterful and incendiary ( [ɪnˈsendiˌeri] I. designed for the purpose of causing a fire an incendiary device/bomb. II. likely to cause anger or violence. incendiary statements. ) Do The Right Thing was passed over 被无视 – not even earning a best picture nomination (though it was nominated for best screenplay) – while Driving Miss Daisy took home the big one. Three decades on, it suddenly feels like things have barely moved. The Academy may be happy to talk the diversity talk but, when it comes to the crunch, it still prefers a Driving Mr Daisy to actually walking the walk.
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用法学习: 1. someone's partner in crime 同党, 同伙 someone who you do something with, especially something that other people do not approve of. two people who have planned and done something together, especially something that slightly annoys other people – used humorously. When Prince William married Kate Middleton in 2011, he left behind his 'partner in crime', Prince Harry, with a royal biographer claiming this created tension between the brothers, leaving Harry feeling "bitter" and "lonely". rudderless [ˈrʌdələs] 乌合之众. 无所依的, 无可依赖的, 没有依靠的, 无头苍蝇似的, 无依无靠, 不知所措的 (of an organization) without anyone in control and therefore unable to take decisions. A country or a person that is rudderless does not have a clear aim or a strong leader to follow. The country was politically rudderless for almost three months. ...a feeling in the country that the Government was drifting rudderless. "[Harry] had become very close to Kate, who helped to fill some of the emotional void in his life," she wrote. "Harry felt detached, lonely, and 'rudderless', and according to a friend, he dreaded Sunday nights." She said Harry would suffer "really bad spells of loneliness" "I think he was worried he was going to be left on the shelf. He told me he hated being alone, especially on Sunday nights.". on the shelf 没人要了 If you say that someone or something is on the shelf, you mean that no one wants them. [informal] I was afraid of getting left on the shelf. ...first-rate plans which sit on the shelf. 2. implode I. 内爆. [intransitive/ transitive] to break up violently and fall inward, or make something do this. an internal vacuum that caused the vessel to implode. II. [intransitive] if something such as an organization or an economic system implodes, it is completely destroyed by things that are happening within it. impale [ɪmˈpeɪl] 穿透, 刺穿, 刺透, 插穿, 扎脚 to push a pointed object through someone or something. To impale something on a pointed object means to cause the point to go into it or through it. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus. Lenny swayed for a moment, then dropped to the ground, impaling himself on his switchblade. Locals in an Adelaide beachside suburb are demanding urgent action after an eight-year-old girl's foot was impaled on a rusty metal barb, while walking on the sand. Abi Cook was participating in a Nippers Surf Life Saving event in West Beach, when her foot was pierced 刺穿 by the sharp metal object on Saturday afternoon. X-rays show the shocking extent of the injury and the tiny hooked-tip 倒钩, which meant the barb could not be pulled out. Abi was rushed into the surf club nearby and given oxygen, before being taken by ambulance to the Women's & Children's Hospital, where doctors delicately 小心翼翼的 removed the barb. "The city of Charles Sturt needs to put up bunting and warning signs around those areas of concern, we can't have a situation where people are injured," Mr Speirs said. City of Charles Sturt CEO, Paul Sutton said council staff have been checking the beach, but simply fencing it off 围起来, 圈起来 isn't the answer. "The high tide comes all the way up to the rock walls so any bunting or whatever would get washed away with the next high tide," Mr Sutton said. A team of council workers will scour the beach from tomorrow morning with metal detectors. bunting 小彩旗, 挂在绳子上的小三角旗 a line of small flags on a string, used for decorating buildings and streets for special occasions. bunt in the game of baseball, to deliberately hit the ball so that it only goes a short distance. 3. 火车上: When the train reached Central Station, a man boarded the train and sat next to the 18-year-old, and began allegedly touching him inappropriately. Police were told the young man fended off 挡开 the offender's advances and moved towards the doors of the train. The younger man moved carriages and got off the train at Lidcombe, where the older man also departed (depart I. When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place. Our tour departs from Heathrow Airport on 31 March and returns 16 April. In the morning Mr McDonald departed for Sydney. The coach departs Potsdam in the morning. Before departing Colombo, they visited a Buddhist temple. II. 背离, 偏离. If you depart from a traditional, accepted, or agreed way of doing something, you do it in a different or unexpected way. Why is it in this country that we have departed from good educational sense? It takes a brave cook to depart radically from the traditional Christmas menu. III. If someone departs from a job, they resign from it or leave it. In American English, you can say that someone departs a job. Lipton is planning to depart from the company he founded. It is not unusual for staff to depart at this time of year. He departed baseball in the '60s. IV. When someone departs this life, or departs this earth, they die. He departed this world with a sense of having fulfilled his destiny. break with precedent = depart from precedent to change the way in which things have traditionally been done The club has broken with precedent and elected a female president. ) and boarded another train. The man is described as 30 to 35 years old, with short dark hair and a muscular build. He was wearing a dark blue T-shirt and dark pants at the time 当时. 4. 足球: Sarri's attempts to downplay the incident as a "misunderstanding", while a ploy to protect his player, hasn't stuck with the football community(I. If you stick with something, you do not change to something else. to continue to do or use something, and not change it. They're going to stick with the same team as last Saturday. stick with it: We had a tough time for a few years, but we stuck with it. If you're in a job that keeps you busy, stick with it. They prefer, in the end, to stick with what they know. II. If you stick with someone 跟着, 亦步亦趋, you stay close to them. to stay close to someone and go with them wherever they go, especially so that they can help or protect you. Stick with me and you'll be all right. She pulled the woman to her side saying: 'You just stick with me, dear.' III. if something sticks with you 深深烙印, 印象很深, you continue to remember it clearly. It was a moment that has stuck with me for years. ) and only serves to dislodge what little grip the Italian had over his squad. To preserve his dignity 保持尊严 Sarri must call out his 24-year-old keeper for what it was; a blatant lack of disrespect, and not submit to 屈服于 a display of petulance 发脾气 that in turn made the 60-year-old look like a child as he flapped about on the sideline. Slipping 滑到第六位 to sixth place on the Premier League ladder, a disgraceful 6-0 loss at the hands of Manchester City and a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United, Arrizabalga's defiance 目中无人 is ultimately the manifestation of a team disillusioned with its leader. "Kepa should never play for Chelsea again," Chelsea legend Chris Sutton told BBC 5Live. "That should be his last performance in a Chelsea shirt. He's a disgrace. I've never seen anything like it. That's a big call, considering the culture that has allowed the $130 million-dollar wonder kid to step out of line 出格 so spectacularly has obviously formed under Sarri's direction, or lack thereof. "How can Kepa play for Chelsea again? How can he play for Sarri again? Something has to give(something has (got) to give 必须要做出改变, 必须要做出改变, 有人必须做出牺牲, 打破僵局 used to say that someone or something has to stop trying to resist or oppose something. Things cannot go on like this.; The stalemate will be broken. The pressure on me is getting to be too much. Something's got to give. For the strike to be settled, something has (got) to give!)." Unfortunately for Sarri, that 'thing' is him. Dressing the situation in a veil of confusion and semantics, Sarri seems to be spelling out his own demise, and there is every possibility that he's attempting to do that in the least confrontational way possible. His statement's hard to read. It's a submission riddled with apologies, culpability and to top it off the apparent admission that he lost his cool. Even the most casual 最不介意的, 最无所谓的, 无可无不可的 football fan will feel the urge to shake Sarri by the collar, grab Arrizabalaga by the ear and escort him off the field themselves. A far cry from the charisma of Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho, perhaps Chelsea need fiery hand on the helm. 5. A swell 一波儿浪, in the context of an ocean, sea or lake, is a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the interface between water and air and thus are often referred to as surface gravity waves. These series of surface gravity waves are not wind waves, which are generated by the immediate local wind, but instead are generated by distant weather systems, where wind blows for a duration of time over a fetch of water. More generally, a swell consists of wind-generated waves that are not—or are hardly—affected by the local wind at that time. Swell waves often have a long wavelength, but this varies due to the size, strength and duration of the weather system responsible for the swell and the size of the water body. Swell wavelength also varies from event to event. Occasionally, swells which are longer than 700 m occur as a result of the most severe storms. Swells have a narrower range of frequencies and directions than locally generated wind waves, because swell waves have dispersed from their generation area, have dissipated and therefore lost an amount of randomness, taking on a more defined shape and direction. Swell direction is the direction from which the swell is coming. It is measured in degrees (as on a compass), and often referred to in general directions, such as a NNW or SW swell.
适应新鞋, 新车, 新引擎的适应 (house-break (housebroke, housebroken) (toilet-training) train (a pet) to urinate and defecate outside the house or only in a special place; house-train. Humanely used, a dog crate offers many advantages. You can housebreak your dog more quickly by using the close confinement to encourage control. "an elephant is exceedingly difficult to housebreak".): Break-in or breaking in, also known as run-in or running in, is the procedure of conditioning a new piece of equipment by giving it an initial period of running, usually under light load, but sometimes under heavy load or normal load. It is generally a process of moving parts wearing against each other to produce the last small bit of size and shape adjustment that will settle them into a stable relationship for the rest of their working life. One of the most common examples of break-in is engine break-in for petrol engines and diesel engines. A cheeky pilot tasked with testing a new engine has literally spelled out his boredom for all the world to see. The pilot took off, tasked with running-in a plane's engine for two hours before it was used for training on Tuesday. run I. to take someone somewhere in your car. run someone to/into: John kindly offered to run me into town. run someone there/home/back etc.: I'll run you there, it's no trouble. II. 连续上映. if a play, movie, or television program runs, it continues to be performed or shown. a soap opera that has been running for many years. How long did the movie run for? III. if an official agreement or document runs until a particular time, you can continue to use it until that date The contract only has another couple of months to run. IV. to put something such as a wire or thread somewhere. run something under/behind/through etc. something: You could run the cable behind the desk. V. if a feeling runs through you, you experience it. A chill ran through me (=I suddenly felt frightened). to have a particular thought. Our thoughts seem to run along the same lines (=we think the same). run to: His thoughts ran to the first time he had met Matilda. something runs through your mind/head (=you have a particular thought or idea): The thought that she might be lying ran through my mind. VI. if newspapers run an article, advertisement, or photograph, they print it. VII. a. if a piece of clothing or a color runs, the color spreads when you wash it. 褪色, 衣服脱色, 衣服掉色 (color run, color bleeding). I'm not saying I can guarantee how to remove colour bleeds from your washing. But here are the most recommended remedies to get dye from clothes out of your bed sheets. No single colour should technically run more or less than others, but reds and indigos seem to be harder to fix 定色 than other colours. Some fabrics will bleed in hot water if the colour fixer is affected by heat. Also, the hot water opens up natural fibres increasing the opportunity for the colour to run. Alternatively, colours in fabrics will run at a later stage as the colour fastener wears down from washing. So it is best to wash in cool or cold water, and keep colours, whites and darks separate, and to wash any suspicious new fabrics by themselves initially. b. if something such as paint or ink runs, it spreads to where it should not be. Crying had made her mascara run 妆花了. Primer can help keep your makeup from sliding off (running) with your sweat. c. if something such as butter runs 奶油流了, it becomes liquid and spreads because it is warm. d. if tights or pantyhose 长腿袜 run 走线, 跑线, 有洞, a hole in them becomes longer. VIII. 倒卖. 走私. to bring someone or something illegally into a country We know of several groups who are running guns into the country. IX. run your mouth informal to talk without thinking about the impact of what you are saying. I'm sick to death of you running your mouth 满嘴跑火车. X. if something such as a road or wall runs somewhere, it exists in that place run along/around/through etc.: There was a path running through the middle of the forest. run parallel to something: A mountain range runs parallel to the western border. XI. [intransitive] 流经. 流过. if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows there run down/from etc.: Tears were running down his face. Blood ran from a wound in her leg. a. [intransitive] if a river runs somewhere, it flows there. run into/to/from etc.: The Mississippi runs into the Gulf of Mexico. b. [intransitive/transitive] if a faucet runs, or if you run it, water comes out of it. c. [intransitive] if something is running with a liquid, the liquid is flowing down it. run with: His back was running with sweat. d. [transitive] to fill a bath or other container with water from a faucet. I ran a sink full of cold water. run a bath 放洗澡水: Dad offered to run a bath for me. come running 屁颠屁颠的来, 屁颠颠的, 乐滋滋的来, 听话的来了 I. to do exactly as someone tells you in a way that makes you look weak. She just looks at him, and he comes running like a puppy. II. to ask someone for help or sympathy, especially in a way that is annoying. Come running to: Don't come running to me when Linda dumps you. bleed I. If the colour of one substance bleeds into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way. The colouring pigments from the skins are not allowed to bleed into 褪色, 掉色, 染色, 脱色 the grape juice. II. If someone is being bled, money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them. [disapproval] We have been gradually bled for twelve years. They mean to bleed the British to the utmost. bleed sb dry If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them. The war has bled the once-strong Armenian economy dry. nosebleed 流鼻血 If someone has a nosebleed, blood comes out from inside their nose. Whenever I have a cold I get a nosebleed.
Melbourne chiropractor investigated after performing spinal manipulation on infant: In the video, Dr Arnold can be seen tapping Harvey on the head, using an activator on the baby's spine and dangling him upside down. The video, captioned "Andrew adjusts two-week-old Harvey for the very first time. Frisky(I. 精力充沛的. 活力满满的. A frisky animal or person is energetic and playful, and may be difficult to control. His horse was feeling frisky, and he had to hold the reins tightly. II. informal feeling that you want to have sex. frisk If someone frisks you, they search you, usually with their hands in order to see if you are hiding a weapon or something else such as drugs in your clothes. Drago pushed him up against the wall and frisked him. ) little chap", caught the attention of other chiropractors and the state's health minister Jenny Mikakos. "This vision 场景 is deeply disturbing" Ms Mikakos said on Wednesday. She's referred the practitioner to the Chiropractic Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency "to take the necessary action". "It's appalling that young children and infants are being exposed to potential harm," Ms Mikakos said in a statement. The minister called on the CBA to condemn the practice of treating infants, saying it was "unprofessional and unacceptable". The minister said a range of peak expert groups — including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Australian College of Physicians and other similar groups overseas — have cautioned against spinal manipulation in infants. The Chiropractic Board of Australia said it is aware of the videos and is assessing the concerns raised. "The board has made a strong statement about the care of children and has written to every chiropractor in Australia to warn them to comply with 遵守 their professional and ethical obligations 责任, which are clearly outlined in the board's code of conduct for chiropractors," a spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said the board has acted against chiropractors who fail to meet their obligations, by limiting their registration when they fail to meet expected standards. "The board is always concerned if there are any chiropractors not practising in accordance with these obligations and welcomes advice about such practitioners," she said. There has been a mixed reaction to the video on social media, with some expressing support for the tratement and others their shock. It was removed this morning after backlash followed the video being published by the Herald Sun. In the five-minute video, Dr Arnold can be seen walking the parents through his techniques. "All you want to do is really gently lift his legs up … and you're just feeling for a click," Dr Arnold tells the parents. "Don't force it but be sort of gently firm". In another manipulation, Dr Arnold tells the parents to "tap on both sides of the head … wiggle and tap". The Melbourne chiropractor also asks Harvey's mother to briefly hold her baby's head when he grabs his legs and holds him upside down. When Dr Arnold uses his activator, a spring-loaded chiropractic device, the baby immediately bursts into tears. "He's going to squawk ((of a bird) make a loud, harsh noise. "the geese flew upriver, squawking". ) a bit," Dr Arnold tells the parents. "Sorry mate … A bit of a cry is a good thing." While infant chiropractic treatments are not explicitly 明确的 illegal in Australia, they are divisive [dɪˈvaɪsɪv] 有分歧的 ( Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people. Abortion has always been a divisive issue. A referendum would be divisive. We live in a world that seems ever more full of rancor and divisiveness. division [dɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n] I. The division of a large unit into two or more distinct parts is the act of separating it into these parts. ...Czechoslovakia's division 分裂, 分体, 分解 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. [+ into] II. The division of something among people or things is its separation into parts which are distributed among the people or things. The current division of labor between workers and management will alter. division of: Civil war eventually led to a permanent division 解体 of the country. division of something into something 分班: Many parents opposed the division of the classes into different sets. division of: the division of the land after the previous owner died. division of something between/among someone: a fair division of responsibilities among the members of the committee. III. Division is the arithmetical process of dividing one number into another number. I taught my daughter how to do division at the age of six. IV. 分歧 (disagreement, split, breach, feud). A division is a significant distinction or argument between two groups, which causes the two groups to be considered as very different and separate. a disagreement between people, especially between people who belong to the same group. The argument revealed deep divisions in the ranks of the Republican Party. The division between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains. [+ between/among]. V. In a large organization, a division is a group of departments whose work is done in the same place or is connected with similar tasks. ...the bank's Latin American division 分公司, 分部, 部门. ...the sales division. VI. A division is a group of military units which fight as a single unit. Several armoured divisions are being moved from Germany. VII. In the British Parliament, a division is a vote where the Members of Parliament go into separate rooms in order to record their vote. VIII. 分级联赛制度 In some sports, such as football, baseball, and basketball, a division is one of the groups of teams which make up a league. The teams in each division are considered to be approximately the same standard, and they all play against each other during the season. Villa had just been relegated from the First Division. ...the Scottish Premier Division leaders, Dundee United. IX. 分立. 对立. a difference in the way that people within the same community or country live, how much money they have, how educated they are, etc. the growing division between rich and poor. divisiveness [dɪˈvʌɪsɪvnəs] a tendency to cause disagreement or hostility between people. "transparency will enhance development rather than social divisiveness". divide I. [transitive] to separate people or things into smaller groups or parts. Divide the dough and roll out one part. divide something into pairs/groups/parts etc.: Divide the class into three groups. a. [intransitive] to have separate parts, or to form into separate groups. divide into: The movie divides into two distinct halves. b. [transitive] to separate something into smaller parts and share the parts between people. Work out how you would like to divide the money. divide something between/among someone: After his death his property was divided among his children. II. [transitive] to keep two or more areas or parts separate. The wall that divides the playground and the playing field. divide something from something: The railroad divides their family’s land from the plains below. III. [intransitive/transitive] maths to do a mathematical calculation to find out how many times a number contains a smaller number. This is usually shown by the symbol ÷. divide something by something: Divide 9 by 3. 10 divided by 2 is 5. divide by: Add 50 to your original number, then divide by six. 12 can be divided by 3 可以整除, 可以除尽. IV. 分立, 对立. [transitive] to be the cause of disagreement between people, especially within a group. a subject that divided the nation. The ruling class was divided by internal conflicts. a. [intransitive] to disagree and form smaller groups. divide along party/religious/ethnic etc. lines (=according to your political party, religion, race, etc.): The Senate looks certain to divide along party lines. V. [intransitive] 一分为二, 分叉. if a road divides, it separates into two roads. When the road divides, take the left-hand route. VI. [intransitive] biology 细胞分裂. if a cell in a plant or animal divides, it separates into two cells so that a new cell is formed. ) in the medical community. In July 2017, former president of the Australian Chiropractors Association Laurie Tassell defended his profession's work with infants. "There is nothing more rewarding than a mum bringing a baby in with colic and then coming in the next day to thank you for the transformation you have made. Colic impacts on the whole family," Mr Tassell said. "We use a very different technique on babies — it's not the way we treat adults. There is some evidence emerging that a chiropractor can help with colic (colic [kɒlɪk] Colic is an illness in which you get severe pains in your stomach and bowels. Babies especially suffer from colic. The doctor said it was colic and that she would grow out of it. wiki: Colic is a form of pain that starts and stops abruptly. It occurs due to muscular contractions of a hollow tube (colon, ureter, gall bladder, etc.) in an attempt to relieve an obstruction by forcing content out. It may be accompanied by vomiting and sweating. Baby colic, a condition, usually in infants, characterized by incessant 无休无止的, 不停歇的 crying.)."
Kardashians cancelled? At $500,000 per Instagram post they won't care: If rumours circulating at the moment are to be believed – and the foundation stone of the whole Kardashian enterprise is rumour spiced with gossip plus a soupçon ([ˈsuːpsɒn] a very small quantity of something. "a soupçon of mustard".) of mischievous fibs – then the show that launched a zillion products may be cut by the E! TV channel because of declining audiences. If the show disappears, the family certainly won't. Kim and the rest of the clan are as ubiquitous 无处不在 as air and as famous as any rock star, actor, supermodel or entrepreneur-cum-TV-host-turned-US president. Since Keeping Up With the Kardashians (KUWTK to aficionados) first aired in 2007, every member of the family has annexed ( annex [æneks] 攫取, 夺取, 抢去, 抢夺, 夺去 If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it. Rome annexed the Nabatean kingdom in 106 AD. Hitler was determined to annex Austria to Germany. ...the Nazi annexation of territories in the run up to the Second World War. [+ of] ) our consciousness and infiltrated our lives, usually in a way that persuades us to part with our money. In the process they have all become multimillionaires – 20-year-old Kylie Jenner is set to become the youngest self-made billionaire in history. People idolise Kim almost as much as she seems to idolise herself, but without quite knowing why. She's uncoupled greatness from achievement 和成就无关的伟大(uncouple I. If two vehicles or pieces of equipment are uncoupled, they have been unfastened and are no longer joined together. They uncoupled the passenger cars from the train engine. II. If two things that were connected or combined are uncoupled, they have been separated from each other. to separate two things, or to become separate. The government uncoupled the peso from the dollar yesterday for the first time in 11 years.) in the sense that she's acknowledged as one of the best known and distinct women in the world – she has a certain eminence and aura([emɪnəns] I. importance because of impressive achievements, character, or status. Eminence is the quality of being very well-known and highly respected. Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world. Beveridge was a man of great eminence. II. You use expressions such as Your Eminence or His Eminence when you are addressing or referring to a Roman Catholic cardinal. 'Your Eminence,' Pantieri broke in, 'I wonder if you would allow me a word.'. His Eminence the Cardinal celebrated Mass. aura [ɔːrə] 光环 An aura is a quality or feeling that seems to surround a person or place or to come from them. a quality that seems to surround or come from a person, place, or situation. aura of: an aura of innocence. the aura of history that surrounds the place. She had an aura of authority. [+ of] ), yet boasts few tangible 说得出口的, 可以说的 achievements beyond her own gravitational sphere; she appears and sells stuff, but not much else. (Though she did release a 2015 book called Selfish.) Then there is the feeling of intimacy with others who are, at once, proximate and remote. Other celebrities of the early 21st century created bonds of digital familiarity but none exploited the possibilities offered by web 2.0 interactivity more fully 更充分的 than Kardashian and her family. When audiences were drawn to the Twitter feeds of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears in the 2000s, Kim Kardashian was studying Paris Hilton. Kim and her family were sovereign and unrivalled for their craft and ingenuity; but if they'd surfaced in, say, the 1990s, the Kardashians would be greeted with shrieks of derision ( [dɪˈrɪʒ(ə)n] the opinion that someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. There were shouts of derision from the audience. deride [dɪˈraɪd] to criticize someone or something by suggesting that they are stupid, unimportant, or useless. ) and dismissed as unwholesomely talentless, self-adoring exhibitionists – or probably not greeted with anything at all. The whole family would likely have been totally ignored in an era of Madonna and Michael Jackson, artists who somehow managed to provoke and disturb audiences and produce entertainment of the first magnitude. Kim Kardashian also produced entertainment; in fact, she fascinated people, though exactly how and why was not abundantly clear – at first. But in 2007, the year when KUWTK started on TV, something was happening to culture, alongside the rise and rise of social media sites such as Twitter. "Why is she famous?" has an obvious answer: no woman in history has ever been afforded such lavish media coverage. Maybe Diana, Princess of Wales. For now, Kim Kardashian is never out of the media. And we continue to scratch our heads. This is a woman from a family we know about basically from watching them sitting on sofas, eating salads and taking pictures of themselves (a practice Paris Hilton modestly claims she invented in 2006). When KUWTK launched, it seemed just another derivative of the countless reality TV shows that had been populating the broadcasting landscape for the previous 15 years. But since then it has grown to be arguably the most formidable force in television history. And, if you think (as you doubtless will) I'm exaggerating, think of how much of the world's attention the Kardashian family collectively commands. And how much money they encourage the world to spend – mostly on inessentials. It's not known whether the Kardashian family members are adherents 实践者 of the school of thought that propounds advertising is at its most effective when recipients aren't aware it's advertising (its earliest proponent was Walter Dill Scott, 1869-1955, whose book The Psychology of Advertising was first published in 1913). But they probably wouldn't have opposed it. Even if they did, they couldn't argue with the money ad agencies offered them to commend, approve, allude to, hint at, speak favourably of or just name a product. Kim can reach 9.4m Instagram followers with one tap of her manicured index finger. Cost-benefit calculations lead advertisers to believe that paying Kim up to US$500,000 a time is decent value. Sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner boast 76.4m and 89.1m followers each (at the time of writing) and can only command US$400,000 per post. Khloé, who has over 64m followers, and Kourtney, with 54.3m, limp by on US$250,000 a time. Kardashian product endorsements aren't so much advertisements as cattle prods (A cattle prod, also called a stock prod, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them. An electric cattle prod is a stick with electrodes on the end which is used to make cattle move through a relatively high-voltage, low-current electric shock). In a world where the ownership of commodities is synonymous with the Good Life, the Kardashians have every legitimate claim to being major talents. Talent isn't, as popularly assumed, a gift or natural ability we possess: it's an attribution. If we, the audience, think Kim et al have talent, they have. It's like beauty: a subjective benefaction. In a properly run world, you might suppose a successful long-running TV programme would address issues such as injustice, inequality, poverty, racism, sexism, violence or other issues of concern. But this is not a properly run world – whatever that might be – and the Kardashians authentically draw on audience's real-life experiences. The family's almost defiant success also hints at a future for celebrity amid the decline of old media. In the digital age, the skill set required of anyone who aspires to celebrity-level influence is uncertain, but involves relatability. If people identify with you, then you have a shot at greatness. Social media, like art, journalism and entertainment, contributes to our understanding: it is there to inform audiences but not necessarily with responsibility. The Kardashians will endure. You might not like them; you might even despise 鄙视 the misplaced 不值得的 devotion of their global following. We're used to middle-aged males controlling our media, not upstart young hellions with limitless influence.
适应新鞋, 新车, 新引擎的适应 (house-break (housebroke, housebroken) (toilet-training) train (a pet) to urinate and defecate outside the house or only in a special place; house-train. Humanely used, a dog crate offers many advantages. You can housebreak your dog more quickly by using the close confinement to encourage control. "an elephant is exceedingly difficult to housebreak".): Break-in or breaking in, also known as run-in or running in, is the procedure of conditioning a new piece of equipment by giving it an initial period of running, usually under light load, but sometimes under heavy load or normal load. It is generally a process of moving parts wearing against each other to produce the last small bit of size and shape adjustment that will settle them into a stable relationship for the rest of their working life. One of the most common examples of break-in is engine break-in for petrol engines and diesel engines. A cheeky pilot tasked with testing a new engine has literally spelled out his boredom for all the world to see. The pilot took off, tasked with running-in a plane's engine for two hours before it was used for training on Tuesday. run I. to take someone somewhere in your car. run someone to/into: John kindly offered to run me into town. run someone there/home/back etc.: I'll run you there, it's no trouble. II. 连续上映. if a play, movie, or television program runs, it continues to be performed or shown. a soap opera that has been running for many years. How long did the movie run for? III. if an official agreement or document runs until a particular time, you can continue to use it until that date The contract only has another couple of months to run. IV. to put something such as a wire or thread somewhere. run something under/behind/through etc. something: You could run the cable behind the desk. V. if a feeling runs through you, you experience it. A chill ran through me (=I suddenly felt frightened). to have a particular thought. Our thoughts seem to run along the same lines (=we think the same). run to: His thoughts ran to the first time he had met Matilda. something runs through your mind/head (=you have a particular thought or idea): The thought that she might be lying ran through my mind. VI. if newspapers run an article, advertisement, or photograph, they print it. VII. a. if a piece of clothing or a color runs, the color spreads when you wash it. 褪色, 衣服脱色, 衣服掉色 (color run, color bleeding). I'm not saying I can guarantee how to remove colour bleeds from your washing. But here are the most recommended remedies to get dye from clothes out of your bed sheets. No single colour should technically run more or less than others, but reds and indigos seem to be harder to fix 定色 than other colours. Some fabrics will bleed in hot water if the colour fixer is affected by heat. Also, the hot water opens up natural fibres increasing the opportunity for the colour to run. Alternatively, colours in fabrics will run at a later stage as the colour fastener wears down from washing. So it is best to wash in cool or cold water, and keep colours, whites and darks separate, and to wash any suspicious new fabrics by themselves initially. b. if something such as paint or ink runs, it spreads to where it should not be. Crying had made her mascara run 妆花了. Primer can help keep your makeup from sliding off (running) with your sweat. c. if something such as butter runs 奶油流了, it becomes liquid and spreads because it is warm. d. if tights or pantyhose 长腿袜 run 走线, 跑线, 有洞, a hole in them becomes longer. VIII. 倒卖. 走私. to bring someone or something illegally into a country We know of several groups who are running guns into the country. IX. run your mouth informal to talk without thinking about the impact of what you are saying. I'm sick to death of you running your mouth 满嘴跑火车. X. if something such as a road or wall runs somewhere, it exists in that place run along/around/through etc.: There was a path running through the middle of the forest. run parallel to something: A mountain range runs parallel to the western border. XI. [intransitive] 流经. 流过. if a liquid runs somewhere, it flows there run down/from etc.: Tears were running down his face. Blood ran from a wound in her leg. a. [intransitive] if a river runs somewhere, it flows there. run into/to/from etc.: The Mississippi runs into the Gulf of Mexico. b. [intransitive/transitive] if a faucet runs, or if you run it, water comes out of it. c. [intransitive] if something is running with a liquid, the liquid is flowing down it. run with: His back was running with sweat. d. [transitive] to fill a bath or other container with water from a faucet. I ran a sink full of cold water. run a bath 放洗澡水: Dad offered to run a bath for me. come running 屁颠屁颠的来, 屁颠颠的, 乐滋滋的来, 听话的来了 I. to do exactly as someone tells you in a way that makes you look weak. She just looks at him, and he comes running like a puppy. II. to ask someone for help or sympathy, especially in a way that is annoying. Come running to: Don't come running to me when Linda dumps you. bleed I. If the colour of one substance bleeds into the colour of another substance that it is touching, it goes into the other thing so that its colour changes in an undesirable way. The colouring pigments from the skins are not allowed to bleed into 褪色, 掉色, 染色, 脱色 the grape juice. II. If someone is being bled, money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them. [disapproval] We have been gradually bled for twelve years. They mean to bleed the British to the utmost. bleed sb dry If someone is being bled dry or is being bled white, all of their money or other resources are gradually being taken away from them. The war has bled the once-strong Armenian economy dry. nosebleed 流鼻血 If someone has a nosebleed, blood comes out from inside their nose. Whenever I have a cold I get a nosebleed.
Melbourne chiropractor investigated after performing spinal manipulation on infant: In the video, Dr Arnold can be seen tapping Harvey on the head, using an activator on the baby's spine and dangling him upside down. The video, captioned "Andrew adjusts two-week-old Harvey for the very first time. Frisky(I. 精力充沛的. 活力满满的. A frisky animal or person is energetic and playful, and may be difficult to control. His horse was feeling frisky, and he had to hold the reins tightly. II. informal feeling that you want to have sex. frisk If someone frisks you, they search you, usually with their hands in order to see if you are hiding a weapon or something else such as drugs in your clothes. Drago pushed him up against the wall and frisked him. ) little chap", caught the attention of other chiropractors and the state's health minister Jenny Mikakos. "This vision 场景 is deeply disturbing" Ms Mikakos said on Wednesday. She's referred the practitioner to the Chiropractic Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency "to take the necessary action". "It's appalling that young children and infants are being exposed to potential harm," Ms Mikakos said in a statement. The minister called on the CBA to condemn the practice of treating infants, saying it was "unprofessional and unacceptable". The minister said a range of peak expert groups — including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Australian College of Physicians and other similar groups overseas — have cautioned against spinal manipulation in infants. The Chiropractic Board of Australia said it is aware of the videos and is assessing the concerns raised. "The board has made a strong statement about the care of children and has written to every chiropractor in Australia to warn them to comply with 遵守 their professional and ethical obligations 责任, which are clearly outlined in the board's code of conduct for chiropractors," a spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said the board has acted against chiropractors who fail to meet their obligations, by limiting their registration when they fail to meet expected standards. "The board is always concerned if there are any chiropractors not practising in accordance with these obligations and welcomes advice about such practitioners," she said. There has been a mixed reaction to the video on social media, with some expressing support for the tratement and others their shock. It was removed this morning after backlash followed the video being published by the Herald Sun. In the five-minute video, Dr Arnold can be seen walking the parents through his techniques. "All you want to do is really gently lift his legs up … and you're just feeling for a click," Dr Arnold tells the parents. "Don't force it but be sort of gently firm". In another manipulation, Dr Arnold tells the parents to "tap on both sides of the head … wiggle and tap". The Melbourne chiropractor also asks Harvey's mother to briefly hold her baby's head when he grabs his legs and holds him upside down. When Dr Arnold uses his activator, a spring-loaded chiropractic device, the baby immediately bursts into tears. "He's going to squawk ((of a bird) make a loud, harsh noise. "the geese flew upriver, squawking". ) a bit," Dr Arnold tells the parents. "Sorry mate … A bit of a cry is a good thing." While infant chiropractic treatments are not explicitly 明确的 illegal in Australia, they are divisive [dɪˈvaɪsɪv] 有分歧的 ( Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people. Abortion has always been a divisive issue. A referendum would be divisive. We live in a world that seems ever more full of rancor and divisiveness. division [dɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n] I. The division of a large unit into two or more distinct parts is the act of separating it into these parts. ...Czechoslovakia's division 分裂, 分体, 分解 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. [+ into] II. The division of something among people or things is its separation into parts which are distributed among the people or things. The current division of labor between workers and management will alter. division of: Civil war eventually led to a permanent division 解体 of the country. division of something into something 分班: Many parents opposed the division of the classes into different sets. division of: the division of the land after the previous owner died. division of something between/among someone: a fair division of responsibilities among the members of the committee. III. Division is the arithmetical process of dividing one number into another number. I taught my daughter how to do division at the age of six. IV. 分歧 (disagreement, split, breach, feud). A division is a significant distinction or argument between two groups, which causes the two groups to be considered as very different and separate. a disagreement between people, especially between people who belong to the same group. The argument revealed deep divisions in the ranks of the Republican Party. The division between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains. [+ between/among]. V. In a large organization, a division is a group of departments whose work is done in the same place or is connected with similar tasks. ...the bank's Latin American division 分公司, 分部, 部门. ...the sales division. VI. A division is a group of military units which fight as a single unit. Several armoured divisions are being moved from Germany. VII. In the British Parliament, a division is a vote where the Members of Parliament go into separate rooms in order to record their vote. VIII. 分级联赛制度 In some sports, such as football, baseball, and basketball, a division is one of the groups of teams which make up a league. The teams in each division are considered to be approximately the same standard, and they all play against each other during the season. Villa had just been relegated from the First Division. ...the Scottish Premier Division leaders, Dundee United. IX. 分立. 对立. a difference in the way that people within the same community or country live, how much money they have, how educated they are, etc. the growing division between rich and poor. divisiveness [dɪˈvʌɪsɪvnəs] a tendency to cause disagreement or hostility between people. "transparency will enhance development rather than social divisiveness". divide I. [transitive] to separate people or things into smaller groups or parts. Divide the dough and roll out one part. divide something into pairs/groups/parts etc.: Divide the class into three groups. a. [intransitive] to have separate parts, or to form into separate groups. divide into: The movie divides into two distinct halves. b. [transitive] to separate something into smaller parts and share the parts between people. Work out how you would like to divide the money. divide something between/among someone: After his death his property was divided among his children. II. [transitive] to keep two or more areas or parts separate. The wall that divides the playground and the playing field. divide something from something: The railroad divides their family’s land from the plains below. III. [intransitive/transitive] maths to do a mathematical calculation to find out how many times a number contains a smaller number. This is usually shown by the symbol ÷. divide something by something: Divide 9 by 3. 10 divided by 2 is 5. divide by: Add 50 to your original number, then divide by six. 12 can be divided by 3 可以整除, 可以除尽. IV. 分立, 对立. [transitive] to be the cause of disagreement between people, especially within a group. a subject that divided the nation. The ruling class was divided by internal conflicts. a. [intransitive] to disagree and form smaller groups. divide along party/religious/ethnic etc. lines (=according to your political party, religion, race, etc.): The Senate looks certain to divide along party lines. V. [intransitive] 一分为二, 分叉. if a road divides, it separates into two roads. When the road divides, take the left-hand route. VI. [intransitive] biology 细胞分裂. if a cell in a plant or animal divides, it separates into two cells so that a new cell is formed. ) in the medical community. In July 2017, former president of the Australian Chiropractors Association Laurie Tassell defended his profession's work with infants. "There is nothing more rewarding than a mum bringing a baby in with colic and then coming in the next day to thank you for the transformation you have made. Colic impacts on the whole family," Mr Tassell said. "We use a very different technique on babies — it's not the way we treat adults. There is some evidence emerging that a chiropractor can help with colic (colic [kɒlɪk] Colic is an illness in which you get severe pains in your stomach and bowels. Babies especially suffer from colic. The doctor said it was colic and that she would grow out of it. wiki: Colic is a form of pain that starts and stops abruptly. It occurs due to muscular contractions of a hollow tube (colon, ureter, gall bladder, etc.) in an attempt to relieve an obstruction by forcing content out. It may be accompanied by vomiting and sweating. Baby colic, a condition, usually in infants, characterized by incessant 无休无止的, 不停歇的 crying.)."
Kardashians cancelled? At $500,000 per Instagram post they won't care: If rumours circulating at the moment are to be believed – and the foundation stone of the whole Kardashian enterprise is rumour spiced with gossip plus a soupçon ([ˈsuːpsɒn] a very small quantity of something. "a soupçon of mustard".) of mischievous fibs – then the show that launched a zillion products may be cut by the E! TV channel because of declining audiences. If the show disappears, the family certainly won't. Kim and the rest of the clan are as ubiquitous 无处不在 as air and as famous as any rock star, actor, supermodel or entrepreneur-cum-TV-host-turned-US president. Since Keeping Up With the Kardashians (KUWTK to aficionados) first aired in 2007, every member of the family has annexed ( annex [æneks] 攫取, 夺取, 抢去, 抢夺, 夺去 If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it. Rome annexed the Nabatean kingdom in 106 AD. Hitler was determined to annex Austria to Germany. ...the Nazi annexation of territories in the run up to the Second World War. [+ of] ) our consciousness and infiltrated our lives, usually in a way that persuades us to part with our money. In the process they have all become multimillionaires – 20-year-old Kylie Jenner is set to become the youngest self-made billionaire in history. People idolise Kim almost as much as she seems to idolise herself, but without quite knowing why. She's uncoupled greatness from achievement 和成就无关的伟大(uncouple I. If two vehicles or pieces of equipment are uncoupled, they have been unfastened and are no longer joined together. They uncoupled the passenger cars from the train engine. II. If two things that were connected or combined are uncoupled, they have been separated from each other. to separate two things, or to become separate. The government uncoupled the peso from the dollar yesterday for the first time in 11 years.) in the sense that she's acknowledged as one of the best known and distinct women in the world – she has a certain eminence and aura([emɪnəns] I. importance because of impressive achievements, character, or status. Eminence is the quality of being very well-known and highly respected. Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world. Beveridge was a man of great eminence. II. You use expressions such as Your Eminence or His Eminence when you are addressing or referring to a Roman Catholic cardinal. 'Your Eminence,' Pantieri broke in, 'I wonder if you would allow me a word.'. His Eminence the Cardinal celebrated Mass. aura [ɔːrə] 光环 An aura is a quality or feeling that seems to surround a person or place or to come from them. a quality that seems to surround or come from a person, place, or situation. aura of: an aura of innocence. the aura of history that surrounds the place. She had an aura of authority. [+ of] ), yet boasts few tangible 说得出口的, 可以说的 achievements beyond her own gravitational sphere; she appears and sells stuff, but not much else. (Though she did release a 2015 book called Selfish.) Then there is the feeling of intimacy with others who are, at once, proximate and remote. Other celebrities of the early 21st century created bonds of digital familiarity but none exploited the possibilities offered by web 2.0 interactivity more fully 更充分的 than Kardashian and her family. When audiences were drawn to the Twitter feeds of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears in the 2000s, Kim Kardashian was studying Paris Hilton. Kim and her family were sovereign and unrivalled for their craft and ingenuity; but if they'd surfaced in, say, the 1990s, the Kardashians would be greeted with shrieks of derision ( [dɪˈrɪʒ(ə)n] the opinion that someone or something is stupid, unimportant, or useless. There were shouts of derision from the audience. deride [dɪˈraɪd] to criticize someone or something by suggesting that they are stupid, unimportant, or useless. ) and dismissed as unwholesomely talentless, self-adoring exhibitionists – or probably not greeted with anything at all. The whole family would likely have been totally ignored in an era of Madonna and Michael Jackson, artists who somehow managed to provoke and disturb audiences and produce entertainment of the first magnitude. Kim Kardashian also produced entertainment; in fact, she fascinated people, though exactly how and why was not abundantly clear – at first. But in 2007, the year when KUWTK started on TV, something was happening to culture, alongside the rise and rise of social media sites such as Twitter. "Why is she famous?" has an obvious answer: no woman in history has ever been afforded such lavish media coverage. Maybe Diana, Princess of Wales. For now, Kim Kardashian is never out of the media. And we continue to scratch our heads. This is a woman from a family we know about basically from watching them sitting on sofas, eating salads and taking pictures of themselves (a practice Paris Hilton modestly claims she invented in 2006). When KUWTK launched, it seemed just another derivative of the countless reality TV shows that had been populating the broadcasting landscape for the previous 15 years. But since then it has grown to be arguably the most formidable force in television history. And, if you think (as you doubtless will) I'm exaggerating, think of how much of the world's attention the Kardashian family collectively commands. And how much money they encourage the world to spend – mostly on inessentials. It's not known whether the Kardashian family members are adherents 实践者 of the school of thought that propounds advertising is at its most effective when recipients aren't aware it's advertising (its earliest proponent was Walter Dill Scott, 1869-1955, whose book The Psychology of Advertising was first published in 1913). But they probably wouldn't have opposed it. Even if they did, they couldn't argue with the money ad agencies offered them to commend, approve, allude to, hint at, speak favourably of or just name a product. Kim can reach 9.4m Instagram followers with one tap of her manicured index finger. Cost-benefit calculations lead advertisers to believe that paying Kim up to US$500,000 a time is decent value. Sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner boast 76.4m and 89.1m followers each (at the time of writing) and can only command US$400,000 per post. Khloé, who has over 64m followers, and Kourtney, with 54.3m, limp by on US$250,000 a time. Kardashian product endorsements aren't so much advertisements as cattle prods (A cattle prod, also called a stock prod, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them. An electric cattle prod is a stick with electrodes on the end which is used to make cattle move through a relatively high-voltage, low-current electric shock). In a world where the ownership of commodities is synonymous with the Good Life, the Kardashians have every legitimate claim to being major talents. Talent isn't, as popularly assumed, a gift or natural ability we possess: it's an attribution. If we, the audience, think Kim et al have talent, they have. It's like beauty: a subjective benefaction. In a properly run world, you might suppose a successful long-running TV programme would address issues such as injustice, inequality, poverty, racism, sexism, violence or other issues of concern. But this is not a properly run world – whatever that might be – and the Kardashians authentically draw on audience's real-life experiences. The family's almost defiant success also hints at a future for celebrity amid the decline of old media. In the digital age, the skill set required of anyone who aspires to celebrity-level influence is uncertain, but involves relatability. If people identify with you, then you have a shot at greatness. Social media, like art, journalism and entertainment, contributes to our understanding: it is there to inform audiences but not necessarily with responsibility. The Kardashians will endure. You might not like them; you might even despise 鄙视 the misplaced 不值得的 devotion of their global following. We're used to middle-aged males controlling our media, not upstart young hellions with limitless influence.
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