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用法学习: 1. Home Alone Star: When Macaulay Culkin reappeared in headlines after photos surfaced of him looking gaunt ( [ɡɔnt] I. 瘦骨嶙峋的. very thin, usually because you are sick, tired, or worried. If someone looks gaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. His face was pale and gaunt. II. If you describe a building as gaunt, you mean it is very plain and unattractive. Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.) and emaciated ( emaciated 瘦弱的, 羸弱的 [ɪmeɪsieɪtɪd, ɪˈmeɪʃiˌeɪtəd] A person or animal that is emaciated is extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food. ...horrific television pictures of emaciated prisoners. emancipate [ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪ] to give freedom and rights to someone. emanate [ˈeməˌneɪt] I. [intransitive] to come from a particular place. emanate from: She could hear raised voices emanating from her parents' room. Wonderful smells emanated from the kitchen. II. [intransitive/transitive] if you emanate a lot of a quality or feeling, or if it emanates from you, you show it without expressing it in words. emanate from: A sense of joy emanated from him. enunciate [ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt] [intransitive/transitive] to pronounce words clearly so that they can be easily understood. When you enunciate a word or part of a word, you pronounce it clearly. His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully. She enunciates very slowly and carefully. ... his grammar always precise, his enunciation always perfect. a. [transitive] to express an idea clearly and in detail. When you enunciate a thought, idea, or plan, you express it very clearly and precisely. ...the enunciation of grand moral principles. He was ever ready to enunciate his views to all who would listen. ), people quickly assumed that he had become a drug addict. Culkin was asked if people were right to be worried. He said, "Not necessarily. Of course, when silly stuff is going on – but no, I was not pounding six grand of [drugs] every month or whatever. The thing that bugged me was tabloids wrapping it all in this weird guise of concern 搞得好像关心一样, 打着关心的旗号. No, you're trying to shift (I. If you shift something or if it shifts, it moves slightly. He stopped, shifting his cane to his left hand. He shifted from foot to foot. The entire pile shifted and slid, thumping onto the floor. ...the squeak of his boots in the snow as he shifted his weight. II. If someone's opinion, a situation, or a policy shifts or is shifted, it changes slightly. Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years. The emphasis should be shifted more towards Parliament. ...a shift in government policy. [+ in] ...the shift in opinion away from the Prime Minister. III. If someone shifts the responsibility or blame for something onto you, they unfairly make you responsible or make people blame you for it, instead of them. [disapproval] It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else. IV. If a shop or company shifts goods, they sell goods that are difficult to sell. [British] Some suppliers were selling at a loss to shift stock 清理库存. V. If you shift gears in a car, you put the car into a different gear. VI. If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work shifts, they work for a set period before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working. Each of these set periods is called a shift. You can also use shift to refer to a group of workers who work together on a particular shift. His father worked shifts in a steel mill. ...workers coming home from the afternoon shift. The night shift should have been safely down the mine long ago. ) papers." 2. 巴西总统: Brazil's far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro, has posted an explicit video on Twitter in an apparent effort to denigrate ( [denɪgreɪt] If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them. to criticize something in a way that shows you think it has no value at all. They denigrated his work, questioning whether it did anything to confront the problems. ...the denigration of minorities in this country. [+ of] ) the country's raucous ( [rɔːkəs] A raucous sound is loud, harsh, and rather unpleasant. They heard a bottle being smashed, then more raucous laughter. ...the raucous cries of the sea-birds. ...a raucous crowd of 25,000 delirious fans. They laughed together raucously. ) Carnival celebrations. 印度大选, 莫迪利用国家安全: The Mumbai attacks in 2008 took place five months before the elections in 2009 - and the then ruling Congress party won without making national security a campaign plank ( A political party platform or program 党政, 党策 is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues. "Plank" is the term often given to the components of the political platform – the opinions and viewpoints about individual topics, as held by a party, person, or organization. The word "plank" depicts a component of an overall political platform, as a metaphorical reference to a basic stage made out of boards or planks of wood. The metaphor can return to its literal origin when public speaking or debates are actually held upon a physical platform. A party platform is sometimes referred to as a manifesto or a political platform. Across the Western world, political parties are highly likely to fulfill their election promises.). Really uncomfortable with pictures of soldiers on election posters and podiums. This should be banned. Surely the uniform is sullied ( sully [sʌli] 玷污, 玷辱, 侮辱, 辱没 I. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. The City's reputation has been sullied by these scandals. She claimed they were sullying her good name. II. If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. [formal] I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it. ) by vote gathering in its name," tweeted Barkha Dutt, an Indian television journalist and author. The remark by Mr Yeddyurappa, former chief minister of Karnataka, was remarkable in its candour. Not surprisingly, it was immediately seized upon by opposition parties. They said it was a brazen admission of the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party was mining ( verb. I. When a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold is mined, it is obtained from the ground by digging deep holes and tunnels. The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically. ...the finest gems, mined from all corners of the world. II. If an area of land or water is mined, mines are placed there which will explode when people or things touch them. The approaches to the garrison have been heavily mined. n. I. A mine is a bomb which is hidden in the ground or in water and which explodes when people or things touch it. to hide bombs under the ground or under water The road was heavily mined 布满地雷. II. A mine is a place where deep holes and tunnels are dug under the ground in order to obtain a mineral such as coal, diamonds, or gold. ...coal mines. mine of information If you say that someone is a mine of information, you mean that they know a great deal about something. ) the tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals ahead of general elections, which are barely a month away. Mr Modi's party is looking at a second term in power. 3. 世界大城市: It may be slightly consoling 稍可安慰的 that the US - the world's largest economy - counts New York as its only city in the real estate brokerage's top 10. MOVIE - Snakes on a plane: Sean Jones is escorted by FBIagents Neville Flynn and John Sanders on a Boeing 747-400 to testify in a trial in Los Angeles. Despite increased security for the flight, Kim arranges for a time-release ( (of a pill) releasing its contents gradually during the day. consisting of or containing a drug that is released in small amounts over time (as by dissolution of a coating) usually in the gastrointestinal tract. A sleeping pill that gradually releases the active drug ingredients over the course of the night is an example of a time-release medication. Time-release 逐渐释放的, 逐步放出的 drugs use a special technology to release small amounts of the medication into a person's system over a long period of time. This is also referred to as sustained release, extended release, or controlled release. These tend to come in pill form and are simply made to be more potent but dissolve slowly. wiki: Modified-release dosage is a mechanism that (in contrast to immediate-release dosage) delivers a drug with a delay after its administration (delayed-release dosage) or for a prolonged period of time (extended-release [ER, XR, XL] dosage) or to a specific target in the body (targeted-release dosage). Sustained-release dosage forms are dosage forms designed to release (liberate) a drug at a predetermined rate in order to maintain a constant drug concentration for a specific period of time with minimum side effects. This can be achieved through a variety of formulations, including liposomes and drug-polymer conjugates (an example being hydrogels). Sustained release's definition is more akin to a "controlled release" rather than "sustained". Extended-release dosage consists of sustained-release (SR) and controlled-release (CR) dosage. SR maintains drug release over a sustained period but not at a constant rate. CR maintains drug release over a sustained period at a nearly constant rate.) crate full of venomous snakes to be placed in the cargo hold in an attempt to bring down the plane before it reaches Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). To ensure the snakes attack the passengers without the need for provocation, he has one of his henchmen disguised as an airport ground employee spray the passengers' leis ( lei [lei] (in Hawaii) a garland of flowers, worn around the neck. in Hawaii, a wreath of flowers and leaves, generally worn about the neck. ) with a special pheromone which makes the snakes highly aggressive. The crate opens midway through the flight and the snakes make their way through the cabin. A couple having sex in a bathroom, and a man using another bathroom are the first killed. The plane's captain, Sam McKeon, investigates and fixes an electrical short, but is killed by the viper that caused it. Co-pilot Rick, unaware of the snake, believes Sam has suffered a heart attack and continues toward LAX. 4. caught up in something I. so involved in an activity that you do not notice other things: I was so caught up in my school work, that I didn't realize what was happening with my sister. II. To be caught up in something also means to be involved in an activity that you did not intend to be involved in. to become unexpectedly involved in an unpleasant or annoying situation. We were caught in a heavy storm. Sorry I'm late – I got caught in traffic. She got caught up in a clash between protesters and police. He got caught up in the demonstrations and got arrested. a different ball game = a whole new ball game a situation that is completely different from what has happened before I'm working in management now, which is a whole new ball game. Its one thing for a small airline to leave an alliance, such as Kenya Airways (Fleet size 40 jets to 53 destinations), but for a founding member to leave it is a whole other ball game 完全是另一回事. So what situation could possibly occur to move Cathay Pacific from their perch? cascade [kæskeɪd] I. 扩散. If one thing cascades over another, it falls or hangs over it. Vivid red and pink geraniums cascade over my balcony. From her tiny waist a crinolined skirt cascaded in three deep tiers. If a few passengers are flying in other United flights and their plane is running late, United will delay their connecting flight to ensure they reach their destination. A simple delay of 15 minutes in one small regional airport could cascade throughout the United network. II. If water cascades somewhere, it pours or flows downwards very fast and in large quantities. She hung on as the freezing, rushing water cascaded past her. A waterfall cascades down the cliff from the hills behind. n. If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. The women have lustrous cascades of black hair. [+ of] A cascade of mail arrived from friends. 5. Kyle Sandliands: "Matty was saying a couple of weeks ago that he was filling in when you were sick and he was complaining that he got a speeding ticket," Abby Coleman told Sandilands, who was hearing about the $220 fine for the first time. "Do you want me to spot you (spot I. Spots on a person's skin are small lumps or marks. Never squeeze blackheads, spots or pimples. II. A spot of a liquid is a small amount of it. [mainly British] Spots of rain had begun to fall. [+ of] Secure with a few spots of glue. III. If you have a spot of something, you have a small amount of it. [mainly British] Mr Brooke is undoubtedly in a spot of bother. [+ of] A year or two ago I found myself indulging in a spot of yachting in Finnish waters. We've given all the club members tea, coffee and a spot of lunch. [+ of]. IV. You can refer to a particular place as a spot. They stayed at several of the island's top tourist spots. They all stood there staring, as if frozen to the spot. VI. A spot in a television or radio show is a part of it that is regularly reserved for a particular performer or type of entertainment. Unsuccessful at screen writing, he got a spot on a CNN film show. V. If you spot something or someone, you notice them. Hugh was spotted by local police and had to leave quickly. Mara spotted the book she gave Ed for his birthday in the trash. spot someone doing something: The boys had been spotted buying alcohol. Vicenzo failed to spot the error. He left the party seconds before smoke was spotted coming up the stairs. She was spotted singing in bars when she was 18. spot someone's potential: An effective teacher can spot a child's potential. II. (transitive) US informal 让棋. 让子. to yield (an advantage or concession) to (one's opponent) to spot someone a piece in chess. in sports, to give an advantage to someone who you are playing against, usually because they are not as good as you. III. To loan a small amount of money to someone. Slang for "lend me," as in money or other goods. Hey, spot me some cash for dinner and I'll pay you back on Tuesday. I'll spot you ten dollars for lunch. spot cash 当场现金支付 money that is paid for something immediately, when it is delivered: We will pay spot cash for your used car. IV. 保护. to watch someone doing a sports activity such as weight training or gymnastics in order to help them, and to make sure that they do not get injured. wiki: Spotting in weight or resistance training, is the act of supporting another person during a particular exercise, with an emphasis on allowing the participant to lift or push more than they could normally do safely. Correct spotting involves knowing when to intervene and assist with a lift, and encouraging a training partner to push beyond the point in which they would normally 'rack' the weight (return it to its stationary position). Spotting is particularly prevalent when performing the bench press. Because of the risks of lifting a heavy weight in the supine position, a lifter will often ask for a spot unless he or she is completely confident that the lift will not be failed. While a spotter may prevent injury, a lifter may become too dependent on the spotter, and not realize the degree that the spotter is assisting them. This is sometimes jocularly referred to as the "two man bench press". ) that money? I do earn $45,000 a day so I'm happy to pay," 47-year-old Sandilands asked Acton. "I'll pay it for you. It's the least I can do." Acton said that wasn't what he was alluding [əˈlud] to(allude to something to mention someone or something in an indirect way. He kept alluding to his wife, but didn't mention her name.) at all but since Sandilands -- who recently admitted to overcoming a cocaine addiction -- was offering, then it'd be rude to knock it back. "Every morning there would be crates of bread delivered, crates of milk in the loading dock out the back, so I'd take a loaf of bread and a carton of milk and eat that dry bread," he revealed in 2016 on comedian Anh Do's TV series Anh's Brush With Fame. "Still to this day I'll guzzle milk out the carton and take three or four slices of dry bread and munch on that." But Sandilands hasn't earned his fortune from his radio gig alone -- his side hustles are also bringing in the cash. In 2014, he invested in coconut oil H2Coco, which is 23 percent owned by his company, King Kyle Investments. That same year, Sandilands launched 13KYLE -- a service that helps young consumers looking for their first loan. 6. grovelling [ˈɡrɒv(ə)lɪŋ] adj. acting obsequiously in order to obtain forgiveness or favour. Alan Jones forced into making yet another grovelling apology after calling former prime minster @TurnbullMalcolm 'a traitor to the nation'. "his grovelling references to 'great' historians". n. obsequious behaviour aimed at obtaining forgiveness or favour. "it was time to give in and do a bit of grovelling". grove [grɒvəl] I. If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something. to show too much respect for someone or be too willing to obey someone, because you want to please them or you are afraid of them. I don't grovel to anybody. Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. ...a letter of grovelling apology. II. If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something. We grovelled around the club on our knees. 

If you die early, how will your children remember you? Gaby Eirew suffered two big bereavements in the space of a month. The experience impelled her to find a way of prompting parents to record video messages for their children. When Gaby Eirew's father was dying from pancreatic cancer one of his last pieces of advice was: "Grieve for me for two years, after that you're grieving for yourself." She thought she would be good at grieving. After all, she had worked as a counsellor dealing with cases of childhood trauma. But she found herself struggling more than she had expected. To make matters worse, she and her husband had recently moved from London to Vancouver with three young children, meaning she had no support network. Feeling fragile, she tried to ring a close friend from childhood, Emma, a doctor in London. But then she got some more unexpected news: Emma had died suddenly and unexpectedly. "She was clever, beautiful, hard-working and warm," recalls Gaby. "I was small and wacky and she was this graceful intelligent person. Somehow we liked each other." Her friend's death plunged Gaby further into grief. "I imagined my kids like hers, growing up with everything that they knew directly from their mum stopping there and then. I wanted to write to them all and reassure them and tell them the most useful things, but I could not sum her up. Some things I realised the children would hear from their father and grandparents, but some things would surely have to come straight from her?" For weeks she felt "like a lunatic", obsessed by death. She kept asking friends and strangers she met: "What have you prepared for death?" It was her favourite topic of conversation. Looking back, she sees it as part of a recovery process and a need to channel her pain into something practical. The eventual result would be a tool to help children mourn their parents - a free app that has been used by tens of thousands of people in more than 30 countries to leave a legacy of video messages for their families. In the summer of 2008, a few months after her double blow, Gaby began a study of bereavement. Over the next five years, she interviewed more than 100 people in Canada and the UK who had lost one or both parents as children. (In the UK about one in 20 children will lose a parent before the age of 16 - approximately 24,000 each year.) She found them by posting notices on online forums, and leaving physical notes in swimming pools and libraries. "I spoke to people born after their dads died, or came home to a crime scene, or were in car accidents that killed their parents," says Gaby. Gaby also realised that they didn't want to hear the kind of sugar-coated, idealised accounts of their parents they had heard at funerals and family gatherings - they wanted raw stories, warts and all 一股脑的, 好的坏的一起(If you describe someone or accept them warts and all, you describe them or accept them as they are, including all their faults. Lyn loves him warts and all. He gives us a portrait of the real Gandhi, warts and all. 'Edinburgh in Focus' provides a warts-and-all look at the city. ), that they could relate to. That's why the app encourages you to talk about difficult times, says Gaby. "You need to be a three-dimensional person, not a big walking success story, which is too much for anyone to live up to. You can be troubled, that's OK, that's part of life and that will help your children when they have a difficult day." There were also queries that reflected a child's lack of understanding about death, says Gaby. Some people looked back on their childhood and said they "didn't understand why Daddy was buried but we've still got his wheelchair, how can he be without it in heaven?" So one question prompt in the app to the dying person is simply: "How do you view death and dying? What do you think happens after death?" The app is designed to be simple with "no bells and whistles" says Gaby, because when you are diagnosed with a terminal disease, you suddenly have millions of things to think about, including work, wills and other financial matters, and a short time-frame to act on them. Your mind can be all over the place and the app should help you to focus on this important, but daunting, task. Two large communities of people the app has helped are those who have been told they have terminal cancer, and those diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. Eventually though, he decided to visit his doctor, and was diagnosed in 2013 with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) - a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, often progressing rapidly and leaving people locked in a failing body. "It's really hard to get your head round. You're not feeling poorly. When you try and move it's like having massive lead weights on your arms, your legs, your neck. You get to think a lot," he says. The worst thing is the frustration. He wants to play with his children, but he can't. These observations were made by Dean in videos he made with the RecordMeNow app in 2015. In some he tells his life story, including lessons he has learned. These make clear that the diagnosis was cruel timing. Dean was just beginning to reap the benefits 收获, 开始享受 of his life's hard work: a successful career, wife, home and children. He left school in 1987 and worked in a factory for many years, but eventually enrolled part-time in a college to study Information Technology. He then trained to become an engineer fixing photocopiers and cash machines. That led to a job at electronics firm, Ricoh, where he rose up the ranks 脱颖而出, eventually travelling around the UK managing a team of trainers. Hard work and dedication are the key ingredients to getting on in life, he says in one video. This is what he said when prompted by the app to answer the question, "When were you most scared?" I was scared walking down the aisle to marry your mum. I was scared but it was the best thing I ever did. I was scared to have children. As soon as you have children you never stop being scared or worried. Scared makes you alive. So embrace it, use it. Never let it stop you. He "banked" his voice before he lost it, preserving phrases, words and sounds in a digital database. Thanks to this, when he composes words using his special software, it is played out on a speaker attached to his wheelchair, in a computerised, synthetic version of his voice, complete with Brummie accent. Reflecting on the video messages, now that he has lost his capacity to speak, Dean says: "I always wanted to leave some kind of history for my kids. Especially for my youngest as she has only known me this way. I used RecordMeNow because it was in the format I wanted with loads of questions and the option to add other questions. "I wanted my kids to have somewhere to go if they ever think to themselves, 'What would dad think?' They'll always have a recording of my thoughts and opinions. It's been so beneficial knowing that my kids will see the real me. Hopefully I can pass on some advice." Dean's son and daughter are aged 10 and six. He doesn't think they are ready to see the videos he has made yet. He just wants them to be available for them when the time comes. Gaby has close relationships with many hospices ( hospice 临终关怀 [ˈhɑspɪs] I. [countable] a hospital that cares for people who are dying. Volunteers caring for hospice patients commonly report how their own lives were changed. II. [uncountable] a program of care for a dying person provided by a hospice organization, usually in the patient's own home. on hospice (care): My Grandpa had been on hospice so it was an expected death.) and palliative ( [pæliətɪv, US -eɪt] I. A palliative is a drug or medical treatment that relieves suffering without treating the cause of the suffering. II. A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a problem less severe but does not actually solve the problem. The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles. A scheme offered as a palliative for economic pain might harm the intended beneficiary.) care units, which use her app with patients. She knows from her own experience that often people want to record messages for posterity ( [pɑˈsterəti] the people who will live in the future after you are dead. ), but leave it very late. Sometimes they leave it so late that they can no longer physically do it, so she has to help out and record the video herself. "I've been called by the husband or nurse, and I will step over a tiny baby in a cradle or a car seat and the mum will be dying that day. That is very kind of her that she still wants to record a message, but very far from ideal." It's a shame that in their final months people often focus on financial matters instead of leaving "something emotionally supportive", says Gaby. In fact she would like every parent to make a video, in the event of an unexpected accident taking their life, something she calls "an emotional insurance policy". (The app is free, so she doesn't benefit.) She has taken this precaution herself, for the benefit of her three children. "I have seen so many people who have died and I am getting older, so it's feeling increasingly real to me," says Gaby. Her children were aged one, four and seven when she began her recordings. "I chose key stories that are extremely happy or funny or tough and speak to a core characteristic of that person, or our relationship. As I talk, I imagine my children at all different ages and scenarios and want to be loving and supporting to them, whatever they are going through. "I tell very clear stories. I laugh or cry throughout - that is OK." She's made messages about family rituals, like all climbing into bed together every night to read the chapter of a book. Or the time she made her family wait in the rain to watch a cow give birth, before realising it was just stuck in the mud. But she also talks about romance, a subject she found many bereaved children found difficult to broach with their parents, but wanted to know more about. "I talk about going out with my husband who was my good friend for many years and how I suddenly knew we should be together and went to his home at 5am, and just sat there, totally ready for life with him. "I try to talk of interesting things each child did or said at certain times. They are snapshots, to say I care, I noticed." She thinks every parent should make these videos every five years or so. Although keeping your composure can be hard in a video, Gaby says the medium has advantages over audio when it comes to grieving. Some people feel they are not looking their best, but children don't care about that, she says. "I have footage of my dad, and just the way his eyebrows twitched a bit when he found something funny, it's like… uuuh... yes, that's him." In time, video becomes especially valuable for young children who are bereaved because there is a huge amount of hurt associated with not being able to remember what your parent looked like, says Gaby. The videos can help you trust your memories. Though Gaby Eirew lives in Canada, she has kept in touch with Sky, the eldest daughter of her friend, Emma, whose death inspired the RecordMeNow app. The pair met in person in December, for the first time in a few years. Sky is now 21 and a university student. The meeting was a chance for Gaby to tell Sky stories about her mum. Gaby's friendship with Emma blossomed when they were around Sky's age, so the stories become more relatable. Sky is the oldest of three siblings and was 10 when her mother died. Her earliest distinct memory of her mother is during a skiing holiday, when she was six years old. Sky fractured her collar bone during her final ski lesson and was taken to hospital by her instructor. She recalls being "so scared" and wanting to see her parents. She has an enduring image of her mother running to the hospital, frantically trying to find the entrance. She thinks she can remember some bath-times too. "I was lucky in that as the oldest I have the most memories," says Sky. "I remember when I was told [about her death] I had a flash forward ( A flashforward (also spelled flash-forward) is a scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. a transition in a novel, film, etc, to a scene or event in the future. ) of my life, thinking she's not going to be here then, she's not going to be here then… the hardest part is accepting that." Recalling her mother's death and the impact it had on her family brings Sky to tears. But after a pause she regains her composure. "One of the best pieces of advice I was ever given was from my dad. It is that you should never be afraid to cry and show that you are hurting, because you are, and you are too young to hide it. That helped an awful lot. "It's easy to think, 'I hate the world, this is so unfair, why has this happened to me?' And you have every right to think those things." Here the RecordMeNow app can help, she thinks. "Half of the fear is thinking, 'I am alone,' and having the app is like having a little safe haven, allowing you to celebrate your parent's life as opposed to grieve their death." Small details, such as what make-up they liked to use, would be nice to know, she thinks. "It's the little things," she says. "You'd be surprised how small stories can make such an impact, so you feel they are still with you, or you are part of their lives." And at a simpler level, the app would just allow you to just listen to their voice again, says Sky. "One of the things I found most scary was forgetting how they sounded, how they spoke." There is another reason that Gaby is driven to spread the word about her app. "I was raised by someone who didn't know who she was," she says. Gaby's mother, Denise Paluch, now 82, was a child of the Holocaust. She was smuggled out of the Drancy camp in France by the French Resistance in 1942. Her parents - rounded up for being Jewish - were sent on to the Auschwitz concentration camp a few days later. Because she was only four years old when this happened, Gaby's mother has very little memory of her parents. She lived her early childhood in Lyon under the protection of a woman who ran a school for children with special needs - she still calls this woman "my French mother". Denise was given a false identity to protect her in Vichy France. She was also given a fake postcard pretending to be from her parents, saying that if she cried for them, they would not come back. This was a way of protecting her, because it was feared that if she displayed any emotion about her parents it would draw attention to her true Jewish identity, and put her life at risk. Grieving, or any attempt to emotionally process the absence of her parents, was not permitted. It was life-threatening. Denise spent her teenage years in South Africa, living with an aunt. Aged 15, her grandfather gave her a few pictures of her parents, the first time she was able to see what they looked like. In later life in the UK, she married and raised four children, including Gaby, still without knowing her parents' fate. It was only when she reached her 50s that records were discovered that confirmed her parents were sent to Auschwitz and died there. Only then could she accept she was an orphan and begin some kind of delayed grieving process. She visited various places with Gaby, such as her parents' home in Brussels, in a desperate bid to corroborate memories. One breakthrough was finding some distinctive wall tiles she remembered, that she would have gazed at from her pram. Recalling these events after so many years, the things that bring tears to her eyes are the fact that she was deprived of an education and that she was given away by her mother, something she says she felt more acutely after having her own children. "The saddest thing for me, looking back, is the feeling of rejection," says Denise. "I thought she didn't want me, therefore she went one way and I went the other." This might seem strange to someone learning about her story for the first time, who knows the historical context. But you have to see things from a child's perspective, says Gaby. The trauma of rejection at such an early age leaves a deep scar, even though the only reason Denise's parents took this heart-wrenching step was to save her life. It worked, and something of them now survives in Denise's 11 grandchildren. One of Denise's most precious objects, hanging on the wall of her north London home, is a sepia photograph of her mother, aged about four. "She would have been roughly the same age in that photograph as I was when she gave me away," says Denise. "I'm so proud of what Gaby's done with her app, because it will help so many people who don't remember their parents, to feel like somebody's child." So what question would she ask of her parents, if they had had access to the app their granddaughter, Gaby Eirew, has created? Without hesitation Denise knows the answer. "What colour were my mother's eyes?"

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用法学习: 1. MAFS: "Jess had blocked out 无视, 忽视 everybody else in the world and was just focusing in on 眼里只有 Dan, and Dan was really contributing," he recalls. "I've seen that situation before, so I'm quite familiar with that situation, so I could clue into it 意识到, 看明白 straight away. "I didn't know that she'd been in the experiment for a while. I just thought maybe she had had a kind of failed honeymoon and she was ready to really give it her best shot with stealing somebody else's man," he adds, laughing. luxurious [lʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs; lʌkˈsjʊərɪəs; AU&UK lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs] I. very expensive and comfortable. a luxurious apartment/hotel/home/bedroom. If you describe something as luxurious, you mean that it is very comfortable and expensive. Our honeymoon was two days in Las Vegas at a luxurious hotel called Le Mirage. She had come to enjoy Roberto's luxurious life-style. The dining-room is luxuriously furnished and carpeted. II. Luxurious means feeling or expressing great pleasure and comfort. Amy tilted her wine in her glass with a luxurious sigh. Liz laughed, stretching luxuriously. (one's) age is catching up to one 现老态, 遮不住老态 (one is) starting to feel old. Her age is catching up to her. showing your age any statement or act from an earlier period in time, normally a decade or more old, that gives insight into the time in which you grew up. Larry: Slick sonic 2 was the business. Jeff: Wasn't that on the sega. Larry: Yeah it was. Chris: Shit, Man I remember when the Sega came out when i was like in the 6th grade. Larry: Okay yeah, now you're just showing your age. 2. crash out I. To be eliminated. to be eliminated from a competition in a way that brings disgrace or embarrassment. They joined Sunderland and Middlesbrough in crashing out of the competition at the third-round stage this season. II. 很快就睡着了 To fall asleep. to spend the night (in a place). to go to sleep very quickly because you are very tired. If someone crashes out somewhere, they fall asleep where they are because they are very tired or drunk. I crashed out around ten in front of the TV. I just want to crash out 随便睡个觉, 睡个囫囵觉, 将就一晚 on the sofa. The band are crashed out on the floor. I crashed out last night after four beers. I just want to go home and crash out. we crashed out at John's place. III. crash out (of some place) to break out of some place, such as a prison. Max and Lefty crashed out of the state prison last week, but they were captured. They crashed out at midnight. IV. pass out. drift off to sleep (crash out, pass out ) 迷糊着了, 慢慢睡着了 Fig. to fall asleep gradually. At last, he drifted off to sleep. During that boring lecture, I drifted off to sleep a number of times. pass out 一下子就睡着了 I. (intransitive) To faint; fall asleep. I pass out at the sight of blood. I passed out on the train after drinking a bottle of vodka. II. (transitive) To distribute, to hand out. We'll pass out copies of the agenda. III. (of soldiers, police, fire-fighters etc.) To graduate, usually marked by the ceremony at the end of their training. IV. (bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids. scrag fight 女人打架 I. any nasty fight between women, not necessarily involving physical violence. II. two women fighting. Often involving manoeuvres men would consider out of bounds e.g. pulling hair, scratching, etc. Donna: Apparently there was a big scrag fight between Steph and that woman doctor. Callum: Yeah, next time you have a scrag-fight, tell me, and I'll break out the video camera and then we'll YouTube it. Catfight (also girl fight) is a term for an altercation between two women, often characterized as involving scratching, slapping, hair-pulling, and shirt-shredding. It can also be used to describe women insulting each other verbally or engaged in an intense competition for men, power, or occupational success. The catfight has been a staple 常见现象 of American news media and popular culture since the 1940s, and use of the term is often considered derogatory or belittling. Some observers argue that in its purest form, the word refers to two women, one blonde and the other a brunette, fighting each other. However, the term is not exclusively used to indicate a fight between women, and many formal definitions do not invoke gender. Catfights are often described as titillating for heterosexual men. Portrayals of catfights in cartoons, movies and advertising often display participants as attractive, with "supermodel physiques," dishevelled and missing articles of clothing 衣衫不整的, and catfights are often described by media aimed primarily at men as sexy. run, throw or fight like a girl: Run like a girl means trip and flail your arms around (flail I. [intransitive/transitive] 抡着, 论起来. 挥舞着. to move your arms and legs about in an uncontrolled way. II. [transitive] to hit someone many times with something such as a stick. III. [intransitive/transitive] to hit grain with a special tool in order to break it apart.). Fight like a girl means slapping someone with weak wrists. When several adult women, and even a man and a boy were asked what it means to run, throw or fight like a girl, they did just that. 3. Begum fled east London with two other friends to travel to Syria to marry IS fighters in 2015 at a time when the group's online recruitment program lured many impressionable 容易受别人影响的, 不辨是非的 young people to its self-proclaimed caliphate ( [ˈkælɪˌfeɪt] [ˈkeɪlɪˌfeɪt] I. the position of a caliph. II. the period of time when someone is a caliph. III. an area ruled by a caliph. caliph [ˈkeɪlɪf [ˈkælɪf] a Muslim man who was a religious and political leader in the past. ). Rigorous testing( [ˈrɪɡərəs] I. thorough and careful. A test, system, or procedure that is rigorous is very thorough and strict. ...rigorously conducted research. The selection process is based on rigorous tests of competence and experience. ...a rigorous system of blood analysis. ...rigorous military training. rigorous safety checks. II. strict, or severe. rigorous enforcement of the law. III. If someone is rigorous in the way that they do something, they are very careful and thorough. He is rigorous in his control of expenditure. [+ in] ) is a kind of complete testing where we follow strict entry and exit criteria ; and also we deal with all possible combinations of test cases and test data so that every possible flaws can be found out from the system and we can remove them before the system goes live. Rigorous testing: Testing the application by providing all the test data is called rigorous testing. Rigorous testing is a kind of complete testing where we follow strict entry and exit criteria; and also we deal with all possible combinations of test cases and test data so that every possible flaws can be found out from the system and we can remove them before the system goes live. It can be also termed as exhaustive testing. Regression testing: Testing the side of effects the code or new enhancement in the existed application is called regression testing. Regression testing is completely different from rigorous testing as it aims at testing the side effects as a result of some changes or updates in the system. Error guessing: Formal test case design, which used after BVA and ECP. 4. provisional [prəvɪʒənəl] adj I. if an arrangement is provisional, the people involved have not yet said that they definitely want to do it We've made a provisional reservation 暂定的 for next week. II. You use provisional to describe something that has been arranged or appointed for the present, but may be changed in the future. intended to be temporary, and likely to be changed when other arrangements are made. a provisional government. ...the possibility of setting up a provisional coalition government. If you have never held a driving licence before, you should apply for a provisional licence. It was announced that the times were provisional and subject to confirmation. The seven republics had provisionally agreed to the new relationship on November 14th. tentative [ˈtɛntətɪvli] 暂定, 暂时定为 I. 可能会变的. 没有最后确定的. (unconfirmed) subject to further confirmation; not definitely. not definite, or not certain. a tentative agreement/deal. "the project is tentatively scheduled for next year". Tentative agreements, plans, or arrangements are not definite or certain, but have been made as a first step. (of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or (of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncertain way because you do not know if you are right: I have tentative plans to take a trip to Seattle in July. Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement. Such theories are still very tentative. The next round of talks is tentatively scheduled to begin in October. II. 犹犹豫豫的. 不确定的. in a way that lacks confidence; hesitantly. not confident. If someone is tentative, they are cautious and not very confident because they are uncertain or afraid. My first attempts at complaining were rather tentative. She did not return his tentative 试探性的 smile. Perhaps, he suggested tentatively, they should send for Dr Band. a tentative look/smile. "Are you all right?" Claire asked tentatively". 5. 罪犯: Dobbie ambushed the couple wearing a balaclava and carrying a sawn-off shotgun. Mr Mitchell lurched at him ( lurch I. To lurch means to make a sudden movement, especially forwards, in an uncontrolled way. As the car sped over a pothole she lurched forward. Henry looked, stared, and lurched to his feet. More and more frequently the vessel lurched into a sudden roll. The car took a lurch forward but grounded in a deep rut. II. If you say that a person or organization lurches from one thing to another, you mean they move suddenly from one course of action or attitude to another in an uncontrolled way. The state government has lurched from one budget crisis to another. The first round of multilateral trade talks has lurched between hope and despair. The property sector was another casualty of the lurch towards higher interest rates. leave sb in the lurch If someone leaves you in the lurch, they go away or stop helping you at a very difficult time. You wouldn't leave an old friend in the lurch, surely?) and tried to grab the gun 夺枪, but Dobbie overpowered him and shot the 37-year-old father twice in the chest, killing him instantly. 6. MAFS: While Sam looked slick 闪亮的 and stylish 时尚(slick [slɪk] I. A slick performance, production, or advertisement is skilful and impressive. There's a big difference between an amateur movie and a slick Hollywood production. His style is slick and visually exciting. The products had been slickly marketed. These actors and directors brought a new sophistication and slickness to modern theatre. II. A slick action is done quickly and smoothly, and without any obvious effort. They ran a very slick promotion campaign, you must admit. The goal that sealed the points was an exhibition of slick 不拖泥带水的 passing football. ...a slick 干净利落的 gear change. III. A slick person speaks easily in a way that is likely to convince people, but is not sincere. a slick person is clever and good at persuading people but probably not honest or sincere. a slick car salesman. Don't be fooled by slick politicians. ...a slick, suit-wearing detective. He had the slickness but not the sharpness. IV. smooth and shiny or wet. slick black hair. His face was slick with sweat.Verb: If someone slicks their hair back, they make it flat, smooth, and shiny by putting oil or water on it. She had slicked her hair back. [V with back/down] He slicked down his few remaining wisps of gray hair. [V with back/down] His hair was slicked carefully into waves. sleek [sliːk] I. 鲜亮的, 闪闪发光的 Sleek hair or fur is smooth and shiny and looks healthy. ...sleek black hair. The horse's sleek body gleamed. II. If you describe someone as sleek, you mean that they look rich and stylish. fashionable and attractive in design. a sleek limousine. a sleek gray pant suit. She works an array of different looks - from rock chick to sleek and sophisticated - in the stunning photo collection. III. Sleek 光鲜亮丽的 vehicles, furniture, or other objects look smooth, shiny, and expensive. ... a sleek white BMW. ...sleek modern furniture. IV. looking or sounding good in a way that is not sincere. a sleek and ambitious young politician. a sleek smile. NOTE: Both mean smooth or seeming to be smooth. To me, slick is more about touch: slippery, and sleek is more about sight/appearance. A wet moss-covered surface is slick. A satin skirt is sleek. sleazy [sliːzi] I. [informal, disapproval] (seedy) If you describe a place as sleazy, you dislike it because it looks dirty and badly cared for, and not respectable. ...sleazy bars. ...sleazy cinemas in London's Soho. Downstairs in the windowless basement, where the real work is done, it is sleazy and sweaty. II. 恶心, 不尊重人的. If you describe something or someone as sleazy, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable and are rather disgusting. [informal, disapproval] ...sex shops and sleazy magazines. ...a sleazy fellow. The accusations are making the government's conduct appear increasingly sleazy.  Jackie 'O' reveals sleazy messages admirers send. Odd propositions since becoming single. seedy ( shabby, rundown, scruffy) [disapproval] I. If you describe a person or place as seedy, you disapprove of them because they look dirty and untidy, or they have a bad reputation. Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain. We were staying in a seedy hotel close to the red light district. They suck you in to their seedy world. ...the atmosphere of seediness and decay about the city. II. connected with activities that are illegal or morally wrong, and often looking dirty or unpleasant. a seedy lawyer. ) on Married At First Sight, he appeared far less dapper ( A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance, and is often also small and thin. ...a dapper little man. ) as he resumed his duties as a tradesman. The star teamed his work shirt with a pair of dirty trousers and a pair of dusty construction boots. Perhaps hoping to go incognito, he added a white Oakley baseball cap and kept his head down as he walked along. 7. The debate was held in the broader context of the then upcoming federal election. The material complained of relevantly included: Kyle Sandilands: ​I will get the sympathy vote, people will go, 'ohh, that's too hard'. Jackie O:​​ No you won't. No you won't. You did 100 in a 60 zone. You can't be trusted for a start. You lie. Kyle Sandilands:​ And I've voiced my own ad, ready? Jackie O:​​Budget. Kyle Sandilands:​ Roll it. [Pre-recorded mock-campaign advertisement] Kyle Sandilands: ​Jackie O is not what she seems. Over the years she's sold herself up for us to think that ( sell someone on something to persuade someone that something is good, valuable, or useful: The filmmakers sold me on the idea that my book would work on the screen. sell oneself short or to sell someone short If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should. They need to improve their image–they are selling themselves short. Selling their fans short in such a shabby way is not acceptable. sell yourself 装的好像  to persuade people that you have a lot of ability. If you can't sell yourself you're not likely to sell anything else. sell tickets on yourself to think that you are very important or impressive. ) butter wouldn't melt in her mouth (butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth used for saying that someone looks as if they are very good and would never do anything wrong, although in fact they would. This metaphoric expression alleges that one is literally so cool that butter inside the mouth would not melt. Tommy looked as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. ). But I can tell you first hand, way more than butter has melted in that potty-mouth. Jackie O: ​​[Beep]. Why is it always me? Why can't you [beep] touch on it if you're saying I'm gutless 懦弱 ( If you describe someone as gutless, you think they have a weak character and lack courage or determination. [disapproval] By attacking me, by attacking my wife, he has proved himself to be a gutless coward. )? Kyle Sandilands: ​Jackie O lost her virginity in the back of a panel-van on the Gold Coast. How classy? Jackie O dated a drug dealing boyfriend. Jackie O shop lifted bikinis from a Gold Coast department store back in her younger years. Jackie O: ​​I've done it a couple of times. Kyle Sandilands:​And what about this admission of her lesbianism. Jackie O:​​ I had a girlfriend when I was eight. We used to pash. Kyle Sandilands:​ And then there's this. Pash her cousin? What are you talking about, you hillbilly? Only hillbillies do that. Jackie O:​​Really? Kyle Sandilands: ​Since then she's had multiple marriages and many sexual partners. So, if you're looking for a thieving 偷东西的, 小偷 ( I. Thieving is the act of stealing things from people. [old-fashioned] ...an ex-con who says he's given up thieving. II. Thieving means involved in stealing things or intending to steal something. A thieving postman has been jailed for ripping open parcels. ...a string of convictions from a thieving career. ), druggo, slut to run the country, then vote one tacky-Jackie O. But, if you're looking for an honest man, a man that has lived many lives and walked in many of your footsteps a true Aussie battler then vote one for me, Kyle Sandilands. [End of pre-recorded mock-campaign advertisement] Jackie O:​​ What a load of crap that was. Kyle Sandilands:​That was true. Everything was true. Jackie O: ​​It was not true. What did you say about multiple sexual partners? Kyle Sandilands:​You've had multiple marriages, which is true. Jackie O:​ No, and you said many sexual partners, that's not true. Kyle Sandilands:​You've had more than seven. Jackie O: ​I've had seven, in total. Kyle Sandilands:​ I left out the part where 遗漏, 漏掉, 没提, 没说 you put the peanut in your vagina and fed it to your friend. Jackie O:​ You're not explaining the situation. Kyle Sandilands: ​There's no time to explain the situation. How can you explain your way out of that situation 圆的过来, 圆谎, 说得清楚? Jackie O:​ I was five when I did it, for a start. I wasn't an adult. Kyle Sandilands:​ So the evil twisted mind was there from the beginning. Jackie O:​ Anyway, there you go. It's up to the people who they want running. Kyle Sandilands:​ You want the peanut girl? Or, you want me. The exchange lasted approximately 2.30 minutes. It was broadcast in the Breakfast Show and repeated in the Hour of Power program. The complaint was about the Hour of Power broadcast. 8. gronk I. Australian Slang, (noun) A person that is totally lacking in fashion sense, motor skills and/or social skills. Usually a total moron, an extremely unpleasant person or an unwanted guest. No wonder he can't get a girlfriend, he is such a gronk! worthless. Like a person who is a "nothing" or a "zero". I wouldn't date such a gronk person. II. Sometimes: A likeable idiot or Bogan (especially in Queensland). Why would you "steal my car for the weekend," you gronk! 8. mound I. 堆. A mound of something is a large rounded pile of it. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt. [+ of] The table was a mound of paper and books. II. In baseball, the mound is the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball. skewer [ˈskjuːə] n. a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking. "thread the meat on to large skewers and grill over a gentle heat". v. fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer. "skewer the cubes of beef, using six to eight per skewer". wiki: A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. The word may sometimes be used as a metonym, to refer to the entire food item served on a skewer, as in "chicken skewers". Skewers are used while grilling or roasting meats and fish, and in other culinary applications. NRL scandal Panthers' star charged over NRL sex tape scandal - NSW Police crackdown on lewd videos: NSW Police charged May with two separate charges relating to two separate victims, including two counts of disseminating 传播 images and two counts of filming intimate images without consent. Police have been told that both sexual acts were consensual, but both of the women were unaware they were being filmed. The recordings were allegedly disseminated on social media without the women's consent. It is unknown how many people were sent the explicit footage. pool noodle: A pool noodle is a cylindrical piece of buoyant polyethylene foam, sometimes hollow. Noodles are used by people of all ages while swimming. Pool noodles are useful when learning to swim, for floating, for rescue reaching, in various forms of water play, and for aquatic exercise. The most common dimensions are about 160 centimetres (63 in) in length and 7 centimetres (2.8 in) in diameter. The pool noodle is also used for people who experience difficulties in swimming. The pool noodle is often used to protect sharp edges and corners. 9. fraud [frɔd] I. [countable/uncountable] the crime of obtaining money from someone by tricking them. Police are investigating a complex fraud involving several bogus contractors. tax/insurance/benefit fraud. fraud trials/cases. II. 诈骗. [uncountable] the action of producing false documents or information in order to get what you want. electoral fraud. The former NAB executive staffer accused of corruptly receiving $5.4 million in benefits during a $40 million fraud was allegedly bribed with luxurious holidays and helicopter flights. III. [countable] 诈骗犯. someone who pretends to be an official or professional person in order to trick people. a. 骗局. something that is not what people claim it is, and is designed to trick people. The whole research program was an elaborate fraud. defraud to get money from a person or organization in a dishonest way. If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies. He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the government. ...allegations that he defrauded taxpayers of thousands of dollars. The court was told Ms Rogers, who spent most of her adult life working for the bank she allegedly defrauded, was motivated by greed as she funded a "very luxurious life" with benefits valued at $5.4 million between 2013 and 2017. It is alleged her co-accused, Human Group director Helen Rosamond, paid Ms Rogers extravagant bribes to secure her approval for bloated invoices she sent to NAB. 10. Ms Rogers was bailed yesterday without a surety 保释金 [ˈʃurəti] ( [countable] someone who agrees to pay money if you do not go to court when you should, or if you do not pay money that you owe. a. [uncountable] money that someone gives to make sure that someone else will appear in court or pay money that they owe. stand surety (for someone) 作担保, 做保人 to be responsible for paying money that is owed or for making certain that someone goes to court when they should ) after her lawyer argued most of her assets had been frozen by the NSW Crime Commission as part of its investigation. While magistrate Robert Williams said Ms Rogers would likely be jailed if convicted of all the offences, he said the risk of the woman fleeing could be mitigated with strict bail conditions. 巴基斯坦: I am not open to them as its considered as a taboo here however I tried to indirectly talk with them and they said it's a curse by God Almighty and these floods, hurrican, and stroms caused by these kind of people as God giving them a warning to come on right path 回归正途. 5. audience If you have an audience with someone important, you have a formal meeting with them. The Prime Minister will seek an audience with the Queen later this morning. [+ with] belt I. If someone belts you, they hit you very hard. [informal]  to hit someone or something very hard. Jeter belted a home run. 'Is it right she belted old George in the gut?' she asked. Father would give you a belt over the head with the scrubbing brush. II. If you belt somewhere, you move or travel there very fast.  to move somewhere very quickly. belt along/down etc.: They went belting along the road. We belted down Iveagh Parade to where the motor was.  belt down to drink alcoholic drinks quickly, one after another. belting down shots of whiskey. belt out If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly. [informal] Singing is not just about belting 大嗓门, 高音. We shouldn't have opera singers belting out the national anthem before England matches. wiki: Belting (or vocal belting) is a specific technique of singing by which a singer mixes in the proper proportions, their lower and upper resonances; resulting in a sound that resembles yelling but is actually a controlled, sustained phonation. 'Belting' is sometimes described as 'high chest voice' 胸腔共鸣 but this is technically incorrect, and if done incorrectly can potentially be damaging for the voice. It is often described as a vocal register(A vocal register is a range of tones in the human voice produced by a particular vibratory pattern of the vocal folds. These registers include modal voice (or normal voice), vocal fry, falsetto, and the whistle register.), although this is also technically incorrect; it is rather a descriptive for the use of a register. Singers can use belting to convey heightened emotional states. Belting is the "high" in contemporary singing. West End actors, Gospel divas, and Rock singers use belting to raise the performance temperature and give voice to the strongest emotions. It's an exciting, dramatic, loud sound that is based on a chest voice vibration: the vocal folds are vibrating with a thick texture and a firm, fast closure that requires strong subglottal air pressure but not much flow. 6. bow [baʊ] I. 鞠躬. [intransitive] to bend your body forward from the waist, especially to show respect for someone. Paul rose from his chair, bowed, and left the room. bow to: Do people still have to bow to the Queen? II.  [intransitive/ transitive] to bend your head forward so that you are looking down. She kneeled and bowed her head. (with) head/shoulders bowed: Father was walking along slowly, shoulders bowed. bow and scrape (to someone) to show too much respect for someone. bow down to someone to show respect to someone who is more powerful than you. bow out 退出. 放弃 to give up a job or position, especially when you have had it for a long time. bow out of: She has no plans to bow out of politics just yet. bow to something/someone 屈服, 臣服 to agree to do what someone wants you to do, although you do not want to. the government's unwillingness to bow to terrorists. Laura did not usually bow to her husband’s wishes. bow to pressure: They finally bowed to political pressure and signed the agreement. bow to the inevitable: He finally bowed to the inevitable and resigned. noun. bow [baʊ] I. 弯腰. 鞠躬. a forward movement of the top part of your body, especially to show respect. give a bow: He smiled, then gave a bow. take a bow 致谢, 鞠躬致谢 Acknowledge praise or applause. acknowledge applause after a performance by bowing. "the music ended and the girl took a bow". lyrics: Take a bow, the night is over. This masquerade is getting older. Light are low, the curtains down. There's no one here (There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd). II. the front part of a ship. bow [boʊ] I. 弓. a weapon made from a long curved piece of wood, used for shooting arrows, II. a knot that you tie in something such as a piece of string so that there are two circular parts and two loose ends. tie something in a bow: She had a yellow ribbon in her hair, tied in a bow.

The fall of Justin Trudeau Where it all went wrong for Canada's golden boy (wonder boy): The handsome, articulate and sensitive son of Canada's most popular prime minister, Justin Trudeau quickly became a darling on the world stage after taking the reins himself in 2015. But with a federal election just months away, Mr Trudeau is engulfed 深陷, 卷入 in a corruption scandal, down in the polls and facing calls to resign. Canada was rocked last week when Mr Trudeau's former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould told a House of Commons justice committee that the prime minister, his staff and other officials had imposed inappropriate pressure on her to avoid criminal prosecution of Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin in a case involving allegations of corruption in Libya. The star minister said she was urged to reach an agreement that would let the company pay reparations ( [ˌrepəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] I. reparations [plural] 赔偿款. 赔款. money paid by the country that loses a war for the damage and problems that it has caused to other countries. sums of money that are paid after a war by the defeated country for the damage and injuries it caused in other countries. Used esp of the compensation demanded of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I . II. [uncountable] formal something good that you do to help to improve a bad situation that you have created. repatriate [ˌriˈpeɪtriˌeɪt] I. to send someone back to the country that is legally their own. II. to send money that you earn in a foreign country back to your own country. ) but avoid a conviction. Mr Trudeau has acknowledged raising the issue with Ms Wilson-Raybould, but said it was appropriate. "Canadians expect their government to look for ways to protect jobs," Mr Trudeau said last Thursday. "That's exactly what we have done every step of the way. "We have also done it in a way that has respected our laws and respected the independence of the judiciary 司法独立. "There are no doubt disagreements in perspective on this but I can reassure Canadians that we were doing our job and we were doing in a way that respects and defends our institutions." But the crisis deepened this week when Jane Philpott, who had held several portfolios in Mr Trudeau's cabinet before becoming treasury board president, also announced she was quitting. "The solemn principles at stake are the independence and integrity of our justice system," she said in her resignation letter. The scandal marks a steep fall from public adoration for Mr Trudeau, 47, who is seen by some in his home country as possessing more style than substance. The polling is almost a direct reversal 大反转 of the 2015 election results. Mr Trudeau's stumbles 跌下神坛 were drawn into sharp focus鲜明对比 during his disastrous trip to India last February. A Sikh secessionist( secession [sɪˈseʃ(ə)n] the act of seceding, especially from a country. a secessionist movement. a military assault on the secessionist republic. secede [sɪˈsid] to officially leave an organization. This word is used especially about a state or region that chooses to become independent and govern itself. ), previously convicted of attempting to kill a government minister and a former member of a terrorist group, was invited to a dinner and posed for photos with Mr Trudeau's wife at a time of rising tensions in India. Cringeworthy images of a smiling Mr Trudeau performing a folk dance also raised eyebrows. "Trudeau has come across as flighty ( If you say that someone is flighty, you disapprove of them because they are not very serious or reliable and keep changing from one activity, idea, or partner to another. [disapproval] Isabelle was a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty. frivolous [frɪvələs] 可有可无的, 开玩笑似的 I. If you describe someone as frivolous, you mean they behave in a silly or light-hearted way, rather than being serious and sensible. I just decided I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor. II. If you describe an activity as frivolous, you disapprove of it because it is not useful and wastes time or money. The group wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects. dizzy I. If you feel dizzy, you feel that you are losing your balance and are about to fall. Her head still hurt, and she felt slightly dizzy and disoriented. He began to get dizzy spells. II. You can use dizzy to describe a woman who is careless and forgets things, but is easy to like. She is famed for playing dizzy blondes. ...a charmingly dizzy great-grandmother. III. If something dizzies you, it causes you to feel unsteady or confused. The sudden height dizzied her and she clung tightly. dizzying graded adjective We're descending now at dizzying speed. dizzy heights If you say that someone has reached the dizzy heights of something, you are emphasizing that they have reached a very high level by achieving it. [humorous, emphasis] I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary. [+ of] ) and facetious ( flippant, foolish, dizzy, superficial flippant, funny, amusing, witty ) ( [fəsiːʃəs] If you say that someone is being facetious, you are criticizing them because they are making humorous remarks or saying things that they do not mean in a situation where they ought to be serious. The woman eyed him coldly. 'Don't be facetious,' she said. Al facetiously described himself as the Last Angry Man.)," Indian journalist Barkha Dutt wrote in the Washington Post. "His orchestrated dance moves and multiple costume changes in heavily embroidered kurtas and sherwanis make him look more like an actor on a movie set or a guest at a wedding than a politician who is here to talk business. "Suddenly, all that charisma and cuteness seem constructed, manufactured and, above all, not serious." Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said the spate of resignations was a "a spectacular blow to the government". "It has become rare that ministers resign on principle in Canada," he told the Associated Press. "It reveals deep division in the Cabinet about how to deal with Jody Wilson-Raybould." "This blow won't bring down the government, and Trudeau, like Diefenbaker, will survive and fight back," Prof. Wiseman said. Robert Bothwell, a professor at the University of Toronto, said the resignations spoke to 表明了, 显示了 Mr Trudeau's failure to connect with his colleagues. "His failure to give a vigorous but reasoned response at the beginning of this pseudo-scandal allowed it to grow into Godzilla," Prof. Bothwell said. "Previous prime ministers benefited from experience and seniority, or respect, or fear, or just the feeling that they knew the way better than anybody else. Trudeau the father had all these attributes," Prof. Bothwell said.

 You are not my audience: 1. Alan, I got no patience for your kid today. Go do your homework. Oh, right. I have a big reading ass-ignment. You're not my audience 我们不是一路人, 我们沟通不来, 没法沟通. Remember when he was cute? The memory is fading. 2. You ever wonder why I never played in a band? I just figured you were getting laid so much being in a rock band would seem redundant( I. If you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because your job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you. [British, business] My husband was made redundant late last year. ...a redundant miner. II. 不需要的. 没有必要的. 多余的了. 多此一举的. 没用的了. Something that is redundant is no longer needed because its job is being done by something else or because its job is no longer necessary or useful. Changes in technology may mean that once-valued skills are now redundant. ...the conversion of redundant buildings to residential use.). That's not the reason. Although I did do better than most bass players. Okay, then what is the reason? I have stage fright. You have stage fright? Severe, debilitating ( [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪŋ] making someone physically or mentally weak. a debilitating illness/disease/condition. debilitate [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt] to make someone physically or mentally weak. ), wet-your-pants stage fright. I don't understand. I've seen you perform. Well, sure, in the living room for a couple of people. But on a stage with lights, in front of a crowd paying to see me. Do you literally pee your pants? What difference does it make? I'm just saying your audience is composed of bed wetters. They might get a kick out of seeing you soil yourself. And you think that'd be funny? No, I wouldn't. But I'm not your audience.

Second Canadian Minister Resigns Over Judicial Interference 司法干涉 Allegations: A Canadian cabinet minister resigned Monday, saying she has lost confidence in the ruling Liberal Party over allegations it tried to interfere in a criminal prosecution of a global engineering and construction firm. The surprise resignation—the second by a cabinet member in recent weeks—comes as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deals with his biggest political scandal since assuming office in 2015—and as he faces a re-election test in October. Jane Philpott was in her third post in the Liberal cabinet, as Canada's president of the Treasury Board, which is responsible for the government's financial and personnel administration. The family physician had earned a reputation as a trusted hand in the nearly four-year-old Liberal government for helping settle Syrian refugees, crafting policies that legalized marijuana and doctor-assisted suicide, and improving indigenous services. On Monday, she issued a statement saying it was now untenable ( [ʌnˈtenəb(ə)l] 难以为继的. 无法继续的. 无法坚持的. impossible to continue because of serious problems, opposition, or criticism. An argument, theory, or position that is untenable cannot be defended successfully against criticism or attack. This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint. He claimed the charges against him were untenable. She left, saying her job had become untenable. a. impossible to defend as fair, appropriate, or true. Their actions are untenable. ) for her to serve in cabinet, given the testimony and information over the past month about efforts by aides in Mr. Trudeau's office to get Canadian prosecutors to drop a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. on bribery-and-fraud charges. "Sadly, I have lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised," Ms. Philpott said. "There can be a cost to acting on one's principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them." Mr. Trudeau and other senior officials have denied any wrongdoing, arguing that Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister and attorney general, faced no inappropriate pressure. The scandal is eating into Liberal Party support, according to recent polls, roughly eight months before the next Canadian election. At a party rally in Toronto, Mr. Trudeau said he has known about Ms. Philpott's sentiment 情绪 for some time. "While I am disappointed, I understand her decision," Mr. Trudeau said. He added the allegations about judicial interference have generated an important debate on how political staff should conduct themselves. "Concerns of this nature must be taken very seriously, and I can assure you that I am," he said.

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用法学习: 1. 印巴冲突: "We are releasing the Indian pilot as a goodwill gesture tomorrow," Mr Khan told lawmakers. He did not say whether the release was conditional. Mr Khan also said that he had feared Wednesday night that India might launch a missile attack, but the situation was later defused 危机解除. He did not elaborate. Meanwhile, fresh skirmishes 小冲突 erupted Thursday between Indian and Pakistani soldiers along the so-called Line of Control that divides disputed Kashmir between the two nuclear-armed rivals. World powers have called on the nations to de-escalate the tensions gripping the contested region since a February 14 suicide bombing killed over 40 Indian paramilitary troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India's Ministry of External Affairs said late Wednesday that it "strongly objected to Pakistan's vulgar display of an injured personnel of the Indian Air Force", and that it expects his immediate and safe return. 2. movie - Isn't it Romantic: Wilson is perfectly cast as the awkward Natalie, her particular brand of self-deprecating 招牌式的自嘲 and slightly cringe sense of humour embodying the character who's at times bewildered. I'm not personally a fan of Wilson, I've always found she leans too heavily into 太过于 that gawky 高大笨拙的 (tall and thin, and moving in a way that does not seem graceful or comfortable. If you describe someone, especially a young person, as gawky, you mean they are awkward and clumsy. ...a gawky lad with spots.), floundering ( flounder [ˈflaʊndər] I. 一时不知道说什么. 一时语塞, 一时口塞. to feel confused and not know what to say or do next. Maureen floundered, trying to think of a response. II. 跌跌撞撞的 to move with great difficulty and in an uncontrolled way. The horses were floundering in the deep snow.) and slightly caustic archetype(caustic [kɔːstɪk] I. 强腐蚀性的 ( Oxidizing agent 氧化剂 alkaline 碱性的. alkali [ˈælkəlaɪ]. Sometimes the word caustic is used as a synonym for corrosive [kəˈroʊsɪv] 强腐蚀性的, but caustic refers only to strong bases, particularly alkalis, and not to acids, oxidizers, or other non-alkaline corrosives. acidic [əsɪdɪk] I. 酸性的. Acidic substances contain acid. Dissolved carbon dioxide makes the water more acidic. II. An acidic taste is sour and sharp. If the sprouts smell, or taste, mouldy or acidic do not eat them. acid [æsɪd] n. An acid is a chemical substance, usually a liquid, which contains hydrogen and can react with other substances to form salts. Some acids burn or dissolve other substances that they come into contact with. ...citric acid. Acids in the stomach destroy the virus. II. The drug LSD is sometimes referred to as acid. amino acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, nucleic acid, sulphuric acid. adj. I. An acid substance contains acid. These shrubs must have an acid, lime-free soil. ...the acidity of rainwater. [+ of] II. An acid fruit or drink has a sour or sharp taste. A tomatillo is a small green Mexican fruit with a delicate and slightly acid taste. Taste, and adjust the acidity 酸度, 酸性 of the fruit by adding a pinch of sugar if required. III. An acid remark, or acid humour, is very unkind or critical. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour. 'You don't know how to be a mother and you never did,' she said acidly. acerbic [əˈsɜrbɪk] 毒舌的, 刻薄的 showing criticism in a way that is clever and funny, but also cruel. Acerbic humour is critical and direct. He was acclaimed for his acerbic wit and repartee. His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been. acerbic wit. repartee [ˌrepɑrˈti] 机智问答 conversation that is full of clever and funny comments. Repartee is conversation that consists of quick, witty comments and replies. She was good at repartee. ) Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances. Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon. caustic cleaning agents. able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. "a caustic cleaner". II. A caustic remark 毒舌的 is extremely critical, cruel, or bitter. sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way. "the players were making caustic comments about the refereeing". His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare. He was often caustic and mocking, or flew into rages. She was caustically brilliant, yet totally loyal, unpretentious, human and tolerant. archetype [ˈɑrkəˌtaɪp] 典型的 a very typical example of a particular type of person or thing. archetype of: He was the archetype of a scientist. epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmi] 最优秀的代表, 最佳范例, 最佳代言人 I. a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type. "she looked the epitome of elegance and good taste". If you say that a person or thing is the epitome of something, you are emphasizing that they are the best possible example of a particular type of person or thing. Maureen was the epitome of sophistication. the epitome of the best possible example of a particular type of person or thing. She was the epitome of fashionable elegance. II. a summary of a written work; an abstract.), but here she's actually kind of endearing. Although, if the movie had been longer than its lean 90 minutes runtime, she would've started to grate. Everyone else is too thinly written to be classified as fully formed characters, and not just because they're supposed to function as rom-com ideals. And it's frustrating when two Australian actors playing Australian characters talking to each other slip into Americanisms like "grade school" instead of primary school. But ultimately, Isn't it Romantic falters when it falls into the same traps it set out to subvert [səbˈvɜrt] 颠覆, 推翻(I. to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics, etc. II. to make someone less loyal or less moral), unable to help itself but hew closely to the genre it owes its existence to. 3. trusting 爱相信人的, 易相信人的 willing to trust people, especially when it is not a sensible thing to do. trusty 值得信任的 mainly humorous able to be trusted, especially because of having been owned and used for a long time: I did the entire three hundred miles on my own - just me and my trusty bike. sight unseen 看都没看, 看都不看 If you agree to buy something sight unseen, you agree to buy it, even though you have not seen it and do not know what condition it is in. Although people sometimes buy property sight unseen, it's a remarkably bad idea. Bar(bench 指法官, bar指律师. In conjunction with bench, bar may differentiate lawyers who represent clients (the bar) from judges or members of a judiciary (the bench). In this sense, the bar advocates (=  barristers. banister 栏杆) and the bench adjudicates. Yet, judges commonly remain members of the bar and lawyers are commonly referenced as Officers of the Court. ) (law), term for the legal profession. Bar association, a professional body of lawyers. Bar examination, for lawyer candidates. In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution. The term is a metonym for the line (or "bar") that separates the parts of a courtroom reserved for spectators and those reserved for participants in a trial such as lawyers. In the USA, Europe and many other countries referring to the law traditions of Europe, the area in front of the barrage is restricted to participants in the trial: the judge or judges, other court officials, the jury (if any), the lawyers for each party, the parties to the case, and witnesses giving testimony. The area behind the bar is open to the public. This restriction is enforced in nearly all courts. In most courts, the bar is represented by a physical partition: a railing or barrier ( 隔断. 阻隔, 路障 I. a bar or gate that stops people or vehicles from entering a place. Fans broke through the barriers and rushed onto the field. a. something that separates one thing from another. The river is the last barrier 最后的屏障 between the rebel army and the city. II. 阻碍. 障碍. anything that prevents progress or makes it difficult for someone to achieve something. These regulations would place barriers in the way of genetic research. barrier to: Disability need not be a barrier to a successful career. High levels of debt are a major barrier to economic development. a. something that prevents people from communicating, working together, etc. Language differences did not appear to be a barrier. cultural barrier隔阂. break down barriers 打破界限: We're trying to break down barriers between young people from both communities. b. a number, limit, or level that is considered important because it is difficult to go past. go through/break a barrier: the day the stock market broke the 10,000 barrier. The figure for inflation could go through the 5 percent barrier.) that serves as a bar. U.S. procedure: In the United States, this procedure is administered by the individual U.S. states. In general, a candidate must graduate from a qualified law school and pass a written test: the bar examination. Some states use the Multistate Bar Examination, usually with additions for that state's laws. The candidate is then admitted to the bar. A lawyer whose license to practice law is revoked is said to be disbarred. British procedure: In the United Kingdom, the practice of law is divided between barristers (advocates in Scotland) and solicitors. It is usually the former who appear in an advocacy role before the court. When a lawyer becomes an advocate or barrister, he/she is called to the bar 取得律师资格. In Britain the bar is differentiated between the inner bar (for Queen's counsel) and the outer bar (for Junior barristers). 4. basket case I. [informal, disapproval] a person or thing regarded as useless or unable to cope. If you describe someone as a basket case, you think that they are insane. You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this. "do that for a couple of days and you become a blithering basket case". II. a country or organization that is in severe financial or economic difficulties, especially one that is unable to pay its debts. If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state. The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant 肆虐丛生, 猖狂的 crime. "sudden meltdowns—such as the financial crisis—can turn flourishing countries into basket cases overnight". chapter: I. all the priests who belong to a cathedral. the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral. II. 分部. a local club or organization that is part of a much larger club or organization. She's the president of the Iowa chapter of the Professional Insurance Agents' Association. chapter and verse full and accurate information about something. They would have his file and get chapter and verse on his time in the army. The Comanchero Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle gang in Australia, with chapters in Strathfield. The Comancheros are participants in the United Motorcycle Council of NSW, which convened a conference in 2009 to address legislation aimed against the "bikie" clubs, their poor public image in the wake of several violent clashes and ongoing biker wars, and defusing 劝架 deadly feuds such as the Comancheros' battles with the Hells Angels. The sincerity of these efforts to defend the battered image of the clubs has met with skepticism. The Comancheros established a single Western Australian chapter in 2010 which is located on Wellman Street, Northbridge, at the Fitness and Fight Centre. The Comancheros and Bandidos were now rivals and in 1984, the two clubs were involved in the Milperra massacre, a shoot-out which left seven people dead, including four Comancheros, two Bandidos, and a 14-year-old bystander. Jock Ross received a lifetime jail sentence for his involvement in the Milperra massacre but only served five years and three months before he was released. The Comancheros and Hells Angels were involved in a clash at Sydney Airport on 22 March 2009. Terminal 3 was the scene of a brawl involving 10 people in the two rival bikie gangs. The brawl left one man, Anthony Zervas, dead. The fighting was witnessed by over 50 travellers, CCTV cameras and airport staff, including airport security, who could do little to intervene. The security staff were unarmed and police (Federal Police) arrived late. Six Comancheros were arrested as a result of the altercation and convicted of "riot and affray". The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation, is a "one-percenter" (Some outlaw motorcycle clubs can be distinguished by a "1%" patch worn on the colors. This is said to refer to a comment by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens, implying the last one percent were outlaws. The alleged AMA comment, supposedly a response to the Hollister riot in 1947, is denied by the AMA, who claim to have no record of such a statement to the press and that the story is a misquote.) motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. They have a small but growing presence in New Zealand after a rocky start in 2012. They claim to have more than a dozen patched members and prospects in the Christchurch area. An outlaw motorcycle club, also known as a biker gang, is a motorcycle subculture that has its roots in the immediate post-World War II era of North American society. It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group. In the United States, such motorcycle clubs (MCs) are considered "outlaw" not necessarily because they engage in criminal activity, but because they are not sanctioned by 不受管辖 the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and do not adhere to the AMA's rules. Instead the clubs have their own set of bylaws reflecting the outlaw biker culture. The U.S. Department of Justice defines "outlaw motorcycle gangs" (OMG) as "organizations whose members use their motorcycle clubs as conduits for criminal enterprises". In these clubs, some amount of hazing may occur during the early stages (i.e. hang-around, prospecting) ranging from the mandatory performance of menial labor tasks for full patch members to sophomoric pranks, and, in rare cases with some outlaw motorcycle clubs, acts of violence. During this time, the prospect may wear the club name on the back of their vest, but not the full logo, though this practice may vary from club to club. To become a full member, the prospect or probate must be voted on by the rest of the full club members. Successful admission usually requires more than a simple majority, and some clubs may reject a prospect or a probate for a single dissenting vote. A formal induction follows, in which the new member affirms his loyalty to the club and its members. The final logo patch is then awarded. Full members are often referred to as "full patch members" or "patchholders" and the step of attaining full membership can be referred to as "being patched". Ex-Comanchero president seriously injured in Athens car explosion: Malkoun, a reported resident of Glyfada, was attempting to start the engine of his Porsche when an explosion tore through the vehicle. The explosion may have been caused by dynamite 炸药, with a police bomb squad reportedly finding residue from an explosive device. The blast was so severe it burned four other cars and resulted in the surrounding area being closed off. Malkoun was described by police last year as an influential presence among the Australian Comancheros. "There was a loud explosion, a big plume of smoke, a few more loud explosive noises and then thick plumes of black smoke for some time before emergency services arrived," Sammy Alderson, who is also Australian, said. "It was quite remarkable to see the whole thing unfold from start to finish while sitting on my balcony." 5. Matinée idol is a term used mainly to describe film or theatre stars who are adored to the point of adulation ( adulation [ˌædʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] 崇拜 Adulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something. The book was received with adulation by critics. blandishments 恭维话 [blændɪʃmənts] Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something. [formal] At first Lewis resisted their blandishments. blandish to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax. Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. It is used in pick-up lines when attempting to initiate romantic courtship. An insincere flatterer is a stock character in many literary works. "To flatter" is also used to refer to artwork or clothing that makes the subject or wearer appear more attractive, as in: The king was pleased with the portrait, as it was very flattering of his girth. I think I'll wear the green dress because it flatters my legs.) by their fans. The term almost exclusively refers to adult male actors. Matinée idols often tend to play romantic and dramatic leading or secondary leading roles 男二 and are usually known for having good looks. The term can be taken as faintly pejorative in that it suggests the star's popularity came from the afternoon matinée performances rather than the "big picture" evenings and, hence, a less discriminating audience. Now a somewhat old-fashioned term, the phenomenon reached its height from the 1920s to around the 1960s in Hollywood. "Teen idol" is a similar term, which more often refers to youthful musicians rather than film actors. The term differs from "sex symbol", which refers to a star's sexual attractiveness in and outside of film more so than their romantic performances on the screen. A sex symbol, however, may also be a matinée idol. 6. common denominator I. 公约数. a common multiple of the denominators of several fractions. II. 共同特征. 共有属性. a feature shared by all members of a group. "the common denominator in these companies is the awareness of the importance of quality". dysentery [dɪs(ə)nˌteri] n. 痢疾. 腹泻 a serious disease that affects your bowels and makes you go to the toilet very frequently and become very weak. bite your tongue 谨言慎行, 欲说又止, 顾虑重重, 顾虑多 to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say: I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him, but I had to bite my tongue. tempestuous [temˈpestʃuəs] I. characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion. If you describe a relationship or a situation as tempestuous, you mean that very strong and intense emotions, especially anger, are involved. For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines. ...his brilliant but tempestuous career in British racing. "he had a reckless and tempestuous streak". II. very stormy. "a tempestuous wind".

 Trump 词汇: 1. purposeful adjective If someone is purposeful, they show that they have a definite aim and a strong desire to achieve it. showing that you know what you want to do: He has a quiet, purposeful air. She had a purposeful air, and it became evident that this was not a casual visit. determined to achieve an aim students working in a purposeful manner. a. intended to achieve something useful. I felt the need to lead a more purposeful life. purposely [ˈpəːpəsli] (许多人认为purposely 不是一个词, 应该用purposeful, 但是其实是一个词) on purpose; intentionally. "she had purposely made it difficult". Purposely' means "on purpose"; 'purposefully 别有目的的, 另有目的的, 显得很有目的性的' means "indicating the existence of a purpose." In everyday use, purposely is fine to merely show that something was done or said on purpose (as opposed to accidentally). But if that thing was done or said with a deliberate aim or intention, then purposefully is the adverb to use. 2. bigly (这是一个词, 虽然Trump用的可能是big league) It came during a discussion on fiscal policy, when, Donald Trump told his opponent: "I'm going to cut taxes bigly, and you're going to raise taxes bigly (应是big league)." Or so many thought, anyway. It's not the first time listeners have wondered whether Trump was using this unfamiliar word. In May the Guardian thought it heard him tell supporters: "We're going to win bigly". In June, Dictionary.com reported that he'd warned Iran was taking over Iraq "and they're taking it over bigly". In June 2015 the New York Daily News quoted him saying Obamacare was about to kick in "really bigly". "Yes, 'bigly' is in the dictionary," it tweeted after the debate. It defines "bigly" as an adverb meaning "in a big manner" or, archaically, "in a swelling blustering manner". But it also added in a separate tweet, "That's not what Trump said." big league n. a group of teams in a professional sport, especially baseball, competing for a championship at the highest level. a very successful or important group. "the film brought him into the movie world's big league". adj. of or relating to the highest-ranking league in a professional sport, especially baseball. "big-league teams". very successful or important. "the big-league rapper was too cool to care". 3. braggadocious [ˌbraɡəˈdəʊʃəs] 吹牛皮的, 吹牛的, 吹大话的 informal US boastful or arrogant. "it sounds braggadocious, but I don't think I ever dropped a pass in a game". At yesterday's US presidential debate, Donald Trump said this: "I have a tremendous income. And the reason I say that is not in a braggadocious way". It left a lot of people scratching their heads as to whether he made the word up. 4. Sarah Palin: Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate. Feeling emboldened 受到鼓舞 by her successful use of the word on Hannity, Palin whipped it out 祭出, 甩出 again in the above Tweet. But she didn't quite have the courage of her convictions, and when various mean professor-types pointed out that "refudiate" is "not an actual word, in any dictionary," she replaced it with "refute". But, ugh, writing is so hard! That doesn't work so well either, since according to so-called "dictionaries," "refute" means "disprove" or "deny," 否认 not "reject" 拒绝, 回绝 or "refuse." So Palin went back to the drawing board. Well, the editors at Oxford American Dictionary figured that "refudiate" expressed something different enough that it deserved to be a new word. They explain: From a strictly lexical interpretation of the different contexts in which Palin has used "refudiate," we have concluded that neither "refute" nor "repudiate" seems consistently precise, and that "refudiate" more or less stands on its own, suggesting a general sense of "reject." So they present to you, Oxford American Dictionary's Word of the Year: refudiate verb used loosely to mean "reject": she called on them to refudiate the proposal to build a mosque [origin — blend of refute and repudiate]. refute [rɪˈfjut] 否认, 不承认 I. to say that a statement is not true or accurate without giving proof. The police said he was drunk, a claim refuted by his attorney. II. to prove that a statement is false. The evidence refutes all claims that the loan program is not working. repudiate [rɪˈpjudiˌeɪt] I. formal to say formally that something is not true. They repudiated all accusations of unlawful activity. II. formal to state that you do not accept or agree with something. Party members appeared on television to repudiate policies they had formerly supported.