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用法学习: 1. a. Due to slipping hazards 滑倒的危险, Bunnings introduced a policy that required onions had to be placed on the bread underneath the sausage rather than on top. b. cop out 回避掉, 逃掉 avoid doing something that one ought to do. "he would not cop out of the difficult tax decisions". c. But, seems like Minhaj knows what he signed up for 知道他在干什么, 清楚他当时的选择. d. Johnny taunts Roark, reminding him that tonight's story of how the same man beat him twice will follow him for the rest of his life. His vengeance 报仇完成 completed, Johnny smiles resignedly 无奈地, 无可奈何地, 无奈接受 ( If you are resigned to 屈从于, 屈服于, 臣服于, 认命的 an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it without complaining because you realize that you cannot change it. He is resigned to the noise and mess. [+ to] Pauline was already resigned to losing her home. 'I know you don't believe me,' I said resignedly. ), a single tear running down his face as Roark shoots him in the head, commanding his men to get rid of the body. 2. galvanize [ˈɡalvənʌɪz] 吓得赶紧行动, 惊得赶紧行动 I. shock or excite (someone) into taking action. "the urgency of his voice galvanized them into action". II. to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way: They have been galvanised into collective action–militarily, politically and economically. Western charities were galvanized by TV pictures of starving people. The prospect of his mother coming to stay galvanized him into action and he started cleaning the house. play [all] the angles = work the angles (idiomatic) To seek ways to advance one's self-interest, especially by making choices in a calculating or crafty manner; to scheme. To make use or take advantage of every means or opportunity one can find in order to reach or attain one's goal. I won't suggest to play that angle 那么说, 从那一点上下手. Unless you happen to be incredibly lucky, you have to play all the angles when you're an actor looking for work. You're not going to get anywhere in this industry if you aren't willing to play the angles. defeat the purpose 失去意义, 徒劳无功, 无功而返 To undermine the act of doing something by having an opposite effect; to nullify. to fail to achieve the result you want. Anxiety will cause tension, which defeats the purpose of the exercise 变得没有意义 (=the activity or plan). eat one's words 收回说过的话, 认输, 认错 retract what one has said, especially in a humiliated way. If you say that someone has to eat their words, you mean that they have to admit that they were wrong about something they said in the past, especially when this makes them look foolish. He has had to eat his words about the company being recession-proof. "they will eat their words when I win". 3. 乔治王子和哈利王子不同框: The clear unadulterated 不掺假的 ( [ʌnədʌltəreɪtɪd] I. Something that is unadulterated is completely pure and has had nothing added to it. Organic food is unadulterated food produced without artificial chemicals or pesticides. II. 表示强调. You can also use unadulterated to emphasize a particular quality, often a bad quality. Sheer unadulterated greed should never be part of any system. ) proof that two members of the royal family can't stand to be around one another - so much so that they can't be left in each other's company alone for even a second. "They didn't want him like 'poor old spinster ( A spinster is a woman who has never been married; used especially when talking about an old or middle-aged woman. Spinster is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women should marry. It could also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever marry. The term originally denoted a woman whose occupation was to spin 纺线. A synonymous but more pejorative term is old maid. The closest equivalent term for males is 'bachelor', but this generally does not carry the same pejorative connotations in reference to age and perceived desirability in the marriage. ) Harry playing with a baby on the grass'. We never see that." Not sure that would be our immediate reaction to such images, but sure look. 因为打扮被认为不是王子: Admitting that he'll have to up his game, Harry said ahead of a previous trip to Florida: "I am going to pack a crown and a cape this time and some funny pointy-toed shoes 尖头鞋. I'm going to sign the crown out!" 4. Perimenopause, or menopause transition, begins several years before menopause. It's the time when the ovaries gradually begin to make less estrogen. It usually starts in a woman's 40s, but can start in her 30s or even earlier. Perimenopause lasts up until menopause, the point when the ovaries stop releasing eggs. Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time in most women's lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and they are no longer able to bear children. Pretty woman: You see the stars on the sidewalk, babe ? Yeah. Well, Vivian and me, we work Bob Hope, we work the Ritz Brothers, we work Fred Astaire, we work all the way down to Ella Fitzgerald. This is our turf. We got seniority 资深, 资格老. You better get off our corner. Forgive me. I was just takin' a rest here. Besides, she's new. Yeah. Well, I'm old, so go rest up by Monty Hall or Esther Wilson. Williams. Esther Williams ! Where you belong ! Back off, Kit. You know, you're really becoming a grouch ( [ɡrautʃ] 怨天尤人的人, 整天抱怨的人. I. someone who complains a lot or is often in a bad mood. A grouch is someone who is always complaining in a bad-tempered way. He's an old grouch but she puts up with him. II. a complaint. A grouch is a bad-tempered complaint. One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment. ). Am I really a grouch ? Yes. Sometimes. Well, just 'cause I'm hungry. I'm gonna go get something to eat. How about a freebie ? It's my birthday. Dream on 做梦去吧! 5. defer [dɪˈfɜr] to arrange for something to happen at a later time than you had planned. If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible. I'm not going to defer decisions just because they are not immediately politically popular. tax-deferred taxed at a later time tax-deferred investments. defer to 听从于, 服从于 to accept someone's opinion or decision, especially because you respect them. If you defer to someone, you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority. Doctors are encouraged to defer to experts. I will defer to Mr. Walters on this point. live wire 活泼, 有活力, 精力充沛 If you describe someone as a live wire, you mean that they are lively and energetic. a person who has a lot of energy and is interesting to be with. break the mould If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done. Memorial services have become tedious and expected. I would like to help break the mould. When they first started, they said they were going to break the mould of British politics. bent out of shape 气得脸变形 upset about something He got all bent out of shape because I wouldn't let him use my car.

billions: 1. Look at this. Look, look. He's marking his territory. He's peeing on the furniture. Yeah. Yeah, but he's showing Ryan who's boss. That's why it's called a pissing contest when two men try and stake out their turf. I don't love it when men do that, either. Elmo, outside now! Come on. Poor guy. Dean, seventh president. Hint two after Monroe. Jackson. Andrew Jackson. Gordie, where was he from? Let's talk Yankees. 'Cause you don't know. Don't switch the subject 改变话题, 换话题. I do know. Prove it. Seattle? There was no Seattle back then, idiot. I bet I'll get it on the next guess. Bet you don't. How much? 10 push-ups. Deal. Border areas near the Carolinas. You can't fall for that every time, Dean. See, he knows his customer ( Knowing and understanding customer needs 了解客户需求 is at the centre of every successful business, whether it sells directly to individuals or other businesses. Once you have this knowledge, you can use it to persuade potential and existing customers that buying from you is in their best interests. Know your customer 知己知彼, alternatively known as know your client or simply KYC, is the process of a business verifying the identity of its clients and assessing potential risks of illegal intentions for the business relationship. The term is also used to refer to the bank regulations and anti-money laundering regulations which govern these activities. Know your customer processes are also employed by companies of all sizes for the purpose of ensuring their proposed agents, consultants, or distributors are anti-bribery compliant. Banks, insurers and export creditors are increasingly demanding that customers provide detailed anti-corruption due diligence information. ), and he sets you up. He's willing to look foolish short-term to win long-term. You got to remember that. And, Gordie, don't sucker ( noun. [informal, disapproval] If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them. But that is what the suckers want so you give it them. Keep giving us your money, sucker! II. If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it. I'm such a sucker for romance. [+ for]. III. A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat. ...sucker pads. verb If you sucker a person into doing something, you deceive them, usually so that they do something that is against their own interests. If you tell folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'll vote for you twice over. He gets people to put the ball exactly where he has suckered them into placing it. ) your brother. All right, come on. Pay your bet. We don't welsh ( welsh= welch [wɛlʃ] I. to fail to pay a gambling debt. II. to fail to fulfil an obligation. welsh on something 说到做到, 说话不算数, 说话 to not do what you promised or agreed. Many people consider this word offensive. I'm not in the habit of welshing on deals.). See what you got. 2. This got your panties all sticky? Drenched. Suspect 可疑的 (verb [səsˈpɛkt] I. to believe that something is true, especially something bad. Teachers should call social services if they suspect child abuse. suspect (that): Police suspected that she had some connection with the robbery. a. to believe that someone has done something, usually something bad. suspect someone of something: men suspected of involvement in the bombing. suspect someone of doing something: I suspected Alex of deliberately forgetting her purse. He wrote a letter naming the people whom he suspected. b. to believe that something is bad or worse than it appears. Carl seemed very kind, but she suspected his motives. II. spoken used for stating an opinion to make it sound less direct. He'll be missed by some, but not, I suspect, by all his colleagues. adj. [ˈsʌˌspekt] I. something or someone that is suspect cannot be trusted or believed. The government's statistics are suspect. He might have suspect motives in accusing her of malpractice. II. looking dangerous or illegal. Bomb squad officers were called in to deal with a suspect package. noun [ˈsʌˌspekt] I. someone who the police believe may have committed a crime. Jess had been killed, and her husband was the obvious suspect.  murder/bombing suspect. II. someone or something that is likely to do or cause something, especially something bad. When plants are ruined, snails and slugs are the chief suspects. the usual suspects the people or things that are usually involved in a particular situation or activity. The report criticizes the usual suspects – the fast food and diet industries.) trading pattern on Pepsum Pharmaceuticals. Uh-huh. One of my grunts ( I. US slang 小卒子. 小兵. an infantry soldier or US Marine. II. a short low sound made by a person or an animal Paul gave a little grunt of surprise. the pig's grunts 猪哼哼 and snuffles. verb I. [intransitive] to make a short low sound in your throat and nose at the same time. He grunted with satisfaction. a. if an animal such as a pig grunts, it makes a low sound. II. [transitive] to say something using low short sounds, especially when you do not want to talk. She grunted a reply. "Are you still here?" he grunted. grunt work I. work that is boring and sometimes difficult, but not very important. The British word is donkey work. II. 苦力. 杂役. 杂货. 打杂. hard, boring work. In my apprenticeship, I had to do a lot of the grunt work. ) riding the Midas spotted a days-long buy spike. Yeah, get me Spyros. Take a look. You can all study the charts, or I can give you the answers to the test. Lenny Bosco Old Oaks Investments. Peter Decker Quaker Ridge Financial. Dan Margolis Century Capital. These three small firms all knew exactly when to buy and when to sell the stock. They had inside information. You must get pings like that every day. We do. So? Get them talking and fine them. 3. And when I got that call, I made a couple calls of my own. Falafel shop (Falafel (or felafel) ([fəˈlɑːfəl] [-ˈlæf-]) is a deep-fried ball 油炸面球, 丸子蛋蛋, or a flat or doughnut-shaped patty, made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both. Herbs, spices, and onion relatives are commonly added to the dough. ) goes in the mall. We lock in you in on a 20-year lease, and I cover the overage ( adj. I. older than a particular age and therefore no longer allowed to do or have particular things. If you are overage, you are officially too old to do something. He was a couple of months overage for the youth team. She had to leave the youth team when the coaches discovered she was overage. II. You use overage to describe someone who is doing something that is usually done by much younger people, and which therefore seems inappropriate or silly. ...an overage nightclub singer. III. COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING an amount of something that is more than the amount wanted or needed: We have at least 1,000 unsold units and insufficient warehouse facilities to store the overage. The fund showed an overage of several thousand pounds at the end of the quarter. IV.     an excess or surplus, especially the amount by which a sum of money is greater than a previous estimate. "the company will make its money from overages when the film does well enough". underage adj. I. A person who is underage is legally too young to do something, for example to drink alcohol, have sex, or vote. Underage youths can often obtain alcohol from their older friends. II. Underage activities such as drinking or smoking are carried out by people who are legally too young to do them. ...his efforts to stop underage drinking and drug abuse.). I don't know, Bobby. Come on. What is there to know 还有什么不知道的? You let me slide for weeks without paying when I was coming in here every day after school. That was just 'cause you were a good customer. Which I want to keep being. Nothing changes. 4. Bobby, we are ready to roll on something sweet. I think you'll want to piggyback 搭顺风车, 搭便车. What do you got? Lumetherm Power getting bought by Electric Sun. Price is $41. Stock's trading at $35. We're looking at a 17% bump in two weeks when the deal closes. Annualized, that's $442 I'd love to size up. Maybe you buy 2 million shares for the main fund. Sounds about right. Great. Scott Kazawitz's name is being floated as the new chairman.
Kazawitz. That's a new piece of information. Well, that's what you pay me for. Electric Sun is controlled by Kazawitz. He also owns 19.3% of Lumetherm backdoored through his stake in Southern Wind. You see that block trade last Thursday come out of Merrill? Yeah. That was Fortress cashing out their shorts before the merger. Wasn't it? Trade was at 12:52, when everyone was at lunch, which tells me they wanted it to be missed. You guys caught it, which is something, I guess. But you're looking at it backward. Electric Sun's offer was just a ploy to temporarily prop up Lumetherm. Typical Kazawitz play 玩法, 花招 to bail on a loser. He's an animal. The block trade was Kazawitz getting out of Southern Wind, getting out of Lumetherm. He rode the story, now he's out, which means you need to be out. In fact, short. It'll slide to $32 and change after word breaks. Wow. That's a good catch, Axe. My cholesterol's high enough. Don't butter my ass, Danzig. Just get smarter. Your read was good with the information you had. You're new. You'll figure it out. Or you'll be gone. 4. Your burden of proof is lower 取证的责任. They'll talk to you because they're happy to pay a fine and move on. I'm at the coalface. And I really don't appreciate you strolling in here and telling me how to deploy my resources because you can't build your own fucking case. I get it. You guys are rock stars. Yeah, we get it. You want to be one, too. None of that matters. Uh, Spyros, if you've locked on to some trail of bread crumbs that leads to Bobby Axelrod, that could be a win for everyone. So, leave your stuff, we'll take a look, and we'll let you know if it rises to the level that we can prosecute, one that won't be reversed on appeal. You know, I understand the source of your reluctance 不情愿的根源. 5. Bobby Axelrod is Mike Tyson in his prime. And you do not want Mike Tyson in his prime. Remember what happened to the guys who fought him then? Yeah, they got their faces pushed in. But eventually he got beat. Buster Douglas knocked him on his ass. "Eventually" 最终 is the key word. When Tyson was ready to go. Since my appointment, this office is undefeated in financial prosecutions 81 and 0. And that's because I know when the time is right. I get it, but this would be a big one. Bryan, what do you think happened here this morning? We got significant information. Maybe. Or maybe it was Spyros setting us up. Now, we go in first and lose in the criminal action, Spyros in the S.E.C. can still get him civilly 民事的. Now, we win, Spyros wins. We lose Spyros still fucking wins. We've got to be playing three-dimensional chess. Axe is a folk hero in this town. The guy gave the New York City Firefighter's Foundation $100 million last year. Police gave him a plaque at Ground Zero with his goddamn name on it. Spitzer's name was on all the highway signs, too. Signs come down. That's why I love you, man. But a good matador 斗牛士 doesn't try to kill a fresh bull. You wait until he's been stuck a few times. We need an opening, however small. Then we get the guy the moment that he's gettable 可以拿下, just like the others. But not if there's a chance we lose.

 Three powerful ways to stopping stress waking you up at 3am: If you've got a lot on your plate, churning thoughts 思绪翻动, 思绪翻滚, 思潮翻涌(churn I. 搅动. 卷起. 翻动. also = churn up. to move something, especially a liquid, with great force. If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently. The propeller churned the water and the ship was away. ...unsurfaced roads now churned into mud by the annual rains. The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool. Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play. The sea was churned up by heavy winds. II. to mix milk until it becomes butter. III. If your stomach is churning, you feel ill, usually because you are nervous. If you say that your stomach is churning, you mean that you feel sick. You can also say that something churns your stomach. The symptoms of anxiety - sweating, churning stomach - are similar to those of excitement. I had my driving test that morning and my stomach was churning. IV. specialized business If customers churn between different companies that provide a particular service, they change repeatedly from one to another. n. I. 壶. a large container for transporting milk or for making milk into butter: a milk churn. a butter churn. II. churn rate business the number of customers who decide to stop using a service offered by one company and to use another company, usually because it offers a better service or price: Internet and cable television companies suffer from a high churn rate. churn out something to produce something automatically, without much thought, and in large amounts: Hollywood studios have been churning out some very bad movies over the past several years. ) will almost certainly pull you from sleep at an ungodly ( I. very bad, or unreasonable. an ungodly mess. II. old-fashioned not believing in or respecting God. ungodly hour 凌晨 深夜 a time of day when it is very early or very late, and not reasonable to speak to or see someone. ) hour. Often the exhaustion of our daily lives produces enough "sleep drive" to get us down as soon as our head hits the pillow, but after a few hours, we move into a fitful ( Something that is fitful happens for irregular periods of time or occurs at irregular times, rather than being continuous. Colin drifted off into a fitful sleep. The government is making slow and fitful progress in these negotiations. The sun shone fitfully 时有时无的 and then light snow blew into our faces. ) state as life and other catastrophes fill our minds. This in turn can produce more stress as we fret about how the lost shut-eye(sleep. "we'd better get some shut-eye") is going to affect our performance the coming day, making us feel like we're stuck in a vicious cycle of stress and sleep deprivation [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n]  缺乏, 不足 缺觉(I. [uncountable] a situation in which people do not have basic things that they need to live a comfortable life. social deprivation. II. [countable/ uncountable] a situation in which you do not have something that you need or want. He was beginning to show symptoms of sleep deprivation. the deprivations of prison life). But if you're a victim of stress-induced wakefulness, Dr Cunnington says you might need to make a daylight plan of attack ( plan of action / campaign / attack 作战计划, 作战方案, 进攻方案 an organized programme of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal.). With a lot of us thriving on "busy-ness", he says that a lot of us are constantly producing adrenalin and existing in a state of "nervous energy". "If anything is not right [in our lives], it's hard to shoehorn 鞋拔子, 强塞, 硬塞 ( If you shoehorn something into a tight place, you manage to get it in there even though it is difficult. Their cars are shoehorned into tiny spaces. I was shoehorning myself into my skin-tight ball gown. ) sleep into that expectation," he says. "If you are overly busy or have a tendency to anxiety or external stressors 外部压力因素, 压力源, such as a newborn baby or shift work or a sick child, [you may not be able to] shoehorn sleep into that social construct." "Whereas if there's the possibility in the day for some downtime or a nap, it's completely different. You can think, 'The sun has come up, but I've only got to get through until after lunch, then I've got 30 minutes to put my feet up and restore myself. Then I'll be able to get through the afternoon and tonight [sleep] will sort itself out 迎刃而解, 自行解决."

pier, wharf, dock, berth.

用法学习: 1. poke a hole in something = poke holes in something I. to make a hole in something by pushing something through it He had poked a hole in his blanket. II. 找出漏洞来. 找茬. 挑出错来, 找出毛病来. to find mistakes or problems in a plan or in what someone has said Defense attorneys tried to poke holes in Rodger's story. "I don't really think you could make that movie now, right?" Roberts said. But while she believes there are many aspects that you could condemn under a 2019 lens 以2019年的标准来看, she reckons it's still an enjoyable film for viewers. "So many things you could poke a hole in, but I don't think it takes away from people being able to enjoy it," she adds. Pretty woman: Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and sex work in Los Angeles, the film (pretty woman) was reconceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. Vivian's straightforward personality 直来直去的个性 is rubbing off on 影响, 感染 Edward, and he finds himself acting in unaccustomed ways. Vivian breaks her "no kissing on the mouth" rule (which her friend Kit taught her) and they have sex; in the afterglow ( afterglow I. 余光. 余晖. The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down. [literary] ...the light of the sunset's afterglow. II. 喜悦的气氛. You can refer to the good feeling or effects that remain after an event as the afterglow. ...basking in the afterglow of their Champions League victory. [+ of] ) believing Edward is asleep, Vivian admits she loves him, and as she drifts off, Edward opens his eyes. Edward offers to put her up in an apartment so she can be off the streets. Hurt, she refuses, says this is not the "fairy tale" she dreamed of as a child, in which a knight on a white horse rescues her. left field I. Left-field means slightly odd or unusual. An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field). Some of her comments really came from left field. I have no idea what she was thinking. ...a left-field cabaret act. Her parents were creative and left-field and wanted Polly to become a singer or a truck driver. II. An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field). come out of left field = be out in left field if something comes out of left field, it surprises you because you did not expect it. If you say that someone or something has come out of left field or is out in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way. The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn't really surprised. He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence. 2. silver bullet a bullet made of silver, supposedly the only weapon that could kill a werewolf. a simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem. "there is no 'silver bullet' that can prevent flooding entirely". In folklore, a bullet cast from silver is often the only weapon that is effective against a werewolf, witch, or other monsters. The term is also a metaphor for a simple, seemingly magical, solution to a difficult problem: for example, penicillin was a silver bullet that cured many bacterial infections. scaredy-cat 胆小如鼠的人, 胆小鬼, 怕死鬼 [ˈskɛːdɪkat] noun informal a timid person. "we contemptuously called them scaredy-cats". contemptuous [kəntemptʃuəs] 鄙视的, 鄙夷不屑的 adj If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all. He was contemptuous of private farmers. He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties. [+ of] She gave a contemptuous little laugh. Sandilands has made no secret of the fact he's not a fan of Morrison and on Monday’s show he aired a montage of some of the not-so-nice things he has said about the PM in the past which included calling him a "gronk" ((Australia, derogatory, informal) An unintelligent person. 弱智. ), "a slob (slob 懒虫, 懒蛋, 懒汉 [informal, disapproval] If you call someone a slob, you mean that they are very lazy and untidy. My boyfriend used to call his brother a fat slob.)", "a pussy", "white and wobbly 摇摇晃晃的", and a "gutless little toad". To be noted for something you do or have means to be well-known and admired for it. ...a television programme noted for its attacks on organised crime. [+ for] Lawyers are not noted for rushing into change. noted: 记下了. 知道了. 明白了. The famous Jenner fired back defensively, stating: "for those who always ask 'what's the f--k's on your wall, it's a wallpaper, and it's like rose gold splatters all over my walls. So, I don’t ever want to see this f--king question again." Noted. That didn't stop the comments though, with more than a few saying it looks like mould. 3. 房间装潢: Kylie Jenner made headlines this week after fans mistook her wallpaper for dirty marks on her wall. Fans were quick to notice something on the walls, asking if there were dirty blotches or marks all over them. "There's no denying that 无可否认 rose gold 玫瑰金 is a hot metallic right now, but Kylie has definitely shown us that all that glitters is not rose gold!" says Paula. "The metallic splatters 喷涂, 喷漆(If a thick wet substance splatters on something or is splattered on it, it drops or is thrown over it. The rain splattered 扑打 against the french windows. 'Sorry Edward,' I said, splattering the cloth with jam. ...a mud-splattered white shirt. ) on Kylie's wallpaper isn't quite working as the pattern is so sporadic that the metallic areas are appearing as a flaw. If they're used correctly, metallic tones of rose gold and copper can work fabulously to add a dramatic yet sophisticated touch. Even when used in the darkest of rooms, metallics will warm up those cold nights as we come into winter, and light will play across the patterns." The takeaway 洗取的教训 (an important piece of information to remember from a meeting, presentation, etc. This could be the most important takeaway from today's Fed announcement.): Make sure your metallic features are woven throughout the wallpaper enough so the eye picks it up as a pattern, as opposed to a flaw. Little accents will feel softer, but for those with a bolder streak like Kylie, geometrics with metallics are a great way to have some fun. 4. aberration [ˌæbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] 怪胎, 不正常, 反常, 个例, 例外 I. something that is not normal or not what you would usually expect. a genetic aberration. An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical. It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration. If someone considers a person or their behaviour to be an aberration, they think that they are strange and not socially acceptable. Single people are treated as an aberration and made to pay a supplement. the aberration of youth. aberrations from theory. aberration of character. II. a short time when someone behaves in a very strange or careless way. aberrate [ˈæbəˌreɪt] to deviate from what is normal or correct. slouch [slautʃ] 耷拉肩耷拉脑袋的. 垂头丧气的. 有气无力的. 懒散的坐着, 懒洋洋的坐着 I. If someone slouches, they sit or stand with their shoulders and head bent so they look lazy and unattractive. (intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture. Do not slouch when playing a flute. Try not to slouch when you are sitting down. [VERB] She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter. [VERB preposition/adverb] He straightened himself from a slouch. The men were slouched on sofas and chairs. She had been slouched against the counter. ScoMo的采访: And slouching back in his seat with legs crossed, a foot raised and ready to kick out. Morrison's body language was revealing, to say the least. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance. He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch. II. 懒洋洋的走. If someone slouches somewhere, they walk around slowly with their shoulders and head bent looking lazy or bored. (intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat. Most of the time, they slouch around in the fields. Scowling, the lad slouched over. be no slouch If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it. The Welsh are no slouches at cooking. 对ScoMo采访的观众反应: Scott Morrison is a good down to earth knowledgeable intelligent man - Waleed Aly is another grandstanding 哗众取宠的, 夺人眼球, 献媚的, 博关注的, 博眼球的 ( seek to attract applause or favourable attention from spectators or the media. acting or speaking in a way intended to attract the good opinion of other people who are watching "they accused him of political grandstanding". ) left winger who thinks he has all the answers. They are all robots with no independent thoughts - hey Kochie! Rick Turner summed up the sentiment of many: "Waleed just showed what a weak journalist he is when he isn't reading a pre-prepared spiel ( [ʃpil] [spil] the things that someone says on a particular occasion, especially things that are not interesting or sincere because they sound like a prepared speech. Someone's spiel is a well-prepared speech that they make, and that they have usually made many times before, often in order to persuade you to buy something. an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson. "he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel". ) from an auto-cue. So Waleed's dribble (UK) (US drool) ( I. 哈喇子. 口水. [intransitive] British if you dribble, saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) comes out onto your chin. The baby was dribbling. a. [intransitive/transitive] if a liquid dribbles, or if you dribble it, it flows slowly in small drops. Water was dribbling out from the tap. Dribble some melted chocolate over the cake. II. [intransitive/ transitive] to move forward with a ball by bouncing or kicking it several times in games such as basketball and soccer. ) made no impact and we all saw it as playing the victim card at its best. So now we have to create a new tag "comfortabolist" as being a bad thing now. 5. estuary [estʃʊri, US estʃueri] 出海口 An estuary is the wide part of a river where it joins the sea. ...naval manoeuvres in the Clyde estuary. bung noun A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask. bung verb [British, informal] If you bung something somewhere, you put it there in a quick and careless way. Pour a whole lot of cold water over the rice, and bung it in the oven. bunged adj [British, informal] If something is bunged up, it is blocked. The sink's bunged up again. My nose is all bunged up. bung it on 装出来的, 装假的, 假装 to behave in a pretentious manner. Bung it on' means to adopt an affectation, and 'bung something on' means to feign something, e.g. to bung on Australian accent. bung adj. Broken, not in working order. Aussies often use the term "bung" to refer to  a state of exhaustion or to mean that something is broken or out of action. the TV is bung. be bunged up 鼻子堵了, 鼻塞 British informal to have a blocked nose because you have a cold. to find it difficult to breathe because you have a cold. bung up to close a container with a bung. My nose is all bunged up. The drains are bunged up with dead leaves. He's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse. Jim White had his left thumb badly bunged up in the fifth inning. It swelled up as big as a bottle, but he pluckily played the game out. pare [pɛː] I. 削皮. 去皮. 剥皮. When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. "pare off the rind using a peeler". Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife. He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily. ...thinly pared lemon rind. a. trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges. "Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife". II. 削减. If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it. reduce (something) in size, extent, or quantity in a number of small successive stages. "union leaders publicly pared down their demands". The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third. The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit. Local authorities must pare their budgets. The Australian dollar is on the charge as markets pare RBA rate cut bets: Previously, the RBA has said that a sustained increase in the unemployment rate was one scenario that could warrant a further reduction in the cash rate. With unemployment continuing to edge lower 走低, the February jobs report has not provided the smoking gun that markets were looking for to justify further policy easing. 6. basket case I. Someone who is viewed as emotionally unstable and unable to function in normal situations. Sarah was so nervous on her first day of high school that she burst into tears after walking into the wrong classroom. Her classmates looked at her like she was a complete basket case. II. A country, business, or other entity that is facing economic strife. If the unemployment rate doesn't decrease soon, the country is going to become a financial basket case. charity case a person or group regarded as needing help or financial support. "she was sent as a charity case to a Catholic boarding school". can't carry a tune and cannot carry a tune; can't carry a tune in a bushel basket; can't carry a tune in a bucket; can't carry a tune in a paper sack 唱歌跑调, 唱歌走调 Fig. [to be] unable to sing a simple melody; lacking musical ability. I wish that Tom wouldn't try to sing. He can't carry a tune. I don't know why Mary's in the choir. She can't carry a tune in a bushel basket. Joe likes to sing in the shower, though he can't carry a tune in a bucket. I'd try to hum the song for you, but I can't carry a tune in a paper sack. put all one's eggs in one basket Fig. to make everything dependent on only one thing; to place all one's resources in one place, account, etc. (If the basket is dropped, all is lost.) Don't invest all your money in one company. Never put all your eggs in one basket. I advise you to diversify and not to put all your eggs in one basket. vanity case [ˈvænətɪ keɪs] 化妆包 a woman's small hand case used to carry cosmetics, etc.

 wharf 是码头(整个建筑). pier是木搭的船坞. pier dock, berth都是伸进海里去的船坞, 私人的叫jetty. shore海岸, 岸边, 河岸, bank是专门的人工岸边. quay是码头的建筑. breakwater是海里控制海水的防波堤. seawall是海边的防洪墙. levee, dike dyke, embankment, floodbank stopbank也都是天然形成的防洪墙: wharf [hwɔːrf] 码头 dock, pier, berth (mooring locations 船坞), quay, jetty; pier; staithe (port 指的是整个城市)(wiki: A wharf, quay ([kiː], also [keɪ, kweɪ]), staith or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locations), and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships. Wharfs are often considered to be a series of docks in which boats are stationed. wiki: A pier 木头搭起来的停船坞, 下边水可以通过 is a raised structure in a body of water, typically supported by well-spaced piles or pillars. Bridges, buildings, and walkways may all be supported by piers. Their open structure allows tides and currents to flow relatively unhindered, whereas the more solid foundations of a quay or the closely spaced piles of a wharf can act as a breakwater 防波堤, 防洪堤(retaining wall, seawall(岸边的防治海水泛滥的堤坝) ( A levee ([ˈlɛvi]), dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank or stopbank 河堤, 堤岸, 堤坝 is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines. Breakwaters are structures constructed near the coasts as part of coastal management or to protect an anchorage from the effects of both weather and longshore drift. ), and are consequently more liable to silting. Piers can range in size and complexity from a simple lightweight wooden structure to major structures extended over 1600 metres. In American English, a pier may be synonymous with a dock.∴Piers have been built for several purposes, and because these different purposes have distinct regional variances, the term pier tends to have different nuances of meaning in different parts of the world. Thus in North America and Australia, where many ports were, until recently, built on the multiple pier model, the term tends to imply a current or former cargo-handling facility. ) a structure of wood or stone, sometimes roofed over, built at the shore of a harbor, river, etc. for ships to lie alongside, as during loading or unloading; pier; dock. A wharf is a platform by a river or the sea where ships can be tied up. a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships. A wharf provides access for ships and boats, that can pull up and dock alongside it. In fact, wharfs are also called docks or piers. Wharfs are made of wood and act like sidewalks, making it easy to people, cargo and supplies to enter and leave a boat. As a verb, wharf means "to moor," or tie the boat to the wharf and drop an anchor, or "to be given a place at the wharf." verb. to moor 停泊, 泊船 or dock at a wharf. dock I. an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships. II. a group of these areas of water in a port and the buildings around them: The strike has led to the cancellation of some ferry services and left hundreds of passengers stranded at the docks. III. US 船坞. a long structure built over water where passengers can get on or off a boat or where goods can be put on and taken off. The ship sailed into the dock to be refitted. My grandfather worked down at the docks, loading and unloading the cargo ships. III. the place in a criminal law court where the accused person sits or stands during the trial: The defendant seemed nervous as he left the dock and stepped up to the witness box. The company will find itself in the dock (= in court) if it continues to ignore the pollution regulations. IV. a common wild plant with large wide leaves that grows in some northern countries such as Britain: Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings helps to relieve the pain. docking station a piece of electrical equipment to which another piece of equipment can be connected: Put the MP3 player into the docking station to charge it. shore I. The shores 岸边, 海岸, 河岸, 堤岸 or the shore of a sea, lake, or wide river is the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on shore is on the land rather than on a ship. They walked down to the shore. ...elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba. [+ of] I have spent less time on shore than most men. As soon as they were safely back to shore, he raced for the nearest phone. II. When someone or something reaches the shores of a country or continent, they arrive in that country or continent. It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe. This youngster is another destined to leave these shores. shore up If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it. The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.

'It's all seems quite harmless and lovey-dovey 有很爱': The insidious 日渐过火的, 不为人注意的而变化的, 悄无声息发展的([ɪnˈsɪdɪəs] (of something unpleasant or dangerous) gradually and secretly causing harm. proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects. Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed. High blood pressure is an insidious condition which has few symptoms. The changes are insidious, and will not produce a noticeable effect for 15 to 20 years. They focus on overt discrimination rather than insidious aspects of racism. Delusions are sometimes insidiously destructive. "sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem") NRL tactic Brad Fittler wants stamped out 剔除 of the game: NRL great Brad Fittler has called for the seemingly "harmless" tactic of taking kickers to ground to be stamped out of the game. The NSW Blues coach was quick to condemn Broncos forward Matt Lodge's late hit on Melbourne's Cameron Munster and assured the league was seeing less "dangerous" challenges to kickers, but Fittler called on referees to take it a step further. The seemingly innocuous tactic of taking a kicker lightly to ground after every effort is an insidious attempt to hinder 阻碍, 阻止 the oppositions' attack argued Fittler who wants to see referees make an effort eliminate the move. "There are tactics too, things that are just unnecessary," Fittler told Freddy and the Eighth. "They're doing it to slow the kicker down so he can chase his own kick, it's an effort for him to get off the ground, it's all quite harmless and all lovey-dovey, and they give a bit of a pat on the back. "It's unnecessary, it's a penalty. Don't touch him. If you don't get there in time, you're out." Matt Lodge and Manly's Addin Fonua-Blake are both set for stints on the sideline for their late tackles on Cameorn Munster and Tigers star Benji Marhsall, respectively. The Sea Eagles prop was charged by the match review committee with two counts of dangerous contact after he took out Benji Marshall's legs as he kicked, while lodge will sit on the sidelines for two weeks for his offence.

fiery VS fierce VS feisty; reprehensible VS apprehensive VS comprehensive VS comprehensible

用法学习: 1. veracity [vəræsɪti] 诚实, 诚恳 Veracity is the quality of being true or the habit of telling the truth [formal] We have total confidence in the veracity of our research. [+ of] He was shocked to find his veracity questioned. veracious [vɛˈreɪʃəs] truthful or true. habitually truthful or honest. He is a veracious person. bubbly lively, happy, and friendly. She’s a lovely, bright, and bubbly girl. bubbly personality 活泼可爱. vivacious [vɪveɪʃəs] 精力旺盛的, 活泼可爱的 If you describe someone as vivacious, you mean that they are lively, exciting, and attractive. [written, approval] She's beautiful, vivacious, and charming. espouse [ɪˈspauz] to give your support to an idea, principle, or belief. If you espouse a particular policy, cause, or belief, you become very interested in it and give your support to it. She ran away with him to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause. the policies espoused by the government of Japan. "The anti-Muslim rhetoric that you espouse constantly here, that you did in your maiden speech when you came to parliament. Do you feel complicit?" 新闻采访: Koch told her that "most of the terrorist attacks are (carried out by) right-wing white supremacists [su:ˈpreməsɪst] that are egged on by your comments, by your anti-Muslim comments". "(Things like) 'they don't deserve to be here', 'they will take over our country'. Can you understand how that empowers a white supremacist … into seeing it as a call to arms?" tripe [trʌɪp] I. the first or second stomach of a cow or other ruminant used as food. II. informal nonsense; rubbish. You refer to something that someone has said or written as tripe when you think that it is silly and worthless. I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life. "you do talk tripe sometimes". One woman who signed the petition said regardless of political views, bullying and intimidating behaviour was deplorable. "Not only were Kochie and Hinch factually incorrect a number of times, the very way they conducted themselves is to be condemned," she said. "Absolutely disgraceful. Kochie and Hinch don't always say and do things people agree with but they have the right to be heard. This conduct has absolutely no place in Australia 不能容忍, 无立足之地, let alone on national television!" 2. fishing expedition 打探消息 a search or investigation undertaken with the hope, though not the stated purpose, of discovering information. an occasion when someone is trying to get something indirectly It was clear she was on a fishing expedition, asking about strange and unusual entries. "they worried about an FBI fishing expedition". A  fishing expedition is an informal, pejorative term for a non-specific search for information, especially incriminating information. It is most frequently organized by policing authorities. (someone) is leaving money on the table 有钱不拿 "Leaving money on the table" is an idiom which means not getting as much money as you could. You use this phrase to talk about negotiations, finance, and buying and selling things. For example: If you're going to college and you don't apply for any grants or scholarships, you're probably leaving money on the table. The "table" in this expression comes from poker: when you don't play intelligently, you're leaving your money on the poker table.

 fiery VS fierce VS feisty: fiery [ˈfaɪəri] I. 暴脾气, 点火就着的 becoming angry very easily and quickly. If you describe someone as fiery, you mean that they express very strong emotions, especially anger, in their behaviour or speech. She was a fiery, brilliant and unyielding intellectual and politician. She had a fiery temper and liked to get her own way. a fiery temper. II. speaking with great emotion. III. mainly literary very bright in color, especially bright red, orange, or yellow. You can use fiery for emphasis when you are referring to bright colours such as red or orange. The flowers provided a fiery bright red display. IV. food that is fiery 特别辣的 makes your mouth feel very hot when you eat it. a fiery chili sauce. V. mainly literary burning or full of flames. a fiery pit 火坑 the pit of hell = the fiery pit 地狱. If you describe something as fiery, you mean that it is burning strongly or contains fire. A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo. fierce [UK AU fɪəs, US fɪrs] I. 激烈的. 热烈的. 强烈的. involving very strong feelings such as determination, anger, or hate. Fierce feelings or actions are very intense or enthusiastic, or involve great activity. Standards are high and competition is fierce 竞争激烈. The town was captured after a fierce battle with rebels at the weekend. He inspires fierce loyalty in his friends. He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive. fierce debate/criticism: The proposals provoked a fierce debate. II. 暴怒的. 具有攻击性的. very angry, or ready to attack. A fierce animal or person is very aggressive or angry. They look like the teeth of some fierce animal. He looked so fierce. a fierce lion. III. involving a lot of force or energy. fierce competition/opposition: We face fierce competition from overseas competitors. IV. fierce weather is very strong or severe. Fierce conditions are very intense, great, or strong. The climbers were trapped by a fierce storm which went on for days. As I arrived a lorry had just been set on fire and was burning fiercely. A fierce storm forced the crew to abandon the yacht. feisty [faɪsti] 活力满满的, 不服输的, 有活力, 精力充沛, 有股劲的 adj If you describe someone as feisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill. The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child. At 66, she was as feisty as ever. solemn [sɒləm] I. Someone or something that is solemn is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous. His solemn little face broke into smiles. He looked solemn. Her listeners nodded solemnly. The setting for this morning's signing ceremony matched the solemnity of the occasion. II. A solemn promise or agreement is one that you make in a very formal, sincere way. ...a solemn pledge that he would never remarry. I was solemnly informed that the funeral would take place the next day.

  reprehensible VS apprehensive VS comprehensive VS comprehensible: 1. reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəb(ə)l] 不道德的, 道德低下的 very bad and deserving to be criticized. If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it is reprehensible. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner. reprehensible behavior is very bad and deserves criticism. I find their behaviour morally reprehensible. The former president's reprehensible behavior was seemingly forgotten in later years, when throngs of people came out to hear him speak. sleazeball = sleazebag is a morally reprehensible, disreputable, or sleazy person. Scott Morrison slams 'reprehensible' groups refusing to join child abuse redress scheme. reprehensive showing anger and disapproval about something someone has done: He shook a reprehensive head. reprehend [ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnd] reprimand. to express your strong official disapproval of someone or something: "a recklessness which cannot be too severely reprehended".  The agency was reprehended for taking on average two years to deal with complaints. There were those who reprehended the practice of wearing one's hair long. 2. apprehend [ˌæprɪˈhend] I. formal 逮捕, 拘捕. 关押. 收押. to arrest someone. If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them. Police have not apprehended her killer. I. very formal 了解. 明白. 清楚. 知道怎么回事. to understand something. If you apprehend something, you understand it fully. Only now can I begin to apprehend the power of these forces. apprehensive [ˌæprɪˈhensɪv] 不安的, 害怕的, 担心的, 恐惧的, 焦虑的, 忧心忡忡, 变得焦躁不安, 变得焦虑不安 slightly worried or nervous. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. He was rather apprehensive of failure. She was deeply apprehensive about her future. They were apprehensive that something might go wrong. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive. be apprehensive of sb.'s safety, be apprehensive of danger. I am apprehensive that she may fall ill. apprehensive of: It's a strategy that many teachers are apprehensive of using. apprehensive about: Leonora felt very apprehensive about his visit. II. 聪明的. 能很快明白和理解的. Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend. an apprehensive mind, be apprehensive of one's folly愚蠢, Judgement is implied in every apprehensive act. misapprehend (transitive) To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand. 3. comprehend I. 体会到深意. 深深明白, 深刻体会, 全面了解. 完全明白. to understand something. How could you possibly comprehend the difficulties of my situation? comprehend that: Laura gasped, hardly able to comprehend that her brother's life was in danger. fully comprehend: We fully comprehend people's anxieties. comprehensible 能让人看懂的, 容易理解的, 能理解的, 能看懂的 可以理解的, 能理解的, 能体会的 able to be understood. a clear comprehensible document. This type of computer jargon is barely comprehensible to most people. comprehensive I. including many details or aspects of something. We offer a comprehensive range of goods and services. a comprehensive guide to university courses. a comprehensive strategic review. II. British 全面的. 全方位的. complete and easily achieved. a comprehensive defeat/win/victory. III. 完全学校, 完全教育. relating to a system of education in the UK in which students with different levels of ability are all taught in the same school. comprehensive education. Usage notes: To apprehend, comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehend many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that He may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. We may apprehend much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters. 4. 附加词汇: folly [ˈfoli] n. I. the state or quality of being foolish; stupidity; rashness. II. 蠢事. a foolish action, mistake, idea, etc. regretted the follies of his youth. Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. Prov. If knowing something makes you unhappy, it would be better not to know it. (Also the cliché: ignorance is bliss.) Ellen: The doctor didn't tell Dad that Mom probably won't recover from her illness. Do you think we should tell him? Bill: No. It would only make him unhappy and ruin their last months together. Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. prehensile [prɪˈhensəl] a prehensile tail or other body part can wrap around objects and hold onto them tightly. adapted for grasping, esp by wrapping around a support. a prehensile tail. Fraser Anning will soon leave parliament – but his xenophobic message will not: His comments about the Christchurch victims are reprehensible ( reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəb(ə)l] 需要被批判的, 需要被谴责的, 非常糟糕的. 不道德的, 道德低下的 very bad and deserving to be criticized. If you think that a type of behaviour or an idea is very bad and morally wrong, you can say that it is reprehensible. Mr Cramer said the violence by anti-government protestors was reprehensible. ...behaving in the most reprehensible manner. reprehensible behavior is very bad and deserves criticism. I find their behaviour morally reprehensible. The former president's reprehensible behavior was seemingly forgotten in later years, when throngs of people came out to hear him speak. sleazeball = sleazebag is a morally reprehensible, disreputable, or sleazy person. Scott Morrison slams 'reprehensible' 可耻的 groups refusing to join child abuse redress scheme. reprehensive showing anger and disapproval about something someone has done: He shook a reprehensive head. apprehensive [ˌæprɪˈhensɪv] 不安的, 害怕的, 担心的, 恐惧的, 焦虑的, 忧心忡忡, 变得焦躁不安, 变得焦虑不安 slightly worried or nervous. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. He was rather apprehensive of failure. She was deeply apprehensive about her future. They were apprehensive that something might go wrong. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive. be apprehensive of sb.'s safety, be apprehensive of danger. I am apprehensive that she may fall ill. apprehensive of: It's a strategy that many teachers are apprehensive of using. apprehensive about: Leonora felt very apprehensive about his visit. II. 聪明的. 能很快明白和理解的. Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend. an apprehensive mind, be apprehensive of one's folly愚蠢, Judgement is implied in every apprehensive act. comprehensible 能让人看懂的, 容易理解的, 能理解的, 能看懂的 可以理解的, 能理解的, 能体会的 able to be understood. a clear comprehensible document. This type of computer jargon is barely comprehensible to most people. comprehensive I. including many details or aspects of something. We offer a comprehensive range of goods and services. a comprehensive guide to university courses. a comprehensive strategic review. II. British 全面的. 全方位的. complete and easily achieved. a comprehensive defeat/win/victory. III. 完全学校, 完全教育. relating to a system of education in the UK in which students with different levels of ability are all taught in the same school. comprehensive education. Usage notes: To apprehend, comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehend many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that He may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. We may apprehend much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.) – but in our country there will always be another waiting to push discourse 沟通, 交流 (用于解释或者教育目的的谈话, 发表文章, 演说都是沟通的一种方式) ( n. I. Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. ...a tradition of political discourse. II. In linguistics, discourse is natural spoken or written language in context, especially when complete texts are being considered. [technical] The Centre has a strong record of research in discourse analysis. ...our work on discourse and the way people talk to each other. III. A discourse is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something [formal] Hastings responds with a lengthy discourse on marketing strategies. [+ on] IV. If someone discourses on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. [formal] He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose. recourse [rɪkɔːrs] 诉诸于, 求助于, 用到 If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war. [+ to] The public believes its only recourse is to take to the streets. 地下通道倡议遭反对: Residents are also concerned about the need to relocate the ferry stop during construction and the increased congestion, noise and visual pollution that phase will bring. Mr Kelly added the reported difficulty homeowners along WestConnex had in getting compensation for damage, such as cracked walls, had raised concerns about the recourse 手段, 可以采取的手段, 得到补偿的途径 available. ) to its limit. Fraser Anning has moved to ( move heaven and earth (to do something) to do everything that it is possible to do in order to make something happen. I would move heaven and earth to help someone who really needed it. move I. If something moves you to do something, it influences you and causes you to do it. It was punk that first moved him to join a band seriously. The president was moved to come up with these suggestions after the hearings. II. If something moves you, it has an effect on your emotions and causes you to feel sadness or sympathy for another person. These stories surprised and moved me. His prayer moved me to tears. Those who listened to him were deeply moved. III. If you say that someone moves in a particular society, circle, or world, you mean that they know people in a particular social class or group and spend most of their time with them. She moves in high-society circles in London. ) blame the Christchurch shooting victims just hours after their innocent lives were lost to a white terrorist. When Fraser Anning was attempting to justify his appearance at a far-right rally attended by Nazis, his media adviser saw a room filled with journalists and could barely contain his glee. After a hostile news conference, where nonsense filled the void logic 空洞的逻辑 and rationality had left, the adviser turned back to the room and attempted to give a high-five to passing journalists. The journalist declined. Anning and his staff didn't care. They had received what they came for. Five more minutes in a rapidly diminishing spotlight, a desperate attempt to extend the legitimacy his position as a senator of this nation afforded him. Despite the increasingly grasping attempts for infamy, come the election in May, Anning will depart the Australian Senate. But his message will not. Like a xenophobic Icarus, Anning flew too close to the sun and was burned 玩火自焚 on Friday, as he moved to blame the victims just hours after their innocent lives were lost to a white terrorist. International condemnation immediately followed. Along with the trope of the 19-vote senator. He's not meant to be there, went the narrative. No one voted for him. He's not one of us. But vote for him, they did. More than 250,000 people did just that in fact, with his name forming part of the One Nation Senate ticket in Queensland, winning the Pauline Hanson-led party the highest vote after the major parties. A twist of fate elevated him to the Senate when Malcolm Roberts, Hanson's number two, fell to the section 44 constitutional crisis. But it would not have taken much more for Anning to have been elected as the third One Nation senator. He didn't just happen upon the party's ticket. He'd been there before. If he hadn't had fallen out with Hanson over Roberts, he'd be there again. But the name doesn't matter, because there is always another Anning. And there is always someone willing to vote for them, a media outlet willing to amplify and normalise their views so they can be found, a debate they are invited to attend in the name of false balance. Anning went too far for even those who had help sew his wings, but he has never been alone. One of the biggest massacres in history was carried out in the name of white Australia, allegedly by someone who heard the same messages we do, who grew up in the same environment. Someone who took the symbols we're told are just jokes, or harmless memes, or overreactions, and inked them on a weapon of death he deployed against innocents in a place of worship. When Anning delivered his "final solution" speech to parliament on the 14th of the 8th month his defenders, of whom there were many 这样的人不在少数, including his one-time party leader Bob Katter, dismissed any criticisms as overreactions. Two months later, government senators voted in favour of a One Nation motion declaring it was "OK to be white", a white supremacist slogan that made its way from troll chat rooms, to the floor of Australia's Senate. Hanson – who had walked into the Senate wearing a burqa the year before – and conservative supporters still proudly wave the motion, despite the government's humiliating reversal once it realised it had voted in favour of a fascist mantra. Critics of the outcry claim it was all an overreaction. Just one month later, the Nationals were forced to purge members from the party, after an investigation revealed at least 22 had links to neo-Nazis. Members of the LNP youth arm dismissed their sudden use of the OK symbol, which has been co-opted as a white power dog whistle(dog whistle relating to the targeting of potentially controversial messages to specific voters while avoiding offending those voters with whom the message will not be popular. Dog-whistle politics 两面三刀的政治 is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. The analogy is to a dog whistle, whose ultrasonic whistling sound is heard by dogs but inaudible to humans. The term can be distinguished from "code words" used in some specialist professions, in that dog-whistling is specific to the political realm. The messaging referred to as the dog-whistle has an understandable meaning for a general audience, rather than being incomprehensible. co-opt I. If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics. Sofia Petrovna co-opted Natasha as her assistant. II. If someone is co-opted into a group, they are asked by that group to become a member, rather than joining or being elected in the normal way. He was posted to Malta, where he was co-opted into MI5. He's been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him. III. 据为己有 If a group or political party co-opts a slogan or policy, they take it, often from another group or political party, and use it themselves. He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image. ), as an overreaction of the snowflake left ( snowflake (slang, derogatory) Someone who believes they are as unique and special as a snowflake; someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities. Snowflake is a 2010s derogatory slang term for a person, implying that they have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of entitlement, or are over-emotional, easily offended, and unable to deal with opposing opinions. Common usages include the terms special snowflake, Generation Snowflake, and snowflake as a politicized insult. Broflake is a related term which the Oxford dictionary defines as "a man who is readily upset or offended by progressive attitudes that conflict with his more conventional or conservative views"; however, its usage is not limited to men and might apply more generally to those who claim to not be easily offended–yet often are. Usage notes: The pejorative sense of "an overly sensitive person" arose from a still-common misconception that no two snowflakes are alike. "Snowflake" as a derogatory term was popularized by its use in the 1996 novel Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk (see quotation above), but the insult had existed for a significant amount of time prior to this, although not in popular use. In recent years, the meaning has expanded from "a person who believes they are unique" to also denote someone who is too sensitive and is easily offended, based on conceptions of snowflakes' fragility and weakness. ), looking for offence in every social media happy snap. Conservative MPs hollered for special treatment(holler If you holler, you shout loudly [mainly US, informal] The audience whooped and hollered. 'Watch out!' he hollered. In a minute he'll be hollering at me for coming in late. Cal hollered for help. Nick hollered for her to pick up her orders. Whoops and hollers came from the predominantly female audience. I hollered out the names. I heard him holler out, 'Somebody bombed the Church.' ) for white South African farmers seeking Australian visas, despite spurious evidence that any was needed, while rampaging against "African gangs" in the face of police calls for calm. International white nationalists were given media platforms and speaking gigs, and any criticisms were declared as political correctness gone mad, or as attempts to stifle 压制 freedom of speech. Permanent migration numbers have been falling in Australia, but leading politicians talk about the "migration problem", blaming migrants for successive governments' failures to plan for population growth. Anning went too far, but his path was well worn. The Queensland senator is scheduled to attend another event in Victoria, and taxpayers are most likely to once again foot the bill. There will be another outcry. Louder this time. With more voices. But it won't matter. In a few short weeks, his name will be banished from the parliament, to be forgotten with all the haste shame and regret can bring, but that too won't matter. As long as there are those willing to blur lines for political gain, there will always be another Anning, waiting to push increasingly normalised discourse to its limit, before even those who laid out the path are forced to condemn it. Anning isn't an anomaly any more. The next one won't be either.