blow-by-blow, play-by-play; buzzer-round抢答. seasonings, condiments, herbs, spices;

用法学习: 1. comfort [ˈkʌmfət] comfortable [ˈkʌmftəb(ə)l] (fort 中间or不读音). vegetable [ˈvedʒtəb(ə)l](veget 第二个e不读音). chocolate [ˈtʃɑklət]. rundown I. a short description or explanation of something. a concise summary or outline. a detailed report. a report that provides the most important information about something: This guide gives a rundown on the basics of backpacking. Here's a rundown on/of the activities of our ten biggest competitors. rundown of: Can you give us a rundown of the main points? II. British 削减. a reduction in size or quality. a reduction in the size or quality of something: the general rundown of the army. III. so tired that you do not feel well. Evie had been working too hard and was feeling run-down. IV. in bad condition because no one has spent money on repairs. This area of San Francisco is poor and run-down. blow-by-blow A blow-by-blow description contains every detail and action of an event. A blow-by-blow account of an event describes every stage of it in great detail. a blow-by-blow account or description is extremely detailed. She wanted a blow-by-blow account of what happened. You'll have to tell me about your night out with Sam - I want a blow-by-blow account! play-by-play 一幕幕的, 每一幕的, 事无巨细的, 所有细节的 adj I.  Being or giving a detailed running account of the action of an event, especially a sports event, as it occurs. A very detailed, granular description and analysis of some sporting event or a portion thereof. And now we go to our senior sports analyst, Ty Johnson, for a play-by-play of tonight's game. Joining me for a play-by-play description of the first half is two-time Super Bowl champion Doug Douglas. II. (of a sports commentary) reporting details of every phase of the match as its happens. being or giving a running commentary on a sports event. a description of what happens in a sports competition or game as it happens, especially on television or radio. You also get to watch the games in progress with play-by-play commentary. III. By extension, a very detailed, thorough depiction of some event as each moment unfolded in real time. "Hey. I only asked how the party went, to be polite, I don't need a friggin play by play of the evening!" I don't need a play-by-play of how the meeting went—just give me a quick rundown. I'm dying to hear about your date last night. Give me a play-by-play description! bit by bit If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages. Bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do. 2. In basketball and other sports, a buzzer beater 压哨球 is a shot that is taken before the game clock of a quarter, a half, or an overtime period expires but does not go in the basket until after the clock expires and the buzzer sounds. The term is normally reserved for baskets that beat an end-of-quarter/half/overtime buzzer but is sometimes referred to shots that beat the shot clock buzzer. If a player releases the ball before the buzzer sounds, the shot still counts if it goes in even though the clock expires before the ball goes through the hoop. buzzer-round 抢答题. Asking the teams to raise a hand to answer while recording every question and referring the recorded video in slow motion in any kind of confusion or dispute. Of course, you should do all the other buzzer-round friendly things such as: - if you are reading out the question, stop when someone buzzes. - if you are showing the question, let it not be too long or complex. - be fair in how you identify the people who can answer on the buzz. - ensure no one answers unless you have clearly identified the people who can answer. - have the right incentives & negatives for attempting the answer. Before getting into the "conducting buzzer round without buzzer", my personal opinion would be just don't conduct a buzzer round until and unless you have an exceptionally good buzzer system and still there will be complaints from teams "My buzzer is not working". Having a buzzer round in a Quiz only leads to chaos and waste of time. bounce: These are a set of rules for determining scoring pattern of a quiz so that it is fair to all teams in final. The quiz master 提问者, 主持人 has no control on who gets the next direct question. It depends on whomever answers the previous question. The team next clockwise to this team who answered last question will get the direct question in half of total rounds. In the rest of rounds the team sitting next anticlockwise to last team to answer gets the next direct question. And both direct and pass questions carry same points +10. pounce: But even with bounce alone it won't be fair enough so we have pounce. After a question is read out,there is a window of time where any team who is sure of the answer may pounce on the question and raise their hand to gesture the quizmaster to come and check the answer they have written down in the paper provided. They DONT shout out the answer so the team who had the direct or any of the other teams who did not pounce can still answer and get points as per the bounce rules. But the trick is there is a negative for pouncing and getting the answer wrong. It is usually +10 -5 for getting right or wrong respectively in pounce but variations like +10 -10 and also KQAs +15 -10 are also followed. There is no negatives for bounce or direct questions so participants are best suited if they guess an answer as it is a free hit. If all teams pounce and get it right or none of the teams get it right on bounce then the team who got that direct question will get the next direct question also. At the end of quiz whomever gets most points gets 1st 2nd and 3rd and so on. Rapid Fire round 快问快答: used to describe questions or jokes that come very quickly one after another. Classic round with a certain number of questions to a particular team to be answered within a certain time period. It is important to keep the question sets homogenous and of similar lengths. used to describe questions or jokes that come very quickly one after another. Take your pick 选择问题类型: You can give options to the teams on what topic they would like to attempt. Examples: Sports, Literature, Politics, Geography, History etc. Make sure that the options offered number more than the teams/individuals so that the last team/person has at least two options to choose from. ROUND-1 (Rules for General Round) 必答题: Each team will be asked 2 questions of 10 marks each. They will be given 30 seconds for each question. If the allotted team is unable to answer the question then the question will passed on to the subsequent teams. Subsequent teams will be given 15 seconds to answer & will be awarded 5 marks 得分 for each correct answer. ROUND-2 (Rules for Buzzer Round) 必答题规则: There will be 8 questions in this round. Team pressing the buzzer first will be given the chance to answer. 15 marks will be awarded for each correct answer & 5 marks will be deducted 扣分 for each incorrect answer. Team will be given 60 seconds for each question. ROUND-5 (Rules for Rules – Rapid fire round) 快问快答规则: Each team will be asked to nominate a member from their team. Nominated member will be given 60 seconds for 10 questions in this round. 5 marks will be awarded for each correct answer. 其他规则: There is no negative marking 不扣分 for incorrect response. This is a non-transferrable round. 3. specific [spəˈsɪfɪk] I. involving or relating to only one particular thing or type of thing. Spectators are only allowed into specific areas of the stadium. You have to enter the information in a specific order. The leaders met for the specific purpose of preserving the ceasefire. a. limited to one particular thing. specific to: Most of their knowledge is specific to the company they work for. II. exact and detailed. For specific instructions, please refer to the guide. gender-specific relevant to or suitable for people of a particular gender. a gender-specific disease. gender-specific language. The point is, this type of activity is not gender-specific. specific gravity the weight of something divided by the weight of the same volume of water. specific performance the completion of contractual obligations, enforced by a court order when payment of money would not compensate the other party. The remedy [ˈremədi] ( remedial [rɪˈmiːdɪəl] ) of specific performance is, like all other equitable remedies, discretionary. 4. moral code (ethics) A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people. You can't break his moral code 突破道德底线. Monaco王子: The cheeky royal spied on the proceedings from above through a window overlooking the courtyard. Donning a pair of VERY cool reflective 反光的太阳镜 sunglasses, Prince Jacques was caught peering through the curtains. Movie - The Accountant: He exposes himself daily to loud music and flashing lights to inure ( inured [ɪˈnʊrd] 麻木不仁的, 麻木了 so familiar with an unpleasant experience that you no longer become upset by it. be inured to something 习惯于了, 不觉得怎样了: We have become inured to the stinging insects here. ) himself to sensory overload. Forensic accountants 财务审计人员( [fəˈrenzɪk] 科搜研. I. relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes and to find out who committed them. Forensic experts searched the house. forensic evidence: They have come up with new forensic evidence. II. relating to lawyers or law courts. forensic debates.) are experienced auditors, accountants, and investigators of legal and financial documents that are hired to look into possible suspicions of fraudulent activity within a company; or are hired by a company who may just want to prevent fraudulent activities from occurring. They also provide services in areas such as accounting, antitrust, damages, analysis, valuation, and general consulting. Forensic accountants have also been used in divorces, bankruptcy, insurance claims, personal injury claims, fraudulent claims, construction, royalty audits, and tracking terrorism by investigating financial records. Many forensic accountants work closely with law enforcement personnel and lawyers during investigations and often appear as expert witnesses during trials. 5. can't place somebody/something I. to identify or classify in a particular context. to recognize someone, but be unable to remember where you have met them before I've seen her somewhere before, but I can't quite place her. We've met before, but I can't quite place it. Not really, I'm 27. If I was a rock star I'd be dead." The bloke made apologetic gestures. "No, no. Ah'm not criti-sashing. Ah'm just... admirative." He had a weird accent. Not quite French. I couldn't place it 说不清楚, 分不清楚[...]. I could not place that person's face. "Have you seen this movie?"; "Have you read this book?"; Do you know the name of this thing?" "No, I can't place it.". II. I know I have one somewhere, but I have no idea where it is right now. Yes of course I have a 5Kg hammer, but I just can't place it. I would say this if an object was mislaid, or if I couldn't remember where I had last seen someone (I know that girl from somewhere, but I can't place her.).

 Seasonings 包括盐, spices 和 herbs. spices 是植物的果实, 皮, 根茎等, 多为干的. herbs是植物的叶子用于调味和装点, condiment 是桌子上的事后加的调料, 酱油, 番茄酱, 蛋黄酱等(也可以烹饪过程中加) mayonnaise [ˌmeɪəˈneɪz; US: 'meɪə ˌneɪz] mayo [ˈmeɪoʊ] hold the ketchup/ mustard/ mayo etc. 不要, 不添加 used for telling someone not to give you a particular thing, especially a type of food. to not include mayonnaise She ordered a turkey sandwich and told the waiter to hold the mayo. Give me a hot dog, and hold the mustard. 加工方法: cure (干燥烟熏过的), marinate(酱汁泡过的), pickle (醋或者盐水 腌渍过的), process (加工过, 产生根本变化的. preserve 是防治腐烂处理过的. ): Culinary use typically distinguishes herbs from spices. Herbs generally refers to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant, while spices are usually dried and produced from other parts of the plant, including seeds, bark, roots and fruits.1. Seasoning is the process of adding salt, herbs, or spices to food to enhance the flavour 增加风味. Seasonings 调味品 include herbs and spices, which are themselves frequently referred to as "seasonings". However, Larousse Gastronomique states that "to season and to flavour are not the same thing", insisting that seasoning includes a large or small amount of salt being added to a preparation. Salt may be used to draw out water 吸干水分, or to magnify a natural flavour of a food making it richer or more delicate, depending on the dish. This type of procedure is akin to curing 腌渍(curing: to preserve meat, fish, or other foods by drying them, or by using smoke or salt. marinate: to put meat, fish, or vegetables in a marinade. a liquid that you put food into to give it a special flavor before cooking it. pickling: When you pickle food, you keep it in vinegar or salt water so that it does not go bad and it develops a strong, sharp taste. Select your favourite fruit or veg and pickle them while they are still fresh. Herrings can be salted, smoked and pickled. Pickles are vegetables or fruit, sometimes cut into pieces, which have been kept in vinegar or salt water for a long time so that they have a strong, sharp taste. Another strong Yorkshire country tradition is making pickles and chutneys. ). For instance, sea salt (a coarser-grained salt) is rubbed into chicken, lamb, and beef to tenderize the meat and improve flavour. Other seasonings like black pepper and basil transfer some of their flavour to the food. A well designed dish may combine seasonings that complement 互补 each other. In addition to the choice of herbs and seasoning, the timing of when flavours are added will affect the food that is being cooked. In some cultures, meat may be seasoned by pouring seasoning sauce over the dish at the table. A variety of seasoning techniques exist in various cultures. 2. herb 植物调料: In general use, herbs are plants with savory or aromatic [ˌærəˈmætɪk] aroma [ əˈrəʊmə] properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing 装饰, 装点 food, medicinal purposes, or for fragrances; excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients. Culinary use([ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ri] relating to food and how to cook it. He likes to show off his culinary skills 烹饪技术. culinary delights 美食 (=very good food): And what culinary delights do you have for us tonight?) typically distinguishes herbs from spices. Herbs generally refers to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant, while spices are usually dried and produced from other parts of the plant, including seeds, bark, roots and fruits. 3. A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. 4. A condiment or table sauce is a spice, sauce, or preparation (such as onions) that is added to food to impart a specific flavor, to enhance the flavor, or, in some cultures, to complement the dish. The term originally described pickled or preserved foods(preserve verb I. If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end. We will do everything to preserve peace. ...an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards. ...the preservation of the status quo 维持现状. [+ of] II. If you preserve something, you take action to save it or protect it from damage or decay. We need to preserve the forest 保护森林. Why are we so obsessed with preserving buildings that are no longer fit for purpose? ...perfectly preserved medieval houses. ...the preservation of buildings of architectural or historic interest. III. If you preserve food, you treat it in order to prevent it from decaying so that you can store it for a long time. I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums. ...preserved ginger in syrup. preserve n. Preserves are foods such as jam that are made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar so that they can be stored for a long time. II. If you say that a job or activity is the preserve of a particular person or group of people, you mean that they are the only ones who take part in it. The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president. [+ of] Many areas of the film industry remain almost entirely male preserves. III. A nature preserve 自然保护去 is an area of land or water where animals are protected from hunters. ...Pantanal, one of the world's great wildlife preserves. 犯罪现场保护和破坏(preserve, contaminate(scene, evidence), pollute the scene): After a crime scene has been discovered, it is important that measures are taken to secure and protect the scene from contamination. In order to maintain the integrity of the scene, law enforcement must take action to block off the surrounding area as well as keep track of who comes in and goes out. By taking these precautions, officers can ensure that evidence that is collected can be used in court. Evidence that has become contaminated, tampered with, or mistreated can pollute the scene and cause a case to be thrown out of court. It is important that everything that occurs during the analysis of a crime scene is documented. It is the job of the initial responding officer to make sure that the scene has an extremely coherent and summarized documentation. The documentation should include the officers observations and actions while at the scene. The initial responder is in charge of documenting the appearance and condition of the scene upon arrival. The initial responder will also gather statements and comments from witnesses, victims, and possible suspects. Several other documents are also generated so that a crime scene's integrity 现场的完整性 is kept intact 安好. These documents include a list of who has been in contact with evidence (chain of custody), as well as a log of what evidence has been collected. ), but its meaning has changed over time. Many condiments, such as mustard or ketchup, are available in single-serving 单份的 packets, commonly when supplied with take-out or fast-food meals. The diner usually applies them, but they are sometimes added prior to serving, for example, in a sandwich made with ketchup, mustard or mayonnaise. Some condiments are used during cooking to add flavor or texture; barbecue sauce, compound butter, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, and marmite and sour cream are examples. The term condiment comes from the Latin condimentum, meaning "spice, seasoning, sauce" and from the Latin condere, meaning "preserve, pickle, season". Soy sauce (also called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds. Soy sauce in its current form was created about 2,200 years ago during the Western Han dynasty of ancient China, and spread throughout East and Southeast Asia where it is used in cooking and as a condiment. 5. culinary [ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ri] 烹饪的. cutlery [ˈkʌtləri]. crockery [ˈkrokəri] 杯盘. 韭菜: Chinese chives = Chinese leek(leek指那种长的像葱, 但比较大只的). 葱 spring onion = Shallot. Parsley 香芹: Parsley or garden parsley. Parsley is widely used in European, Middle Eastern, and American cuisine. Curly leaf parsley is often used as a garnish. In central Europe, eastern Europe, and southern Europe, as well as in western Asia, many dishes are served with fresh green chopped parsley sprinkled on top. Flat leaf parsley is similar, but it is easier to cultivate, and some say it has a stronger flavor. Root parsley is very common in central, eastern, and southern European cuisines, where it is used as a snack or a vegetable in many soups, stews, and casseroles. sage [seɪdʒ] garden sage, common sage, or culinary sage 鼠尾草. a plant used to flavor food. Rosemary 迷迭香 : Upon cultivation, the leaves, twigs, and flowering apices are extracted for use. Rosemary is used as a decorative plant in gardens where it may have pest control effects. The leaves are used to flavor various foods, such as stuffing and roast meats. Thyme [taɪm] 麝香草: Thyme is best cultivated in a hot, sunny location with well-drained soil. It is generally planted in the spring, and thereafter grows as a perennial. It can be propagated by seed, cuttings, or dividing rooted sections of the plant. It tolerates drought well. The plants can take deep freezes and are found growing wild on mountain highlands. Coriander 香菜, 芫荽 (UK: [ˌkɒriˈændər, ˈkɒriˌændər], US: [ˈkɔːriˌændər, ˌkɔːriˈændər]), also known as Chinese parsley, the stems and leaves of which are usually called cilantro ([sɪˈlæntroʊ, -ˈlɑːn-]) in North America, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds (as a spice) are the parts most traditionally used in cooking. Most people perceive the taste of coriander leaves as a tart, lemon/lime taste, but a smaller group of about 4–14% of people tested think the leaves taste like bath soap, as linked to a gene which detects aldehyde chemicals present in both. Basil (UK: [ˈbæzəl] US: [ˈbeɪzəl]), also called great basil or Saint-Joseph's-wort, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). Basil is native to tropical regions from central Africa to Southeast Asia. It is a tender plant, and is used in cuisines worldwide. Depending on the species and cultivar, the leaves may taste somewhat like anise, with a strong, pungent, often sweet smell. Fennel [ˈfen(ə)l] 茴香 is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea-coast and on riverbanks. It is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb used in cookery and, along with the similar-tasting anise, is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. Florence fennel or finocchio is a selection with a swollen, bulb-like stem base that is used as a vegetable. The bulb, foliage, and fruits of the fennel plant are used in many of the culinary traditions of the world. The small flowers of wild fennel (known as fennel "pollen" ) are the most potent form of fennel, but also the most expensive. Dried fennel fruit (像谷壳) is an aromatic, anise-flavored spice, brown or green in color when fresh, slowly turning a dull grey as the fruit ages. For cooking, green fruitss are optimal. The leaves are delicately flavored and similar in shape to those of dill. The bulb is a crisp vegetable that can be sautéed, stewed, braised, grilled, or eaten raw. Young tender leaves are used for garnishes, as a salad, to add flavor to salads, to flavor sauces to be served with puddings, and also in soups and fish sauce. Fennel fruits are sometimes confused with those of anise, which are similar in taste and appearance, though smaller. Fennel is also used as a flavoring in some natural toothpastes. The fruits are used in cookery and sweet desserts. Anise ([ˈænɪs]), also called aniseed. Its flavor has similarities with some other spices, such as star anise 八角(类似于茴香角 A spice commonly called star anise, staranise, star anise seed, Chinese star anise, or badiane that closely resembles anise in flavor is obtained from the star-shaped pericarps of the fruit of I. verum which are harvested just before ripening. ), fennel, and liquorice. It is widely cultivated and used to flavor food and alcoholic drinks, especially around the Mediterranean. It served as a carminative in herbal medicine.

 strip VS stripe VS strand: 1. Sydney - The strand arcade, Croydon - the Strand, Melbourne - Royal Arcade, London - The strand, Las Vegas - the strip: The arcade became run down as time went by. Restoration work was carried out in the 1970s, but a fire broke out on the morning of 25 May 1976. The arcade was partly destroyed. The Arcade was originally known as the 'City Arcade' and sometimes as 'Arcade Street'. In 1891 it was named after the famous London Street that links the City of London and the City of Westminster (strand 古老含义是海边的a shore or beach). The Strand was London's smartest theatre, hotel and shopping street in the early 1900s. 2. strand noun I. 发丝. 丝线. a single thin piece of something, for example wire, cotton, or hair. a thin thread of something, often one of a few, twisted around each other to make a string or rope: She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. a strand of dental floss. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes. [+ of] ...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire. [+ of] He began to feed in the spaghetti, carefully separating the strands 一条面条. a fiber or group of fibers twisted together that form one part of a length of rope, cord, thread, etc., or a single string, hair, or line of objects: a strand of hair. She wore three strands of beads around her neck. II. one of the different aspects of something. a part that combines with other parts to form a whole story, subject, or situation: There are so many different strands to the plot that it's hard to follow. There are many strands (= types) of pacifism. The reader's job is to unravel the strands of the mystery. There are many different strands within feminist thought. A strand of a plan or theory is a part of it. There had been two strands to his tactics. He's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought. III. a beach or area at the edge of a sea, lake, or river. strand verb If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather. The climbers had been stranded by a storm. The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists. 3. strip [strɪp] noun I. 条, 带. a long, flat, narrow piece. a narrow strip of land. He didn't have a bandage, so he ripped up his shirt into thin strips. Protect the magnetic strip 磁条 on your credit card from scratches, heat, or other damage. II. uk the clothing worn by a football team that has the team's colours on it: The team will be wearing its new strip at next Saturday's match. III. a row of stores and small businesses built together along the side of a main road(A strip mall is an open-air shopping mall where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front. They face major traffic arterials and tend to be self-contained with few pedestrian connections to surrounding neighborhoods. storefront = shopfront: the area of a shop that faces the street. the front of a store that faces the street, where some things that are sold in the store are shown. wiki: A storefront or shopfront is the facade or entryway of a retail store located on the ground floor or street level of a commercial building, typically including one or more display windows. A storefront functions to attract visual attention to a business and its merchandise. Before the middle of the 19th century, shop fronts did not have large display windows, but often included features such as awnings 遮阳棚, 遮雨棚 and bay windows 凸出来的窗口, 飘窗 (A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. ) to attract the attention of passersby. The storefronts of commercial buildings are often substantially altered even when other architectural elements remain intact. Such alterations can adversely affect a historic building's architectural and historic character. ): commercial/retail strips. magnetic strip a plastic strip on which informationcan be recorded, for example on the back of a credit card: The government has started issuing driving licences with magnetic strips on the back that contain data. strip verb FINANCE to remove the interest payments from a bond and sell them separately from the original bond: Certain of these securities may have variable interest rates and others may be stripped. strip sth down 拆散, 拆开 to separate a machine or piece of equipment into separate parts in order to clean or repair it: Apprentices are taught how to strip and repair machinery. to remove the unnecessary parts of a system or process in order to make it more simple or efficient: Pensions can be made simple by stripping them down to the basic elements with no fancy add-ons. asset-stripping 资产剥离 the activity in which a company buys an unsuccessful company cheaply and sells its assets separately at a profit. strip sth from sb/sth 剥夺, 褫夺, 斥夺 to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: The Commons vote tonight is to reinstateproposals stripped from the Bill in the House of Lords. If we don't stand up for our rights, we could see our freedom stripped from us. strip sb of sth to take something important, such as a title, away from someone as a punishment: He was stripped of his knighthood after he was convicted of stealing from the company. strip sth off (sth) 剥离 to get rid of unnecessary costs or payments: She succeeded in making the company a top performer by stripping off unprofitable assets. strip sth away I. to gradually reduce something important or something that has existed for a long time. to get rid of something that is considered not to be necessary: Stripping away layers of bureaucracy would release the extra money necessary to develop services that patients really need. If you strip away all the rhetoric, you're left with an opinion that isn't backed up by facts. II. to remove a large amount of money, for example from a budget, so that there is less to spend: Most of their profits have been stripped away by competitors. strip sth out to ignore particular numbers or facts in a situation in order to understand what is really important: After stripping out property sales, the firm's operating profits rose ten percent. 4. stripe [straɪp] I. 条纹. 花纹. a line of one color on a background of a different color. a white shirt with red stripes. The male has a distinctive white stripe above the eyes. II. 代表级别的杠杠. 横杠. a band of cloth on a uniform showing the rank of the person wearing it. a corporal's stripes. earn your stripes to do something to deserve a new position or a higher status He earned his stripes playing for the reserve team. of every stripe = of all stripes of all types people of all political stripes.

 Why Pauline Hanson's week from hell failed to dent her: For any other pollie, getting caught on camera like she did this week is not something you recover from. This is why it won't hurt Pauline Hanson. For any other politician it would go down in history as a disastrous week. A party leader seen to be suggesting the Port Arthur massacre was part of a government conspiracy. Her chief of staff and Queensland state leader captured in secret recordings discussing softening the party's gun control policies in exchange for cash from America's most powerful lobby group, the National Rifle Association. (This, of course, as across the Tasman thousands gathered at a remembrance service to honour 50 people killed in New Zealand's worst terrorist attack.) Then a bumbling(bumble 乱哄哄的. 糊里糊涂的, 不知道在说什么的 [ˈbʌmblɪŋ] I. to speak in a confused way that is difficult to understand. behaving in a way that is confused and not properly organized. a bumbling attempt to start the race. II. to move somewhere without a clear purpose in a way that is not smooth or graceful. ) press conference by said leader that was more ramble ( noun A ramble is a long walk in the countryside. ...an hour's ramble through the woods. verb. I. If you ramble, you go on a long walk in the countryside. ...freedom to ramble across the moors. II. If you say that a person rambles in their speech or writing, you mean they do not make much sense because they keep going off the subject in a confused way. Sometimes she spoke sensibly; sometimes she rambled 不知所云. It would have been best written in a more concise way as it does tend to ramble. ramble on If you say that someone is rambling on, you mean that they have been talking for a long time in a boring and rather confused way. She only half-listened as Ella rambled on. He stood in my kitchen, rambling on about Lillian. ) than rhetoric and will be remembered by some for the multiple errors and the red tick mark on the speaker's cheek. Anyone else would slink ( If you slink somewhere, you move there quietly because you do not want to be seen. He decided that he couldn't just slink away, so he went and sat next to his wife. ) away hoping that the news cycle this weekend might throw up some other great scandal or disaster so that the past week's shenanigans might be superseded ( supersede 被取代 [suːpərsiːd] verb [usually passive] If something is superseded by something newer, it is replaced because it has become old-fashioned or unacceptable. Hand tools are relics of the past that have now been superseded by the machine. ) by something worse. Not Pauline Hanson. She's emerged from the scandal more powerful than ever. It must be galling ( [ˈɡɔːlɪŋ] adj. 让人气愤的. 惹人生气的. irritating, exasperating, or bitterly humiliating. gall [gɔːl] I. If you say that someone has the gall to do something 厚颜无耻, 不知廉耻, 不知羞耻, 没有礼貌, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way. [disapproval] I daresay he thought he was above the law. I can't get over the gall of the fellow. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing. II. If someone's action galls you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures. It was their serenity which galled her most. It was especially galling to be criticised by this scoundrel. n. A gall 疖子. 疤瘌. is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury. scoundrel [skaundrəl] 大恶人, 无恶不作之徒 [old-fashioned, disapproval] If you refer to a man as a scoundrel, you mean that he behaves very badly towards other people, especially by cheating them or deceiving them. a man who behaves in an unfair or dishonest way He is a lying scoundrel! ) to those who've had their careers nosedive 一落千丈 on a poorly sourced fact or a clumsy utterance to see the flame-haired, Phoenix-like Hanson rise from the rubble 浴火重生 yet again. So what's her secret? Has she been spray-coated like Donald Trump with a substance ( Teflon [ˈtefˌlɑn] a type of plastic often put on pans to prevent food from sticking to them. ) to which nothing sticks? Or are her supporters so rusted on that she can do anything. For Bronwyn Bishop, it took just a careless taxpayer-funded jaunt ( [dʒɔnt] a short trip that you take for fun. ) in a helicopter to see her turfed from office. Meanwhile Hanson can spout ( [spaʊt] I. If something spouts liquid or fire, or if liquid or fire spout out of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force. He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout 蹿火苗 flames. The main square has a fountain that spouts 喷射 water 40 feet into the air. In a storm, water spouts out of the blowhole just like a whale. II. A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully. III. If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel. [disapproval] He used his column to spout ill-informed criticism of the Scots rugby team. Spout forth and spout off mean the same as spout. ...an estate agent spouting forth about houses. All too often he is spouting off about matters which should not concern him. n. A spout is a long, hollow part of a container through which liquids can be poured out easily. ) conspiracies based on some unnamed "blue book" ( A blue book is an official government report or register of statistics. ) and claim her colleagues are the victims of a "sting" and she'll doubtless live to tell another hundred badly articulated 说的不清不楚的 tales. The truth is that if her followers accept her making racist comments based on fear rather than fact, they're hardly likely to turn on her for her recent comments. In any case, they're members of a club bound less by what they value and more by what they hate: namely latte-sipping inner-city wankers. Hanson's supporters, like those of Trump, see her as anti-elite. They don't care if what she says is sexist, racist, bigoted or stupid as long as their leader is annoying the media or urban sophisticates 文化人 ( [səfɪstɪkeɪt] A sophisticate is someone who knows about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important. someone who knows a lot about things such as culture, fashion, and the modern world. a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture. "he is still the butt of jokes made by New York sophisticates". verb make (someone or something) more sophisticated. "readers who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice". sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd] I. knowing and understanding a lot about a complicated subject. Consumers are getting more sophisticated 口味刁 and more demanding. Ten-year-olds can have a highly sophisticated grasp of morality. II. complicated and advanced in design. highly sophisticated surveillance equipment. III. knowing a lot about things such as culture, fashion, and the modern world. She was elegant and sophisticated. sophisticated dinner-table conversation. ) who wouldn't know one end of a shovel from another. When Hanson is criticised by the media, regardless of the substance, her supporters see it as evidence of the elite attacking "the deplorables" ( deplorable I. 可憎的. 令人厌恶的. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. Poor children suffer permanent damage due to deplorable living conditions and deplorable treatment by law enforcement. Poor children are often accused of having deplorable manners, when they are, in fact, simply responding to society in ways that mirror how society treats them. II. 可惜的. 可悲的. Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion. We were all saddened by the deplorable death of his son. "Basket of deplorables 一堆可怜人 " is a phrase from a 2016 presidential election campaign speech delivered by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on September 9, 2016, at a campaign fundraising event, which Clinton used to describe half of the supporters of her general election opponent, Republican nominee Donald Trump. Clinton later said that she "regrets saying half [of Trump's supporters]", and the Trump campaign repeatedly used the phrase against her during and after the 2016 presidential election. Many Trump supporters adopted the "Deplorable" moniker for themselves. After Clinton's loss, some journalists and political analysts questioned whether the speech played a role in the election's outcome; Clinton herself wrote in her book What Happened that it was one of the factors for her loss. deplore I. (transitive) 可悲, 可叹. To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for. I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job. The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan. I deplore not having listened to your advice. II. (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of. I deplore how you treated him at the party. Many people deplore the actions of a corrupt government.), the name Hillary Clinton so memorably ascribed to her detractors 批评者 ( someone who publicly criticizes someone or something. ) and a misjudgment that enabled Trump to trampoline straight into office. Hanson's supporters, like those of Trump, see the media as part of a political machine that is out to suppress 压迫 the aspirations of "ordinary Australians" who "are living in the real world". They're the battlers and the underdogs and they're driven by the belief there's a cultural, economic and political elite who look down on them. Hanson's press conference on Thursday was Kool-Aid to her fans. They don't care if she's incoherent 逻辑混乱, 前言不搭后语的 [ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt] (h发音) or short on facts. To them, she's a maverick with a microphone who eschews brevity and big words. She speaks as her supporters talk to each other and so her dialogue – irrespective of 无所谓, 不管 what she's actually saying – is familiar and reassuring. Like them she sees herself as a victim of both the establishment and a media riven ( [ˈrɪv(ə)n] a country or organization that is riven by disagreement or other difficulties is divided by them. If a country or organization is riven by conflict, it is damaged or destroyed by violent disagreements. The four provinces are riven by deep family and tribal conflicts. [+ by/with] The party was riven with factional fighting. ) with bias. As she told her fans in the 18-minute diatribe ( [ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb] a speech or piece of writing that angrily attacks someone or something. The senator launched into a furious diatribe against handgun legislation. ), there were some nice journalists and some nasty ones. Obviously Al Jazeera are the nasty ones even though, as she admitted, she hadn't watched the full investigation. Nevertheless, she still claimed the footage was dubbed and heavily edited. Long before Trump came up with the concept of fake news, Hanson has claimed the media has been out to get her. When One Nation was wiped out at the federal election in 1998 she blamed it on Rupert Murdoch, falsely claiming he ordered News Corp Australia newspapers to attack her. What is accurate is that the issue of preferencing One Nation will now consume the political debate in the lead-up to the election.

windmill VS wind turbine

用法学习: 1. 杀人案: "The allegation against (Chris Hopkinson) is that he stood guard 站岗, 放哨 with a weapon and detained Mr Tsang when his two co-accused inflicted terrible injuries upon him, which resulted in the death of Mr Tsang," magistrate Lisa Stapleton said. "The murder of Mr Tsang shows extreme violence and abhorrent [əbˈhɒrənt] (h发音) callousness," Ms Stapleton said. tense I. making you feel nervous and not relaxed, usually because you are worried about what is going to happen. a tense situation/atmosphere. a tense silence: There was a tense silence as everyone waited for his reaction. a tense atmosphere 紧张的: The atmosphere in the courtroom was extremely tense. A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next. This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks. After three very tense weeks he phoned again. There was a tense silence. a. 紧张的. 焦灼的. 焦虑的. feeling nervous and not relaxed, usually because you are worried about what is going to happen. If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax. Dart, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed. She waited tensely for the next bulletin. 'Tony, I can explain everything,' she said tensely. McKay walked slowly toward this screen, feeling a growing tenseness. He was tired, but too tense to sleep. The city remains tense after Monday's bombing.  II. pulled or stretched tight. She was gently massaging the tense muscles 紧绷的, 绷紧的 of his neck. intense I. 激烈的. 剧烈的. 浓烈的. 强烈的. Intense is used to describe something that is very great or extreme in strength or degree. intense heat/cold/sunlight: Festivities began in the intense heat of the midday sun. He was sweating from the intense heat. Suddenly the room filled with intense light. Stevens's murder was the result of a deep-seated and intense hatred. His threats become more intense, agitated, and frequent. The fast-food business is intensely competitive. The attack was anticipated but its intensity came as a shock. II. If you describe an activity as intense, you mean that it is very serious and concentrated, and often involves doing a great deal in a short time. The battle for third place was intense. The military on both sides are involved in intense activity. involving or done with a lot of effort, energy, attention, etc. an intense stare. This type of work requires intense concentration. III. If you describe the way someone looks at you as intense, you mean that they look at you very directly and seem to know what you are thinking or feeling. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze. He gazed at me with those intense blue eyes. He sipped his drink, staring intensely at me. IV. If you describe a person as intense, you mean that they appear to concentrate very hard on everything that they do, and they feel and show their emotions in a very extreme way. feeling and showing emotions in a very strong way. Some people find her hard to get along with because she's so intense. I know he's an intense player, but he does enjoy what he's doing. She is taller than I imagined, more adult, more intense. His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me. V. spoken used for showing that you find someone or something very exciting. Bungee jumping is so intense 刺激的! 2. dear departed = dear(ly) departed 逝者 euphemism One who has died. a dead person, as referred to at a funeral. Let's take a moment to meditate on the life of the dear departed. Myrna was a wonderful woman, and we are all gathered here today to remember our dearly departed. antsy [ˈantsi] 坐卧不安的, 心神不宁的, 热锅上蚂蚁似的 adjective agitated, impatient, or restless. If someone is antsy, they are nervous or impatient. This is the end of a tour so I'm a little antsy, I guess. "Dick got antsy the day he put to sea". 3. veblen [ˈvɛblən] Veblen good 奢侈品: a term used in economics: luxury goods (such as expensive cars or watches) which become exclusive (and therefore more desirable) the more they cost. Weather vane: A weather vane, wind vane, or weathercock is an instrument for showing the direction of the wind. It is typically used as an architectural ornament to the highest point of a building. The word vane comes from the Old English word fana meaning "flag".

windmill (古代的的风车) VS wind turbine 发电风车: A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Centuries ago, windmills usually were used to mill grain (gristmills), pump water (windpumps), or both. There are windmills that convert the rotational energy directly into heat. The majority of modern windmills take the form of wind turbines used to generate electricity, or windpumps used to pump water, either for land drainage or to extract groundwater. Windmills first appeared in Persia in the 9th century AD, and were later independently invented in Europe. The Ingenious Gentleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha, or just Don Quixote ([ˌdɒŋ kiːˈhoʊti], US: [-teɪ]) 唐璜: The story follows the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante), reviving chivalry and serving his country, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. After a short period of feigning health, Don Quixote requests his neighbour, Sancho Panza, to be his squire, promising him a petty governorship (ínsula). Sancho is a poor and simple farmer but more practical than the head-in-the-clouds Don Quixote and agrees to the offer, sneaking away with Don Quixote in the early dawn. It is here that their famous adventures begin, starting with Don Quixote's attack on windmills that he believes to be ferocious giants. Tilting at windmills 攻击假想敌(to be wasting time dealing with problems that do not really exist. To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity.) is an English idiom that means attacking imaginary enemies. The expression is derived from the 1605 novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, and the word "tilt" in this context comes from jousting. The phrase is sometimes used to describe either confrontations where adversaries are incorrectly perceived, or courses of action that are based on misinterpreted or misapplied heroic, romantic, or idealistic justifications. It may also connote an importune, unfounded, and vain effort against adversaries real or imagined for a vain goal. A wind turbine, or alternatively referred to as a wind energy converter, is a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy. Wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. Larger turbines can be used for making contributions to a domestic power supply while selling unused power back to the utility supplier via the electrical grid. Arrays of large turbines, known as wind farms, are becoming an increasingly important source of intermittent renewable energy and are used by many countries as part of a strategy to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. One assessment claimed that, as of 2009, wind had the "lowest relative greenhouse gas emissions, the least water consumption demands and... the most favourable social impacts" compared to photovoltaic, hydro, geothermal, coal and gas.

Billions S1E4: After getting one of his portfolio managers out of trouble with the police, Axe spontaneously goes to a Metallica concert with his childhood friends. While there, he meets a free-spirited young woman who makes him face the limits of his own freedom. He also must fend off a short squeeze led by Chuck's father. Back in New York, Chuck has an epic day-long proffer session with Pete Decker, learning important facts about the inner workings of Axe Cap. But Chuck must also take action against his own father for his stock manipulation. Axe reckons with a cold betrayal by one of his friends, and upon his return, makes a momentous decision about the direction of his firm. 1. So, the key to bagging ( to bag out (= bag on someone) I. (slang, Australian) to criticise someone I don't mean to bag you out, but that top is really not flattering on you. II. Australian slang meaning 'make fun of' or 'insult'. "You're always bagging me/him/her/them out!" bag verb I. 抢先得到, 抢先拿下. 抢到. 收获. If you bag something that a lot of people want, you get it for yourself before anyone else can get it. [British, informal] I bagged a CD player in perfect condition at the flea market. The smart ones will have already bagged their seats by placing cards on them. To get or obtain something. Hey, when you go to that event, be sure to bag some cupcakes for us! II. 抓获. 逮住. 抓住. To gain possession of; capture. I've heard that a lot, mostly in the context of hunting. More recently I've only heard it on shows like Law and Order and CSI as in put the body in a bag. He bagged a deer. I hope I'll bag some ducks. To arrest someone. After trying to bag these guys for months, we were finally able to bring them into the station tonight. bag noun I. If you say there is bags of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. If you say that there are bags of things, you mean that there are a large number of them. [British, informal, emphasis] ...a hotel with bags of character. II. If someone calls a woman an old bag or a stupid bag, they are insulting her. [offensive, disapproval]. III. 眼袋. If you have bags under your eyes, you have folds of skin there, usually because you have not had enough sleep. not someone's bag not something that you enjoy or are interested in. Activity holidays aren't my bag. be left holding the bag If you are left holding the bag, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it. [US, informal] I don't want to be left holding the bag if something goes wrong. ) Axe is? Pete Decker. 2. You got something in your stomach now. The cops are far away. This is when you tell me what the fuck transpired( transpire I. to happen What transpired next was a scene worthy of the sitcoms we were watching. Just over two weeks ago a series of unfortunate events transpired. II. biology if a plant transpires, water passes from the surface of its leaves into the air as vapor. it transpired (that) used before you mention a fact or event that people did not know about. It transpired that Mr. James had already hired a new secretary.) inside that head of yours. I was blowing steam (blow off steam = let off steam 发泄 to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy: Call me any time you need to blow off some steam.), I guess. You're not tanking ( I. (transitive) slang to defeat heavily. II. (intransitive) informal to fail, esp commercially. ) anymore. I've seen your runs. You pulled past even. Open road 光明大道, 光明前程 ahead of you. It was an $8 million day to the good (to the good I. as a profit, benefit, or advantage. I. generally helpful: Greater international stability can surely only be to the good. be (all) to the good I. used to say that something that happens is good, especially when it is in addition to or as the result of something else If further improvements can be made, that would be all to the good. II. producing benefits or advantages in a situation that is not completely satisfactory. If more people get to hear about our work, then that's all to the good.). I had a drink. Three. Watched the Yanks lose. And then there was just nothing. You don't feel anything. Maybe a twinge ( I. a sudden short pain. He felt a slight twinge in his knee. II. a sudden short feeling of emotion, especially an unpleasant one. a twinge of sadness/regret/guilt. ) when I get crushed. Nothing when I'm up. It happens. You ever do this thing where you pull up your positions and just stare at them on the screen? Try to really hold on to all that money inside? No. Does it make you feel happy when you do? Like it's enough? No. Right. Because what drives you doesn't understand "enough. " Well, last night, I was doing it Staring at the numbers. I look away from the screen, out the window, and I see them out there, eating everything we planted like it's a fucking salad bar for them. And then just rage over how fucking stupid they are. Eat, move, shit. Eat, move, shit. Repeat. I mean, how can things that dumb have the gall to occupy the same space that I do? Does that one make any sense to you? Yeah, more than you know. Look, there won't be any record of what happened here. It's been worked out. But I'll remember. I can't have this. Can't give the world another reason to hate us. Can't give a wedge to law enforcement, a way in. You understand? Go get yourself coffee. Shower in the gym. Don't fucking talk about any of this to anyone. Keep it together. 3. Is that Pete Decker? What? He used to work at Axe. Do you have business with him? 4. Let's get started. This is a proffer session ( I. If you proffer something to someone, you hold it towards them so that they can take it or touch it. [formal] She proffered a gloved hand. II. If you proffer something such as advice to someone, you offer it to them. The army has not yet proffered an explanation of how and why the accident happened. A proffer is an offer made prior to any formal negotiations. In a trial, to proffer (sometimes profer) is to offer evidence in support of an argument, or elements of an affirmative defense or offense. A party with the burden of proof must proffer sufficient evidence to carry that burden. For example, in support of a particular argument, a party may proffer documentary evidence or witnesses. Where a party is denied the right to introduce evidence because that evidence would be inflammatory, hearsay, or would lack sufficient authentication, that party must make a proffer of what the evidence would have shown in order to preserve the issue for appeal. proffer letter = "Queen for a Day" letter in the U.S., a binding written agreement between the prosecution and the accused as part of a plea bargain. In U.S. criminal law, a proffer letter, proffer agreement, proffer, or "Queen for a Day" letter is a written agreement between a prosecutor/defendant/prospective/witness that allows the defendant/witness to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against him/her. ), otherwise known as Queen for a Day. As the documents you signed state, you lay out everything illegal you've done in the securities industry, particularly in regards to Axe Capital, in return for a felony 5K letter-reducing sentence. If you are untruthful or withholding 知情不报, 隐瞒事实, you can and will be prosecuted. "Sing for your supper ( sing for one's supper earn a favour or benefit by providing a service in return. If someone has to sing for their supper, they have to do a job before they are allowed to do something they want to do. They would have to 'sing for their supper' during the exhausting official round of duties. "the cruise lecturers are academics singing for their supper". ) and you'll get breakfast in the morn'. But what they don't spell out in that, uh, fine show stopper is what happens when you decide that you forgot the tune. Well, then you go to jail, Pete, and so do Mom and Dad. When you're at his level 在他那个级别, you're more like a nation-state (a sovereign state of which most of the citizens or subjects are united also by factors which define a nation, such as language or common descent. "Nepal emerged as a nation state in the eighteenth century". A nation state (or nation-state) is a state in which the great majority shares the same culture and is conscious of it. The nation state is an ideal in which cultural boundaries match up with political ones. ) than a person. There is no schedule he's following. I mean, when he shows up, the meeting starts. The fact is, he does not need to call meetings. Everywhere he goes, they form around him. You just don't know where his focus is gonna stand. Sometimes, you hope it lands on you. Sometimes, you wish you were invisible. Because when it does land on you, he sees everything. When everyone else is plugging away(to work hard and in a determined way, especially at something that you find difficult: Katie has been plugging away at her homework for hours.), Axe sees the whole board. 5. You always said to call this number, and only this number, in a circumstance like this. I understand. This has to be an in-person 当面的 conversation. I'll tell you a time and place. 6. Metallica's playing one North American gig this year. Tonight. Quebec. We going? You're half right. You got the conn (The conn, also spelled cun, conne, cond, conde, and cund, is the act of controlling a ship's movements while at sea. One of the most important principles of ship handling is that there be no ambiguity as to who is controlling the movements of the ship. One person gives orders to the ship's engine, rudder, lines, and ground tackle. This person is said to have the "conn." ), brother. And like I always say Don't fuck it up. 7. I couldn't be more psyched if you told me Jillian Barberie was gonna ride my face like American Pharoah. 8. I didn't understand the play when you had me make it. Now I do. We should get out of the position. I'd never do that. It's the only way to eliminate potential conflict of interest. There's no conflict. Come on. It won't look good. You set the position then jump onto the board of YumTime. If I made moves based on what looked good, I'm damn sure I wouldn't have this puppy right here. And I'm on lots of boards. Those don't have contracts they're dumping with Cross-Co. Trucking. A guy I talked to who traffics ( traffic I. to buy and sell things such as drugs or weapons illegally traffic in: He was tried and convicted for trafficking in illegal drugs. a. to move people illegally and force them to work for little or no money because they have no rights. be trafficked into: Children living in the slums are at risk of being trafficked into prostitution. Approximately 800,000 victims annually are trafficked across international borders worldwide.) in the name says he's hearing whispers the contract's going to be cancelled. This opens us up to contract steering 合同操纵, manipulation. It opens me up. I didn't have the board seat when we took the short position. And I don't have anything to do with the day-to-day at YumTime or their contracts with vendors. There's no paper that says I do. So, the only thing you're open to is making some money, which would make a nice change. 8. Guess which hedge-funder's got himself in a precarious short, ripe for a squeeze 收割? If you're talking Bobby Axelrod, this just became my favorite round of the year. I want to know what stock I'm running up his ass. It's a trucking company Cross-Co. 9. You're still reckless. You just mask it better. You still need to crush, not just win. I mean, we used to go at each other hard all the time out of respect. That's the kind of friendship it was. What kind of prick would he be if he took it easy now? Hey, I'm just pointing out that while he's telling us he doesn't shoot the moon ("Shoot the moon" is a description for an end condition where one player or team has performed a difficult task of ending the round having taken a threshold number or all point cards in their tricks) anymore, he just shot the fucking moon on us. Unless you can take this, which you can't. Freddy, you're the one who fucked that one up. I mean, you saw what he was up to. I mean, I caught on 意识到, 感觉到 a little bit later( catch on I. to become popular or fashionable. Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. catch on with: Cruise control initially was thought of as a luxury item, but slowly caught on with car buyers at other levels. II. to understand He didn't catch on at first. catch on to: Then I caught on to what it was the guy was saying.), but I didn't have the cards to do anything about it. But you did. I mean, you haven't changed at all. 10. And when you stumble, they're there to catch you, even if it means they take a short-term loss. 11. Wags, Roytan upgraded CXC, Cross-Co. Trucking, to a "strong buy." Shit. That's bad for our short. Target? They think it could hit $90. Fuck! Double scoop of shit. Look at that e-mail. They're recalling 要回, 收回 our shares. Pulling the fucking rug 釜底抽薪. I'm calling Axe. Hey, Chief. Sorry to bother you. Roytan analysts pumped it up on Cross-Co., target of $90, right when the prime e-mailed to take the stock back 要回股票. That can't be a coincidence. No. Son of a bitch. It's a short squeeze. Someone found out about our position. Guys on the prime broker desks have looser lips 口风不紧 than my first wife after the second kid. What do you want to do? Bleed some off 放点血, 大出血卖出去? No. We got to hold. It's gonna pay off big time. Get the fucking prime broker on the phone right now. We need another day on Cross-Co. , plain and simple. Axe, you know how important your business is to me, and ordinarily, I would, but we need the shares back now. Or you can buy in on the market. Why don't you buy the stock for us and hold it as a courtesy? Ordinarily, I'd take the loss for you with a smile, Axe, but no accommodations 没有通融余地, 没有商量的余地 ( leeway, wiggle room, berth )( 单词解说: If the only accommodation at Grandma's is the bunk bed and you and your sis decide to take turns on the top, you've made an accommodation regarding your accommodations. Employers are required to make accommodation 做一些调整和通融 where possible to enable an employee to perform the essential functions of their job. "An employer is not required to lower quality or production standards to make an accommodation; nor is an employer obligated to provide personal use items such as glasses or hearing aids." These are examples of accommodations an employer might make for a qualified employee. Modify the employee's work schedule in terms of hours, days, shifts, full- or part-time work, or starting and ending times; Provide a sign language interpreter or a reader when necessary at work for gatherings such as meetings and training sessions; Make sure that all areas the employee needs to enter to perform his or her job and to enjoy the equal benefits of employment are accessible. When you are accommodating someone, you are making room for them or special circumstances for them. For example, the student with the broken hand was granted the accommodation of having a scribe write his answers for the test. Always remember that accommodation is an accommodating word — there's room inside for two m's and two c's. accommodating 随和的, 肯通融的, 好相处的, 好说话的, 好打交道的 adjective If you describe someone as accommodating, you like the fact that they are willing to do things in order to please you or help you. helpful and easy to work with I found the staff accommodating and knowledgeable. We expected a more accommodating attitude during discussions. accommodation I. 共存机制. An accommodation is an agreement between different people which enables them to exist together without trouble. His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists. Religions must make accommodations with the larger political structures that nurture them. a change in behavior or attitude that helps people work together or end a disagreement. Accommodation seemed impossible. II. USA, use accommodations. Accommodation is used to refer to buildings or rooms where people live or stay. The government will provide temporary accommodation for up to three thousand people. Prices include flights and hotel accommodation. Rates are higher for deluxe accommodations. III. Accommodation is space in buildings or vehicles that is available for certain things, people, or activities. The school occupies split-site accommodation on the main campus. Some trains carry bicycles, but accommodation is restricted 数量有限, 座位数有限 so a reservation is essential. IV.  Accommodations are hotels or rooms where people can stay for a period of time. Some of the guests were not satisfied with their accommodations. The resort offers a wide choice of accommodations, from single rooms to suites. For more information about accommodations, for example the size of the rooms, go to our website. A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "room and board," that is, at least some meals as well as accommodation. Lodgers legally only obtain a licence to use their rooms, and not exclusive possession, so the landlord retains the right of access. Room and board describes a situation where, in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis. It commonly occurs as a fee at colleges and universities; it also occurs in hotel-style accommodation for short stays. "Room" refers to a private bedroom provided; "board" may refer to the food being provided, or alternatively, the table on which food is served. With a room and board arrangement, the renter has a private bedroom and shares the rest of the house with the person renting out the room. This is different from renting where the renter has private living areas, including a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. Two commonly encountered boards are: Half Board, where the host provides only a breakfast and dinner meals. Full Board, where the host provides all three daily meals. Another option is: Bed and breakfast, literally, a place to sleep and where breakfast is provided. A boarding school 寄宿学校 provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. Traditionally, pupils stayed at the school for the length of the term; some schools facilitate returning home every weekend, and some welcome day pupils. Some are for either boys or girls while others are co-educational. ). This one's coming from on high ( from on high 上级指示, 领导指示, 高层指示 from someone in a position of authority – used humorously An order came from on high. on high: I. mainly humorous If an order comes from on high, it comes from someone in a position of authority: Instructions came from on high to reduce our travel expenses. If you say that something came from on high, you mean that it came from a person or place of great authority. Orders had come from on high that extra care was to be taken during this week.  II. in heaven: God looked down from on high. ). Quincy's office? No comment. You are making a $100 million fuck-up here. You spent years becoming my main prime (broker). You're losing me now. I'm pulling my business. My hands are tied 我无计可施, 我也没有办法, 我也束手无策, 爱莫能助. If you don't make the borrow on the stock by opening bell 开市 tomorrow, I've been instructed to buy you in on your entire position. This isn't coming from me, Axe. What now? Scour the 13-F for Cross-Co. Find me the top 10 shareholders. Hedge funds, not institutions. I need someone I can call for these shares. You got it. 12. Were you in the proffer on Axelrod this morning? No. Why? Who was it with? Are they signing up a cooperator? I could get a jump on ( get a jump on someone/something = get the jump on someone/something to get an advantage over other people by doing something before they do. to gain an advantage, especially by doing something earlier than usual or earlier than someone else I want to get a jump on my Christmas shopping. The company is trying to get a jump on their competitors by putting a lot of money into research. ) the release. You'll find out when it's time to find out. Of course. 13. So, what happened on the plane, man? Oh, nothing I'm bothering you with. Oh, come on. When I thought that Cynthia was cheating on me, who'd I turn to? Yeah, but Now, look, dude, I can see it in your face that this isn't some typical speed bump 不是小挫折. Someone's trying to fuck me. Oh, so it is just like Cynthia. Yeah, but it's more expensive. I'm being short squeezed. Okay. Uh, someone's trying to make a stock go up, and I need it to go down. If you short a stock, you borrow someone's shares who has them, betting that the stocks are gonna go down. But sometimes, the stocks go up, then you have to buy in at the market price. And sometimes, the stocks just keep going up. Being squeezed on a stock, Axe? Yeah, they're trying. Eh, they're always trying. 14. Yeah, his life goal is to play on at least one course in every country on the planet. Gentlemen, have fun. Will do. Guys, you go on ahead of me 前面走, 头前走. I got to make a call. I know who's squeezing me. Chuck Rhoades' goddamn father. I just flashed on the last time I played it. Farraday's boss, Quincy, and Rhoades Sr. In the clubhouse together, drinking fucking Azaleas. Crusty old bastard's coming after you. Feels like it. So, big shareholders of CXC. Yeah, you found one? Yeah, but you're not gonna like it. Ken Malverne at Vista Verde. Have him call me as soon as he can talk.
You're gonna make a deal with that devil? Gonna try. Garth Sykes called about our exposure on Cross-Co. He's looking for you. This kind of shit worries him. You usually handle the worries. But today, you are. My sources says that Rhoades is proffering a witness against Axe Capital. Who? I don't know yet. I will. Find out. Also, I have reason to believe that Rhoades, Sr. is making a play against me. Use it. Go after him. 15. I don't want to go to jail. Well, that's where you're going. Oh, there might be a path to rehab 救赎的机会. She was compromised. She wasn't paid off 被收买. But, uh, this is an attack, any way we look at it. We need to move on it right away. You do. I can handle this proffer session myself. How did he make contact? He texts me. And he makes me tell him about every single financial case, all the big ones. We'll run the phone number. It'll come up a burner, but we'll run it. He tells me when and where to meet. 16. That's the opening act setting up right now, and then Metallica will check. Oh, okay. You guys can help yourself to anything here while you wait. You're not going hunting? I'm here for the band. You want to pass me a water? I practically wore out 听烂了 my Ride the Lightning CD by the time I was 12, so this is basically my childhood dream come true. I can die after tonight. I wore that album out, too. Best song. Fade to Black. Wrong. Creeping Death. But yours is respectable. Classic. Well, you can't beat a classic. Friends, cars, music. New things can be fun, too. Unless you're afraid of change. Oh, I'm not afraid of much, and I can change in an instant, but, uh, not just for the fuck of it. Sometimes, you just got to make the change blindly and pray that it all goes well. And most of the time, it does. Or it blows up in your face. It takes guts to make change. That's also called progress. I think I'll stick with the classics. 17. You were looking to 想要 talk to me(look to sb to do sth to hope that someone will do something for you: We're looking to you to advise us on how to proceed. be looking to do something to be planning or expecting to do something  We're looking to buy a new car early next year. We're looking to expand the business.)? Cross-Co. Trucking. Well, if you heard that, you must know why I'm calling. Well, it'll be fun hearing you say it. I need to borrow your shares to keep my short position. Mm. What's your proposal? 8%. 8%? This must really matter to you. It does. Well, I'm long the stock, obviously, which is on quite a little tear, but if you're right and this company tanks, my position is screwed and I'll be holding it forever, waiting for it to recover. But you're gonna have to make it more worth my while and pad my loss in the near term. More than 8%? Okay. 10%. 25%. Twenty-fucking-five?! Am I a poacher, Axelrod, or am I your goddamn savior? Am I a plugger or am I the smartest guy on this phone call? How much do you want it? I want it. Done. I'm gonna enjoy the hell out of telling this story. You got your borrow. 18. I came out here to unplug, but I can't, um, you know, really unplug. 19. Your father is fluffing Cross-Co. Trucking stock. How much is your cut 你得到多少? Your inheritance is being held in a blind trust so your financial motives are beyond reproach ( noun. I. [countable/uncountable] an expression of criticism and disappointment because of something bad that someone has done. In a voice full of reproach, she told him that he had let down the whole class. II. [singular] something that makes you feel ashamed or embarrassed. verb. to criticize someone and feel disappointed with them for something they have done. reproach someone for something: The General was reproached by his allies for failing to inform them of his plans. reproach to: The appalling poverty of this remote region is a reproach to the well-fed politicians in the capital. above/beyond reproach impossible to criticize because of being so good. Their handling of the affair has been absolutely beyond reproach. reproach yourself to feel ashamed and angry because you know that you have done something wrong. She reproached herself for having spoken so harshly.) while in office. Uh, if what you're telling me is true, then my cut is none. Then the S.E.C. will just take down your father and his confederates. It's not, uh It's not in the system yet? It was the end of the day by the time I'd gotten it all together with a small, trusted team. And the reason it really seems to me that you're involved is there's someone we care a fuck of a lot about on the other side getting squeezed. The block buys in his and his friends' accounts, the unlikely news coming at just the right time. Your father is an esteemed old bull, and he probably should have been nailed before. 20. Tell me about short squeezes. Why? Because I want to know. Specific to Axelrod. Well, no one has successfully squeezed him. Mm-hmm. I mean, sure, he's lost on shorts, but if he takes a big position, it's because he knows something. So, if the squeezers are winning, uh, riding it up? They better sell quick, because with Axe, it's gonna go down at some point soon. 21. Hey, I'm not in the office today, but believe me, I'm all over this thing. Sounds like you at the end of the goddamn world. Listen. I got people asking why the hell you've drifted non-compliant (the act or state of not complying. non-compliance I. failure to do what is specified in a a rule, law, contract, etc. II. failure to be good enough. ). Well, we notified you as a courtesy. No, I was notified because of the 1.5 large that I have with you, which may not be a lot to you, but it's a mountain to my folks. Last time I listened to you, I slapped my name on a building for the ages. If that isn't enough, maybe the fund isn't for you. You know, you can go to many other funds and get 4% nice and fucking quiet. Go buy some T-bills. But if you want the high-altitude returns, you got to be prepared to go where eagles dare. Your granddaddy made a fortune in bourbon. Did he fold up shop 关门, 关张 when they passed the Volstead Act? How the fuck do you think you got to where you are today? You think you got a suite in Churchill Downs because of your winning goddamn personality? If you want to stay, stay. You want to pull, then tell me in the morning, but either way, get off my dick. 22. My source got burnt, so I don't have any details. This may be the last thing we get for a long time. It was Decker who flipped. They have Pepsum. 23. Hey. You walked out on me. That kind of thing could give a girl a complex. I'm sorry. My loss. It was a work thing. How was your show? It was your loss. Peace offering. What are you drinking? Your best tequila on the rocks, three limes. On him. Coming right up. If it's any consolation 安慰, I almost missed Metallica, and I flew in especially for them and my oldest friends. That's tragic. Why? Uh, you don't want to hear about it. Okay. You know, the road manager told me who you are. Not sure what you're worrying about. I wouldn't be. Well, you'd be surprised. At what? How difficult your day job is? Ludicrous, I know. Look, I get it. But I barely have a dime. And when I want to do something, I do it. When I want to go somewhere, I go. I guess I'm just lucky I do what I love. Yeah, me, too. Most of the time. And when I don't, all the choices are mine, which is the fucked thing. I think I just figured that out. Well, this is getting tragic again. Don't go all Charles Foster Kane on me. You know, I've never seen it. Seen Rocky seven times. But never Kane. If you, of all people, have never seen Citizen Kane, you have to, immediately, projected on a big screen, on film. That's doctor's orders(doctor's orders 死命令, 医生的命令 Instructions given by one's doctor. Acting upon my doctor's orders, I cleared my schedule and spent the week recuperating at home. Samantha, you need to stay off your foot and use your crutches—doctor's orders, remember? doctor's orders that one is strongly advised to do as ordered or as if ordered by a doctor. I have to spend a month in Arizona. Doctor's orders. I'm doing this on doctor's orders, but I don't like it.). Promise me. I promise. I'm not into missed opportunities 不喜欢错失机会, just so you know. Good. Me neither. And I'm not down with regret 不喜欢留下遗憾, so wherever you see this night going, I'm okay with it. You know what? If there were two of me, I'd go for this right now. But there's not. There's just one. You're married? Yeah. And it's a real thing. Road manager didn't tell me that. I get it. That's cool. She must be, uh a real classic. She is. Fuck. I don't usually misread situations 错判形势 like this. You didn't. No, I know. You totally led me on. And now I'm gonna let it go because you made the tough choice, and that's rare. Your wife is lucky. Although you know what? You're probably the lucky one. 23. Describe the setup 安排 once you left Axe Capital and hung up your own shingle. Well after your years of service, if you leave with the right combination of loyalty and ass-kissery, he wishes you well. And? He gives you a chunk of capital, seed money, and in return, you give him transparency on all your ideas. You open the kimono, so to speak. More like a colonoscopy. He makes bigger, faster moves on all your ideas, often rendering them useless, but then the tips start to come in, and it's all worth it. So, he directs you to make trades on his behalf? Not exactly. Just say information starts to show up. And what does he get in return? A taste. A sweet taste. So, he was an investor with you? We couldn't find any documentation or linkage. Not exactly. There are accounts with names of holding companies, LLCs, re-insurers on them that clear to other accounts with other names. At what point At what exact moment did Axelrod instruct you to buy Pepsum Pharmaceuticals? Never. What the fuck? What What the fuck? You will be prosecuted for lying in this room, Mr. Decker. He never instructed me. But you believe it was insider trading? I know it was. How? Who told you? It was a voice on the phone. If it wasn't Axelrod, who was it? Well, I can't be 100% sure, but if I had to guess, it was probably "Dollar" Bill. Bill Stearn. Which is odd, because his portfolio is in industrials and agriculture. But that is the last thing you need to know about how this all works. Because you can't know, not really. That's why even though I opened up my own place, I could never have really done it, been him. There's so much you have to keep in your head Balancing, weighing, deciding. You can't let anyone know all of it, maybe any of it. I mean, to be Bobby Axelrod is to keep so much in your head, just to keep it from blowing up your brain takes Benedictine-monk-like discipline. Not sure the Benedictines would dig the comparison. 24. Constantine, my old friend. You showed 你出现了, 你露面了, 你来了. Of course. You said it was important, but I knew that meant total disaster. 25. What the fuck's wrong? I'm in some shit. I fucked up. Yeah? Fucked up how? Um I heard your Cross-Co. play on the runway, and I jumped on it. You rode along on 搭便车, 搭顺风车 my intel? I piggybacked because I figured you always know. You stole my fucking idea. You should've asked, man, like any friend would. If you had, we could have worked it out to get you in on this without attracting attention. Instead, you promoted ( promote I. to support or encourage something The government is committed to promoting the development and use of public transportation. a campaign to promote recycling. The opposition parties have deliberately promoted and condoned violence. a. to help something to develop. The intense light promotes rapid growth of weeds and algae. 搭配: Adverbs frequently used with promote: actively, deliberately, heavily, strongly, vigorously 不遗余力的. Nouns frequently used as objects of promote: awareness, competition, development, efficiency, growth, interest, understanding, use. II. to attract people's attention to a product or event, for example by advertising. These products are aggressively promoted and marketed. ) me like someone at work. They don't get to be here. You do. I know. I fucked up. I put pretty much everything into that short. And then, when the stock took off, it was too late to ask you for help, and now I'm getting a margin call. Broker's saying I got to make good by morning, but I can't cover. I'm ready to I'm ready to puke all over myself. How much? How much do I owe? Yeah. I want to know how much our friendship's worth. I'm in the hole just a little over $210,000. I'm gonna be pretty much wiped out 一分不剩. This your brokerage? Yeah. I'm sending instructions to my people to guarantee your margin. It'll turn around in the morning. Stay short. Don't cover until then. The thing you got to remember is if a short's going against you, you got to be able to withstand 撑住, 承受得住 the pressure or it'll crush you. You see it all so clearly. I don't lie to myself, and I don't hold on to a loser. The moment it doesn't feel right, I let it go, get away from it. Let's call it a night. Plane leaves at 9:30. 26. In that second, I felt, uh, guilty and defensive, so I dissembled(to hide your real thoughts, feelings, or intentions. When people dissemble, they hide their real intentions or emotions. Henry was not slow to dissemble when it served his purposes. ). Oh, I put you in a position. I didn't mean to. But there were a hundred legitimate things you could have said, including, "I can't talk about it. " You're right. Not to pile on 不是要雪上加霜, but your dad called me. Said he's been trying to find you for the last hour. Yeah. He texted me six times. You know, he has a rare ability It's a gift almost. To push my buttons. You know the plans he had for himself when he was your age, before the fire hit that building. When every paper in New York calls you a slum lord, it doesn't help out a brand-new political career. Now you're it. You're the chance to grow his own legend. If only you'd get into line and do what he needs you to. And if you get chewed up in the process, well, hell, it was a good try 算是试过了. I just have to keep reminding myself again and again and again that he can't help himself, you know, when it comes to me. That's right. You know you have to remember when it comes to yourself, too. When you're raised by someone like that, your instincts, no matter how hard you fight them, sometimes fall towards self-preservation. You end up hurting those you love, too. 27. How was it? Didn't turn out how I thought. This trip's given me a lot to think about. It'll be good to get home. It'll be good to have you home. You want to go back to sleep? No. I'll sit up with you for a bit. 28. And in a near-term crippling blow for Cross-Co. , its biggest and longest-running client, YumTime Bakeries, has announced it is dropping the trucking company, citing rampant driver violations, even negligence as the cause. Analysts are predicting a major dive for the mid-size shipper's stock. 29. That was an all-timer 永不过时的, 永远经典的(An outstanding or classic example of its kind; something considered to have enduring value, significance, or popularity.). 29. You pumped the trucking-company stock. It's a bare-knuckles brawl ( Bare-knuckle boxing 白刃战, 赤手空拳的战斗 (also known as bare-knuckle, prizefighting, fist fight or fisticuffs) is the original form of boxing, closely related to ancient combat sports. It involves two individuals fighting without boxing gloves or other padding on their hands. The difference between street fighting and a bare-knuckle boxing match is that the latter has an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent 不打落水狗.  ). I was just doing. Stop. Market manipulation, insider trading, fraud. You bought it, and you propped it up. I'm just goddamn glad that you haven't dumped it yet because then it would be a slam-dunk case, and there would be absolutely nothing that I could do to help you. Even if my office chose not to prosecute, Eastern wouldn't. And as it is, I had to give my neck to an enemy 任人宰割. God damn it. The S.E.C. may be feckless ( a feckless person is not reliable, does not care about achieving anything, and has no clear plans. If you describe someone as feckless, you mean that they lack determination or strength, and are unable to do anything properly. He regarded the young man as feckless and irresponsible. ), but they're not incompetent. Where's the stock at? Oh, they just made an announcement. It's cascading down. It is time to dump out. No profit. Nothing to entice a prosecutor, nothing fancy or flashy to sell a jury. The great Charles Rhoades won't be winning this one and dazzling the Street once again. Don't you get it? Don't you understand? This wasn't about me making a few shekels. This was about me striking at our common enemy, to hurt him where he lives.
I do understand. You want me to get Axe because he fucked with your side piece ( 情妇. someone who is in a relationship with someone who is committed to another person. Khloe Kardashian doesn't care if French Montana has a sidepiece ... and she thinks her family should stay out of her business. ) and then he beat you. For both of us! And I did it because you wouldn't act. You've made your point, son. I get it. It's not a game. I shouldn't have gone off-piste ( of or relating to skiing on virgin snow off the regular runs. off-piste skiing is not done on the marked pistes (=tracks) but on fresh snow that has not been skied on. II. journalism different or differently from what is usual or expected. Goldie's debut looked to slick jazz-funk and soul for off-piste inspiration. The young wine waiter took me off-piste with some superb wines left over from a tasting. ) like this. But by the time I get out, with commissions, I'll be lucky to break even. $55. This is where I bought in. 30. Whatever you did to Garth Sykes gentled him down real good. He e-mailed, said he's ready to soar with you, whatever the fuck that means. Sell everything. Everything? What the fuck happened to you while you were gone? 5% from all our positions right across the board, for starters. De-lever. But take it slow. Control the bleeding. Then we'll dump, sector by sector, starting with telecom. People will think That I'm out. So, are you?