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用法学习: 1. punt I. 篙撑的窄船. A punt is a long boat with a flat bottom. You move the boat along by standing at one end and pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river. [mainly British] wiki: A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. A punt should not be confused with a gondola, a shallow draft vessel that is structurally different, and which is propelled by an oar rather than a pole. II. When you punt, you travel along a river in a punt. [mainly British] We punted up 撑船而行 towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow. The one thing I look forward to is going punting in Cambridge. III. The punt was the unit of money used in the Irish Republic. In 2002 it was replaced by the euro. He bought a plot of land for 50 punts, the Irish currency back then. The punt was also used to refer to the Irish currency system. ...the cost of defending the punt against speculators. IV. 飞踢球. In rugby and American football, a punt is a kick where you drop the ball and then kick it before it reaches the ground, so that it goes a long way. a way of kicking the ball in rugby or American football, by dropping it from your hands and kicking it before it hits the ground, or a powerful kick in football that causes the ball to go a long way. He caught a punt and scored the winning touchdown, with a minute left to play. ...a 66-yard punt return. The referee told him to punt or kick the ball off the ground. The Redskins punted. Dallas then marched 79 yards to seal the victory. take a punt on sth to risk money by buying or supporting something, in the hope of making or winning more money: It might be a good idea to take a punt on a few technology stocks. V. If you punt something, you decide not to do or include it: We were running out of time, so we decided to punt the sightseeing and just go shopping. punt on sth informal to risk money by buying or supporting something, in the hope of making or winning more money: Investors are punting on a big move in the stock market next week. 2. outlier [ˈaʊtˌlaɪə] (跟别人不一样的人) I. an outcrop of rocks that is entirely surrounded by older rocks. II. a person, thing, or part situated away from a main or related body. III. 住的离工作地很远的人. a person who lives away from his or her place of work, duty, etc. a person who lives a long way from where they work. IV. 离群数据. a point in a sample widely separated from the main cluster of points in the sample. a result that is very different from the other results in a set. V. 超群的人. a person who is very unusual or successful and not like others in the same group. allegiant [əˈliːdʒənt] noun. 效忠的人 a person who displays constancy, duty, and faithfulness, esp to a ruling body. adj. having or displaying constancy, duty, and faithfulness, esp to a ruling body I shouldn't be surprised that our elected officials want to indoctrinate the next flock of voters to be even more blindly allegiant. indoctrinate [ɪndɒktrɪneɪt] 洗脑. If people are indoctrinated, they are taught a particular belief with the aim that they will reject other beliefs. [disapproval] They have been completely indoctrinated. I wouldn't say that she was trying to indoctrinate us. ...political indoctrination classes. allegiance [əˈliː.dʒəns] loyalty and support for a ruler, country, group, or belief: Soldiers have to swear allegiance to the Crown/the King. In many American schools, the students pledge allegiance (to the flag) 向国旗宣誓 at the beginning of the school day. As an Englishman who'd lived for a long time in France, he felt a certain conflict of allegiances when the two countries played soccer. fealty [ˈfiːl.ti] old use loyalty, especially to a king or queen: an oath of fealty. 3. An All-Hands Meeting ( all-hands involving everyone who works for a company or an organization: an all-hands meeting/response. ) is generally an organization wide business meeting in which an executive report is made to employees and stake holders. All-Hands meetings are often held on a regular basis as a means of keeping a large group of people up to date on important events and milestones. An all-hands meeting 全员大会 is not just another meeting. It is the meeting. It's the driver of transparency and alignment within a team. All-hands meetings, sometimes referred to as town halls, have become an indispensable part of agendas in a great number of companies. All-hands meetings are regular company-wide gatherings where all employees and stakeholders have an opportunity to meet with leadership. The goal of an all-hands meeting is to share the business updates of the past month or quarter, celebrate milestones and the people who made them possible and create a space for the Q&A. It is a big opportunity for leadership to communicate directly with the team to: a. Share important updates from each functional area. b. Praise successes, highlight achievements and areas to improve. c. Get the team excited about the mission, vision and strategy. Each of those 3 items are critical to the team's performance. You should reinforce them each week to ensure the team is aligned and focused. Town hall meetings, also referred to as town halls or town hall forums, are a way for local and national politicians to meet with their constituents, either to hear from them on topics of interest or to discuss specific upcoming legislation or regulation. During periods of active political debate, town halls can be a locus for protest and more active debate. In the United States, town halls are a common way for national politicians to connect or reconnect with their constituents during recesses, when they are in their home districts away from Washington, D.C. 4. hotshot(ace (SKILLED PERSON) informal sensation, virtuoso, whizz (EXPERT) UK informal approving wizard informal) mainly us informal someone who is skilful and successful at something. If you refer to someone as a hotshot, you mean they are very good at a particular job and are going to be very successful. ...a bunch of corporate hotshots. She's a hotshot broker on Wall Street. Now he's a lecturer, he thinks he's a real hotshot! She's quite a hotshot at chess. virtuoso [ˌvɜrtʃuˈoʊsoʊ] 大师 复数: virtuosos or virtuosi a person who is extremely skilled at something, especially at playing an instrument or performing: Famous mainly for his wonderful voice, Cole Porter was also a virtuoso on the piano. whizz verb. to move or do something very fast: A police car whizzed by, on its way to the accident. We whizzed through the rehearsal, so that we'd be finished by lunchtime. Time just whizzes past when you're enjoying yourself. noun = whiz informal approving a person with a very high level of skill or knowledge in a particular subject: a computer whizz He's a whizz at poker. ace informal a person who is very skilled at something: a tennis/flying ace. sensation I. the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching, or a physical feeling that results from this ability: a burning sensation. I had no sensation of pain whatsoever. The disease causes a loss of sensation in the fingers. II. general feeling caused by something that happens to you, especially a feeling that you cannot describe exactly: I had the odd sensation (that) someone was following me. I can remember the first time I went sailing - it was a wonderful sensation. III. something very exciting or interesting, or something that causes great excitement or interest: Their affair caused a sensation. The books have been a publishing sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. The show was an overnight sensation (= was very successful immediately). 5. Edinburgh [ˈedɪnbrə]. borough [ˈbʌrə] a town or district which is an administrative unit. A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. have skin in the game 利益攸关, 既得利益, 利益共同体(vested intrest) to be at risk financially because you have invested in something that you want to happen. You take more ownership of something when you have some skin in the game. to be directly involved in or affected by something, especially financially: If people have skin in the game, preventable costs fall. A debate has been rumbling over how to ensure that lenders have more skin in the game. career fair = career expo 求职市场, 人才市场 Attending a careers fair is an ideal way to meet potential candidates face-to-face, raise your profile and gain excellent exposure for your employer brand. We hold fairs throughout the year and cover all industries. 6. deflate I. 失去信心. 夺去信心. 夺去自尊. to take away the self-esteem or conceit from. If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. to make someone feel less confident or important. Peter’s comments completely deflated the boy's confidence. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day. When she refused I felt deflated. II. 泄气. 漏气. 放了气的. When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness. ...a deflated dinghy. We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert. eyeball I. Your eyeballs are your whole eyes, rather than just the part which can be seen between your eyelids. II. If you eyeball someone or something, you stare at them. [informal] The guard eyeballed him pretty hard despite his pass. III. marketing slang viewers of a television programme or website, esp seen as potential customers, advertisers, etc. The site's goal was to get more eyeballs 收视率, 观众 for advertisers. eyeball to eyeball If you are eyeball to eyeball with someone, you are in their presence and involved in a meeting, dispute, or contest with them. You can also talk about having an eyeball to eyeball meeting 当面对质, 面谈 or confrontation [informal] ...the young thug who stands eyeball-to-eyeball with his victim. ...proposals that the two armies end their eyeball to eyeball confrontation and withdraw. up to the eyeballs You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree. [informal, emphasis] He is out of a job and up to his eyeballs in debt. unchaperoned [ʌnˈʃapərəʊnd] 没有人陪伴的, 没有人看管的, 独自的, 没大人管得 adj. unaccompanied or unsupervised. "Cindy had been staying unchaperoned with Matthew". not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone. I think it was for the best 这样最好, 这是最好的选择, 最好的结果, 最好的情况. know what's what 知道是怎么回事, 知道是个什么情况 the important facts that you should understand about a situation know what's what: He's worked in the insurance business all his life, so he knows what's what. what's the good of/what good is (it) (doing) something 有什么用, 有什么好? used for saying that you do not think something will give you any benefit What's the good of writing them a letter? They never read them anyway. acrimonious [ˌakrɪˈməʊnɪəs] (typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter. an acrimonious situation is unpleasant because people feel angry toward each other. an acrimonious divorce. "an acrimonious dispute about wages". Friends: She is cool. And she's so smart. Her mind is totally acrimonious. Guess that's not how she used it. I feel like I owe you an explanation. I don't ordinarily go around kissing guys at parties. I'm Well, I'm kind of embarrassed. I really hope you don't think less of me 看不起, 看轻, 轻看. I mean, you saw someone you liked and you kissed them. Those people who like someone and don't kiss them those people are stupid. I hate those people. Actually, I'm a little surprised at myself. I mean, Joey's so different from the guys I usually date. They're all professors, intellectuals. Paleontologists mostly. You know, very cerebral. Yeah, I know the type. If we want to grab a bite 买点吃的 before work, we'd better get acrimonious. No? Am I getting close? I need to talk to you about Charlie. Oh, do you? Do you really? Yeah, I'm kind of having a little problem. Look, if you don't know what the word "acrimonious" means, just don't use it. 7. dive (US dove 过去式, UK dived 过去式) I. If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head. He tried to escape by diving into a river. She was standing by a pool, about to dive in. Joanne had just learnt to dive. II. If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment. Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms. III. When birds and animals dive 俯冲, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water. He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground. Witnesses said the plane failed to pull out of a dive and smashed down in a field. ...a pelican which had just dived for a fish. The shark dived down and swam under the boat. IV. (figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. V. If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly. They dived into a taxi. The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire. He would dive under one obstacle, round another, and lightly step over a third. VI. If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out. She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper. VII. If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount [journalism] If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive 直线下跌, 断崖是下跌. Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m. The shares dived 22p to 338p. Stock prices took a dive. VIII. [informal, disapproval] If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. We've played in all the little pubs and dives around Liverpool. Usage notes: The past tense dove is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) dived, with regional variations; in British English dived is the standard past tense, dove existing only in some dialects. Some speakers express uncertainty about what the past participle should be; dove is relatively rare as a past participle. 8. curvy 曲线玲珑的 I. a curvy woman has an attractive body with large breasts, a small waist, and wide hips. If someone describes a woman as curvy, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body. [informal, approval] II. 多弯的路. forming or full of curves a curvy road. curvaceous [kɜːʳveɪʃəs] 身材婀娜的 (to have an hour-glass figure, shapely) adj If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body. ...a curvaceous model. Kendal Jenner: The outing comes after her launch of the spring Tiffany & Co. campaign as well as the revelation that she felt 'less sexy' than her curvaceous Kardashian sisters. Meanwhile, the famous model told The Telegraph: 'My sisters are a lot curvier than me. They have boobs and I don't have boobs. Growing up being this little twiggy ( slender or fragile. ) girl, I saw my sisters and always thought, "Oh no, am I supposed to be sexy like them. voluptuous [vəlʌptʃuəs] 身材前凸后翘但是胖的, 块头大的 (Full-figured is usually a euphemism for "heavy." I would not describe Mariah Carey as full-figured.) I. If you describe a woman as voluptuous, you mean that she has large breasts and hips and is considered attractive in a sexual way. ...a voluptuous, well-rounded lady with glossy black hair. II. Something that is voluptuous gives you pleasure from the rich way it is experienced through your senses. The cheese has a mild, soft, voluptuous flavour. The leopard looks voluptuously strokable. ...flowers that have the fluffy voluptuousness of cotton wool. buxom [bʌksəm] If you describe a woman as buxom, you mean that she looks healthy and attractive and has a rounded body and big breasts. The buxom Frau Bauer was visibly pleased to see her. voluminous [vəluːmɪnəs] Something that is voluminous is very large or contains a lot of things [formal] ...a voluminous trench coat. The FBI kept a voluminous file on Pablo Picasso. 8. scruples [ˈskruːpəlz] 犹豫, 迟疑, 不安 doubts or hesitation as to what is morally right in a certain situation. Scruples are moral principles or beliefs that make you unwilling to do something that seems wrong. ...a man with no moral scruples. a man with no moral scruples. He had no scruples about appropriating other people's property. It took time to overcome my scruples. scrupulous [skruːpjʊləs] I. 谨慎的, 怕犯错的. 小心翼翼地. 谨小慎微的. Someone who is scrupulous takes great care to do what is fair, honest, or morally right. [approval] You're being very scrupulous, but to what end 图的是什么, 图什么? I have been scrupulous about telling them the dangers. The Board is scrupulous in its consideration of all applications for licences. He is scrupulously fair, and popular with his staff. Namibia has scrupulously upheld political pluralism. II. 详细, 细致的, 一丝不苟的. Scrupulous means thorough, exact, and careful about details. Both readers commend Knutson for his scrupulous attention to detail. The streets and parks were scrupulously clean. Hillsden scrupulously 谨慎的 avoided any topic likely to arouse suspicion as to his motives.

's 的发音: 's is the informal contraction for: a. is: "it's snowing" --this is the primary use. Here it would be pronounced /its/, even though "is" by itself is pronounced /iz/. b. has: "he's gone" -- this is less common than the "is" meaning, but hardly rare. Since "has" is also usually pronounced /haz/, this 's would have a /z/ sound to distinguish it from 's = is. c. us: "let's do it" -- less common than the "has" meaning, and not often used except with "let". "Us' has the /s/ sound, so "let's" would be pronounced /lets/. d. does: "what's she do? -- not unknown, but not very common. Although "does" is usually pronounced /duz/, "what's" here would be pronounced /hwats/. (Like "it" in the first example above, "what" ends in an unvoiced plosive /t/--I believe that what "t" would be called in this case--so the following "s" would be an unvoiced /s/-sound, not a voiced /z/-sound. I hasten to add that I am not an expert in phonetics.)

Young Sheldon s02e16 A Loaf of Bread and a Grand Old Flag: 1. Look at these prices. No wonder supermarkets are running my parents out of business. Your parents own a convenience store. They charge extra for the convenience. How is this not convenient? Excuse me, sir. Has anything changed with the bread from the Happy Hearth Home Bakeries? I have no idea. How can you not know 你怎么会不知道? You work here. What do you want from me? I get $3.35 an hour to stock shelves. Are you kidding? My father pays me five dollars a week. I bet they're violating child labor laws. 2. Would you like to sign my petition against Happy Hearth Home Bakeries? Well, what have they done? They're making their bread faster and cheaper to save money. That's terrible. It is. Would you like to sign? I would. Excellent. I'll get you on the way out 出去的时候.

dip VS pit VS hole VS pothole VS sinkhole

用法学习: 1. I stand corrected used to admit that something you have said or done was wrong: I stand corrected - the date of foundation was 1411, and not 1412 as I had written. As above, happy to stand corrected. Please advise what the cost currently is and I'll amend the post. Icarus falls: In Greek mythology, Icarus [IK-uh-russ] is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus' father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris ( Hubris 傲慢, 自大 ([ˈhjuːbrɪs]) describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride 骄傲, 傲娇 or dangerous over confidence, often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance. In its ancient Greek context, it typically describes behavior that defies the norms of behavior or challenges the gods, and which in turn brings about the downfall, or nemesis, of the perpetrator of hubris. The adjectival form of the noun hubris is "hubristic". Hubris is usually perceived as a characteristic of an individual rather than a group, although the group the offender belongs to may suffer collateral consequences from the wrongful act. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments or capabilities. hubris I. 过度自信, 过度骄傲. 极度傲慢, 过度自负, 太过自以为是: Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance. "There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris". II. Hubris (also hybris; ['hju:bris]) means extreme haughtiness or arrogance. Hubris often indicates being out of touch with reality and overestimating one's own competence or capabilities, especially for people in positions of power. Hubris appears in the terms "act of hubris自负行径," and "hubristic." In its modern usage, hubris denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often associated with a lack of humility不谦逊, not always with the lack of knowledge. An accusation of hubris often implies that suffering or punishment will follow, similar to the occasional pairing of hubris and nemesis in the Greek world. The proverb "pride comes/goes before a fall 骄傲使人退步, 过度傲慢会导致跌倒" is thought to sum up the modern definition of hubris. If you're too conceited or self-important, something will happen to make you look foolish. It is also referred to as "pride that blinds 让人目空一切的傲慢, 遮住眼睛的傲慢", as it often causes someone accused of hubris to act in foolish ways that belie common sense.), asking that he fly neither too low nor too high, so the sea's dampness would not clog his wings nor the sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignored his father's instructions not to fly too close to the sun; when the wax in his wings melted he tumbled out of the sky and fell into the sea where he drowned, sparking the idiom "don't fly too close to the sun". This tragic theme of failure at the hands of hubris contains similarities to that of Phaëthon. Phaëthon's [ˈfeɪ.əθən] fall: In the version of the myth told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses, Phaethon ascends into heaven, the home of his suspected father. His mother Clymene had boasted that his father was the Sun-God or Phoebus. Phaethon went to his father who swore by the river Styx to give Phaethon anything he would ask for in order to prove his divine sonship. Phaethon wanted to drive the chariot 战车 ([ˈtʃeriət] a vehicle with two wheels and no roof that was pulled by horses in races and battles in ancient times. Someone who drove a chariot was called a charioteer. ) of the sun for a day. Phoebus tried to talk him out of it by telling him that not even Jupiter (the king of the gods) would dare to drive it, as the chariot was fiery [ˈfaɪəri] ( fierce [fɪrs]) hot (fiery (跟火有关): a fiery temper. a fiery chili sauce. a fiery pit = hell. fierce [fɪrs] (跟情绪有关, 激烈的) debate/ criticism: The proposals provoked a fierce debate. fierce competition/ opposition: We face fierce competition from overseas competitors. ) and the horses breathed out flames. Phaethon was adamant. When the day came, the fierce horses that drew the chariot felt that it was empty because of the lack of the sun-god's weight and went out of control. Terrified, Phaethon dropped the reins 缰绳. The horses veered from their course, scorching the earth, burning the vegetation, bringing the blood of the Ethiopians to the surface of their skin and so turning it black, changing much of Africa into desert, drying up rivers and lakes and shrinking the sea. Earth cried out to Jupiter who was forced to intervene by striking Phaethon with a lightning bolt. Like a falling star, Phaethon plunged blazing into the river Eridanos. The epitaph on his tomb was: Here Phaethon lies who in the sun-god's chariot fared. And though greatly he failed, more greatly he dared. Phoebus, stricken with grief at his son's death, at first refused to resume his work of driving his chariot, but at the appeal of the other gods, including Jupiter, returned to his task. 2. sleaze [sliːz] (多用来形容道德败坏的人(性行为上或者喜欢行骗的人)) I. You use sleaze to describe activities that you consider immoral, dishonest, or not respectable, especially in politics, business, journalism, or entertainment. [informal, disapproval] They have made it easy for Sven to fill his expensive boots while allowing an atmosphere of sleaze to develop. The senator denounced the press for engaging in 'sleaze' and called the story a lie. ...porn movies and sleaze. II. = sleazebag = sleazeball a shady, coarse, or immoral person. My friend's husband is too friendly with me and I want to tell her he's a sleaze. sleazy I. If you describe a place as sleazy, you dislike it because it looks dirty and badly cared for, and not respectable. [informal, disapproval] ...sleazy bars. ...sleazy cinemas in London's Soho. Downstairs in the windowless basement, where the real work is done, it is sleazy and sweaty. II. If you describe something or someone as sleazy, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable and are rather disgusting. [informal, disapproval] ...sex shops and sleazy magazines. ...a sleazy fellow. The accusations are making the government's conduct appear increasingly sleazy. origin: Something that is sleazy is low and nasty. It's a perfect word to describe characters like the sleazy door-to-door con men who cheat old ladies into selling them their jewelry at a deep discount. Sleazy originally meant flimsy, but nowadays it's only used to describe morally degraded people or places. Usually it refers to sexual behavior, but it is often associated with people trying to swindle others as well. It's not as bad as perverse or criminal, which suggest that a line has been crossed. But sleazy people make you feel uncomfortable, for sure. 3. practical Practical refers to a person, idea, project, etc, as being more concerned with or relevant to practice than theory: he is a very practical person; the idea had no practical application. Practicable refers to a project or idea as being capable of being done or put into effect: the plan was expensive, yet practicable 可行的, 可实现的. I. 需要动手的, 需要付诸实践的. The practical aspects of something involve real situations and events, rather than just ideas and theories. of, relating to, or concerned with ordinary activities, business, or work: a habitual dreamer, who can't be bothered with practical 付诸实践的, 需要动手的 affairs. We can offer you practical suggestions on how to increase the fibre in your daily diet. This practical guidebook teaches you about relaxation, coping skills, and time management. II. (人) 实际的. 不浪漫的, 不妄想的. You describe people as practical when they make sensible decisions and deal effectively with problems. [approval] You were always so practical, Maria. How could she be so practical when he'd just told her something so shattering? He lacked any of the practical common sense essential in management. III. 切实可行的 (不止是说说的). 切合实际的. 切实可行的. 不是天马行空的. Practical ideas and methods are likely to be effective or successful in a real situation. Although the causes of cancer are being uncovered, we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it. It is not easy to make practical suggestions for helping her. adapted or designed for actual use; useful: practical instructions. IV. You can describe clothes and things in your house as practical when they are suitable for a particular purpose rather than just being fashionable or attractive. Our clothes are lightweight, fashionable, practical 实用的, 有实际用途的 for holidays. V. engaged or experienced in actual practice or work: a practical 有实践经验的 politician credited with much legislation. Bad Move Script: A: Dear oh dear, what are you doing? not that end 不是那一端. You are not practical, are you? B: I've just never used one of these before. A: To be honest, I'm surprised Nicky went for somebody like you after Tony. He was very hands-on. B: Hands on half the women in Kirkstall. VI. inclined toward or fitted for actual work or useful activities: looking for a practical 喜欢亲自下手的, 喜欢亲自动手的, 亲力亲为的 person to fill this position. noun. A practical 实际操作, 亲自操作 is an examination or a lesson in which you make things or do experiments rather than simply writing answers to questions. hands-on I. Hands-on experience or work 亲自动手的, 实际操作的 involves actually doing a particular thing, rather than just talking about it or getting someone else to do it. Ninety-nine per cent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers. This hands-on management approach often stretches his workday from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it rather than just read or learned about it: Many employers consider hands-on experience 实践经验 to be as useful as academic qualifications. II. a hands-on person 亲自下手的 is involved in something and does not let other people do all the work and make all the decisions. Someone with a hands-on way of doing things becomes closely involved in managing and organizing things and in making decisions: She's very much a hands-on 亲力亲为的 manager. 4. veracity [vəˈræsəti] 真实可靠性, 真实性, 可靠性 truth, or honesty. Veracity is the quality of being true or the habit of telling the truth. Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi. We have total confidence in the veracity of our research. [+ of] He was shocked to find his veracity questioned. veracious [vəˈreɪ.ʃəs] very formal 实事求是的, 诚实的 truthful or true. honest and not telling or containing any lies: a veracious and trustworthy historian. He is a veracious person. mendacity [menˈdæsəti] the act of not telling the truth. Mendacity is lying, rather than telling the truth. ...an astonishing display of cowardice and mendacity. Politicians are often accused of mendacity. jockey noun. A jockey is someone who rides a horse in a race. verb. If you say that someone is jockeying for something, you mean that they are using whatever methods they can in order to get it or do it before their competitors can get it or do it. The rival political parties are already jockeying for power 争权夺势. Already, both sides are jockeying 争先恐后的, 争夺 to belittle the other side. 5. ALDI 宣传: Now a leaked Aldi Australia training video has spilled a few secrets on how to make sure you score the best Special Buy, if you decide to brave the crowds 不顾人群, 不顾人多(brave the crowds, brave the hordes, and brave the elements. horde [hɔːrd] 人流 If you describe a crowd of people as a horde, you mean that the crowd is very large and excited and, often, rather frightening or unpleasant. This attracts hordes of tourists to Las Vegas. [+ of] ...a horde of people was screaming for tickets.). Finally, the video also explains that all Aldi stores are laid out 布局 the same way( lay out I. If you lay out a group of things 摆列, you spread them out and arrange them neatly, for example so that they can all be seen clearly. Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table. She took a deck of cards and began to lay them out. II. To lay out ideas, principles, or plans means to explain or present them clearly, for example in a document or a meeting. Maxwell listened closely as Johnson laid out his plan. Cuomo laid it out in simple language. III. 布局. To lay out an area of land or a building means to plan and design how its different parts should be arranged. When we laid out the car parks, we reckoned on one car per four families.  Only people that use a kitchen all the time understand the best way to lay it out. IV. 遗体瞻仰 To lay out a dead person means to clean their body and dress them for people to see before the funeral. Friends laid out the body. V. If you lay out money on something, you spend a large amount of money on it. [informal] You won't have to lay out 花费, 花销, 大把花钱 a fortune for this dining table. VI. To lay someone out means to knock them to the ground, especially by hitting them hard. [informal] Andy turned round, marched over to Chris and just laid him out.). When the queue snakes around the block and there's a stampede once the doors open, you know it means one thing; Aldi has some serious bargains in their latest Special Buys. The new specials are displayed at the back and are advertised to go on sale every Wednesday and Saturday. In other words, if you're racing 争抢 someone to get to the latest product, head straight to the back. 6. Sommelier [sɔˈmelieɪ] = Wine Expert 葡萄酒专家 a waiter who recommends and serves wine To accompany each course, the sommelier recommends wines served by the glass. While some wine consumers may consider themselves experts, a true wine expert is called a sommelier. A sommelier, also known as a wine steward, is a person that has undergone training in order to become extremely knowledgeable about wine. It can take many years of training to become a master sommelier. Sommeliers are often found working in high-end restaurants where they specialize in various aspect of wine service, including recommending the perfect food and wine pairings 搭配. In restaurants in which sommeliers are employed, they are considered just as important as the executive chef preparing the meals. Even if you know some of the basics, picking the right bottle at the store is a daunting task. 

 catch up with someone VS get to someone: catch on I. to become popular or fashionable Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. II. to understand He didn't catch on at first. catch on to: He doesn't take hints very easily, but he'll catch on (to what you're saying) eventually. Then I caught on to what it was the man was saying. be/catch onto something I. Fig. alerted to or aware of a deceitful plan. The cops are onto your little game here. 看穿. seeing through someone's deception. By the time we got on to the con artists, they were out of town. The sheriff got onto Jed, and Jed wanted to get out of town fast. II. Fig. having found something useful or promising; on the verge of discovering something. I think we are really onto something this time. I'm onto a new discovery. catch on or catch in something If something catches on or in an object or if an object catches something, it accidentally becomes attached to the object or stuck in it. Her ankle caught on a root, and she almost lost her balance. A man caught his foot in the lawnmower. be caught I. If you are caught between two alternatives or two people, you do not know which one to choose or follow. The Jordanian leader is caught between both sides in the dispute. She was caught between envy and admiration. II. If you are caught in a storm or other unpleasant situation, it happens when you cannot avoid its effects. When he was fishing off the island he was caught in a storm and almost drowned. Visitors to the area were caught between police and the rioters. catch I. If something catches the light or if the light catches it, it reflects the light and looks bright or shiny. They saw the ship's guns, catching the light of the moon. Often a fox goes across the road in front of me and I just catch it in the headlights. II. If the wind or water catches something, it carries or pushes it along. A gust of wind caught the parachute. catch up with I. When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them. to find and arrest someone who has committed a crime after searching for them or chasing them. The police will catch up with you sooner or later. The law caught up with him yesterday. II. (比较get to someone) to begin to have an effect on someone The lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to doze off 不堪重负, 不堪忍受, 积劳成疾, 吃不消, 饶过, 放过, 饶不过 (his age catches up with him). If something catches up with you, you are forced to deal with something unpleasant that happened or that you did in the past, which you have been able to avoid until now. Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him. catch up I. If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking. I stopped and waited for her to catch up.We caught up with the others. II. To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached. Most late developers will catch up with their friends. John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up. During the evenings, the school is used by kids who want to catch up on English and mathematics. III. If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it. I was catching up on a bit of reading. IV. If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together. The women spent some time catching up on each other's work and families. She plans to return to Dublin to catch up with the relatives she has not seen since she married. V. If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly. The people themselves weren't part of the conflict; they were just caught up in it. Many people in the region, for reasons of poverty, get caught up in the drug trade. get to somebody/something (比较catch up with someone) to make someone feel annoyed or upset. to cause feelings, esp. suffering or disgust, in someone: The heat was beginning to get to me so I went indoors. I'm under a lot of pressure at work, and sometimes it gets to me a bit. Don't let things get to you. get to thinking/wondering something informal to start thinking something He got to thinking how disappointed his parents would be. where has something/someone got to? spoken used for asking where something or someone is.

 dip VS pit VS hole VS pothole VS sinkhole: dip I. 蘸一下. If you dip something in a liquid, you put it into the liquid for a short time, so that only part of it is covered, and take it out again. They dip the food into the sauce. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water. One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail. a. A dip is a thick creamy sauce. You dip pieces of raw vegetable or biscuits into the sauce and then eat them. Maybe we could just buy some dips 蘸酱. ...prawns with avocado dip. II. If you dip your hand into a container or dip into the container, you put your hand into it in order to take something out of it. She dipped a hand 伸手进去, 伸进去 into the jar of sweets and pulled one out. Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot. Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in. III. If something dips, it makes a downward movement, usually quite quickly. Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped 突然下沉 slightly under his weight. The sun dipped below the horizon. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder. IV. 大大的坑里. 低洼地. 地势低的地方. If an area of land, a road, or a path dips, it goes down quite suddenly to a lower level. The road dipped and rose again. ...a path which suddenly dips down into a tunnel. Where the road makes a dip 路突然下坡, 突然下沉, turn right. V. When farmers dip sheep or other farm animals, they put them into a container of liquid with chemicals in it, in order to kill harmful insects which live on the animals' bodies. Their father was helping to dip the sheep. He digs potatoes and helps with the sheep dipping. a. Dip is a liquid with chemicals in it which animals or objects can be dipped in to disinfect or clean them. ...sheep dip. VI. If the amount or level of something dips, it becomes smaller or lower, usually only for a short period of time. Unemployment dipped 走低, 下降 to 6.9 per cent last month. The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped. ...the current dip in farm spending. VII. If you have or take a dip, you go for a quick swim in the sea, a river, or a swimming pool. She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool. VIII. If you are driving a car and dip the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers. [British] He dipped (US: dim ) his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van. This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights. IX. If you dip into a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously. ...a chance to dip into a wide selection of books on Buddhism. X. If you dip into a sum of money that you had intended to save, you use some of it to buy something or pay for something. Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue. lucky dip (AmE: grab bag) 幸运抽奖 a lucky dip is a game in which you take a prize out of a container full of hidden prizes and then find out what you have chosen. dip your toes = dip your toes into the waters of something 尝试着做 If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it. This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets. Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education. pit I. A pit is a coal mine. It was a better community then when all the pits were working. II. A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit 大坑. III. A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground. This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964. IV. If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict. You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are.  This was one man pitted against the universe. V. In motor racing, the pits are the areas at the side of the track where drivers stop to get more fuel and to repair their cars during races. He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car (pit stop). VI. If you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad. [spoken] Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. 'The pits,' he replied. pit one's wits against sb If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. I'd like to pit my wits against the best. in the pit of one's stomach If you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a tight or sick feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or anxious. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. a bottomless pit If you describe something as a bottomless pit, you mean that it seems as if you can take things from it and it will never be empty or put things in it and it will never be full. A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out. The problem is we don't have a bottomless pit of resources. He's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned. pitted 去核的 I. Pitted fruits have had their stones 苹果核 removed. ...green and black pitted olives. II. 坑坑洼洼的. If the surface of something is pitted, it is covered with a lot of small, shallow holes. Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes. [+ with] ...the pitted surface of the moon. orchestra pit: In a theatre, the orchestra pit is the space reserved for the musicians playing the music for an opera, musical, or ballet, immediately in front of or below the stage. sandpit = US sandbox (孩子玩的) 沙坑, 沙土坑 A sandpit is a shallow hole or box in the ground with sand in it where small children can play. 路上的坑坑洼洼: A sinkhole, also known as a cenote [səˈnoʊteɪ], sink, sink-hole, swallet, swallow hole, or doline, is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. A hole (usually) passes entirely through a surface, or an object. A pit is (usually) a concavity. A "pothole 路上的坑坑洼洼" is a place on the paved surface of a road where the paving has been worn away, revealing the underlying layer. The top layer has been worn away. But there are times when concavities are called holes, and times when tears or (earth) penetrations are called pits.


Sri Lanka Travel: It is expensive to go to tourist attractions - a lot of the time, they are so not value for money. I think the government is trying to reap as much out of this tourism boom as much as possible. That's one of the problems, another problem that applies to many other Hyped 吹嘘的, 宣传过度的 Tourist destinations is that wealthy travelers who are on big or unlimited budgets don't give 2 hoots if they are getting fleeced ( noun I. 羊皮 羊毛皮 A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it. II. A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece. III. Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. a type of soft artificial cloth used for making clothes, that looks and feels like a sheep's fleece. a fleece pullover. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. verb [informal] to cheat or trick someone as a way of getting their money. If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds. ) and this in turn encourages corrupt and dishonest attitudes / practices 不良行为. Not sure where that is coming from but I guess when one starts a hype, everyone follows and because of the number of people who go there...it becomes the hottest destination. However, I personally think it will wear out in no time. Most people are dumbasses who wouldn't know they're being fleeced, and get sensitive when you talk about their romanticised memories. Most poor Asian countries will rip you off to some extent so it's nothing to get sensitive about. Note that I'm cynical by nature and have an exaggerated dislike of being deceived, and groupthink(Groupthink 不想惹事, 不想闹事, 息事宁人 is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative viewpoints by actively suppressing dissenting viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences. Groupthink is sometimes stated to occur (more broadly) within natural groups within the community, for example to explain the lifelong different mindsets of those with differing political views (such as "conservatism" and "liberalism" in the U.S. political context ) or the purported benefits of team work vs. work conducted in solitude. However, this conformity of viewpoints within a group does not mainly involve deliberate group decision-making, and might be better explained by the collective confirmation bias of the individual members of the group. Groupthink requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. The dysfunctional group dynamics of the "ingroup" produces an "illusion of invulnerability" (an inflated certainty that the right decision has been made). Thus the "ingroup" significantly overrates its own abilities in decision-making and significantly underrates the abilities of its opponents (the "outgroup"). Furthermore, groupthink can produce dehumanizing actions against the "outgroup".  ). A normal person could probably take the deception in their stride, but I feel it my duty to re-educate scammers [especially when the deception screws you over in non-financial ways]. It's good to hear they've caught on 跟上时代 to how some foreigners prefer to be price gouged. Hopefully they stopped acting so shifty.

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用法学习: 1. hightail (intransitive) informal, mainly US and Canadian. to go or move in a great hurry. hightail it (up/down/along etc.) 急匆匆离开, 匆匆而去 to go somewhere fast or in an urgent way They came tearing out of the gates and hightailed it up the road. According to the source, it "really seemed that it was just too much for Jordyn", who aapprently hightailed it outta there 赶紧走, 赶紧离开 as soon as the pair showed up. with your tail between your legs 抱头鼠窜, 夹尾巴逃走 If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed. His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs. excommunicate [ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt] 逐出师门, 逐出教堂, 排除在外 officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church. "Martin Luther was excommunicated by the Pope". Jordyn of course landed herself in hot water after confessing to kissing Khloe Kardashian‘s partner Tristan Thompson back in March, and has seemingly been ex-communicated from the Kardashian Klan. wiki: Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive 剥夺, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular receiving of the sacraments. The term is often historically used to refer specifically to excommunications from the Catholic Church, but it is also used more generally to refer to similar types of institutional religious exclusionary practices and shunning among other religious groups. For instance, many Protestant denominations, such as the Lutheran Churches, have similar practices of excusing congregants from church communities, while Jehovah's Witnesses, as well as the Churches of Christ, use the term "disfellowship" to refer to their form of excommunication. The Amish have also been known to excommunicate members that were either seen or known for breaking rules, or questioning the church. 2. The concept of citizen journalism 群众媒体 (also known as "public", "participatory", "democratic", "guerrilla" or "street" journalism) is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information." Similarly, Courtney C. Radsch defines citizen journalism "as an alternative and activist form of news gathering and reporting that functions outside mainstream media institutions, often as a response to shortcomings in the professional journalistic field, that uses similar journalistic practices but is driven by different objectives and ideals and relies on alternative sources of legitimacy than traditional or mainstream journalism". Jay Rosen proposes a simpler definition: "When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another." Citizen journalism should not be confused with Community journalism or Civic journalism, both of which are practiced by professional journalists; Collaborative journalism which is the practice of professional and non-professional journalists working together; and Social journalism that denotes a digital publication with a hybrid of professional and non-professional journalism. The term citizen media 自媒体 refers to forms of content produced by private citizens who are otherwise not professional journalists. Citizen journalism, participatory media and democratic media are related principles. 3. change one's ways 改变生活方式, 洗头革面, 改过自新(reformed) to improve one's behavior, habits, or beliefs If you want to live a long life, you'd better change your ways! reformed adj. 改好了. 回头是岸了. 改过自新的, 重新做人的. I'm considered a reformed character these days. reform I. [transitive] to improve a situation by correcting things that are wrong or unfair, or to make a system work more effectively. To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct. to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals. The healthcare system must be radically reformed. a proposal to reform tax laws. II. 改过自新, 改造好. [intransitive/ transitive] to change your own or someone else's behaviour, so that it is no longer illegal or harmful. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; a person of settled habits of vice 根深蒂固的恶心难改 will seldom reform. The prison system is not designed to reform criminals. She expressed a determination to reform. a reformed alcoholic/gambler 金盆洗手的. It was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform. The state has a duty to reform criminals. Shaun's papa believed Uncle Julian had reformed. He hoped with his brother's influence, the same could happen to Shaun. Yet, uncle Julian wasn't really reformed. "I'm a reformed prisoner 改过自新的人 too. I had a dark past 不堪的过去 but I'm evidence of the fact 事实证据, 很好的实例 (In the law of evidence, similar fact evidence (or the similar fact principle) establishes the conditions under which factual evidence of past misconduct of accused can be admitted (admissible) at trial for the purpose of inferring that the accused committed the misconduct at issue.) you can be rehabilitated改过的," Mr Pomana said. 电影Rounders: A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks. big stakes = high stakes I. 高风险的. a high-stakes activity or situation involves a lot of risk or serious consequences. involving serious risks if there is no success: a high-stakes negotiation. high-stakes diplomacy. II. a high-stakes test or exam has important consequences for the person taking it, for example, if you fail you are not allowed to move on to the next level. A high-stakes test is one that is very important for the person who takes it. III. high-stakes gambling 高赌注的赌博 involves large amounts of money. involving the possible loss of a large amount of money: a high-stakes poker game. play for high stakes 赌大的, 捡大的赌: to gamble on something very important. Mr Ashdown knows he is playing for high stakes in seeking closer co-operation with Mr Blair. rehabilitate [ˌri:əˈbɪlɪteɪt] I. 戒毒. to help someone to give up drugs or alcohol, so that they can return to a healthy, independent, and useful life. The new scheme is aimed at rehabilitating local heroin addicts. a. 改造好. to help someone who has been ill or in prison to return to a healthy, independent, and useful life. Prison does not rehabilitate most criminals. II. to try to make people respect someone or something again. The new government is desperate to rehabilitate their country's image. III. to make a building or system suitable for use again. start from a clean slate: 重新开始. 重新做人 If you start with a clean slate, you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start. The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate. reform n. a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively. a programme of economic reforms. The new government has promised to introduce democratic reforms. reform to: radical reforms to the health service. reform of: This is the most important reform of the police service in over 30 years. land reform 土地改革, 土改 a process in which land is given or sold at low prices to ordinary people, so that it is not owned only by a few rich people. re-form 重组 if an organization, business, or group re-forms, or if someone re-forms it, it starts to work or exist again. The band re-formed in 1985 after breaking up ten years earlier. To form again or in a new configuration. This product contains reformed meat再生的. The regiment reformed after surviving the first attack. The pop group reformed for one final tour. 4. pain tolerance 能忍痛, 忍疼, 耐疼: A person with a low threshold and low tolerance may be severely debilitated anytime they're in pain. Someone with a high threshold and high tolerance, on the other hand, may rarely notice pain. People with a low threshold and/or low tolerance can be harshly judged by others. Pain tolerance 疼痛耐受力 is the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate. Pain tolerance is distinct from pain threshold (the point at which pain begins to be felt). The perception of pain that goes in to pain tolerance has two major components. First is the biological component—the headache or skin prickling that activates pain receptors. Second is the brain's perception of pain—how much focus is spent paying attention to or ignoring the pain. The brain's perception of pain is a response to signals from pain receptors that sensed the pain in the first place. warts and all including features or qualities that are not appealing or attractive. If you describe someone or accept them warts and all, you describe them or accept them as they are, including all their faults. Lyn loves him warts and all. He gives us a portrait of the real Gandhi, warts and all. 'Edinburgh in Focus' provides a warts-and-all look at the city. "Philip must learn to accept me, warts and all". overboard If you fall overboard 落水, you fall over the side of a boat into the water. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore. go overboard If you say that someone goes overboard, you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable. Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers. throw sth overboard 抛诸脑后, 丢到九霄云外 If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely. They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis. wag it = wag school 逃班, 逃学 ( = hop the wag = on the wag 过时的说法 ) British informal to play truant. "And don't you go wagging school this afternoon either -- I might be bringing Frank around." 5. accrual [əkruːəl] In finance, the accrual of something such as interest or investments is the adding together of interest or different investments over a period of time. ...the accrual of funds used during construction. ...an accrual method of accounting. I believe this fare provides 50% mileage accrual 累积, 获取. Pepperoni is an American variety of salami, made from cured pork and beef mixed together and seasoned with paprika or other chili pepper. Pepperoni is characteristically soft, slightly smoky, and bright red in color. Thinly sliced pepperoni is a popular pizza topping in American-style pizzerias and is used as filling in the West Virginia pepperoni roll. 政治: Flanked 陪着 by Mr Sukkar at a press conference on Monday, Mr Morrison refused to comment on whether last year's attempted insurgency 起义 was still hurting the Coalition in Victoria, which is often called the country's most progressive state. "That is such a bubble question. I'm just going to leave that question in the bubble," he said, deploying his preferred method for dismissing inquiries about political manoeuvres. But the Prime Minister was forced to deal with lingering 挥之不去的问题 questions about Mr Dutton's tin-eared remarks ( tin ear 音盲的 I. (idiomatic) Insensitivity to and inability to appreciate the elements of performed music or the rhythm, elegance, or nuances of language. II. (idiomatic) 不敏感的. Insensitivity to the nuances of the current situation or the subtleties of a craft; indifference to somebody else's attitudes and moods. to have a tin ear If you say that someone has a tin ear for something, you mean that they do not have any natural ability for it and cannot appreciate or understand it fully. Worst of all, for a playwright specializing in characters who use the vernacular, he has a tin ear for dialogue. ) regarding his Labor opponent in Dickson, Ali France, who uses a wheelchair after being hit by a car in 2011. 6. infatuated possessed with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone. "an infatuated teenager". You are not in love, you are infatuated 一时鬼迷心窍. 政治: I think disappointed is the correct word. I am not the only person in the world who has gone out and had a big night and done things that in the light of day 天亮了, 到白天 look a little silly, so I don't carry any shame 感觉羞耻, 感到不好意思 around that at all. bubble gum 泡泡糖 Bubble gum is a sweet substance similar to chewing gum. You can blow it out of your mouth so it makes the shape of a bubble. I got bubblegum on the seat of Nanna's car. punter I. uk informal a customer; a user of services or buyer of goods: Many hotels are offering discounts in an attempt to attract punters/pull in the punters. II. uk slang a person who uses the services of a prostitute. "I find her comments to be absolutely disgraceful and unbefitting 不合适的, 不和身份的, 不符合身份的 of a member of Congress," Sanders said, "and I think that it's a good thing the president is calling her out." gas up (something) 加油 to put fuel in a vehicle: I want to gas up when we get to the next service area. vocal 发声的, 出言支持, 表示支持或不支持的, 发表意见的, 说出来的 You say that people are vocal when they speak forcefully about something that they feel strongly about. He has been very vocal in his displeasure over the results. [+ in] A public inquiry earlier this year produced vocal opposition from residents. Both these proposals were resisted by the developed countries, most vocally by the United States. It's not that I don't care, just you are a lot more vocal than me. That's all.

 Special S1: 1. limp verb I. If a person or animal limps, they walk with difficulty or in an uneven way because one of their legs or feet is hurt. I wasn't badly hurt, but I injured my thigh and had to limp. He had to limp off with a leg injury. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp. II. 拖着腿走. If you say that something such as an organization, process, or vehicle limps along, you mean that it continues slowly or with difficulty, for example because it has been weakened or damaged. In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources. A British battleship, which had been damaged severely in the battle of Crete, came limping into Pearl Harbor. adj. I. 软弱无力的. If you describe something as limp, you mean that it is soft or weak when it should be firm or strong. She was told to reject applicants with limp handshakes. A residue can build up on the hair shaft, leaving the hair limp and dull looking. Flags and bunting hung limply in the still, warm air. II. If someone is limp, their body has no strength and is not moving, for example because they are asleep or unconscious. He carried her limp body into the room and laid her on the bed. He hit his head against a rock and went limp. n. I owe you such a big apology for acting like a heinous bitch yesterday. Oh. That's fine. No. Kim told me about you getting hit by a car, and as a fellow victim 同是受害者, I'd like to offer my condolences. God, you were hit by a car, too? God, no. But I could be. We all could be. Especially Samantha. She has zero spatial awareness 空间概念(Spatial awareness is the ability to be aware of oneself in space. It is an organised knowledge of objects in relation to oneself in that given space. Spatial awareness also involves understanding the relationship of these objects when there is a change of position.). Anyway, it all makes so much sense now. Your inability to open mail, your sad limp. Oh, my limp is actually kind of. Are you ever gonna get better? Or is this just, like, it 就是这样了, 好不了了 for you? Yeah. This is it for me. All from the getting hit by a car. Wow. Everybody! Come hug Ryan! He was hit by a car and now he has a weird, sad limp 拐子, 瘸子 forever! Thank you so much. Thank you. I hope you don't mind. I couldn't just let Olivia punish you for something you couldn't do. Kim, it's fine. 2. Did Edward Scissorhands 剪刀手 ( The film stars Johnny Depp as an artificial man named Edward, an unfinished creation who has scissor blades instead of hands. The young man is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter Kim The film also marks the fourth collaboration between Burton and film score composer Danny Elfman. The leading role of Edward had been connected to several actors prior to Depp's casting: a meeting between Burton and the preferred choice of the studio, Tom Cruise, was not fruitful, and Tom Hanks and Gary Oldman turned down the part. The character of The Inventor was devised specifically for Vincent Price, and would be his last major role. Edward's scissor hands were created and designed by Stan Winston. Jealous of Kim's attraction to Edward, Jim suggests Edward pick the lock 撬锁 on his parents' home to obtain a van for Jim and Kim. Edward agrees, but when he picks the lock, a burglar alarm is triggered. Jim flees and Edward is arrested. The police determine that his period of isolation has left Edward without any sense of reality or common sense. Edward takes responsibility for the robbery, telling a surprised Kim he did it because she asked him to. Edward is shunned by those in the neighborhood except for the Boggses. ) open my mail? What is wrong with you? I'm sorry, Olivia. I promise you I know how to open mail. It's just, I have a dexterity [dekˈsterəti] issue. Were you homeschooled? Don't let her get to you 别生她气. There's a half-eaten Luna Bar where her heart should be. I'm not. It's gonna be fine. 3. This is not the way you want to look for the first day of your internship. Don't you just want to stay home with me instead? No, I'm not bailing on 放过这个机会, 放鸽子 Eggwoke. Who even reads that site? It's just It's a bunch of silly articles. It's not silly, okay. It's brilliant, millennial, LOLzy satire. And it's a big deal. It's unpaid. Rude! I'm sorry. I just I've just been a bit worried about you since the accident. Mom, I fractured an elbow, okay? As far as car accidents go, it was pretty chill 很不算一回事了, 很轻了. Yeah What about your CP (Cerebral palsy ( [UK ˈserəbrəl US: səˈribrəl] cerebral 大脑的 ) 脑麻痹 (CP) ( palsy [pɔːlzi] Palsy is a loss of feeling in part of your body. ) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time. Often, symptoms include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak. )? Because they're gonna ask you to do these difficult things, like like faxing and printing. 4. Listen, I'm not trying to sound paranoid or whatever, but Was this party meant for someone else? What? Saw a text from your mom. Said to say hi to Stephanie and the girls. Oh, my God. You totally friend recycled 废物利用, 回收利用 this party. Ah. I didn't friend recycle this party, okay? I just. No, you know what? That's exactly what I did. Okay. Now I'm just scared. Are you one of those grifter types ( A grifter 撒谎骗钱的人 is a con artist: someone who swindles people out of money through fraud. If there's one type of person you don't want to trust, it's a grifter: someone who cheats others out of money. Grifters are also known as chiselers, defrauders, gougers, scammers, swindlers, and flim-flam men. Selling a bridge and starting a Ponzi scheme are things a grifter might do. The difference between a grifter and a thief is a grifter tricks you out of money through lies, while the thief takes it by force 明抢. The end result is the same. Of course, like any grifter after our money, this one appears legit on the sunny surface of things. One of the first lessons a grifter learns is never to trust anyone. )? No! God. I've never lived on my own before. Okay? My mom, she's overprotective, it's strange, I know, and I thought I had these friends from college, but maybe I'm Dean & Delusional because they all bailed. And that's when I called you. I'm a loser, Kim. I'm a loser that's been masquerading as a non-loser. You're not a loser. Okay? We all put a Valencia filter on our life to make it seem better than actually is. But you don't. I mean, your whole brand is, like, honesty. "Brand"? Go to jail ( Go to Jail 去死 a phrase used to indicate anger towards a person, say that something is awesome, or to show your jealousy of someone else's achievement, or to show frustration of something totally terrible that just happened. "Dude, you got an Aston Martin! Go to Jail!" Who spilled Mountain Dew on my keyboard? Go to Jail."). I'm just saying. You don't give a shit. Oh, I give multiple shits. Oh, really? About what? Okay, look. In the spirit of bonding and cementing our friendship, I'm going to tell you something, but you have to promise not to say anything. 5. Kim, there are two types of people in this world. Those who get free scones and those who don't. And those that get them, they go through life with a certain kind of ease. Things just happen to them, things non-scone-getters can only dream of. Like getting stopped on the street by a cute boy who just whisks them away to Palm Springs for the weekend. They think this is normal. They have no idea how lucky they are. Um Blueberry scone, please. We're out of plates. 6. Who sued the hospital and got you that money? And now you want to blow it away 挥霍一空. No. Not on my watch. Stop watching everyone and just get a fucking life. Finding an apartment is hard, and I you've never done it before. I don't want you to get screwed over. Let me help. 7. Kim, how's the listicle ([ˈlɪstɪk(ə)l] a piece of writing or other content presented wholly or partly in the form of a list. "a recent BuzzFeed listicle called '21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity' has attracted more than 13 million views") coming? "How to Look Like a Million Bucks"? It's really short. It just says, "Have a million bucks. " Great. Very relatable. Now, I need sex stories. Diversity hire, you got anything? I'm kidding. Straight white men are canceled. Ryan, I saw you leaving my pool party to hook up with Keaton. Can you tell our readers about it? In graphic detail? Um I would, but it's a total violation of his privacy. Fine. You know, your piece about getting hit by a car is still doing amazing. Maybe you should consider injuring yourself again. Nothing major. Just like a bruised rib?  8. I didn't stand a chance 门都没有. He's like the definition of a free-scone person. I don't get it. Do you think you're like the gay Babadook or something? No. I guess if I'm just being honest with myself, I haven't really felt the same since my accident. Well, how long has it been since you've had sexual relations? I am not disclosing that. Oh, come on. I once went a year and a half. It was terrible. I truly felt like Charlize Theron in Monster. But it sharpened my senses. Right now, I'm sensing this might be a virgin situation. Don't tell anyone, okay? Sorry, can't. I got to put you on the virgin registry. It's called the No-Fuck List. I won't say shit. I promise. 9. Meet the P that's gonna take your V. I don't think my A can take that. Eh, some lube and a can-do attitude 一往无前的精神, you'll be fine. I'm sorry, how do you sleep on this twin bed? Kim, I can't I can't do this. Hiring a sex worker just feels I don't know, it feels desperate. Okay, that attitude, very five think pieces ago. My friends hire them all the time. Yeah, and I'm sure they also have a lot of sex that they don't pay for. Look, it's not that complicated. If you have clogged pipes, you call a plumber. 10. Sorry, I didn't mean to react like that. You know, being hit in the face usually costs an extra $100, but I'm gonna give you a freebie. Why don't we loosen you up, huh? Give you a little massage. 11. I like waking up next to you every morning. I'm kind of on the fence 无定论, 不确定 about it.