rugged, ruggedised, rigidise, frigid.

用法学习: 1. to the untrained eye/ear used as a way of referring to someone with little knowledge or experience of a particular activity or subject. To the untrained eye it looks like a real diamond. when someone who does not have special knowledge of a subject looks at something or listens to it. To the untrained eye, the two flowers look remarkably similar. uninitiated not having knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity: The author's goal was to introduce uninitiated readers to the area. You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity as the uninitiated. For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll and country music. Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated. For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling, the previous record was a little over 4 km. This may not be visible to the uninitiated eye, but the experienced quarryman sees it. To the uninitiated outsider 外行, all this would be completely incomprehensible. exhilarating [ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ,ɛɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ] adj making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling. making you feel very excited and happy. If you describe an experience or feeling as exhilarating, you mean that it makes you feel very happy and excited. It was exhilarating to be on the road again and his spirits rose. Falling in love is a heady, exhilarating experience. an exhilarating walk in the mountains. "an exhilarating two-hour rafting experience". 2. abomination [əˌbɑmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] something that you hate because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable. What is happening is an abomination. abominable [əbɒmɪnəbəl] adj Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad. The President described the killings as an abominable crime. The weather was abominable, cold with wind and rain. Chloe has behaved abominably. Wallis was often abominably rude. the Abominable Snowman = yeti [ˈjeti] a wild animal that some people believe exists in the Himalayas. It is said to look like a human with a lot of hair. abominate [əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt] to dislike intensely; loathe; detest. to hate something because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. 3. rugged [rʌgɪd] I. A rugged area of land is uneven and covered with rocks, with few trees or plants. ...rugged mountainous terrain. ...a ruggedly beautiful wilderness. The island's ruggedness symbolises our history and the character of the people. II. If you describe a man as rugged, you mean that he has strong, masculine features. A look of pure disbelief crossed Shankly's rugged face. He was six feet tall and ruggedly handsome. III. If you describe someone's character as rugged, you mean that they are strong and determined, and have the ability to cope with difficult situations. Rugged individualism forged America's frontier society. IV. A rugged piece of equipment is strong and is designed to last a long time, even if it is treated roughly. The camera combines rugged reliability with unequalled optical performance and speed. The body is 90% titanium for ruggedness. ruggedized [ˈrʌɡɪdʌɪzd] adj NORTH AMERICAN designed or improved to be hard-wearing or shock-resistant. to make durable, as for military use. "ruggedized computers suitable for use on the battlefield". rigidize [ˈrɪdʒɪdˌaɪz] = rigidify [rɪˈdʒɪdɪˌfaɪ] to make or become rigid. rigid I. not easily changed. a rigid class system. II. done or applied in a strict and unreasonable way. rigid control over behavior. rigid discipline. III. stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move. The door is made from galvanized steel with a rigid frame. IV. not willing to change your ideas, attitudes, opinions, etc. Both sides have remained rigid in their resolve. V. unable to move because of a strong emotion such as fear or anger. I only had one chance – this was live television – and I was totally rigid with fear. frigid [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] I. extremely formal and unfriendly. If you describe the atmosphere in a place or someone's behaviour as frigid, you mean that it is very formal and unfriendly. 公事公办的 (prim and proper). 冷淡的. 正式的. He presided at all councils of ministers, where the atmosphere could be frigid on occasions. her frigid tones. prim and proper (idiomatic) prudish, straight-laced. Having very traditional, morally conservative beliefs and behavior. I've never dated someone who is so prim and proper before. I'm not sure how he's going react when he meets my family! She's so prim and proper that I bet she's never even jaywalked before. II. a frigid woman does not enjoy having sex. If a woman is frigid, she finds it difficult to become sexually aroused. Frigid is often used to show disapproval. My husband says I am frigid. ...an inability to experience orgasm (often called frigidity). III. formal extremely cold. Frigid means extremely cold. A snowstorm hit the West today, bringing with it frigid temperatures. The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long. bored I. feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do. If you want to say you are extremely bored, you can say you are bored stiff/rigid/silly 无聊透顶, 无聊爆了 or bored to tears/to death. Oh, I'm so bored! Beth ordered a coffee from a bored-looking waiter. bored with: Steve was getting bored with the game. bored of: I get really bored of my same-damn-thing-every-day diet. II. feeling annoyed about something that has continued for too long. I'm getting pretty bored with his endless complaining.

 躲在起落架上飞行: So how is it possible that someone could stow away? On the ground, the landing gear wheel well 起落架口 is exposed. The area is a complex mesh of components, wiring, and hydraulic lines. Climbing on the tires and scaling the landing gear structure into a concealed spot is not difficult, especially in darkness. Pilots use flashlights on their walk-around inspections, but they can't see every nook and cranny( every nook and cranny 每个角落, 每个边边角角 every part of a place: Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.). And if a stowaway 藏身者 scampers into the gear well after a pilot completes his or her walk-around, his or her presence will not be detected. What about other ground personnel catching the stowaway?  Often the folks loading the bags or servicing the aircraft are focused on 专注于(..is focused..., the helping verb "be" is used with "focused" to create a continuous tense. (Present tense and a sense that the focus action is continuing.) I am focused on learning English. (I am learning now and continuing to learn.) The second example, "I focused on..." is past tense. I focused on learning English. (I was learning English in the past.) focus verb I. If you focus on a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it, you concentrate on it and think about it, discuss it, or deal with it, rather than dealing with other topics. The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.He is currently focusing on assessment and development. Today he was able to focus his message exclusively on the economy. Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary. II. If you focus your eyes or if your eyes focus, your eyes adjust so that you can clearly see the thing that you want to look at. If you focus a camera, telescope, or other instrument, you adjust it so that you can see clearly through it. Kelly couldn't focus his eyes well enough to tell if the figure was male or female. His eyes slowly began to focus on what looked like a small dark ball. He found the binoculars and focused them on the boat. Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene. III. If you focus rays of light on a particular point, you pass them through a lens or reflect them from a mirror so that they meet at that point. Magnetic coils focus the electron beams into fine spots. focus noun. I. The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with. The U.N.'s role in promoting peace is increasingly the focus of international attention. The new system is the focus of controversy. Her children are the main focus of her life. II. Your focus 聚精会神, 专注 on something is the special attention that you pay it. He said his sudden focus on foreign policy was not motivated by presidential politics. The report's focus is on how technology affects human life rather than business. IBM has also shifted its focus from mainframes to personal computers. III. If you say that something has a focus 有重心, 有重点, you mean that you can see a purpose in it. Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked. Suddenly all of the seemingly isolated examples took on a meaningful focus. IV. You use focus 注意力 to refer to the fact of adjusting your eyes or a camera, telescope, or other instrument, and to the degree to which you can see clearly. His focus switched to the little white ball. Together these factors determine the depth of focus. It has no manual focus facility.  V. The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet. ) their task and may not catch an unauthorised person on the ramp. If that individual had remained hidden from view, he may have waited until the plane was not being loaded or serviced. There have been occasions at less busy airports where stowaways have run out onto taxiways in an attempt to crawl into baggage compartments or landing gear wells. Scaling 翻越, 翻过 an airport perimeter fence at an inconspicuous point would allow a stowaway access to a plane. An airport with lower security standards might also allow breaches to the ramp through doors or jet bridges. In the end, in this day and age of high security, it is highly unusual for someone to hitch a ride aboard a commercial airliner, let alone survive the flight. Any individual who attempts such a feat is foolish, ignorant of the dangerous situation - and must be completely desperate. First, the landing gear well of a large jet has little space for anything but the massive support structure and the wheels. Without knowledge of where to position oneself, a person could be in the path of those components, whose retraction and extension 伸缩 carries a hydraulic pressure of 200 bar, that would likely crush a stowaway like a bug. Second, the lack of oxygen at high altitudes during an eight-hour-and-50-minute trip, as in the Kenya Airlines flight, doesn't bode well for human survival. Temperatures nearing minus 50 degrees aren't conducive to blood flow. And third, if one survives such an ordeal, landing gear extension on approach to the airport would disrupt the perch of a stowaway, potentially sending him falling to his demise.

Line of Duty S3: 1. You sure everything's all right? Yeah, it's fine, yeah. It's just the missus ain't sleeping too good, you know. Why do I get the feeling you're not 100% on board? I am. I'm going home, so Laila can grab an early night, yeah? You need me to make the hard choices for you. Because I see what's inside you. Jelly. The fact is, if we'd not stuck together, AC-12 would be charging the lot of us, not just me. Worth bearing in mind, when you've got that nice little family to provide for. 2. So, you worked with Jackie long? Couple of years, on and off. Danny? A bit less. I don't get the impression there's much. Sorry, Kate. Sorry, listen. I'm just not feeling very sociable (  [ˈsoʊʃəb(ə)l] I. 爱交际的. 喜欢交谈的. 想独处的. 不想讲话的. 不想交谈的. 不想交流的. a sociable person is friendly and enjoys being with other people. Sociable people are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. She was, and remained, extremely sociable, enjoying dancing, golf and bicycling. Some children have more sociable personalities than others. Enthusiasm, adaptability, sociability, and good health are essential. I'm not feeling very sociable today. II. used about things such as jobs, times, and situations that allow you to enjoy being with other people or to live the type of life that most people live. sociable hours: The pay is good, but the hours are not very sociable 和别人不一样的. social drinker a person who drinks alcohol chiefly on social occasions and only in moderate quantities. social I. relating to activities that involve being with other people, especially activities that you do for pleasure. Social means relating to leisure activities that involve meeting other people. We ought to organize more social events. Social activities might include walking tours of the Old Town. a social activity/engagement/get-together. social contact: The worst thing about working from home is the lack of social contact和社会接触, 社会脱节. a social call 私事登门拜访 (=a visit for the purpose of pleasure, not business): This is not a social call. I'm afraid I have some bad news. a. relating to rules about behavior with other people. social skills 社交技能 (=how good you are at meeting and dealing with people): We need someone with excellent social skills. social graces 社交礼仪 (=manners): The children still need to learn a few social graces. b. a social person 善交际的人 enjoys being with other people. II. relating to society and to people's lives in general. They try to address social problems such as unemployment and poor health. social justice: The interests of big companies are rarely compatible with social justice. social change: a period of enormous political and social change. social conditions: There has been a progressive deterioration of the social conditions of small farmers. III. relating to the position that someone has in society in relation to other people. Social means relating to the status or rank that someone has in society. Higher education is unequally distributed across social classes. The guests came from all social backgrounds. Morisot and Degas moved in the same social circles. ...a prosperous upper-middle-class couple with social aspirations. For socially ambitious couples this is a problem. ...socially disadvantaged children. I felt there was a lot of pressure on me to achieve, both academically and socially. a judgment about someone based on their social background社会背景, 社会地位. The evidence shows a relationship between crime and social class. III. biology social 群居 animals live in groups instead of living alone. ) right now. 3. Do you like chilli? The food. Not the country. I've got a pot on the simmer(simmer I. [intransitive, transitive] to boil gently, or to cook something slowly by boiling it gently Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour. II. [intransitive] if you are simmering with anger 怒火中烧, or if anger is simmering in you, you feel very angry but do not show your feelings. He was left simmering with rage. III. [intransitive] if an argument is simmering, people feel angry with each other but only show it slightly. The row has been simmering for some time. Violent revolt was simmering in the country. ). You've probably eaten. No, I haven't, actually. Well? Yeah. Not too fiery 不会太辣吧? I'll cope. If you go to the trouble of 费力气, 费劲 making a pot, you might as well make it last a few days, you know? One night, you can have it with rice. One night, baked potato. It's rock and roll, me. Well, I'm not complaining. By the time I knock off, the only thing that's open is a dodgy kebab. That's undercover, isn't it? Stupid hours. Well, Mark works in IT. He did a lot from home, which was great for childcare. Just not so great for us. You still see the kid, though? Yeah. Sorry, I shouldn't poke my nose in 打听私事. No, it's fine. It was the right decision. You know, give him security and stability. Just not such a great decision for me, to be honest. See, me and my missus, we never got around to having kids 没时间生孩子. Was she a copper too? Forensics. I don't see much of her now. No? No, I was on the piss ( be (or go) on the piss drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities. be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session.) most nights. Couldn't pass a bookie's. Final straw was - we'd put down half on a fortnight in Majorca. Oh, don't tell me. Yeah, five-to-one. Dead cert (a dead cert I. something that is definitely going to happen. I think that a tax increase is a dead cert 板上钉钉的事, 确定无疑的事. II. someone or something that is definitely going to be successful or to win something. Put your money on Thorpe to win, he's a dead cert. a dead cert for: Stewart is a dead cert for the men's 100 metres.). I couldn't go home to face the music, so I took out a loan, put a grand down on the last race of the day, try and win it all back. Barrel of laughs ( be a barrel of laughs/fun informal to be funny or enjoyable: "He's a bit serious, isn't he?" "Yeah, not exactly a barrel of laughs." a source of fun or amusement. "life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment"), me, yeah. Can I have your bowl? Cheers. Hey, there's seconds here if you fancy? Any more and I won't get off this sofa. 4. end of slang something you say to tell someone that you have made a final decision and you do not want to talk about it any more: You're not going out tonight - end of! Nearest station's Polk Avenue. I'll take you in there and they can charge you for impersonating a police officer. That's you back inside 回监狱, end of. Why don't you come into AC-12 with your solicitor, you tell us you heard the Caddy rumour about Cole off some old lag, dead or lost his marbles, and you leave me to do the rest? And? There's always an and. And you turn over all the stuff you've got on me. End of. End of? The incriminating item I've got on you, that's my only insurance. You need me to shut this down. I'm small fry. You're the big fish. So what'll happen when they find out about all that evidence you've been sitting on? Hm? The contacts in that phone. The call history. 5. What forensics do you have linking me to the crime scene? Your car, your gun -- I'd say that's plenty. Were my fingerprints on the gun? There were no fingerprints found on the firearm at all. It appeared to have been wiped. Right. So no prints. Lindsay Denton was shot at close range. The vehicle interior shows a substantial blood spatter pattern. Did you find blood particles on me? At the time of Steve Arnott's arrest, his clothing was seized for forensic examination. There were no traces of blood or gunshot residue detected. Yeah, but anyone with half a brain, covered in blood and gunshot residue, would know to dispose of his clothing. So where's this clothing? You tell us. Why would I shoot Lindsay in my own car? I know the forensics would be totally incriminating. Correct. They are. So I wouldn't have done it! You were at the end of your tether 受够了 with Lindsay Denton. She betrayed you, manipulated you, deceived you and, finally, she discredited 毁你名声 you. You weren't thinking straight! So I used my service-issue firearm that I left at the scene? And I used my registered service vehicle? I mean, that's just stupid! You panicked. You left your bullet and the casing and you didn't do a good enough job disposing of the gun. Then you cobble together 拼凑 some story about your motor being nicked. In fact, the only thing you didn't make a hash of was the bloodstained clothing. That's not what happened. 6. as you were I. a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc. Ignore anything you just saw. Forget everything I just said. The reset button of life, especially of military life. As you were, soldier. Nothing just happened. II. a statement to withdraw something just said. "As you were" is a military drill command. If an NCO gives an order and then wishes to change it, or if he is not satisfied with the way the men react, he may give the command As you were. This tells the men to return to the earlier state and await the next command. "The way we were" takes a look back to earlier times. It is often a sentimental view of happier times. there I was/we were used when you are telling a story and you want to give a summary of the situation that you were in at a particular stage So there I was, up to my waist in icy water. 7. Bains and I met loads of times. He would have known my voice and been able to identify, the call was clearly made by another person unknown. Yes, and you're familiar with the putative 一般认为的, 公认的 ( [ˈpjutətɪv] believed to be something. If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true: The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday. ...a putative father. his putative father. ) corrupt police officer codename The Caddy? What the hell was going on with Hastings showing up at Fairbank's house? You heard Fairbank. He called him, put the gaffer ( [British, informal] People use gaffer to refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time. ) on the spot. Yeah, well, I saw the handshake at the door. It was masonic (Masonic 一伙的 [məsɒnɪk] is used to describe things relating to the organization of Freemasons. ...a Masonic lodge on Broughton Street.). In that file on Ronan Murphy, Murphy's connection to Hunter must have been concealed by police officers, and who gave us that file? Hastings. The Caddy is the codename for a serving police officer with lifelong links to organised crime, working as a fixer within the police service for certain criminal interests. No officer has ever been irrefutably ( Irrefutable [ɪˈrefjətəb(ə)l, ˌɪrɪˈfjutəb(ə)l] 无可辩驳的. 铁证如山的, evidence, statements, or arguments cannot be shown to be incorrect or unsatisfactory. impossible to prove wrong irrefutable facts/evidence/proof. They managed to come up with a number of irrefutable arguments. The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident. Her logic was irrefutable. ) identified as the Caddy, hence his existence is putative. The term was first heard in a video statement made by John Thomas Hunter. DC Jeremy Cole, deceased. Now, Cole was originally presumed on the balance of probabilities to be the Caddy, but that conclusion is no longer supportable 站不住脚的, 不成立. 8. surmise [sərˈmaɪz] verb. 揣测, 猜测. 猜度. 瞎想. to guess that something is true, when you do not have enough information to prove that it is true. If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. He surmised that her flight was delayed. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets. He surmised that her flight was delayed. During this time, November '98, what was your position? I ran Vice. Yep. And why was the head of Vice being copied into a report on a missing social worker? I have absolutely no idea. It sounds like an admin error to me. An administrative error? Well, I'm surmising. adj. If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. His surmise proved correct. 9. sequester [sɪkwestər] I. Sequester means the same as sequestrate. sequestrate[ˈsikwəˌstreɪt] 扣下, 查封, 没收, 查扣, 克扣 to take someone's property away from them until they pay money that they owe. to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or until they have obeyed a court order. Everything he owned was sequestered. Just when exactly did you get the idea of sequestering evidence from me? Hm? In 35 years, this has been my worst day in the service, and now this little incident just about caps the whole lot 超过所有! Was it your idea to go behind my back or was it yours? To be fair to DI Cottan, he sought me out for guidance. It was my decision to sequester the evidence from Danny Waldron's flat because of its sensitive nature in regard to a fellow officer. It seemed a bizarre and possibly meaningless find, sir, but I just had a feeling that it might alert Steve. And if it had of done then we wouldn't have had all this other evidence. Oh, yeah, you're on very thin ice with me, DI Cottan. Are there any other surprises in store? I hope not, sir. I hope not, too. II. 隔离. 分开. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. to keep a group of people, especially a jury in a court trial, apart from other people.  to keep people, especially a jury, together in a place so that they cannot be influenced by other people, by newspaper reports, etc. III. to separate and store a harmful substance such as carbon dioxide in a way that keeps it safe: He said all coal plants should be closed until they find a way to sequester the carbon dioxide they emit. A growing forest sequesters carbon and gives off oxygen. be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble. If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences. I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it. I was on thin ice, and I knew it. 10. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott having access to tens of thousands of pounds in cash? He'd hardly do it openly. Corrupt officers have access to criminal contacts. Please answer the question you've been asked. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott with such an enormous sum of cash? I don't know how Steve Arnott got hold of the money and then got it into my house. Ms Denton, you've answered. And I'm still answering. If I'm inaccurate, I'll be corrected. Steve Arnott had my complete trust and the trust of the officers on guard duty. He could easily have picked his moment to plant the money and I firmly believe that that is the best explanation for how it came to be there. Because I had never seen that money before. Were you aware that you were under investigation by Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Yes, I was. And were you cooperating with that investigation? Yes, I was. You were being completely honest, to the best of your knowledge, in assisting them with their enquiries? Yes, I was. And had you always been completely honest with Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Please answer, Ms Denton. It was a complex case and there were many details that were elusive and, at times, required further thought and examination before I could give a definitive answer. Did you lie in relation to matters surrounding the conspiracy to murder Tommy Hunter? Ms Denton. As I said, it was a complex case, and many details were difficult to define or recollect. Did you lie about having prior knowledge of Hunter? No. You lied about having prior knowledge of Hunter, didn't you? No. You told the investigators lie after lie to confound ( confound [kən'faʊnd] I. If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis. The choice of Governor may confound us all. 出其不意. 出人意表的. 出人意料的. to make someone feel surprised or confused, especially by not behaving in the way they expect. She confounded her critics by winning the race. II. if you are confounded by something, you cannot understand it We were totally confounded by her reaction. III. formal to prove that something is wrong. This new evidence confounds your theory. confound it/him/her/them used for showing that you are annoyed. And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them. Placed there to confront and confound him. She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him. Use their expectations and then confound them. Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!) them, and to pervert the course of justice, didn't you? It wasn't like that. It was like that. You wove a web of deceit to confound the investigators and to protect yourself, and you have the effrontery 大胆无耻, 卑鄙无耻 ( [ɪfrʌntəri] [formal, disapproval] Effrontery is behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man. ) to attempt to deceive 欺骗 this jury. No! Did you fabricate the improper relations between you and Detective Sergeant Arnott? No. Did you fabricate the planting of evidence against you? No. Lindsay Denton, aren't you an artful, devious person([diːviəs] I. If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way. [disapproval] Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private. By devious means she tracked down the other woman. ...the deviousness of drug traffickers. II. A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible. He followed a devious route.), who has betrayed the trust placed in her as a police officer No. and haven't you repeatedly and shamelessly connived 设计, 图谋 to obstruct those who would bring you to justice? 11. During the interview with Steven Arnott I indentified a number of issues that merit further examination. Of course you want to believe that Steve's innocent. Of course you do. But you're jumping to rash and extremely damaging conclusions. DC Fleming, please. Miss Bigelow, you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be used in evidence. It's been a long day and night, let's get a grip, Ted. Did you furnish ( I. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. II. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it 提供. They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.) Superintendant Hastings with an intelligence file relating to Ronan Murphy, the suspect shot dead by Sergeant Danny Waldron on the 13th of May? I did. And from who did you obtain that file? Did an AC-12 officer furnish you with this file on condition of anonymity? Yes. DS Rogerson's copy of the file did not contain the omissions made to the one you received. I was given that file in good faith and I completely deny tampering with it. No-one's suggesting you did. What we're exploring here is that the alterations were made by said AC-12 officer. You're barking up the wrong tree 找错人. Matthew Cottan has done a first-rate job of rooting out a bad apple. Gill As for the file, he knew we were being obstructed, so he obtained it through unofficial channels. Why didn't he just give it to me? Because he was afraid you'd give him a dressing-down for acting improperly. Gill even after the time we spent together, you really don't know me at all.

Phrase Mix 10, early VS soon, renovate decorate, refurbish, furnish, touch up.

1. Is there anything else I can help you with today? You are at a bank. You just deposited some money into your account, and now the bank teller wants to make sure that you're finished with everything you needed to do. He asks you this. This is a set phrase that bank tellers, customer service representatives, and other workers that deal with customers say when you're finished with your conversation. It sounds very polite and formal. It's a way to make sure that the customer doesn't have any more questions. I went to see a talk last night. You went to a talk given by a writer last night at a community center in your neighborhood. Your coworker asks you what you did last night and you tell her about the event. You answer them like this. see a talk "A talk" is an event where an author, a researcher, an expert, or some other person speaks to a large audience. It's similar to a "speech", but a speech is more associated with politics, debating issues, or formal ceremonies. A "talk" is for explaining interesting ideas to people. You "see" a talk or other performance. Some other things that you can "see" include: see a dance performance, see a play, see a concert. On the other hand, for TV and movies it's more common to say that you "watch a movie" or "watch TV". Are you getting a refund? You are talking on the phone to you brother. He says that he just finished doing his taxes. You are curious to hear whether he's getting money back or will have to pay extra. You say this. get a refund This means to get back money that you paid. You can get a refund for something that you bought at a store when you return the item: I took those jeans back and got a refund. Or you can get a tax refund like in the example above. You pay money for taxes to the government from each paycheck. At the end of the year, when you figure out the exact amount of tax you're supposed to pay, you may find out that you paid too much. In that case, you get a refund. So have you done your taxes yet? The deadline for filing your tax return is April 15. Today is April 11, but you have been procrastinating 拖拖拉拉 and haven't sent yours in yet. So you've been thinking about taxes all weekend. You run into your neighbor and make small talk with her. This is one of the questions you ask her. do (one's) taxes In the U.S., money is usually taken out of your paycheck to pay for taxes. But once a year, you have to calculate the exact amount of tax you owe, and fill out paperwork to send to the IRS, which is a government agency that's in charge of taxes. Calculating your tax and filling out the paperwork is called "doing your taxes". 2. I was originally hired as an engineer, but I wound up in sales. You're giving a speech about something related to your job. You want to introduce your work history quickly so that the audience will understand why you're qualified to talk about this topic. Your history is that you were an engineer when you started working for your company, but now you are a salesperson. You explain this quickly by saying this. (someone) was hired as a (job title) To be "hired" means to get a job. Here are some of the phrases that you can make with the word "hired" You tell who got the job this way: "she was hired". You tell what person or company gave the person a job this way: "hired by XYZ Corporation". You tell the job title that the person got in this way: "hired as the V.P. of sales". (something) winds up (adjective / verb) The way something "winds up" is the way that it is in the end. We met in a bar in Mexico, kept in touch over email, and wound up getting married a few years later. You usually use "___ wound up ___" when there are a lot of details to the story that you want to skip over because they're not important and take too long to tell. (someone) is in (a field) You tell what field or industry you work in by saying that you are "in" that field or industry: I'm in accounting. Here are some examples of different fields that you can be "in": education (teachers, school principals), entertainment (actors, musicians, directors), software (programmers, testers, etc.), marketing (marketers for any company), sales (salespeople), hospitality (working in a hotel or on a cruise), accounting (accountants). At this point, I don't think there's much we can do about it. You are almost finished with a major project at work when a coworker from another department points out a problem with the original plans for the project. You agree that this is a problem, but in order to fix it you would have to go back and start over from the beginning. You don't want to do that, so this is what you tell him. at this point "At this point" means "now". But you use "at this point" when it's too late or too early for something: At this point the library is probably already closed. (too late) A this point, all I know is that we're meeting some time on Saturday. (too early). So when you use "at this point" it means "now" but also suggests that now is a bad time for whatever situation you're describing. there's (nothing / not much) (someone) can do When someone is asking for help, but you can't help them (or don't want to help them), you use the phrase "there's nothing I can do". Using this phrase makes it sound like you don't have any control over the decision to help or not help them. For example, if you are following a set of rules or if it's too late to make changes, you can say that "there's not much I can do about that". I'm keeping my options open. You're a first-year college student and you haven't decided on your major (your area of study) yet. You are talking to a professor who asks what your major is. You want to tell her that you haven't decided yet, but you want it to sound like a positive thing. keep (one's) options open To "keep your options open" means not to decide on something, so that you don't restrict yourself. It means to stay undecided so that you can still choose freely later on. A: Have you decided what you're going to study yet? B: No, I'm still keeping my options open. "Keeping your options open" is usually thought of as a positive thing. 3. Sorry, I've kind of been in my own little world lately. Your wife is angry at you because you aren't paying enough attention to her. You're always focused on work and don't spend time with her. You say this to apologize for not paying attention to her. be in (one's) own world This means to be focused only on your own thoughts, and to not pay attention to other people or events. This phrase is a metaphor. It's comparing your thoughts to being on a planet with no other people. You can add "little" to this phrase to make the thoughts you're having "in your own world" sound unimportant and selfish. I wish you'd told me sooner. Your department is working on a long-term project that is supposed to be completed two days from now. One of your employees comes to your office to tell you that there is a problem, and he thinks the project will be delayed an extra 3 or 4 days. Angrily, you say this because you think that someone should have warned you of the delay before this point. I wish (something) had (happened) This phrase is used as a polite way to complain to someone about the way that something happened in the past. "I wish" is a way to talk about the things that you want but aren't possible or likely. When you use "I wish" to talk about things that have already happened, you are saying the way that you would like to change the past: I wish Aiden had asked me before buying it. I wish you'd called me first. A similar way to criticize someone's actions or decisions is "Why didn't you ___?": Why didn't you tell me sooner? "I wish you'd ___" is more polite-sounding, but at the same time more disappointed and critical-sounding than "Why didn't you ___?" (do something) soon "Soon" and "early" are similar, but they measure time from different points. "Soon" measures the time after something. That can be after now: I'm leaving soon. Or it can be after a point in the past, like the point when the employee noticed that there would be a problem: Why didn't you tell me about this sooner? "Early" measures the time before something, like before now or before the time when something is going to start: Let's go. I want to get there early. 4. Have you noticed that Lisa's been acting a little strange lately? You are having lunch with a coworker. You saw another coworker, Lisa, yesterday and earlier today. She usually looks busy and stressed out, but yesterday and today she looked quite happy and relaxed. You wonder if your coworker also saw this. You ask this to her. (be) acting strange When a person is "acting strange" it means that they are acting differently than they normally do. People often say this about someone when they think that the person has a secret that they are hiding. That's not necessarily true. You're debating with your friend over weight loss methods. Your friend says that if you exercise 4 or 5 times per week, you'll definitely lose weight. You think that that's usually true, but you can also remember some examples of people you knew who exercised a lot but didn't lose weight, so you say this. not necessarily (adjective) 不一定是 Use the phrase "not necessarily" to show that you don't think something is completely true, although it may be true in most cases or for most of the time. For example: Larger fighters are not necessarily stronger. ... means that larger fighters are usually stronger, but sometimes they aren't. When someone says something you don't think is completely correct, you can also just reply "Not necessarily": A: It's always more expensive to fly on the weekend than on weekdays. B: Not necessarily. "Not necessarily" is a pretty safe and polite way to disagree with someone. People use this phrase when debating things at work, at school, when discussing politics with friends, and so on. You should always submit a cover letter, even if they don't ask for one. You're sending an email to a younger person who's applying for her first job out of college. She asked you if you think it's important to include a cover letter when she applies for jobs. You do think it's important, so this is what you write. submit (something) When you "submit" an application, a homework assignment, or some other official document, it means that you give it to the person or organization who has asked for it and who has authority over it. For example, you "submit" a job application to the company that might hire you. The word "submit" is a slightly formal word. In casual conversation, you can use the phrase "turn in (something) or "turn it in": Make sure to turn in your application by Friday. Are you going to be able to make the deadline? There is a school assignment due in two days. You are talking to your friend, who hasn't started working on the assignment. You are worried for your friend that she won't be able to finish it by the deadline. You ask her this. make a deadline To "make a deadline" means to finish something by or before it is due. People also use "meet a deadline" in the same way. When you use "make" it sounds like it was more difficult to finish on time. So you'd probably be more likely to see "make" in a sentence like this: I just barely made the deadline. And you'd see "meet" in a sentence like this: Aaron's usually pretty good about meeting his deadlines. I think you need to get your priorities straight. Your friend didn't go to his son's birthday party because he was working. You think that going to the party was more important than going to work. Angrily, you say this to your friend. get (one's) priorities straight 搞清孰轻孰重, 知道轻重缓急, 知道哪个优先, 知道哪个更重要 This phrase describes changing your priorities to place high value on the correct things. Your "priorities" are the things that you think are important. You can think of your priorities as a list, with the items at the top of the list being most important, the next items being less important, and the items at the bottom of the list being unimportant. Many people put their family at the top of this list, followed by friends, work, then things like their hobbies. If you act in a way that shows that your priorities match this ideal, people will say that you "have your priorities in order". If you show that you value something else, like money or fame, higher than your family and friends, people will say that you "need to get your priorities straight". Did you catch the last episode of Lost? You are in the break room at work and chatting with a coworker. You have spoken with this person before about how you both like the TV show Lost. You want to discuss what happened on the most recent show. You ask this. catch (a TV show) This is a casual way of describing watching a TV show. When you say "watch (a show)", it sounds neutral. When you say  "catch (a show)", it sounds as if the person wanted to watch it. You can also talk about "catching a show" when someone doesn't see all of it. For example: I caught the first few minutes of it, but then I had to leave. In addition to TV shows, you can "catch" things like: other people's conversations, live sporting events, concerts, songs on the radio. an episode of (a TV show) The word "TV show" can be confusing, because it can mean the entire continuing series, or just one 1-hour or 30-minute part of the series. The word "episode" is a more specific way to refer to and count the individual parts of a show. Here are some other specific words for TV shows: a season is one group of episodes that are shown in order around the same time. There's usually one season per year. a series is the entire show, from beginning to end. However, in Britain the word "series" is used to mean what we call a "season" in America. the premiere of a show is the first episode. Each series has a series premiere and each season has a season premiere. the finale is the last episode. Just like "premiere", there is a season finale, which is the last episode of a season. The series finale is the last episode of a TV show before it goes off the air. I'm in support of anything that generates new jobs 创造就业. A person you used to work with is volunteering for an organization. The organization is trying to change the law to allow foreigners to move to your country to start a business. You don't know much about this law, but you think that it might be good if foreigners start businesses in your country. You think that it might help to create new jobs, so you say this. be in support of (something) This phrase means to like an idea. It's usually used to talk about an action that people are debating on. For example, if people in the government are discussing whether to raise or lower taxes, you could say: I'm strongly in support of the idea of raising taxes if it means improving our education system. The phrase "in support of" is not really casual or formal, but it's usually used to talk about decisions so it's likely to be used in politics, classroom discussions, and in the news. generate jobs This means to create new jobs for the people of a country or region. "Generate" is a more specific word than "create", so it sounds more technical. If you want to sound smarter when discussing economics, you should use the word "generate". When you want to sound more casual and friendly when talking about the economy with your friends, use "create". Other words that fit with "generate" include: generate profits, generate interest, generate (electrical) power. You not only disobeyed me 违抗命令, 抗旨不尊, 不听话, you betrayed my trust. Your daughter wanted to go on an overnight trip with her friends to see a concert in another city. You told her she couldn't go, but she bought tickets to the concert anyway. On that day, she lied and said that she was studying late with her friend. When you find out about this, you are very angry. You yell this at her. disobey (someone) (obey an order/command/instruction: The commandos were used to obeying orders. obey the law/rules: Drivers are not obeying the new traffic laws.) This means to do something that your parents, teacher, or boss told you not to do. This phrase wouldn't be appropriate to use to describe something your friend, husband or wife, or parent did. You can only "disobey" someone if they have complete authority over you. betray (someone's) trust When someone trusts you, and you do something to hurt them, you have betrayed that person's trust. This phrase describes a very strong feeling, only used for very bad situations like this one: Sandra Bullock's husband betrayed her trust by cheating on her with another woman. 5. If only we'd just waited there, this never would have happened. You wanted to go to a certain restaurant, but the wait to get in was long. You put your name down on the waiting list, but your girlfriend wanted to see if the wait at another restaurant nearby was shorter. You went to the other restaurant, but they had an even longer wait. So you went back to the 1st restaurant, but you find out that they already passed you on the list 叫过了号 and you have to be added to the bottom of the list again. You say this because you wish you hadn't tried to leave. if (something had happened), (something) never would have happened This is a way of expressing regret or anger at how something was done. It's used when you think a mistake was made, but now it's too late to change it. The condition can be positive, as in the example at top, or negative like this: If you hadn't distracted me, the accident never would have happened. if only (someone) had (done something)... / if only (something) had (been a certain way)... "If only..." is a poetic-sounding phrase that's used to express something you wish had happened. It brings to mind an image of someone imagining how much better life would be if this imaginary event had happened. Because of its poetic tone, "if only" is not used when someone is really angry about how things happened. It's used in situations where you wish things had been different, but you accept that you can't change the past. This can be used to express what actions should have been differently, like in the example at top, or what conditions should have different: If only it hadn't rained, we could have cooked out on the grill. You can use this phrase by itself, without telling what the result would be: If only I'd listened to her.... Just a heads up - we're going to have to meet soon. You were in a meeting at work where you heard about a change in your work schedule. You're talking to an employee who wasn't at the meeting. You want to talk to her about the schedule change, but you're not ready to discuss it yet. You say this to her. just a heads up - This is a phrase that you say before warning someone of something. The phrase "Heads up!" comes from sports. You say this before throwing a ball to someone to let them know to raise their head and look for the ball, so they don't get hit. This phrase has spread to business and social situations as well, in the form "(this is) just a heads up". a change in the schedule Use "in" to express a schedule change: There's been a change in today's schedule. Come on! Did you have to bring that up? You're having a conversation with your mother and she mentions an embarrassing story about you. You wish she wouldn't tell that story, so you say this to her. bring up (a topic) This means to introduce a topic into the conversation, or to start talking about a topic. When you use "that", "it", "her" or other pronoun, the order is "bring ___ up". When you use a noun or longer phrase, use the order "bring up ___" I'm glad you brought that up. I don't know why she had to bring up the fact that we used to go out in front of all those people. People in a position of authority have a responsibility not to abuse that authority. You are writing an essay about your opinion on a scandal. The scandal involved a school principal who was spying on his students over the Internet. You want to say that it was wrong for this principal to spy on the students because of his position. You write this to say that it' also wrong for other people to do similar things. (someone) is in a position of authority A "position of authority" is a job or title that puts a person in control of other people. Some common positions of authority are: a boss or manager, a teacher, a political leader, a military leader, a doctor, a police officer. have a responsibilty to (do something) This means that you must do something because it is your job or your moral duty. You have to do this because people are relying on you: As a parent, don't you have a responsibility to keep your children safe and healthy? The example above uses the negative form: "a responsibility not to do something" abuse (one's) authority 滥用权力, 滥用权威 To "abuse" a power or a privilege means to use it to do bad, selfish things. In this case, it means to use your authority in ways that benefit you unfairly, or in ways that hurt other people. For example, here are some examples of people "abusing their authority": The admissions director for a university lets her nephew into the school, even though he didn't have good grades in high school. The head of a department makes his employees go out to get coffee for him in the morning. A junior high school soccer coach sometimes yells at the players until they cry. 6. If you promised them you'd be there, you'd really better follow through. Your husband was invited to meet his friends at a bar for drinks and told his friends that he would go. But now he doesn't want to go and is considering staying home instead. You think he should go because he told the friends that he would. You give him this advice on integrity. follow through (on a promise)(I. If you follow through an action, plan, or idea or follow through with it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible. The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas. I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through. The government needs to follow through with some very necessary reforms. He decided to follow through with his original plan. II. [intransitive] 完成动作. to continue the movement of your arm or leg after you have hit, kicked, or thrown a ball in a sport. to complete the movement of hitting, kicking, or throwing a ball by continuing to move your arm or leg in the same direction: You need to follow through more on your backhand. follow-through I. A follow-through is something that completes an action or a planned series of actions. The reality is that people's intentions are rarely matched by their follow-through. II. A follow-through is a movement that completes an action such as hitting a ball. In sports, a follow-through is the action of continuing a swinging motion of the arms or legs when making a play: My tennis instructor says I need to have a better follow-through on my backhand. Focus on making a short, firm follow-through. ) This means to do what you said you'd do, or do what you promised. You can express what you're following through by using "follow through on ___":  Are you going to follow through on your promise? You can express what the promise was using "(someone's) promise to ___"  I'm starting to think that she might not follow through on her promise to pay us back. Was this renovated recently? A real estate agent is showing you an apartment that you are considering renting. You ask him this because the building is old, but the apartment looks new. renovate 装修 (a building or structure) "Renovate" means to rebuild and make improvements to a building, a room, or other structure. It can only be used for buildings or structures, not for smaller things. Also, the changes that are made need to be major changes. For smaller changes, you could use words like "redecorate 重新装潢" (changing the curtains, re-painting, getting new lights, etc.) or "repair" (fixing something that's old or broken). refurbish [riːfɜːrbɪʃ] To refurbish a building or room means to clean it and decorate it and make it more attractive or better equipped. We have spent money on refurbishing the offices. This hotel has recently been completely refurbished. to make a building look new again by doing work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning: The developers refurbished the house inside and out. Refurbished iPhone 翻新的 means that the phone is not new but has been evaluated by Apple and any repairs that are necessary are performed to the unit and it is deemed 'like new'. The unit is completely returned to a factory fresh state. furnish I. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. II. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it. They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details. furnishings 家具饰品 The furnishings of a room or house are the furniture, curtains, carpets, and decorations such as pictures. touch up If you touch something up, you improve its appearance by covering up small marks with paint or another substance. to improve something by making small changes or additions: She touched up her lipstick and brushed her hair. We thought the photo had probably been touched up, because he looked so much younger in it. ...editing tools to help people touch up photos. The painting has yellowed 发黄的 but the gallery has resisted pressure to touch it up 修补一下, 修饰一下. to make a surface look better with small improvements Touch up the paint before you try and sell the house. software that lets you touch up your photos. a. to make your makeup look better by adding a little more. Ella was touching up her lipstick 补妆 in the mirror. So, I heard you're leaving us. A co-worker told you that another co-worker is leaving the company and taking a new job somewhere else. You want to talk to the person who's leaving to say goodbye. You start the conversation by saying this to her. 7. Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider 我要怎么才能说服你? You are a salesperson and one of your clients has told you that she's canceling her account and moving over to a competitor's product. You ask her this because you don't want to lose the business. convince (someone) to (do something) "Convince" means to make someone decide something based on what you say to them. You can use "convince" without "to". For example, the following can be said if it's already clear from the conversation what you have been convinced of: Use "to (do something)" to tell an action that the person was convinced to do. Use "that (clause)" to express that the person was convinced of an idea: Ed convinced me that the fastest way to get to New York was Highway 95. reconsider (something) 重新考虑, 再考虑考虑 "Reconsider" means to think about your decision again, and possibly change it. In the example sentence above, "reconsider" is used as an intransitive verb. But it's usually followed by a noun: Please reconsider my offer. In the example above, both the speaker and the listener understand what is being reconsidered, so it's left out of the sentence: Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider (cancelling your account)? I got yelled at 被吼了 for not calling. You're a teenager and you stayed out late the night before without calling your parents to tell them. They were angry and yelled at you. The next day at school, you tell your friends this. get ___ed For actions that other people do to you, you can use "got ___ed". Usually this structure suggests that the action was negative: I got yelled at. I got punished. He got thrown in jail. For positive actions, it's more common to use the "was ___ed" form: I was praised for my presentation to the board. When you use this structure, remember to include the words like "at" which go along with the verb. not (doing something) "Not doing" something is the opposite of "doing something". This is a good casual way of talking about something that you didn't do. More formal ways to describe it are "failing to (do something)" and "neglecting to (do something)."

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用法学习: 1. Mr Goddard has simple advice for people looking to invest in apartments. "Do not purchase off the plan. Don't buy over three floors if you can help it because there is no home warranty insurance to turn to if the builder disappears, which they usually do," he said. "Try and find something not less than 10 years old on the basis that if there are building defects 有缺陷, they will have surfaced and been remediated in that 10 year period." And for those who have purchased off the plan, Mr Goddard said to encourage your Owners Corporation to undertake a building survey to see if there are defects. "If there are, don't be afraid. Purchasers are comfortable with buildings that have defects that are in control. It's the being ambushed 突然袭击, 措手不及 that's the problem," he said. on that (or this) score 在那件事上, 在那方面, 就那一方面来说 so far as that (or this) is concerned. You can use on that score or on this score to refer to something that has just been mentioned, especially an area of difficulty or concern. used for referring to something that has just been mentioned. We wanted to attract new recruits, and on that score, the campaign has been successful. I became pregnant easily. At least I've had no problems on that score. If someone you know has cancer, don't let worry on this score stop you from visiting them. "my priority was to blend new faces into the team and we have succeeded on that score". on this/that subject, as/so far as this/that is/was concerned, in this/that respect, In that department, about this/that, on this/that matter, as regards this/that. "there were no complaints on that score". in that department 就这一点来说: He needs to communicate more clearly. And, in that department, Gibbs isn't helpful. He's often unresponsive and sometimes hostile to the press. His adversarial barking 敌对似的咆哮, 大喊大叫 has only heightened tensions with a press that was once lampooned for fawning over his boss. adversarial [ˌædvɜrˈseriəl] If you describe something as adversarial, you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other. involving people arguing with or opposing each other. an adversarial legal system. In our country there is an adversarial relationship between government and business. ...an adversarial legal system. A well-placed Republican insider said: 'This is the most intense campaign and you have to surround yourself with experienced people. She does not qualify in that department. She's not a political person. 2. burn one's candle at both ends to work or do other things from early in the morning until late at night and so get very little rest. If you burn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done. To work extremely or excessively hard; to work too hard for good health or peace of mind. She has been burning her candle at both ends lately, trying to put it together on time. nowhere to be seen/in sight/to be found The children were nowhere in sight. The papers were nowhere to be found. nowhere near not in any way: The operation had already been going on for eight hours, and it was nowhere near finished. God's own country script: You forgot your big coat. I'm not taking it. Well, don't come crying to me when you freeze your arse off 冻僵, 冷得要死, 冻死. I won't. At least have these. And don't go mental on that damn bike. Stinks of piss 尿骚味. You doing any work today, gypsy, or what? 3. hand sanitiser 洗手液. free-flowing I. Something that is free-flowing is able to move without anything stopping it: free-flowing rivers. free-flowing 顺畅的, 无阻碍的 traffic. II. happening or done in a continuous and natural way: a free-flowing discussion, a free-flowing 流畅的 style of playing the piano. III. easily available in large amounts: There was free-flowing champagne at the party. suppository [səˈpɑzɪˌtɔri]: a drug in the form of a small block that is put inside the rectum or vagina to treat a medical condition. A suppository is a solid dosage form that is inserted into the rectum (rectal suppository), vagina (vaginal suppository), or urethra (urethral suppository), where it dissolves or melts and exerts local or systemic [sɪˈstemɪk] ( I. Systemic means affecting the whole of something. The economy is locked in a systemic crisis. II. Systemic chemicals or drugs are absorbed into the whole of an organism such as a plant or person, rather than being applied to one area. ) effects. Suppositories are used to deliver medications that act both systemically 全身的 [sɪˈstemɪk] and locally 局部的. A suppository is another way to deliver a drug. It's a small, round or cone-shaped object that you put in your body, often into your bottom. Once it's inside, it melts or dissolves and releases its medication. Suppositories may not be the most pleasant product you'll ever use. Medicine can get into your body in a few different ways. You can swallow a pill, drink a liquid, or get a shot. A suppository is another way to deliver a drug. It's a small, round or cone-shaped object that you put in your body, often into your bottom. Once it's inside, it melts or dissolves and releases its medication. Suppositories may not be the most pleasant product you'll ever use. But they can make it easier to take medicine that you can't swallow or that your stomach or intestines wouldn't absorb well. Winter solstice [ˈsɑlstɪs] 冬至: The winter solstice, hiemal solstice or hibernal solstice, also known as midwinter, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky. At the pole, there is continuous darkness or twilight around the winter solstice. Its opposite is the summer solstice. 4. dunny [ˈdʌni] I. SCOTTISH an underground passage or cellar, especially in a tenement. II. INFORMAL AUSTRALIAN/NZ a toilet. butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth Be overly coy or demure; be insincere. She looked quite innocent, as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but we knew better. used when someone looks as if they would never do anything wrong, although you feel they might. used for saying that someone looks as if they are very good and would never do anything wrong, although in fact they would Tommy looked as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. I. The identified person appears to be benign, mild-mannered, or calm (but with an integral suggestion that, to the contrary, he or she really is untrustworthy, disagreeable, or mean-spirited). II. (idiomatic) The identified person is prim and proper 公事公办的, standoffish 冷酷无情的, cool, or dispassionate( prim and proper (idiomatic) prudish, straight-laced. Having very traditional, morally conservative beliefs and behavior. I've never dated someone who is so prim and proper before. I'm not sure how he's going react when he meets my family! She's so prim and proper that I bet she's never even jaywalked before.). Kevin Spacey: His lawyers have denied the allegations as "patently [ˈpeɪt(ə)ntli] false," (obviously. in a way that is so obvious that no one could disagree a patently unfair law. patently clear/false/obvious/wrong: It was patently obvious that she was lying. he was patently bored. patent [ˈpeɪt(ə)nt] [ˈpæt(ə)nt] noun. an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so. In 1878, Edison received a patent for his phonograph. a. relating to patents or protected by a patent. a patent application. a patent printing process. ) describing the encounter as "mutual and consensual flirtation, nothing more."  5. portly [ˈpɔːtli] I. (especially of a man) rather fat. "a portly little man with a bowler hat". stout, plump, fat, overweight, heavy, corpulent, fleshy, paunchy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, of ample build, ample, well upholstered, well padded, broad in the beam, rotund, roly-poly, round, rounded, stocky, bulky. II. of a stately or dignified appearance and manner. "he was a man of portly presence". Voluptuous 丰满的 Heavy set, stocky A stocky person has a body that is broad, solid, and often short. big burly guy (A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles. He was a big, burly man.). Impostor syndrome 自我怀疑 (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, fraud syndrome or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". Despite external evidence of their competence, those experiencing this phenomenon remain convinced that they are frauds, and do not deserve all they have achieved. Individuals with impostorism incorrectly attribute their success to luck, or as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent than they perceive themselves to be. While early research focused on the prevalence among high-achieving women, impostor syndrome has been recognized to affect both men and women equally. 6. be out of your head to be unable to think clearly, especially because of having taken drugs or drunk too much alcohol. Joey was lying on the floor, out of his head on vodka. keep one's head to remain calm. off the top of your head from the knowledge you have in your memory: "What's the capital of Mauritania?" "I don't know off the top of my head, but I could go and look it up." loopy I. Having loops. A loopy rollercoaster. II. (slang) Idiotic, crazy or drunk. dandelion [ˈdænd(ə)lˌaɪən] 蒲公英 A dandelion is a wild plant which has yellow flowers with lots of thin petals. When the petals of each flower drop off, a fluffy white ball of seeds grows. discount I. 排除可能性. to decide that something or someone is not worth considering or giving attention: You shouldn't discount the possibility of him coming back. II. to decide that something or someone is not worth consideration or attention: He discounted fears about 不屑, 否认, 认为不值得一提 computer programming problems involving the year 2000 as exaggerated. rabble-rouser 煽动闹事的人 someone who speaks to a group of people and encourages them to behave in a violent way, usually in order to gain political power. a person who makes speeches that make people excited or angry, usually intentionally in order to make them act in a particular way. A rabble-rouser is a clever speaker who can persuade a group of people to behave violently or aggressively, often for the speaker's own political advantage. Johnson was unpopular with the management because he was a well-known rabble-rouser. demagogue [ˈdeməˌɡɑɡ] 煽动情绪的人 a person, especially a political leader, who wins support by exciting the emotions of ordinary people rather than by having good or morally right ideas. firebrand If you describe someone as a firebrand, especially someone who is very active in politics, you mean that they are always trying to make people take strong action. ...his reputation as a young firebrand. incendiary [ɪnˈsendiˌeri] adj. Incendiary weapons or attacks are ones that cause large fires. Five incendiary devices were found in her house. ...incendiary attacks on shops. noun. An incendiary is an incendiary bomb. A shower of incendiaries struck the Opera House. 7. After hearing that, my mind has gone to dark places 思想开始放飞了. dark I. Dark thoughts are sad, and show that you are expecting something unpleasant to happen. Troy's chatter kept me from thinking dark thoughts. Her thoughts circled darkly round Bernard's strange behaviour. II. Dark looks or remarks make you think that the person giving them wants to harm you or that something horrible is going to happen. Garin shot him a dark glance, as if in warning. ...dark threats. 'Something's wrong here,' she said darkly. They shake their heads and mutter darkly. III. If you describe something as dark, you mean that it is related to things that are serious or unpleasant, rather than light-hearted. Their dark humor never failed to astound him. Nina took a dark pleasure in being the cause of tension. The atmosphere after Wednesday's debut was as darkly comic as the film itself. Von Otter was superb both in the darkly dramatic songs, and in the lighter ones. IV. If someone has dark hair, eyes, or skin, they have brown or black hair, eyes, or skin. He had dark, curly hair. Leo went on, his dark eyes wide with pity and concern. If you describe a white person as dark, you mean that they have brown or black hair, and often a brownish skin. He's gorgeous – tall and dark. He was a slim, darkly handsome young man. V. A dark period of time is unpleasant or frightening. Once again there's talk of very dark days ahead. This was the darkest period of the war. A dark place or area is mysterious and not fully known about. The spacecraft is set to throw new light on to a dark corner of the solar system. ...the dark recesses of the mind. a shot/stab in the dark 瞎猜, 盲目瞎猜 an attempt to guess something when you have no information or knowledge about the subject and therefore cannot possibly know what the answer is. a guess that you make without having any facts or ideas to support it It was a wild shot in the dark, but it turned out to be exactly right. Every single one of those inspired guesses had been shots in the dark. pitch-dark = pitch-black It was pitch-dark in the room and I couldn't see a thing. leap in the dark If you take a leap in the dark or a leap into the unknown, you do something without having any previous experience in that activity or knowledge of it. Prudent people are not going to take a leap in the dark. Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan. before dark 天黑之前 If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins. They'll be back well before dark. 7. pithy [ˈpɪθi] a pithy statement or piece of writing is short and very effective. A pithy comment or piece of writing is short, direct, and full of meaning. His pithy advice to young painters was, 'Above all, keep your colours fresh.' Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue. Emily Bronte said it best when she wrote pithily: 'Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.' a pithy 简短有力的 retort. How will Abby respond? Will it be with a pithy statement about the stars? A reference to what is probably the only constellation (Orion) she knows? 前外交部长新工作: The opposition's foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said Ms Bishop had been appointed because of her global network of contacts. "Not only doesn't it pass the pub test 不符合常识, 大多数都不认可, 一般常识 ( In Australia, the Pub Test is a measurement of your general knowledge of current events, politics and sport. Australian term, often used by the media, to describe the collective opinion of the everyday Australians to the conduct and reputation of public figures such as elected officials and celebrities, or to current events. In many cases "the pub test" is a device employed by journalists to invoke the "temperature" of an issue among the general public, without actually engaging with members of the public. In other cases, journalists may canvas the patrons of a pub in order to elicit public opinion, while also providing a humorous flavour to their story by including quotes from or footage of inebriated patrons. The general consensus is that deputy prime minister's decision to leave his wife and children for a young woman on his staff, failed the 'pub test' among most Australians.), it looks on the face of it like another breach of the ministerial standards," Senator Wong told ABC News today. She said Palladium had profited more than $500 million from decisions made when Ms Bishop was foreign minister.

 Line of Duty S2E1: 1. You always wanted to try the place. I got you out in false pretences (on/under false pretenses by pretending that a certain condition or circumstance was true. if you get something under false pretences, you get it by deceiving people. If you do something under false pretences, you do it when people do not know the truth about you and your intentions. I could not go on living with a man who had married me under false pretences. Conrad had been imprisoned for a year for gaining money by false pretences. He was accused of obtaining money under false pretences. The loan was obtained on/under false pretenses. abandon all/any pretence 卸下所有伪装, 卸下面具 pretence of doing something By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested. pretence that… 没法装了, 装不下去了, 演不下去了 She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him. pretence (to something) a woman with some pretence to beauty. I make no pretence to being 装作 an expert on the subject. by/under/on false pretences 靠伪装 by pretending to be something that you are not, in order to gain some advantage for yourself She was accused of obtaining money under false pretences. call off/abandon a search 放弃搜索: Bad weather forced the rescuers to abandon their search. disguise I. 掩藏. 掩饰. 掩盖. to hide something such as your feelings or intentions. He didn't disguise his bitterness about what had happened. a thinly disguised attempt to embarrass the prime minister. II. [often passive] to make changes in the way that someone looks so that other people will not recognize them. be disguised as someone/something 伪装为: She arrived at his home disguised as a man. be disguised in something: The intruders were disguised in post office uniforms. disguise yourself as/in something 伪装为: The soldiers disguised themselves as ordinary civilians. a. to make something look, sound, or seem like something else. little tape recorders disguised as cigarette packets. penetrate someone's disguise 看破伪装, 看穿伪装, 看透, 识破 to see who someone really is, although they are dressed or behaving in a way meant to trick you. a blessing in disguise 因祸得福, 塞翁失马, 焉知非福 something that seems to cause problems, but that you later realize is a good thing. Losing my job turned out to be a blessing in disguise.)? Is that it? I didn't detect any pressing 紧迫的, 迫不得已的, 必须的 reason for keeping up appearances. I'm their boss. And picking up the bill 埋单, 买单 - that really took the prize = take the cake ( prize ( noun Price [praɪs] and prize [praɪz]) I. something valuable, such as an amount of money, that is given to someone who succeeds in a competition or game or that is given to someone as a reward for doing very good work: The critics' prize for best film was won by Marc Abbott for "Belly Laugh". I won a prize in the raffle. The first (= main) prize 一等奖 is a week for two in Miami. The prize money 奖金 for winning Wimbledon has been increased by 12.5 per cent. A prize animal, flower, or vegetable is one that has won or deserves to win a prize in a competition because it is of very good quality: a prize bull. a prize marrow. II. something important and valuable that is difficult to achieve or get. used to describe something that is a very good or important example of its type: prize assets Some prize idiot (= extremely foolish person) forgot to lock the door. The prize would be her hand in marriage. III. You can refer to someone or something as a prize when people consider them to be of great value or importance. With no lands of his own, he was no great matrimonial prize. verb. I. 当成宝贝的. to think that someone or something is very valuable or important: In parts of Asia this plant is prized for its medicinal qualities. I prize that intimacy above everything. Something that is prized is wanted and admired because it is considered to be very valuable or very good quality. Military figures, made out of lead are prized by collectors. His Fender Stratocaster remains one of his most prized possessions. II. UK also prise, US also pry 撬开 to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point; to separate things using force: I prized the lid off with a spoon. The window had been prized open with a jemmy. She couldn't prize his fingers apart to get the key. If you prize something open or prize it away from a surface, you force it to open or force it to come away from the surface. He tried to prize the dog's mouth open. I prised off the metal rim surrounding one of the dials. He held on tight but she prised it from his fingers. prize sth out of sb to get something from someone with difficulty, especially information or money. If you prize something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to. Alison and I had to prize conversation out of him. He's so secretive - you'll have a hard time prizing 撬开嘴 any information out of him. no prizes for guessing sth mainly UK something you say when it is very easy to guess something: No prizes for guessing where Daniel is. keep your eye on the prize (take your eyes off the prize) This means that you should keep your focus on achieving a positive end result. keep (one's) eye on the ball 专注, 聚精会神, 全神贯注 To keep oneself very focused on something. Despite its wording, the phrase does not have to refer to baseball or another ball game. I graduated in just three years because I was able to keep my eye on the ball and prioritize my studies above all else.)! For my benefit, was it?

Line of duty S2E2, S2E3, S2E4: 1. I've had to disclose the situation at work. Our situation? No, no, just the money. Now the whole world knows our business 我们的事. No, no. Just one executive officer, in confidence. A top man. In fact, this particular officer thinks very highly of me so I can see things getting a lot better. How so? If I was to put myself forward for promotion, when this case is finished. This particular officer more or less tipped me the wink. Right. A promotion's no small thing, love. Pay rise. Bigger pension. We need to be clear about a few things first. I'll say it again, I am deeply sorry for having not consulted you 擅自决定, 没有和你商量 (run by, check with) about the finances( run something by/past somebody [transitive] to tell someone about an idea or plan so that they can give you their opinion. You'd better run it by your manager first. check with someone (about something) 咨询 to ask someone about something. To consult or confer with someone about something. I'm the lead person on this campaign, so please check with me before making any big decisions. Check with Harold if you have any questions about this case. You should check with the concierge about the bus to the airport. Please check with your agent. check on somebody/something I. to make sure that someone or something is safe, is in a satisfactory state, or is doing what they should be doing. Honey, can you go upstairs and check on the kids?  My neighbour comes in once a week to check on things and feed the fish. II. to try to find out if something is true or correct He wanted to check on the girl's story. consult I.to go to someone for information or advice consult somebody. If the pain continues, consult your doctor. consult somebody about something Have you consulted your lawyer about this? consult with somebody (about/on something) Consult with your physician about possible treatments. II. [transitive, intransitive] to discuss something with someone to get their permission for something, or to help you make a decision consult somebody. You shouldn't have done it without consulting me. consult somebody about/on something I expect to be consulted about major issues. consult with somebody (about/on something) I need to consult with my colleagues on the proposals. III. [transitive] consult something 查了, 查询了 to look in or at something to get information synonym refer to He consulted the manual.  ). It was a mistake. I just wanted to surprise you. 2. Normal practice is that the interviewee be questioned by an officer at least one rank superior 高一级的, 高一阶的, 高阶的. However in this case that cannot happen, so Chief Constable Lightwater of the East Midlands Constabulary has kindly agreed to sit in as an observer. Is that all right with you and the ACPO? I'm ready. Let's get on with it. 3. I'm delighted that significant progress is being made. The net is closing in 收网(The legal net closing in on Donald Trump. The net closes. It's a literal phrase which can be used figuratively. The nets used by, say, commercial fishermen, can be closed by bring the two sides or two ends together. When law enforcement agencies attempt to snare a suspect, one can sometimes say the net closes. When an individual or group or nation is, or feels itself to be, trapped, one can speak of a net closing. The locution used when the closure has yet to take place is often something like, "the net is closing in on...." I can't swear to it, but I'm sure some historians, possibly even Churchill, have summarized the period in the European war from November 1943 to May 1945 as "the net closes." "It is a huge breakthrough for us and we believe it will serve as a deterrent and message to would-be smugglers that the net is closing in on their operations," police spokesperson Col Vish Naidoo told the BBC. ). I believe you. 4. Steve, I want you to contact Denton and her rep. Tell her I want her in here on a Reg 15. Any prevarication ( prevaricate [prɪˈverɪˌkeɪt] to avoid saying or doing something because you want to cause a delay or hide the truth. If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision. British ministers continued to prevaricate. After months of prevarication, the political decision had at last been made. ), you arrest her. I'm telling you. She'll be wishing she never messed with you by the time we're through with her. Sir. Sure you're OK? Wounded pride 自尊心受伤害, 自尊心受挫, 打击自信心, that's all. I'll give you a lift home. Thanks, but it's best you don't. 5. She's a little princess, I bet. Aren't they all? I bet you get your own way 随心所欲, 想干啥就干啥, don't you? I bet you do. Lived here long? A year. No, it's probably closer to 18 months. Easy to lose track. This place is very cosy. I had somewhere I just had to downsize. I'm sorry, boss, I'm probably interrupting something. I'm not sparkling company( adj I. Sparkling drinks are slightly fizzy. ...a glass of sparkling wine. ...a new lightly sparkling drink. II. If a company is described as having sparkling figures or sparkling results, it has performed very well and made a lot of money. performing very well. Top retailer Marks & Spencer has romped in with another set of sparkling 令人欣喜的, 欣欣向荣的 results. Top retailer Marks & Spencer has romped in with another set of sparkling results. III. 活泼的. lively, intelligent, and witty He is sparkling and versatile in front of the camera. He is known for his sparkling wit. ). I've got a lot on my plate. Thanks for the wine. It was a nice thought. Why don't I go and have a word? No, um, please don't. A couple of minutes, she always turns it down. 6. That is a matter of great sensitivity. It's the right thing to do to keep a lid on it. Who were they? I'd rather not say, sir, I'm still gathering information. There's those two plus Akers. And Denton, of course. Of course, there may be others, sir, involved in the conspiracy, others yet to be identified. Very good. Being indiscreet for a moment, you could be looking at a promotion here, Ted assuming you want it. It's a team effort, sir. Oh, none of that false modesty 别假谦虚了(false modesty [ˈmɑdəsti] behaviour in which a person pretends to have a low opinion of their own abilities or achievements. Behavior that is intended to seem humble but comes across as fake and unflattering. Although having a large ego is considered undesirable, at times it is proper to take credit where it is due rather than display false modesty. He shows great pride in his work and has no false modesty about his success. modesty I. the tendency not to talk about yourself, your achievements, or your abilities even if you are successful Peel shrugs off the attention with characteristic modesty. false modesty 假意推让, 虚情假意 (=pretending to be modest). Although having a large ego is considered undesirable, at times it is proper to take credit where it is due 该得的奖赏 rather than display false modesty. II. behavior, especially by women, that is designed to avoid causing sexual feelings in other people. a. a feeling of being shy or embarrassed about other people seeing your body. modesty forbids/prevents me from doing something used for saying that you do not want to talk about yourself, your achievements, or your abilities. Modesty prevents me from saying what the result was. humblebrag noun. I. 名义上谦虚, 实际上吹嘘. An ostensibly self-deprecating statement made to show off. a statement that purports to be self-effacing but in fact reveals a person's wealth or importance. a statement on social media in which you pretend to be modest but which you are really using as a way of telling people about your success or achievements. It's not just celebrities minor to major filling up bandwidth with humblebrags – we're all prone to it. II. A person who makes spurious statements in order to gain the moral high ground. verb. To make a humblebrag. braggard = braggart [ˈbræɡərt] Someone who brags a lot. self-effacing [ɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] 低调的, 不张扬的, 不事张扬的 adjective a self-effacing person does not want to be noticed by other people and tends not to talk about their abilities or achievements. Someone who is self-effacing does not like talking about themselves or drawing attention to themselves. As women we tend to be self-effacing and make light of what we have achieved. ...the slightly self-effacing manner adopted by many diplomats. ). Denise said to come straight in. Absolutely. It's a shame you can't appear in front of camera, but stick around for the press conference. Press conference, sir? What did I say about false modesty? This is the breakthrough we've been desperate for. If you'll excuse us, Ted? Sir. Sorry to keep you 让你久等. Dr Kaur will see you now, and then the burns specialist will come and have a look at your hands.