用法学习: 1. 交通问题: Traffic banked up 堆积 13 kilometres after M1 crash in Sydney's north. Traffic is queued more than 13 kilometres after a truck and car collided near Edgeworth David Avenue just before 7am. All lanes have recently reopened after emergency crews were on scene to clear the crash site and attend to a large glass spill across two southbound lanes. neglectable [nɪˈɡlɛktəbəl] I. that may be ignored or neglected. II. negligible, insignificant. negligible [ˈnɛɡlɪdʒɪb(ə)l] 无关大局的, 不足道的, 无足轻重的 adj so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant. An amount or effect that is negligible is so small that it is not worth considering or worrying about. The pay that the soldiers received was negligible. Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible impact. "he said that the risks were negligible". belligerent [bəˈlɪdʒ(ə)rənt] 好斗的 I. A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive. ...the belligerent statements from both sides which have led to fears of war. He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago. 'Why not?' he asked belligerently. He could be accused of passion, but never belligerence. II. The belligerents in a war are the countries or groups that are fighting each other. The belligerents 交战双方 were due, once again, to try to settle their differences. 2. Former Australian tennis player Sam Groth has doubled down on an explosive column that branded Serena Williams "an absolute disgrace" for how she reacted to Ashleigh Barty's new world No.1 ranking. Groth then referred to footage of Roger Federer seeking out 15-year-old star Coco Gauff for a handshake and some words of encouragement, saying that was the type of behaviour befitting 符合身份, 比较像, 更像, 更合适的 a tennis legend. He said that Williams had not entirely fulfilled her obligations towards the betterment of the sport, with her treatment of Barty the latest example. "I've always from the day I played her in Australia had a tremendous amount of respect for her game," Williams said, having played a fresh-faced Barty at the Australian Open in 2014. "I just thought she's just a beautiful player. She has great technique. I love that. "I'm really a technical player. I like when people have a beautiful game and they do the right techniques. It's so right up my alley. "I've seen her play a lot recently, too. Like I always say, she's just someone in the locker room that you just always root for. "But in general I have been watching her game because I know that she's a force to be reckoned with 不可忽视的新生代力量. So I've been watching a lot." 3. unvarnished [ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt] adj I. not elaborated upon or glossed; plain and direct. expressed in a very direct way that gives the true facts the unvarnished truth 不加修饰的, 不加掩饰的. She told him the plain unvarnished truth. II. not covered with varnish (=a clear liquid for protecting wood). varnish noun. I. Varnish is an oily liquid which is painted onto wood or other material to give it a hard, clear, shiny surface. The varnish comes in six natural wood shades. II. The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it has when it has been painted with varnish. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered. Nail varnish = US nail polish 指甲油. verb. If you varnish something, you paint it with varnish. Varnish the table with two or three coats of water-based varnish. The floors have been varnished. ...the varnished floorboards. 英驻美大使memo遭泄露: The Foreign Office said the leak of the memos to the Mail on Sunday was "mischievous" but did not deny their accuracy. "We don't really believe this Administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept," Darroch wrote in one, according to the newspaper. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said the public would expect ambassadors "to provide ministers with an honest, unvarnished assessment of the politics in their country". "Their views are not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government. But we pay them to be candid," he said. "Our team in Washington have strong relations with the White House and no doubt these will withstand such mischievous behaviour." The Foreign Office later said a formal investigation into the leak would take place. The Ambassador's comments have also drawn criticism from conservatives in Britain. Among them, outspoken eurosceptic [jʊəroʊskeptɪk] (noun & adj. 反欧盟的. A Eurosceptic is someone, especially a politician, who is opposed to closer links between Britain and the European Union. ...Eurosceptic MPs.) and Trump supporter Nigel Farage called for Darroch to be sacked. "Kim Darroch is totally unsuitable for the job and the sooner he is gone the better," Farage tweeted. Sir Kim said it was "unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent 连贯的, 一致的 any time soon" because "this is a divided administration".
give someone a shout VS sing out VS check in with someone: give someone a shout 知会, 告诉一声, 打声招呼, 打个招呼, 跟我说, 叫一声, 喊一声, 招呼一声, 说一声 to go and tell someone something Give me a shout when it's ready. to go and tell someone something. to go and find someone and tell them something Give me a shout when you've finished in the bathroom. Give me a shout when you're ready to go. sing something out 大喊一声, 告知一下 to sing or announce something loudly. To shout or call loudly. If someone sings out something, they say it in a loud, cheerful voice. to shout or sing some words clearly and loudly 'Freeze!' a shrill voice sang out. 'See you,' Geoff sang out. The teacher sang the names out loud and clear. She sang out "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a loud voice. II. 说一声, 喊一声 叫一声. 叫我. 告诉我 to make known. Adler tried in a scholarly way to sing out the joys of studying philosophy. Sing out please, when you are ready. "Clearly I like you more than you like me." "I don't think you can put a number on one person likes another". check in with someone I. 表示关心, 查看一下 (verb) to talk to someone to let them know that you are okay. Teenager:
Mom, I'm going camping for the weekend! I'll see you on Monday. Mom:
Okay! Don't forget to check in with me. Give me a call! The travelling
businessman checked in with his wife when he arrived at his hotel.
Husband: Our son called today. Wife: From his European vacation?
Husband: Yes. He was just checking in with us. Wife: Is he okay?
Husband: He needs money. II. 告知一声. 告诉一声. 说一声. 打个招呼. 让...知道. to go to someone and indicate that one has arrived some place. Please check in with the desk clerk. haunt I. If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time. The decision to leave her children now haunts her. He would always be haunted by that scene in Well Park. II. Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time. The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life. III. A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum. noun. 经常光顾的地方. A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there. a place that someone visits often because they enjoy going there The Savoy soon became a favorite haunt of stage celebrities. The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French tourists alike. a tall order 非易事 if something is a tall order it is very difficult. something very difficult that someone expects you to do To score four goals in one game is a tall order, even for him. Trying to restructure your negative ways of thinking may sound like a tall order, particularly if you feel so depressed that you cannot be bothered with anything. Financing your studies may be a tall order. kip 休息一下, 睡一觉 noun. Kip is sleep. Go get some kip. Mason went home for a couple of hours' kip. verb. If you kip somewhere, usually somewhere that is not your own home or bed, you sleep there. He moved from one friend's flat to another, first kipping on the floor of Theodore's studio. fight your corner = fight your corner/fight somebody's corner British English to defend something that you believe in by arguing. to try very hard to defend yourself in a discussion or argument, or to do this for someone else My line manager supports me, and says she's willing to fight my corner. You'll have to be prepared to fight your corner if you want them to extend the project. fag break (plural fag breaks) (Britain, slang) A brief cessation of work, activity etc. in order to have a cigarette. All I need is your backing 你的力挺, 你的支持. Are you a regular 常客?
Unforgotten Season 3: 1. fete [feɪt] BRITISH a public function, typically held outdoors and organized to raise funds for a charity, including entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments. A fete is an event that is usually held outdoors and includes competitions, entertainments, and the selling of used and home-made goods. "a church fete". verb. honour or entertain (someone) lavishly. "she was an instant celebrity, feted by the media". 2. In his cellar, behind a thousand boxes of junk, we found one of those old, like, money box type things. And when we got it open, we found these. A necklace, with hair still attached to the clasp(verb. I. 紧抱. If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms. She clasped the children to her. He paced the corridor, hands clasped behind his back. With one last clasp of his hand, she left him and went to her usual chair. to hold someone or something tightly with your hand He clasped Lindsay’s hand tightly. clasp something to/over something: Rick had a handkerchief clasped to his nose to try to stop the bleeding. if you clasp your hands, or if they are clasped, you hold them together with the fingers of one hand in between the fingers of the other Porter clasped his hands behind his head and grinned. II. 夹紧. to fasten something that has a clasp. noun. 小夹子. A clasp is a small device that fastens something. a metal object used to fasten a piece of jewelry, bag, belt, etc. a black handbag with a brass clasp. ...the clasp of her handbag. [+ of]), a scrunchie 发箍 and a pair of knickers. 3. And my thinking was 我的想法是, you have a dead body in your boot, you might be driving a little faster than normal. So here is a copy of Tim Finch's driving license endorsements, going back 35 years. There's four speeding offences on there, which is kinda normal. Except for the date of the second one. Shit! The 3rd of January, 2000. That's the day after he got back to London. D'you know where he got it? Not yet. They're gonna get back to us. But that is a tickle ( I. When you tickle 挠痒痒, 瘙痒 someone, you move your fingers lightly over a sensitive part of their body, often in order to make them laugh. I was tickling him, and he was laughing and giggling. to move your fingers gently on someone’s skin in order to give them a pleasant feeling or to make them laugh The dog rolled over, waiting for his tummy to be tickled. II. If something tickles you or tickles, it causes an irritating feeling by lightly touching a part of your body. ...a yellow hat with a great feather that tickled her ear. A beard doesn't scratch, it just tickles. if something tickles you, it touches your skin gently and gives you a pleasant or slightly uncomfortable feeling Bubbles from the champagne were tickling her nose. My nose is tickling 痒痒的, I think I'm going to sneeze. III. If a fact or a situation tickles you, it amuses you or gives you pleasure. if something such as a remark or an idea tickles you, you think it is funny. It tickled him to think that she'd asked him for advice. a. if something tickles you, it makes you feel pleased. It always tickled her to get a card from them. It tickles me to see him riled. The story was really funny–it tickled me. They all sounded just as tickled. tickle (one's) fancy To be appealing or pleasant to someone; to be intriguing or of interest to someone. A: "Do you want to go to a movie later on?" B: "I don't know, there's nothing that really tickles my fancy in theaters right now." I'm not going to declare my major until I've had a couple years in college to see what ends up tickling my fancy. to be tickled pink If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something. 'I'm tickled pink,' said Jimmy after his wife gave birth. noun. I. a slightly sore feeling in your throat that makes you want to cough. II. an act of tickling someone. give someone a tickle: She gave him a little tickle under the chin. ). That's definitely a tickle. 3. Well, that was a great evening, thank you. I'd really like to do it again sometime. Yeah, me too. All right, this is me( this is us. 我到了, 我到站了(坐公交车), 到了我要去的楼层了(做电梯). 这是我家, 我到了. 我家在这儿. I. 我到站了. 我该下了. 我要下了. Used on the train (usually subway, metro, etc.) - when the train starts to pull off at your destination station, this is probably what you say to someone you're talking to to tell it "this is where I get off." A: So are you just visiting New York or you work... B: I'm sorry, but... this is me. I gotta go, nice meeting you, though. A: Well, okay. Hope to see you again soon. B: Ditto. II. When people are escorting you back to a place you need to go, this is something you can say to indicate that you have arrived. "So this is your house, huh?" "Yeh...THIS IS ME. Wanna see mah room?" "Woahs..!". 讨论: I found two examples of this kind in Harry Potter so far and in both cases, the speaker is Mr. Weasley and the listener is Harry. Does it add some nuance? Is it his habit of saying? (In a lift of the Ministry of Magic building. They reach their story.) "This is us, Harry," said Mr. Weasley, and they followed the witch out of the lift into a corridor lined with doors. "My office is on the other side of the floor." (Harry Potter 5 [US Version]: p.130-131). (They are looking for the camp site they booked in advance.) "Always the same," said Mr. Weasley, smiling. "We can't resist showing off when we get together. Ah, here we are, look, this is us." They had reached the very edge of the wood at the top of the field, (Harry Potter 4 [US Version]: p.79). It's commonly used when in a queue-like situation to show that it's our turn. In a lift, for example, when you arrive at your floor, it would be acceptable to say 'this is us'. In the second example, I would be more likely to say 'this is ours', but it's similar. The sites are allocated, so there's sort of a queue, but it's a stretch. You will commonly hear someone (in both North America and the UK) say "this is me" when either riding a bus with someone else or walking together. It means something like "this is my stop" or "this is where my path diverges from yours" or "we've reached my destination, so I'm stopping now". It's an idiom, which means it doesn't have to make sense. I hadn't heard "this is us" before, but to me it's just an obvious pluralization of "this is me." ). 4. Sorry, I meant I think you need to take a bit of a look at yourself, Cass. Oh, really, is that a dad lecture coming up, is it? Well, you clearly don't want me to be with Jenny. Not true. You clearly think she's trying to fleece (noun I. 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 fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. verb. 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.) me. Er, a little bit. And I'm guessing suggesting that I have dementia is just another way of trying to scupper ( To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil 挫败, 毁掉 it completely. [mainly British, journalism] If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans. If the Commission has its way, the entire deal will be scuppered. ) the relationship. But actually the problem is you. 5. Where was Hayley between leaving the pub at 12:10 and four or five? No, that feels wrong. Yeah, maybe. But not as wrong as all four men having clearly lied to us through their teeth 红口白牙的撒谎. So she could actually have left the pub earlier. At 11. Which means we now have four men, variously pissed, drugged up and possibly mentally unstable ( A stable job 固定工作, 稳定工作 is something that allows you to survive (pays your bills, provides food, covers rent, etc). It's predictable income and will continue to be predictable for years to come. Things have changed in the last couple of years and stable jobs do not mean the same for you as they did for your parents.), out somewhere in Middenham, at exactly the same time as Hayley. 6. My marriage ended early 2000. And because of some issues that I had at the time, my wife Laura, she felt it was damaging for Maya to be around that. And I'd run up some debts( run sth up 有贷在身 If you run up a debt, you do things that cause you to owe a large amount of money: She stayed two weeks at the hotel and ran up a bill that she couldn't pay. ). So I went from living in a nice house in Notting Hill to a one-bedroom flat in Acton and then a hostel and and then the streets. I have bipolar disorder, which was undiagnosed at the time, and so it was unmedicated 没有被医治, which meant that, you know, my behaviour was challenging. And as soon as I started costing my company money, it was inevitable I'd be asked to step down. And that was just not what she had married, an unemployed man who had mental health issues. So she asked me to leave. Maya wrote to tell me that Laura had died from breast cancer and to ask that I stay away from the funeral. I thought about writing back, and saying that I was better now, that I was a different person. And I am. But I think there comes a time when you have to accept how things have turned out 事情发展的结果. That life can sometimes simply be unfair. And to keep resisting that it takes so much energy, Mila. Energy that you need for the future. 7. I was meant to have bought 我本来应该 the puddings and I forgot, so I legged it 步行到 to the corner shop and bought a load of Cornettos, which your ex wasn't too happy about. Anyway, I just wanted to check that you remembered it the same as I did 记忆是一致的. 8. So are you heading back down tonight or? No. No, no, my kids live with their mum in town, so I'm going to stick around, spend some time with them for a few days. Right. How old are they? 21 and 20. Ah, same as mine. Boys or? Two boys. Jinx(a force that brings bad luck that often affects someone or something. There seems to be a jinx on that family. a. [countable] someone or something that causes bad luck. You can call something or someone that is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck a jinx. He was beginning to think he was a jinx. ). Hm! Er, anyway, I better go and check into the hotel, so Go for it. And we will speak soon, I hope. Yeah, absolutely. John Thanks for that. That was great. Listen, er if you're at a loose end any evening(be at a loose end 闲得无事, 没什么事, 无所事事, 无聊了 informal (US also be at loose ends) to have nothing to do. If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends. Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're at a loose end. If you find yourself at a loose end, you could always clean the bathroom.), there's always a few of us at The Enterprise, if you fancy a drink. It's just opposite 就在对面. Yeah, great. Cheers. I might take you up on that ( take someone up on something to accept an offer or invitation from someone: I think I'll take him up on his offer of a free ticket. to accept an invitation or suggestion. take somebody up on an offer/promise/suggestion etc 接受邀请, 接受建议 I'll take you up on that offer of a drink, if it still stands.). Good. All right, see you.
Stop Enabling Your Overly Dependent Adult Child 啃老族 (In psychotherapy and mental health, enabling has a positive sense of empowering individuals, or a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behavior. As a positive term, "enabling" is similar to empowerment, and describes patterns of interaction which allow individuals to develop and grow. These patterns may be on any scale, for example within the family, or in wider society as "enabling acts" designed to empower some group, or create a new authority for a (usually governmental) body. In a negative sense, "enabling" can describe dysfunctional behavior approaches that are intended to help resolve a specific problem but in fact may perpetuate or exacerbate the problem. A common theme of enabling in this latter sense is that third parties take responsibility or blame, or make accommodations for a person's harmful conduct (often with the best of intentions, or from fear or insecurity which inhibits action). The practical effect is that the person himself or herself does not have to do so, and is shielded from awareness of the harm it may do, and the need or pressure to change.): You see your son's phone number (from the line you are paying for) come up on your Caller ID. It is your day off from work and you planned to decompress. But it is, after all, your child, and you love him, so you accept the call. As you hear his voice, you have conflicting thoughts 心情矛盾 including, "What the heck is it now?" immediately followed by your guilt for being wary of, and anxious about, what your son is seeking. Your son goes on a 20-minute rant about how his former boss was a jerk and that he still can't find another job. He mentions that he has no money for his car payment. You start to explain that you have financial pressures too and he immediately says, "Fine, don't worry about me!" You then say, "Only this time," but you know your words have a hollow ring 空洞, since you've said this so many times before. So, with mixed emotions 心情复杂的, you agree to go by his apartment later to "loan" him money to pay his rent. As usual, he promises to pay you back, but you know that will never happen. You think about how this chaos is unsustainable (your son is 29) and wonder when he will ever learn to stand on his own two feet. Do You Enable? Enabling 惯着, 骄纵, is fixing problems for others and doing so in a way that interferes with growth and responsibility. Do you create an enabling dynamic for your adult child? If he, for example, buys a new audio system for his car instead of paying rent this would result in a consequence of losing an apartment. An enabler rushes in and removes the consequence, giving the adult child no reason or opportunity to learn a valuable lesson. Does helping your adult child tend to become a pattern of unhealthy rescuing? If you try to "save" your adult child every time he or she is in trouble, you may be making things worse in the long run. Do you struggle with knowing where to draw that fine (or not so fine) line between letting him learn how to stand on his own two feet and bailing him out? Parents, for sure, need to be thoughtful about how to assist their adult children without enabling them. Adult children who remain overly dependent on their parents often are allowed to get into this situation because their parents enable them, as discussed above. Perhaps this relationship dynamic stems from parents who want to be needed. Setting boundaries with your adult child can sometimes be the best thing to do, even when it is hard to say, "I am here to listen and here's what I can offer, but I also think you will feel better about yourself if you figure this out on your own." Whether you've got a 35-year-old daughter who keeps asking for money while falsely claiming she will pay you back, or a 25-year-old son who just can't keep a job, adult children who behave immaturely can be stressful. I have seen many sad stories in my office of families with children over 21 (in one case 44!) who still are overly dependent on their parents. It can be very challenging for parents to set limits with adult children whom have become overly dependent. The parents often feel drained and emotionally depleted. They want their child to be happy on his own, yet they live in fear of not doing enough to help their child get there. This is by no means an easy situation! In some cases these adult children may have significant mental health issues, including addictions, which need to be addressed. At the same time, mental health treatment does not have to be mutually exclusive from the adult child contributing to their recovery in any way they can. Too many times, however, I see parents overly rescuing their children from their problems. While it may feel good for parents to do this, the implicit (or even explicit) message to the child is, "You're not competent to make it on your own." Parents in this situation can help themselves to be mindful of enabling their child by being carefully considering the following questions: Does your child now act entitled to, and demand, things you once enjoyed giving—car privileges, gifts, perks at home, or rent money? Does it feel like you are living from crisis to crisis with your adult child? Do you sacrifice too much to meet your adult child's needs? Are you afraid of hurting your child? Are you feeling burdened, used, resentful, or burnt out? Encouraging Them to Live in Their Own Skin—Skin That's Also in The Game: As children either graduate or quit school, they need to increasingly have "skin in the game"(have skin in the game to be at risk financially because you have invested in something that you want to happen. 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. You take more ownership of something when you have some skin in the game.) and strive toward being self-sufficient. This does not mean parents should abruptly put their adult child on the street. At the same time, the adult child needs to "own" his or her goals and plans to become self-reliant 自立的. Sometimes, crises occur that send children back home such as a bad breakup, problems at college, or health issues. This is acceptable as long as there is a plan in place for the adult child to become independent. Try not to be adversarial [ˌædvɜrˈseriəl] 敌对的 as you encourage your child to become more independent. The goal is to be supportive and understanding with a collaborative mindset. Be calm, firm, and non-controlling in your demeanor as you express these guiding expectations to motivate your adult child toward healthy independence.
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用法学习: 1. reductionist 把事情简单化的人, 把事情简单化的人 noun a person who analyses and describes a complex phenomenon in terms of its simple or fundamental constituents. the practice of considering or presenting something complicated in a simple way, especially a way that is too simple: Reductionism as a way of understanding food or drugs can lead to problems. "a crude reductionist". adj. analysing and describing a complex phenomenon in terms of its simple or fundamental constituents. "a reductionist approach that leads to stereotyping". frisson [friːsɒn, US friːsoʊn] A frisson is a short, sudden feeling of excitement or fear. A frisson of apprehension rippled round the theatre. chilly I. Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold. It was a chilly afternoon. The rooms had grown chilly. II. If you feel chilly, you feel rather cold. I'm a bit chilly. III. You say that relations between people are chilly or that a person's response is chilly when they are not friendly, welcoming, or enthusiastic. I was slightly afraid of their chilly 冷淡的, 冷冰冰的 distant politeness. chilling adj If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening. He described in chilling detail how he attacked her. The film chillingly shows the ways that the love of money alters us. chill verb I. 冷冻一下. When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze. Chill the fruit salad until serving time. These doughs can be rolled out while you wait for the pastry to chill. ...a glass of chilled champagne. II. When cold weather or something cold chills a person or a place, it makes that person or that place feel very cold. The marble floor was beginning to chill me. An exposed garden may be chilled by cold winds. Wade placed his chilled hands on the radiator. The boulder sheltered them from the chilling wind. chill someone to the bone 寒冷彻骨 (=make someone feel very cold): The icy winds had chilled us to the bone. III. If you say that something you see, hear, or feel chills you, you mean that it frightens you. There was a coldness in her that chilled him. Some films chill you to the marrow of your bones. to make someone feel extremely frightened or worried. They looked across at me, chilled by what Mark had said. chill someone to the bone/core/marrow 吓破胆: It was a thought that chilled me to the core. IV. if a situation or relationship chills, or if something chills it, it becomes less friendly The border dispute between the two countries chilled their relations for decades. V. chill or chill out [intransitive] informal to relax and stop being angry or nervous, or to spend time relaxing. I'm just going to chill this weekend. chill to: You can dance to it or just chill to it. noun. I. If something sends a chill through you, it gives you a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety. The violence used against the students sent a chill through Indonesia. He smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back. II. A chill is a mild illness which can give you a slight fever and headache. He caught a chill while performing at a rain-soaked open-air venue. adj. & noun. Chill weather is cold and unpleasant. ...chill winds, rain and choppy seas. September is here, bringing with it a chill in the mornings. ...the cold chill of the night. 2. 美国白人至上组织: Up until recently, it was considered the regional headquarters of the National Socialist Movement (NSM). The Southern Poverty Law Centre, a US non-profit that tracks extreme ideologies, has designated the NSM as "one of the largest and most prominent hate groups in the US … known for its violent anti-Jewish rhetoric and racist views". The group once claimed 61 chapters across 35 states, and is named in a lawsuit as allegedly partly responsible for a fatal race rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. The NSM fell apart 解散, 分崩离析 in March after an African-American activist hoodwinked ( hoodwink If someone hoodwinks you, they trick or deceive you. People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people. Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry. ) the organisation's leader and took over as president.
黑人接管白人至上组织 Black activist from California takes over neo-Nazi group: Without notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime president of a legacy neo-Nazi group signed over its control to a black civil rights activist from California. James Hart Stern, a 54-year-old with a history of infiltrating 渗透, 打入内部, 卧底 (undercover) ( I. to secretly join an organization or go into a place in order to find out information about it or damage it. Government agents had been infiltrating paramilitary groups. infiltrate into: plans to prevent rebels from infiltrating into the country. II. to become a feature of something gradually, without anyone noticing. the way that technology has infiltrated our daily lives. ) white-supremacist groups, is the new leader of the National Socialist Movement. Stern's first move as president was to address a pending lawsuit against the group by asking a Virginia judge to find it guilty of conspiring to commit violence at the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Next, he plans to transform the hate group's website into a space for Holocaust history lessons. "I did the hard and dangerous part," Stern told The Washington Post in his first interview since taking over the National Socialist Movement. "As a black man, I took over a neo-Nazi group and outsmarted them." For weeks, the sudden change in power had confounded those who study hate groups and perplexed those within the organization, who had heard nothing from Jeff Schoep, the man who led the Detroit-based hate group for 24 years. Before Friday, neither man had publicly addressed the organizational changes. Stern came forward Friday to share the full story of his unconventional rise to power: an "epic" tale, he said, that includes infiltration, persuasion and a hint of manipulation. There's a reason, he said, that some call him the "race whisperer." Just after midnight, Schoep spoke, too. In a lengthy statement to his followers, which he shared with The Washington Post, Schoep wrote that he had been "deceived" by Stern who "convinced me that in order to protect our membership from the ongoing lawsuit, I should sign over NSM's presidency to him." Schoep said it was time for "fresh blood" in NSM leadership and announced he had formally stepped down as "commander" of the organization. Burt Colucci, chief of staff of the National Socialist Movement, will be taking over as commander, according to the statement. "I want to thank everyone who has stood by us during this difficult time. You are giants among lesser men 小人 and your loyalty will be remembered," Schoep wrote in the statement. "As for all of the vultures, snakes, and international banking and media interests who have attempted to damage NSM and me personally, you have shown your true colors." It remains unclear how NSM will be able to maintain its organizational infrastructure with Stern legally at the helm of the corporation. In his statement, Schoep said he intends to challenge Stern's ownership. "This paper appointment will not stop us," Schoep said. "Mr. Stern's bad faith actions 恶意行为 may leave me no choice but to protect my rights in a court of law, as I believe he fraudulently manipulated me for the purposes of gaining control of, and dissolving NSM." To understand how Stern came to overtake Schoep's organization, you first must understand how the Michigan neo-Nazi came to find the California activist. Stern says that while serving prison time in Mississippi for mail fraud, he formed a relationship with his cellmate and onetime Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Edgar Ray Killen. The KKK leader had been convicted in the "Mississippi Burning" killings of three civil rights workers. Though Killen regularly called Stern a racial slur, he nevertheless granted his cellmate power of attorney over his life story and estate. Stern was paroled from prison in 2011. In 2016, he used his legal discretion to dissolve the Klan organization that Killen once led. That was his first successful infiltration, and the lore of ( The lore of a particular country or culture is its traditional stories and history. ...the Book of the Sea, which was stuffed with sailors' lore. ...ancient Catalan lore.) Stern's relationship with the KKK leader is what Stern says first drew Schoep in. In 2014, Schoep called Stern to inquire about his relationship with Killen, the activist said. Schoep asked to see the man's prison ID card and said Stern was the first black man his organization had reached out to since Malcolm X. Stern said he searched Schoep's name, discovered he was a white supremacist ([sʊˈpreməsɪst]), then arranged for the two to meet in California for a small race-relations summit. The two fostered a strange kind of relationship, Stern said. Schoep and Stern remained firmly entrenched in their political camps, he said, fundamentally opposed to what the other represents. But they also engaged in regular debate: about the Holocaust, the ugliness of the Nazi swastika, the fallibility ( fallible [ˈfæləb(ə)l] not perfect, and likely to be wrong or make mistakes. If you say that someone or something is fallible, you mean that they are not perfect and are likely to make mistakes or to fail in what they are doing. They are only human and all too fallible. The system has proved fallible time after time. Human reason is a fallible guide. Errors may have been made due to human fallibility. The fallibility of science is one of the great betrayals of our times. a fallible legal system. Everyone is fallible.) of Schoep's white-nationalist ideals and, most critically, the fate of his hate group. The goal, Stern claims, was always to try to change Schoep's mind. "From day one, I always told him: 'I don't agree with you; I don't like you,'" Stern said. "I talked to him because I wanted to hope to change him." Stern did not change Schoep's beliefs. But according to Stern's version of recent events, he was able to accomplish the next best thing. In early 2019, Stern said Schoep came to him for legal advice on the lawsuit, which was filed in 2017 by a Charlottesville counterprotester against NSM and other white-nationalist groups that attended the Unite the Right rally. Schoep seemed "rattled," Stern said, and began talking about making a change. "I was hoping he was talking about his ideology 意识形态," Stern said. Instead, Stern said the white-nationalist leader called NSM an "albatross ( an albatross [ˈælbəˌtrɔs] 信天翁 (around your neck) someone or something that causes you a lot of problems. ) hanging around his neck" and said he was looking for ways to get out. He still held the same beliefs, Stern said, but he was ready to cut ties with NSM and start a new organization because he felt underappreciated by his followers and left out of the mainstream white-nationalist movement that had swept the country in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. Schoep was concerned about the repercussions of the Charlottesville lawsuit and the legal bills he was shouldering, Stern said, and he confided in the California activist as he sought solutions. "I saw a crack in that armor," Stern said. So he encouraged Schoep to get a fresh start by handing Stern the control of the Detroit-based organization and website. Schoep said yes. "He knew that he had the most vulnerable, the most loose-cannon 信口雌黄 members that they had ever had in the organization," Stern said. "He realized somebody was going to commit a crime, and he was going to be held responsible for it." In his statement about the ordeal, Schoep did not address how he came to know Stern, nor did he explain the conversations that led to his decision. In mid-January, Schoep filed incorporation paperwork with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to formally transfer the National Socialist Movement to Stern, according to documents filed with the state. By Feb. 15, Stern was listed in court documents for the lawsuit as NSM's representative. Stern is not listed as an individual defendant in the suit. Stern says he's preparing for what comes next and is seeking guidance from Jewish leaders. He said he does not plan to dissolve the corporation because he doesn't want Schoep's followers, or others in the white-nationalist movement, to reincorporate ( to incorporate again. to change the legal status of a business so that it becomes a corporation again. ) it. Stern admits his plans for the website are still evolving, but his primary goal is to offer it as a reclaimed space 收复失地 to Jewish organizations that could help him educate NSM's followers on the history of the Holocaust. "Everything is out in the open," Stern said. "My plans and intentions are not to let this group prosper. It's my goal to set some hard records right." Schoep took control of NSM in 1994 and was responsible for growing its membership and brand as an organization of Holocaust deniers and Adolf Hitler acolytes. The group maintains a website that draws in millions of visitors from around the world, Stern said, and has organized public rallies across the county. The group, whose members wear SS-like uniforms that mirror those worn in Nazi Germany, was founded under a different name in 1974 by two former officials of the American Nazi Party, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. "Signing over leadership of an organization this old is the equivalent of a death sentence in the white-nationalist movement," said Keegan Hankes, an SPLC research analyst. "It's one of the strangest things I've seen since I started tracking these things five years ago." Several of the people listed on the NSM website as leaders within the organization did not respond to a request for comment from The Post on Friday. One man, who identifies himself as SS Capt. Harry L. Hughes III and is listed as the public relations director for NSM, said in an email that he is "not involved in the NSM's legal affairs" and was "not at liberty to discuss anything, until Commander Schoep personally makes a statement." "Just like you and the rest of the media, I'm waiting in suspense, too," Hughes added. Matthew Heimbach, a leading white-nationalist figure who briefly served last year as the organization's community outreach person, told the Associated Press that there has been conflict between NSM's leaders, including Schoep, and its membership. Heimbach estimated the group had 40 dues-paying members last year. The biggest challenge the group has faced, Hankes said, was being outshone 抢了风头 by the more refined efforts of new alt-right leaders such as Richard Spencer. There was tension within the organization about the need for a shift to a less violent, less explicit brand of neo-Nazism, he said. "A lot of these groups see [NSM] as extremely detrimental to anything regarding identity politics," Hankes said. Stern told The Post that he and Schoep discussed this infighting and that Schoep expressed a desire to leave NSM behind and start a new organization with less baggage. Schoep offered a different perspective in his statement: "I realize that there is a lot of confusion right now, and ongoing legal matters prevent me from being more thorough in my explanation of events. Regardless, it is important for me to communicate that my actions are always done for a reason, and I would never purposefully damage the organization I have spent so many years serving." Though Schoep is no longer legally affiliated with NSM, he still faces the lawsuit because he is listed as a defendant. "It's definitely not good for him, and it shouldn't be good for him," Stern said. "You spend 25 years terrorizing people, you can't rebrand overnight. It doesn't work like that." Stern, who runs Racial Reconciliation Outreach Ministries, is still sorting through the legal intricacies his NSM leadership entails. He is listed as the attorney representing NSM in court filings, but a judge ruled Friday that he cannot be NSM's lawyer because corporations are not legally authorized to represent themselves in court. Stern said he is working on hiring an outside lawyer to refile his motion for a summary judgment on the lawsuit. He has also offered the plaintiff's attorneys full access to NSM social media accounts, he said, because he claims to own those, too. "Say what you want about me," Stern said. "But I've done this twice now."
Line of duty Season 4 S4: 1. We're not mind readers 读心术. We don't know whether Michael Farmer is guilty or not. All that's expected of us as police officers is that we do our duty to the letter of the law. The letter. Now, you were a bit of a high flier in your time(someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful. someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot: High-flyers in the industry typically earn 25 percent more than their colleagues. ), Roseanne, weren't you? Graduate entrant 毕业就进来(A graduate entry degree is term used for an academic degree that denotes a minimum 3-4 year bachelor's degree. It is most commonly used to refer to first professional degree programs. This term first developed in Australia and the UK to refer to medical, dental, and law degrees that used to be available to students directly out of high school, but now have educational business and corporations have changed structure and requirements to require a degree first before admission would be considered. ). Fast-tracked for promotion. DI before you were 30. Then you hit the wall. I started a family, sir. You stood still 原地踏步 while other people kept climbing the ladder. Operation Trapdoor's an extremely high-profile inquiry. Get a result, it puts your stalled career back on track. You were under pressure, weren't you, Roseanne, to get a result? 2. I'll come straight to the point, if I may. I'm opening a full-spectrum inquiry into the murder of Timothy Ifield and, as per protocol, there will be no reciprocity ( [ˌresəˈprɑsəti] a situation in which people reciprocate [rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt]. Reciprocity is the exchange of something between people or groups of people when each person or group gives or allows something to the other. They gave assurances they would press for reciprocity with Greece in the issuing of visas. ) regarding DCI Huntley's investigation. I also register that my considered counsel [ˈkaʊns(ə)l](I. advice, especially that given formally. to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job. She has spent about five years counseling rape victims. Macnade was being counseled for violent tendencies. "with wise counsel a couple can buy a home that will be appreciating in value". "he no longer came to me for counsel". a. consultation, especially to seek or give advice. "he took much counsel with him". "King Richard held counsel with the barons". II. a barrister or other legal adviser conducting a case. "the counsel for the defence" III. to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation. counsel someone to do something: Privately, the president was being counseled to end the war. keep your own counsel to say nothing about your plans or opinions. ) in respect of DCI Roseanne Huntley has been disregarded 无视. Now I see why you're upping the ante. Challenge AC-12 at your peril. What? You didn't reinstate 复职, 官复原职 Huntley because you were worried that Michael Farmer's defence would make capital of the fact that the Senior Investigating Officer was replaced? It was thanks to Roz Huntley's diligence we detected Ifield's involvement in one of the prostitute murders. I'd say she's earned a second chance. And my team is intent to give Michael Farmer a second chance. And we shall see which one of us is right, sir, when we have access to all the evidence. 3. Ma'am, if we may, we're taking your mobile phone in evidence. You can't do that without an authority. Jodie. It's a police-issue device, not my own personal property. They're at liberty to examine it 有权随意检查 without authority. Thank you very much, ma'am. You're at liberty to collect a replacement device at your convenience. 4. So I've been looking into recent purchases in the local area and I found this on CCTV from the night of Tim's murder. Sir. God's sake, I'm busting 尿急 ( I. means when you just really need the toilet. Person 1: "Where are you going, mate? Person 2: " Sorry man, I'm busting .... I'll be back. II. "Busting" is a synonym for "bursting." When George says he's busting, he means he's "bursting with emotion" (see "a sudden expression or manifestation, as of emotion"). He just means he's really happy. ). Tie a knot 绑起来 in it. What went on in there? Since when's it my job to do yours? If you put the report on my desk, DS Flynn, I'll be sure to take a look at it. Don't do that, sir. You sound like a dick. Yeah, well, this dick's no grass 线人, 通风报信, 内线 for ( grass verb. If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done. [British, informal, disapproval] His sister wants him to grass on the members of his own gang. He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing. How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police? noun. 通风报信的人. 内线. A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about. [British, informal, disapproval]) AC-12 -- he's a DCI, and I didn't get there by sticking my neck out. I got there by letting the other buggers. Maybe that's why you're still a DS. 4. Well, I wish I could shed more light, but I'm a bit stuck at the moment. I don't want to push Huntley too hard and make her suspicious. No disrespect to Kate, sir, it's no fault of hers, but we can't sit on our hands 束手待毙. Tim Ifield was police staff, was implicated in a murder, and got murdered himself. Roz Huntley's reinstatement puts her in the box seat to manipulate the inquiry just like she did with Michael Farmer. We've got to get in the game 参与进去, 介入进去 ( get in the game: British slang for to become aware of a situation. raise your game to make an effort to improve the way that you do something: They're going to have to raise their game if they want to stay in the Premiership this season. in the game I. Actively participating in something (not necessary sports-related). Look, my first published short story! I'm in the game now, like a real writer! Do you want to get in the game as a serious politician, or not? II. In a position in a game in which winning is still attainable. Melissa's goaltending has kept us in the game so far—now it's time to get a goal and tie this thing up! get (one's) head in the game to focus on the task at hand. get/keep/stay ahead (of the game) to react quickly so that you gain/keep an advantage Our industries have to keep ahead of the game in Europe. have skin in the game 有利益关系 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. get your game on 打起精神来, 小心应对, 努力起来 The catchphrase of Jaden/Judai Yuki of Yugioh GX. It's much better than the other protagonist's catchphrases. Chazz: I challenge you to a duel, Jaden! Jaden: Alright, Get your game on! get back in the game to perform some activity that one hasn't performed in an extended period of time.). Which will put Huntley on her guard. My undercover's a much more subtle approach, sir. I've never disputed I'm the blunt instrument ( I. something such as a hammer, used as a weapon. any heavy object with a flat or round end, used as a weapon. He had been battered to death with a blunt instrument. II. a method that uses too much force, so that, in achieving your aim, it also causes some harm or trouble. III. A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use. ). But this is bigger now than just being about Huntley. I'm sorry, Kate, but Steve's right. We can't exist off the crumbs off Huntley's table. Our informant has been killed. I won't rest until I find out the who, the how and the why. Sir. Opening a wider inquiry will give us access - to all the evidence Huntley's team's been gathering. Right. Well, back to the coal face (at the coalface doing the hardest part of a job instead of just managing or organizing it. doing the work involved in a job, in real working conditions, rather than planning or talking about it: At the coalface with a deadline looming, you sometimes feel under a lot of pressure. Teachers at the coalface know these reforms don't work.), the pair of you, unless you've got more egg-sucking tips ( Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs ) for your granny? 5. Congratulations! Ah, thanks, Maneet. What's that? Only gone and passed the National Inspectors' Exam. Congratulations. Cheers, mate. I didn't know you'd entered. Well, I kept shtum 闭口不言 (Not tell anyone; especially, keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. he kept shtum about the fact that he was sent down for fraud If I tell you, you have to promise to keep shtum about it. keep mum (idiomatic) To refrain from talking, especially to remain silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. breathe a word 只字不提, 守口如瓶 (idiomatic) To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative). I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else! bite one's tongue = hold one's tongue = bite one's lip 别多事, 别多嘴多舌, 别话多 (idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute. Usage notes: Often used in the imperative mood, to admonish someone who has said something unfeeling or harsh: Bite your tongue! She has enough on her mind without having to worry about comments like that from you. ) in case I went down in flames. I know it's a bit soon, but I took so long getting my act together to make DS, I'm not going to let things slide. You're coming up on the rails ( be back on the rails To resume forward progress or momentum. Primarily heard in UK. working or happening normally again The peace process seems to be finally back on the rails. Now that we have funding again, our research project is back on the rails. go off the rails informal to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally: He went off the rails in his first year at university.). Yeah, you Better watch out. This is great news. Thank you very much, sir. I mean, you know, it's great for you, reflects well on the department, and, er I shall be taking my fair share of the credit, don't you worry. Anyway, I think we should find a bit of time and maybe, you know, we could discuss your future. Yeah, I'd like that, sir, thank you. I'm following the shift pattern of my undercover, but I could do a drink one night? Erm Or in the office next week. Yeah. That's the ticket ( That's just right; that's just what is needed. that's the correct or proper thing! that's right! ). Anyway, look. Well done, again. Thanks again, sir! 6. The crucial finding at the crime scene was a collection of three items. Now, the third victim, the one who was rescued, told officers that the suspect forcibly 强行 removed her earrings. Now, these earrings were identified by the victim as belonging to her, and the blood matched hers. That seems pretty sound to me. It does, DS Arnott. Significantly, highly significantly, these earrings were supposedly kept with items belonging to the previous victims. Why supposedly? How forensically minded are you? I manage OK. Because some officers, honestly, they think the forensics are cut-and-dried ( I. (of a situation) completely settled. "the championship is not as cut and dried as everyone thinks" II. already decided and unlikely to be changed: We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week. III. simple and easy to understand: Most fire investigations are pretty cut and dried, but this one has left more questions than answers.). But, let me tell you, that is not always the case. Forensics have to be interpreted carefully. I mean, in court, a so-called expert pops up and the jury stops listening to the rest of the evidence. 7. Tim, Steve Arnott. I know you're on days off 休假, but I need you to return my calls. We're looking deeper into the evidence in the Farmer case and I need your input. Thanks again for the biometrics they worked a treat, mate. Call me, OK? 8. OK, take a seat, sir, I'll bring it over. 8. AC-12 are investigating one of my cases. Looking for an angle to discredit 搞臭 me. Internal politics, 100% total bollocks. I'm sorry they involved you, but that is their kind of mind game 玩心机. And the bastards get away with it cos they claim they're enforcing professional standards. 9. Can you put me through to Missing Persons at the East Midlands Constabulary? DS Flynn's interfering with my investigation. I'd rather she was denied further access to our files. I'm sorry to hear that, DCI Huntley, but I need to speak to my Chief Superintendent. DS Flynn's secondment [ UK: sɪˈkɒndmənt, US səˈkɑːnd.mənt] is an important line of inquiry(second verb. I. 附议. to make a formal statement of support for a suggestion made by someone else during a meeting so that there can be a discussion or vote: The motion was proposed by the club's chairwoman and seconded by the secretary. "I could use a drink." "I'll second that (= I agree with you)!" There was no seconder for (= person who was willing to support) the motion so it could not be debated. II. [sɪˈkɒnd] UK 临时调遣. 借调 (cross-designate. 美国借调是: on loan from one unit to another unit). to second sb from one unit to another unit to send an employee to work somewhere else temporarily, either to increase the number of workers or to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: During the dispute, many police officers were seconded from traffic duty to the prison service. At the beginning of series 2, he is promoted to detective inspector and transferred to AC-9. He is seconded to AC-12 by Hastings. Cottan is revealed to be "The Caddy", working as a fixer for the organised crime group throughout the three series. He is killed at the close of the third series having escaped from AC-12 custody. secondment a period of time when an employee is sent to work somewhere else, to increase the number of workers , to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency. A member of the company's eastern Europe group, who has been on secondment in Berlin, Bratislava and Budapest, gave an informed overview of publishing in the region. You may find you have to work away from home on secondment. The former Swinburne University researcher, who works at data analytics company Quantium and is currently on secondment 外派 at the National Australia Bank, dressed casually in a brown leather jacket and blue jeans. noun. I. You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. The soil is depleted first by crops grown in it and second 其次 by bacterial action. II. In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. III. If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. There's seconds if you want them. IV. Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds. V. The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!' designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] I. 指派, 委任, 选派. to formally choose someone or something for a particular purpose. Nobody has yet been designated as the leader. social workers designated to work with difficult children. II. formal to give someone or something a particular name, title, or description. The park was designated as a National Monument in 1975. III. to represent something in a particular way, for example with a sign or symbol. Road hazards are designated 表示 by yellow diamond-shaped signs. designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] adj chosen for a particular job but not yet officially doing that job. the ambassador designate. ) for us. I appreciate that, but I'm finding her a disruptive influence. Huntley's call was intercepted by our undercover ops handling service. They're on standby to go over Huntley's head and push Kate back on her. Yes, well, she certainly sounds rattled. Huntley's definitely hiding something about how the case against Farmer was handled. What, I don't know. Steve, you're going to look into the original conviction that got Farmer put on the Sex Offenders Register, right? Erm, yeah. It checks out. Which suggests that maybe Huntley's got the right man after all. Makes me think twice about moving Kate's undercover up to the next level. Er, no, no. I agree with Kate, sir. It's still worth digging deeper. Right, well, you're my best team. If that's what you both think. Let's turn the screw ( put/tighten/turn the screws on someone to put more pressure on someone to do something, for example by threatening them. If someone turns the screw on you or tightens the screw on you, they do something in order to defeat you or in order to make you do what they want. The supermarkets group turned the screw on its troubled rival yesterday, revealing strong sales figures and an expansion of its network. The attacks are seen as an attempt to tighten the screw still further on the government. His creditors were putting the screws on him. ). 10. Vicky McClure as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming, an undercover specialist. A consummate ( adjective 技巧娴熟的. You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful. He acted the part with consummate skill. Those familiar with Sanders call him a consummate politician. The film is a well made, atmospheric, consummately acted piece. verb I. If two people consummate a marriage or relationship, they make it complete by having sex. They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays. ...the morning after the consummation of their marriage. II. To consummate an agreement means to complete it. There have been several close calls, but no one has been able to consummate a deal. ) professional, Fleming is willing to investigate officers inside and outside AC-12. Initially a detective constable, she is promoted to detective sergeant at the end of the third series and to detective inspector following the fourth. 11. No-one's in any trouble, miss. Would it be possible to talk to you inside, please? Free country ( I. a country where the government does not control what people say or do for political reasons and where people can express their opinions without punishment: The transition from a totalitarian state to a free country will be long and slow. I can say what I like - it's a free country! II. a country that is not controlled by another country. it's a free country British English used, usually humorously, to say that you are or should be allowed to do something, after someone has said that you should not do it It's a free country. You can't stop me.). I appreciate this may be a difficult subject for you, Jade, but I'm here to talk to you about Michael Farmer. 12. You didn't fancy some vino ( [ˈviːnəʊ] wine, especially that which is cheap or of inferior quality.), did you, Ted? Oh, no, no, no. A bit too early for me, sir. Although you might consider that recent successes merit 配得上 a glass of bubbly? It's a bit early for me too, but certainly a cloud's been lifted. Yes, well, I mean, expectations are so high from the public these days. I mean, they think that forensic science is going to lead us directly to the door of the offender, you know. Public trust has been restored, the Chief Constable and the PCC have dialled down their rabid anxiety. So, we can relax and enjoy a pleasant lunch. But, I mean, it is a very trying situation, you know, and that level of anxiety starts to filter down through the ranks. How so? Well, you said yourself, sir, public trust, expectation of getting a result can sometimes lead to undue pressure on a detective to close a case. Well, I don't think that's always such a bad thing. Sometimes you've got to light a fire. Indeed, sir. Indeed. However, a detective under that kind of undue pressure can sometimes bend the facts 歪曲事实 to suit the expectations of his, or her, superiors. I've got better antennae than that. You know we can't be micromanagers, Ted. We trust our officers to conduct themselves with professionalism 专业 and integrity 诚实. 13. Sir, how we treat Tim Ifield's claims speaks volumes about anyone that witnesses corruption or is in two minds about coming forward. See what happens when you become a DS? You start worrying how things look. Hang the finer points 别抠细节了 ( hang something 去他的, 别计较于, 别纠结于 used for saying that something is not important. used to say that you are not going to do something Oh hang the report, let's go for a drink. the finer points of The more nuanced, specific, or complicated details or aspects of something. The more complex or detailed aspects of. he went on to discuss the finer points of his work. It's nice to be able to discuss the finer points of Victorian literature with someone who has studied the subject. a peg on which to hang something something that gives you an opportunity or excuse for talking or writing about something Stock market falls gave the Conservatives a convenient peg on which to hang their plan to cut taxes.). A young lad might go to prison for a crime he didn't commit. And if police wrongdoing is part of it, I want to know. That could've gone better. My promotion shouldn't be an issue, Steve. All I mean is, next time let's get our ducks in a row before we talk to the gaffer. You're not getting any argument from me. 14. Sorry, boss, the DS from East Mids. How long do you want to give her? You've lost me. To go through the interviews with Farmer and the witness statements. Do you mind telling me what's going on here? My gaffer wasn't happy with what I got out of Farmer. He said there was holes in his statement. He wants more before we can rule him out. Sorry, ma'am, I Your team seemed fine with it. I didn't want to disturb you at home. 15. I'm glad I could help. And listen, ma'am, I just want to apologise again for how things started with us. I was a bit of a bull in a china shop 莽撞. I'm not quite that delicate 没那么计较, 没那么玻璃心.
黑人接管白人至上组织 Black activist from California takes over neo-Nazi group: Without notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime president of a legacy neo-Nazi group signed over its control to a black civil rights activist from California. James Hart Stern, a 54-year-old with a history of infiltrating 渗透, 打入内部, 卧底 (undercover) ( I. to secretly join an organization or go into a place in order to find out information about it or damage it. Government agents had been infiltrating paramilitary groups. infiltrate into: plans to prevent rebels from infiltrating into the country. II. to become a feature of something gradually, without anyone noticing. the way that technology has infiltrated our daily lives. ) white-supremacist groups, is the new leader of the National Socialist Movement. Stern's first move as president was to address a pending lawsuit against the group by asking a Virginia judge to find it guilty of conspiring to commit violence at the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Next, he plans to transform the hate group's website into a space for Holocaust history lessons. "I did the hard and dangerous part," Stern told The Washington Post in his first interview since taking over the National Socialist Movement. "As a black man, I took over a neo-Nazi group and outsmarted them." For weeks, the sudden change in power had confounded those who study hate groups and perplexed those within the organization, who had heard nothing from Jeff Schoep, the man who led the Detroit-based hate group for 24 years. Before Friday, neither man had publicly addressed the organizational changes. Stern came forward Friday to share the full story of his unconventional rise to power: an "epic" tale, he said, that includes infiltration, persuasion and a hint of manipulation. There's a reason, he said, that some call him the "race whisperer." Just after midnight, Schoep spoke, too. In a lengthy statement to his followers, which he shared with The Washington Post, Schoep wrote that he had been "deceived" by Stern who "convinced me that in order to protect our membership from the ongoing lawsuit, I should sign over NSM's presidency to him." Schoep said it was time for "fresh blood" in NSM leadership and announced he had formally stepped down as "commander" of the organization. Burt Colucci, chief of staff of the National Socialist Movement, will be taking over as commander, according to the statement. "I want to thank everyone who has stood by us during this difficult time. You are giants among lesser men 小人 and your loyalty will be remembered," Schoep wrote in the statement. "As for all of the vultures, snakes, and international banking and media interests who have attempted to damage NSM and me personally, you have shown your true colors." It remains unclear how NSM will be able to maintain its organizational infrastructure with Stern legally at the helm of the corporation. In his statement, Schoep said he intends to challenge Stern's ownership. "This paper appointment will not stop us," Schoep said. "Mr. Stern's bad faith actions 恶意行为 may leave me no choice but to protect my rights in a court of law, as I believe he fraudulently manipulated me for the purposes of gaining control of, and dissolving NSM." To understand how Stern came to overtake Schoep's organization, you first must understand how the Michigan neo-Nazi came to find the California activist. Stern says that while serving prison time in Mississippi for mail fraud, he formed a relationship with his cellmate and onetime Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Edgar Ray Killen. The KKK leader had been convicted in the "Mississippi Burning" killings of three civil rights workers. Though Killen regularly called Stern a racial slur, he nevertheless granted his cellmate power of attorney over his life story and estate. Stern was paroled from prison in 2011. In 2016, he used his legal discretion to dissolve the Klan organization that Killen once led. That was his first successful infiltration, and the lore of ( The lore of a particular country or culture is its traditional stories and history. ...the Book of the Sea, which was stuffed with sailors' lore. ...ancient Catalan lore.) Stern's relationship with the KKK leader is what Stern says first drew Schoep in. In 2014, Schoep called Stern to inquire about his relationship with Killen, the activist said. Schoep asked to see the man's prison ID card and said Stern was the first black man his organization had reached out to since Malcolm X. Stern said he searched Schoep's name, discovered he was a white supremacist ([sʊˈpreməsɪst]), then arranged for the two to meet in California for a small race-relations summit. The two fostered a strange kind of relationship, Stern said. Schoep and Stern remained firmly entrenched in their political camps, he said, fundamentally opposed to what the other represents. But they also engaged in regular debate: about the Holocaust, the ugliness of the Nazi swastika, the fallibility ( fallible [ˈfæləb(ə)l] not perfect, and likely to be wrong or make mistakes. If you say that someone or something is fallible, you mean that they are not perfect and are likely to make mistakes or to fail in what they are doing. They are only human and all too fallible. The system has proved fallible time after time. Human reason is a fallible guide. Errors may have been made due to human fallibility. The fallibility of science is one of the great betrayals of our times. a fallible legal system. Everyone is fallible.) of Schoep's white-nationalist ideals and, most critically, the fate of his hate group. The goal, Stern claims, was always to try to change Schoep's mind. "From day one, I always told him: 'I don't agree with you; I don't like you,'" Stern said. "I talked to him because I wanted to hope to change him." Stern did not change Schoep's beliefs. But according to Stern's version of recent events, he was able to accomplish the next best thing. In early 2019, Stern said Schoep came to him for legal advice on the lawsuit, which was filed in 2017 by a Charlottesville counterprotester against NSM and other white-nationalist groups that attended the Unite the Right rally. Schoep seemed "rattled," Stern said, and began talking about making a change. "I was hoping he was talking about his ideology 意识形态," Stern said. Instead, Stern said the white-nationalist leader called NSM an "albatross ( an albatross [ˈælbəˌtrɔs] 信天翁 (around your neck) someone or something that causes you a lot of problems. ) hanging around his neck" and said he was looking for ways to get out. He still held the same beliefs, Stern said, but he was ready to cut ties with NSM and start a new organization because he felt underappreciated by his followers and left out of the mainstream white-nationalist movement that had swept the country in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. Schoep was concerned about the repercussions of the Charlottesville lawsuit and the legal bills he was shouldering, Stern said, and he confided in the California activist as he sought solutions. "I saw a crack in that armor," Stern said. So he encouraged Schoep to get a fresh start by handing Stern the control of the Detroit-based organization and website. Schoep said yes. "He knew that he had the most vulnerable, the most loose-cannon 信口雌黄 members that they had ever had in the organization," Stern said. "He realized somebody was going to commit a crime, and he was going to be held responsible for it." In his statement about the ordeal, Schoep did not address how he came to know Stern, nor did he explain the conversations that led to his decision. In mid-January, Schoep filed incorporation paperwork with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to formally transfer the National Socialist Movement to Stern, according to documents filed with the state. By Feb. 15, Stern was listed in court documents for the lawsuit as NSM's representative. Stern is not listed as an individual defendant in the suit. Stern says he's preparing for what comes next and is seeking guidance from Jewish leaders. He said he does not plan to dissolve the corporation because he doesn't want Schoep's followers, or others in the white-nationalist movement, to reincorporate ( to incorporate again. to change the legal status of a business so that it becomes a corporation again. ) it. Stern admits his plans for the website are still evolving, but his primary goal is to offer it as a reclaimed space 收复失地 to Jewish organizations that could help him educate NSM's followers on the history of the Holocaust. "Everything is out in the open," Stern said. "My plans and intentions are not to let this group prosper. It's my goal to set some hard records right." Schoep took control of NSM in 1994 and was responsible for growing its membership and brand as an organization of Holocaust deniers and Adolf Hitler acolytes. The group maintains a website that draws in millions of visitors from around the world, Stern said, and has organized public rallies across the county. The group, whose members wear SS-like uniforms that mirror those worn in Nazi Germany, was founded under a different name in 1974 by two former officials of the American Nazi Party, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. "Signing over leadership of an organization this old is the equivalent of a death sentence in the white-nationalist movement," said Keegan Hankes, an SPLC research analyst. "It's one of the strangest things I've seen since I started tracking these things five years ago." Several of the people listed on the NSM website as leaders within the organization did not respond to a request for comment from The Post on Friday. One man, who identifies himself as SS Capt. Harry L. Hughes III and is listed as the public relations director for NSM, said in an email that he is "not involved in the NSM's legal affairs" and was "not at liberty to discuss anything, until Commander Schoep personally makes a statement." "Just like you and the rest of the media, I'm waiting in suspense, too," Hughes added. Matthew Heimbach, a leading white-nationalist figure who briefly served last year as the organization's community outreach person, told the Associated Press that there has been conflict between NSM's leaders, including Schoep, and its membership. Heimbach estimated the group had 40 dues-paying members last year. The biggest challenge the group has faced, Hankes said, was being outshone 抢了风头 by the more refined efforts of new alt-right leaders such as Richard Spencer. There was tension within the organization about the need for a shift to a less violent, less explicit brand of neo-Nazism, he said. "A lot of these groups see [NSM] as extremely detrimental to anything regarding identity politics," Hankes said. Stern told The Post that he and Schoep discussed this infighting and that Schoep expressed a desire to leave NSM behind and start a new organization with less baggage. Schoep offered a different perspective in his statement: "I realize that there is a lot of confusion right now, and ongoing legal matters prevent me from being more thorough in my explanation of events. Regardless, it is important for me to communicate that my actions are always done for a reason, and I would never purposefully damage the organization I have spent so many years serving." Though Schoep is no longer legally affiliated with NSM, he still faces the lawsuit because he is listed as a defendant. "It's definitely not good for him, and it shouldn't be good for him," Stern said. "You spend 25 years terrorizing people, you can't rebrand overnight. It doesn't work like that." Stern, who runs Racial Reconciliation Outreach Ministries, is still sorting through the legal intricacies his NSM leadership entails. He is listed as the attorney representing NSM in court filings, but a judge ruled Friday that he cannot be NSM's lawyer because corporations are not legally authorized to represent themselves in court. Stern said he is working on hiring an outside lawyer to refile his motion for a summary judgment on the lawsuit. He has also offered the plaintiff's attorneys full access to NSM social media accounts, he said, because he claims to own those, too. "Say what you want about me," Stern said. "But I've done this twice now."
Line of duty Season 4 S4: 1. We're not mind readers 读心术. We don't know whether Michael Farmer is guilty or not. All that's expected of us as police officers is that we do our duty to the letter of the law. The letter. Now, you were a bit of a high flier in your time(someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful. someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot: High-flyers in the industry typically earn 25 percent more than their colleagues. ), Roseanne, weren't you? Graduate entrant 毕业就进来(A graduate entry degree is term used for an academic degree that denotes a minimum 3-4 year bachelor's degree. It is most commonly used to refer to first professional degree programs. This term first developed in Australia and the UK to refer to medical, dental, and law degrees that used to be available to students directly out of high school, but now have educational business and corporations have changed structure and requirements to require a degree first before admission would be considered. ). Fast-tracked for promotion. DI before you were 30. Then you hit the wall. I started a family, sir. You stood still 原地踏步 while other people kept climbing the ladder. Operation Trapdoor's an extremely high-profile inquiry. Get a result, it puts your stalled career back on track. You were under pressure, weren't you, Roseanne, to get a result? 2. I'll come straight to the point, if I may. I'm opening a full-spectrum inquiry into the murder of Timothy Ifield and, as per protocol, there will be no reciprocity ( [ˌresəˈprɑsəti] a situation in which people reciprocate [rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt]. Reciprocity is the exchange of something between people or groups of people when each person or group gives or allows something to the other. They gave assurances they would press for reciprocity with Greece in the issuing of visas. ) regarding DCI Huntley's investigation. I also register that my considered counsel [ˈkaʊns(ə)l](I. advice, especially that given formally. to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job. She has spent about five years counseling rape victims. Macnade was being counseled for violent tendencies. "with wise counsel a couple can buy a home that will be appreciating in value". "he no longer came to me for counsel". a. consultation, especially to seek or give advice. "he took much counsel with him". "King Richard held counsel with the barons". II. a barrister or other legal adviser conducting a case. "the counsel for the defence" III. to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation. counsel someone to do something: Privately, the president was being counseled to end the war. keep your own counsel to say nothing about your plans or opinions. ) in respect of DCI Roseanne Huntley has been disregarded 无视. Now I see why you're upping the ante. Challenge AC-12 at your peril. What? You didn't reinstate 复职, 官复原职 Huntley because you were worried that Michael Farmer's defence would make capital of the fact that the Senior Investigating Officer was replaced? It was thanks to Roz Huntley's diligence we detected Ifield's involvement in one of the prostitute murders. I'd say she's earned a second chance. And my team is intent to give Michael Farmer a second chance. And we shall see which one of us is right, sir, when we have access to all the evidence. 3. Ma'am, if we may, we're taking your mobile phone in evidence. You can't do that without an authority. Jodie. It's a police-issue device, not my own personal property. They're at liberty to examine it 有权随意检查 without authority. Thank you very much, ma'am. You're at liberty to collect a replacement device at your convenience. 4. So I've been looking into recent purchases in the local area and I found this on CCTV from the night of Tim's murder. Sir. God's sake, I'm busting 尿急 ( I. means when you just really need the toilet. Person 1: "Where are you going, mate? Person 2: " Sorry man, I'm busting .... I'll be back. II. "Busting" is a synonym for "bursting." When George says he's busting, he means he's "bursting with emotion" (see "a sudden expression or manifestation, as of emotion"). He just means he's really happy. ). Tie a knot 绑起来 in it. What went on in there? Since when's it my job to do yours? If you put the report on my desk, DS Flynn, I'll be sure to take a look at it. Don't do that, sir. You sound like a dick. Yeah, well, this dick's no grass 线人, 通风报信, 内线 for ( grass verb. If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done. [British, informal, disapproval] His sister wants him to grass on the members of his own gang. He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing. How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police? noun. 通风报信的人. 内线. A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about. [British, informal, disapproval]) AC-12 -- he's a DCI, and I didn't get there by sticking my neck out. I got there by letting the other buggers. Maybe that's why you're still a DS. 4. Well, I wish I could shed more light, but I'm a bit stuck at the moment. I don't want to push Huntley too hard and make her suspicious. No disrespect to Kate, sir, it's no fault of hers, but we can't sit on our hands 束手待毙. Tim Ifield was police staff, was implicated in a murder, and got murdered himself. Roz Huntley's reinstatement puts her in the box seat to manipulate the inquiry just like she did with Michael Farmer. We've got to get in the game 参与进去, 介入进去 ( get in the game: British slang for to become aware of a situation. raise your game to make an effort to improve the way that you do something: They're going to have to raise their game if they want to stay in the Premiership this season. in the game I. Actively participating in something (not necessary sports-related). Look, my first published short story! I'm in the game now, like a real writer! Do you want to get in the game as a serious politician, or not? II. In a position in a game in which winning is still attainable. Melissa's goaltending has kept us in the game so far—now it's time to get a goal and tie this thing up! get (one's) head in the game to focus on the task at hand. get/keep/stay ahead (of the game) to react quickly so that you gain/keep an advantage Our industries have to keep ahead of the game in Europe. have skin in the game 有利益关系 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. get your game on 打起精神来, 小心应对, 努力起来 The catchphrase of Jaden/Judai Yuki of Yugioh GX. It's much better than the other protagonist's catchphrases. Chazz: I challenge you to a duel, Jaden! Jaden: Alright, Get your game on! get back in the game to perform some activity that one hasn't performed in an extended period of time.). Which will put Huntley on her guard. My undercover's a much more subtle approach, sir. I've never disputed I'm the blunt instrument ( I. something such as a hammer, used as a weapon. any heavy object with a flat or round end, used as a weapon. He had been battered to death with a blunt instrument. II. a method that uses too much force, so that, in achieving your aim, it also causes some harm or trouble. III. A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use. ). But this is bigger now than just being about Huntley. I'm sorry, Kate, but Steve's right. We can't exist off the crumbs off Huntley's table. Our informant has been killed. I won't rest until I find out the who, the how and the why. Sir. Opening a wider inquiry will give us access - to all the evidence Huntley's team's been gathering. Right. Well, back to the coal face (at the coalface doing the hardest part of a job instead of just managing or organizing it. doing the work involved in a job, in real working conditions, rather than planning or talking about it: At the coalface with a deadline looming, you sometimes feel under a lot of pressure. Teachers at the coalface know these reforms don't work.), the pair of you, unless you've got more egg-sucking tips ( Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs ) for your granny? 5. Congratulations! Ah, thanks, Maneet. What's that? Only gone and passed the National Inspectors' Exam. Congratulations. Cheers, mate. I didn't know you'd entered. Well, I kept shtum 闭口不言 (Not tell anyone; especially, keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. he kept shtum about the fact that he was sent down for fraud If I tell you, you have to promise to keep shtum about it. keep mum (idiomatic) To refrain from talking, especially to remain silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. breathe a word 只字不提, 守口如瓶 (idiomatic) To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative). I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else! bite one's tongue = hold one's tongue = bite one's lip 别多事, 别多嘴多舌, 别话多 (idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute. Usage notes: Often used in the imperative mood, to admonish someone who has said something unfeeling or harsh: Bite your tongue! She has enough on her mind without having to worry about comments like that from you. ) in case I went down in flames. I know it's a bit soon, but I took so long getting my act together to make DS, I'm not going to let things slide. You're coming up on the rails ( be back on the rails To resume forward progress or momentum. Primarily heard in UK. working or happening normally again The peace process seems to be finally back on the rails. Now that we have funding again, our research project is back on the rails. go off the rails informal to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally: He went off the rails in his first year at university.). Yeah, you Better watch out. This is great news. Thank you very much, sir. I mean, you know, it's great for you, reflects well on the department, and, er I shall be taking my fair share of the credit, don't you worry. Anyway, I think we should find a bit of time and maybe, you know, we could discuss your future. Yeah, I'd like that, sir, thank you. I'm following the shift pattern of my undercover, but I could do a drink one night? Erm Or in the office next week. Yeah. That's the ticket ( That's just right; that's just what is needed. that's the correct or proper thing! that's right! ). Anyway, look. Well done, again. Thanks again, sir! 6. The crucial finding at the crime scene was a collection of three items. Now, the third victim, the one who was rescued, told officers that the suspect forcibly 强行 removed her earrings. Now, these earrings were identified by the victim as belonging to her, and the blood matched hers. That seems pretty sound to me. It does, DS Arnott. Significantly, highly significantly, these earrings were supposedly kept with items belonging to the previous victims. Why supposedly? How forensically minded are you? I manage OK. Because some officers, honestly, they think the forensics are cut-and-dried ( I. (of a situation) completely settled. "the championship is not as cut and dried as everyone thinks" II. already decided and unlikely to be changed: We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week. III. simple and easy to understand: Most fire investigations are pretty cut and dried, but this one has left more questions than answers.). But, let me tell you, that is not always the case. Forensics have to be interpreted carefully. I mean, in court, a so-called expert pops up and the jury stops listening to the rest of the evidence. 7. Tim, Steve Arnott. I know you're on days off 休假, but I need you to return my calls. We're looking deeper into the evidence in the Farmer case and I need your input. Thanks again for the biometrics they worked a treat, mate. Call me, OK? 8. OK, take a seat, sir, I'll bring it over. 8. AC-12 are investigating one of my cases. Looking for an angle to discredit 搞臭 me. Internal politics, 100% total bollocks. I'm sorry they involved you, but that is their kind of mind game 玩心机. And the bastards get away with it cos they claim they're enforcing professional standards. 9. Can you put me through to Missing Persons at the East Midlands Constabulary? DS Flynn's interfering with my investigation. I'd rather she was denied further access to our files. I'm sorry to hear that, DCI Huntley, but I need to speak to my Chief Superintendent. DS Flynn's secondment [ UK: sɪˈkɒndmənt, US səˈkɑːnd.mənt] is an important line of inquiry(second verb. I. 附议. to make a formal statement of support for a suggestion made by someone else during a meeting so that there can be a discussion or vote: The motion was proposed by the club's chairwoman and seconded by the secretary. "I could use a drink." "I'll second that (= I agree with you)!" There was no seconder for (= person who was willing to support) the motion so it could not be debated. II. [sɪˈkɒnd] UK 临时调遣. 借调 (cross-designate. 美国借调是: on loan from one unit to another unit). to second sb from one unit to another unit to send an employee to work somewhere else temporarily, either to increase the number of workers or to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: During the dispute, many police officers were seconded from traffic duty to the prison service. At the beginning of series 2, he is promoted to detective inspector and transferred to AC-9. He is seconded to AC-12 by Hastings. Cottan is revealed to be "The Caddy", working as a fixer for the organised crime group throughout the three series. He is killed at the close of the third series having escaped from AC-12 custody. secondment a period of time when an employee is sent to work somewhere else, to increase the number of workers , to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency. A member of the company's eastern Europe group, who has been on secondment in Berlin, Bratislava and Budapest, gave an informed overview of publishing in the region. You may find you have to work away from home on secondment. The former Swinburne University researcher, who works at data analytics company Quantium and is currently on secondment 外派 at the National Australia Bank, dressed casually in a brown leather jacket and blue jeans. noun. I. You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. The soil is depleted first by crops grown in it and second 其次 by bacterial action. II. In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. III. If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. There's seconds if you want them. IV. Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds. V. The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!' designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] I. 指派, 委任, 选派. to formally choose someone or something for a particular purpose. Nobody has yet been designated as the leader. social workers designated to work with difficult children. II. formal to give someone or something a particular name, title, or description. The park was designated as a National Monument in 1975. III. to represent something in a particular way, for example with a sign or symbol. Road hazards are designated 表示 by yellow diamond-shaped signs. designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] adj chosen for a particular job but not yet officially doing that job. the ambassador designate. ) for us. I appreciate that, but I'm finding her a disruptive influence. Huntley's call was intercepted by our undercover ops handling service. They're on standby to go over Huntley's head and push Kate back on her. Yes, well, she certainly sounds rattled. Huntley's definitely hiding something about how the case against Farmer was handled. What, I don't know. Steve, you're going to look into the original conviction that got Farmer put on the Sex Offenders Register, right? Erm, yeah. It checks out. Which suggests that maybe Huntley's got the right man after all. Makes me think twice about moving Kate's undercover up to the next level. Er, no, no. I agree with Kate, sir. It's still worth digging deeper. Right, well, you're my best team. If that's what you both think. Let's turn the screw ( put/tighten/turn the screws on someone to put more pressure on someone to do something, for example by threatening them. If someone turns the screw on you or tightens the screw on you, they do something in order to defeat you or in order to make you do what they want. The supermarkets group turned the screw on its troubled rival yesterday, revealing strong sales figures and an expansion of its network. The attacks are seen as an attempt to tighten the screw still further on the government. His creditors were putting the screws on him. ). 10. Vicky McClure as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming, an undercover specialist. A consummate ( adjective 技巧娴熟的. You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful. He acted the part with consummate skill. Those familiar with Sanders call him a consummate politician. The film is a well made, atmospheric, consummately acted piece. verb I. If two people consummate a marriage or relationship, they make it complete by having sex. They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays. ...the morning after the consummation of their marriage. II. To consummate an agreement means to complete it. There have been several close calls, but no one has been able to consummate a deal. ) professional, Fleming is willing to investigate officers inside and outside AC-12. Initially a detective constable, she is promoted to detective sergeant at the end of the third series and to detective inspector following the fourth. 11. No-one's in any trouble, miss. Would it be possible to talk to you inside, please? Free country ( I. a country where the government does not control what people say or do for political reasons and where people can express their opinions without punishment: The transition from a totalitarian state to a free country will be long and slow. I can say what I like - it's a free country! II. a country that is not controlled by another country. it's a free country British English used, usually humorously, to say that you are or should be allowed to do something, after someone has said that you should not do it It's a free country. You can't stop me.). I appreciate this may be a difficult subject for you, Jade, but I'm here to talk to you about Michael Farmer. 12. You didn't fancy some vino ( [ˈviːnəʊ] wine, especially that which is cheap or of inferior quality.), did you, Ted? Oh, no, no, no. A bit too early for me, sir. Although you might consider that recent successes merit 配得上 a glass of bubbly? It's a bit early for me too, but certainly a cloud's been lifted. Yes, well, I mean, expectations are so high from the public these days. I mean, they think that forensic science is going to lead us directly to the door of the offender, you know. Public trust has been restored, the Chief Constable and the PCC have dialled down their rabid anxiety. So, we can relax and enjoy a pleasant lunch. But, I mean, it is a very trying situation, you know, and that level of anxiety starts to filter down through the ranks. How so? Well, you said yourself, sir, public trust, expectation of getting a result can sometimes lead to undue pressure on a detective to close a case. Well, I don't think that's always such a bad thing. Sometimes you've got to light a fire. Indeed, sir. Indeed. However, a detective under that kind of undue pressure can sometimes bend the facts 歪曲事实 to suit the expectations of his, or her, superiors. I've got better antennae than that. You know we can't be micromanagers, Ted. We trust our officers to conduct themselves with professionalism 专业 and integrity 诚实. 13. Sir, how we treat Tim Ifield's claims speaks volumes about anyone that witnesses corruption or is in two minds about coming forward. See what happens when you become a DS? You start worrying how things look. Hang the finer points 别抠细节了 ( hang something 去他的, 别计较于, 别纠结于 used for saying that something is not important. used to say that you are not going to do something Oh hang the report, let's go for a drink. the finer points of The more nuanced, specific, or complicated details or aspects of something. The more complex or detailed aspects of. he went on to discuss the finer points of his work. It's nice to be able to discuss the finer points of Victorian literature with someone who has studied the subject. a peg on which to hang something something that gives you an opportunity or excuse for talking or writing about something Stock market falls gave the Conservatives a convenient peg on which to hang their plan to cut taxes.). A young lad might go to prison for a crime he didn't commit. And if police wrongdoing is part of it, I want to know. That could've gone better. My promotion shouldn't be an issue, Steve. All I mean is, next time let's get our ducks in a row before we talk to the gaffer. You're not getting any argument from me. 14. Sorry, boss, the DS from East Mids. How long do you want to give her? You've lost me. To go through the interviews with Farmer and the witness statements. Do you mind telling me what's going on here? My gaffer wasn't happy with what I got out of Farmer. He said there was holes in his statement. He wants more before we can rule him out. Sorry, ma'am, I Your team seemed fine with it. I didn't want to disturb you at home. 15. I'm glad I could help. And listen, ma'am, I just want to apologise again for how things started with us. I was a bit of a bull in a china shop 莽撞. I'm not quite that delicate 没那么计较, 没那么玻璃心.
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