dry up; flagging/lagging conversation.

用法学习: 1. catch up with someone (take a toll) to begin to have an effect on someone. The lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to doze off. illegible (字迹潦草的, 印刷模糊的)看不清的, 没法读的, 没法看的 adj uk​ [ɪˈledʒ.ə.bəl] (of writing or print) impossible or almost impossible to read because of being very untidy or not clear. unreadable; not legible or decipherable. Clare's handwriting is completely illegible! His writing is almost illegible. intelligible 通俗易懂的, 容易理解的 Capable of being understood; clear to the mind. clear or simple enough to understand. intelligible to: His purpose is to make the play more intelligible to modern audiences. A volume discount 大宗折扣, 多买打折, 多买多折(minimum purchase amount)(a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity. a cheaper price than usual for customers who buy a large quantity of something: Big retailers take advantage of their size to demand volume discounts. Customers are offered a volume discount.) is an adjustment to the price of a product based on the quantity of that product in the quote line or order line item. When you define a volume discount, you select one of two discount methods: Simple. This method applies the same discount to every line item. Group buying 团购, also known as collective buying, offers products and services at significantly reduced prices on the condition that a minimum number of buyers would make the purchase. Origins of group buying can be traced to China where it is known as tuangou or team buying. 2. London Spy - A good-looking man entered my carriage, sat opposite me 坐我对面. The tips of our shoes touched, our eyes chanced 四目交会 ( chance I. [transitive] to do something even though you know it involves a risk. Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm? He stepped back and chanced a look at 目光偶遇 Martha. chance it informal: It looked like rain so I decided not to chance it 冒险, 嘚瑟 and brought my umbrella. II. [intransitive] mainly literary to do something in a way that is not planned. chance to: Roger would have seen her if he had chanced to look around.). He asked the most mundane questions in the most exciting way. I was desperate to avoid the five o'clock home time... whilst not being bohemian enough to imagine life without a proper profession. Not very patriotic motives, I suppose. But they rather liked that about me, an utter lack of idealism. Romantics make unreliable spies 爱情会毁掉一个间谍. Our path never crossed 从来没有见过, 从来没有遇到过. But I recognize the type. People with power and secrets, their importance emanates [ˈeməˌneɪt] from 自然流露, 自然发散, 散发着, 掩盖不住, 掩饰不住, 无法掩饰 them( emanate [ˈeməˌneɪt] I. intransitive to come from a particular place. emanate from: She could hear raised voices emanating from her parents' room. Wonderful smells emanated from the kitchen. II. intransitive/transitive if you emanate a lot of a quality or feeling 自然散发的, or if it emanates from you, you show it without expressing it in words. emanate from: A sense of joy emanated from him. ). I felt it. The police are concerned. Did you take something from the crime scene. Something personal, something of sentimental value 有纪念意义的, 有纪念价值的. Nothing was taken 什么都没有丢 we couldn't even give our stuff away 白给都没有人要, 送人都没有人要. I got work to do today. I can't play assistance to 协助 your personal life. I don't want to have any secrets from you. one's luck is in 好运到了, 撞大运了, 吉星高照 One is fortunate. your luck's in! used to tell someone that they have been lucky or successful: He's been looking at you all evening - I think your luck's in, Cath. luck is on someone's side if luck is on your side, things happen the way that you want them to. scrutable (back formed from inscrutable) (informal) understandable, comprehensible. inscrutable 难懂的, 看不透的, 看不穿的, 难以理解的 Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret. His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science. 2007, Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), 30 Rock: She called my vanity license plate inscrutable! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious! hotelier [houˈteljər] 宾馆, 饭店业老板 the owner or manager of a hotel. 3. catch on I. to become popular or fashionable. Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. catch on with: Cruise control initially was thought of as a luxury item, but slowly caught on with car buyers at other levels. II. to understand 搞明白. 听懂. He didn't catch on at first. catch on to: Then I caught on to what it was the guy was saying. 3. quarter I. 季度. one of four periods of time into which a year is divided for financial calculations, such as for profits or taxes: There was a fall in unemployment in the second quarter of the year. I get an electricity bill every quarter. II. 区域. an area of a town where a particular group of people live or work or where a particular activity happens: This is the bustling commercial quarter of the city. III. 某些人. one or more people who provide help, information, or a particular reaction to something but who are not usually named: Help came from an unexpected quarter. There is a feeling in certain/some quarters (= some people consider) that a change is needed. III. quarters [ plural ] a room or house that has been provided, especially for servants or soldiers and their families, to live in: The army's married quarters 家属区, 家属房, 生活区 are just outside the town. (v. to send someone, especially soldiers, to live in a place: The soldiers were quartered with (= they lived with) local people during the war.) IV. the fact of being kind towards or forgiving an enemy or opponent: We can expect no quarter from our enemies. He gave no quarter to anyone that disappointed him. living quarters 宿舍区. 住宿区. 生活区 the rooms where people live, for example in a ship or large institution. the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes the White House living quarters. cow bail (stall 牲畜栏是固定的, bail是可移动的) NZ, Australian A movable framework for securing the head of a cow during milking. She showed me the cow bail and how to use the milking machine. stall I. [ I or T ] If an engine stalls, or if you stall it 憋灭了, 憋熄火了, it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen: A car may stall due to the driver braking too suddenly. I stalled the car twice during my driving test but still managed to pass. II. [ I ] to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage: She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling (for time). [ T ] If you stall a person, you delay them or prevent them from doing something for a period of time: I managed to stall him for a few days until I'd got enough money to pay back the loan. mainly us The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off 绊住, 牵住, the security guard. [ I ] to stop making progress: Japan's economic growth has stalled 停步不前, 停滞不前, with industrial production contracting in June for the fourth straight month. [ T ] If you stall an event, you delay it or prevent it from making progress: Commandos stalled 阻挡住, 抵挡住 the enemy attack by destroying three bridges. Fears are growing that a tax increase may stall economic recovery. 4. 会有用, 派上用场. 顶用, 管用, 不白学, 不白干, 终会有用: It'll pay off. It'll come in hand. stand someone in good stead 置于有利之地, 成为优势, 化为优势 [for something] to be of great use and benefit to someone. to be useful or helpful in the future His recommendation will stand you in good stead when you apply for a job. I know that my large vocabulary will always stand me in good stead at college. Any experience you can get in dealing with the public will stand you in good stead no matter what line of work you go into. His outstanding background in manufacturing and operations will stand him in good stead for the challenges ahead. to one's advantage 化为己用, 为自己所用 If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you. The government have not been able to turn today's demonstration to their advantage. 关于女王生日: The Queen traditionally celebrates her official birthday in June when the weather can be balmy ( I. 暖和的. 温暖宜人的. warm and pleasant. a balmy night. balmy weather. II. old-fashioned crazy. ) rather than in April, the month of her actual birth. The day began on a sombre = somber 有点严肃 note ( [ˈsɒmbə(r)] I. serious, or sad. the sombre tone in her voice. II. dark in colour, especially grey or black. ) when Elizabeth and Philip observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of the horrific Grenfell Tower fire. dichotomy [daɪˈkɒt.ə.mi] a difference between two completely opposite ideas or things: There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. usually in singular A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism. 采访中的句子Grant Hackett: someone having a public profile 公众人物. Let me close off the conversation 说完(这件事) about my husband. GRANT Hackett has bared his soul in the wake of a string of controversies that have tarnished ( Your memory is a bit tarnished 记忆有点受损, 记忆有点模糊 there. I. if metal tarnishes 失去光泽, 暗淡无光, or if something tarnishes it, it starts to lose color and become less shiny. II.  if something tarnishes your reputation or image, it makes people have a worse opinion of you than they did before. ) the Olympic champion's reputation. Kim Kardashian slams haters in foul-mouthed tweet. Kim Kardashian slams Caitlyn Jenner's memoir. Kim Kardashian slams Caitlyn Jenner's 'unfair' and 'hurtful' memoir. 'I wish her all the success in the world, but not at our expense'. taking the piss 闹着玩, 说着玩的, 开玩笑. 说笑(Taking the piss is a Commonwealth term meaning to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be unreasonable. It is often used to mean (or confused with) taking the piss out of 逗弄, 逗趣, 逗他, 逗你玩( to say something to try to make someone look silly. His friends were taking the piss out of him. ), which is an expression meaning to mock, tease, ridicule, or scoff. It is also not to be confused with "taking a piss", which refers to the act of urinating. Taking the Mickey (Mickey Bliss, Cockney rhyming slang) or taking the Michael is another term for making fun of someone. These terms are most widely used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.) I. to do/say something without intent. II. to do/say something for the hell of it. III. joking. Making fun of something or someone. To tease, ridicule or mock (someone). To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt. Hey, Jim, you're fat. No, I'm not! Naw, you're not really fat; I was just taking the piss. Is Lola being serious or is she just taking the piss? IV. to say or do something that annoys people because they think it is unreasonable. £5 for a cup of coffee! They're taking the piss! Etymology: Possibly from piss-proud. Figuratively, to be piss-proud is to have false pride, thus taking the piss out of is to deflate their false pride, usually through disparagement or mockery. As the piss-proud metaphor became dated, taking the piss out of someone came to refer to disparagement or mockery itself, regardless of the pride of the subject. Eventually the shortened, intransitive form taking the piss became common. piss proud I. (Britain, vulgar) Having an erection when waking from sleep or, more generally or metaphorically, a false or "empty" erection. II. (Britain, vulgar) (by extension) Falsely proud, implying an outward display of success or virility belies a dubious reality. 5. imbecile [ˈɪmbəsi:l; -saɪl]; US: [ˈimbəsəl] informal a stupid person. stupid; idiotic. "try not to make imbecile remarks". You are dead set imbecile 十足的混蛋. be off your head I. mainly uk informal to be crazy: You must be off your head going out in this weather! II. uk to not be in control of your behavior because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs: Hannah was off her head as usual. Deadbeat parent 只管生不管养的父母 is a pejorative term referring to parents of any gender who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities, especially when they evade court-ordered child support obligations or custody arrangements. The gender-specific deadbeat dad and deadbeat mom are commonly used to refer to men and women who have fathered or mothered a child and intentionally fail to pay child support ordered by a family law court or statutory agency such as the Child Support Agency. inhibition UK, AU 不发h, US 发[h] [ɪnɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n] 羞涩一扫而空, 矜持一扫而空 I. a feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. "the children, at first shy, soon lost their inhibitions". II. the action of inhibiting a process. Once you are old or drunk. Your inhibition 内心崩的那根线, 那根弦 fades out. flag I. 疲态尽显. 疲惫. 疲累. If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy. to become tired or weak, or to begin to lack enthusiasm. After a long day, his energy flagged. The conversation was flagging until the mention of her name. His enthusiasm was in no way flagging 消减, 减退. By 4,000m he was beginning to flag. II. to mark something so that you will be able to find it again I flagged any words I didn't know. III. (computing) To signal (an event). The compiler flagged three errors. IV. (computing) To set a program variable to true. Flag the debug option before running the program. flagging becoming weaker, more tired, or less enthusiastic. flagged (flagstone) adj. A flagged path or area of ground is covered with large, flat, square pieces of stone. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard. Flagstones are large, flat, square pieces of stone which are used for covering a path or area of ground. flag down 招手停, 招停 to wave at the driver of a car so that they stop. If you flag down a vehicle, especially a taxi, you wave at it as a signal for the driver to stop. They flagged down a passing family who stopped to help them. Marlette was already out of the door, flagging down a taxi. tourists trying to flag down a cab. flag up 标记 to mention something so that people know about it. If you flag up something such as a problem, you bring it to someone's attention. To note, mark or point out for attention. I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this. Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate. Staff can use the noticeboard to flag up any concerns. I think there are more important issues and I just wanted to flag that up. Nouns frequently used as the object of flag up: area of concern, concern, importance, issue, need, problem The specific issues flagged up in the meeting included the need for more staff. lag I. [intransitive] to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or group. Recent opinion polls showed the Republicans to be lagging by 13%. lag behind: Their software tends to lag behind other producers. If one thing or person lags behind another thing or person, their progress is slower than that of the other. Britain still lags behind most of Europe in its provisions for women who want time off to have babies. The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind. He now lags 10 points behind the champion. They are lagging a point behind their rivals. Hague was lagging badly in the polls. A time lag or a lag of a particular length of time 延迟了多久 is a period of time between one event and another related event. There's a time lag 时间差, 时延 between infection with HIV and developing 发展成为 AIDS. Price rises have matched rises in the money supply with a lag of two or three months 多长时间的延时. If you're video chatting and it takes her a few extra seconds to answer your questions, you can say: There seems to be a bit of a lag 有一点 延时, 延迟. II. [intransitive] to walk more slowly than someone who you are with. lag behind: Come on, you two, stop lagging behind! III. [transitive] British to cover water pipes with a special material that stops the water from freezing in cold weather. If you lag 隔热, 保暖, 涂保温层 the inside of a roof, a pipe, or a water tank, you cover it with a special material in order to prevent heat escaping from it or to prevent it from freezing. If you have to take the floorboards up, take the opportunity to lag any pipes at the same time. Water tanks should be well lagged and the roof well insulated. Lagging 保温层, 保温材料 is special material which is used to cover pipes, water tanks, or the inside of a roof so that heat does not escape from them or so they do not freeze. time lag 时延, 延时 A time lag is a fairly long interval of time between one event and another related event that happens after it. ...the time-lag between theoretical research and practical applications. latent [ˈleɪtənt] adj something that is latent is present but hidden, and may develop or become more noticeable in the future. The virus remains latent 病毒潜伏, 还没有发病 (with a median incubation period of 5 to 6 days. incubation period 潜伏期) in the body for many years. latent aggression. something that is latent exists but is not obvious and has not developed yet. a latent infection 潜藏的, 潜伏的, 休眠期的. latent 暗藏的 内心的 anger/ aggression/ violence. Latent is used to describe something which is hidden and not obvious at the moment, but which may develop further in the future. Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message. latent time 迟滞期, 滞缓期, 反应时间 (time lag 时延) (latency, reaction time) psychology the time from the onset of a stimulus to that of the response. latent demand 滞后需求, 不能满足的需求 ECONOMICS, MARKETING demand for a product or service that a consumer cannot satisfy because they do not have enough money, because the product or service is not available, or because they do not know that it is available: New facilities were built just because the funds were there, rather than to fulfil any latent demand. A latent demand for smartphones saw sales climb as the recession eased. latent defect 不明显的缺陷 a defect or problem with a product, property, etc. that is hard to notice and may not be noticed before it is bought: When buying real estate, a cracked foundation is a serious latent defect that should be avoided. latency I. the state of existing but not being obvious or developed. the fact of being present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed: The latency period for the cancer is 15 years. They measured the latency of the brain's response to a stimulus. II. ​computing 迟滞. 滞缓. 滞后. a measurement of delay in a system, especially the length of time it takes computer information to get from one place to another. ), we can talk about their wedding. 5. Bert: Sorry again for barging in ( barge in 闯进来, 冲进来 to enter a room suddenly and noisily, usually interrupting someone in a rude way. The kids just barge in without knocking. barge in on: He just barged in on us in the middle of a meeting. dry up I. informal 没话说. 无话可说. 无话可聊 (lagging conversation. run out of conversation. Well, and his fiancée will be there, so you know, if the conversation lags, we can talk about their wedding. Leonard: Honestly? It's a little strange having dinner with your ex-boyfriend, and it's not like we have a lot to talk about. Penny: What? He loves you, okay? And he's interested in your work. You could talk about the infinite perspective… I swear I know it. Leonard: It'll be fine, let's just go. Penny: Well, and his fiancée will be there, so you know, if the conversation lags, we can talk about their wedding. If the conversation is lagging, it's best to change subjects.... a lagging conversation 话题干掉, 冷场, 谈话冷掉, 聊天变得无趣, 无话可说, 无话可谈 is that the speakers are running out of interesting or worthwhile things to say; hence, the conversation is getting slower and more boring. run out of conversations (things to say, topics) 无话可谈, 没有话题了, 无话可说. flag I. to mark something so that you will be able to find it again. I flagged 标记 any words I didn't know. II. If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy. to become tired or weak, or to begin to lack enthusiasm. After a long day, his energy flagged. The conversation was flagging until the mention of her name. His enthusiasm was in no way flagging. By 4,000m he was beginning to flag. Well, and his fiancée will be there, so you know, if the conversation lags, we can talk about their wedding. flagged adj. A flagged path or area of ground is covered with large, flat, square pieces of stone. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard. ). cease talking. To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say. If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next. If you ask her what she's good at she will dry up after two minutes. This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment. "then he dried up, and Phil couldn't get another word out of him". II. (of something perceived as a continuous flow or source) decrease and stop. To cease to exist; to disappear. If a supply of something dries up, it stops. 供应减少. 供给减少. 供应跟不上. Jobseekers facing coronavirus cash crisis as savings dry up 用完, 用尽 weeks before support will arrive. Investment could dry up 投资变少, 投资锐减 and that could cause the economy to falter 停步, 停滞不前. Credit from foreign banks is drying up. The company laid off 65,000 workers after commercial-jet orders dried up 订单不再, 订单变少. When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs. "his commissions began to dry up". III. To cause to become dry. If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain. Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land. The fountain is reputed never to dry up. ...a dried-up 干枯的, 干涸的 river bed. a. If something dries up or if something dries it up, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard. Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets. ...a tuft or two of dried-up grass. A raisin is a dried up grape. IV. To deprive someone of (something vital). The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales. drying up When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed. Usage notes: dry out refers to losing excess water, while dry up is used for losing constituent water (desiccate). all that remains 唯一留下的, 唯一剩下的, 硕果仅存, 仅剩的: to be left after the removal, loss, destruction, etc., of all else: a cloister is all that remains of the monastery. The front wall is all that remains of the fort. unreachable 联系不到的, 联系不上的 Unable to be reached or contacted. an unreachable shelf. the doctor had left the hospital and was unreachable. She's like a goddess, unreachable 遥不可及的 untouchable 不敢猥亵的, 不敢稍有妄想的. come from a good place = come from the right place = have one's heart in the right place 出于好意, 好心, 没有恶意 (idiomatic) To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions. get a kick/charge out of (idiomatic) To be delighted by; to be amused by. to enjoy something very much. After 10 years in Sydney, I still get a kick out of it every time I drive past the harbor bridge. This book is just the kind you like and you'll get a real kick out of it. I really got a kick out of that clown's juggling act. pretend 假扮的, 过家家的 adj. imaginary. This word is used mainly by children or when speaking to children. imaginary or not real – used especially by children We sang songs around a pretend campfire. We're building a pretend rocket to the moon. Lynn and Mandy are passing round pretend cakes. pretend otherwise (=pretend that something is not true): I know you hate my haircut, so it's no good pretending otherwise. pretend something: It was useless to pretend innocence. pretend to be someone/something: The little girl was pretending to be a lion. pretend to something: He's never pretended to any great knowledge of art. pretend [prɪˈtend] to deliberately behave as though something is true when it is not, either for fun or to deceive someone Mark closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. She shouted but he pretended that he hadn’t heard her. act to behave in a particular way – often used when saying that someone is pretending that something is true, when it is not. Paul acted as if nothing was wrong. She always acts like she's pleased to see me, but I'm sure she's not. He enjoyed acting the fool (=pretending to be stupid) and couldn't care less about his studies. The boy acted all innocent and said that he knew nothing about the money. I tried to act the good housewife when I got married. make out something informal to pretend that something is true, in order to avoid doing something or to deceive someone I didn't want to go, so I made out I was busy. She always makes out that she doesn't have any money. be putting it on 装出来的 informal to be pretending to be ill, hurt etc, especially in order to avoid doing something, or to make other people feel sympathy for you. She's not really upset, she's just putting it on 装给你看的, 装给人看的, 故意的. feign interest/surprise/ignorance/illness etc formal to pretend that you are interested, surprised etc. 'Oh really!' he said, trying to feign interest. Sometimes it's best just to feign ignorance (=pretend that you do not know). keep up appearances to pretend that your life is happy and successful, especially when you have suffered some kind of trouble or loss. Although we were poor, our family always tried to keep up appearances.She did her best to keep up appearances after her husband left her. to pretend to be someone or something impersonate to copy the way that a famous person speaks and behaves, in order to entertain people, or to pretend to have an official job, in order to trick people He's brilliant at impersonating the president. It's illegal to impersonate a police officer. pose as somebody to pretend to be someone else, especially someone in an official position, so that it is easier for you to do something bad or illegal He posed as a doctor to gain access to the hospital. There have been cases of thieves posing as telephone engineers. masquerade as somebody/something disapproving to pretend to be someone or something else – used especially when saying that someone or something is not who they claim to be Their advertisements are always full of people in white coats masquerading as scientists.It’s not real news – it's government propaganda masquerading as news.

 Rebel Wilson's battle against defamation: Let's just rewind 回顾 for a second though. Rebel wasn't disputing the age published in the Woman's Day article, rather she said that she personally never lied to anyone about her age or origin story. In the witness box, she told the court she never lied about her age, but had stopped disclosing it to journalists when she moved to Hollywood in 2009. "I would say my standard response, a lady never tells," Rebel said. Presumably, she also just let lie ( let it/things lie 置之不理, 听之任之 to not do or say anything because you might make a difficult situation worse. to take no action about something: Instead of going to the police they let things lie for a couple of months. let sleeping dogs lie To leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past. Eventually, they decided it would be best to let sleeping dogs lie and not discuss the matter any further. Usage notes: This verb functions as a proverb when used in the imperative mood. let nature take its course 任其自然发展 (idiomatic) To permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference. benign neglect (set phrase, often politics or public policy) A policy or strategy of deliberately taking no action concerning an issue, challenging situation, or other problem in the belief that this course will ultimately result in the best outcome possible. ) the incorrect information that was already out there. And while being painted as a serial liar is never ideal, staying quiet on one particular fact (your age) in an industry fuelled by rampant ageism kind of nauseates me. You see, Rebel had an opportunity to boldly come clean about her age as her Hollywood star began to rise following 2012's Pitch Perfect. Thing is, she didn't. And I'm pretty sure if other women found themselves in the same pickle, they wouldn't either. And that's a problem. Like many before her, it probably felt too far gone(Someone or something that is far gone is in such a bad state or condition that not much can be done to help or improve them. In his last few days the pain seemed to have stopped, but by then he was so far gone that it was no longer any comfort.) to publicly correct the numerous articles that had her incorrect age (there's a lot), IMDB, and various other websites that were going off the information that was already out there. After all, she was onto a damn good thing. By 2014, her character Fat Amy had been confirmed for Pitch Perfect 2, and she was settling into Hollywood as the hilarious, unlikely outcast -- from Australia, no less! The idea that her true age may have jeopardised her newfound fame is, unfortunately, kind of reasonable. So, we can imagine, Rebel was in a bind. Correct the widely-held belief that she was in her 20s and risk losing prime roles in a unjustly ageist industry -- or keep quiet and hope Hollywood focused on her talent rather than digging up dirt on her birth year. Write a blog, or be a guest on somebody's podcast -- whatever -- just choose a platform where she could detail all the pressures that exist in showbiz, in particular Hollywood's gender problem  -- that sees the percentage of speaking roles for women wane after they hit 31 -- and continue to drastically diminish 急剧减少, 急剧消失 with each decade they age. Rebel had already proven herself to be a hilarious, bankable on-screen force -- even as a *gasp* woman in her thirties. What a statement it would have been on the heels of 紧跟着 Woman's Day's expose for Rebel to say, "You know what? Yes. I'm in my 30s, and I'm at the top of my game. Hollywood, you should hire more thirty-something and beyond women to do the same. Oh, and sorry you all misunderstood my age before, but this is who I am and I'm going to own it now." Tell the truth. Make a joke. Then, join all the other women (and men) who are currently fighting to write a new chorus in Hollywood -- and in society as a whole -- that says women getting older actually isn't all that big of a deal. Because, it's not. 

 伦敦大火: Independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for an "urgent" audit into cladding ( a covering or coating on a structure or material. "timber cladding". Cladding is the application of one material over another to provide skin or layer intended to control the infiltration of weather elements, or for aesthetic purposes. Cladding does not necessarily have to provide a waterproof condition but is instead a control element.) used in Australian high-rises in the wake of the London fire. Cladding believed to have been used in a recent renovation of the London tower is similar to that found partly responsible for a fire that ripped through a Melbourne apartment block in 2014. At least 12 people are dead and dozens injured after an inferno 炼狱 trapped sleeping residents in the Grenfell Tower block in north Kensington on Wednesday morning. Mr Xenophon said the incident was a wake-up call for developments in Australia. We need to act. For anyone who lives or works in a high-rise building, there needs to be immediate reassurance that it is either compliant 符合规定, 符合规范, 符合标准的 or fire retardant 不易燃的 ( (chiefly of a synthetic or treated fabric or substance) not readily susceptible to fire. "fire-retardant polymers". n. a fabric or substance that prevents or inhibits something, especially the outbreak of fire. "a brand of fire retardant". A fire retardant is a substance that reduces flammability of fuels or delays their combustion. This includes chemical agents, but may also include substances that work by physical action, such as cooling the fuels, such as fire-fighting foams and fire-retardant gels. Fire retardants may also be coatings applied to an object, such as a spray retardant to prevent Christmas trees from burning. Fire retardants are commonly used in fire fighting. Because of the importance of prevention, fire retardation has become a very notable industry. The term Flame retardants 阻止或延缓火势蔓延的化学物质 subsumes a diverse group of chemicals which are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings. Flame retardants inhibit or delay the spread of fire by suppressing the chemical reactions in the flame or by the formation of a protective layer on the surface of a material. They may be mixed with the base material (additive flame retardants) or chemically bonded to it (reactive flame retardants). Mineral flame retardants are typically additive while organohalogen and organophosphorus compounds can be either reactive or additive.). If it is not compliant, we need to do something about it very quickly.  The Chinese-manufactured Alucobest cladding on the Lacrosse building in Docklands caught fire after a cigarette butt ignited the blaze on a six-floor balcony. CSIRO tests found the cladding was non-compliant with combustibility requirements 不符合消防要求 for a high-rise building and contributed to the spread of the fire to all 23 floors in 11 minutes. Following the Docklands fire, a senate inquiry into non-conforming 不合要求的, 不合规定的 ( That does not conform, for example to cultural norms, official regulations, or the rules of an established church. The lot will become more nonconforming with respect to that particular development standard. gender non-conforming [kənˈfɔrmɪŋ] behaving in ways that do not match the ways in which males or females are expected to behave. The report reveals that transgender and gender non-conforming people face injustice in many places. nonconformist [ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪst] someone who does not accept the ways of thinking or behaving accepted by most other people in their society or group. ) building products was held in June 2015. Evidence from the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade indicated "it was more luck than design that lives were not lost". We have grave concerns about the use of non-compliant product and that it may result in disastrous loss of life, and we cannot tell you when the next event is going to happen. This is a modern building, constructed within the last five years. It has been a valid assumption, up until now, that newer buildings are relatively safe and probably safer than old ones. From a fire services perspective, right now, I cannot guarantee that. Mr Xenophon described the evidence heard from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade as "chilling and disturbing". "If our firefighters are saying that their jobs are being made extremely difficult from this inflammable cladding, we need to act with urgency," he said. He also pointed to the widespread prevalence of ACCC-recalled electrical cabling known as the 'Infinity Cable' that progress reports indicate is installed in up to 22,000 Australian homes. The Senate Committee is due to report on non-conforming building products in October this year.

assure保证...是真的 VS reassure宽慰; Avenge => vindicate. Revenge => reprisal, retaliation, retribution 报应, vengeance

用法学习: 1. when the time comes 到那时候, 到时候(the time has come to do something) used for talking about what will happen at some future time. She's looking forward to going to college, though she might be nervous when the time comes. when the time is right/ripe 是时候, 时机成熟, 合适的时候 it is the most suitable moment to do something or for something to happen: I haven't told him yet, but I will when the time is right. She felt the time was right to leave. The time is ripe for investing in new technology. no time to lose 没多余时间, 浪费不起时间 If you say there is or that you have no time to lose, it means that you must do quickly whatever it is that you want to do: Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get home before John finds out. time is short 没时间, 时间紧急 (short of time): I'd like to visit all the museums but time is short (= there is little time left). be running short (of/on something) 不足, 不够, 时间紧迫 if you are running short of something, or if something is running short, it is being used up and there will soon not be enough left. We're running short of coffee again.  Our supplies of petrol were running short. Come on, time's running short! time poor 没有休闲时间, 工作繁忙: not having enough time to do things: Increasingly, both men and women in the professional middle classes are work-rich and time-poor. someone who is time-poor has very little free time, and so even though they may have plenty of money they do not have much leisure time to spend it. The company searches, negotiates and renovates properties on behalf of time-poor buyers. Money-rich, time-poor is an expression which arose in Britain at the end of the 20th century to describe groups of people who, whilst having a high disposable income through well-paid employment, have relatively little leisure time as a result. Time poverty has also been coined as a noun for the phenomenon. out of time: to not have enough minutes, etc. available: I'd like to continue this discussion but we're all out of time. time's up informal there are no more minutes, hours, etc. available: OK, everyone, time's up for this week. time added on 伤停补时时间, 加时赛 UK (also injury time, stoppage time) a period of time added to the end of a football match because play was stopped during the game, usually to take care of players who were hurt: His goal in the third minute of time added on sealed the match. short time 减工时 British English when workers work for fewer hours than usual, because the company cannot afford to pay them their full wage. If workers are put on short time, they are asked to work fewer hours than the normal working week, because their employer can not afford to pay them a full-time wage. Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand 需求萎缩. Most manufacturers have had to introduce short-time working. Most of the workers were put on short time. 2. wheeler-dealer 玩弄阴谋权术的人. 耍阴谋诡计的人 someone who uses clever or slightly dishonest methods to get advantages from a lot of situations at the same time, especially in business or politics. someone who wheels and deals. If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods. He worked in the property business for a number of years, acquiring a reputation as a formidable wheeler-dealer. wheel and deal If you say that someone wheels and deals, you mean that they use a lot of different methods and contacts to achieve what they want in business or politics, often in a way which you consider dishonest. He still wheels and deals around the globe. ...a fisherman's son who wheeled and dealed 靠着狡诈奸猾, 诡诈 his way to the most senior public position. He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life. 3. Cabin fever refers to the distressing claustrophobic irritability or restlessness experienced when a person, or group, is stuck at an isolated location or in confined 密闭的, 幽闭的 quarters for an extended period of time. A person may be referred to as stir-crazy 憋疯了, 憋出病了, derived from the use of stir to mean 'prison'. A person may experience cabin fever in a situation such as being isolated within a vacation cottage out in the country, spending long periods underwater in a submarine, or being otherwise isolated from civilization. During cabin fever, a person may experience sleepiness or sleeplessness, have a distrust of anyone they are with, or have an urge to go outside even in adverse conditions 天气不好的情况, 不利的情况 such as poor weather or limited visibility. The concept is also invoked humorously to indicate simple boredom from being home alone for an extended period of time. Cabin fever is not itself a disease and there is no prognosis. However, related symptoms can lead the sufferer to make irrational decisions that could potentially threaten their life or the life of the group with whom they are confined. Some examples would be suicide or paranoia, or leaving the safety of a cabin during a terrible snow storm that one may be stuck in. 4. feel/be boxed in 被困住 I. If someone or something is boxed in, he, she, or it cannot move, because of other people or things that are too close: I was boxed in 被围住. 被围困. 被围死 until the other driver came back. When I got back to my car, I found it had been boxed in by a lorry. I was boxed in, and had to wait for the driver of the other car to get back. II. prevented from doing what you want to do: He feels boxed in at work 被困在 and wants greater freedom to develop his ideas. box number = post office/postal/PO box a number you can give for people to communicate with you instead of your address, especially in advertisements: When the newspaper inserts a box number in an ad and forwards the replies, the service charge is $75. green thumb I. (US, idiomatic) 园艺天分. A seemingly natural gardening ability. A natural skill for gardening. the ability to make plants grow and be healthy: My sister has a green thumb, but I kill most plants that I buy. II. (US) A person with this skill. I should ask the green thumb next door what she recommends for my droopy daffodils. Usage notes: Chiefly used in the form "have a green thumb". In UK English the corresponding expression is to describe someone as 'having green fingers' or 'being green-fingered'. brown thumb (idiomatic) Lack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener. I have a terrible brown thumb. I could probably kill silk flowers. 5. free balling 挂空挡, 不穿内裤 (只适合男性) (going commando 男女皆适用) (intransitive, slang) To wear no underwear under one's outer clothing. Tiger King: But what it also did was show a kind of capitalism in micro: disenfranchised ( disenfranchise [ˌdɪsɪnˈfrænˌtʃaɪz] 剥夺投票权 To disenfranchise a group of people means to take away their right to vote, or their right to vote for what they really want. to no longer allow someone to have the right to vote. Opponents say that the laws are a Republican ruse to disenfranchise entire groups of voters. ...the helplessness of disenfranchised minorities. ) young people enduring back-breaking 辛苦的 ( needing a lot of hard, physical effort and making you feel extremely tired. Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort. Many months of back-breaking work still face them. Digging the vegetable garden was backbreaking work. break one's back 辛苦劳作 to overwork or work very hard.) misery in the service of a victory they are told is theirs but that really rewards the people above them. The will of God, divine will, or God's plan 天意, 上意, 上帝意旨 is the concept of a God having a plan for humanity. Ascribing a volition or a plan to a God generally implies a personal God (God regarded as a person with mind, emotions, will). Lord willing and the creek don't rise 只要不是天意作弄, 不出意外的话, 除非天塌地陷 (idiomatic, US, informal) Barring unforeseen circumstances. Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have that new barn finished in time for the harvest. There's a strange comfort to be had in taking refuge in this specific brand of American craziness. For viewers self-isolating in their homes, it's a reminder that the world was weird in so many varied ways before coronavirus. God willing and the creek don't rise, it will one day get a chance to be that weird again. The expression "...the creek don't rise" is an American slang expression implying strong intentions subject to complete frustration by uncommon but not unforeseeable events. It presumably evokes occasional and unpredictably extreme rainfall in Appalachia, that has historically isolated one rural neighborhood or another temporarily inaccessible on several or many occasions. It is sometimes thought that the word "Creek" instead refers to the Creek people, but this is not the case. Classic versions of its use tend to be along the lines of "The good Lord willing, and creek doesn't rise"—i.e. "If God so wills, and as long as intense rain does not wash away bridges or parts of dirt roads, or cover roads too deeply for safely following them." It may take the form of real or mock dialect, in variations like "... Lor' willin' an' th' crick don' rise." 6. Tiger King: Though he describes it as a ziplining ( A zip line (or zip-line, zipline, zip wire, aerial runway (UK), flying fox (Australia and New Zealand), or foefie slide (South Africa)) consists of a pulley suspended on a cable, usually made of stainless steel, mounted on a slope. It is designed to enable cargo or a person propelled by gravity to travel from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable by holding on to or being attached to the freely moving pulley. It has been described as essentially a Tyrolean traverse that engages gravity to assist its speed of movement. Its use is not confined to adventure sport, recreation, or tourism, but modern-day usage tends to favour these meanings. ) accident in the show, the article describes it as a bungee-jump accident -- it certainly involved a fall from a terrifying height. Not only did a pulley malfunction, sending Reinke tumbling 55 feet to the ground and crushing his legs, but he didn't just land on the earth. He fell onto a 6-inch metal stake, piercing his colon and stomach, the paper reports. Joe Exotic earns money by charging visitors to come to his exotic-animal park and take photos cuddling with the big-cat cubs. But directors and writers Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin told the L.A. Times that they never gave in and cuddled the the baby cats, especially after what they saw. "Most of the tigers we were around were subjected to abject cruelty ( abject [ˈæbˌdʒekt] I. complete: used for emphasizing how bad, unpleasant, or severe a situation or condition is. You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad. Both of them died in abject poverty. This scheme was an abject failure. Both have failed abjectly. abject poverty. II. If you describe someone as abject, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves. He sounded abject 没尊严, 没自尊, 没脸没皮的 and eager to please. He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question. )," Chaiklin said. "We saw babies being torn from their mothers and screaming. They'd get sick from being handled so much and get ringworm 皮藓 ( a disease that affects the skin, causing red areas in the shape of a ring. Ringworm is a skin disease caused by a fungus. It produces itchy red patches on a person's or animal's skin, especially on their head and between their legs and toes.  ) and mange ( 毛囊虫病 [meɪndʒ] a disease affecting animals in which their skin becomes itchy and they start to lose fur. an infectious disorder mainly affecting domestic animals, characterized by itching, formation of papules and vesicles, and loss of hair: caused by parasitic mites. ). It was disturbing. 6. predilection [ˌpred(ə)lˈekʃ(ə)n] ​noun. a feeling that you like something, especially something a little unusual. a predilection for silly love songs. If you have a predilection for something, you have a strong liking for it. ...his predilection for fast cars and fast horses. He has a predilection for recreational guns (and explosives). park it I. To sit down and stop moving. Often used as an imperative. We've been hiking for a while now. Why don't we park it and have a bit to eat, shall we? I want you to park it in this chair and sit still until I'm done! Hey, park it! You're in the way. Richard, park it over there in the corner. Stop pacing around. You make me nervous. II. To stop arguing about the matter at hand; to leave some issue alone. Often used as an imperative. OK, guys, that's enough arguing. Let's just park it for a while, all right? put somebody/something off to delay doing something or to arrange to do something at a later time or date, especially because there is a problem or you do not want to do it now. The match has been put off until tomorrow because of bad weather. put off doing something I put off going to the doctor but I wish I hadn't. put somebody off British English to make you dislike something or not want to do something Don't let the restaurant's decor put you off – the food is really good. put somebody off (doing) something Dont't let your failures put you off trying harder. put somebody off 拖延 to make someone wait because you do not want to meet them, pay them etc until later. When he calls, put him off as long as you can. put somebody off (something) 没法集中精神, 干扰 British English to make it difficult for someone to pay attention to what they are doing by talking, making a noise, moving etc It puts me off when you watch me all the time. put somebody off (something) 载到某地, 在某地下车 British English to let someone leave a vehicle at a particular place I'll put you off at the supermarket. 7. cloudy I. 浑浊的. 混浊的. 不清晰的. A cloudy liquid is less clear than it should be. II. confused. Ideas, opinions, or issues that are cloudy are confused or uncertain. ...an absurdly cloudy political debate. The legal position is very cloudy. His judgment can sometimes be a little cloudy. unsolicited ​adj [ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtəd] 主动送上了的, 主动上门的 unsolicited offers, advice, presents, or other things are things you receive that you do not ask for, and may not want. Something that is unsolicited has been given without being asked for and may not have been wanted. Not requested, welcome or invited. People have become very frustrated with unsolicited 不请自来的 sales calls. Ignore relatives who will give you lots of unsolicited advice. unrequited [ˌʌnrɪˈkwaɪtəd] if your love for someone is unrequited, they do not love you even though you love them. If you have unrequited love for someone, they do not love you. unrequited. ...his unrequited love for a married woman. all hell breaks loose used for saying that something happens that makes people angry or upset, and they start fighting or arguing. If you say that all hell breaks loose, you are emphasizing that a lot of arguing or fighting suddenly starts. He had an affair, I found out and then all hell broke loose. All hell will break loose when my parents hear about this. (the) shit hits the fan = the shit flies 一团大乱 offensive When the shit hits the fan or when the shit flies, a situation suddenly causes a lot of trouble for someone. If someone says that the shit hit the fan, they mean that there was suddenly a lot of trouble or angry arguments. I don't want to be here when the shit hits the fan.

  报复, 报仇 retaliation 报复 VS reprisal VS retribution (报应, 报复性惩罚, 惩戒) VS vengeance (revenge, avenge报仇) VS vindictive 报复性的, 报复心重的 VS an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth): retaliate (pay someone back, hit back, strike back, reciprocate) If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you. retaliate with: Militant students hurled firebombs and riot police retaliated with tear gas. retaliate by doing something: They say they will retaliate by halting British imports. retaliate against someone for something: They have threatened to retaliate against the US for the bombing raid. I was sorely tempted to retaliate. The Labour leader retaliated by accusing Sturgeon of supporting the Tories. The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks. They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded. retaliation [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃ(ə)n] the act of doing something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you. retaliation against: There is always the risk of possible retaliation against peacekeeping soldiers. in retaliation (for something) 为了报复: The car bombings were apparently in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorists. Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of a gang member. reprisal [rɪˈpraɪz(ə)l] 报复行为 If you do something to a person in reprisal, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you. There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal. Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals 怕被报复. something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you. reprisal against: The State Department is concerned about possible reprisals against American civilians. in reprisal (for something): Every tenth person in the village was shot in reprisal for the deaths of the two soldiers. reprise [rɪˈpriz] noun. I. an act of repeating something. reprise of: They are planning a reprise of last year's award ceremony. II. ​music a part of a song or other piece of music that is repeated. verb. to do something again. a. to perform a part or the whole of a work again. In the movie, she successfully reprises the role she played in the stage musical. retribution [ˌretrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n] 报应(受罚, 被惩罚) Retribution is punishment for a crime, especially punishment which is carried out by someone other than the official authorities. He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution. punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad. Many people were afraid to speak out because of fear of retribution. retribution for: Retribution for the wrongs he had done eventually came. divine retribution 报应 (=punishment from God): It's divine retribution for your rudeness 老天爷的报应, 上天的报应 last night! retribute to give back (a payment, reward, punishment, etc) or to give in return for something. vengeance [ˈvendʒəns] Vengeance is the act of killing, injuring, or harming someone because they have harmed you. the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you. Both sides were locked in a cycle of violence and vengeance. take/wreak/inflict vengeance on someone 报仇: He was desperate to take vengeance on Marie's killer. He swore vengeance on everyone involved in the murder. [+ on]  She cried aloud to the gods for vengeance for the loss of her daughter. with a vengeance If you say that something happens with a vengeance, you are emphasizing that it happens to a much greater extent than was expected. used for emphasizing that something happens in an extreme way or with a lot of force. The disease came back with a vengeance. It began to rain again with a vengeance. Once Gretchen had left the office, her doubts would return with a vengeance. with a bang in a very exciting or successful way. If something begins or ends with a bang, it begins or ends with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, or success. Her career began with a bang in 1986. He wanted to end his career with a bang. go gangbusters With great energy or speed; very well. If something is going gangbusters, it is going strongly and doing very well. The economy was still going gangbusters 气势正盛. like gangbusters 气势凌云的 Vigorously, rapidly, zealously, or forcibly; in a manner which has considerable impact. If someone comes on like gangbusters, they behave very energetically and sometimes aggressively. very energetically and aggressively. We went after deficit reduction like gangbusters 全力以赴地, 其实汹涌地 in our first two years. The team, who struggled early, came on like gangbusters 气势汹汹的 at precisely the right time. When I presented the case to my students, they came on like gangbusters to try to solve the mystery. Our offense came on like gangbusters and overwhelmed the other team. come on strong and come on like gangbusters. I. (informal) to speak to someone in a way that shows you have a strong sexual interest in them Towards the end of the evening he was coming on strong and I knew it was time to leave. II. (mainly American) 气势压人的, 说话强势, 气势汹汹, 咄咄逼人, 不加掩饰的. (boisterous 闹腾的. 说话大声的. forceful 咄咄逼人的. intimidating ) to speak to someone in a very angry or threatening way. to seem aggressive; to impress people initially as very aggressive and assertive. She has a tendency to come on strong, but she's really a softie. The new president comes on strong at first. I have to come on strong with some of the guys to get them to cooperate. stomp (trample 踩踏, stempede) to walk making a lot of noise, usually because you are angry. Kevin looked furious as he stomped into his office. If you stomp somewhere, you walk there with very heavy steps, often because you are angry. He turned his back on them and stomped off up the hill. He stomped out of the room. come down on sb like a ton of bricks to punish someone very quickly and severely: Do that once more and I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks! If someone comes down on you like a ton of bricks, they are extremely angry with you and tell you off because of something wrong that you have done. If you do something awful they all come down on you like a ton of bricks. vindictive ​adj [vɪnˈdɪktɪv] (vengeful) 报复心重的. someone who is vindictive is cruel to anyone who hurts them and will not forgive them. vindictive toward: Divorced couples often become quite vindictive toward each other. a. used about people's behavior a vindictive attempt 报复性的 to punish me for forgetting her birthday. If you say that someone is vindictive, you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm. How can you be so vindictive? ...a vindictive woman desperate for revenge against the man who loved and left her. ...a dishonest person who is operating completely out of vindictiveness. vindicate [ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪt] 证明是明智的, 证明是对的 to prove that someone is right, or that something they said, did, or decided was right, especially when most people believed they were wrong. If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong. The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report. Ministers and officials are confident their decision will be vindicated.He called the success a vindication of his party's free-market economic policy. I feel vindicated now since the court ruled in my favor. The latest research vindicates what we've been arguing for years. a. 证实无罪. to prove that someone who was accused of a crime or dishonest act is not guilty. Avenge VS Revenge: 1. avenge [əˈvɛn(d)ʒ] I. inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another). to react to something wrong that has been done to you, your family, or your friends by punishing the person who did it. to avenge a crime; to avenge a murdered friend. avenged their wronged parents. He swore to avenge his father's death. He vowed in silent fervour to avenge their murders. His determination to avenge the murder of his brother. II. inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong on behalf of (oneself or another). "we must avenge our dead". avenge yourself on someone: They began to avenge themselves on their neighbours for the years of suppression. revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something) to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else. Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance. 2. revenge I. something that you do to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else. Revenge was a possible motive for the attack. revenge for: I wanted revenge for the trouble she had caused. in revenge (for something): He killed the man in revenge for the murder of his sister. take revenge on/against someone: The villagers seemed certain to take revenge on the enemy. have your revenge (on someone): He was determined to have his revenge on her one day. a. relating to or done in revenge. a revenge attack/killing 报复性杀人, 报复性袭击. II. the defeat of an opponent or team that previously defeated you in a sports event. The Americans are seeking revenge for their defeat at last year's championships. revenge porn 报复性色情视频 the posting of sexually explicit photos or videos of a former partner on the Internet after the relationship has ended. a plague on someone used for saying that you hope something bad happens to someone who you are angry with. A plague on both your houses: A frustrated curse on both sides of an argument. Etymology: Mercutio draws, Romeo intercedes, and Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo's armpit. Mercutio, chagrined and disgusted, cries "a plague a' both your houses"—the feuding houses of Capulet and Montague—and complains that Tybalt has escaped unscathed 毫发无损的, 毫发无伤的, 安然无恙的. The houses are those of the Montague and Capulet families, the feud between whom caused Juliet so much grief and was the source of her 'O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo' speech. Shakespeare was fond of the word plague and used it hundreds of times in his plays. Surprisingly, as the Bible is the other most prominent source of phrases that have entered the English language, there isn't a single use of the word 'Bible' in any of his plays. 3. 意思上的区别( Synonyms 同义词: Avenge => vindicate. Revenge => reprisal, retaliation, retribution 报应, vengeance. revenge porn 报复性的发视频, 报复视频.): Avenge is a verb. To avenge is to punish a wrongdoing with the intent of seeing justice done. Revenge can be used as a noun or a verb. It is more personal, less concerned with justice and more about retaliation by inflicting harm. According to Dictionary.com, Avenge and revenge both imply to inflict pain or harm in return for pain or harm inflicted on oneself or those persons or causes to which one feels loyalty. The two words were formerly interchangeable, but have been differentiated until they now convey widely diverse ideas. Avenge is now restricted to inflicting punishment as an act of retributive justice or as a vindication of propriety: to avenge a murder by bringing the criminal to trial. Revenge implies inflicting pain or harm to retaliate for real or fancied wrongs; a reflexive pronoun is often used with this verb: Iago wished to revenge himself upon Othello. 4. 关于avenge(只有动词形式, 多为替别人报仇, 或者为寻求正义而报复. avenge someone 即表示向someone寻仇, 又表示为someone报仇, avenge someone's death. Someone is avenged. 还有avenge oneself on someone. ): Avenge is a verb meaning to inflict a punishment or penalty for an injury or a wrong. We will avenge your son's death. I will avenge those who sullied your name. The victim was avenged after the shooter was sentenced. "As her family, we do not seek to avenge her death." – The Guardian. In this sense, avenge is a word that connotes a pursuit of justice for someone other than one's self. It suggests punishing a person when someone is looking to vindicate someone else other than himself or herself—or is serving the ends of justice. It could be said that a prosecutor in a murder case is looking to avenge the parents or other family members of the victim. The key point is that avenge has more to do with justice or retribution than it does with personal retaliation. It connotes an exaction for a wrongdoing and is often something that people seek for those other than themselves. retribution [ˌretrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n] punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad. Many people were afraid to speak out because of fear of retribution. retribution for 报应: Retribution for the wrongs he had done eventually came. divine retribution 上天的报应, 老天爷的报应, 罪有应得 (=punishment from God): It's divine retribution for your rudeness last night!. 5. 关于revenge(可以做名词和动词, 但多用于动词. 无关正义, 多为个人的报复, 报仇性行为. take revenge on/against someone, have one's revenge on someone. in revenge for sth. get revenge by doing sth. to revenge one's loss. 不是谁干了错事或坏事, 而是你认为对方做错了, 或者认为对方羞辱了你. 不是法律或者道德问题. 而是你自己的面子问题, 甚至是你perceived or fancied wrongs. 作为动词唯一用法就是 revenge oneself on something. ): Revenge is both a noun and a verb and generally means the act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation. While revenge can function as a verb, it is much more common for it to be seen as a noun. He was so blinded by a desire to get revenge. (Noun) It was difficult not to be overwhelmed by feelings or hate and revenge. (Noun) "Rodman, a lifetime fifty-eight-per-cent free-throw shooter, was decidedly less amused, but he got revenge by making nine of twelve from the line." – The New Yorker (Noun) We are determined to revenge our humiliating loss from last year. (Verb). Revenge is a more personal form of vengeance and is usually centers around feelings of anger and resentment. In the example above, for instance, there was no "wrong" done to the team who lost, but they felt humiliated. Perhaps they gave up an impressive lead 领先优势被超过 and then ended up losing. This is not wrong or immoral, but they are seeking personal retaliation 个人报复 against the other team for this. Revenge is much less concerned with retributive justice than it is with personal satisfaction or an "evening up of the score 扯平." Since it is such a personal feeling, revenge often deals with real or perceived wrongs, whether or not any harm was done. 6. The killing S02E03上的一段对话: This book's awesome. You've read that? Yeah, you bought it for me. Isn't it really violent? Yeah, and tons of sex, too. Hey. Ogi Jun's pitted against this guy who's got like 200,000 armies and killed his father right in an epic battle in front of him. He's revenging him 向他们寻仇. Avenging. Yeah, and he knows all these sick warrior moves that his sensei taught him, but then his sensei turns out to be this bad guy, but it doesn't matter 'cause he's already taught him everything. It's like, yeah, cool. revenge porn the posting of sexually explicit photos or videos of a former partner on the Internet after the relationship has ended. revenge yourself on someone (for something)/be revenged on someone (for something) to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else. Eric wanted to revenge himself on John for his arrogance. I. Revenge 报复 was a possible motive for the attack. revenge for: I wanted revenge for the trouble she had caused. in revenge (for something): He killed the man in revenge for the murder of his sister. take revenge on/against someone: The villagers seemed certain to take revenge on the enemy. have your revenge (on someone): He was determined to have his revenge on her one day. a revenge attack/killing. II. the defeat of an opponent or team that previously defeated you in a sports event. The Americans are seeking revenge for their defeat at last year's championships. Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice. Indifference is the sweetest revenge. When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge. Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.

 assure 保证某事一定会发生或者某事的真实性 (when you make some sure about something he has doubts about) VS reassure (comfort, console) 宽慰, 安慰对方, 让对方不要在焦虑担心: assure 讨论人 VS ensure 讨论事情: assure is used when talking about people, and ensure is used when talking about things. If you assure somebody of something, or that something is so, you make them sure of its truth/certainty. If you reassure somebody, you make them less nervous or worried. I am assured that nurture is more important than nature 后天比先天重要: "somebody has told me with confidence and conviction that 'nurture is more important than nature,' and I believe what that person told me." I am reassured that nurture is more important than nature: "I was worried the idea that 'nurture is more important than nature' wasn't really true, but now I feel much better and relieved because I'm sure it really is true." reassure 宽慰, 出言安慰, 相劝, 出言相劝 If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something. to make someone feel less worried about something I'm afraid there's not much I can say to reassure you. reassure someone about something: new efforts to reassure the public about the safety of air travel. reassure someone (that): She checked the bolts to reassure herself 放宽心 that the door was locked. I tried to reassure her, 'Don't worry about it. We won't let it happen again.' She just reassured me that everything was fine. assure 向某人保证, 担保 (promise 是自己做某事, assure 是包括别的事) I. ​formal to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true, especially in order to remove doubt about it. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.  'Are you sure the raft is safe?' she asked anxiously. 'Couldn't be safer,' Max assured her confidently. Government officials recently assured Hindus of protection. There's not much more I can say to assure you. assure someone of something: To assure someone of something means to make certain that they will get it. Real Madrid's 2-1 victory has all but assured them of the title. Ways must be found to assure our children a decent start in life. She assured me of her support. assure someone (that): The president assured me that he would sign the bill as amended. II. to do everything that you can in order to make certain that something happens. We all worked hard to assure the mayor's reelection. be assured I. Someone who is assured is very confident and relaxed. He was infinitely more assured than in his more recent parliamentary appearances. This a lyrical work written with the authority and assuredness of an experienced writer. II. If something is assured, it is certain to happen. Our victory is assured 板上钉钉的, 绝不会错的; nothing can stop us. Yesterday, her future seemed assured. Her success is now virtually assured. be reliably informed​/​assured to be told something by someone who is likely to be telling the truth. I'm reliably informed that there is plenty of work for everyone. I can assure you/let me assure you You use phrases such as I can assure you or let me assure you to emphasize the truth of what you are saying. I can assure you that the animals are well cared for. This may sound trivial, but I assure you it is quite important! And let me assure you I will use whatever force is necessary to restore order. assuage [əˈsweɪdʒ] I. 抚慰. 平息. to make an unpleasant or painful feeling less severe. If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. The announcement appeared designed to assuage concerns at home and abroad. She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother. II. If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it. The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger. 案例: My student was answering the question, "Why do people feel threatened by those who are different?" She said that people like to assure themselves that they are okay. According to Webster's online dictionary, one of the definitions of "assure" is to "give confidence to," or "to inform positively." So it makes sense to say that people want to give themselves confidence, or they want to have a positive idea about themselves. However, the meaning of "reassure" is closer to the student's intended meaning. According to Webster's again, reassure means "to make someone feel less afraid, upset, or doubtful." So, reassure is the better choice: People want to reassure themselves that they are okay. Indeed, "reassurance" means to remove doubt or fear, or provide comfort, or encouragement.