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用法学习: 1. glaze [gleɪz] noun. I. 抛光. A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven. a clear shiny oil that you put on paintings or on objects made of clay, leather, or paper to protect them and make them look attractive. ...hand-painted French tiles with decorative glazes. II. A glaze is a thin layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid that you spread onto food in order to make the surface shine and look attractive. a thin layer of milk, sugar, or egg that you put on foods to make them look smooth and shiny. Brush the glaze over the top and sides of the hot cake. verb. I. When you glaze food such as bread or pastry, you spread a layer of beaten egg, milk, or other liquid onto it before you cook it in order to make its surface shine and look attractive. Glaze the pie with beaten egg. II. glaze a window. How do you glaze a window pane? III. I just glazed my chest. I'd love to deglaze your chest with my tongue! glaze over 失神. If your eyes glaze over, they become dull and lose all expression, usually because you are bored or are thinking about something else. if you or your eyes glaze over, you start to look bored or tired and it is obvious to other people that you have stopped listening. I just glaze over as soon as anyone starts talking about cars. ...movie actors whose eyes glaze over as soon as the subject wavers from themselves. double-glazed 双层玻璃 having windows with two layers of glass. The whole house is double-glazed. glazing 玻璃 [ˈɡleɪzɪŋ] thin flat pieces of glass in doors and windows. glass fitted, or to be fitted, in a door, frame, etc. wiki: Glazing, which derives from the Middle English for 'glass', is a part of a wall or window, made of glass. Glazing also describes the work done by a professional "glazier 装玻璃的工人". Glazing is also less commonly used to describe the insertion of ophthalmic lenses into an eyeglass frame. 2. Covid-19 app: The ABC has also confirmed the tender 招投标 was a limited, invitation-only opportunity initially run by the Department of Home Affairs, which is principally responsible for border protection and national security. Issuing the contract to 把合同给 Amazon may also mean the Australian data is obtainable by US law enforcement under a 2018 law that allows them to obtain information held by US-registered data companies no matter where in the world that information is held. That stands in contrast to assurances given by Attorney-General Christian Porter on Wednesday that he would prevent Australian police from accessing the data. "The Government has already made the decision not to make any information collected by the app available for other purposes, including law enforcement investigations," Mr Porter said. The Government has previously security vetted 安全调查 two giant US corporations to provide secure cloud storage — Microsoft and Amazon. Ms Price said she and others had also warned the Government that its current plan — to store the encryption keys in the same cloud as the data itself — posed an unnecessary security risk. "The other thing we can do as best practice 最好的做法 (practice I. countable/uncountable 训练. occasions when you do something in order to become better at it, or the time that you spend doing this. You will become a faster typist with practice. Waylans broke his wrist during practice and will be unable to pitch in tomorrow's game. You'll have to come to all the practices if you want to play in the concert. Practice means doing something regularly in order to be able to do it better. A practice is one of these periods of doing something. She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day. ...the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician. The defending world racing champion recorded the fastest time in a final practice today. II. uncountable the actual performance of an activity in a real situation. trends in educational theory and practice. put something into practice: We urge you to put the committee's recommendations into practice. III. countable/uncountable a way of doing something, especially as a result of habit, custom, or tradition. It is good practice to check your work before handing it in. unfair billing practices. the practice of something: the practice of discrimination against older people in the workplace. common/standard/normal practice If something such as a procedure is normal practice or standard practice, it is the usual thing that is done in a particular situation. It is normal practice not to reveal details of a patient's condition. The transcript is full of codewords, which is standard practice in any army. Bribery is common practice 常事, 常见行为, 正常行为 in many countries. a. uncountable ​legal the established methods for dealing with cases in court. b. 行为. You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice. Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice 这种做法是非法的 that is illegal in Germany. The Prime Minister demanded a public inquiry into bank practices. IV. countable the business of a doctor, lawyer, or other professional person. A doctor's or lawyer's practice is his or her business, often shared with other doctors or lawyers. The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived. My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know. a medical/legal/dental/veterinary practice. a. uncountable the work of a doctor, lawyer, or other professional person. The work done by doctors and lawyers is referred to as the practice of medicine and law. People's religious activities are referred to as the practice of a religion. ...the practice 实践 of internal medicine 内科. [+ of] I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice. ...a law guaranteeing the people freedom of conscience and religious practice. the practice of medicine/law/dentistry. be out of practice 生疏, 疏于训练 to be bad at doing something because you have not been doing it regularly. I tried out his skates, but I was seriously out of practice. be in practice to be good at doing something because you have been doing it regularly. I'll play you again when I'm back in practice. ) is to ensure, because the data is appropriately going to be encrypted, the encryption keys are held separately to the database," she said. She hoped the Government would change tack 换一种做法, 改变做法, 改变心意, 改主意(change [one's] tack: If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation. to try a different method to deal with the same problem: I've written twice and received no reply, so I might change tack and call her. In desperation I changed tack. This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before.). "It's my understanding that off the back of 由于, 基于 ( What do you hope could happen off the back of this? ) us and others ( on the back of something because of something, or helped by something. If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it. The cuts, if approved, come on the back of a difficult eight years that have seen three fire stations closed. Share prices rose sharply on the back of a rise in profits. off the back of a lorry [British, informal] If someone says that something has fallen off the back of a lorry, or that they got something off the back of a lorry, they mean that they bought something that they knew was stolen. He gets caviare that has fallen off the back of a lorry. Pete once bought the boys a bicycle cheap off the back of a lorry. ) asking the question about whether the keys will be stored in the same cloud, and pointed it out that best standard is to hold them separately, that's being actively worked on," she said. 3. talk twenty to the dozen To talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically. My aunt can get talking twenty to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about. talk nineteen to the dozen 大聊特聊, 聊个没完 talk incessantly. No convincing reason has been put forward as to why nineteen should have been preferred in this idiom rather than twenty or any other number larger than twelve. 1998 Pamela Jooste Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter He hasn't even got his foot in the door before she's talking nineteen to the dozen and hanging round his neck and asking if he's got sweets in his pocket. An hour later they were still sitting there talking nineteen to the dozen. a mile a minute very quickly The two of them were talking a mile a minute. a dime a dozen 便宜的很, 到处都是 informal North American very common and of no particular value. "experts in this field are a dime a dozen". 4. keen/sharp eye [for] 眼光精准, 净盯着, 有眼光, 目光锐利: a special ability to notice or recognize a particular thing or quality. He has a keen/sharp eye for detail. My friend's a tireless shopper with a keen eye for a bargain. golden opportunity (to seize an opportunity) 天赐良机, 绝佳的机会 a golden opportunity is an usually good chance to do or succeed at something. A chance that should not be missed. a good chance to get something valuable or to be very successful. He wasted a golden opportunity when he missed from the penalty spot. a chance to do something that is likely to be successful and rewarding. He says there's a golden opportunity for peace which must be seized. conjugation [ˌkɑndʒəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n] I. the way that you conjugate a particular verb. the conjugation of the verb "to see". II. a group of verbs that all conjugate using the same pattern. conjugate [ˈkɑndʒəˌɡeɪt] 动词的词形变化 I. transitive to state the different forms a verb can have, for example according to the number of people it refers to and whether it refers to the present, past, or future. II. intransitive if a verb conjugates, it has different forms. Today we learn how the verb "to be" conjugates. 关于学习西班牙语的动词变形: There are shortcuts, and there is a better way to learn conjugations without making your brain bleed ( Or, then again, mathematical problems that make your brain bleed. ) by trying to memorize boring conjugation charts. So, if you internalize the sound of the tenses you don't have to do the mental gymnastics trying to conjugate 'on the fly'. For example, if a person is telling a story about themselves in the past, you're going to hear endings "é, í, aba, ía". If they're telling a story about another person, and it happened in the past, you're going to hear "ó, ió, aba, ía". If you're talking to a friend, or the friend is talking to you, you're going to hear "iste, and aste". 5. 贝嫂疫情下举动被轰: Victoria thinks we were all terribly arsey about her when she decided to use our money to furlough her fashion company workers. How could we be so mean as to expect a woman who has an estimated wealth of £335million – acquired largely through singing badly – to dig into her own pockets. Rather than scrounging off the taxpayer. fiend [fiːnd] I. an evil spirit or demon. II. INFORMAL an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing. "a football fiend". John Travolta Is a Gay Massage Fiend. croak [kroʊk] I. When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound. Thousands of frogs croaked 蛙鸣, 鸟鸣 in the reeds by the riverbank. ...the guttural croak of the frogs. II. If someone croaks something, they say it in a low, rough voice. to speak or say something in a low rough voice that sounds as if you have a sore throat. Tiller moaned and managed to croak, 'Help me.'. She croaked something unintelligible. His voice was just a croak. III. intransitive ​very informal to die. be chomping/champing/chafing at the bit 抓耳挠腮, 咬马嚼子, 没有耐心烦, 急不可耐 To be impatient and/or eager for something to happen or over some delay. Used to liken someone to an overexcited horse straining against its bit (the metal piece of the harness that fits between its jaws). If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over. I expect you're champing at the bit, so we'll get things going as soon as we can. I was chomping at the bit for the game to start. After two hours of waiting in the airport lobby, we were chomping at the bit to finally get on the plane. be impatient to do or to start doing something: The players were champing at the bit as the start of the match was delayed. I know you're chafing at the bit, so we'll start as soon as we can. Champ and chomp mean to bite or eat something noisily. The bit is the piece of metal which goes in a horse's mouth and is used to control the horse. 6. how so?​/​how's that? 怎么说, 此话怎讲, 什么意思 used for asking someone to explain the reason for the statement they have just made. 'If the dam is built, a lot of people will suffer.' 'How so'? Woman in gold script: I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I'm afraid, in your haste, there's been a misunderstanding. How's that? How's that? I. Please repeat what you said; I didn't understand or hear you. Also, how's that again. What did you say? Please repeat it. How's that? I didn't quite hear you. A: "Do you need anything from the shop?" B: "How's that? Sorry, the oven fan was too loud." A: "So as you can see, the third-quarter dividends represent a large margin of improvement over this time last year." B: "How's that? I didn't follow." II. Why is that the case? A: "I think you may need to plan a different way of getting to the airport tomorrow." B: "How's that?" A: "The highway is going to be closed for construction all week." How's this/that for (something)? What do you think of this or that example of something? Isn't this/that exemplary of something? Can be used to highlight something negative or positive.  A: "Now, how's this for a steak dinner?" B: "Wow, it looks delicious, I can't believe you cooked this all on your own!" Look at the neighbor's flashy new sports car—how's that for a midlife crisis? used for asking someone to notice an example of a particular quality. The papers are all here ready for you to sign. How's that for efficiency? 7. Woman in Gold script: a. These are three names of the top restitution 物归原主 ( I. the act of returning something that was lost or stolen to the person it belongs to. Restitution is the act of giving back to a person something that was lost or stolen, or of paying them money for the loss. The victims are demanding full restitution. We have asked that they rehire the people they fired and make restitution to them. II. payment or services that you provide someone with because you have done something bad or illegal to them. make restitution (to someone for something): He was ordered to make restitution to his victim. restitute [ˈrɛstɪˌtjuːt] I. to restore something to its original position or state. The courts will then order the person to restitute this situation. II. to give back or repay something. Many of these stolen pieces of art have now been restituted to their original Jewish owners. ) lawyers in America. They'll cost you but without them, it's a non-starter 完全没有可能, 想都不用想( a plan that has no chance of being successful. If you describe a plan or idea as a non-starter, you mean that it has no chance of success. The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a non-starter. Some of the points were non-starters but some of them were quite reasonable.). All I have is my bungalow, my shop, and a little money I've been saving for a trip to Hawaii. I don't want to start throwing cash at some fancy lawyers. b. He hands her the photocopies across the table, starts to put on his jacket. I need to go. Randy, I don't want to rock your boat ( rock the boat informal If you rock the boat, you do or say something that will upset people or cause problems. If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble. I said I didn't want to rock the boat in any way. Don't rock the boat until the negotiations are finished.). Well, thank you, how considerate. But maybe you can help me on the side. Like a hobby. He makes a sign at the waitress for the check. You can't do this 'on the side' Maria, this is a full time job, this is not a hobby. You are quite rude, a little uncouth(If you describe a person as uncouth, you mean that their behaviour is rude, noisy, and unpleasant. behaving in a way that polite people consider rude or offensive ...that oafish, uncouth person. ), and completely disinterested in the past. And you have a talent for making me feel good about myself. But you have the connection. The connection? Your family, Randy. Your grandparents. They were from Vienna. We have the same history. Anyway, a few days ago you weren't even interested in the case, now you are all over me like a rash. What happened? Against my better judgement ( against someone's better judgment contrary to what one feels to be wise or sensible.  if someone does something against their better judgment, they do it even though they are not sure that it is a good idea. I took his advice, somewhat against my better judgment. "he persuaded me against my better judgement to join him". ), I think I like you. 8. Maria Altmann (Dame Helen Mirren) sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered 抢去, 抢走, 劫掠 by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice 某种程度上的 for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis. Choirboy A pure and innocent person who does not have a dirty mind. He's not exactly a choir boy himself 他自己也不是什么省油的灯. Guy : *says a dirty joke*. Guy #2: *laughs* Nice! Innocent Guy: What? I don't get it? Guy: Bro, you're such a choirboy! Get tf in the game man! Guy #2: Damn bro... ringer I. informal a person or thing that looks very like another. "he is a dead ringer for his late papa". That toy gun is a dead ringer 长得一模一样 for a real gun. a. an athlete or horse fraudulently substituted for another in a competition or event. "it was discovered that the winning horse was a ringer". b. a motor vehicle whose identity has been fraudulently changed by the substitution of a different registration plate. "the patrol was told the van was a ringer". c. a highly proficient person brought in supplement a team or group. "officials had packed the squad with ringers". II. a person or device that rings something. wiki: Dead ringer is an idiom in English. It means "an exact duplicate" or "100% duplicate", and derives from 19th-century horse-racing slang for a horse presented "under a false name and pedigree"; "ringer" was a late nineteenth-century term for a duplicate, usually with implications of dishonesty, and "dead" in this case means "precise", as in "dead centre". The term is sometimes implausibly ( [ɪmˈplɔzəb(ə)l] difficult to accept as true. If you describe something as implausible, you believe that it is unlikely to be true. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse. It seems implausible 难以服众的, 不具说服力的, 不可信的. 不可靠的, 不靠谱的, 不可能是真的 that the projects would have gone ahead without her backing. They are, rather implausibly, close friends. an implausible excuse/explanation. plausible [plɔːzɪbəl] I. An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government. That explanation seems entirely plausible to me. Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back. ...the plausibility of the theory. II. If you say that someone is plausible, you mean that they seem to be telling the truth and to be sincere and honest. He was so plausible 可信的 that he conned everybody. ) said to derive, like "saved by the bell", from a custom of providing a cord in coffins for someone who has been buried alive to ring a bell to call for help. runaway jury a jury in which the jurors act independently and do not listen to the instructions of the court and the prosecutor. He sought a retrial on the basis that there had been a runaway jury. runaway adj. You use runaway to describe a situation in which something increases or develops very quickly and cannot be controlled. Our Grand Sale in June was a runaway success 一发冲天的. ...a runaway 遏制不住的, 止不住的 best-seller. He is a runaway winner. ...in an era of runaway inflation. II. A runaway vehicle or animal is moving forward quickly, and its driver or rider has lost control of it. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple. The narrative pulls you along like a runaway 失控的 train. ...a runaway horse. noun. A runaway is someone, especially a child, who leaves home without telling anyone or without permission. ...a teenage runaway. ...a runaway slave. 9. boost up 举起来, 举一下, 抬一下 give someone a boost-up: to lift someone up, so that they can reach something that is high up, To give a helpful lift up to someone, either physically or emotionally. This phrasal verb means to lift someone up to reach a higher point. This can be physically, if someone cannot reach something, or emotionally, if someone needs a boost, or increase, in confidence or morale. You typically boost someone over an obstacle, and a boost of either kind is beneficial rather than harmful. If I give you a boost, could you reach the window? To hoist someone or something up to a higher point. I boosted up my daughter so that she could get a better view of the giraffes at the zoo. Boost me up so I can spy on them through the window! Boost up that box before it falls. to give someone a helpful lift up to something. She boosted me up so I could get into the window. They boosted up the child for a better view. 10. hyperbole [haɪˈpɜː(r)bəli] a way of emphasizing what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is. hyperbolic [ˌhaɪpərˈbɑlɪk] I. hyperbolic language emphasizes what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is. It was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. II. resembling or pertaining to a hyperbola (a curve). In fact, it corresponds to the graph of a function called the hyperbolic cosine. A sealed road 油漆路, 打过的马路 (dirt road 土路) is a road of which the surface has been permanently sealed by the use of one of several pavement treatments, often of composite construction. In some countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, this surface is generically referred to as "seal". Tarmacadam 泊油路 is a road surfacing material made by combining macadam surfaces, tar, and sand, patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1902. The terms "tarmacadam" and tarmac are also used for a variety of other materials, including tar-grouted macadam, bituminous surface treatments, and modern asphalt concrete. The term is also often incorrectly used to describe airport aprons (also referred to as "ramps") ( Runways, as well as taxiways and ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac," though very few runways are built using tarmac. tarmac: the part of an airport where the planes stop and that people walk across to get on a plane. The tarmac is an area with a surface made of tarmac, especially the area from which planes take off at an airport. Standing on the tarmac were two American planes. II. AM, blacktop Tarmac is a material used for making road surfaces, consisting of crushed stones mixed with tar. ...a strip of tarmac. ...tarmac paths. 跑道相关用词: Airplanes move about on three (and only three) surfaces on the airport. Runways are used by airplanes to takeoff and land. Regardless of what you hear on the news, we don’t sit for hours on runways when we’re delayed. We certainly don't load or unload passengers on runways (unless there is something very wrong with the aircraft). Taxiways are the "roads" airplanes take to get to and from the runways. The Apron (ramp) is the place where airplanes park to board passengers and refuel. The term ramp is outdated but still commonly used in North America and a few other places. Apron is the internationally accepted term for this area of the airport. News media and a few government sources often use the term “tarmac.”  I have seen it used to describe runways, taxiways, aprons, parking lots, and sidewalks; and it’s actually incorrect. Aviation professionals cringe when we hear the word. ), taxiways, and runways regardless of the surface. Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac, bitumen macadam, or rolled asphalt in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, as well as the core of embankment dams. 11. pudgy [ˈpʌdʒi] 胖胖的, 肥肥的, 肥嘟嘟的(用于形容身体的某一个部位) adj INFORMAL (of a person or part of their body) rather fat. "his pudgy fingers". incinerate [ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt] 燃烧, 烧掉, 焚烧 I. destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning. When authorities incinerate rubbish or waste material, they burn it completely in a special container. The government is trying to stop hospitals incinerating their own waste. ...banning the incineration of lead batteries. ...an incineration plant. "waste packaging is to be incinerated rather than buried in landfills". II. If people are incinerated, for example in a bomb attack or a fire, they are burnt to death. Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials. Incineration and other high-temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas and heat. walk (take a walk) on the wild side I. A risky, raucous, adventurous, or licentious act, instance, or period of time. An occasion or incident involving adventurous, risky, or morally questionable behavior. To behave in an adventurous, risky, or morally questionable manner. I liked to take a walk on the wild side while I was in college 刺激, 冒险, 做疯狂的事, 做冒险的事情, but now that I'm a bit older, I tend to be a bit more conservative in the things I do for fun. Jim, we've had such a quiet, sheltered life together. I want at least one walk on the wild side before we get too old! II. To engage in risky, raucous, adventurous, or licentious behavior. If you're looking for a wild time on your vacation, you should travel with Samantha—she's always ready to walk on the wild side! raucous [ˈrɔkəs] ​adj I. rude, noisy, and violent. a raucous gang of teenagers. II. a raucous voice or noise is loud and sounds rough. Raucous laughter came from inside. obtuse [əbˈtus] adj. I. 反应迟钝的. 慢吞吞的, 半天反应不过来的, 反应慢的. Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. someone who is obtuse does not understand explanations or situations quickly. I think he was being deliberately obtuse. I've really been very obtuse and stupid. Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith. II. acute angle锐角. An obtuse angle 钝角 is between 90° and 180°. 12. keep/hold one's end up I. to maintain one's stance or position against opposition or misfortune. II. 尽了自己的力. 做到了你该做的. 做了自己该做的. To do as was promised in an agreement or bargain; to carry through with what one agreed to do. She let you down 食言, but you held your end 做到了. OK, I've delivered the cash as you instructed. Now you have to hold your end up! My dad said he'd buy me a car if I got a 4.0 this semester, so I've got to ace this test if I want to hold my end up. Do one's share. John always holds his end up, but Jerry is less reliable, or Let's hope she can keep up her end. In these expressions end alludes to one of two sides of something that must be lifted by two persons. run rife (谣言) 四起 to spread quickly in an uncontrolled way No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife. If something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or happens a lot: Dysentery 痢疾 and malaria 疟疾 are rife in the refugee camps. rife with sth full of something unpleasant: The office was rife with rumours. jizz I. (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen. II. (transitive, slang) To ejaculate on, over, or into; to cover in semen. noun. Male ejaculate; sperm, semen. jizz-mopper One whose job is to clean up semen at a sex-related establishment. jizz fest (jizz party) I. A sexual ritual consisting of multiple men blowing their loads on some trick ass beeyotch. I went to my friend's house for a party, and wound up getting in on a hell of a jizz fest with this drunk bitch. II. A male get together where cum is spilled repeatedly by each individual as a result of the masturbation appeal of a shown porno flick. Paul invited his friends over for a jizz fest because of the illegal channels that his tv possesed.

一句话: 1. Amazon, incorporated in Seattle ( incorporated [ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪtəd] an incorporated company has the legal status of a corporation.  Incorporated is used after a company's name to show that it is a legally established company in the United States. ...MCA Incorporated. incorporate [ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreɪt] I. transitive to add or include something as a part of something else, for example as a part of an arrangement or a document. incorporate something into/in something: Congress incorporated this principle into the 1977 clean-air Amendments. a. to include something as a part or as a quality. The course incorporates a strong German language element. Our electrical equipment incorporates all the latest safety features. II. intransitive/transitive ​business to form a corporation (=a company that can raise money by selling shares). The company's doing so well, we've decided to incorporate. ), is one of the world's largest companies. 2. This increased ability to follow up on potential exposure to infected people could help authorities control or respond to outbreaks, and is why the widespread use of the app has been framed ( frame verb. I. often passive to put a picture or photograph in a frame. That's a nice photo – you ought to have it framed. II. 构陷. 陷害 ​informal to make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not, for example by lying to the police or by producing false evidence. If someone frames an innocent person, they make other people think that that person is guilty of a crime, by lying or inventing evidence. I need to find out who tried to frame me. He claimed that he had been framed by the police. III. to express something carefully in a particular way. If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way. The story is framed in a format that is part thriller, part love story. He framed this question three different ways in search of an answer. The judge instructed him to frame the question differently. IV. to develop or make up something such as a plan or law. If someone frames something such as a set of rules, a plan, or a system, they create and develop it. After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution. Many people were involved in framing these proposals. V. ​literary to form a border around something. If an object is framed by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at. The swimming pool is framed by tropical gardens. An elegant occasional table is framed in the window. Long red hair framed her smiling face. frame noun. I. You can refer to someone's body as their frame, especially when you are describing the general shape of their body. Their belts are pulled tight against their bony frames. in the frame 在考虑范围内 If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it. We need a win to keep us in the frame for the title. According to Politico, Mr Trump's coronavirus co-ordinator Deborah Birx is in line to replace Mr Azar. She went viral for her own reaction to his disinfectant comments. ) as critical to easing restrictions.

 ingratitude [ɪngrætɪtjuːd , US -tuːd] 不知感恩的 Ingratitude is lack of gratitude for something that has been done for you. behavior or attitudes that show you are not grateful, especially when other people think you should be grateful. He accused the United States of ingratitude. The Government could expect only ingratitude from the electorate. ingrate [ˈɪnˌɡreɪt] noun someone who is not grateful in the way they should be. an ungrateful person. adj. ungrateful. ingratiate [ɪnˈɡreɪʃiˌeɪ] 巴结 [disapproval] If someone tries to ingratiate themselves with you, they do things to try and make you like them. to try to get someone's approval by doing or saying things that will please them Many politicians are trying to ingratiate themselves with her. ingrained adj. Ingrained habits and beliefs are difficult to change or remove. Morals tend to be deeply ingrained. From ingrained habit he paused to straighten up the bed.

后天的(nurture, learned, acquired), 先天的(nature, hereditary, congenital); puppy dog eyes, Puppy face; smoldering

用法学习: 1. In television and film, a piece to camera (PTC)(搜索关键词: 对镜头说话, talk to camera, modern family) is when a television presenter or a character speaks directly to the viewing audience through the camera. opening PTC - when presenter opens-up the news, and introduce himself/herself to the audience. bridge PTC - information that presenter gives to bridge the gap between empty space. conclusive or closing PTC - ending of news where the presenter acknowledge itself and the cameraman, place and the news channel. The term also applies to the period when an actor, playing a fictional character in a film or on television, talks into the camera and hence directly to the audience. Depending on the genre of the show, this may or may not be considered as a breaking the fourth wall. 2. For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow. 句子中的单词释义: parity [ˈperəti] 平等 a situation in which different people or things are equal. new methods of achieving economic parity. parity with: Women should have parity with men. a. If there is parity between two things, they are equal. Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields. Italy wanted naval parity with France. II. If there is parity between the units of currency of two countries, the exchange rate is such that the units are equal to each other. The government was ready to let the pound sink to parity 持平 with the dollar if necessary. springboard 跳板 (for/to) I. a strong board used for helping you to jump high in sports such as diving (=jumping into water) and gymnastics. A springboard 跳板跳水 is a flexible board from which you jump into a swimming pool or onto a piece of gymnastic equipment. II. something that helps you to become successful. If something is a springboard for something else, it makes it possible for that thing to happen or start. The 1981 budget was the springboard for an economic miracle. It could provide a springboard to success. It was the springboard for a new assignment. The awards have been a springboard for many young photographers. permissive A permissive person, society, or way of behaving allows or tolerates things which other people disapprove of. ...the permissive tolerance of the 1960s. ...a culture of permissiveness. a. allowing someone a large amount of freedom to behave as they choose, especially in relation to sex. a permissive society 宽容的, 宽以待人的, 开明的, 宽松自由的. b. a permissive path is available for public use by the landowner's consent, not as a legal right of way. accretion [əˈkriʃ(ə)n] I. ​formal a gradual increase in the size or amount of something through the addition of new parts. An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time. The script has been gathering editorial accretions 日积月累的东西 for years. II. ​science a layer of a substance that gradually forms on a rock or area of land, making it bigger. Accretion is the process of new layers or parts being added to something so that it increases in size. A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms. stricture [ˈstrɪktʃər] I. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. narrowing of the urethra 尿路狭窄, 尿道狭窄. II. (usually in plural) a limit to your freedom. a rule restricting behaviour or action. For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow. III. a sternly critical remark or review. urethra [juˈri:θrə] 尿道, 尿路 = urinary canal the tube that carries urine (=liquid waste) out of your body. 3. be hard up (for sth) 欠缺, 缺少, 需要, 紧缺, 急需 to not have enough of something important or valuable. not having enough of something. Some of the schools are pretty hard up for teachers. If you're so hard up for friends, why don't you join a club? If you are hard up, you have very little money. Her parents were very hard up. homebird = homebody 不爱出门, 宅男, 宅女, 宅在家里 a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away. If you describe someone as a homebody, you mean that they enjoy being at home and spend most of their time there. We're both homebodies. We don't feel good going to Hollywood parties. lovebirds plural ​humorous two people who love each other, especially young people who show their love in a very obvious way in public. inscrutable 难懂的, 难以看懂的 adj impossible to understand or interpret. "Guy looked blankly inscrutable". exuberant [ɪɡˈzjubərənt] happy, excited, and full of energy. If you are exuberant, you are full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness. ...an exuberant young girl who decided to become a screen actress. They both laughed exuberantly. an exuberant crowd. a. showing happiness, excitement, and energy. If you describe something as exuberant, you like it because it is lively, exciting, and full of energy and life. This is bold and exuberant cooking. ...exuberantly decorated. exuberant designs by a local artist. perimeter  [pəˈrɪmɪtər] 周长 I. the outer edge of an enclosed area of ground such as a field or airport. II. ​maths the total length of the sides of a shape such as a square or rectangle. circumference [sərˈkʌmf(ə)rəns] 圆周 I. The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge. ...a scientist calculating the Earth's circumference. The island is 3.5 km in circumference. II. The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is its edge. Cut the salmon into long strips and wrap it round the circumference of the bread. Pi is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter [daɪˈæmətər] 直径, and it also has various equivalent definitions. It appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics. It is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century, and is spelled out as "pi". It is also referred to as Archimedes' constant. diameter [daɪˈæmətər] 直径 a straight line that crosses a circle through the center, or the length of this line. a pipe with a 4-inch diameter. in diameter: The dome is ten feet in diameter. radius ([ˈreɪdiəs] 半径 )( I. ​maths the distance from the center of a circle to its edge, or a straight line from the center to the edge. The radius of a circle is the distance from its centre to its outside edge. He indicated a semicircle with a radius of about thirty miles. II. a particular distance in all directions from a central point. The radius around a particular point is the distance from it in any direction. Nigel has searched for work in a ten-mile radius around his home. All roads within a two-mile radius of the stadium were closed. II. ​medical the larger outer bone in the lower arm, next to the ulna. ): In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any of the line segments from its center to its perimeter, and in more modern usage, it is also their length. The name comes from the Latin radius, meaning ray but also the spoke of a chariot wheel. girth [ɡɜrθ] I. countable/uncountable the distance around something thick and round, for example a tree. a. The girth of an object, for example a person's or an animal's body, is its width or thickness 粗度, considered as the measurement around its circumference. A girl he knew had upset him by commenting on his increasing girth. The average girth is 3.66 inches for a flaccid penis and 4.59 inches for an erect penis. Girth is the circumference of the penis at its widest section. b. ​mainly literary 腰围. the distance around someone's waist, especially someone large. II. countable a wide belt that you put around the middle of a horse to hold the saddle on. A girth is a leather strap which is fastened firmly around the middle of a horse to keep the saddle or load in the right place. parameter [pəˈræmɪtər] a limit that affects how something can be done. Parameters are factors or limits which affect the way that something can be done or made. That would be enough to make sure we fell within the parameters of 在规定内, 不逾矩, 不超出限制, 在范围呢, 在限制内 our loan agreement. A person's stride length has certain parameters. We have to operate within the parameters 在范围内 of the budget. set/define/establish parameters (for something): Negotiators will meet next week to set the parameters for the peace conference. 4. Colin Farrell 谈他的sex tape: The reformed 洗心革面的, 改过自新的(戒毒了的) wild young man opened up on the tape he made with Nicole Narain in 2005, which soon went viral, telling the magazine: "It certainly wasn't a validation ( validate I. 证实 to officially prove that something is true or correct. To validate something such as a claim or statement means to prove or confirm that it is true or correct. This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology. ...how that evidence was evaluated and validated by historians. Some thought must be given to the method of validation. This validation process ensures that the data conforms to acceptable formats. The evidence does seem to validate his claim. II. to officially state that something is of an appropriate standard. All courses are validated 官方认证 by the University of Wales. To validate a person, state, or system 官方认可 means to prove or confirm that they are valuable or worthwhile. She is looking for an image that validates her. The Academy Awards appear to validate his career. I think the film is a validation of our lifestyle. III. to make a document legally valid. ) of my prowess. The whole thing was horrifying. You know, press record. Taboo. Isn't this interesting?" "I was deposed (depose [dɪpoʊz] 被篡位, 下野, 篡权, 驱逐 to force a political leader or a king or queen out of their position of power. If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position. Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965. ...the deposed dictator. ) for four hours explaining why I didn't want it to be released," he said. "God forbid it's an on-demand movie in a hotel room and my mother says, 'Oh, I haven't seen this work of my son's,' and hits purchase." 5. 留位置. 占位子, 留位子. Joey is eating lunch with the rest of the tour guides. Another tour guide tries to sit down in a seat Joey saved for Ross. Anyway, look, I don't know about you and your jackets and your separate tables, but Ross is one of my best friends, and if I save him a seat, I'm telling you, he will sit in it! (Ross enters and goes over to the white table) Ross! Ross! Over here, man! I saved you seat. Tour Guide: Op, this is saved 有人了, 有人占了. (Joey wonders why) Gift shop. panic [ˈpænɪk] I. intransitive to have a sudden strong feeling of fear or worry and be unable to think clearly or calmly or decide what to do. If you panic or if someone panics you, you suddenly feel anxious or afraid, and act quickly and without thinking carefully. Guests panicked and screamed when the bomb exploded. The unexpected and sudden memory briefly panicked her. He will not be panicked into a hasty decision. We were told not to panic. a. transitive to make someone feel great fear or worry so that they cannot think clearly or decide what to do. be panicked by something: We're not panicked by yesterday's result. panic someone into (doing) something: Shoppers are panicked into buying things they don't need. hit/press/push the panic button to react to a situation with fear and confusion: The coach isn't going to hit the panic button just because we lost two games. don't panic used for telling someone to keep calm in a difficult situation. noun. I. Panic is a very strong feeling of anxiety or fear, which makes you act without thinking carefully. An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population. I phoned the doctor in a panic, worried about the pain in my chest. II. Panic or a panic is a situation in which people are affected by a strong feeling of anxiety. There was a moment of panic in Britain as it became clear just how vulnerable the nation was. I'm in a panic about getting everything done in time. The policy announcement caused panic buying of petrol. 6. puppy dog eyes A facial expression showing credulous or unsophisticated innocence or naivety. An innocent or naive facial expression. The expression puppy-dog eyes is used to describe a begging or pleading look – just like a puppy would give you! A look or expression it is very difficult to say no to. "Stop giving me those puppy-dog eyes. We can't eat out again tonight, we've been out three times already this week and it's only Wednesday!" Don't give me the puppy dog eyes. deer (US)/rabbit(UK) in the headlights 惊慌失措的表情 I. (idiomatic) A person in a mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety, fear, panic, surprise and/or confusion, or substance abuse. II. (idiomatic) A person with a stunned or glazed expression. Puppy face 萌脸, 卖萌, 无辜的表情, 无辜脸: A puppy face or a puppy dog face is a facial expression that humans make that is based on canine expressions. In dogs and other animals, the look is expressed when the head is tilted down and the eyes are looking up. Usually, the animal looks like it is about to cry. This gesture is sometimes performed by children in order to persuade their parents to do something special for them. Humans often open their eyes a little wide 大睁着两眼, 睁大两眼, pinch and/or raise the eyebrows 皱眉, 皱着眉头, and stick the bottom lip out 吐着下嘴唇, while tilting their entire head a little downward 低着头 and looking upwards at the person to whom they have aimed the gesture. Often, the head is also tilted a little sideways 歪着脸. It can be a lighthearted expression for begging or an attempt to persuade someone. Verbal approximations include: "Aw, come on!", "Please?", and "But why not?", among others. 7. Pogue is American pejorative military slang for non-infantry staff, and other rear-echelon ( [ˈeʃəˌlɑn] I. one of the levels of status or authority in an organization, or the people in that level. upper/lower echelons 级别: the upper echelons 上层, 上级 of power. An echelon in an organization or society is a level or rank in it. ...the lower echelons of society. II. an arrangement of soldiers, ships, or aircraft in which each one is slightly to the right or left of the one in front. An echelon is a military formation in which soldiers, vehicles, ships, or aircraft follow each other but are spaced out sideways so that they can see ahead. rear echelon I. (military) That part of an army that is not needed to combat the enemy. II. (military, by extension) The administrative and supply departments of an army.  the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc. ) or support units 后勤部门. "Pogue" frequently applies to those who do not have to undergo the risk and stresses of combat as the infantry does. not the sharpest tool in the box/shed (also not the brightest crayon in the box), not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree informal used to say that someone is not very intelligent or is not able to learn things quickly or easily – used humorously. bright spark 自以为是的傻逼, 自作聪明的人 If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way. 'Why not give out one of the cyber cafe's email addresses?' suggested one bright spark. Some bright spark turned the heating off last night! someone who is clever or who has a clever idea. This word is usually used for showing that you think someone is stupid. Some bright spark suggested a midnight swim. 8. smoulder = US smolder [smoʊldər] I. 闷烧. If something smoulders, it burns slowly, producing smoke but not flames. A number of buildings around the Parliament were still smouldering today. Whole blocks had been turned into smouldering rubble. II. If a feeling such as anger or hatred smoulders inside you, you continue to feel it but do not show it. Baxter smouldered 生闷气. 闷不做声 as he drove home for lunch. That's a lot of people smouldering with resentment. III.  If you say that someone smoulders, you mean that they are sexually attractive, usually in a mysterious or very intense way. smoldering 略略生气的表情, 带有怒气的: smoldering look 不怒自威的表情. When a fire is smoking but not in flame, it is smoldering. If you're silently angry, your contained rage 心中怒气 is smoldering, too. Just like a fire that doesn't go out completely, this word is used for emotions that also refuse to die out — they just keep going, though under the surface. If you keep a lid on your feelings, but are mad at someone, your feelings are smoldering. People often talk about smoldering feelings of love or lust: in romance novels and romantic comedies, there will be smoldering feelings and smoldering looks. This is a word for emotional heat that keeps burning. If you keep a lid on your feelings, but are mad at someone, your feelings are smoldering. People often talk about smoldering feelings of love or lust: in romance novels and romantic comedies, there will be smoldering feelings and smoldering looks. This is a word for emotional heat that keeps burning. The actress seems to smoulder with sexuality. His darkly smouldering eyes never left her face.

 spotlight 2015 script: 1. MacLeish's assistant said he's all booked up 约满, 日程排满, he can't see us 不能见我们. The hell he can't ( to hell with someone/something = the hell with someone/something I do not care about someone or something: I was ready to say to hell with it and leave. Note: This may be considered offensive by some people. ). 2. How many priests do we have in Boston? About fifteen hundred. One percent is fifteen... six percent is ninety. Ninety priests? Is that possible? From a metric standpoint( metrics: "Today metrics is slung about in business jargon... Is it a word that has transitioned with a new, nebulous meaning?" Metrics is a word used that means exactly measurements. In every company, they measure productivity, success, growth, etc by different numbers, so the broad term for those unique numbers has become metrics. We use it everyday in our morning meetings. Performance Metrics. Ways in which my company measures our performance against certain factors. Our metrics 各项指标 don't look very good right now. 讨论: What a silly bunch of crap. Just say "measurements" or "numbers." It's a perfectly good word that has been rendered insipid by the business world. Another term I hear bandied about 乱用 (sling about) frequently of late is "reach out," a term that would be used by a mental health outreach group. Why not just say "ask for assistance" or "dump on"? 词语解释: insipid I. [disapproval] 寡淡无味的. 啥味道也没有的. 淡不拉几的. not enjoyable to eat or drink because of having very little taste. If you describe food or drink as insipid, you dislike it because it has very little taste. It tasted indescribably bland and insipid 没有味道的, like warmed cardboard. II. If you describe someone or something as insipid, you mean they are dull and boring. On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid. They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw with Peru. bandy about/around [disapproval] to talk about something without careful consideration. If someone's name or something such as an idea is bandied about or is bandied around, that person or that thing is discussed by many people in a casual way. To talk about something frequently, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter. There are a lot of different figures being bandied about, but the exact cost will not be known for some time yet. Wild guesses of the value of the painting were being bandied about. Young players now hear various sums bandied around about how much players are getting. dump on somebody I. dump something on somebody to unfairly give someone an unwanted job, duty, or problem to deal with. to give someone an unpleasant or difficult job to do instead of doing it yourself or helping them with it. Don't just dump the extra work on me. II. American English to treat someone badly. III. American English to criticize someone very strongly and often unfairly. politicians dumping on their opponents. IV. dump (something) on somebody to tell someone all your problems and worries. We all dump our troubles on Mike. sling I. to throw something somewhere with force or in a careless way. Just sling all that stuff on the floor. sling out 丢弃 (=throw away): He slung out all her old magazines. II. ​often passive to put something somewhere so that it is wrapped round something or hangs down. sling something over something: He stood up, slinging his jacket over one shoulder. sling something round something: He noticed the binoculars slung round 晃荡, 晃来晃去 my neck. III. ​informal to force someone to go somewhere. They might sling you in prison 丢进去 if you misbehave. He was slung out of the army in 1998. sling your hook used for telling someone rudely to go away. sling off to blame or criticize someone in an unpleasant, unkind way. slung about/around Overly common slang that people sling around excessively. I'm really tired of hearing the same slang words being slung around 乱用 all the time! ), that would be in line with 一致 my findings. 3. Ninety fucking priests? In Boston? That's what he said. If there were ninety of these bastards people would know. Maybe they do. And no one said a thing? Good Germans 视而不见的帮凶? I don't think that's a comparison you want to make publicly. MacLeish knew and said nothing. That's thirteen priests, big difference between thirteen and ninety. Where's this guy Sipe getting his numbers? He's studied this for thirty years, he's a trained psychotherapist -- Okay, but we need something more than a metric 测算标准, 量算指标 from some hippy ex-priest who's shacking up with a nun. So we'll track down more victims, we'll get more priests. Then we can check them against the directories. That's a shitload of victims. 4. Good Germans 缄默, 默不作声, 闭口不言的人, 装看不见的人, 装聋作哑的人: Good Germans is an ironic term, usually placed between inverted commas, referring to German citizens during and after World War II who claimed not to have supported the Nazi regime, but remained silent and did not resist in a meaningful way. The term is further used to describe those who claimed ignorance of the Holocaust and German war crimes. Despite these claims, post-war research has suggested that a large number of ordinary Germans were aware of the Holocaust at least in general terms: captive slave laborers were a common sight 习以为常的事情, 常见的事, 常有的事, 常见现象; the public knew Jews were being deported to Poland; and the basics of the concentration camp system, if not the extermination ( exterminate [ɪkˈstɜrmɪˌneɪt] 大范围屠杀 to kill all the insects or animals of a particular type in an area. To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats. They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war. Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help. ...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their countrymen. a. to kill a person or a group of people. ) camps, were widely known. Despite the Nazi regime's efforts to keep the mass murder of Jews a secret and destroy any evidence of mass killings, hundreds of thousands of Germans were involved to some extent in the genocide: participating in the killings directly (Einsatzgruppen); guarding (SS-Totenkopfverbände) and administering (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) the camps where Jews and others were systematically murdered and worked to death; and providing support for both the civil and military authorities which facilitated the machinery of genocide. 5. Eric, how many priests did you settle? You know I can't tell you, Robby. You're gonna give me their names. And the names of their victims. Are you threatening me? (Robby controls himself, turns calm.  Professional. ) ROBBY: We've got two stories here. We've got a story about degenerate ( verb [dɪˈdʒenəˌreɪt]. adj & noun. [dɪˈdʒen(ə)rət] verb. 沦落. 堕落. to become worse. If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate 变差, 恶化. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe. ...various forms of physical and mental degeneration. ...the degeneration of our political system. The demonstration soon degenerated into violence. adj. [disapproval] 道德沦丧的. 无良的. 无德的. 不敬业的. If you describe a person or their behaviour as degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers. ...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers. noun. If you refer to someone as a degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality. ) clergy and we've got a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Now, which story do you want us to write? Cause we're writing one of them. 6. Cottage industry (手工作坊的)分工协作 A cottage industry is a small-scale, decentralized manufacturing business often operated out of a home rather than a purpose-built 专门建造的 facility. Cottage industries are defined by the amount of investment required to start, as well as the number of people employed. A cottage industry is an industry—primarily manufacturing—which includes many producers, working from their homes, typically part-time. The term originally referred to home workers who were engaged in a task such as sewing, lace-making, wall hangings, electronics, or household manufacturing. Some industries which are usually operated from large, centralized factories were cottage industries before the Industrial Revolution. Business operators would travel around the world, buying raw materials, delivering them to people who would work on them, and then collecting the finished goods to sell, or typically to ship to another market. One of the factors which allowed the Industrial Revolution to take place in Western Europe was the presence of these business people who had the ability to expand the scale of their operations. Cottage industries were very common in the time when a large proportion of the population was engaged in agriculture, because the farmers (and their families) often had both the time and the desire to earn additional income during the part of the year (winter) when there was little work to do farming or selling produce by the farm's roadside. They also used horses. 7. I think if you want to understand the crisis, you need to start with the celibacy [ˈselɪbəsi] ( Their priests take a vow of celibacy (=promise to not have sex).) requirement. That was my first major finding: only 50% of the clergy are celibate [ˈseləbət] adj.. They share a look 互相看了一眼. 50%? Can that be true? Now, most of them are having sex with other adults. But this creates a culture of secrecy, that tolerates and even protects pedophiles. So you believe the church is aware of the extent 程度 of this 'crisis?'. Absolutely. After the first major scandal in Louisiana, Tom Doyle, the Secretary Canonist for the Papal Nuncio, coauthored a report warning pedophile priests were a billion-dollar liability. That was in 1985. 1985? That‘s right. Who saw this document? Anyone in the Catholic hierarchy? Sure. Doyle tried to introduce the report at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. In fact, Cardinal Law initially helped to fund the report, but then he backed out 退出 and they shelved it. Are you kidding me? Richard, Robby here. We think we have thirteen priests in Boston that fit this pattern, which would be a very big story. Does that sound right to you? In terms of scale? No. Not really. It sounds low. My estimates suggest six percent act out sexually with minors( act out I. to show the events that happened in a situation by doing them again or by doing the same things as the people involved. The scenarios that the trainees act out are videotaped. II. to express your thoughts or feelings through your words or behavior. He was acting out his feelings of inferiority by being overly aggressive. III. 别实际去做. to do something that you have planned or had previously only thought of doing. Just imagining these things is fine, as long as you don't try to act them out.). 8. script: Great, thank you. Uh, did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this weekend? The room reacts. Huh? Editors look at EILEEN MCNAMARA, 50s. That's the Geoghan case? Yes, what's the folo (follow) on that? It's a column, what kind of folo were you thinking? Well, apparently this priest molested kids in six different parishes over the last thirty years and the attorney for the victims, Mr Garabedian says Cardinal Law found out about it fifteen years ago and did nothing. I think that attorney's a bit of a crank ( I. someone with ideas or behavior that you think are very strange. If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange. The Prime Minister called Councillor Marshall 'a crank'. He looked like a crank. Protesters were dismissed as cranks. a. ​only before noun used about someone's behavior or actions. Radio stations often get crank calls. II. American ​informal someone who gets angry easily and is unpleasant to other people. III. a piece of equipment that turns to make something move or start. A crank is a device that you turn in order to make something move. verb. If you crank an engine or machine, you make it move or function, especially by turning a handle. The chauffeur got out to crank the motor. ). And the Church dismissed the claim. He said, she said. Whether Mr. Garabedian is a crank or not, he says he has documents that prove the Cardinal knew. As I understand it, those documents are under seal. No one knows what to do. Okay, but the fact remains, we have a Boston priest abused 80 kids, we've got a lawyer who says he has proof Law knew about it, and we've written all of... (checking his notes)...two stories on this in the last six months? This strikes me as an essential story for a local paper. At the very least, we should be going after those documents. How would you like to do that? Well, I don't know what the laws are here, but in Florida we would go to court. Robby raises an eyebrow. In fact, the whole room does. You want to sue the church? Technically we wouldn't sue the Church. We would file a motion to lift the seal on those documents. The church will read that as us suing them. So will everybody else. Good to know. (back to the office) Gutsy ( brave and determined. 大胆的. ) call for the first day. That's one word for it. How do you think it's gonna play down front? I think Gilman's gonna shit a brick. shit a brick = shit bricks 吓得屁滚尿流, 吓傻 mainly US offensive to become very frightened: We were all shitting bricks as the truck missed the car by inches. (idiomatic, vulgar) To react strongly or excessively, especially in anger, fear, or astonishment. If our boss finds out we did this and didn't tell him, he's gonna shit a brick. 9. Judging from what I've read, it doesn't seem like we've done a thorough investigation of the Geoghan case. Is that right? No it's not. We looked hard at Geoghan. David Armstrong for Metro and Michael Paulson for Religion. Marty isn't impressed. Okay, but, uh, just so I understand, beyond our daily coverage, we haven't committed any long term investigative resources to the question of whether or not Cardinal Law knew about this? No, we haven't. And that's the kind of thing your team does? Spotlight? Well, yeah, but we're still prospecting ( prospect noun. I. 前景. If there is some prospect 有可能 of something happening, there is a possibility that it will happen. Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered. [+ of] The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter. [+ for] There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament. II. A particular prospect is something that you expect or know is going to happen. They now face the prospect of having to wear a cycling helmet by law. [+ of] After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect. III. Someone's prospects are their chances of being successful, especially in their career. I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects. ...a detailed review of the company's prospects. verb. When people prospect 探寻, 寻找 for oil, gold, or some other valuable substance, they look for it in the ground or under the sea. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal. In fact, the oil companies are already prospecting not far from here. He was involved in oil, zinc and lead prospecting. The discovery of gold brought a flood of prospectors into the Territories. ) the Boston PD story I told you about. Could you set it aside 先搁一边, 先搁置? We could. Marty, in the past, Spotlight has had success in large part because they pick their own projects. Would you consider picking this one?

 ingenious VS congenial VS congenital: 后天的(nurture, learned, acquired), 先天的(nature, hereditary, congenital, congenial 亲善的, 和善的 [kənˈdʒiniəl] adj. A congenial person, place, or environment is pleasant. friendly and enjoying the company of others. He is back in more congenial company. a. a congenial situation is pleasant, friendly, and enjoyable. ingenious [ɪnˈdʒiniəs] ​adj I. an ingenious plan, piece of equipment 有创意的, 太高了, 太高段了, 创新的, 聪明的, 天才的, etc. uses new and clever ideas. Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas, methods, or equipment. ...a truly ingenious invention. Gautier's solution to the puzzle is ingenious. The roof has been ingeniously designed to provide solar heating. an ingenious device for opening bottles. II. 有天分的. someone who is ingenious is good at inventing things and solving problems in new ways. ): 1. In the context of the nature vs. nurture debate, "nature" refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits, and nurture describes the influence of learning and other influences from one's environment. The nature versus nurture debate involves whether human behavior is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person's life, or by a person's genes.  Asian Squat: How much is this nature or nurture 后天还是先天的? I figured I first had to understand the physiology of the deep squat. In fact, not everyone who can deep squat is, as Ausinheiler puts it, squatting "well," with feet close together and toes pointed forward. I grew up in the United States with few occasions to squat, and I fall into this category. 2. Taking command 听从命令 can be a learned behavior 是可以后天得来的, 后天培训出来的, 后天养成的, 学来的. 3. Aneurysms are a result of a weakened blood vessel wall, and can be a result of a hereditary condition 遗传造成的, 先天的 or an acquired disease 后天得的. Aneurysms can also be a nidus for clot formation (thrombosis) and embolization. 4. I am a 33 year old male and I have a few problems that I would like some insight to. Symptoms such as weak stream, dribbling after urination and splitting of the stream suggest an obstruction in the lower urinary tract. The most common causes are a stricture ( narrowing of the urethra 尿路狭窄, 尿道狭窄. stricture [ˈstrɪktʃər] I. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. II. (usually in plural) a limit to your freedom. a rule restricting behaviour or action. For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and pursuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow. III. a sternly critical remark or review. urethra [juˈri:θrə] 尿道, 尿路 = urinary canal the tube that carries urine (=liquid waste) out of your body. ) or a swollen prostate gland that encroaches on the lumen of the urethra. Strictures can be congenital 先天的 or acquired 后天的. 4. Chopped liver is a spread from the Jewish cuisine. A spread is a food that is spread with a knife onto bread, crackers, or other bread products. Spreads are added to bread products to provide flavor and texture, and are an integral part 不可或缺的部分 of the dish, i.e. they should be distinguished from condiments 调味品, which are optional additions. Spreads should also be distinguished from dips, which do not employ a knife in applying it to crackers or chips. Because of its unusual taste and gray appearance, it is an acquired taste ( 后天形成的的爱好, 越吃越爱吃) and not a favorite or comfort food (Easily prepared plain food, such as macaroni and cheese, meat loaf, or puddings, sometimes prepackaged) with everyone at the dinner table. This has given rise to 引起使发生 the popular Jewish-American expression "What am I, chopped liver?", signifying frustration or anger at being ignored on a social level.