用法学习: 1. acrid [ˈækrɪd] I. an acrid smell or taste is very strong, bitter, and unpleasant in your nose and throat. stinging, acrid fumes of burning rubber. Within minutes, stun grenades were exploding and acrid 刺鼻味的, 臭味的 smoke was filling the air. II. an acrid remark expresses criticism in a cruel way. 特朗普的photo op: #Bunkerboy was starting to trend on Twitter, when news filtered out that ( filter out I. to remove something that is not wanted using a filter. Reed beds filter out much of the pollution. II. to remove things from a group. At the first meeting we filter out many of the candidates. To filter out something from a substance or from light means to remove it by passing the substance or light through something acting as a filter. Children should have glasses which filter out 过滤掉 UV rays. Plants and trees filter carbon dioxide out of the air and produce oxygen. filter out = filter through 泄露出, 透漏出, 为人所知 to become known gradually; leak. rumours filtered out about the divorce. ) the President and his family had been rushed to an underground shelter the previous night, as fires burned outside and several protesters breached the perimeter. Projecting an image of steely resolve and power may have been considered important for security reasons, to stop rioters from thinking they were winning against a President on the run. The imagery was clearly also considered to be politically beneficial as well. But there are some significant signs the political play 政治手段, 政治玩法 may have backfired for one of the world's greatest showmen. But, even in Washington DC, where anti-Trump sentiment runs thick 情绪浓厚, quite a few protesters interviewed by the ABC this week still weren't sure if they'd vote against the President. "Would I like to see him out of the White House? Of course! But then again I don't know who's going to go in next," said Ty, a 27-year-old out on the streets way after curfew. All the outrage in the world won't dictate (dictate I. If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do. We don't want to dictate to anyone 强制任何人, 要求任何人, 命令 how to live their lives. What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another? He cannot be allowed to dictate 决定 what can and cannot be inspected. What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat? The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments. The rules of court dictate that a defendant is entitled to all evidence which may help his case. II. If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences 导致, 影响, 决定 the second thing. The film's budget dictated a tough schedule. The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules. Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game. III. You say that reason or common sense dictates that a particular thing is the case when you believe strongly that it is the case and that reason or common sense will cause other people to agree. Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares. noun. I. A dictate is an order which you have to obey. Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed. II. Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important. We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty. ) who is President for the next four years. As always, it'll come down to who turns out to vote in the states that matter. 2. Plate tectonics ( [tekˈtɑnɪk] I. 板块构造. 板块结构. relating to the structure and movement of the surface of the earth. Tectonic means relating to the structure of the Earth's surface or crust. ...the tectonic plates of the Pacific region. II. usually before noun tectonic changes are very large and significant. The tectonic shift in the American church isn’t coming – it's here. Something's changing and it feels tectonic. The tectonic plates of Trump's presidency appear to be shifting. Absolute loyalty to the President is starting to fray. Trump's pitch to voters as "your law and order President" may well prove to be an electoral winner. ) is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago. The model builds on the concept of continental drift 大陆漂移, an idea developed during the first decades of the 20th century. debilitating [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪŋ] tending to weaken or enfeeble. making someone physically or mentally weak. a debilitating illness/disease/condition. 3. Mr Trump says if governors don't make full use of their National Guard, he will deploy 派遣 active-duty troops 在役军队 to their states. But it's not clear yet whether he can legally do that. A law known as the Posse Comitatus Act bans federal troops from being involved in domestic law enforcement. Today, however, Mr Trump said he did have the authority under the Insurrection Act of 1807. The law basically gives a president the power to send troops to a state "to suppress an insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination or conspiracy". "There are extreme limitations of the use of US military forces inside the borders of the US," US political expert and professor at the University of Oklahoma Keith Gaddie says. "These impediments stand in the way, so a president has to move with great care when he says he's going to invoke the use of military force on US soil." However, the law is vague enough that past presidents have invoked it despite objections 不顾反对 from state governors. no-knock raids/warrant: In the United States, a no-knock warrant is a warrant issued by a judge that allows law enforcement officers to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, such as by knocking or ringing a doorbell. In most cases, law enforcement will identify themselves just before they forcefully 强行进入 ( forceful I. 褒义词. If you describe someone as forceful, you approve of them because they express their opinions and wishes in a strong, emphatic, and confident way. He was a man of forceful 强势的 character, with considerable insight and diplomatic skills. Mrs. Dambar was talking very rapidly and somewhat forcefully. She had inherited her father's forcefulness. He's easily dominated by older men with more forceful personalities. II. Something that is forceful has a very powerful effect and causes you to think or feel something very strongly. It made a very forceful impression on me. For most people a heart attack is a forceful reminder that they are mortal. Daytime television tended to remind her too forcefully of her own situation. III. A 强有力的 forceful point or argument in a discussion is one that is good, valid, and convincing. forcible Forcible action involves physical force or violence. involving the use of force There are no signs of forcible entry 破门而入. ...the forcible resettlement of villagers from the countryside into towns. Two student leaders were forcibly removed from the university president's office. forced entry 闯入 an occasion when someone gets into a building illegally by breaking a door, window etc. The police found no signs of forced entry.) enter the property. It is issued under the belief that any evidence they hope to find can be destroyed during the time that police identify themselves and the time they secure the area, or in the event where there is a large perceived threat to officer safety during the execution of the warrant. 4. A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro 圆珠笔(澳洲) or ball pen, is a pen that dispenses ink over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a "ball point". The metal commonly used is steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. at each other's throats If two people are at each other's throats, they are arguing angrily: Those two are always at each other's throats. be at (someone or something) I. To occur at a specific time. According to the tickets, the concert is at 8:00, but I'm sure the headliner won't go on that early. II. To nag or pester someone to do something. My mom is always at me about 抱怨, 烦 cleaning my room—it's so annoying. They were at each other during practice 训练期间, I made them run laps. They have been grappling since the sandbox. I thought I got a whiff of a longstanding rivalry. But still, that's no excuse for him having a part in disrupting your practice. He has been a little hair-trigger lately. I don't mean to overstep, but are there any issues that I should know about. To remind someone regularly about something or to do something: He's been at me 不停的问, 说个不停 about the book he lent to me. III To be working on something determinedly or persistently. I've been at this problem for hours and still haven't found a solution. be at it I. To partake in an action, activity, or pursuit vigorously, exhaustively, or determinedly. I studied really hard for this test; I was at it all night. I wish those dogs would quit barking, they've been at it since the sun came up! be talking or arguing too much: It's time you two stopped arguing — you've been at it all morning! II. To be engaging in sex. I can always hear when the neighbors are at it. It's really embarrassing! be/go on at someone 叨扰个不停, 唠叨个不停 to keep asking someone to do something, or keep complaining about their behaviour, in a way that annoys them Dad's always on at me to get a better job. be at someone's service 听候差遣 to be available to help someone with whatever they need My car and driver will be at your service during your stay. be at someone's bedside 伺候, 照顾 to sit near someone who is sick in bed His family was at his bedside all day long. hair-trigger 随时爆炸的, 易怒的 If you describe something as hair-trigger, you mean that it is likely to change very violently and suddenly. needing only a slight influence to cause a reaction. a hair-trigger temper. His boozing, arrogance, and hair-trigger temper have often led him into ugly nightclub brawls. A hair-trigger situation has been created which could lead to an outbreak of war at any time. 5. wouldn't have it any other way 一点都不好变 used to say that you would not want a situation to be different, even though it has problems connected with it: It's never going to be easy having kids but I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't want you to hear it any other way about this 其他途径. beast I. [usually with supplement] [journalism, disapproval] If you refer to a man as a beast, you mean that his behaviour, especially his sexual behaviour, is very violent and uncontrolled. II. [informal, old-fashioned, disapproval] If you call someone a beast, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way. Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go! III. You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality. ...that rare beast, a sports movie that isn't boring. dissolute [ˈdɪsəˌlut] 没有廉耻的 [disapproval] having an immoral way of life, for example drinking too much alcohol or having sex with many people. spending too much time and money on physical pleasures in a way that most people consider immoral. Someone who is dissolute does not care at all about morals and lives in a way that is considered to be wicked and immoral. (of a person) living in a way that other people strongly disapprove of: He led a dissolute life, drinking, and womanizing till his death. the greater good 大我 (小我), 更有意义的事, 更伟大的事业 a general advantage that you can only gain by losing or harming something that is considered less important. The benefit of the public, of more people than oneself. That which is better and more correct. Some wars are fought for the greater good. culinary [ˈkjulɪˌneri] [ˈkʌlɪˌneri] 烹饪的 relating to food and how to cook it. Culinary means concerned with cooking. culinary school 烹饪学校. She was keen to acquire more advanced culinary skills. A three course dinner completes the culinary delights. He likes to show off his culinary skills 烹饪技巧. culinary delights (=very good food): And what culinary delights do you have for us tonight? there'll be hell to pay 付出惨重代价 informal something you say that means someone will be very angry if something happens: If we're wrong there'll be hell to pay. There'll be hell to pay if she doesn't get the money in time. 6. 被子蜷成一团, 团成一团: How To Keep Your Down Comforter From Bunching(bunch I. A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together. [informal] My neighbours are a bunch of busybodies. We were a pretty inexperienced bunch of people really. A bunch of flowers is a number of flowers with their stalks held or tied together. He had left a huge bunch of flowers in her hotel room. A bunch of bananas or grapes is a group of them growing on the same stem. Lili had fallen asleep clutching a fat bunch of grapes. A bunch of keys 一串钥匙 is a set of keys kept together on a metal ring. George took out a bunch of keys and went to work on the complicated lock. A bunch of things is a number of things, especially a large number. [US, informal] We did a bunch of songs together. I'd like to adopt a multi-racial child. In fact, I'd love a whole bunch. II. If a girl has her hair in bunches, it is parted down the middle and tied on each side of her head. [British] III. If clothing bunches around a part of your body, it forms a set of creases 褶子 around it. if cloth bunches, or if you bunch it, it comes together in small folds. This skirt tends to bunch around my waist. She clutches the sides of her skirt until it bunches around her waist. IV. if a group of people bunch or are bunched, they get very close to each other. The girls were bunched up on one side of the room. bunch together: The guests all bunched together near the buffet table. ) Inside Its Duvet Cover. My Comforter Keeps Bunching And Sliding To One Corner. How can I prevent my duvet cover from balling up in the dryer? How do you get your doona to stay put? Doona keeps flipping around 跑来跑去 in the cover. How do you stop it? Drives me nuts too, especially as I always end up with the doonaless corner on cool nights.
We have sent manned missions to the moon but this... Too hard. You know
I have never heard of the doona turning itself around inside the cover.
I have no suggestions except to say that its never happened to us. My
husband regularly turns the doona and its cover sideways leaving me with the short end
but that's a different discussion thread. We have a woolen doona with
cotton outsides inside a cotton sateen doona cover. Never turned. I have
a king size doona in a king size cover and it walks around 跑来跑去的 every night.
I have been known to use safety pins in the inside corners - haven't
been pricked yet, touch wood. Our heavy woollen doona always moves around, I hate it. Our lightweight one has no such issue. I think it's the weight of it that's causing it to gather up 堆到一边去 on one side.
A feather or lighter filled doona may solve the issue. You could try
press studs, but the weight of the doona just has it coming off, unless
you had like heaps of them, maybe they won't flip off. You could try
gluing velcro inside the cover and on the doona to stick? In the more
expensive doona covers they have little ties in at the end of each corner to tie a corner of your doona to the cover. Our doona has ties at the top corners and the cover has loops to ties them on to, I love it I was forever waking up to all the doona bunched on me and only cover on DH(Dear Husband). I actually ran a stitch around 跑了几针 the outside edge of my kids' doonas.
Just bought cheap inserts from Kmart so they are more like a coverlet.
You can even quilt them if you are feeling energetic. DD2's spare doona goes walkabout 乱跑, 跑来跑去 (go walkies) in the cover.
It's a very cheap doona in a cheap polyester cover from KMart. I think
the polyester is just too slippery. I don't have this problem with any
of the cotton covers. I use nappy pins, same as suggested before. One in
each corner, pinned to the seam allowance on the inside of the quilt cover.
I started doing this because I need me more blanky than DH. So I pinned
an extra single quilt inside the cover on my side of the bed. You
should have seen how sweaty DH got when he put the doona on the bed the
wrong way and ended up with the double layer of covers. It happens to
me because I move a lot when I sleep and scrunch up the doona. I sew 缝
a loop into each corner of the doona then a button on each corner of
the cover and you just hook them up and doesn't move around. Dh is a doona theif so I tuck it in at the foot of the bed, I've never had a problem with it going walkies inside its cover during the night. bunch I. If clothing bunches around a part of your body, it forms a set of creases around it. This skirt tends to bunch around my waist. She clutches the sides of her skirt until it bunches around 打皱在, 堆叠在一起 her waist. II. to put things such as flowers into a bunch. We'll bunch these herbs and sell them. the best of the bunch = the pick of the bunch 矬子里拔将军 If you say someone or something is the best of the bunch or the pick of the bunch, you mean they are the best of a group of people or things. I watched every game of the World Cup and Craig was the pick of the bunch. bunch up = bunch together 堆在一起, 团在一起, 聚拢 (bunch in 靠近一点) INTRANSITIVE/TRANSITIVE if a group of people bunch or are bunched, they get very close to each other. to form a tight round shape, or to make something do this He kept bunching his hand into a fist. Karen bunched up the paper and threw it away. The girls were bunched up on one side of the room. bunch together: If people or things bunch up or bunch together, or if you bunch them up or bunch them together, they move close to each other so that they form a small tight group. They were bunching up, almost treading upon each other's heels. People were bunched up at all the exits. If they need to bunch aircraft more closely together, they will do so. The guests all bunched together near the buffet table. bundle I. transitive to make someone go to a particular place by pushing them in a quick, rough way. bundle someone into/out of/through etc. something: He was quickly bundled into 塞进, 硬塞 a police car. They blindfolded him and bundled him through the door. a. intransitive/transitive to go somewhere quickly with other people, or to make people do this. Tourists bundled into the waiting buses. II. transitive to put things into groups and wrap or tie them together. Their clothes were bundled into plastic bags. III. transitive often passive to sell two or more things together as a single product. Lots of software comes bundled 打包卖 with the PC. bundle up to put warm clothes on yourself or someone else, or to wrap someone in something warm. You'll have to bundle up, it's cold outside. She bundled up her belongings and put them in a bag. 7. rough up 被打, 胖揍, 攻击 If someone roughs you up, they attack you and hit or beat you. They threw him in a cell and roughed him up a bit. He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague. rough out 起草 If you rough out a drawing or an idea, you draw or write the main features of it before you do it in detail. Wood roughed out a possible framework 框架 for their story. rug up 穿暖和点 (intr, adverb) Australian and New Zealand to put on warm clothing. to wear layers of warm clothes in the anticipation of cold weather. I like to rug up in winter. I don't mind cold weather. 游行: Discussing the Black Lives Matter protests in America and the subsequent spotlight on racism in this country, Rodney said that Australia was 'on par' 不差分毫, 一点没差 with the U.S. in terms of prejudice against people of colour. impetuous [ɪmˈpetʃuəs] 不假思索的, 草率的 someone who is impetuous does things quickly without thinking about what will happen as a result. If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful. He was young and impetuous. He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way. an impetuous young man. a. done quickly, without thinking about what the effects will be. an impetuous decision. Trump abandoned the summit to attend another photo op (which has gone nowhere) — a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. Mid-flight he took an impetuous decision to not sign the summit's joint communique. protestation [ˌprɒtɪˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] I. a strong statement saying that something is true or false. protestation of: protestations of loyalty. A protestation is a strong declaration that something is true or not true. Despite his constant protestations of devotion and love, her doubts persisted. The Government seems to have been much more cautious about offending the White House over G7 than it has been about offending the Chinese, most recently by finally giving some real teeth to the foreign investment regime, a move clearly seen as directed against Beijing, whatever the protestations 声明, 公开说法. II. words or actions that show you do not approve of something. III. a statement that shows you strongly disagree with something that other people believe or support. 8. 参与G7思考: Summits prove useful when they are forums for cooperation in sorting out issues that transcend global borders 超越国界的, not when they are used as political props 政治道具, 政治工具. And now we are willingly walking into a political prop being set up by a US President who this week ordered tear gas and police against his own people to clear the way for a photo opportunity with a bible outside a church. The housing stimulus package released this week sounded big on first blush ( at first blush 猛一看, 初看, 乍一看 when first seen; as a first impression. when you first think about or see something. when first thought of or considered At first blush, this sounds like good news. At first blush it looks like any other car. at first glance 刚开始 If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong. when first considering something, before having a chance to look at it carefully: At first glance the deal looked wonderful, but after reading the fine print he wasn't so sure. At first glance, organic farming looks much more expensive for the farmer. on the surface 表面上看 British English to all appearances. on the face of it 表面上 (idiomatic) Seemingly; to all appearances; as far as can be seen or determined. On the face of it, his case seemed hopeless. But appearances can be deceptive. ) but increasingly useless on closer inspection. If you actually want to prop up tradies, you surely design a scheme that will have the maximum geographic spread, not one with conditions that will limit it to very small areas. Somewhere in the past few weeks, the Government's decisions have started to look too much driven by the need to politically differentiate itself from Labor, and too little driven by pragmatic economic need. Closing down whole areas of policy, in such extraordinary times, may ultimately create just as many problems as closing down borders. 9. Girls get real easy when they travel, you know, loosen up 放得开 a bit. saucy [ˈsɔsi] I. saucy pictures, jokes, etc. refer to sex in a way that is funny. Someone or something that is saucy refers to sex in a light-hearted, amusing way. ...a saucy joke. a saucy postcard. That's a saucy story. II. old-fashioned someone who is saucy shows little respect for people in authority. Don't you get saucy with me! Because you guys, Friends is rude. Like, really rude. And it's no surprise that our innocent, naive young minds didn't quite understand all of the saucy 带色的 jokes. friends: Joanna: What are you doing? Chandler: I'm getting dressed. Joanna: Why? Chandler: When I walk outside naked, people throw garbage at me. Wait. I want to show you something. What is it? Just a little gag gift ( gag gift 搞笑的礼品 gift given to make a joke. I was excited to open my Christmas present from Joe, but it turned out to be a gag gift. ) somebody gave me. Put your hands together. You're not the boss of me. Yeah, you are. Saucy 挺倔的吗! have been meaning to do something 计划着, 想着, 打算着: Michael: But I have been meaning to get down there, so let's just...Lindsay: You're right. I mean, it's not like we're even technically related. Michael: That's true. Lindsay: Okay, well, then, I'll start with a smear. I have been meaning to write this post for at least 4 months, I finally found some spare time this weekend so I can work on this. 10. Friends: Joey: Hey, what have you guys been up too? Ross: Oh, we went to see a collection of Victorian doorknobs and the Cupert-Hewitt museum. Chandler: Without me?! Emily: My uncle dragged us there. But, it actually it turned out to be really interesting. Ross: Yeah. Emily: They were so ornate and beautiful ( ornate [ɔrˈneɪt] 精心装饰的 I. decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. An ornate building, piece of furniture, or object is decorated with complicated patterns or shapes. ...an ornate iron staircase. ...the big dining-room with its massive fireplace and ornate ceiling. Eventually they reached a pair of ornately carved doors. the ornate palace gates. II. using unusual words and complicated sentences. a somewhat ornate prose style. ), I mean look at that! (Shows them a doorknob she has.) Monica: I don't know how museums work in England but, here, you're not supposed to take stuff. Emily: I uh, I got it from the gift shop. They have really lax 松散的, 宽松的 看得不严的 security there. (Chandler is shocked.) It's a joke. (They all laugh.). Friends: Joshua: Hey, here's an idea. Why don't uh, I put the food in the fridge and we can eat it later? Rachel: That sounds like a plan. Umm, is there a place I can go freshen up 梳洗一下, 洗洗脸? Joshua: Oh yeah, yeah uh, it's down the hall and uh, second door to your left. Rachel: Ah. wag it British English to play truant. breaking bad: Hey, listen. So l've been thinking a lot about our conversation... ...we had the other day, and l completely get why... ...Dad totally tweaked off on me 完全把某人掐掉, 断绝关系 ( tweak off I. 掐花. 摘花. 掐掉. To pluck, pinch, or twist something sharply in order to remove it (from something else). A noun or pronoun can be used between "tweak" and "off." She tweaked off the back panel of the gadget to get a look at its circuits. I went over to the rose bush and tweaked a flower off to give to Sarah. He tweaked the grey hair off of my head. to flick something off someone or something; to remove something from someone or something by pinching. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Sarah tweaked a little beetle off of Fred. Sarah tweaked off a little bug. II. To make someone very angry, irritated, or annoyed. A noun or pronoun is used between "tweak" and "off." It tweaks me off so much to be stuck in traffic that I get up extra early to avoid rush hour. I don't know what tweaked him off, but he's been in a foul mood all morning.) like that and.... I'm just saying it was a really, really big wake-up call for me... ...which is why l wanted to talk to you. You know, l've been... ...thinking real seriously about business school, actually. You can do the whole thing from your computer now.... Breaking bad: copacetic = copasetic = copesetic = copesettic [ˌkəʊpəˈsɛtɪk] 良好, 让人满意的 adj very good; excellent; completely satisfactory. in excellent order/condition; in complete agreement; perfect; totally okay. That's a copacetic English translation of the Romanian poem. Nice. I'm a fan of the hardwood. So you're interested? Definitely. Definitely, yeah. And you're good with NP, NS? Sorry. What? In the ad? No smoking, no pets. You wanna smoke, you do it outside. No. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no. It's cool. No worries. All right, the usual drill 老一套, 还是那一套( drill I. A drill is a way that teachers teach their students something by making them repeat it many times. The teacher runs them through a drill–the days of the week, the weather and some counting. If you drill people, you teach them to do something by making them repeat it many times. He drills 操练 the choir to a high standard. ...stimulation rather than repetitive drilling. II. 演练. A drill is repeated training for a group of people, especially soldiers, so that they can do something quickly and efficiently. The Marines carried out a drill that included 18 ships and 90 aircraft. His hands were clasped behind him like a drill sergeant. III. 例行演习. A drill is a routine exercise or activity, in which people practise what they should do in dangerous situations. ...a fire drill. ...air-raid drills. ). I'll need a W-2 or recent pay stub, current employer... ...former address, you know, the yadda yadda 诸如此类的 ( yadda yadda yadda 老一套的 exclamation informal North American used to indicate that further details are predictable or contextually evident from what has preceded. "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, yadda yadda yadda" ). And if it's all copacetic, I'll call. 11. short someone 敢欠钱, 敢卖便宜了, 少给钱, 付不够: Generally speaking, it means that the person received less than he/she deserved. Very often it is used when dealing with money. That jerk shorted me twenty bucks! This term is considered informal but is common in everyday speech. when someone "shorts you" they are treating you/giving you/assuming that you are less than what you are worth. "Dont you ever let any man/woman short you 看低你, 看轻你, 看不起你." Breaking Bad: So you point it how you want, okay? Quarter, half, teener, whatever. But I make what I make. Two large. No exceptions. Short me, you're out. Cut it, you're out. Period. This is a big opportunity I am giving you. Understand? be short with someone to speak to someone rudely without saying much. to speak to someone using very few words, in a way that seems rude or unfriendly Sorry I was short with you on the phone this morning. You could tell Dad was worried about something because he was short with everyone. cut someone short to interrupt someone who is talking so that they cannot finish what they are saying. He tried to explain, but Anita cut him short. sell someone short 贱卖, 自贬身价, 妄自菲薄 to describe someone or something as less impressive than they really are. His main fault is that he tends to sell himself short. breaking bad: Sixteen ounces should net to me $16,000. Sixteen. Not 15. Something came up. Something came up? One of my guys got held up by a couple junkies. Lost an ounce. But it's cool, okay? Skinny Pete's cool. So you're saying that your guy got robbed-- Or rather you got robbed. but it doesn't matter. Dude, it's called breakage ( breakage 损失 I. Breakage is the act of breaking something. Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage. Check that your insurance policy covers breakages and damage during removals. something that someone breaks. All breakages must be paid for. II. A breakage is something that has been broken. Check that everything is in good repair before moving in, as you have to replace breakages.), okay? Like Kmart. Shit breaks. And you're thinking this is acceptable? It's the cost of business, yo. You're sweating me over a grand? Hey, look, I'm just the chemist here. I'm not the street guy, yo. But it seems to me that what you call breakage... ...is just you making a fool of yourself. I've got another technical term for you. Non-sustainable business model. You're focusing on the negative. Six grand a day we're making. What's your problem? What happens when word gets out... ...and it's open season 谁想打谁打, 任人宰割, 任人欺负 on these clowns you've hired? Once everyone knows that Jesse Pinkman... ...drug lord, can be robbed with impunity ( [ɪmˈpjunəti] 免于惩罚. 不受惩罚. 不被惩罚的. freedom from any risk of being punished for doing something wrong or bad. The security forces seem to be able to abuse human rights with impunity.). Hey, we're making bank. Shit happens. My guys get what they're up against and they're careful. So am l. And you're all tucked in at night with your precious family. So why don't you just stop being such a freak about everything? You've made the division of labour 劳动分工, 分工协作 very clear. that's about the size of it 基本就是那样, 基本不差, 差不多, 大差不差, 差不离 informal used to show your agreement with someone who has said something correct: "So you mean you won't come to the party with me?" "Yes, that's about the size of it." That's the reality of the situation; that's an accurate summary. A: "So, you'll need to start looking for a new house then, huh?" B: "Yep, that's about the size of it." That's about the size of it—we only have the budget to keep one of you on the team. Let me just get this straight. Elliott and I offer to pay for your treatment... ...no strings attached. An offer which still stands, by the way. And you turn us down out of pride 出于自尊, whatever... ...and then you tell your wife that in fact we are paying for your treatment. Without our knowledge, against our will... ...you involve us in your lie. And you sit here and tell me that that is none of my business? Yeah. That's pretty much the size of it. I mean, the economy's in the toilet. We all know that. And all these big banks and Fannie Mae and... Well, apparently, Gray Matter... ...is no more immune than anyone else. You know, she could have just told me herself. Well, they're prideful people 自尊心很强的, 有自尊心的. She just couldn't bring herself to tell you today. I mean, she couldn't tell me, either, really. I mean, there was a lot of hemming and hawing and beating around the bush. hem and haw = hum and haw 哼哼哈哈的, 王顾左右而言他, 欲说还休的, 吞吞吐吐的 To speak in an evasive, vague, roundabout way in order to avoid responding to a question or making a definite statement. The phrase comes from the common filler words often used by habit or when one is deciding what to say. How much longer do we have to hear this guy hem and haw? I wish they would get on with the debate. to be uncertain about something; to be evasive; to say "ah" and "eh" when speaking—avoiding saying something meaningful. Stop hemming and hawing around. I want an answer. Don't just hem and haw around. Speak up. We want to hear what you think. 12. put on the map 让...出名 to make (a town, company, etc) well-known. to make someone or something famous. It was a role that really put her on the map as a serious actor. dazzle I. If someone or something dazzles you 迷花了眼, 头晕目眩, you are extremely impressed by their skill, qualities, or beauty. George dazzled her with his knowledge of the world. The movie's special effects fail to dazzle. II. If a bright light dazzles you, it makes you unable to see properly for a short time. The sun, glinting from the pool, dazzled me 眼晕. Kelly was dazzled by the lights. noun. I. The dazzle of something is a quality it has, such as beauty or skill, which is impressive and attractive. The dazzle of stardom and status attracts them. II. The dazzle of a light is its brightness, which makes it impossible for you to see properly for a short time. The sun's dazzle on the water hurts my eyes. ...a filter that can cut dazzle. razzle-dazzle = razzmatazz [ˈræzməˌtæz] 眼花缭乱的, 花里胡哨的, 纷纷扰扰的, 纷纷攘攘的 Razzmatazz is a noisy and showy display. ...the colour and razzmatazz of a U.S. election. ...a razzle-dazzle marketing man. self-assured adj confident and relaxed because you are sure of your abilities. Someone who is self-assured shows confidence in what they say and do because they are sure of their own abilities. He's a self-assured, confident negotiator. self-assured VS self-confident: Where self-assured is 'sure of yourself,' relates to you and your actions (it also comes with a minor connotation of pride), self-confident is confidence in one's abilities and relates more to your mind. 13. neurosis [ˌnjuəˈrəusɪs]
a relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease,
involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour,
hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality. "Freud's two-stage account of neurosis". "Max was said to be in the grip of some sort of neurosis". II. (in non-technical use) excessive and irrational anxiety or obsession. "too much neurosis about a child's progress is unproductive". neurotic [njʊərɒtɪk, US nʊr-] 神经病似的, 神经紧张的, 神经官能症的, 神经质的, 神经过敏的, 易激动的; 极为焦虑的. 神经质似的. 神经兮兮的. 瞎担心的, 杞人忧天的
adj. [disapproval] If you say that someone is neurotic, you mean that they are always
frightened or worried about things that you consider unimportant. Nothing is more distracting than a neurotic boss. Alex was too jumpy, too neurotic. "I wasn't going to be labelled as a hypochondriac or neurotic".
He was almost neurotic about being followed. [+ about] There are also
unpleasant brain effects such as anxiety and neurotic behaviour. n. A neurotic is someone who is neurotic. These patients are not neurotics. hypochondriac [haɪpəkɒndriæk] A hypochondriac is a person who continually worries about their health, although there is really nothing wrong with them. cyberchondria [ˌsaɪbəˈkɒndrɪə] n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. hypochondria [ˌhaɪpoʊˈkɑndriə] 疑心病的, 疑神疑鬼的 a mental condition in which someone worries a lot about their health and thinks that they are sick when they are not. hypocritical [ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪk(ə)l]
claiming to have certain moral principles or beliefs but behaving in a
way that shows you are not sincere. If you accuse someone of being
hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or
feelings that they do not really have. [disapproval] It
would be hypocritical to say I travel at 70mph simply because that is
the law. If someone is being hypocritical then it is fair to expose that. 14. finicky [ˈfɪnɪki] I. liking things only when they are correct in every detail. Some children are finicky eaters. If you say that someone is finicky, you mean that they are worried about small details and are difficult to please. Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here. II. more complicated than necessary and difficult to deal with. 14. be meant to do something I. to have a particular responsibility or duty. You were meant 职责所在, 责任所在 to keep the children out of trouble. II. to have a particular purpose. This is sometimes used for suggesting that something does not succeed very well. It was meant to 原本是, 本意是 be an apology but it only made her angry. III. supposed to (be or do something) The buses are meant 本应该 to arrive every 15 minutes. Brighton is meant to be very beautiful at this time of year. be meant to be/do 天意使然, 命当如此的, 天注定的, 注定的, 命里安排的 I. if something is meant to be, it seems certain to happen, usually because it has been decided by God or other forces that people believe cannot be controlled. I was never meant to 本来无意于 teach. They knew as soon as they met that they were meant to be together. I thought we could be friends, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Oh well – it was just not meant to be. II. If you say that something is meant to happen, you mean that it is expected to happen or that it ought to happen. The peculiar thing about getting engaged is that you're meant to announce it to everyone. Parties are meant to be fun. be meant for somebody/something 无意于, 本意是给, 原本设计的是给 to be intended for a particular person or purpose. I think this fork is meant for barbecuing. Nina got up and smiled a smile that was meant for no-one. a book meant for children. mean [for someone] to (do something) 打算, 计划, 想着 To have the intention, desire, or obligation to do something. I've been meaning to see that new movie everyone is talking about. A: "Did you mow the lawn?" B: "No, I meant to do it yesterday, but I ran out of time." to intend (for someone) to do something. John meant to go with us to the zoo. John meant for Jane to do the dishes. I mean (to say) I. used for adding a comment or explaining what you have just said. We couldn't live on that! I mean, it's ridiculous. II. used for correcting a mistake in something you have just said. Let's ask Mark. I mean Marco. mean nothing = not mean anything to have no importance. After yesterday, your apologies mean nothing. It was just one little kiss and it didn’t mean anything. meander [miˈændər] I. a river or road that meanders follows a path with a lot of turns and curves. II. to move slowly without a particular direction or purpose in mind. meander along/through/about: Visitors can meander through 100,000 square feet of exhibit space. III. meander on to talk or write for a long time, changing subjects or ideas, so that people become bored or confused.
faux-pas, blunder, gaffe, lapse, slips 口误: 1. Khloe Kardashian still slips up with 叫错, 说错, 说走嘴, 口误 her dad's name: 'My sisters and I call Caitlyn, Bruce': Adjusting to a gender transition can be difficult enough for a family without having to get the words right…all the time. Khloe, 31, also spoke on the show about her previous struggles with the transition. "We all got through it and we are all over," she said. "That's completely behind us. So we are just happy for her. We just want her to be happy. give sb the slip If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you. He gave reporters the slip by leaving at midnight. slip verb. I. 脚下一滑. If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance. He had slipped on an icy pavement. Be careful not to slip. II. If something slips, it slides out of place or out of your hand. His glasses had slipped. The hammer slipped out of her grasp. III. If you slip somewhere, you go there quickly and quietly. Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house. She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door. IV. If you slip something somewhere 悄悄丢进去, you put it there quickly in a way that does not attract attention. I slipped a note under Louise's door. He found a coin in his pocket and slipped it into her collecting tin. Just slip in a piece of paper. V. If you slip something to someone, you give it to them secretly. Robert had slipped her a note in school. She looked round before pulling out a package and slipping it to the man. VI. To slip into a particular state or situation means to pass gradually into it, in a way that is hardly noticed. It amazed him how easily one could slip into a routine. There was a 50-50 chance that the economy could slip back into recession. VII. If something slips to a lower level or standard 水平下滑, 水准下降, it falls to that level or standard. Shares slipped to 117p. The club had slipped to the bottom of Division Four. In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May. Overall business activity is slipping. ...a slip in consumer confidence. VIII. If you slip into or out of clothes or shoes, you put them on or take them off quickly and easily. She slipped out of the jacket and tossed it on the couch. I slipped off my woollen gloves. slip noun. I. A slip is a small or unimportant mistake. We must be well prepared, there must be no slips. II. A slip of paper is a small piece of paper. ...little slips of paper he had torn from a notebook. I put her name on the slip. ...credit card slips. III. A slip is a thin piece of clothing that can be worn under a dress or skirt. IV. If you refer to someone as a slip of a girl or a slip of a boy 瘦小的, you mean they are small, thin, and young. He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother. She was just a slip of a thing. 2. blunder 做错事, 犯错 a careless or embarrassing mistake. I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time. He knew he'd blundered. I blundered on in my explanation. one's first blundering attempts. Officials were accused of making a huge administrative blunder. blunder verb. I. If you blunder, you make a stupid or careless mistake. No doubt I had blundered again. You're a blundering fool. II. If you blunder into a dangerous or difficult situation, you get involved in it by mistake. People wanted to know how they had blundered 误打误撞的, 误闯,into war, and how to avoid it in future. III. If you blunder somewhere, you move there in a clumsy and careless way. He had blundered 笨拙的, 跌跌撞撞的走 into the table, upsetting the flowers. 其他用词: There are various colloquial terms, as a rule with slightly different
connotations, for various forms and contexts of blunder. For example: Howler (error), in which people, typically schoolchildren or politicians, provide embarrassing examples of misunderstandings. Boner, which has been used both as a synonym for "howler" and for more material blunders. A Howler [ˈhaʊlər] 笑出猪叫的东西, 令人大笑的, 引人发笑的错 is a glaring blunder, typically an amusing one.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines howler, "Something
'crying', 'clamant', or excessive; spec. a glaring blunder, esp. in an
examination, etc.", and gives the earliest usage example in 1872. Eric
Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English says; the
1951 edition of Partridge defined it in part as: "... A glaring (and
amusing) blunder: from before 1890; ... also, a tremendous lie ...
Literally something that howls or cries for notice, or perhaps ... by
way of contracting howling blunder." Another common interpretation of
this usage is that a howler is a mistake fit to make one howl with laughter.
All over the world, probably in all natural languages, there are many
informal terms for blunders; the English term "howler" occurs in many
translating dictionaries. There are other colloquial English words for
howler in the sense dealt with in this article, in particular the mainly
United States and Canadian slang term boner which has various interpretations, including that of blunder. Like howler, boner can be used in any sense to mean an ignominious and usually laughable可笑的 blunder,
and also like howler, it has been used in the titles of published
collections of largely schoolboy blunders since at least the 1930s.
Boner is another colloquialism that means much the same as howler in the
context of this article, but its other meanings differ. For one thing,
boner is not traditionally used as a general intensifier or for
specifically describing an accident or the like, as howler and howling
are. Assorted other terms have much longer histories and some of them
are not regarded as slang. For example Bull and Blunder have long been
used in similar senses, each with its own overtones and assorted extraneous meanings.
Bulls and Blunders, an American book published in the 1890s, uses the
word howler only once, in the passage: "Miss A. C. Graham, of Annerley,
has received a prize from the University Correspondent for the best
collection of schoolboy howlers". Although he did not otherwise use the
word himself, the author did not define a term so familiar on both sides
of the Atlantic even at that time. A blunder or howler, a spectacularly bad or embarrassing mistake (e.g. Merkle's Boner). Merkle's Boner
refers to the notorious baserunning mistake committed by rookie Fred
Merkle of the New York Giants in a game against the Chicago Cubs in
1908. Merkle's failure to advance to second base on what should have been a game-winning hit led instead to a forceout at second and a tied game.
The Cubs later won the makeup game, which proved decisive as they beat
the Giants by one game to win the National League pennant in 1908. It
has been described as "the most controversial game in baseball
history." 3. gaffe 当中出糗, 说错话, 口误
A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public. an
embarrassing mistake that you make in public, especially one that
offends or upsets someone. He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing. A political gaffe is an error made by a politician that is reported to the public. When made by a politician who is campaigning for office or party leadership, gaffes can affect standings in polls. While in office the opposition can refer to them in governmental debates over policy. Gaffes can be classified in different types. Gaffes can be overplayed 过度渲染, 过度演绎 by the media as side stories to more important issues at the time. A Kinsley gaffe 说走嘴, 说漏嘴 occurs when a political gaffe reveals some truth that a politician did not intend to admit.
The term comes from journalist Michael Kinsley, who said, "A gaffe is
when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn't supposed
to say." The term gaffe may be used to describe an inadvertent
statement by a politician that the politician believes is true while the
politician has not fully analyzed the consequences of publicly stating
it. 4. blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British). (error, especially made in public): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas说错话, 口误, fluff, lapse ( I. 一时失查. a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do something in the right way. The man admitted driving over the speed limit and apologized for the lapse. lapse of: She was angered by her momentary lapse of control. lapse in: Today showed that I can have lapses in concentration. memory lapse 记忆不清, 记错 (=a temporary failure to remember something): Members of the committee were puzzled by the memory lapses of White House officials. security lapse 安保失误 (=a temporary failure in arrangements for people's safety): There have been security lapses despite efforts to protect the public. a. a gradual or temporary change to a worse or more unusual type of behaviour or activity. lapse into: Carol's lapses into strong language only made her sound immature. II. a period of time between two events. There was a lapse of ten years between his visits. a. a temporary pause in an activity. During a lapse in the conversation, I thanked my host and left. verb. to stop gradually or for a short time. At this point the waiter came up with Maggie's drink and conversation lapsed. if an official document, decision, or right lapses, it is no longer effective. The permit was extended for another year before being left to lapse. time-lapse快进, 快镜头
time-lapse photography uses a series of photographs taken during a
period of time to make a slow process seem to happen much faster. lapse into something to gradually change to a quieter or less active state. A hypnotized person lapses into a kind of trance. Now it was her turn to lapse into thought. a. to change to a different, less usual, or less helpful way of speaking or behaving, often without realizing it. The manual occasionally lapses into incomprehensible jargon. ), mistake, slip, stumble. 5. no stranger to a person
entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, or situation) He is no stranger to controversy. misstep 失足, 失误 verbal misstep 口误, verbal slip 说漏嘴, verbal gaffe, verbal blunder A misstep is a mistake. Las Vegas police committed a string of costly missteps. President George W. Bush, no stranger to the occasional verbal misstep 说错话, nearly placed Queen Elizabeth II in the 18th century on Monday in welcoming her to the White House on a state visit. 6. to stumble on a line/word 口误 The president stumbled on a line during his speech at the state arrival ceremony for the queen. 7. A slip of the tongue 说漏嘴, 口误 A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a subconscious motive. I gave you the wrong telephone number yesterday. It's 5687, not 5678. I'm sorry for that slip of the tongue. 8. faux pas Faux意为false, pas则表示step. 9. About Guy's Gaffe on X Factor: X FACTOR evictee Sonja Curnow, one half of the losing sister act Kharizma, yesterday laughed off (一笑置之 to treat a serious problem lightly by laughing at it. to act as if something is not important to you It's not easy to laugh off an insult. She criticizes his work constantly but he doesn't get angry, he just laughs it off. Although his feelings were hurt, he just laughed the incident off as if nothing had happened.) mentor and judge Guy Sebastian's on-air gaffe. Speaking via a video link from Los Angeles, Sebastian was agonising over which group would have to go on Monday night. "Well, I met these girls on a tour that I did a little while ago, and they blew me away then, and then they walked into the audition room and blew me again," Sebastian said of rivals Mahogany live on air, before realising what he had just said. Producers cut to an ad as an embarrassed Sebastian hid his face in his hands. Singer Guy Sebastian is the second Australian star in a week to learn the hard way that live television is a dangerous business. Head in his hands 捂着脸, Sebastian looked horrified as fellow judges Ronan Keating, Kyle Sandilands and Natalie Imbruglia laughed, along with the studio audience. But the blooper (NG 镜头)( 洋相, 蠢事, 尴尬的失误, 乌龙事. Informal A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.) failed to top Sarah Murdoch's effort on Australia's Next Top Model last week, when she awarded the prize to the wrong brunette, realising only minutes later in a panic that a mistake had been made. Her penny-dropping moment ( In US. to say figure it out, in UK, "to tumble it", normally, or "tumbled" e.g. "I finally tumbled". There's also "twigged" e.g. "Oh, I've just twigged it!". There's also "rumbled" but that is normally only used to indicate someone else working something out. penny wise and pound foolish 小事精明大事糊涂的 unwise because doing something small now would prevent much more trouble later Education budget cuts are penny wise and pound foolish – public education is an investment in our future. ) was reported as one of the most impressive live television bloopers of all time by media around the world. "Those who've worked in live television, as I have, know that mistakes occur so relentlessly it's half the hosting gig to hide them," former Australian Idol host Gretel Killeen, who had to deal with her fair share of live television scares during her time in that job. Sisters Soria Gasio and Sonja Curnow's mentor, Guy Sebastian, was not with them for the week leading up to the Sunday night performance or for the third elimination show on Monday. "I'm just so shattered that I couldn't be there with the girls - I mean, what amazing singers," said Sebastian in a live cross 现场连线. It is not the first time a mentor's absence has preceded a contestant's exit. On the Saturday before the first elimination show, Kyle Sandilands called in sick for the dress rehearsal. "You can have a lot of people tell you what they want, feedback and whatever, but if we'd had Guy there it would have made it a bit easier to have him have our back - just let him have the last say. But Kharizma aren't taking their elimination (be booted off) as a set back. Their phones have already been ringing red hot with people wanting to record with them, they say. "Going home was devastating for us, but ... we've never been so determined 笃定的, 坚决的 in our life," she said.
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bit on the side, side piece, bit of fluff; disenfranchise; vestige;
用法学习: 1. bit on the side 情人, 外遇对象, 小三儿, 情况 (woman on the side) British English an extramarital affair. A secondary lover, a mistress. I'm married to Paula, but Jackie, my bit on the side, is far more fun. someone'’s bit on the side is a person they are having a sexual relationship with, even though they already have a wife, husband, or partner – used humorously or to show disapproval She stayed, in the hope that he’d tire of his bit on the side. if someone has or is getting a bit on the side, they are secretly having a sexual relationship with a second partner. side bitch = side chick 小三儿 (main bitch) (African American Vernacular English, slang, vulgar, derogatory) A mistress; a woman one dates in addition to his girlfriend or wife, usually in secret. Usage notes: Often contrasted with the "main bitch" or the actual girlfriend or wife. side piece 情人, 外遇 (slang) A mistress; a woman with whom a man carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. side job, side hustle, side gig ways of making a little bit of money on the side. as a sideline Keen on promoting venture capital, Viney owns a chain of wine bars as a sideline. One summer in Delaware I bought a chicken from a fisherman who raised birds as a sideline. be sidelined 靠边站 if you are sidelined, you are unable to play in a sports game because you are injured, or unable to take part in an activity because you are not as good as someone else Owen was once again sidelined through injury. sideline noun. I. a job that you do in addition to your main job, in order to earn extra money. II. the sidelines a situation in which you watch something that is happening but are not involved in it or cannot influence it. This is no time for sitting on the sidelines 旁观, 袖手旁观 – our government must get involved. III. the sidelines 边线 the area at the edge of a sports field. He was shouting instructions from the sidelines. keep someone/something on the sidelines to prevent someone or something from getting involved Men and women at the moment are so preoccupied with everyday gruelling schedule of life that they have no regrets about keeping humanity and humane treatment on the sidelines. to prevent someone from being involved in something that they would normally expect to be involved in. Some delegates complained of being sidelined 被退居二线, 被边缘化, 被推一边. on the side I. If you have one type of food with another food on the side, you have an amount of the second food served with the first. Serve a bowl of warm tomato sauce on the side for dipping, if desired. (of food in a restaurant) served on another plate, or on the side of the plate: I'd like a salad with the dressing on the side (= with the dressing served separately from the salad), please. I'll have a omelette with fries on the side, please. II. in addition to your main job: He makes a little money on the side by cleaning windows in his spare time. III. secretly: I think he has another woman on the side (= a relationship with a woman who is not his wife). bit of fluff (or skirt or stuff) UK slang old-fashioned I. a woman regarded in sexual terms. a woman regarded in sexual terms. a sexually attractive woman: Have you seen his latest bit of skirt? A physically attractive woman. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Jack
knew he was the envy of all of his friends as he paraded around town
with his new bit of fluff. It was strangely flattering for a woman to be treated as a little bit of fluff that you just tumbled on to a bed. II. A derogatory term used to describe a woman who lacks value beyond being physically attractive. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I can't believe my ex-boyfriend went out with that bit of fluff! 2. enter (into) the equation [ɪˈkweɪʒ(ə)n] 考虑范围之列 to become something that must be considered or dealt with. To be one of the factors that influences a situation or decision. An equation is a situation in which two or more parts have to be considered together so that the whole situation can be understood or explained. The equation is simple: research breeds new products. The party fears the equation between higher spending and higher taxes. New plans have taken chance out of the equation. Money didn't enter the equation when he offered to help. enter the picture (figuratively) To become part of, to become relevant. systemic [sɪˈstemɪk] systematically 系统的. affecting all of something The economy is locked in a systemic crisis. The committee will try to make the case for systemic reform. We know that human rights are being systematically violated. The collection has not been systematically updated. a. medical affecting your whole body. systemic illness. When a Trump administration official said he doesn't think systemic racism exists in policing, many were stunned -- especially after studies have shown different races are often treated differently. 3. 美国游行: Donald Trump has declared himself the "President of law and order" in a clear bid to take control of the narrative and the streets. Criticised for failing to manage the scourge ( [skɜrdʒ] I. formal something that causes a lot of trouble or harm. A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. Union chiefs demanded more urgent action to stop the scourge of unemployment. There have been great advances in treatments for global scourges such as cancer and Aids. the effort to keep the scourge of drugs off our streets. II. a whip used in the past to punish people. III. formal someone in a position of power who criticizes people severely. verb. I. to whip someone. II. formal to cause a lot of trouble or harm to people. If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people. Economic anarchy scourged 重创 the post-war world. New York Times: "There is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night," Robert F. Kennedy said in 1968 shortly before his assassination. "This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay [dɪˈkeɪ]. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. This is a slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat. "Racism is nothing short of a public health crisis," Michelle A. Williams, the dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, told me. "That reality is palpable 现实触手可及 not just in the scourge of police violence that disproportionately kills black Americans, but in the vestiges of slavery and segregation ( vestige [ˈvestɪdʒ] noun. I. countable 残渣余孽. a very small sign of something that has almost disappeared or stopped existing. A vestige of something is a very small part that still remains of something that was once much larger or more important. We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great–hard work. vestige of 残雪, 余雪: vestiges of snow melting in the sun. Their goal is to increase the pace of change, and wipe out the remaining vestiges of apartheid. II. singular a very small amount of a feeling or quality. vestige of: As the judge's sentence was read out, West showed no vestige of emotion. ) that have permeated ( permeate [ˈpɜrmiˌeɪt] I. transitive if an attitude or feeling permeates something 跃然纸上, 昭然若揭, 呼之欲出, 溢于言表, you can feel or see its influence clearly in every part of that thing. A sense of deep loss permeates Frost's poetry. II. intransitive/transitive if gas, liquid, or a smell permeates 渗透 something, it spreads into and through every part of it. The unpleasant odor permeated every room. permeate through/into: Water had permeated into the old walls. ) the social determinants 决定因素 [dɪˈtɜrmɪnənt] ( something that controls or decides how something else will develop or what result it will have. ) of health. ) of coronavirus, of delegating ( delegate (noun [delɪgət] verb [delɪgeɪt]) I. intransitive/transitive to give part of your work, duties, or responsibilities to someone who is more junior. If you delegate duties, responsibilities, or power to someone, you give them those duties, those responsibilities, or that power so that they can act on your behalf. He plans to delegate more authority to his deputies. How many of their activities can be safely and effectively delegated to less trained staff? Many employers find it hard to delegate. A key factor in running a business is the delegation of responsibility. Because Henry hated to delegate, he was always overworked. delegate something to someone: He always delegates boring tasks to his assistant. II. transitive to choose someone to do a job for you or to represent you. If you are delegated to do something, you are given the duty of acting on someone else's behalf by making decisions, voting, or doing some particular work. Officials have now been delegated to start work on a draft settlement. Bill was delegated to contact the manager. noun. A delegate 代表, 代理 is a person who is chosen to vote or make decisions on behalf of a group of other people, especially at a conference or a meeting. ) too much of that responsibility to the states, of presiding over the deaths of more than 100,000 Americans, he now has an opportunity to get back in charge. Supporter Alice Butler-Short, who heads up Women for Trump in Virginia just a few miles from the White House, says she was "horrified" by the death of George Floyd. She says the President's walk to St John's Church was reassuring 让人安心的, and "very, very meaningful". "It was his way of signifying that 宣示, 宣告 God will bring us through this," she says. "It was not a photo op." Others, of course, saw the President's excursion very differently, as the historic Lafayette Square, now trampled and graffitied, was forcibly ( 使用武力的. involving the use of force. There are no signs of forcible entry.) cleared of 清理, 清干净 protesters and press to allow for it. His threat to send in the military was also greeted, by many, with alarm. But those people are not who the remarks in the Rose Garden and the walk outside the White House gates was aimed at. "I will fight to protect you. I am your President of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters," Trump said as he ordered state governors to send the National Guard in to "dominate the streets". It was an ultimatum that will split America along political lines as the President further fans division 加剧分化 heading into the November election. A threat to mobilise the military plays to an image of strength 迎合, and his preferred persona of Commander-in-Chief. Military vehicles now stand at key intersections around DC. The rhetoric is political 出于政治目的的, highlighting the role of the violent left in the riots, rather than the presence of hard-right white supremacists. It stands in stark contrast to his Democratic opponent Joe Biden who emerged from his home this week as consoler-in-chief, visiting African-American communities. But Barack Obama was also that, and yet police killings of black men continue. Right now, Biden is in a position to listen but not to stop the outbreak of chaos. Trump can, if only by force, and he's seized the advantage. As the riots continued elsewhere, Trump followed up this strategic leak. Low-flying military helicopters were deployed in the capital in a "show of force" manoeuvre to help disperse protesters. "His popularity is increasing," Butler-Short says. "Because people know and understand that he will take care of this. It will be resolved, and things will be better." "I'm grassroots. I know he hasn't lost any. I know that it's increased," Butler-Short says, because until coronavirus struck, "we had an economy that was soaring". The hip pocket is a powerful vote-getter. However, Brett Bruen — a Democratic strategist, former diplomat and adviser to former president Obama — says while Trump's base is solid 根基稳固, "it does not appear to be elastic". He points to an increasing lead for Biden, who is now a clear 10 points in front 领先十个点 in head-to-head election polling. He also has the edge in key states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that got Trump over the line in 2016. So, can Biden cut through and can he play a part in ending the crisis on the streets? "If I was on Biden's team, I would be making an impassioned plea." For the moment though, expect Trump to continue to use division to his advantage. 3. coalesce [ˌkəʊəˈles] to come together and form a group or a single unit. If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system. Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations. His sporting and political interests coalesced admirably in his writing about climbing. "I think what we're seeing is the intersection of the influence of riots, such as in Seattle, and this sort of Occupy movement and anti-capitalist grassroots organising," she said. "And it's kind of coalesced 合为一体, 合起来, 合并起来, 合二为一 with Black Lives Matter and justice and equality movements so that the targets have shifted slightly." subjugate [ˈsʌbdʒʊɡeɪt] to defeat a place or a group of people and force them to obey you. a. If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. People in the region are fiercely independent and resist all attempts to subjugate them. ...the brutal subjugation of native tribes. b. If your wishes or desires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing. Health, common sense, and self-respect are subjugated to 让位于 the cause of looking 'hot'. Just 50 years later, England was again subjugated by the Normans. The so called war on drugs really did a lot to divide the police force and the public, especially those who are poor and/or disenfranchised or historically subjugated such as Blacks and Hispanics. disenfranchise [ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz] 剥夺公民权的. 没有投票权的, 剥夺投票权的 to no longer allow someone to have the right to vote. deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship. the difficulties which disenfranchised minorities face. disenfranchised voters. Disenfranchise means to take it away. The U.S. has a shameful history of disenfranchising African-American citizens through bogus laws and outright intimidation. Being disenfranchised can make you feel like you don't belong or that you have no power. the disenfranchised people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship. The organization gives a voice to the disenfranchised. wiki: Disfranchisement (also called disenfranchisement) is the revocation of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or through practices, prevention of a person exercising the right to vote. Disfranchisement is also termed to the revocation of power or control of a particular individual, community or being to the natural amenity they are abound in; that is to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, of some privilege or inherent immunity. Disfranchisement may be accomplished explicitly by law or implicitly through requirements applied in a discriminatory fashion, intimidation, or by placing unreasonable requirements on voters for registration or voting. 4. 美国游行: "Protests, marches and demonstrations over the last several days have been often dynamic and at times dangerous situations for both officers and demonstrators," the statement said. "A number of these gatherings have unfortunately devolved ( devolve to take power or responsibility from a central authority or government and give it to smaller and more local regions. They first devolved power from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood. If you devolve power, authority, or responsibility to a less powerful person or group, or if it devolves upon them, it is transferred to them. ...the need to decentralize and devolve power to regional governments.We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility. A large portion of this cost devolves upon the patient. ) into chaos with rocks, bottles, and other projectiles being launched at police officers, who have sustained injuries that range from cuts and bruises to a fractured skull. "We have also experienced vehicle and structure fires with widespread looting and destruction while trying to facilitate the first amendment rights of those peacefully demonstrating.
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用法学习: 1. detest [dɪtest] If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much. My mother detested him. Jean detested being photographed. They were united in their detestation of the government. sappy [ˈsapi] I. mawkishly over-sentimental. very emotional in a way that people may find embarrassing or silly. a sappy look on his face. a sappy novel/movie. "sappy old love songs 动情的, 煽情的". II. (of a plant) containing a lot of sap. Sappy stems or leaves contain a lot of liquid. Do not overfeed them, as this will encourage soft sappy growth. sap [sæp] noun. I. uncountable 树汁. a sticky substance found in plants and trees. Sap is the watery liquid in plants and trees. The leaves, bark and sap are also common ingredients of local herbal remedies. II. countable informal old-fashioned someone who trusts people too much and can easily be cheated. The poor sap really believed Volvano would help him. If you describe someone as a sap, you think they are foolish [informal, disapproval] Some poor sap of a headmaster is in trouble. You are such a sap human being. sap verb. If something saps your strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength. Analysts say the recession has sapped investor confidence. 2. A wet wipe, also known as a wet towel or a moist towelette 湿巾, 湿纸巾, or a baby wipe in specific circumstances, is a small moistened piece of plastic or cloth that often comes folded and individually wrapped for convenience. Wet wipes are used for cleaning purposes like personal hygiene and household cleaning. A napkin (US), serviette (UK) or face towelette ( serviette [ˌsɜrviˈet] a table napkin. A serviette is a square of cloth or paper that you use to protect your clothes or to wipe your mouth when you are eating. ) is a rectangle of cloth used at the table for wiping the mouth and fingers while eating. It is usually small and folded, sometimes in intricate designs and shapes. The word comes from Middle English, borrowing the French nappe—a cloth covering for a table—and adding -kin, the diminutive suffix. "Serviette" can be heard in the United Kingdom, Ireland, some parts of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and South Africa. In Australia and New Zealand, "serviette" generally refers to the paper variety and "napkin" refers to the cloth variety. The same distinction is used in Canada although "paper napkin" may be used interchangeably with "serviette". In the UK, the term "napkin" is traditionally "U" (upper-class) and "serviette" is "non-U". 3. todger [ˈtɒdʒə] a man's penis. discerning [dɪˈsəːnɪŋ] 明辨是非的 adj. having or showing good judgement. If you describe someone as discerning, you mean that they are able to judge which things of a particular kind are good and which are bad. ...tailor-made holidays to suit the more discerning traveller. Her childhood passion for collecting has not dimmed, but now she is more discerning. "the brasserie attracts discerning customers". Can you dig it? I can dig it. You dig it? I dig it. You dig? Dig? ( I can dig it: I. I understand. II. I agree. III. Wow! That's awesome. IV. I would have no problem doing that/dealing with that. V. I'm down with it. "Stay away from him, he's crazy." "Yeah but I can dig it. Its cool." ) 'You dig?' is a short cut for 'You understand?' The figurative use of "digging," as for knowledge or understanding, which are not to be found on the surface of things, goes back centuries. This is an urbanspeak expression from the 1970s. It has several meanings depending on the context but most usually the sense is "Do you understand what I'm trying to get across to you?" (as in "D'you get it?"). It can also mean if you're enjoying ("digging") something at the moment. The origin of "Can you dig it?" was either from or connected with the black community of the USA of the 1960s or '70s. It quickly went mainstream (and went worldwide) during the '70s through the movies. The general usage of the term DIG as an indicator of understanding "do you dig" / "dig me" (as in "do you understand") comes from non-English speaking Irish immigrants in the USA speaking Irish to each other. Lets not go there, the music sucks and the people are assholes. Way better craic in the old bars, can you dig it? 4. Karen is a pejorative term for a person perceived to be entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is considered appropriate or necessary. A common stereotype is that of an American middle-aged woman who displays aggressive behavior when prevented from getting her way; such women are often depicted as demanding to "speak to the manager", and of having a particular bob cut hairstyle. The character's name, Debbie Downer, is a slang phrase which refers to someone who frequently adds bad news and negative feelings to a gathering, thus bringing down the mood of everyone around them. Dratch's character would usually appear at social gatherings and interrupt the conversation to voice negative opinions and pronouncements. She is especially concerned about the rate of feline AIDS, a subject that she would bring up on more than one occasion, saying it was the number one killer of domestic cats. 4. Who is he to you 他是你什么人, 和你什么关系? Maybe you should consider a different line of work 换工作, 不同的工种. 60 minutes usually put its most important stories first, then light fluffy stories ( I. covered with very soft hair or feathers. fluffy kittens. a. made of something very soft such as wool. If you describe something such as a towel or a toy animal as fluffy, you mean that it is very soft. ...fluffy white towels. It's a very fluffy kind of wool. a fluffy sweater. II. food that is fluffy is soft and light because it contains a lot of air. A cake or other food that is fluffy is very light because it has a lot of air in it. Cream together the margarine and sugar with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy. a fluffy cake. ) at the end. 5. A ride-along 观摩服务 (跟着跑, 跟着看) is an arrangement for a civilian to spend a shift in the passenger seat of an emergency vehicle, observing the work day of a police officer, firefighter, or paramedic. wear the pants/trousers (in the house) 说话算数, 掌权, 掌实权 tv. to be the boss in the house; to run a household. I think it's pretty obvious who wears the pants in that family—Grandma Helene. Actually, in our relationship, we both wear the pants—we make decisions together. All right, if you have to wear the pants, have it your way. (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people: Brian may seem domineering, but it's Lisa that really wears the pants in that relationship. To be in charge in or control of a relationship or family. The phrase is typically applied to a woman, contrasting the fact that pants were historically only worn by men, who were traditionally the decision makers within a household. Often followed by "in the family" or "in the house." 6. already ...不就完了, 赶紧的 used after a word or phrase to show you are impatient. Hillary Clinton: pick Elizabeth Warren as your running mate already! Fucking do it already. That's your job as per the coin (coin flipping). shy of something a little less than, a little earlier than, or a short distance from something. A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it. ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday. They scored just shy of 100 goals last year. I called him only two minutes shy of midnight. We are 10% shy. fight shy of something 不敢 if you fight shy of something, you do not feel willing to do it because it might cause problems for you. If you are shy of 没胆, 不敢 doing something, you are unwilling to do it because you are afraid of what might happen. You should not be shy of having your say in the running of the school. When a horse shies, it moves away suddenly, because something has frightened it. Llewelyn's stallion shied 胆怯, 犹豫 as the wind sent sparks flying. gun-shy nervous about doing something. shy away from If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough. We frequently shy away from making decisions. Alan doesn't shy away from controversy. 7. mumble 说话不清不楚的, 含混的 to say something in a way that is not loud or clear enough so that your words are difficult to understand. He mumbled something about not wanting to go to work. If you mumble, you speak very quietly and not at all clearly with the result that the words are difficult to understand. Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep. He mumbled a few words. 'Today of all days,' she mumbled. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice. mumbler Next time when he comes in, just tell him he is a mumbler. slur noun. I. countable a remark that is intended to insult someone or to damage their reputation. This is yet another slur on the integrity of the Metropolitan Police. He regarded the comments as a slur on his integrity. a racial slur. II. singular a way of speaking in which the words are not pronounced clearly or separately, for example when the speaker is very tired or drunk. III. countable music a line written above musical notes to show that there should be no pause between them. verb. If someone slurs their speech or if their speech slurs, they do not pronounce each word clearly, because they are drunk, ill, or sleepy. He repeated himself and slurred his words more than usual. The newscaster's speech began to slur. 'Hey, you're gorgeous,' he slurred. Her speech was so slurred as to be almost incomprehensible. 8. bash 棍打, 敲打 ( strike, beat, swing, hit, whack, shunt, shove 推搡, 推挤, whip 抽打 someone with baton. )( At least two officers then begin swinging their batons, striking multiple unarmed demonstrators. Standing metres from the White House barricades as riot police climbed over and started shunting peaceful protesters aside with their shields is something I'll never forget. shunt 赶到一边去. 驱赶. 赶走. to move someone or something to a different place or position, especially to avoid dealing with them. If a person or thing is shunted somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient. [disapproval] He has spent most of his life being shunted between various foster families. Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion. We can't just shunt patients off to other hospitals. The children are constantly shunted around to various relatives. a. to cause something to move along a path that is different from the one it normally uses. shunt something onto something: Traffic will be shunted onto other roads. b. to move a train to a different track. When railway engines shunt wagons or carriages, they push or pull them from one railway line to another. The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4. shunt aside/to the side 丢到一边, 忽视 to neglect something or someone; make it so that something or someone is not needed. Older journalists have been shunted aside in favor of lower-paid reporters who use Twitter well, but lack foundations in history and investigation. shove I. intransitive/transitive 推搡, 推挤, 塞to push someone or something with force. Stop shoving me! shove someone to/into/on etc. something: He kicked Jason and shoved some other kid to the ground. pushing and shoving (=pushing with your body): Everyone was pushing and shoving, all the way to the gates. II. transitive informal 硬塞 to move something, or to put it somewhere, quickly and carelessly. shove something in/into/under etc. something: Is it OK if I shove some clothes in the washing machine? shove something used for telling someone in a very rude way that you do not want something and that you are very angry or annoyed. They can shove this job – I’ve had enough! Roy can take his stupid ring and shove it! One protester was shoved 推搡 hard in front of us, stumbling backwards before slamming the back of his head on the road. ) I. to publicly criticize someone. To bash someone means to criticize them severely, usually in a public way. The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime. She used her weekly column to bash the school system and everyone who worked in it. II. intransitive/transitive to hit someone or something very hard, often causing injury or serious damage. If you don't shut up I'm going to bash your head in. They had to bash the door down to get to the fire. a. If someone bashes you, they attack you by hitting or punching you hard. If someone tried to bash my best mate they would have to bash me as well. I bashed him on the head and dumped him in the cold, cold water. Two women were hurt and the chef was bashed over the head with a bottle. b. If you bash something, you hit it hard in a rough or careless way. Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster. A stand-in drummer bashes on a single snare and a pair of cymbals. III. If you get a bash on a part of your body, someone or something hits you hard, or you bump into something. IV. If you have a bash at something, you try to do it. He's prepared to have a bash at discussing it intelligently. -bashing I. -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to strong, public, and often unfair criticism of the people or group mentioned. [journalism, disapproval] Tory-bashing or Labour-bashing will not be enough to shift bored, suspicious voters. II. -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the activity of violently attacking the people mentioned just because they belong to a particular group or community. ...an outburst of violent gay-bashing in New York and other cities. whack I. to hit someone or something with a lot of force. If you whack someone or something, you hit them hard. You really have to whack the ball. Someone whacked him on the head. He gave the donkey a whack across the back with his stick. He took his ax and struck the trunk of the tree. I whacked my knee getting out of the car. Some kids were whacking the tree with sticks. He whacked his little 敲打 sister on the head with a spoon. II. Americanvery informal to charge someone a lot of money. Then they whack us with a 12% hotel tax. 9. 美国游行: You heard us yelling that we were media … but they don't care. They are being indiscriminate at the moment," she said. Mr Fleming said the legal dimension 法律问题 to Mr Trump's declaration ( antifa as terrorist group ) was less important than its political intention. "Which I think revolves around solidifying his base ahead of the November election, recasting the protests as the work of 'alien' political forces, and licencing 认可, 认证 further police brutality," he said. "It could thus be read as a sign of political desperation." lippy 出言不逊 [British, informal] talking to someone in a rude way. If someone is lippy, they speak to other people in a way that shows no respect. Bruce Willis plays a lippy cop battling it out with a female partner. "Teenagers, they're lippy, but you don't just abuse children because they're lippy." consternation [ˌkɒnstə(r)ˈneɪʃ(ə)n] a shocked or worried feeling, often caused when something unexpected happens. His comments caused consternation among environmentalists. to someone's consternation: She saw to her consternation that it was already after eight. We all watch in horror and consternation what's going on in the United States. knock (something) out of the (ball)park 表现出色 To do or perform something extraordinarily well; to produce or earn an exceptional achievement. An allusion to baseball in which the ball is hit so hard that it lands outside the stadium. Great job on that report, Jacobs—you really knocked it out of the park! I had expected to knock that test out of the ballpark, but I barely scraped by with a D.
Breaking bad: 1. SKYLER: Hello? Hey, sweetie, it's me. Listen, I'm so sorry. The time, it just, ha... It just... It completely got away from me 完全忘记了时间. I'm just, ha... uh... My fault, my fault. Bogdan just kept me here late, you know, doing some inventory, and I, um, l... I should've just... You know, you're right. I gotta learn to say, you know, "No.". 其他: Phyllis: It seems like we all know enough to vote. Should we just vote now? Jim: What? No, no, it's not a vote. Phyllis: Then what was this all about? Jim: I don't know. This conversation really got away from me. Kelly: I don't care. They can just vote. What part of "slow it down" did you not understand? What are you talking...? I'm... It's heavy, man. It got away from me 一下没抓住, 脱手了, 手滑脱手了. 2. double-talk = doublespeak 欲盖弥彰 Double-talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented, or nonsense words are used to give the appearance of knowledge and so confuse or amuse the audience. language that has no real meaning or has more than one meaning and is intended to hide the truth. If you refer to what someone says as doublespeak, you are criticizing them for presenting things in a way that is intended to hide the truth or give people the wrong idea. ...the doublespeak so fluently used by governments and their press offices. He accused the ambassador of diplomatic double-talk. This guy was stealing the lab equipment, right? That's not our thinking at this time. We are looking at others who had access, not limited to the maintenance staff. Are you saying there was a break-in? Do we know exactly when this happened? I mean, could it have been during school hours? We haven't been able to establish a date or time, but there is no sign of breaking or entering. Whoever took it had a key? We're talking inside job? Someone who's still at the school? At this time I'm not able to discuss the details, but what I can tell you is that we have some very good people working very hard on this case. I'm sorry, Officer. But that sounds like double-talk. We're trying to protect our children. You have to level with us. Really, we are giving you all the information we have. You know what I'd like to see in this school? Drug-sniffing dogs. 3. A bassinet 摇篮 [ˌbæsɪˈnet] , bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or casters, while cradles are generally designed to provide a rocking or gliding motion. Bassinets and cradles are distinguished from Moses baskets and carry cots, which are designed to be carried and sit directly on the floor or furniture. After four months, babies are often transferred to a crib (North American usage) or cot (UK usage). In the United States, however, the bedside sleeper is the prevalent option, since they are generally bigger, recommended up to 6 months, and often used up to a year. 4. moron an insulting word for someone who behaves in a stupid way. moronic [məˈrɒnɪk] very foolish or stupid. "television's latest moronic soap opera". Mike: I'm not gonna do it. Walter: Why? Mike: Because it's moronic. Walter: Saul said you've done things like this before. Mike: That's not the moronic part. Walter: Okay, so what's the problem? Mike: The problem is the boss wouldn't like it. store-bought 买现成的 Is this low-fat mayonnaise in the coleslaw? Uh, I... I don't know, it's store-bought. He perfectly captured why I can't eat store bought lasagna. apply oneself 努力, 用功 to make oneself work hard in order to complete something successfully If you apply yourself, you might be able to finish the project on time. She applied herself to learning the language. to work hard at something, especially with a lot of attention for a long time Stephen would do well if only he applied himself. apply yourself to Over the next months, he applied himself to improving the technique. to concentrate one's efforts or faculties If you apply yourself, there's no reason why you shouldn't pass. commensurate [kəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rət, -sjə-] 相应的, 相当的, 旗鼓相当的 corresponding in size or degree; in proportion. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own. "Salary will be commensurate 挂钩, 匹配 with age and experience". If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second. Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers. Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues. As life expectancy continues to rise, the demand for care services expands commensurately. The gain will be commensurately modest. a pay increase commensurate with job performance. 5. What time is dinner? In about an hour. You know, I could, uh, wash those clothes if you like. They look a little lived in 穿了很久了. Oh, um, no, that's cool. Yeah, maybe later. lived-in adj. I. 常住的. 有人居住的. having a comfortable, natural, or homely appearance, as if subject to regular use or habitation. a lived-in place looks comfortable and not new or completely tidy. regularly used and comfortable: I like a room to look lived in. lived-in places or clothes look as though they have been used or worn a lot – use this to show approval. a lived-in look/feel. The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look. II. informal someone who has a lived-in face is quite old, but looks as if they have had an interesting life. 6. debriefing 碰头会, 汇报大会 a meeting that takes place in order to get information about a particular piece of work that has been finished, for example about what was done successfully and what was not: debriefing sessions. debrief 报告, 汇报情况, 总结 When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed. The men have been debriefed by British and Saudi officials. He went to Rio after the CIA had debriefed him. 7. see your way clear (to doing something) 有没有可能, 是不是可以, 能够, 有能力有可能有意向 informal to have the necessary time or willingness to be able to do something. used when you are asking someone if they would be willing to do something. Could you see your way clear to lending me a fiver? We expect good results soon, if the board can see its way clear to continuing funding the project. I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. I'm going to fight this. Someone is out to get me and I know who. The important thing is that I can rely on you, my friends, as character witnesses. I'm going to be defending myself and I wondered if you could see your way clear to perhaps advance me a small loan until the hearing. counteract [ˌkaʊntərˈækt] to reduce the negative effect of something by doing something that has an opposite effect. Schools are taking action to counteract bullying. measures to counteract traffic congestion. To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect. My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure. This event will counteract such trends. 8. Money has always been an issue for us. I give you that 那我承认, 这一点我承认. play on/upon sth 利用 (play one one's emotions/feelings) If you play on/upon someone's feelings, you encourage and make unfair use of these feelings in order to give yourself an advantage: I hate marketing strategies that play on people's fears and prejudices. play with one's feelings 玩弄感情: If a guy is playing with your feelings, you are emotionally involved with him, but he is not emotionally involved with you. In this situation, he doesn't want the same thing you want out of the relationship, but he is not honest about his intentions and instead is stringing you on. Flask 烧瓶, Beaker 量杯: A beaker is generally a cylindrical container with a flat bottom. Most also have a small spout (or "beak") to aid pouring, as shown in the picture. Beakers are available in a wide range of sizes, from one millilitre up to several litres. A beaker is distinguished from a flask by having straight rather than sloping sides. The exception to this definition is a slightly conical-sided beaker called a Philips beaker. retort (rɪˈtɔ:t) n. I. (chemistry) 蒸馏瓶. a glass container shaped like a ball with a long narrow tube at one side, used for heating substances in laboratories. A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation. retort stand 支架 a piece of laboratory equipment for supporting test tubes etc. while they are being heated with a Bunsen burner. II. an angry or humorous reply that you make immediately to something that someone has said. Rose flushed with annoyance and seemed about to make a sharp retort. vb I. 回敬. 回嘴. 回呛. 呛声. (when tr, takes a clause as object) to utter (something) quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback. His sharp retort made an impact. Who do you think you're talking to?' she retorted. 'You're too old', she said. 'You're not so young yourself,' he retorted. to reply immediately in an angry or humorous way to something that someone has said. "Mind your own business!" she retorted. II. to use (an argument) against its originator; turn the tables by saying (something). To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility. to retort the charge of vanity. to give something as an argument in reply to someone else's argument. House Democrats retorted to the Republicans that the plan neglects millions. III. To bend or curve back. a retorted line. Bum arm (bung knee) 胳膊不管用, 不好使 My right arm is not very strong as a result of a broken clavicle. When someone asks me to help carry something, I say: Sorry, I can't lift heavy things, I have a bum arm. bung-eyed: having an eye swollen. bug-eyed 肿眼的 adj having the eyes bulging (as with fright). 9. wise up mainly US informal to start to understand a situation or fact and believe what you hear about it, even if it is difficult or unpleasant: Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up. It's about time employers wised up to the fact that employees who are happy work more efficiently. wise up (to someone or something) to (finally) begin to understand someone or something; to realize and accept the facts about someone or something. Sally finally wised up to Richard. Come on, Sally! Wise up! After staying with my old job for too long, I wised up and found a job I really enjoyed. The expensive medical treatment wised me up to the importance of having extra money in my savings account. If you think you know something about cars, read this book—it will wise you up! manage expectations 调整期望值, 不要期望太高 seek to prevent disappointment by establishing in advance what can realistically be achieved or delivered by a project, undertaking, course of action, etc. "as the White House tries to paint a rosy economic picture, they are also trying to manage expectations". duck I. If you duck, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen. He ducked in time to save his head from a blow from the poker. He ducked his head to hide his admiration. I wanted to duck down and slip past but they saw me. II. If you duck something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards. Hans deftly ducked their blows. III. [mainly informal] If you duck into a place, you move there quickly, often in an attempt to avoid danger or to avoid being seen. Matt ducked into his office. He ducked through the door and looked about frantically. IV. [informal, disapproval] You say that someone ducks a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it. The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ducked all the difficult decisions. He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer. You can't duck me 躲着我 forever. V. If someone ducks someone else, they force them or their head under water for a short time. She splashed around in the pool with Mark, rowdily trying to duck him 淹某人. 10. We got real momentum. vouch someone 为某人担保. 为某人作保. vicarious US [vaɪˈkeriəs] UK: [vɪˈkeriəs] 你快乐所以我快乐, 为别人而活 experienced through the actions of other people. A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure. Lots of people use television as their vicarious form of social life. ...a father who lived vicariously through his sons' success. to live vicariously. vicarious pleasure. ways and means 手段, 方法和资源, 有办法 the methods and resources for accomplishing some purpose. The ways and means of achieving something are the methods and other things needed to make it happen. methods that you use to achieve a particular aim. The committee is discussing new ways and means of improving profit. With computer technology, even people working on their own have the ways and means to produce professional-looking documents. A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. Because the raising of revenue is vital to carrying out governmental operations, such a committee is tasked with finding the ways and means with which to raise that revenue. The term "ways and means" originated with the Parliament of England and refers to the provision of revenue to meet national expenditure requirements and to implement the objectives of economic policy. Ways and means are literally provided by the imposition of taxation. feeler I. An insect's feelers are the two thin stalks on its head with which it touches and senses things around it. II. If you put out feelers, you make careful, quiet contacts with people in order to get information from them, or to find out what their reaction will be to a suggestion. When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities. put out feelers 触角 to begin to find out what people think about something you are hoping to do. They have started putting out feelers to local residents and interest groups. punk out I. (slang, intransitive) To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult. When the going got tough, he punked out. II. (transitive, almost always used in the passive voice) To treat as a punk (either as a worthless person or the bottom in a male-male relationship, especially a nonconsenting prison relationship). He knew if he didn't stand up for himself, he'd be punked out by someone stronger. punk I. to pimp. II. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner. Ricky punked his new cell-mates. III. To prank. I got expelled when I punked the principal. IV. (especially with "out") To give up or concede; to act like a wimp. Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute. Playing" with someone in this context connotes a gentler kind of trick. When you say "Are u punking me right now?" what does that 'punking' mean?. Punking"means tricking someone in a way that makes them seem foolish. 11. the upshot (of something) 最终决定 the result of a process or an event The upshot was that they suspended his driver's license. The upshot of a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday. A little ways down the road 还有一阵子, 还有一点距离, 还差点呢 It means where your going is not far. A couple miles down the road maybe. Well, I guess I've had a loton my mind lately, but as I've said... ..I'm feeling much better. Shouldn't we be talking about when I can get out of here? Well, that may still be a ways down the road. A ways down the road? Actually, I think our next move is to schedule a psychiatric evaluation. 12. He was shot previous to your arrival? Yes, sir. Again I instructed him to show his hands. Mr. Salamanca lunged toward the vehicle... ...and fired on me with what I ascertained to be an M1 6 assault rifle. I returned fire and sought cover... ...as Mr. Salamanca proceeded to engage me. When he paused to reload... ...I was able to take an effective shot 有效一击. good for something I. good for one month/a year etc. Your passport is good for another three years. II. likely to continue living or being useful for a particular time or distance, even though old or not in good condition. good for some time/a hundred miles etc. This old truck is good for another 100,000 miles. III. informal likely to give you something or provide something. able or likely to supply something, especially money. Why don't you ask Joe? He should be good for a few quid 能给, 能支付, 能提供 . Dad should be good for a few bucks. He's totally good for it 能给, 能支付, 能提供 ( He totally came through for us. 他真的做到了答应我们的. 信守承诺. 说到做到). make good on something to do what you have said you would do: My grandfather said he would pay for me to go to college, and he made good on that promise. have a (good) head for something to have a natural ability to do something well: Kim has a head for numbers. 12. fugue [fjuɡ] a piece of classical music that repeats a simple tune and develops it into a complicated pattern using different instruments or voices. dissociative fugue = fugue state a rare psychological state in which someone loses awareness of their identity or other important personal information. Use or abuse of alcohol and certain drugs also can cause fugue-like states. A dissociative fugue state is a condition in which a person may be physically and mentally escaping an environment that is threatening or otherwise intolerable.
Breaking bad: 1. SKYLER: Hello? Hey, sweetie, it's me. Listen, I'm so sorry. The time, it just, ha... It just... It completely got away from me 完全忘记了时间. I'm just, ha... uh... My fault, my fault. Bogdan just kept me here late, you know, doing some inventory, and I, um, l... I should've just... You know, you're right. I gotta learn to say, you know, "No.". 其他: Phyllis: It seems like we all know enough to vote. Should we just vote now? Jim: What? No, no, it's not a vote. Phyllis: Then what was this all about? Jim: I don't know. This conversation really got away from me. Kelly: I don't care. They can just vote. What part of "slow it down" did you not understand? What are you talking...? I'm... It's heavy, man. It got away from me 一下没抓住, 脱手了, 手滑脱手了. 2. double-talk = doublespeak 欲盖弥彰 Double-talk is a form of speech in which inappropriate, invented, or nonsense words are used to give the appearance of knowledge and so confuse or amuse the audience. language that has no real meaning or has more than one meaning and is intended to hide the truth. If you refer to what someone says as doublespeak, you are criticizing them for presenting things in a way that is intended to hide the truth or give people the wrong idea. ...the doublespeak so fluently used by governments and their press offices. He accused the ambassador of diplomatic double-talk. This guy was stealing the lab equipment, right? That's not our thinking at this time. We are looking at others who had access, not limited to the maintenance staff. Are you saying there was a break-in? Do we know exactly when this happened? I mean, could it have been during school hours? We haven't been able to establish a date or time, but there is no sign of breaking or entering. Whoever took it had a key? We're talking inside job? Someone who's still at the school? At this time I'm not able to discuss the details, but what I can tell you is that we have some very good people working very hard on this case. I'm sorry, Officer. But that sounds like double-talk. We're trying to protect our children. You have to level with us. Really, we are giving you all the information we have. You know what I'd like to see in this school? Drug-sniffing dogs. 3. A bassinet 摇篮 [ˌbæsɪˈnet] , bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or casters, while cradles are generally designed to provide a rocking or gliding motion. Bassinets and cradles are distinguished from Moses baskets and carry cots, which are designed to be carried and sit directly on the floor or furniture. After four months, babies are often transferred to a crib (North American usage) or cot (UK usage). In the United States, however, the bedside sleeper is the prevalent option, since they are generally bigger, recommended up to 6 months, and often used up to a year. 4. moron an insulting word for someone who behaves in a stupid way. moronic [məˈrɒnɪk] very foolish or stupid. "television's latest moronic soap opera". Mike: I'm not gonna do it. Walter: Why? Mike: Because it's moronic. Walter: Saul said you've done things like this before. Mike: That's not the moronic part. Walter: Okay, so what's the problem? Mike: The problem is the boss wouldn't like it. store-bought 买现成的 Is this low-fat mayonnaise in the coleslaw? Uh, I... I don't know, it's store-bought. He perfectly captured why I can't eat store bought lasagna. apply oneself 努力, 用功 to make oneself work hard in order to complete something successfully If you apply yourself, you might be able to finish the project on time. She applied herself to learning the language. to work hard at something, especially with a lot of attention for a long time Stephen would do well if only he applied himself. apply yourself to Over the next months, he applied himself to improving the technique. to concentrate one's efforts or faculties If you apply yourself, there's no reason why you shouldn't pass. commensurate [kəˈmɛnʃ(ə)rət, -sjə-] 相应的, 相当的, 旗鼓相当的 corresponding in size or degree; in proportion. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi-permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present cost in Vietnam indefinitely and to meet any escalation on the other side with at least a commensurate escalation of commitment of our own. "Salary will be commensurate 挂钩, 匹配 with age and experience". If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second. Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers. Managers saw a commensurate fall in their revenues. As life expectancy continues to rise, the demand for care services expands commensurately. The gain will be commensurately modest. a pay increase commensurate with job performance. 5. What time is dinner? In about an hour. You know, I could, uh, wash those clothes if you like. They look a little lived in 穿了很久了. Oh, um, no, that's cool. Yeah, maybe later. lived-in adj. I. 常住的. 有人居住的. having a comfortable, natural, or homely appearance, as if subject to regular use or habitation. a lived-in place looks comfortable and not new or completely tidy. regularly used and comfortable: I like a room to look lived in. lived-in places or clothes look as though they have been used or worn a lot – use this to show approval. a lived-in look/feel. The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look. II. informal someone who has a lived-in face is quite old, but looks as if they have had an interesting life. 6. debriefing 碰头会, 汇报大会 a meeting that takes place in order to get information about a particular piece of work that has been finished, for example about what was done successfully and what was not: debriefing sessions. debrief 报告, 汇报情况, 总结 When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed. The men have been debriefed by British and Saudi officials. He went to Rio after the CIA had debriefed him. 7. see your way clear (to doing something) 有没有可能, 是不是可以, 能够, 有能力有可能有意向 informal to have the necessary time or willingness to be able to do something. used when you are asking someone if they would be willing to do something. Could you see your way clear to lending me a fiver? We expect good results soon, if the board can see its way clear to continuing funding the project. I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. I'm going to fight this. Someone is out to get me and I know who. The important thing is that I can rely on you, my friends, as character witnesses. I'm going to be defending myself and I wondered if you could see your way clear to perhaps advance me a small loan until the hearing. counteract [ˌkaʊntərˈækt] to reduce the negative effect of something by doing something that has an opposite effect. Schools are taking action to counteract bullying. measures to counteract traffic congestion. To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect. My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure. This event will counteract such trends. 8. Money has always been an issue for us. I give you that 那我承认, 这一点我承认. play on/upon sth 利用 (play one one's emotions/feelings) If you play on/upon someone's feelings, you encourage and make unfair use of these feelings in order to give yourself an advantage: I hate marketing strategies that play on people's fears and prejudices. play with one's feelings 玩弄感情: If a guy is playing with your feelings, you are emotionally involved with him, but he is not emotionally involved with you. In this situation, he doesn't want the same thing you want out of the relationship, but he is not honest about his intentions and instead is stringing you on. Flask 烧瓶, Beaker 量杯: A beaker is generally a cylindrical container with a flat bottom. Most also have a small spout (or "beak") to aid pouring, as shown in the picture. Beakers are available in a wide range of sizes, from one millilitre up to several litres. A beaker is distinguished from a flask by having straight rather than sloping sides. The exception to this definition is a slightly conical-sided beaker called a Philips beaker. retort (rɪˈtɔ:t) n. I. (chemistry) 蒸馏瓶. a glass container shaped like a ball with a long narrow tube at one side, used for heating substances in laboratories. A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation. retort stand 支架 a piece of laboratory equipment for supporting test tubes etc. while they are being heated with a Bunsen burner. II. an angry or humorous reply that you make immediately to something that someone has said. Rose flushed with annoyance and seemed about to make a sharp retort. vb I. 回敬. 回嘴. 回呛. 呛声. (when tr, takes a clause as object) to utter (something) quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback. His sharp retort made an impact. Who do you think you're talking to?' she retorted. 'You're too old', she said. 'You're not so young yourself,' he retorted. to reply immediately in an angry or humorous way to something that someone has said. "Mind your own business!" she retorted. II. to use (an argument) against its originator; turn the tables by saying (something). To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility. to retort the charge of vanity. to give something as an argument in reply to someone else's argument. House Democrats retorted to the Republicans that the plan neglects millions. III. To bend or curve back. a retorted line. Bum arm (bung knee) 胳膊不管用, 不好使 My right arm is not very strong as a result of a broken clavicle. When someone asks me to help carry something, I say: Sorry, I can't lift heavy things, I have a bum arm. bung-eyed: having an eye swollen. bug-eyed 肿眼的 adj having the eyes bulging (as with fright). 9. wise up mainly US informal to start to understand a situation or fact and believe what you hear about it, even if it is difficult or unpleasant: Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up. It's about time employers wised up to the fact that employees who are happy work more efficiently. wise up (to someone or something) to (finally) begin to understand someone or something; to realize and accept the facts about someone or something. Sally finally wised up to Richard. Come on, Sally! Wise up! After staying with my old job for too long, I wised up and found a job I really enjoyed. The expensive medical treatment wised me up to the importance of having extra money in my savings account. If you think you know something about cars, read this book—it will wise you up! manage expectations 调整期望值, 不要期望太高 seek to prevent disappointment by establishing in advance what can realistically be achieved or delivered by a project, undertaking, course of action, etc. "as the White House tries to paint a rosy economic picture, they are also trying to manage expectations". duck I. If you duck, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen. He ducked in time to save his head from a blow from the poker. He ducked his head to hide his admiration. I wanted to duck down and slip past but they saw me. II. If you duck something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards. Hans deftly ducked their blows. III. [mainly informal] If you duck into a place, you move there quickly, often in an attempt to avoid danger or to avoid being seen. Matt ducked into his office. He ducked through the door and looked about frantically. IV. [informal, disapproval] You say that someone ducks a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it. The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ducked all the difficult decisions. He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer. You can't duck me 躲着我 forever. V. If someone ducks someone else, they force them or their head under water for a short time. She splashed around in the pool with Mark, rowdily trying to duck him 淹某人. 10. We got real momentum. vouch someone 为某人担保. 为某人作保. vicarious US [vaɪˈkeriəs] UK: [vɪˈkeriəs] 你快乐所以我快乐, 为别人而活 experienced through the actions of other people. A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure. Lots of people use television as their vicarious form of social life. ...a father who lived vicariously through his sons' success. to live vicariously. vicarious pleasure. ways and means 手段, 方法和资源, 有办法 the methods and resources for accomplishing some purpose. The ways and means of achieving something are the methods and other things needed to make it happen. methods that you use to achieve a particular aim. The committee is discussing new ways and means of improving profit. With computer technology, even people working on their own have the ways and means to produce professional-looking documents. A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. Because the raising of revenue is vital to carrying out governmental operations, such a committee is tasked with finding the ways and means with which to raise that revenue. The term "ways and means" originated with the Parliament of England and refers to the provision of revenue to meet national expenditure requirements and to implement the objectives of economic policy. Ways and means are literally provided by the imposition of taxation. feeler I. An insect's feelers are the two thin stalks on its head with which it touches and senses things around it. II. If you put out feelers, you make careful, quiet contacts with people in order to get information from them, or to find out what their reaction will be to a suggestion. When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities. put out feelers 触角 to begin to find out what people think about something you are hoping to do. They have started putting out feelers to local residents and interest groups. punk out I. (slang, intransitive) To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult. When the going got tough, he punked out. II. (transitive, almost always used in the passive voice) To treat as a punk (either as a worthless person or the bottom in a male-male relationship, especially a nonconsenting prison relationship). He knew if he didn't stand up for himself, he'd be punked out by someone stronger. punk I. to pimp. II. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner. Ricky punked his new cell-mates. III. To prank. I got expelled when I punked the principal. IV. (especially with "out") To give up or concede; to act like a wimp. Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute. Playing" with someone in this context connotes a gentler kind of trick. When you say "Are u punking me right now?" what does that 'punking' mean?. Punking"means tricking someone in a way that makes them seem foolish. 11. the upshot (of something) 最终决定 the result of a process or an event The upshot was that they suspended his driver's license. The upshot of a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday. A little ways down the road 还有一阵子, 还有一点距离, 还差点呢 It means where your going is not far. A couple miles down the road maybe. Well, I guess I've had a loton my mind lately, but as I've said... ..I'm feeling much better. Shouldn't we be talking about when I can get out of here? Well, that may still be a ways down the road. A ways down the road? Actually, I think our next move is to schedule a psychiatric evaluation. 12. He was shot previous to your arrival? Yes, sir. Again I instructed him to show his hands. Mr. Salamanca lunged toward the vehicle... ...and fired on me with what I ascertained to be an M1 6 assault rifle. I returned fire and sought cover... ...as Mr. Salamanca proceeded to engage me. When he paused to reload... ...I was able to take an effective shot 有效一击. good for something I. good for one month/a year etc. Your passport is good for another three years. II. likely to continue living or being useful for a particular time or distance, even though old or not in good condition. good for some time/a hundred miles etc. This old truck is good for another 100,000 miles. III. informal likely to give you something or provide something. able or likely to supply something, especially money. Why don't you ask Joe? He should be good for a few quid 能给, 能支付, 能提供 . Dad should be good for a few bucks. He's totally good for it 能给, 能支付, 能提供 ( He totally came through for us. 他真的做到了答应我们的. 信守承诺. 说到做到). make good on something to do what you have said you would do: My grandfather said he would pay for me to go to college, and he made good on that promise. have a (good) head for something to have a natural ability to do something well: Kim has a head for numbers. 12. fugue [fjuɡ] a piece of classical music that repeats a simple tune and develops it into a complicated pattern using different instruments or voices. dissociative fugue = fugue state a rare psychological state in which someone loses awareness of their identity or other important personal information. Use or abuse of alcohol and certain drugs also can cause fugue-like states. A dissociative fugue state is a condition in which a person may be physically and mentally escaping an environment that is threatening or otherwise intolerable.
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