用法学习: 1. reductionist 把事情简单化的人, 把事情简单化的人 noun a person who analyses and describes a complex phenomenon in terms of its simple or fundamental constituents. the practice of considering or presenting something complicated in a simple way, especially a way that is too simple: Reductionism as a way of understanding food or drugs can lead to problems. "a crude reductionist". adj. analysing and describing a complex phenomenon in terms of its simple or fundamental constituents. "a reductionist approach that leads to stereotyping". frisson [friːsɒn, US friːsoʊn] A frisson is a short, sudden feeling of excitement or fear. A frisson of apprehension rippled round the theatre. chilly I. Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold. It was a chilly afternoon. The rooms had grown chilly. II. If you feel chilly, you feel rather cold. I'm a bit chilly. III. You say that relations between people are chilly or that a person's response is chilly when they are not friendly, welcoming, or enthusiastic. I was slightly afraid of their chilly 冷淡的, 冷冰冰的 distant politeness. chilling adj If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening. He described in chilling detail how he attacked her. The film chillingly shows the ways that the love of money alters us. chill verb I. 冷冻一下. When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze. Chill the fruit salad until serving time. These doughs can be rolled out while you wait for the pastry to chill. ...a glass of chilled champagne. II. When cold weather or something cold chills a person or a place, it makes that person or that place feel very cold. The marble floor was beginning to chill me. An exposed garden may be chilled by cold winds. Wade placed his chilled hands on the radiator. The boulder sheltered them from the chilling wind. chill someone to the bone 寒冷彻骨 (=make someone feel very cold): The icy winds had chilled us to the bone. III. If you say that something you see, hear, or feel chills you, you mean that it frightens you. There was a coldness in her that chilled him. Some films chill you to the marrow of your bones. to make someone feel extremely frightened or worried. They looked across at me, chilled by what Mark had said. chill someone to the bone/core/marrow 吓破胆: It was a thought that chilled me to the core. IV. if a situation or relationship chills, or if something chills it, it becomes less friendly The border dispute between the two countries chilled their relations for decades. V. chill or chill out [intransitive] informal to relax and stop being angry or nervous, or to spend time relaxing. I'm just going to chill this weekend. chill to: You can dance to it or just chill to it. noun. I. If something sends a chill through you, it gives you a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety. The violence used against the students sent a chill through Indonesia. He smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back. II. A chill is a mild illness which can give you a slight fever and headache. He caught a chill while performing at a rain-soaked open-air venue. adj. & noun. Chill weather is cold and unpleasant. ...chill winds, rain and choppy seas. September is here, bringing with it a chill in the mornings. ...the cold chill of the night. 2. 美国白人至上组织: Up until recently, it was considered the regional headquarters of the National Socialist Movement (NSM). The Southern Poverty Law Centre, a US non-profit that tracks extreme ideologies, has designated the NSM as "one of the largest and most prominent hate groups in the US … known for its violent anti-Jewish rhetoric and racist views". The group once claimed 61 chapters across 35 states, and is named in a lawsuit as allegedly partly responsible for a fatal race rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. The NSM fell apart 解散, 分崩离析 in March after an African-American activist hoodwinked ( hoodwink If someone hoodwinks you, they trick or deceive you. People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people. Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry. ) the organisation's leader and took over as president.
黑人接管白人至上组织 Black activist from California takes over neo-Nazi group: Without notifying his followers or even his inner circle, the longtime president of a legacy neo-Nazi group signed over its control to a black civil rights activist from California. James Hart Stern, a 54-year-old with a history of infiltrating 渗透, 打入内部, 卧底 (undercover) ( I. to secretly join an organization or go into a place in order to find out information about it or damage it. Government agents had been infiltrating paramilitary groups. infiltrate into: plans to prevent rebels from infiltrating into the country. II. to become a feature of something gradually, without anyone noticing. the way that technology has infiltrated our daily lives. ) white-supremacist groups, is the new leader of the National Socialist Movement. Stern's first move as president was to address a pending lawsuit against the group by asking a Virginia judge to find it guilty of conspiring to commit violence at the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Next, he plans to transform the hate group's website into a space for Holocaust history lessons. "I did the hard and dangerous part," Stern told The Washington Post in his first interview since taking over the National Socialist Movement. "As a black man, I took over a neo-Nazi group and outsmarted them." For weeks, the sudden change in power had confounded those who study hate groups and perplexed those within the organization, who had heard nothing from Jeff Schoep, the man who led the Detroit-based hate group for 24 years. Before Friday, neither man had publicly addressed the organizational changes. Stern came forward Friday to share the full story of his unconventional rise to power: an "epic" tale, he said, that includes infiltration, persuasion and a hint of manipulation. There's a reason, he said, that some call him the "race whisperer." Just after midnight, Schoep spoke, too. In a lengthy statement to his followers, which he shared with The Washington Post, Schoep wrote that he had been "deceived" by Stern who "convinced me that in order to protect our membership from the ongoing lawsuit, I should sign over NSM's presidency to him." Schoep said it was time for "fresh blood" in NSM leadership and announced he had formally stepped down as "commander" of the organization. Burt Colucci, chief of staff of the National Socialist Movement, will be taking over as commander, according to the statement. "I want to thank everyone who has stood by us during this difficult time. You are giants among lesser men 小人 and your loyalty will be remembered," Schoep wrote in the statement. "As for all of the vultures, snakes, and international banking and media interests who have attempted to damage NSM and me personally, you have shown your true colors." It remains unclear how NSM will be able to maintain its organizational infrastructure with Stern legally at the helm of the corporation. In his statement, Schoep said he intends to challenge Stern's ownership. "This paper appointment will not stop us," Schoep said. "Mr. Stern's bad faith actions 恶意行为 may leave me no choice but to protect my rights in a court of law, as I believe he fraudulently manipulated me for the purposes of gaining control of, and dissolving NSM." To understand how Stern came to overtake Schoep's organization, you first must understand how the Michigan neo-Nazi came to find the California activist. Stern says that while serving prison time in Mississippi for mail fraud, he formed a relationship with his cellmate and onetime Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Edgar Ray Killen. The KKK leader had been convicted in the "Mississippi Burning" killings of three civil rights workers. Though Killen regularly called Stern a racial slur, he nevertheless granted his cellmate power of attorney over his life story and estate. Stern was paroled from prison in 2011. In 2016, he used his legal discretion to dissolve the Klan organization that Killen once led. That was his first successful infiltration, and the lore of ( The lore of a particular country or culture is its traditional stories and history. ...the Book of the Sea, which was stuffed with sailors' lore. ...ancient Catalan lore.) Stern's relationship with the KKK leader is what Stern says first drew Schoep in. In 2014, Schoep called Stern to inquire about his relationship with Killen, the activist said. Schoep asked to see the man's prison ID card and said Stern was the first black man his organization had reached out to since Malcolm X. Stern said he searched Schoep's name, discovered he was a white supremacist ([sʊˈpreməsɪst]), then arranged for the two to meet in California for a small race-relations summit. The two fostered a strange kind of relationship, Stern said. Schoep and Stern remained firmly entrenched in their political camps, he said, fundamentally opposed to what the other represents. But they also engaged in regular debate: about the Holocaust, the ugliness of the Nazi swastika, the fallibility ( fallible [ˈfæləb(ə)l] not perfect, and likely to be wrong or make mistakes. If you say that someone or something is fallible, you mean that they are not perfect and are likely to make mistakes or to fail in what they are doing. They are only human and all too fallible. The system has proved fallible time after time. Human reason is a fallible guide. Errors may have been made due to human fallibility. The fallibility of science is one of the great betrayals of our times. a fallible legal system. Everyone is fallible.) of Schoep's white-nationalist ideals and, most critically, the fate of his hate group. The goal, Stern claims, was always to try to change Schoep's mind. "From day one, I always told him: 'I don't agree with you; I don't like you,'" Stern said. "I talked to him because I wanted to hope to change him." Stern did not change Schoep's beliefs. But according to Stern's version of recent events, he was able to accomplish the next best thing. In early 2019, Stern said Schoep came to him for legal advice on the lawsuit, which was filed in 2017 by a Charlottesville counterprotester against NSM and other white-nationalist groups that attended the Unite the Right rally. Schoep seemed "rattled," Stern said, and began talking about making a change. "I was hoping he was talking about his ideology 意识形态," Stern said. Instead, Stern said the white-nationalist leader called NSM an "albatross ( an albatross [ˈælbəˌtrɔs] 信天翁 (around your neck) someone or something that causes you a lot of problems. ) hanging around his neck" and said he was looking for ways to get out. He still held the same beliefs, Stern said, but he was ready to cut ties with NSM and start a new organization because he felt underappreciated by his followers and left out of the mainstream white-nationalist movement that had swept the country in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. Schoep was concerned about the repercussions of the Charlottesville lawsuit and the legal bills he was shouldering, Stern said, and he confided in the California activist as he sought solutions. "I saw a crack in that armor," Stern said. So he encouraged Schoep to get a fresh start by handing Stern the control of the Detroit-based organization and website. Schoep said yes. "He knew that he had the most vulnerable, the most loose-cannon 信口雌黄 members that they had ever had in the organization," Stern said. "He realized somebody was going to commit a crime, and he was going to be held responsible for it." In his statement about the ordeal, Schoep did not address how he came to know Stern, nor did he explain the conversations that led to his decision. In mid-January, Schoep filed incorporation paperwork with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to formally transfer the National Socialist Movement to Stern, according to documents filed with the state. By Feb. 15, Stern was listed in court documents for the lawsuit as NSM's representative. Stern is not listed as an individual defendant in the suit. Stern says he's preparing for what comes next and is seeking guidance from Jewish leaders. He said he does not plan to dissolve the corporation because he doesn't want Schoep's followers, or others in the white-nationalist movement, to reincorporate ( to incorporate again. to change the legal status of a business so that it becomes a corporation again. ) it. Stern admits his plans for the website are still evolving, but his primary goal is to offer it as a reclaimed space 收复失地 to Jewish organizations that could help him educate NSM's followers on the history of the Holocaust. "Everything is out in the open," Stern said. "My plans and intentions are not to let this group prosper. It's my goal to set some hard records right." Schoep took control of NSM in 1994 and was responsible for growing its membership and brand as an organization of Holocaust deniers and Adolf Hitler acolytes. The group maintains a website that draws in millions of visitors from around the world, Stern said, and has organized public rallies across the county. The group, whose members wear SS-like uniforms that mirror those worn in Nazi Germany, was founded under a different name in 1974 by two former officials of the American Nazi Party, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. "Signing over leadership of an organization this old is the equivalent of a death sentence in the white-nationalist movement," said Keegan Hankes, an SPLC research analyst. "It's one of the strangest things I've seen since I started tracking these things five years ago." Several of the people listed on the NSM website as leaders within the organization did not respond to a request for comment from The Post on Friday. One man, who identifies himself as SS Capt. Harry L. Hughes III and is listed as the public relations director for NSM, said in an email that he is "not involved in the NSM's legal affairs" and was "not at liberty to discuss anything, until Commander Schoep personally makes a statement." "Just like you and the rest of the media, I'm waiting in suspense, too," Hughes added. Matthew Heimbach, a leading white-nationalist figure who briefly served last year as the organization's community outreach person, told the Associated Press that there has been conflict between NSM's leaders, including Schoep, and its membership. Heimbach estimated the group had 40 dues-paying members last year. The biggest challenge the group has faced, Hankes said, was being outshone 抢了风头 by the more refined efforts of new alt-right leaders such as Richard Spencer. There was tension within the organization about the need for a shift to a less violent, less explicit brand of neo-Nazism, he said. "A lot of these groups see [NSM] as extremely detrimental to anything regarding identity politics," Hankes said. Stern told The Post that he and Schoep discussed this infighting and that Schoep expressed a desire to leave NSM behind and start a new organization with less baggage. Schoep offered a different perspective in his statement: "I realize that there is a lot of confusion right now, and ongoing legal matters prevent me from being more thorough in my explanation of events. Regardless, it is important for me to communicate that my actions are always done for a reason, and I would never purposefully damage the organization I have spent so many years serving." Though Schoep is no longer legally affiliated with NSM, he still faces the lawsuit because he is listed as a defendant. "It's definitely not good for him, and it shouldn't be good for him," Stern said. "You spend 25 years terrorizing people, you can't rebrand overnight. It doesn't work like that." Stern, who runs Racial Reconciliation Outreach Ministries, is still sorting through the legal intricacies his NSM leadership entails. He is listed as the attorney representing NSM in court filings, but a judge ruled Friday that he cannot be NSM's lawyer because corporations are not legally authorized to represent themselves in court. Stern said he is working on hiring an outside lawyer to refile his motion for a summary judgment on the lawsuit. He has also offered the plaintiff's attorneys full access to NSM social media accounts, he said, because he claims to own those, too. "Say what you want about me," Stern said. "But I've done this twice now."
Line of duty Season 4 S4: 1. We're not mind readers 读心术. We don't know whether Michael Farmer is guilty or not. All that's expected of us as police officers is that we do our duty to the letter of the law. The letter. Now, you were a bit of a high flier in your time(someone who has achieved a lot and is determined to continue being successful. someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot: High-flyers in the industry typically earn 25 percent more than their colleagues. ), Roseanne, weren't you? Graduate entrant 毕业就进来(A graduate entry degree is term used for an academic degree that denotes a minimum 3-4 year bachelor's degree. It is most commonly used to refer to first professional degree programs. This term first developed in Australia and the UK to refer to medical, dental, and law degrees that used to be available to students directly out of high school, but now have educational business and corporations have changed structure and requirements to require a degree first before admission would be considered. ). Fast-tracked for promotion. DI before you were 30. Then you hit the wall. I started a family, sir. You stood still 原地踏步 while other people kept climbing the ladder. Operation Trapdoor's an extremely high-profile inquiry. Get a result, it puts your stalled career back on track. You were under pressure, weren't you, Roseanne, to get a result? 2. I'll come straight to the point, if I may. I'm opening a full-spectrum inquiry into the murder of Timothy Ifield and, as per protocol, there will be no reciprocity ( [ˌresəˈprɑsəti] a situation in which people reciprocate [rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt]. Reciprocity is the exchange of something between people or groups of people when each person or group gives or allows something to the other. They gave assurances they would press for reciprocity with Greece in the issuing of visas. ) regarding DCI Huntley's investigation. I also register that my considered counsel [ˈkaʊns(ə)l](I. advice, especially that given formally. to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job. She has spent about five years counseling rape victims. Macnade was being counseled for violent tendencies. "with wise counsel a couple can buy a home that will be appreciating in value". "he no longer came to me for counsel". a. consultation, especially to seek or give advice. "he took much counsel with him". "King Richard held counsel with the barons". II. a barrister or other legal adviser conducting a case. "the counsel for the defence" III. to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation. counsel someone to do something: Privately, the president was being counseled to end the war. keep your own counsel to say nothing about your plans or opinions. ) in respect of DCI Roseanne Huntley has been disregarded 无视. Now I see why you're upping the ante. Challenge AC-12 at your peril. What? You didn't reinstate 复职, 官复原职 Huntley because you were worried that Michael Farmer's defence would make capital of the fact that the Senior Investigating Officer was replaced? It was thanks to Roz Huntley's diligence we detected Ifield's involvement in one of the prostitute murders. I'd say she's earned a second chance. And my team is intent to give Michael Farmer a second chance. And we shall see which one of us is right, sir, when we have access to all the evidence. 3. Ma'am, if we may, we're taking your mobile phone in evidence. You can't do that without an authority. Jodie. It's a police-issue device, not my own personal property. They're at liberty to examine it 有权随意检查 without authority. Thank you very much, ma'am. You're at liberty to collect a replacement device at your convenience. 4. So I've been looking into recent purchases in the local area and I found this on CCTV from the night of Tim's murder. Sir. God's sake, I'm busting 尿急 ( I. means when you just really need the toilet. Person 1: "Where are you going, mate? Person 2: " Sorry man, I'm busting .... I'll be back. II. "Busting" is a synonym for "bursting." When George says he's busting, he means he's "bursting with emotion" (see "a sudden expression or manifestation, as of emotion"). He just means he's really happy. ). Tie a knot 绑起来 in it. What went on in there? Since when's it my job to do yours? If you put the report on my desk, DS Flynn, I'll be sure to take a look at it. Don't do that, sir. You sound like a dick. Yeah, well, this dick's no grass 线人, 通风报信, 内线 for ( grass verb. If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done. [British, informal, disapproval] His
sister wants him to grass on the members of his own gang. He was
repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing. How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police? noun. 通风报信的人. 内线. A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about. [British, informal, disapproval]) AC-12 -- he's a DCI, and I didn't get there by sticking my neck out. I got there by letting the other buggers. Maybe that's why you're still a DS. 4. Well, I wish I could shed more light, but I'm a bit stuck at the moment. I don't want to push Huntley too hard and make her suspicious. No disrespect to Kate, sir, it's no fault of hers, but we can't sit on our hands 束手待毙. Tim Ifield was police staff, was implicated in a murder, and got murdered himself. Roz Huntley's reinstatement puts her in the box seat to manipulate the inquiry just like she did with Michael Farmer. We've got to get in the game 参与进去, 介入进去 ( get in the game: British slang for to become aware of a situation. raise your game to make an effort to improve the way that you do something: They're going to have to raise their game if they want to stay in the Premiership this season. in the game I. Actively participating in something (not necessary sports-related). Look, my first published short story! I'm in the game now, like a real writer! Do you want to get in the game as a serious politician, or not? II. In a position in a game in which winning is still attainable. Melissa's goaltending has kept us in the game so far—now it's time to get a goal and tie this thing up! get (one's) head in the game to focus on the task at hand. get/keep/stay ahead (of the game) to react quickly so that you gain/keep an advantage Our industries have to keep ahead of the game in Europe. have skin in the game 有利益关系 to be at risk financially because you have invested in something that you want to happen You take more ownership of something when you have some skin in the game. get your game on 打起精神来, 小心应对, 努力起来 The catchphrase of Jaden/Judai Yuki of Yugioh GX. It's much better than the other protagonist's catchphrases. Chazz: I challenge you to a duel, Jaden! Jaden: Alright, Get your game on! get back in the game to perform some activity that one hasn't performed in an extended period of time.). Which will put Huntley on her guard. My undercover's a much more subtle approach, sir. I've never disputed I'm the blunt instrument ( I. something such as a hammer, used as a weapon. any heavy object with a flat or round end, used as a weapon. He had been battered to death with a blunt instrument. II. a method that uses too much force, so that, in achieving your aim, it also causes some harm or trouble. III. A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use. ). But this is bigger now than just being about Huntley. I'm sorry, Kate, but Steve's right. We can't exist off the crumbs off Huntley's table. Our informant has been killed. I won't rest until I find out the who, the how and the why. Sir. Opening a wider inquiry will give us access - to all the evidence Huntley's team's been gathering. Right. Well, back to the coal face (at the coalface doing the hardest part of a job instead of just managing or organizing it. doing the work involved in a job, in real working conditions, rather than planning or talking about it: At the coalface with a deadline looming, you sometimes feel under a lot of pressure. Teachers at the coalface know these reforms don't work.), the pair of you, unless you've got more egg-sucking tips ( Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs ) for your granny? 5. Congratulations! Ah, thanks, Maneet. What's that? Only gone and passed the National Inspectors' Exam. Congratulations. Cheers, mate. I didn't know you'd entered. Well, I kept shtum 闭口不言 (Not tell anyone; especially, keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. he kept shtum about the fact that he was sent down for fraud If I tell you, you have to promise to keep shtum about it. keep mum (idiomatic) To refrain from talking, especially to remain silent about something that may be sensitive or secret. breathe a word 只字不提, 守口如瓶 (idiomatic) To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative). I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else! bite one's tongue = hold one's tongue = bite one's lip 别多事, 别多嘴多舌, 别话多 (idiomatic) To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute. Usage notes: Often used in the imperative mood, to admonish someone who has said something unfeeling or harsh: Bite your tongue! She has enough on her mind without having to worry about comments like that from you. ) in case I went down in flames. I know it's a bit soon, but I took so long getting my act together to make DS, I'm not going to let things slide. You're coming up on the rails ( be back on the rails To resume forward progress or momentum. Primarily heard in UK. working or happening normally again The peace process seems to be finally back on the rails. Now that we have funding again, our research project is back on the rails. go off the rails informal to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally: He went off the rails in his first year at university.). Yeah, you Better watch out. This is great news. Thank you very much, sir. I mean, you know, it's great for you, reflects well on the department, and, er I shall be taking my fair share of the credit, don't you worry. Anyway, I think we should find a bit of time and maybe, you know, we could discuss your future. Yeah, I'd like that, sir, thank you. I'm following the shift pattern of my undercover, but I could do a drink one night? Erm Or in the office next week. Yeah. That's the ticket ( That's just right; that's just what is needed. that's the correct or proper thing! that's right! ). Anyway, look. Well done, again. Thanks again, sir! 6. The crucial finding at the crime scene was a collection of three items. Now, the third victim, the one who was rescued, told officers that the suspect forcibly 强行 removed her earrings. Now, these earrings were identified by the victim as belonging to her, and the blood matched hers. That seems pretty sound to me. It does, DS Arnott. Significantly, highly significantly, these earrings were supposedly kept with items belonging to the previous victims. Why supposedly? How forensically minded are you? I manage OK. Because some officers, honestly, they think the forensics are cut-and-dried ( I. (of a situation) completely settled. "the championship is not as cut and dried as everyone thinks" II. already decided and unlikely to be changed: We need a cut-and-dried decision by the end of the week. III. simple and easy to understand: Most fire investigations are pretty cut and dried, but this one has left more questions than answers.). But, let me tell you, that is not always the case. Forensics have to be interpreted carefully. I mean, in court, a so-called expert pops up and the jury stops listening to the rest of the evidence. 7. Tim, Steve Arnott. I know you're on days off 休假, but I need you to return my calls. We're looking deeper into the evidence in the Farmer case and I need your input. Thanks again for the biometrics they worked a treat, mate. Call me, OK? 8. OK, take a seat, sir, I'll bring it over. 8. AC-12 are investigating one of my cases. Looking for an angle to discredit 搞臭 me. Internal politics, 100% total bollocks. I'm sorry they involved you, but that is their kind of mind game 玩心机. And the bastards get away with it cos they claim they're enforcing professional standards. 9. Can you put me through to Missing Persons at the East Midlands Constabulary? DS Flynn's interfering with my investigation. I'd rather she was denied further access to our files. I'm sorry to hear that, DCI Huntley, but I need to speak to my Chief Superintendent. DS Flynn's secondment [ UK: sɪˈkɒndmənt, US səˈkɑːnd.mənt] is an important line of inquiry(second verb. I. 附议. to make a formal statement of support for a suggestion made by someone else during a meeting so that there can be a discussion or vote: The motion was proposed by the club's chairwoman and seconded by the secretary. "I could use a drink." "I'll second that (= I agree with you)!" There was no seconder for (= person who was willing to support) the motion so it could not be debated. II. [sɪˈkɒnd] UK 临时调遣. 借调 (cross-designate. 美国借调是: on loan from one unit to another unit). to second sb from one unit to another unit to send an employee to work somewhere else temporarily, either to increase the number of workers or to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: During the dispute, many police officers were seconded from traffic duty to the prison service. At the beginning of series 2, he is promoted to detective inspector and transferred to AC-9. He is seconded to AC-12 by Hastings. Cottan is revealed to be "The Caddy", working as a fixer for the organised crime group throughout the three series. He is killed at the close of the third series having escaped from AC-12 custody. secondment a period of time when an employee is sent to work somewhere else, to increase the number of workers , to replace other workers, or to exchange experience or skills: His involvement with the project began when he was on (a) secondment from NASA to the European Space Agency. A member of the company's eastern Europe group, who has been on secondment in Berlin, Bratislava and Budapest, gave an informed overview of publishing in the region. You may find you have to work away from home on secondment. The former Swinburne University researcher, who works at data analytics company Quantium and is currently on secondment 外派 at the National Australia Bank, dressed casually in a brown leather jacket and blue jeans. noun. I. You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. The soil is depleted first by crops grown in it and second 其次 by bacterial action. II. In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. I then went up to Lancaster University and got an upper second. III. If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. There's seconds if you want them. IV. Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. It's a new shop selling discounted lines and seconds. V. The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. He shouted to his seconds, 'I did it! I did it!' designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] I. 指派, 委任, 选派. to formally choose someone or something for a particular purpose. Nobody has yet been designated as the leader. social workers designated to work with difficult children. II. formal to give someone or something a particular name, title, or description. The park was designated as a National Monument in 1975. III. to represent something in a particular way, for example with a sign or symbol. Road hazards are designated 表示 by yellow diamond-shaped signs. designate [ˈdezɪɡˌneɪt] adj chosen for a particular job but not yet officially doing that job. the ambassador designate. ) for us. I appreciate that, but I'm finding her a disruptive influence. Huntley's call was intercepted by our undercover ops handling service. They're on standby to go over Huntley's head and push Kate back on her. Yes, well, she certainly sounds rattled. Huntley's definitely hiding something about how the case against Farmer was handled. What, I don't know. Steve, you're going to look into the original conviction that got Farmer put on the Sex Offenders Register, right? Erm, yeah. It checks out. Which suggests that maybe Huntley's got the right man after all. Makes me think twice about moving Kate's undercover up to the next level. Er, no, no. I agree with Kate, sir. It's still worth digging deeper. Right, well, you're my best team. If that's what you both think. Let's turn the screw ( put/tighten/turn the screws on someone to put more pressure on someone to do something, for example by threatening them. If someone turns the screw on you or tightens the screw on you, they do something in order to defeat you or in order to make you do what they want. The supermarkets group turned the screw on its troubled rival yesterday, revealing strong sales figures and an expansion of its network. The attacks are seen as an attempt to tighten the screw still further on the government. His creditors were putting the screws on him. ). 10. Vicky McClure as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming, an undercover specialist. A consummate ( adjective 技巧娴熟的. You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful. He acted the part with consummate skill. Those familiar with Sanders call him a consummate politician. The film is a well made, atmospheric, consummately acted piece. verb I. If two people consummate a marriage or relationship, they make it complete by having sex. They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays. ...the morning after the consummation of their marriage. II. To consummate an agreement means to complete it. There have been several close calls, but no one has been able to consummate a deal. ) professional, Fleming is willing to investigate officers inside and outside AC-12. Initially a detective constable, she is promoted to detective sergeant at the end of the third series and to detective inspector following the fourth. 11. No-one's in any trouble, miss. Would it be possible to talk to you inside, please? Free country ( I. a country where the government does not control what people say or do for political reasons and where people can express their opinions without punishment: The transition from a totalitarian state to a free country will be long and slow. I can say what I like - it's a free country! II. a country that is not controlled by another country. it's a free country British English used, usually humorously, to say that you are or should be allowed to do something, after someone has said that you should not do it It's a free country. You can't stop me.). I appreciate this may be a difficult subject for you, Jade, but I'm here to talk to you about Michael Farmer. 12. You didn't fancy some vino ( [ˈviːnəʊ] wine, especially that which is cheap or of inferior quality.), did you, Ted? Oh, no, no, no. A bit too early for me, sir. Although you might consider that recent successes merit 配得上 a glass of bubbly? It's a bit early for me too, but certainly a cloud's been lifted. Yes, well, I mean, expectations are so high from the public these days. I mean, they think that forensic science is going to lead us directly to the door of the offender, you know. Public trust has been restored, the Chief Constable and the PCC have dialled down their rabid anxiety. So, we can relax and enjoy a pleasant lunch. But, I mean, it is a very trying situation, you know, and that level of anxiety starts to filter down through the ranks. How so? Well, you said yourself, sir, public trust, expectation of getting a result can sometimes lead to undue pressure on a detective to close a case. Well, I don't think that's always such a bad thing. Sometimes you've got to light a fire. Indeed, sir. Indeed. However, a detective under that kind of undue pressure can sometimes bend the facts 歪曲事实 to suit the expectations of his, or her, superiors. I've got better antennae than that. You know we can't be micromanagers, Ted. We trust our officers to conduct themselves with professionalism 专业 and integrity 诚实. 13. Sir, how we treat Tim Ifield's claims speaks volumes about anyone that witnesses corruption or is in two minds about coming forward. See what happens when you become a DS? You start worrying how things look. Hang the finer points 别抠细节了 ( hang something 去他的, 别计较于, 别纠结于 used for saying that something is not important. used to say that you are not going to do something Oh hang the report, let's go for a drink. the finer points of The more nuanced, specific, or complicated details or aspects of something. The more complex or detailed aspects of. he went on to discuss the finer points of his work. It's nice to be able to discuss the finer points of Victorian literature with someone who has studied the subject. a peg on which to hang something something that gives you an opportunity or excuse for talking or writing about something Stock market falls gave the Conservatives a convenient peg on which to hang their plan to cut taxes.). A young lad might go to prison for a crime he didn't commit. And if police wrongdoing is part of it, I want to know. That could've gone better. My promotion shouldn't be an issue, Steve. All I mean is, next time let's get our ducks in a row before we talk to the gaffer. You're not getting any argument from me. 14. Sorry, boss, the DS from East Mids. How long do you want to give her? You've lost me. To go through the interviews with Farmer and the witness statements. Do you mind telling me what's going on here? My gaffer wasn't happy with what I got out of Farmer. He said there was holes in his statement. He wants more before we can rule him out. Sorry, ma'am, I Your team seemed fine with it. I didn't want to disturb you at home. 15. I'm glad I could help. And listen, ma'am, I just want to apologise again for how things started with us. I was a bit of a bull in a china shop 莽撞. I'm not quite that delicate 没那么计较, 没那么玻璃心.
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Wednesday, 3 July 2019
rugged, ruggedised, rigidise, frigid.
用法学习: 1. to the untrained eye/ear used as a way of referring to someone with little knowledge or experience of a particular activity or subject. To the untrained eye it looks like a real diamond. when someone who does not have special knowledge of a subject looks at something or listens to it. To the untrained eye, the two flowers look remarkably similar. uninitiated not having knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity: The author's goal was to introduce uninitiated readers to the area. You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity as the uninitiated. For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll and country music. Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated. For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling, the previous record was a little over 4 km. This may not be visible to the uninitiated eye, but the experienced quarryman sees it. To the uninitiated outsider 外行, all this would be completely incomprehensible. exhilarating [ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ,ɛɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ] adj making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling. making you feel very excited and happy. If you describe an experience or feeling as exhilarating, you mean that it makes you feel very happy and excited. It was exhilarating to be on the road again and his spirits rose. Falling in love is a heady, exhilarating experience. an exhilarating walk in the mountains. "an exhilarating two-hour rafting experience". 2. abomination [əˌbɑmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] something that you hate because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable. What is happening is an abomination. abominable [əbɒmɪnəbəl] adj Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad. The President described the killings as an abominable crime. The weather was abominable, cold with wind and rain. Chloe has behaved abominably. Wallis was often abominably rude. the Abominable Snowman = yeti [ˈjeti] a wild animal that some people believe exists in the Himalayas. It is said to look like a human with a lot of hair. abominate [əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt] to dislike intensely; loathe; detest. to hate something because you think it is extremely offensive, unpleasant, or wrong. 3. rugged [rʌgɪd] I. A rugged area of land is uneven and covered with rocks, with few trees or plants. ...rugged mountainous terrain. ...a ruggedly beautiful wilderness. The island's ruggedness symbolises our history and the character of the people. II. If you describe a man as rugged, you mean that he has strong, masculine features. A look of pure disbelief crossed Shankly's rugged face. He was six feet tall and ruggedly handsome. III. If you describe someone's character as rugged, you mean that they are strong and determined, and have the ability to cope with difficult situations. Rugged individualism forged America's frontier society. IV. A rugged piece of equipment is strong and is designed to last a long time, even if it is treated roughly. The camera combines rugged reliability with unequalled optical performance and speed. The body is 90% titanium for ruggedness. ruggedized [ˈrʌɡɪdʌɪzd] adj NORTH AMERICAN designed or improved to be hard-wearing or shock-resistant. to make durable, as for military use. "ruggedized computers suitable for use on the battlefield". rigidize [ˈrɪdʒɪdˌaɪz] = rigidify [rɪˈdʒɪdɪˌfaɪ] to make or become rigid. rigid I. not easily changed. a rigid class system. II. done or applied in a strict and unreasonable way. rigid control over behavior. rigid discipline. III. stiff, hard, and difficult to bend or move. The door is made from galvanized steel with a rigid frame. IV. not willing to change your ideas, attitudes, opinions, etc. Both sides have remained rigid in their resolve. V. unable to move because of a strong emotion such as fear or anger. I only had one chance – this was live television – and I was totally rigid with fear. frigid [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] I. extremely formal and unfriendly. If you describe the atmosphere in a place or someone's behaviour as frigid, you mean that it is very formal and unfriendly. 公事公办的 (prim and proper). 冷淡的. 正式的. He presided at all councils of ministers, where the atmosphere could be frigid on occasions. her frigid tones. prim and proper (idiomatic) prudish, straight-laced. Having very traditional, morally conservative beliefs and behavior. I've
never dated someone who is so prim and proper before. I'm not sure how
he's going react when he meets my family! She's so prim and proper that I
bet she's never even jaywalked before. II. a frigid woman does not enjoy having sex. If a woman is frigid, she finds it difficult to become sexually aroused. Frigid is often used to show disapproval. My husband says I am frigid. ...an inability to experience orgasm (often called frigidity). III. formal extremely cold. Frigid means extremely cold. A snowstorm hit the West today, bringing with it frigid temperatures. The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long. bored I. feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do. If you want to say you are extremely bored, you can say you are bored stiff/rigid/silly 无聊透顶, 无聊爆了 or bored to tears/to death. Oh, I'm so bored! Beth ordered a coffee from a bored-looking waiter. bored with: Steve was getting bored with the game. bored of: I get really bored of my same-damn-thing-every-day diet. II. feeling annoyed about something that has continued for too long. I'm getting pretty bored with his endless complaining.
躲在起落架上飞行: So how is it possible that someone could stow away? On the ground, the landing gear wheel well 起落架口 is exposed. The area is a complex mesh of components, wiring, and hydraulic lines. Climbing on the tires and scaling the landing gear structure into a concealed spot is not difficult, especially in darkness. Pilots use flashlights on their walk-around inspections, but they can't see every nook and cranny( every nook and cranny 每个角落, 每个边边角角 every part of a place: Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.). And if a stowaway 藏身者 scampers into the gear well after a pilot completes his or her walk-around, his or her presence will not be detected. What about other ground personnel catching the stowaway? Often the folks loading the bags or servicing the aircraft are focused on 专注于(..is focused..., the helping verb "be" is used with "focused" to create a continuous tense. (Present tense and a sense that the focus action is continuing.) I am focused on learning English. (I am learning now and continuing to learn.) The second example, "I focused on..." is past tense. I focused on learning English. (I was learning English in the past.) focus verb I. If you focus on a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it, you concentrate on it and think about it, discuss it, or deal with it, rather than dealing with other topics. The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.He is currently focusing on assessment and development. Today he was able to focus his message exclusively on the economy. Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary. II. If you focus your eyes or if your eyes focus, your eyes adjust so that you can clearly see the thing that you want to look at. If you focus a camera, telescope, or other instrument, you adjust it so that you can see clearly through it. Kelly couldn't focus his eyes well enough to tell if the figure was male or female. His eyes slowly began to focus on what looked like a small dark ball. He found the binoculars and focused them on the boat. Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene. III. If you focus rays of light on a particular point, you pass them through a lens or reflect them from a mirror so that they meet at that point. Magnetic coils focus the electron beams into fine spots. focus noun. I. The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with. The U.N.'s role in promoting peace is increasingly the focus of international attention. The new system is the focus of controversy. Her children are the main focus of her life. II. Your focus 聚精会神, 专注 on something is the special attention that you pay it. He said his sudden focus on foreign policy was not motivated by presidential politics. The report's focus is on how technology affects human life rather than business. IBM has also shifted its focus from mainframes to personal computers. III. If you say that something has a focus 有重心, 有重点, you mean that you can see a purpose in it. Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked. Suddenly all of the seemingly isolated examples took on a meaningful focus. IV. You use focus 注意力 to refer to the fact of adjusting your eyes or a camera, telescope, or other instrument, and to the degree to which you can see clearly. His focus switched to the little white ball. Together these factors determine the depth of focus. It has no manual focus facility. V. The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet. ) their task and may not catch an unauthorised person on the ramp. If that individual had remained hidden from view, he may have waited until the plane was not being loaded or serviced. There have been occasions at less busy airports where stowaways have run out onto taxiways in an attempt to crawl into baggage compartments or landing gear wells. Scaling 翻越, 翻过 an airport perimeter fence at an inconspicuous point would allow a stowaway access to a plane. An airport with lower security standards might also allow breaches to the ramp through doors or jet bridges. In the end, in this day and age of high security, it is highly unusual for someone to hitch a ride aboard a commercial airliner, let alone survive the flight. Any individual who attempts such a feat is foolish, ignorant of the dangerous situation - and must be completely desperate. First, the landing gear well of a large jet has little space for anything but the massive support structure and the wheels. Without knowledge of where to position oneself, a person could be in the path of those components, whose retraction and extension 伸缩 carries a hydraulic pressure of 200 bar, that would likely crush a stowaway like a bug. Second, the lack of oxygen at high altitudes during an eight-hour-and-50-minute trip, as in the Kenya Airlines flight, doesn't bode well for human survival. Temperatures nearing minus 50 degrees aren't conducive to blood flow. And third, if one survives such an ordeal, landing gear extension on approach to the airport would disrupt the perch of a stowaway, potentially sending him falling to his demise.
Line of Duty S3: 1. You sure everything's all right? Yeah, it's fine, yeah. It's just the missus ain't sleeping too good, you know. Why do I get the feeling you're not 100% on board? I am. I'm going home, so Laila can grab an early night, yeah? You need me to make the hard choices for you. Because I see what's inside you. Jelly. The fact is, if we'd not stuck together, AC-12 would be charging the lot of us, not just me. Worth bearing in mind, when you've got that nice little family to provide for. 2. So, you worked with Jackie long? Couple of years, on and off. Danny? A bit less. I don't get the impression there's much. Sorry, Kate. Sorry, listen. I'm just not feeling very sociable ( [ˈsoʊʃəb(ə)l] I. 爱交际的. 喜欢交谈的. 想独处的. 不想讲话的. 不想交谈的. 不想交流的. a sociable person is friendly and enjoys being with other people. Sociable people are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. She was, and remained, extremely sociable, enjoying dancing, golf and bicycling. Some children have more sociable personalities than others. Enthusiasm, adaptability, sociability, and good health are essential. I'm not feeling very sociable today. II. used about things such as jobs, times, and situations that allow you to enjoy being with other people or to live the type of life that most people live. sociable hours: The pay is good, but the hours are not very sociable 和别人不一样的. social drinker a person who drinks alcohol chiefly on social occasions and only in moderate quantities. social I. relating to activities that involve being with other people, especially activities that you do for pleasure. Social means relating to leisure activities that involve meeting other people. We ought to organize more social events. Social activities might include walking tours of the Old Town. a social activity/engagement/get-together. social contact: The worst thing about working from home is the lack of social contact和社会接触, 社会脱节. a social call 私事登门拜访 (=a visit for the purpose of pleasure, not business): This is not a social call. I'm afraid I have some bad news. a. relating to rules about behavior with other people. social skills 社交技能 (=how good you are at meeting and dealing with people): We need someone with excellent social skills. social graces 社交礼仪 (=manners): The children still need to learn a few social graces. b. a social person 善交际的人 enjoys being with other people. II. relating to society and to people's lives in general. They try to address social problems such as unemployment and poor health. social justice: The interests of big companies are rarely compatible with social justice. social change: a period of enormous political and social change. social conditions: There has been a progressive deterioration of the social conditions of small farmers. III. relating to the position that someone has in society in relation to other people. Social means relating to the status or rank that someone has in society. Higher education is unequally distributed across social classes. The guests came from all social backgrounds. Morisot and Degas moved in the same social circles. ...a prosperous upper-middle-class couple with social aspirations. For socially ambitious couples this is a problem. ...socially disadvantaged children. I felt there was a lot of pressure on me to achieve, both academically and socially. a judgment about someone based on their social background社会背景, 社会地位. The evidence shows a relationship between crime and social class. III. biology social 群居 animals live in groups instead of living alone. ) right now. 3. Do you like chilli? The food. Not the country. I've got a pot on the simmer(simmer I. [intransitive, transitive] to boil gently, or to cook something slowly by boiling it gently Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour. II. [intransitive] if you are simmering with anger 怒火中烧, or if anger is simmering in you, you feel very angry but do not show your feelings. He was left simmering with rage. III. [intransitive] if an argument is simmering, people feel angry with each other but only show it slightly. The row has been simmering for some time. Violent revolt was simmering in the country. ). You've probably eaten. No, I haven't, actually. Well? Yeah. Not too fiery 不会太辣吧? I'll cope. If you go to the trouble of 费力气, 费劲 making a pot, you might as well make it last a few days, you know? One night, you can have it with rice. One night, baked potato. It's rock and roll, me. Well, I'm not complaining. By the time I knock off, the only thing that's open is a dodgy kebab. That's undercover, isn't it? Stupid hours. Well, Mark works in IT. He did a lot from home, which was great for childcare. Just not so great for us. You still see the kid, though? Yeah. Sorry, I shouldn't poke my nose in 打听私事. No, it's fine. It was the right decision. You know, give him security and stability. Just not such a great decision for me, to be honest. See, me and my missus, we never got around to having kids 没时间生孩子. Was she a copper too? Forensics. I don't see much of her now. No? No, I was on the piss ( be (or go) on the piss drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities. be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session.) most nights. Couldn't pass a bookie's. Final straw was - we'd put down half on a fortnight in Majorca. Oh, don't tell me. Yeah, five-to-one. Dead cert (a dead cert I. something that is definitely going to happen. I think that a tax increase is a dead cert 板上钉钉的事, 确定无疑的事. II. someone or something that is definitely going to be successful or to win something. Put your money on Thorpe to win, he's a dead cert. a dead cert for: Stewart is a dead cert for the men's 100 metres.). I couldn't go home to face the music, so I took out a loan, put a grand down on the last race of the day, try and win it all back. Barrel of laughs ( be a barrel of laughs/fun informal to be funny or enjoyable: "He's a bit serious, isn't he?" "Yeah, not exactly a barrel of laughs." a source of fun or amusement. "life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment"), me, yeah. Can I have your bowl? Cheers. Hey, there's seconds here if you fancy? Any more and I won't get off this sofa. 4. end of slang something you say to tell someone that you have made a final decision and you do not want to talk about it any more: You're not going out tonight - end of! Nearest station's Polk Avenue. I'll take you in there and they can charge you for impersonating a police officer. That's you back inside 回监狱, end of. Why don't you come into AC-12 with your solicitor, you tell us you heard the Caddy rumour about Cole off some old lag, dead or lost his marbles, and you leave me to do the rest? And? There's always an and. And you turn over all the stuff you've got on me. End of. End of? The incriminating item I've got on you, that's my only insurance. You need me to shut this down. I'm small fry. You're the big fish. So what'll happen when they find out about all that evidence you've been sitting on? Hm? The contacts in that phone. The call history. 5. What forensics do you have linking me to the crime scene? Your car, your gun -- I'd say that's plenty. Were my fingerprints on the gun? There were no fingerprints found on the firearm at all. It appeared to have been wiped. Right. So no prints. Lindsay Denton was shot at close range. The vehicle interior shows a substantial blood spatter pattern. Did you find blood particles on me? At the time of Steve Arnott's arrest, his clothing was seized for forensic examination. There were no traces of blood or gunshot residue detected. Yeah, but anyone with half a brain, covered in blood and gunshot residue, would know to dispose of his clothing. So where's this clothing? You tell us. Why would I shoot Lindsay in my own car? I know the forensics would be totally incriminating. Correct. They are. So I wouldn't have done it! You were at the end of your tether 受够了 with Lindsay Denton. She betrayed you, manipulated you, deceived you and, finally, she discredited 毁你名声 you. You weren't thinking straight! So I used my service-issue firearm that I left at the scene? And I used my registered service vehicle? I mean, that's just stupid! You panicked. You left your bullet and the casing and you didn't do a good enough job disposing of the gun. Then you cobble together 拼凑 some story about your motor being nicked. In fact, the only thing you didn't make a hash of was the bloodstained clothing. That's not what happened. 6. as you were I. a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc. Ignore anything you just saw. Forget everything I just said. The reset button of life, especially of military life. As you were, soldier. Nothing just happened. II. a statement to withdraw something just said. "As you were" is a military drill command. If an NCO gives an order and then wishes to change it, or if he is not satisfied with the way the men react, he may give the command As you were. This tells the men to return to the earlier state and await the next command. "The way we were" takes a look back to earlier times. It is often a sentimental view of happier times. there I was/we were used when you are telling a story and you want to give a summary of the situation that you were in at a particular stage So there I was, up to my waist in icy water. 7. Bains and I met loads of times. He would have known my voice and been able to identify, the call was clearly made by another person unknown. Yes, and you're familiar with the putative 一般认为的, 公认的 ( [ˈpjutətɪv] believed to be something. If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true: The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday. ...a putative father. his putative father. ) corrupt police officer codename The Caddy? What the hell was going on with Hastings showing up at Fairbank's house? You heard Fairbank. He called him, put the gaffer ( [British, informal] People use gaffer to refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time. ) on the spot. Yeah, well, I saw the handshake at the door. It was masonic (Masonic 一伙的 [məsɒnɪk] is used to describe things relating to the organization of Freemasons. ...a Masonic lodge on Broughton Street.). In that file on Ronan Murphy, Murphy's connection to Hunter must have been concealed by police officers, and who gave us that file? Hastings. The Caddy is the codename for a serving police officer with lifelong links to organised crime, working as a fixer within the police service for certain criminal interests. No officer has ever been irrefutably ( Irrefutable [ɪˈrefjətəb(ə)l, ˌɪrɪˈfjutəb(ə)l] 无可辩驳的. 铁证如山的, evidence, statements, or arguments cannot be shown to be incorrect or unsatisfactory. impossible to prove wrong irrefutable facts/evidence/proof. They managed to come up with a number of irrefutable arguments. The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident. Her logic was irrefutable. ) identified as the Caddy, hence his existence is putative. The term was first heard in a video statement made by John Thomas Hunter. DC Jeremy Cole, deceased. Now, Cole was originally presumed on the balance of probabilities to be the Caddy, but that conclusion is no longer supportable 站不住脚的, 不成立. 8. surmise [sərˈmaɪz] verb. 揣测, 猜测. 猜度. 瞎想. to guess that something is true, when you do not have enough information to prove that it is true. If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. He surmised that her flight was delayed. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets. He surmised that her flight was delayed. During this time, November '98, what was your position? I ran Vice. Yep. And why was the head of Vice being copied into a report on a missing social worker? I have absolutely no idea. It sounds like an admin error to me. An administrative error? Well, I'm surmising. adj. If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. His surmise proved correct. 9. sequester [sɪkwestər] I. Sequester means the same as sequestrate. sequestrate[ˈsikwəˌstreɪt] 扣下, 查封, 没收, 查扣, 克扣 to take someone's property away from them until they pay money that they owe. to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or until they have obeyed a court order. Everything he owned was sequestered. Just when exactly did you get the idea of sequestering evidence from me? Hm? In 35 years, this has been my worst day in the service, and now this little incident just about caps the whole lot 超过所有! Was it your idea to go behind my back or was it yours? To be fair to DI Cottan, he sought me out for guidance. It was my decision to sequester the evidence from Danny Waldron's flat because of its sensitive nature in regard to a fellow officer. It seemed a bizarre and possibly meaningless find, sir, but I just had a feeling that it might alert Steve. And if it had of done then we wouldn't have had all this other evidence. Oh, yeah, you're on very thin ice with me, DI Cottan. Are there any other surprises in store? I hope not, sir. I hope not, too. II. 隔离. 分开. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. to keep a group of people, especially a jury in a court trial, apart from other people. to keep people, especially a jury, together in a place so that they cannot be influenced by other people, by newspaper reports, etc. III. to separate and store a harmful substance such as carbon dioxide in a way that keeps it safe: He said all coal plants should be closed until they find a way to sequester the carbon dioxide they emit. A growing forest sequesters carbon and gives off oxygen. be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble. If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences. I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it. I was on thin ice, and I knew it. 10. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott having access to tens of thousands of pounds in cash? He'd hardly do it openly. Corrupt officers have access to criminal contacts. Please answer the question you've been asked. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott with such an enormous sum of cash? I don't know how Steve Arnott got hold of the money and then got it into my house. Ms Denton, you've answered. And I'm still answering. If I'm inaccurate, I'll be corrected. Steve Arnott had my complete trust and the trust of the officers on guard duty. He could easily have picked his moment to plant the money and I firmly believe that that is the best explanation for how it came to be there. Because I had never seen that money before. Were you aware that you were under investigation by Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Yes, I was. And were you cooperating with that investigation? Yes, I was. You were being completely honest, to the best of your knowledge, in assisting them with their enquiries? Yes, I was. And had you always been completely honest with Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Please answer, Ms Denton. It was a complex case and there were many details that were elusive and, at times, required further thought and examination before I could give a definitive answer. Did you lie in relation to matters surrounding the conspiracy to murder Tommy Hunter? Ms Denton. As I said, it was a complex case, and many details were difficult to define or recollect. Did you lie about having prior knowledge of Hunter? No. You lied about having prior knowledge of Hunter, didn't you? No. You told the investigators lie after lie to confound ( confound [kən'faʊnd] I. If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis. The choice of Governor may confound us all. 出其不意. 出人意表的. 出人意料的. to make someone feel surprised or confused, especially by not behaving in the way they expect. She confounded her critics by winning the race. II. if you are confounded by something, you cannot understand it We were totally confounded by her reaction. III. formal to prove that something is wrong. This new evidence confounds your theory. confound it/him/her/them used for showing that you are annoyed. And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them. Placed there to confront and confound him. She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him. Use their expectations and then confound them. Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!) them, and to pervert the course of justice, didn't you? It wasn't like that. It was like that. You wove a web of deceit to confound the investigators and to protect yourself, and you have the effrontery 大胆无耻, 卑鄙无耻 ( [ɪfrʌntəri] [formal, disapproval] Effrontery is behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man. ) to attempt to deceive 欺骗 this jury. No! Did you fabricate the improper relations between you and Detective Sergeant Arnott? No. Did you fabricate the planting of evidence against you? No. Lindsay Denton, aren't you an artful, devious person([diːviəs] I. If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way. [disapproval] Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private. By devious means she tracked down the other woman. ...the deviousness of drug traffickers. II. A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible. He followed a devious route.), who has betrayed the trust placed in her as a police officer No. and haven't you repeatedly and shamelessly connived 设计, 图谋 to obstruct those who would bring you to justice? 11. During the interview with Steven Arnott I indentified a number of issues that merit further examination. Of course you want to believe that Steve's innocent. Of course you do. But you're jumping to rash and extremely damaging conclusions. DC Fleming, please. Miss Bigelow, you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be used in evidence. It's been a long day and night, let's get a grip, Ted. Did you furnish ( I. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. II. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it 提供. They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.) Superintendant Hastings with an intelligence file relating to Ronan Murphy, the suspect shot dead by Sergeant Danny Waldron on the 13th of May? I did. And from who did you obtain that file? Did an AC-12 officer furnish you with this file on condition of anonymity? Yes. DS Rogerson's copy of the file did not contain the omissions made to the one you received. I was given that file in good faith and I completely deny tampering with it. No-one's suggesting you did. What we're exploring here is that the alterations were made by said AC-12 officer. You're barking up the wrong tree 找错人. Matthew Cottan has done a first-rate job of rooting out a bad apple. Gill As for the file, he knew we were being obstructed, so he obtained it through unofficial channels. Why didn't he just give it to me? Because he was afraid you'd give him a dressing-down for acting improperly. Gill even after the time we spent together, you really don't know me at all.
躲在起落架上飞行: So how is it possible that someone could stow away? On the ground, the landing gear wheel well 起落架口 is exposed. The area is a complex mesh of components, wiring, and hydraulic lines. Climbing on the tires and scaling the landing gear structure into a concealed spot is not difficult, especially in darkness. Pilots use flashlights on their walk-around inspections, but they can't see every nook and cranny( every nook and cranny 每个角落, 每个边边角角 every part of a place: Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad.). And if a stowaway 藏身者 scampers into the gear well after a pilot completes his or her walk-around, his or her presence will not be detected. What about other ground personnel catching the stowaway? Often the folks loading the bags or servicing the aircraft are focused on 专注于(..is focused..., the helping verb "be" is used with "focused" to create a continuous tense. (Present tense and a sense that the focus action is continuing.) I am focused on learning English. (I am learning now and continuing to learn.) The second example, "I focused on..." is past tense. I focused on learning English. (I was learning English in the past.) focus verb I. If you focus on a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it, you concentrate on it and think about it, discuss it, or deal with it, rather than dealing with other topics. The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.He is currently focusing on assessment and development. Today he was able to focus his message exclusively on the economy. Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary. II. If you focus your eyes or if your eyes focus, your eyes adjust so that you can clearly see the thing that you want to look at. If you focus a camera, telescope, or other instrument, you adjust it so that you can see clearly through it. Kelly couldn't focus his eyes well enough to tell if the figure was male or female. His eyes slowly began to focus on what looked like a small dark ball. He found the binoculars and focused them on the boat. Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene. III. If you focus rays of light on a particular point, you pass them through a lens or reflect them from a mirror so that they meet at that point. Magnetic coils focus the electron beams into fine spots. focus noun. I. The focus of something is the main topic or main thing that it is concerned with. The U.N.'s role in promoting peace is increasingly the focus of international attention. The new system is the focus of controversy. Her children are the main focus of her life. II. Your focus 聚精会神, 专注 on something is the special attention that you pay it. He said his sudden focus on foreign policy was not motivated by presidential politics. The report's focus is on how technology affects human life rather than business. IBM has also shifted its focus from mainframes to personal computers. III. If you say that something has a focus 有重心, 有重点, you mean that you can see a purpose in it. Somehow, though, their latest album has a focus that the others have lacked. Suddenly all of the seemingly isolated examples took on a meaningful focus. IV. You use focus 注意力 to refer to the fact of adjusting your eyes or a camera, telescope, or other instrument, and to the degree to which you can see clearly. His focus switched to the little white ball. Together these factors determine the depth of focus. It has no manual focus facility. V. The focus of a number of rays or lines is the point at which they meet. ) their task and may not catch an unauthorised person on the ramp. If that individual had remained hidden from view, he may have waited until the plane was not being loaded or serviced. There have been occasions at less busy airports where stowaways have run out onto taxiways in an attempt to crawl into baggage compartments or landing gear wells. Scaling 翻越, 翻过 an airport perimeter fence at an inconspicuous point would allow a stowaway access to a plane. An airport with lower security standards might also allow breaches to the ramp through doors or jet bridges. In the end, in this day and age of high security, it is highly unusual for someone to hitch a ride aboard a commercial airliner, let alone survive the flight. Any individual who attempts such a feat is foolish, ignorant of the dangerous situation - and must be completely desperate. First, the landing gear well of a large jet has little space for anything but the massive support structure and the wheels. Without knowledge of where to position oneself, a person could be in the path of those components, whose retraction and extension 伸缩 carries a hydraulic pressure of 200 bar, that would likely crush a stowaway like a bug. Second, the lack of oxygen at high altitudes during an eight-hour-and-50-minute trip, as in the Kenya Airlines flight, doesn't bode well for human survival. Temperatures nearing minus 50 degrees aren't conducive to blood flow. And third, if one survives such an ordeal, landing gear extension on approach to the airport would disrupt the perch of a stowaway, potentially sending him falling to his demise.
Line of Duty S3: 1. You sure everything's all right? Yeah, it's fine, yeah. It's just the missus ain't sleeping too good, you know. Why do I get the feeling you're not 100% on board? I am. I'm going home, so Laila can grab an early night, yeah? You need me to make the hard choices for you. Because I see what's inside you. Jelly. The fact is, if we'd not stuck together, AC-12 would be charging the lot of us, not just me. Worth bearing in mind, when you've got that nice little family to provide for. 2. So, you worked with Jackie long? Couple of years, on and off. Danny? A bit less. I don't get the impression there's much. Sorry, Kate. Sorry, listen. I'm just not feeling very sociable ( [ˈsoʊʃəb(ə)l] I. 爱交际的. 喜欢交谈的. 想独处的. 不想讲话的. 不想交谈的. 不想交流的. a sociable person is friendly and enjoys being with other people. Sociable people are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. She was, and remained, extremely sociable, enjoying dancing, golf and bicycling. Some children have more sociable personalities than others. Enthusiasm, adaptability, sociability, and good health are essential. I'm not feeling very sociable today. II. used about things such as jobs, times, and situations that allow you to enjoy being with other people or to live the type of life that most people live. sociable hours: The pay is good, but the hours are not very sociable 和别人不一样的. social drinker a person who drinks alcohol chiefly on social occasions and only in moderate quantities. social I. relating to activities that involve being with other people, especially activities that you do for pleasure. Social means relating to leisure activities that involve meeting other people. We ought to organize more social events. Social activities might include walking tours of the Old Town. a social activity/engagement/get-together. social contact: The worst thing about working from home is the lack of social contact和社会接触, 社会脱节. a social call 私事登门拜访 (=a visit for the purpose of pleasure, not business): This is not a social call. I'm afraid I have some bad news. a. relating to rules about behavior with other people. social skills 社交技能 (=how good you are at meeting and dealing with people): We need someone with excellent social skills. social graces 社交礼仪 (=manners): The children still need to learn a few social graces. b. a social person 善交际的人 enjoys being with other people. II. relating to society and to people's lives in general. They try to address social problems such as unemployment and poor health. social justice: The interests of big companies are rarely compatible with social justice. social change: a period of enormous political and social change. social conditions: There has been a progressive deterioration of the social conditions of small farmers. III. relating to the position that someone has in society in relation to other people. Social means relating to the status or rank that someone has in society. Higher education is unequally distributed across social classes. The guests came from all social backgrounds. Morisot and Degas moved in the same social circles. ...a prosperous upper-middle-class couple with social aspirations. For socially ambitious couples this is a problem. ...socially disadvantaged children. I felt there was a lot of pressure on me to achieve, both academically and socially. a judgment about someone based on their social background社会背景, 社会地位. The evidence shows a relationship between crime and social class. III. biology social 群居 animals live in groups instead of living alone. ) right now. 3. Do you like chilli? The food. Not the country. I've got a pot on the simmer(simmer I. [intransitive, transitive] to boil gently, or to cook something slowly by boiling it gently Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour. II. [intransitive] if you are simmering with anger 怒火中烧, or if anger is simmering in you, you feel very angry but do not show your feelings. He was left simmering with rage. III. [intransitive] if an argument is simmering, people feel angry with each other but only show it slightly. The row has been simmering for some time. Violent revolt was simmering in the country. ). You've probably eaten. No, I haven't, actually. Well? Yeah. Not too fiery 不会太辣吧? I'll cope. If you go to the trouble of 费力气, 费劲 making a pot, you might as well make it last a few days, you know? One night, you can have it with rice. One night, baked potato. It's rock and roll, me. Well, I'm not complaining. By the time I knock off, the only thing that's open is a dodgy kebab. That's undercover, isn't it? Stupid hours. Well, Mark works in IT. He did a lot from home, which was great for childcare. Just not so great for us. You still see the kid, though? Yeah. Sorry, I shouldn't poke my nose in 打听私事. No, it's fine. It was the right decision. You know, give him security and stability. Just not such a great decision for me, to be honest. See, me and my missus, we never got around to having kids 没时间生孩子. Was she a copper too? Forensics. I don't see much of her now. No? No, I was on the piss ( be (or go) on the piss drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities. be engaged in (or go on) a heavy drinking session.) most nights. Couldn't pass a bookie's. Final straw was - we'd put down half on a fortnight in Majorca. Oh, don't tell me. Yeah, five-to-one. Dead cert (a dead cert I. something that is definitely going to happen. I think that a tax increase is a dead cert 板上钉钉的事, 确定无疑的事. II. someone or something that is definitely going to be successful or to win something. Put your money on Thorpe to win, he's a dead cert. a dead cert for: Stewart is a dead cert for the men's 100 metres.). I couldn't go home to face the music, so I took out a loan, put a grand down on the last race of the day, try and win it all back. Barrel of laughs ( be a barrel of laughs/fun informal to be funny or enjoyable: "He's a bit serious, isn't he?" "Yeah, not exactly a barrel of laughs." a source of fun or amusement. "life is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment"), me, yeah. Can I have your bowl? Cheers. Hey, there's seconds here if you fancy? Any more and I won't get off this sofa. 4. end of slang something you say to tell someone that you have made a final decision and you do not want to talk about it any more: You're not going out tonight - end of! Nearest station's Polk Avenue. I'll take you in there and they can charge you for impersonating a police officer. That's you back inside 回监狱, end of. Why don't you come into AC-12 with your solicitor, you tell us you heard the Caddy rumour about Cole off some old lag, dead or lost his marbles, and you leave me to do the rest? And? There's always an and. And you turn over all the stuff you've got on me. End of. End of? The incriminating item I've got on you, that's my only insurance. You need me to shut this down. I'm small fry. You're the big fish. So what'll happen when they find out about all that evidence you've been sitting on? Hm? The contacts in that phone. The call history. 5. What forensics do you have linking me to the crime scene? Your car, your gun -- I'd say that's plenty. Were my fingerprints on the gun? There were no fingerprints found on the firearm at all. It appeared to have been wiped. Right. So no prints. Lindsay Denton was shot at close range. The vehicle interior shows a substantial blood spatter pattern. Did you find blood particles on me? At the time of Steve Arnott's arrest, his clothing was seized for forensic examination. There were no traces of blood or gunshot residue detected. Yeah, but anyone with half a brain, covered in blood and gunshot residue, would know to dispose of his clothing. So where's this clothing? You tell us. Why would I shoot Lindsay in my own car? I know the forensics would be totally incriminating. Correct. They are. So I wouldn't have done it! You were at the end of your tether 受够了 with Lindsay Denton. She betrayed you, manipulated you, deceived you and, finally, she discredited 毁你名声 you. You weren't thinking straight! So I used my service-issue firearm that I left at the scene? And I used my registered service vehicle? I mean, that's just stupid! You panicked. You left your bullet and the casing and you didn't do a good enough job disposing of the gun. Then you cobble together 拼凑 some story about your motor being nicked. In fact, the only thing you didn't make a hash of was the bloodstained clothing. That's not what happened. 6. as you were I. a military command to withdraw an order, return to the previous position, etc. Ignore anything you just saw. Forget everything I just said. The reset button of life, especially of military life. As you were, soldier. Nothing just happened. II. a statement to withdraw something just said. "As you were" is a military drill command. If an NCO gives an order and then wishes to change it, or if he is not satisfied with the way the men react, he may give the command As you were. This tells the men to return to the earlier state and await the next command. "The way we were" takes a look back to earlier times. It is often a sentimental view of happier times. there I was/we were used when you are telling a story and you want to give a summary of the situation that you were in at a particular stage So there I was, up to my waist in icy water. 7. Bains and I met loads of times. He would have known my voice and been able to identify, the call was clearly made by another person unknown. Yes, and you're familiar with the putative 一般认为的, 公认的 ( [ˈpjutətɪv] believed to be something. If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. generally thought to be or to exist, even if this may not really be true: The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday. ...a putative father. his putative father. ) corrupt police officer codename The Caddy? What the hell was going on with Hastings showing up at Fairbank's house? You heard Fairbank. He called him, put the gaffer ( [British, informal] People use gaffer to refer to the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time. ) on the spot. Yeah, well, I saw the handshake at the door. It was masonic (Masonic 一伙的 [məsɒnɪk] is used to describe things relating to the organization of Freemasons. ...a Masonic lodge on Broughton Street.). In that file on Ronan Murphy, Murphy's connection to Hunter must have been concealed by police officers, and who gave us that file? Hastings. The Caddy is the codename for a serving police officer with lifelong links to organised crime, working as a fixer within the police service for certain criminal interests. No officer has ever been irrefutably ( Irrefutable [ɪˈrefjətəb(ə)l, ˌɪrɪˈfjutəb(ə)l] 无可辩驳的. 铁证如山的, evidence, statements, or arguments cannot be shown to be incorrect or unsatisfactory. impossible to prove wrong irrefutable facts/evidence/proof. They managed to come up with a number of irrefutable arguments. The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident. Her logic was irrefutable. ) identified as the Caddy, hence his existence is putative. The term was first heard in a video statement made by John Thomas Hunter. DC Jeremy Cole, deceased. Now, Cole was originally presumed on the balance of probabilities to be the Caddy, but that conclusion is no longer supportable 站不住脚的, 不成立. 8. surmise [sərˈmaɪz] verb. 揣测, 猜测. 猜度. 瞎想. to guess that something is true, when you do not have enough information to prove that it is true. If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. He surmised that her flight was delayed. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets. He surmised that her flight was delayed. During this time, November '98, what was your position? I ran Vice. Yep. And why was the head of Vice being copied into a report on a missing social worker? I have absolutely no idea. It sounds like an admin error to me. An administrative error? Well, I'm surmising. adj. If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. His surmise proved correct. 9. sequester [sɪkwestər] I. Sequester means the same as sequestrate. sequestrate[ˈsikwəˌstreɪt] 扣下, 查封, 没收, 查扣, 克扣 to take someone's property away from them until they pay money that they owe. to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or until they have obeyed a court order. Everything he owned was sequestered. Just when exactly did you get the idea of sequestering evidence from me? Hm? In 35 years, this has been my worst day in the service, and now this little incident just about caps the whole lot 超过所有! Was it your idea to go behind my back or was it yours? To be fair to DI Cottan, he sought me out for guidance. It was my decision to sequester the evidence from Danny Waldron's flat because of its sensitive nature in regard to a fellow officer. It seemed a bizarre and possibly meaningless find, sir, but I just had a feeling that it might alert Steve. And if it had of done then we wouldn't have had all this other evidence. Oh, yeah, you're on very thin ice with me, DI Cottan. Are there any other surprises in store? I hope not, sir. I hope not, too. II. 隔离. 分开. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. to keep a group of people, especially a jury in a court trial, apart from other people. to keep people, especially a jury, together in a place so that they cannot be influenced by other people, by newspaper reports, etc. III. to separate and store a harmful substance such as carbon dioxide in a way that keeps it safe: He said all coal plants should be closed until they find a way to sequester the carbon dioxide they emit. A growing forest sequesters carbon and gives off oxygen. be (walking/treading/skating) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble. If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences. I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it. I was on thin ice, and I knew it. 10. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott having access to tens of thousands of pounds in cash? He'd hardly do it openly. Corrupt officers have access to criminal contacts. Please answer the question you've been asked. Did you ever witness Detective Sergeant Arnott with such an enormous sum of cash? I don't know how Steve Arnott got hold of the money and then got it into my house. Ms Denton, you've answered. And I'm still answering. If I'm inaccurate, I'll be corrected. Steve Arnott had my complete trust and the trust of the officers on guard duty. He could easily have picked his moment to plant the money and I firmly believe that that is the best explanation for how it came to be there. Because I had never seen that money before. Were you aware that you were under investigation by Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Yes, I was. And were you cooperating with that investigation? Yes, I was. You were being completely honest, to the best of your knowledge, in assisting them with their enquiries? Yes, I was. And had you always been completely honest with Anti-Corruption Unit 12? Please answer, Ms Denton. It was a complex case and there were many details that were elusive and, at times, required further thought and examination before I could give a definitive answer. Did you lie in relation to matters surrounding the conspiracy to murder Tommy Hunter? Ms Denton. As I said, it was a complex case, and many details were difficult to define or recollect. Did you lie about having prior knowledge of Hunter? No. You lied about having prior knowledge of Hunter, didn't you? No. You told the investigators lie after lie to confound ( confound [kən'faʊnd] I. If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis. The choice of Governor may confound us all. 出其不意. 出人意表的. 出人意料的. to make someone feel surprised or confused, especially by not behaving in the way they expect. She confounded her critics by winning the race. II. if you are confounded by something, you cannot understand it We were totally confounded by her reaction. III. formal to prove that something is wrong. This new evidence confounds your theory. confound it/him/her/them used for showing that you are annoyed. And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them. Placed there to confront and confound him. She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him. Use their expectations and then confound them. Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!) them, and to pervert the course of justice, didn't you? It wasn't like that. It was like that. You wove a web of deceit to confound the investigators and to protect yourself, and you have the effrontery 大胆无耻, 卑鄙无耻 ( [ɪfrʌntəri] [formal, disapproval] Effrontery is behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man. ) to attempt to deceive 欺骗 this jury. No! Did you fabricate the improper relations between you and Detective Sergeant Arnott? No. Did you fabricate the planting of evidence against you? No. Lindsay Denton, aren't you an artful, devious person([diːviəs] I. If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way. [disapproval] Newman was devious, prepared to say one thing in print and another in private. By devious means she tracked down the other woman. ...the deviousness of drug traffickers. II. A devious route or path to a place involves many changes in direction, rather than being as straight and direct as possible. He followed a devious route.), who has betrayed the trust placed in her as a police officer No. and haven't you repeatedly and shamelessly connived 设计, 图谋 to obstruct those who would bring you to justice? 11. During the interview with Steven Arnott I indentified a number of issues that merit further examination. Of course you want to believe that Steve's innocent. Of course you do. But you're jumping to rash and extremely damaging conclusions. DC Fleming, please. Miss Bigelow, you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be used in evidence. It's been a long day and night, let's get a grip, Ted. Did you furnish ( I. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. II. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it 提供. They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details.) Superintendant Hastings with an intelligence file relating to Ronan Murphy, the suspect shot dead by Sergeant Danny Waldron on the 13th of May? I did. And from who did you obtain that file? Did an AC-12 officer furnish you with this file on condition of anonymity? Yes. DS Rogerson's copy of the file did not contain the omissions made to the one you received. I was given that file in good faith and I completely deny tampering with it. No-one's suggesting you did. What we're exploring here is that the alterations were made by said AC-12 officer. You're barking up the wrong tree 找错人. Matthew Cottan has done a first-rate job of rooting out a bad apple. Gill As for the file, he knew we were being obstructed, so he obtained it through unofficial channels. Why didn't he just give it to me? Because he was afraid you'd give him a dressing-down for acting improperly. Gill even after the time we spent together, you really don't know me at all.
Friday, 28 June 2019
Phrase Mix 10, early VS soon, renovate decorate, refurbish, furnish, touch up.
1. Is there anything else I can help you with today? You are at a bank. You just deposited some money into your account, and now the bank teller wants to make sure that you're finished with everything you needed to do. He asks you this. This is a set phrase that bank tellers, customer service representatives, and other workers that deal with customers say when you're finished with your conversation. It sounds very polite and formal. It's a way to make sure that the customer doesn't have any more questions. I went to see a talk last night. You went to a talk given by a writer last night at a community center in your neighborhood. Your coworker asks you what you did last night and you tell her about the event. You answer them like this. see a talk "A talk" is an event where an author, a researcher, an expert, or some other person speaks to a large audience. It's similar to a "speech", but a speech is more associated with politics, debating issues, or formal ceremonies. A "talk" is for explaining interesting ideas to people. You "see" a talk or other performance. Some other things that you can "see" include: see a dance performance, see a play, see a concert. On the other hand, for TV and movies it's more common to say that you "watch a movie" or "watch TV". Are you getting a refund? You are talking on the phone to you brother. He says that he just finished doing his taxes. You are curious to hear whether he's getting money back or will have to pay extra. You say this. get a refund This means to get back money that you paid. You can get a refund for something that you bought at a store when you return the item: I took those jeans back and got a refund. Or you can get a tax refund like in the example above. You pay money for taxes to the government from each paycheck. At the end of the year, when you figure out the exact amount of tax you're supposed to pay, you may find out that you paid too much. In that case, you get a refund. So have you done your taxes yet? The deadline for filing your tax return is April 15. Today is April 11, but you have been procrastinating 拖拖拉拉 and haven't sent yours in yet. So you've been thinking about taxes all weekend. You run into your neighbor and make small talk with her. This is one of the questions you ask her. do (one's) taxes In the U.S., money is usually taken out of your paycheck to pay for taxes. But once a year, you have to calculate the exact amount of tax you owe, and fill out paperwork to send to the IRS, which is a government agency that's in charge of taxes. Calculating your tax and filling out the paperwork is called "doing your taxes". 2. I was originally hired as an engineer, but I wound up in sales. You're giving a speech about something related to your job. You want to introduce your work history quickly so that the audience will understand why you're qualified to talk about this topic. Your history is that you were an engineer when you started working for your company, but now you are a salesperson. You explain this quickly by saying this. (someone) was hired as a (job title) To be "hired" means to get a job. Here are some of the phrases that you can make with the word "hired" You tell who got the job this way: "she was hired". You tell what person or company gave the person a job this way: "hired by XYZ Corporation". You tell the job title that the person got in this way: "hired as the V.P. of sales". (something) winds up (adjective / verb) The way something "winds up" is the way that it is in the end. We met in a bar in Mexico, kept in touch over email, and wound up getting married a few years later. You usually use "___ wound up ___" when there are a lot of details to the story that you want to skip over because they're not important and take too long to tell. (someone) is in (a field) You tell what field or industry you work in by saying that you are "in" that field or industry: I'm in accounting. Here are some examples of different fields that you can be "in": education (teachers, school principals), entertainment (actors, musicians, directors), software (programmers, testers, etc.), marketing (marketers for any company), sales (salespeople), hospitality (working in a hotel or on a cruise), accounting (accountants). At this point, I don't think there's much we can do about it. You are almost finished with a major project at work when a coworker from another department points out a problem with the original plans for the project. You agree that this is a problem, but in order to fix it you would have to go back and start over from the beginning. You don't want to do that, so this is what you tell him. at this point "At this point" means "now". But you use "at this point" when it's too late or too early for something: At this point the library is probably already closed. (too late) A this point, all I know is that we're meeting some time on Saturday. (too early). So when you use "at this point" it means "now" but also suggests that now is a bad time for whatever situation you're describing. there's (nothing / not much) (someone) can do When someone is asking for help, but you can't help them (or don't want to help them), you use the phrase "there's nothing I can do". Using this phrase makes it sound like you don't have any control over the decision to help or not help them. For example, if you are following a set of rules or if it's too late to make changes, you can say that "there's not much I can do about that". I'm keeping my options open. You're a first-year college student and you haven't decided on your major (your area of study) yet. You are talking to a professor who asks what your major is. You want to tell her that you haven't decided yet, but you want it to sound like a positive thing. keep (one's) options open To "keep your options open" means not to decide on something, so that you don't restrict yourself. It means to stay undecided so that you can still choose freely later on. A: Have you decided what you're going to study yet? B: No, I'm still keeping my options open. "Keeping your options open" is usually thought of as a positive thing. 3. Sorry, I've kind of been in my own little world lately. Your wife is angry at you because you aren't paying enough attention to her. You're always focused on work and don't spend time with her. You say this to apologize for not paying attention to her. be in (one's) own world This means to be focused only on your own thoughts, and to not pay attention to other people or events. This phrase is a metaphor. It's comparing your thoughts to being on a planet with no other people. You can add "little" to this phrase to make the thoughts you're having "in your own world" sound unimportant and selfish. I wish you'd told me sooner. Your department is working on a long-term project that is supposed to be completed two days from now. One of your employees comes to your office to tell you that there is a problem, and he thinks the project will be delayed an extra 3 or 4 days. Angrily, you say this because you think that someone should have warned you of the delay before this point. I wish (something) had (happened) This phrase is used as a polite way to complain to someone about the way that something happened in the past. "I wish" is a way to talk about the things that you want but aren't possible or likely. When you use "I wish" to talk about things that have already happened, you are saying the way that you would like to change the past: I wish Aiden had asked me before buying it. I wish you'd called me first. A similar way to criticize someone's actions or decisions is "Why didn't you ___?": Why didn't you tell me sooner? "I wish you'd ___" is more polite-sounding, but at the same time more disappointed and critical-sounding than "Why didn't you ___?" (do something) soon "Soon" and "early" are similar, but they measure time from different points. "Soon" measures the time after something. That can be after now: I'm leaving soon. Or it can be after a point in the past, like the point when the employee noticed that there would be a problem: Why didn't you tell me about this sooner? "Early" measures the time before something, like before now or before the time when something is going to start: Let's go. I want to get there early. 4. Have you noticed that Lisa's been acting a little strange lately? You are having lunch with a coworker. You saw another coworker, Lisa, yesterday and earlier today. She usually looks busy and stressed out, but yesterday and today she looked quite happy and relaxed. You wonder if your coworker also saw this. You ask this to her. (be) acting strange When a person is "acting strange" it means that they are acting differently than they normally do. People often say this about someone when they think that the person has a secret that they are hiding. That's not necessarily true. You're debating with your friend over weight loss methods. Your friend says that if you exercise 4 or 5 times per week, you'll definitely lose weight. You think that that's usually true, but you can also remember some examples of people you knew who exercised a lot but didn't lose weight, so you say this. not necessarily (adjective) 不一定是 Use the phrase "not necessarily" to show that you don't think something is completely true, although it may be true in most cases or for most of the time. For example: Larger fighters are not necessarily stronger. ... means that larger fighters are usually stronger, but sometimes they aren't. When someone says something you don't think is completely correct, you can also just reply "Not necessarily": A: It's always more expensive to fly on the weekend than on weekdays. B: Not necessarily. "Not necessarily" is a pretty safe and polite way to disagree with someone. People use this phrase when debating things at work, at school, when discussing politics with friends, and so on. You should always submit a cover letter, even if they don't ask for one. You're sending an email to a younger person who's applying for her first job out of college. She asked you if you think it's important to include a cover letter when she applies for jobs. You do think it's important, so this is what you write. submit (something) When you "submit" an application, a homework assignment, or some other official document, it means that you give it to the person or organization who has asked for it and who has authority over it. For example, you "submit" a job application to the company that might hire you. The word "submit" is a slightly formal word. In casual conversation, you can use the phrase "turn in (something) or "turn it in": Make sure to turn in your application by Friday. Are you going to be able to make the deadline? There is a school assignment due in two days. You are talking to your friend, who hasn't started working on the assignment. You are worried for your friend that she won't be able to finish it by the deadline. You ask her this. make a deadline To "make a deadline" means to finish something by or before it is due. People also use "meet a deadline" in the same way. When you use "make" it sounds like it was more difficult to finish on time. So you'd probably be more likely to see "make" in a sentence like this: I just barely made the deadline. And you'd see "meet" in a sentence like this: Aaron's usually pretty good about meeting his deadlines. I think you need to get your priorities straight. Your friend didn't go to his son's birthday party because he was working. You think that going to the party was more important than going to work. Angrily, you say this to your friend. get (one's) priorities straight 搞清孰轻孰重, 知道轻重缓急, 知道哪个优先, 知道哪个更重要 This phrase describes changing your priorities to place high value on the correct things. Your "priorities" are the things that you think are important. You can think of your priorities as a list, with the items at the top of the list being most important, the next items being less important, and the items at the bottom of the list being unimportant. Many people put their family at the top of this list, followed by friends, work, then things like their hobbies. If you act in a way that shows that your priorities match this ideal, people will say that you "have your priorities in order". If you show that you value something else, like money or fame, higher than your family and friends, people will say that you "need to get your priorities straight". Did you catch the last episode of Lost? You are in the break room at work and chatting with a coworker. You have spoken with this person before about how you both like the TV show Lost. You want to discuss what happened on the most recent show. You ask this. catch (a TV show) This is a casual way of describing watching a TV show. When you say "watch (a show)", it sounds neutral. When you say "catch (a show)", it sounds as if the person wanted to watch it. You can also talk about "catching a show" when someone doesn't see all of it. For example: I caught the first few minutes of it, but then I had to leave. In addition to TV shows, you can "catch" things like: other people's conversations, live sporting events, concerts, songs on the radio. an episode of (a TV show) The word "TV show" can be confusing, because it can mean the entire continuing series, or just one 1-hour or 30-minute part of the series. The word "episode" is a more specific way to refer to and count the individual parts of a show. Here are some other specific words for TV shows: a season is one group of episodes that are shown in order around the same time. There's usually one season per year. a series is the entire show, from beginning to end. However, in Britain the word "series" is used to mean what we call a "season" in America. the premiere of a show is the first episode. Each series has a series premiere and each season has a season premiere. the finale is the last episode. Just like "premiere", there is a season finale, which is the last episode of a season. The series finale is the last episode of a TV show before it goes off the air. I'm in support of anything that generates new jobs 创造就业. A person you used to work with is volunteering for an organization. The organization is trying to change the law to allow foreigners to move to your country to start a business. You don't know much about this law, but you think that it might be good if foreigners start businesses in your country. You think that it might help to create new jobs, so you say this. be in support of (something) This phrase means to like an idea. It's usually used to talk about an action that people are debating on. For example, if people in the government are discussing whether to raise or lower taxes, you could say: I'm strongly in support of the idea of raising taxes if it means improving our education system. The phrase "in support of" is not really casual or formal, but it's usually used to talk about decisions so it's likely to be used in politics, classroom discussions, and in the news. generate jobs This means to create new jobs for the people of a country or region. "Generate" is a more specific word than "create", so it sounds more technical. If you want to sound smarter when discussing economics, you should use the word "generate". When you want to sound more casual and friendly when talking about the economy with your friends, use "create". Other words that fit with "generate" include: generate profits, generate interest, generate (electrical) power. You not only disobeyed me 违抗命令, 抗旨不尊, 不听话, you betrayed my trust. Your daughter wanted to go on an overnight trip with her friends to see a concert in another city. You told her she couldn't go, but she bought tickets to the concert anyway. On that day, she lied and said that she was studying late with her friend. When you find out about this, you are very angry. You yell this at her. disobey (someone) (obey an order/command/instruction: The commandos were used to obeying orders. obey the law/rules: Drivers are not obeying the new traffic laws.) This means to do something that your parents, teacher, or boss told you not to do. This phrase wouldn't be appropriate to use to describe something your friend, husband or wife, or parent did. You can only "disobey" someone if they have complete authority over you. betray (someone's) trust When someone trusts you, and you do something to hurt them, you have betrayed that person's trust. This phrase describes a very strong feeling, only used for very bad situations like this one: Sandra Bullock's husband betrayed her trust by cheating on her with another woman. 5. If only we'd just waited there, this never would have happened. You wanted to go to a certain restaurant, but the wait to get in was long. You put your name down on the waiting list, but your girlfriend wanted to see if the wait at another restaurant nearby was shorter. You went to the other restaurant, but they had an even longer wait. So you went back to the 1st restaurant, but you find out that they already passed you on the list 叫过了号 and you have to be added to the bottom of the list again. You say this because you wish you hadn't tried to leave. if (something had happened), (something) never would have happened This is a way of expressing regret or anger at how something was done. It's used when you think a mistake was made, but now it's too late to change it. The condition can be positive, as in the example at top, or negative like this: If you hadn't distracted me, the accident never would have happened. if only (someone) had (done something)... / if only (something) had (been a certain way)... "If only..." is a poetic-sounding phrase that's used to express something you wish had happened. It brings to mind an image of someone imagining how much better life would be if this imaginary event had happened. Because of its poetic tone, "if only" is not used when someone is really angry about how things happened. It's used in situations where you wish things had been different, but you accept that you can't change the past. This can be used to express what actions should have been differently, like in the example at top, or what conditions should have different: If only it hadn't rained, we could have cooked out on the grill. You can use this phrase by itself, without telling what the result would be: If only I'd listened to her.... Just a heads up - we're going to have to meet soon. You were in a meeting at work where you heard about a change in your work schedule. You're talking to an employee who wasn't at the meeting. You want to talk to her about the schedule change, but you're not ready to discuss it yet. You say this to her. just a heads up - This is a phrase that you say before warning someone of something. The phrase "Heads up!" comes from sports. You say this before throwing a ball to someone to let them know to raise their head and look for the ball, so they don't get hit. This phrase has spread to business and social situations as well, in the form "(this is) just a heads up". a change in the schedule Use "in" to express a schedule change: There's been a change in today's schedule. Come on! Did you have to bring that up? You're having a conversation with your mother and she mentions an embarrassing story about you. You wish she wouldn't tell that story, so you say this to her. bring up (a topic) This means to introduce a topic into the conversation, or to start talking about a topic. When you use "that", "it", "her" or other pronoun, the order is "bring ___ up". When you use a noun or longer phrase, use the order "bring up ___" I'm glad you brought that up. I don't know why she had to bring up the fact that we used to go out in front of all those people. People in a position of authority have a responsibility not to abuse that authority. You are writing an essay about your opinion on a scandal. The scandal involved a school principal who was spying on his students over the Internet. You want to say that it was wrong for this principal to spy on the students because of his position. You write this to say that it' also wrong for other people to do similar things. (someone) is in a position of authority A "position of authority" is a job or title that puts a person in control of other people. Some common positions of authority are: a boss or manager, a teacher, a political leader, a military leader, a doctor, a police officer. have a responsibilty to (do something) This means that you must do something because it is your job or your moral duty. You have to do this because people are relying on you: As a parent, don't you have a responsibility to keep your children safe and healthy? The example above uses the negative form: "a responsibility not to do something" abuse (one's) authority 滥用权力, 滥用权威 To "abuse" a power or a privilege means to use it to do bad, selfish things. In this case, it means to use your authority in ways that benefit you unfairly, or in ways that hurt other people. For example, here are some examples of people "abusing their authority": The admissions director for a university lets her nephew into the school, even though he didn't have good grades in high school. The head of a department makes his employees go out to get coffee for him in the morning. A junior high school soccer coach sometimes yells at the players until they cry. 6. If you promised them you'd be there, you'd really better follow through. Your husband was invited to meet his friends at a bar for drinks and told his friends that he would go. But now he doesn't want to go and is considering staying home instead. You think he should go because he told the friends that he would. You give him this advice on integrity. follow through (on a promise)(I. If you follow through an action, plan, or idea or follow through with it, you continue doing or thinking about it until you have done everything possible. The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas. I was trained to be an actress but I didn't follow it through. The government needs to follow through with some very necessary reforms. He decided to follow through with his original plan. II. [intransitive] 完成动作. to continue the movement of your arm or leg after you have hit, kicked, or thrown a ball in a sport. to complete the movement of hitting, kicking, or throwing a ball by continuing to move your arm or leg in the same direction: You need to follow through more on your backhand. follow-through I. A follow-through is something that completes an action or a planned series of actions. The reality is that people's intentions are rarely matched by their follow-through. II. A follow-through is a movement that completes an action such as hitting a ball. In sports, a follow-through is the action of continuing a swinging motion of the arms or legs when making a play: My tennis instructor says I need to have a better follow-through on my backhand. Focus on making a short, firm follow-through. ) This means to do what you said you'd do, or do what you promised. You can express what you're following through by using "follow through on ___": Are you going to follow through on your promise? You can express what the promise was using "(someone's) promise to ___" I'm starting to think that she might not follow through on her promise to pay us back. Was this renovated recently? A real estate agent is showing you an apartment that you are considering renting. You ask him this because the building is old, but the apartment looks new. renovate 装修 (a building or structure) "Renovate" means to rebuild and make improvements to a building, a room, or other structure. It can only be used for buildings or structures, not for smaller things. Also, the changes that are made need to be major changes. For smaller changes, you could use words like "redecorate 重新装潢" (changing the curtains, re-painting, getting new lights, etc.) or "repair" (fixing something that's old or broken). refurbish [riːfɜːrbɪʃ] To refurbish a building or room means to clean it and decorate it and make it more attractive or better equipped. We have spent money on refurbishing the offices. This hotel has recently been completely refurbished. to make a building look new again by doing work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning: The developers refurbished the house inside and out. Refurbished iPhone 翻新的 means that the phone is not new but has been evaluated by Apple and any repairs that are necessary are performed to the unit and it is deemed 'like new'. The unit is completely returned to a factory fresh state. furnish I. If you furnish a room or building, you put furniture and furnishings into it. Many proprietors try to furnish their hotels with antiques. II. If you furnish someone with something, you provide or supply it. They'll be able to furnish you with the rest of the details. furnishings 家具饰品 The furnishings of a room or house are the furniture, curtains, carpets, and decorations such as pictures. touch up If you touch something up, you improve its appearance by covering up small marks with paint or another substance. to improve something by making small changes or additions: She touched up her lipstick and brushed her hair. We thought the photo had probably been touched up, because he looked so much younger in it. ...editing tools to help people touch up photos. The painting has yellowed 发黄的 but the gallery has resisted pressure to touch it up 修补一下, 修饰一下. to make a surface look better with small improvements Touch up the paint before you try and sell the house. software that lets you touch up your photos. a. to make your makeup look better by adding a little more. Ella was touching up her lipstick 补妆 in the mirror. So, I heard you're leaving us. A co-worker told you that another co-worker is leaving the company and taking a new job somewhere else. You want to talk to the person who's leaving to say goodbye. You start the conversation by saying this to her. 7. Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider 我要怎么才能说服你? You are a salesperson and one of your clients has told you that she's canceling her account and moving over to a competitor's product. You ask her this because you don't want to lose the business. convince (someone) to (do something) "Convince" means to make someone decide something based on what you say to them. You can use "convince" without "to". For example, the following can be said if it's already clear from the conversation what you have been convinced of: Use "to (do something)" to tell an action that the person was convinced to do. Use "that (clause)" to express that the person was convinced of an idea: Ed convinced me that the fastest way to get to New York was Highway 95. reconsider (something) 重新考虑, 再考虑考虑 "Reconsider" means to think about your decision again, and possibly change it. In the example sentence above, "reconsider" is used as an intransitive verb. But it's usually followed by a noun: Please reconsider my offer. In the example above, both the speaker and the listener understand what is being reconsidered, so it's left out of the sentence: Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider (cancelling your account)? I got yelled at 被吼了 for not calling. You're a teenager and you stayed out late the night before without calling your parents to tell them. They were angry and yelled at you. The next day at school, you tell your friends this. get ___ed For actions that other people do to you, you can use "got ___ed". Usually this structure suggests that the action was negative: I got yelled at. I got punished. He got thrown in jail. For positive actions, it's more common to use the "was ___ed" form: I was praised for my presentation to the board. When you use this structure, remember to include the words like "at" which go along with the verb. not (doing something) "Not doing" something is the opposite of "doing something". This is a good casual way of talking about something that you didn't do. More formal ways to describe it are "failing to (do something)" and "neglecting to (do something)."
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