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用法学习: 1. glyphosate [ˈɡlʌɪfə(ʊ)seɪt] 草甘膦, 除草剂 a synthetic compound which is a non-selective systemic herbicide, particularly effective against perennial weeds. a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. potassium [pə'tæsiəm] 钾 Potassium is a soft silvery-white chemical element, which occurs mainly in compounds. These compounds are used in making such things as glass, soap, and fertilizers. The potassium in asparagus can help to control blood pressure. The glycemic [ɡlaɪˌsiː.mɪk] index (GI) 升糖指数 is a measure of how quickly a food raises blood sugar levels:  A number from 0 to 100 that indicates how much a food raises blood glucose levels compared to pure glucose, which has a GI of 100. Foods with a high GI cause blood sugar to rise quickly, while foods with a low GI release sugar into the blood more slowly. Foods that contain carbohydrates (sugars and starches) have a GI, while foods like oils, fats, and meats do not. A low GI diet can help manage blood sugar levels, reduce cholesterol, and promote short-term weight loss. 2. Rudd spoke sense ( talk sense 说得有道理, 讲话合理 to speak in a reasonable way. If you say that someone talks sense, you mean that what they say is sensible. It's good to hear someone finally talking sense on this issue.) about Trump. It's a vengeful News Corp that has the explaining to do: Malcolm Turnbull, who replaced Rudd as co-chair of the Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission group when Rudd went to Washington, attacked Murdoch's acolytes( acolyte [ækəlaɪt] 帮凶, 打手 I. An acolyte is a follower or assistant of an important person. Richard Brome, an acolyte of Ben Jonson's, wrote 'The Jovial Crew' in 1641. To his acolytes, he is known simply as 'the Boss'. II. An acolyte is someone who assists a priest in performing certain religious services. anyone who follows or helps another person, or someone who helps a priest in some religious ceremonies When the barge reached the shrine, acolytes removed the pall. henchman someone who does unpleasant or illegal things for a powerful person. a person who is loyal to and works for someone in a position of authority and is willing to help that person even by hurting others or by committing crimes: Although the president kept himself above the fray, his henchmen were blaming everyone. Like other dictators, he tried to distance himself from the dirty deeds carried out by his henchmen. ): "This is revenge … this is a campaign that News Corp kicked off, and they are running a vendetta … The question for the Trump adulators ( adulator 谄媚者 a person who obsequiously praises or flatters. adulate [ˈadjʊleɪt] to flatter or praise obsequiously. to admire or praise someone very much, especially when this is more than is deserved: The boxer was convicted of rape, and yet is still adulated by many. obsequious [ɒbsiːkwiəs] [disapproval] adj. If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. Perhaps your mother was very obsequious to doctors. Synonyms: servile, flattering, cringing, fawning   More Synonyms of obsequious He smiled and bowed obsequiously to Winger. His tone quickly changed from obsequiousness to outright anger. vocabulary: If you disapprove of the overly submissive way someone is acting — like the teacher's pet or a celebrity's assistant — call them by the formal adjective obsequious. There are many words in the English language for a person or an action that is overly obedient and submissive. Obsequious people are usually not being genuine; they resort to flattery and other fawning ways to stay in the good graces of authority figures. An obsequious person can be called a bootlicker, a brownnoser or a toady. You can also say that someone gives an obsequious bow, a gesture that means, "your wish is my command." ) in the right-wing media ecosystem in Australia is whether they want our representative in Washington to stand up for Australia, or join the ranks of the Trump sycophants." Only a small-minded nation would withdraw an ambassador for fear the diplomat might be unacceptable to an incoming administration. Hard-headed diplomacy is required, not craven ( craven [kreɪvən] 没胆量的, 胆小怕事的, 懦弱无能的 adj. [written, disapproval] Someone who is craven is very cowardly. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly. a craven act of terrorism. Politicians are too craven to tackle this problem. They condemned the deal as a craven surrender. ...his craven obedience to his employers. I cravenly agreed, simply in order not to antagonize him. He wrote to her afterwards, hoping cravenly that she had not been hurt. vocabulary: A craven man is no Superman or Spiderman, nor is he a firefighter or a soldier. A craven man is the opposite of those guys: he has not an ounce of courage. In "The Wizard of Oz," the Cowardly Lion could have been called the Cravenly Lion, but that didn't sound quite right. Use craven as you would cowardly. A craven leader is scared to lead, while a craven gymnast stays on the mat and avoids the balance beam. You can also use the word to describe other things, besides humans. Craven policies, for example, are probably weak and do not take bold measures. hard-headed 头脑冷静的, 不情绪化的 practical and realistic; not sentimental. not influenced by emotions: a hard-headed approach to problems. "a hard-headed businessman". ) sycophancy 巴结奉承. 3. a fine/pretty kettle of fish 乱局, 乱象 An unpleasant or messy predicament Well, that's a pretty kettle of fish. I thought I paid the credit card bill, but it turns out that I missed the due date by a week. They haven't spoken in years, and they're assigned to adjoining 连着的座位 seats - that's a fine kettle of fish. He found out about my involvement and is using it to blackmail me—isn't that a fine kettle of fish? Well, isn't that a fine kettle of fish? Every time we win, so does the team we're competing against for that last playoff spot. Note: This term is believed to come from a Scottish custom of holding a riverside picnic, itself called a "kettle of fish," where freshly caught live salmon are thrown into a kettle boiling over an open fire and then are eaten out of hand, definitely a messy procedure. a different/another kettle of fish A very different matter or issue, not necessarily a bad one. They're paying for the meal? That's a different kettle of fish. fish and company stink/smell after three days 待时间长了惹人嫌 proverb One should not remain in some place as someone's guest for too long or else one's company will cease being desirable or enjoyable. (Fish that are not fresh typically have a very strong odor.) After the cool reception I received at breakfast, I was reminded of the adage "Fish and company stink after three days." Grandma has been super welcoming, but I think it's probably best if we head out tonight. Fish and company stink after three days. I truly didn't expect to stay with Jenn and her family for so long. After all, my parents raised me on the idea that fish and company stink after three days. ... and company 诸如此类的东西, ...那样的东西 You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person. and other people: K. Branagh and co. achieved great success in a very short time. and Company = & Co = and Co words used as part of the name of a company that is owned by more than one person: Five new Tiffany and Company boutiques were opened. 4. war game I. War games are military exercises that are carried out for the purpose of training, and that are designed to imitate a real war as closely as possible. II. A war game is a game in which model soldiers are used to recreate battles that happened in the past. War games can also be played on computers. The announcement came after several busy days of nominations from the Trump camp, which has been war-gaming what the next White House will look like from the president-elect's private Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago. wiki: A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to study the nature of potential conflicts. Many wargames re-create specific historic battles, and can cover either whole wars, or any campaigns, battles, or lower-level engagements within them. Many simulate land combat, but there are wargames for naval, air combat, and cyber as well as many that combine various domains. 5. In British English, a lido [ˈliːdoʊ] [ˈlaɪdoʊ] is a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, lie in the sun, or participate in water sports. On a cruise ship or ocean liner, the lido deck ( She runs an "anti-woke" PR firm and described the jockeying for White House positions going on at Trump's sprawling Florida estate as "like House of Cards on the lido deck". ) features outdoor pools and related facilities. Lido, an Italian word for "beach", forms part of the place names of several Italian seaside towns known for their beaches, such as Lido di Venezia, the barrier beach enclosing the Venetian Lagoon. "Meet me on the lido deck" is a phrase you'll hear often on your cruise -- and a sentence you might utter yourself. But what exactly is the lido deck, apart from its prominent marking on the cruise-ship map? The name comes from Italian roots; a lido refers to a public outdoor swimming pool, or a beach where people gather to swim. Accordingly, the lido deck is traditionally the ship deck that is home to the outdoor swimming pool, and adjacent bars and dining options. 6. Trump Transitioning: Trump dines at a table that has been roped off 圈起来, although that doesn't stop people from sidling up in an attempt to gain his ear. Attendees dine on roasted octopus 烤鱿鱼 and scallops, lamb shanks, Wagyu steak, branzino, tuna tartar and — among the most popular dishes, according to Ms Rein Lively — braised cabbage. Before sitting down to eat, the whole crowd recites the pledge of allegiance. Mr Leamer said Trump has long felt relaxed inside his "presidential palace". striation [straɪˈeɪ.ʃən] a long, thin line, mark, or strip of colour. a pattern of lines or grooves on the surface of something What has caused the striations in this rock? stria [ˈstraɪə] I. = striation geology any of the parallel scratches or grooves on the surface of a rock caused by abrasion resulting from the passage of a glacier, motion on a fault surface, etc. II. fine ridges and grooves on the surface of a crystal caused by irregular growth. III. biology, anatomy a narrow band of colour or a ridge, groove, or similar linear mark, usually occurring in a parallel series. IV. a narrow channel, such as a flute on the shaft of a column. striated muscle 纵横交错的肌肉块(横纹肌) muscle tissue that is marked by transverse dark and light bands, is made up of elongated usually multinucleated fibers, and includes skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and most muscle of arthropods. smooth muscle 平滑肌 muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and is found especially in vertebrate hollow organs and structures (such as the digestive tract and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to direct voluntary control and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods. Non-striated 非横纹的 means without striations, or unstriped. In the context of muscle, non-striated refers to muscle that lacks sarcomeres, which are bands or stripes. Skeletal muscle 骨骼肌 (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle 心肌 and smooth muscle. They are part of the voluntary muscular system and typically are attached by tendons to bones of a skeleton. The skeletal muscle cells are much longer than in the other types of muscle tissue, and are also known as muscle fibers. The tissue of a skeletal muscle is striated – having a striped appearance due to the arrangement of the sarcomeres. 7. codify [ˈkəʊdɪfʌɪ] I. 入法. 写入法律. 立法. arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code. to arrange something, such as laws or rules, into a system.  to organize and write a law or system of laws. "the statutes have codified certain branches of common law". to arrange something such as laws or rules into a formal system for people to follow. If you codify a set of rules, you define them or present them in a clear and ordered way. The latest draft of the agreement codifies the panel's decision. The codification of the laws began in the 1840s. The essential function of our organization is to codify best banking practice. codify sth into sth We don't object to better standards, but we don't want them codified into state law. In September 1992, Carson appeared in an advertisement opposing Maryland Question 6, a referendum on a bill to codify the Roe v. Wade decision, in which he said he opposed abortion and would refer patients seeking the procedure to other doctors. II. arrange according to a plan or system. "this would codify existing intergovernmental cooperation on drugs". 8. dexterity [dekˈster.ə.ti] 心灵手巧 I. the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands: with dexterity He caught the ball with great dexterity. Young children lack the dexterity to brush their teeth effectively. II. the ability to think quickly and effectively or do something difficult extremely well: with the dexterity of 熟练地, 老练的 He answered the reporters' questions with all the dexterity 熟稔, 娴熟 of a politician. vocal dexterity The duo's vocal dexterity is something to behold. manual dexterity 手巧, 巧手 someone's ability to use the hands to perform a difficult action skilfully and quickly so that it looks easy. dexterous = dextrous [ˈdek.strəs] I. having the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands: a dexterous movement. Baseball players have to be fast and dexterous. Raccoons have highly dexterous 灵巧的 front feet that are shaped like human hands. II. 反应快的. having the ability to think quickly and effectively or to do something difficult extremely well: She was lively and dexterous intellectually. He is a dexterous debater who deals swiftly with interrogators. turn the tide = the tide turns 转运, 时来运转, 改变命运, 运气上升 to reverse the general course of events. used to say that someone's luck is changed The team was on a losing streak, but then the tide turned and they went on to win the championship. Things begin to change (in favor of someone or something). For years now, it's felt like the working class has been the hostage of the rich elite, but the tide finally seems to be turning. The tide turned, though, when the team's star defensive tackle recovered a fumble and ran it back for a touchdown. the trend changed from one thing to another. We planned our investments to take advantage of the growth of the stock market. Then the tide turned and we lost buckets of money. For a long time there has been little political freedom, but slowly the tide is turning. 9. have two left feet 动作笨拙, 同手同脚, 笨手笨脚 to move in a very awkward way when dancing: When we danced together, I discovered he had two left feet. used to describe a person who dances badly My wife is a good dancer, but I've got two left feet. In human biology, footedness is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. It is the foot equivalent of handedness 左撇子右撇子. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a certain foot to complete the action of kick as opposed to stomping, footedness is most commonly associated with the preference of a particular foot in the leading position while engaging in foot- or kicking-related sports, such as association football and kickboxing. A person may thus be left-footed, right-footed or ambipedal (able to use both feet equally well). loosey-goosey adjective informal North American I. imprecise, disorganized, or excessively relaxed. comfortable and relaxed: The show possesses a loosey-goosey freedom, creating a style of comedy that sets it apart from similar shows. The movie is aiming for the loosey-goosey chaos of the old Looney Tunes cartoons. "other guys can goof around, be all loosey-goosey before a game". II. not careful, accurate, or exact enough, or not tightly controlled: a loosey-goosey attitude. This idea is way too loosey-goosey to get past a curriculum committee. We can tackle the problem, as long as we don't have that loosey-goosey regulation that we had in the past. 10. time hangs/lies heavy on your hands 百无聊赖, 无事可做, 无所事事 if time hangs or lies heavy on your hands, it seems to pass slowly because you are bored or have nothing to do. you might say "time hangs heavy on one's hands" when someone is sitting with nothing to do or waiting for an appointment. The phrase compares the passage of time to a burdensome weight. She adjusted quite well to the nursing home, except that she says time hangs heavy on her hands. heavy schedule 紧密行程, 忙碌行程 There will be a heavy promotional schedule from March onwards. Despite this heavy schedule, she took good care of her child. time heavy: 需要很多时间. 花费很多时间. "This car is heavy on petrol". "The woman is going heavy on the ketchup". "The engine is heavy on fuel 耗油". "His movies are light/low on talk and heavy on action". "She tends to be heavy on the salt 吃很多盐". be/go heavy on something to use a lot of something: The engine is heavy on fuel. You are going heavy on chicken salt. You can never have enough of chicken salt.

Oktoberfest Love Story: Mandy decided she wasn't going to wait around for the fates to conspire 命运之门开启, hoping against the odds their paths might cross again. She was going to make it happen — going to ensure they saw each other for a second time. Mandy enjoyed all aspects of the festival — from dressing up in her dirndl to enjoying "heartwarming Bavarian folk music" — but it was the pervading ( 无处不在的.  omnipresent; felt everywhere Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace. There is a pervading atmosphere of gloom in the film. The pervading feeling is that economic recovery is near. pervade 无孔不入 When qualities, characteristics, or smells pervade a place or thing, they spread through it and are present in every part of it. to spread through all parts of something: The influence of the early jazz musicians pervades American music. The film movie is a reflection of the violence that pervades our culture. If something pervades a place or thing, it is a noticeable feature throughout it. The smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the factory. ...the corruption that pervades every stratum of the country. Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace. ) atmosphere of "togetherness, joy" that appealed to Mandy the most. For Mandy, this was epitomised in the festival's romantic origin story. She cleared a bit of space on the bench next to her, and Rags sat down. He was wearing a bright blue T-shirt that said, "Super Drinker" in Superman-esque font. It was slightly too tight, riding up 鼓起来, 翘起来 at the front. This was undoubtedly a questionable fashion choice, but Mandy let it slide. She was instantly intrigued by Rags — even as she wondered if she'd heard his name right. The two stayed out into the early hours. But then "it was over quite abruptly," as Mandy puts it. "I was suddenly like, 'I need to open up work'. Meanwhile, Rags needed to jump into the car with his friends and go back to London. We both got flung into reality 拉回现实 quickly." Rags accompanied Mandy to her restaurant, where she fiddled with the keys to open the doors and where they said goodbye — reluctantly and quickly — only just remembering to share email addresses before parting ways. He extolled ( If you extol something or someone, you praise them enthusiastically. Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato. They kept extolling my managerial skills. ) the virtues 好处, 优点 of New Zealand — not just incredible landscapes but a higher quality of life for Mandy and her son. Mandy was sold, and the couple started planning a move across the globe. "Navigating that kind of grief together wasn't easy and took a very long time — years actually, Mandy says. "But Rags was unwavering. His loyalty, patience, forgiveness, and boundless love held us together when things were toughest or I was wanting to quit. Slowly, with his support, we found a way through the darkness." This was one of the "saddest times" in their lives, Mandy says. But as time went on, she says the couple "emerged stronger, with an even deeper bond".

GPs are fighting 'pseudo beauty wellness' companies for access to IV fluids (Intravenous (IV) fluids): Australia has been grappling with a global shortfall of IV fluids like saline and sodium lactate solution, essential medicines used across the sector from treating dehydration to helping patients in intensive and post-operative care. "We're having to ration care 省着用, and that means we are making some difficult choices about who or what medical condition is more deserving of this IV therapy. "It's a very uncomfortable position to be in, and in modern day Australia it shouldn't be happening." For Tamara, the use of IV fluids has been nothing short of life changing. She was using one to two litres of IV fluids a day to treat her condition, describing it as her "best symptom management technique outside of all of the medications." But she is now unable to access any bags from suppliers at an affordable price. Higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing constraints have fuelled the global supply shortages. Since the shortage hit, criticism has been levelled at the federal government as Australian manufacturers have struggled to plug the gap. "It is frustrating that sterile salt water — saline [UK: ˈseɪlʌɪn. US: ˈseɪliːn] 生理盐水, we call it — is in short supply in Australia," Denise Lyons said. Doctors are fighting against "pseudo medical wellness" companies for access to IV fluids amid a worldwide shortage, as sourcing the essential medicine continues to prove a challenge. A fixture on the arms of social media influencers and celebrities, IV vitamin therapy promises anti-ageing benefits, supercharged immunity and enhanced energy for hundreds of dollars a session. Wellness companies offer IV vitamin drips 点滴, 输液 which promise anti-ageing benefits and enhanced energy.

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用法学习: 1. sockette [sɒˈkɛt] 低腰袜子 noun a small or short sock, esp one not covering the ankle. crevice [ˈkrɛvɪs] 缝隙 I. a narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall. a small, narrow crack or space, especially in the surface of rock. A crevice is a narrow crack or gap, especially in a rock. ...a huge boulder with rare ferns growing in every crevice. "many creatures hide in crevices in the rock". II. a deep line in an old person's face, or a deep fold in someone's body: The harsh light revealed every crevice and wrinkle in his face. Sweat poured out of every crevice of the fat man's body. crevasse [krɪˈvas] 冰隙 I. a deep open crack, especially one in a glacier. A crevasse is a large, deep crack in thick ice or rock. a very deep crack in the thick ice of a glacier (= moving mass of ice). He fell down a crevasse. II. North American a breach in the embankment of a river or canal. guttural [ˈɡʌt(ə)rəl] adj. (of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding. Guttural sounds are harsh sounds that are produced at the back of a person's throat. (of speech sounds) produced at the back of the throat and therefore deep: Two Egyptians were arguing outside the room, their voices loud and guttural. Joe had a low, guttural voice with a mid-Western accent. noun. a guttural consonant (e.g. k, g ) or other speech sound. 2. of a feather 一丘之貉, 物以类聚人以群分, 一个货色 of the same kind or nature. very much alike, usually used in the phrase birds of a feather. Those two guys are birds of a feather. Note: The expression birds of a feather flock together means that people who are alike tend to do things together. birds of a feather [flock together] often disapproving people who are similar in character. If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar. people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together. "these health professionals sure were birds of a feather". He'll like Tony - they're birds of a feather. scatty 心不在焉的, 漫不经心的 adj INFORMAL BRITISH absent-minded and disorganized. silly and often forgetting things. If you describe someone as scatty, you mean that they often forget things or behave in a silly way. Her mother is scatty and absent-minded.  a scatty child. scatty behaviour. "Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty". I'll have you know = I'll, he'll, etc. have you know 那我告诉你, 明白告诉你 used to emphasize something in a somewhat annoyed or angry way "Did your son go to college?" "Did he go to college? I'll have you know that he was given a full scholarship to Harvard!". used to emphasize something that you are telling someone: She's a very nice person, I'll have you know. I may look young, but I'll have you know I'm old enough to be your mother. And - as she'll have you know - it's an important job. be with it to be able to think or understand quickly. knowing a lot about new ideas and fashions: He reads all the style magazines and thinks he's really with it. You're not really with it today, are you? Oh, he's totally with it. I love it when students are tracking with the class. If you're going to take an 8 a.m. class, you need to be totally awake and with it or you'll fail. I'm sorry if that didn't make any sense - I'm not really with it this morning. He's smart but a little flaky, so even though he acts like he's not with it, he is listening. be on the ball, know the score, know what's going on, know what's what know - know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" be with someone I. agree with or support someone. "we're all with you on this one". II. understand what someone is saying. "I'm not with you". tracking  = streaming 分班教育 I. the act of putting students with similar abilities in a group and teaching them together: Some people object to tracking because it gives an unfair advantage to intelligent children. In a school, a track ( = stream in UK) is a group of children of the same age and ability who are taught together. To track students 分流学生 means to divide them into groups according to their ability. Students are already being tracked. Tracking assigns some students to college prep and others to vocational programs. II. the activity of following a person or animal by looking for proof that they have been somewhere or by using electronic equipment: He is good at hunting and tracking. The tracking of big game requires a licence. tracking device She discovered a secret tracking device in her car. III. the use of electronic equipment to check where things such parcels or goods that are being sent somewhere are. The tracking of shipments is lax. The website provides both product availability information and order tracking. IV. the activity of recording the progress or development of something over time: The success of any objective requires the continuous tracking of progress 跟踪. It is important to have a national network of disease tracking. V. the position of the wheels on a vehicle, or the process of making sure the wheels of a vehicle are in the correct position: Usually when they balance the wheels they check the tracking. Wheel alignment, or tracking, is an important part of car maintenance. tracked 跟踪的, 追踪的, 有迹可循的 (of goods, a package, etc.) officially recorded as having left or arrived at various places on a route, when being sent to someone; relating to sending goods in this way. I've had two separate tracked packages lost in the last month, both with important documents in them. When you send a tracked shipment, you will receive a tracking number, which you can use to track the shipment online. For peace of mind, choose tracked delivery. 3. Honey Badger 蜜獾: Despite its name, the honey badger does not closely resemble other badger species; instead, it bears more anatomical similarities to weasels. It is primarily a carnivorous species and has few natural predators because of its thick skin, strength and ferocious 凶残的 defensive abilities. The honey badger is famous for its strength, ferocity and toughness. It is known to savagely and fearlessly attack almost any other species when escape is impossible, reportedly even repelling much larger predators such as lion and hyena. Bee stings, porcupine (豪猪, 又叫箭猪 Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation. ) quills, and animal bites rarely penetrate their skin. If horses, cattle, or Cape buffalos intrude upon a honey badger's burrow, it will attack them. In the Cape Province it is a potential prey species of the African leopard and African rock pythons. The honey badger is mostly solitary, but has also been sighted in Africa to hunt in pairs during the breeding season in May. It also uses old burrows of aardvark, warthog and termite mounds. It is a skilled digger, able to dig tunnels into hard ground in 10 minutes. These burrows usually have only one entry, are usually only 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) long with a nesting chamber that is not lined with any bedding. The European pine marten 松貂 ( any of several agile arboreal musteline mammals of the genus Martes, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having bushy tails and golden brown to blackish fur. the highly valued fur of these animals, esp that of M. americana. ) (Martes martes), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and parts of Iran, Iraq and Syria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is less commonly also known as baum marten or sweet marten. pine marten: a marten, Martes martes, of N European and Asian coniferous woods, having dark brown fur with a creamy-yellow patch on the throat. sweet marten a name for the pine marten, referring to the fact that its scent glands produce a less offensive scent marker than that of the polecat (the foul marten or foumart). 4. luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] I. 鲜嫩多汁的. (of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste. Luscious food is juicy and very good to eat. ...a small apricot tree which bore luscious fruit. "a luscious and fragrant dessert wine". II. appealing strongly to the senses; pleasingly rich. "the luscious brush strokes and warm colours of these late masterpieces". Robertson has brought her dog, Mac, a huge, luscious brown flat-coated retriever who she keeps under control using a rope lead, gentle commands, a whistle and a pungent bum bag of sprats 一种鱼 from which she occasionally feeds him. Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. III. very sexually attractive. If you describe a person or something about them as luscious, you mean that you find them or this thing sexually attractive. ...a luscious young blonde. What I like most about Gabby is her luscious lips! "he'll fall for a luscious Spanish girl who can match him in passion". The decoy ploy to save Scotland's elusive 喜欢躲着人的 capercaillie: Capercaillie are the world's largest grouse ( grouse [ɡraʊs] 松鸡 noun. 复数也是grouse. A grouse is a wild bird with a round body. Grouse are often shot for sport and can be eaten. The party had been to the grouse moors that morning. Grouse is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. The menu included roast grouse. verb. If you grouse, you complain. She's always grousing about how she's been treated by the management. 'How come we never know what's going on?' he groused. When they groused about the parking regulations, they did it with good humor. noun. A grouse is a complaint. There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices. ), famed for the males' beautiful fan tails and "leks" – gatherings of males who put on a show for females during the breeding season. They're also extremely secretive and have a notorious hatred of disturbance. In the depths of the old Scots pine trees of Abernethy Forest, researcher and conservationist Jack Bamber has just dumped a pile of deer meat in the hope of attracting every nearby predator in a half km radius. It may sound ominous, but it's all part of plan to divert predators who might otherwise be interested in lunching on a capercaillie chick. We take a walk along the most used path of the nature reserve, to avoid the less-used parts where she says capercaillie are more likely to be. "Even if your dog is, as Mac is, on a lead, the very fact that he's here with us increases the likelihood of the capercaillie feeling threatened," says Robertson. Off the lead, dogs have been shown to flush out ground nesting birds with worryingly high rates. Dogs disturb capercaillie far less when kept under close control – as Carolyn Robertson does with her flat-coated retriever. Dogs are a common sight here: alongside resident dogs 家狗, the region has around 6,000 resident dogs and sees an estimated 150,000 visiting dogs per year. Robertson says an information campaign with resident dog walkers in the nearby Boat of Garten area has seen good results, with capercaillie now seen lekking ( lek a small area in which birds of certain species, notably the black grouse, gather for sexual display and courtship. ) for longer. "The local dog walkers [now] feel that it's their responsibility to look after the capercaillies," she says. The hope is that residents will set the tone for visitors, who are less likely to have heard of a capercaillie, let alone understand the impact their dogs might have on them. More difficult to contend with is some nature enthusiasts' desire to see or photograph a capercaillie, particularly while they are lekking(However, lek numbers tend to give only a rough idea of how the population is faring and tend to fluctuate from year to year. They have remained at roughly similar levels since 2021.). Leks involve males gathering together on the forest floor in spring to strut around for hours, fanning their magnificent tails, sounding an array of pops, clicks and whistles, and fighting each other, while the far smaller females scrutinise them from the treetops. A single photographer chasing a shot of a lek can end up disturbing and even disbanding it for good, says Robertson, adding that leks can otherwise remain in the same place for decades. When Robertson sees photos of capercaillie taken without a licence, she says, she just feels sadness for what are probably very stressed birds. Many people use these woodlands for recreational purposes, and Scotland's right to roam gives them the right to, so long as they act responsibly. But people themselves also disrupt capercaillie. Still, Scotland's right to roam ( The freedom to roam, or everyone's right, every person's right or everyman's right, is the general public's right to access certain public or privately owned land, lakes, and rivers for recreation and exercise. The right is sometimes called the right of public access to the wilderness or the right to roam. In Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, the freedom to roam takes the form of general public rights which are sometimes codified in law. The access is ancient in parts of Northern Europe and has been regarded as sufficiently fundamental that it was not formalised in law until modern times. However, the right usually does not include any substantial economic exploitation, such as hunting or logging, or disruptive activities, such as making fires and driving offroad vehicles. In countries without such general rights, there may be a network of rights of way, or some nature reserves with footpaths. ) gives them the right to. 5. tack noun. I. A tack is a short nail with a broad, flat head, especially one that is used for fastening carpets to the floor. II. a long, loose stitch. III. all the objects that the rider of a horse needs, including saddles and bridles. IV. the direction or distance that a boat moves at an angle to the direction of the wind, so that the boat receives the wind on its sails: on a port/starboard tack The ship was on the starboard tack. thumbtack ( = drawing pin UK) 大头钉, 图钉 A thumbtack is a short pin with a broad flat top which is used for fastening papers or pictures to a board, wall, or other surface. to get down to brass tacks If you get down to brass tacks, you discuss the basic, most important facts of a situation. Let's take a quick look round and then we can get down to brass tacks. to change tack If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation. In desperation I changed tack. This report takes a different tack from the 20 that have come before. tack verb. I. If you tack something to a surface, you pin it there with tacks or drawing pins. He had tacked this note to her door. She had recently taken a poster from the theatre and tacked it up on the wall. to fasten something to a place with tacks. II. If a sailing boat is tacking or if the people in it tack it, it is sailing towards a particular point in a series of sideways movements rather than in a straight line. (of a boat) to turn so that it is at an angle to the direction of the wind and receives the wind  on its sails. We were tacking fairly close inshore. Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current. The helmsman could tack the boat singlehanded. Originally taking office as a moderate, Elise Stefanik has tacked further to the right, and was among the lawmakers who voted against certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election - showing her commitment to Trump's false claim that the election was rigged. III. If you tack pieces of material together, you sew them together with big, loose stitches in order to hold them firmly or check that they fit, before sewing them properly. Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam. Tack the cord around the cushion. IV. (US baste (baste the seams)) to sew with a long, loose stitch that holds two pieces of material together temporarily, before they are sewn together in a more tidy or permanent way. baste [beɪst]: If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking. to pour hot fat and liquid over meat while it is cooking: Baste the turkey at regular intervals. Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey. Bake for 15-20 minutes, basting occasionally. tack on If you say that something is tacked on to something else, you think that it is added in a hurry and in an unsatisfactory way. to add something that you had not planned to add, often without much preparation or thought: tack something on to something At the last minute they tacked on a couple of extra visits to my schedule. The child-care bill is to be tacked on to the budget plan. 6. recriminatory involving arguments between people who are blaming each other: Eventually the couple become angry and recriminatory. There has been a wave of recriminatory statements by rival leaders. recrimination [rɪˌkrɪmɪˈneɪʃn] 指责 an accusation in response to one from someone else. Recriminations are accusations that two people or groups make about each other. arguments between people who are blaming each other: Western leaders, instead of presenting a coherent policy, have repeatedly lapsed into finger-pointing and recrimination. The peace talks broke down and ended in bitter mutual recrimination(s). The bitter rows and recriminations have finally ended the relationship. The war sweeps up everyone in hatred and recrimination. "there are no tears, no recriminations". Democrats are, meanwhile, coming to terms with the massive fallout of their failure to stop Trump‘s return to power, even as they dissolve into self-recrimination 自责. They lack a clear leader to revive their message or a platform of power if Republicans retain control of the House. This will only strengthen Trump's hand in the weeks ahead. aberrate [ˈæbəˌreɪt] verb to deviate from what is normal or correct. aberration [ˌabəˈreɪʃn] 不和谐的小插曲, 个例, 孤例, 特例 ( outlier 异常值, 离群值, 飞值) [formal, disapproval] I. a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one. If someone considers a person or their behaviour to be an aberration, they think that they are strange and not socially acceptable. a temporary change from the typical or usual way of behaving: mental aberration I'm sorry I'm late - I had a mental aberration and forgot we had a meeting today. In a moment of aberration, she agreed to go with him. The misconduct was an aberration from the norm for him. The drop in our school’s test scores was dismissed as an aberration. Single people are treated as an aberration and made to pay a supplement. "they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration". II. An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical. It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration. A growing sense of frantic reordering and recalculation inside the United States and abroad underscores how Trump will return to office more powerful than he ever was in his first term, with the advantage of fewer restraints. His march to victory in all seven battleground states — he won Arizona, according to a CNN projection on Saturday — offers him popular legitimacy. And his historic achievement of becoming only the second president to win a non-consecutive term means he's now a historic figure not an aberration. Data aberrations can manifest in different forms, including outliers, missing values, or unexpected spikes and drops in data trends. These irregularities can distort the results of data analysis, leading to incorrect conclusions and potentially flawed business decisions. 7. denizen [denɪzən] 住民, 居民 A denizen of a particular place is a person, animal, or plant that lives or grows in this place. an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place: denizen of Deer and squirrels are among the denizens of the forest. Gannets are denizens of the open ocean. ...the denizens of Her Majesty's House of Commons. Pompeo, the former CIA director and secretary of state, was seen as loyal to Trump in his first term. But he was recently branded a denizen of the "Deep State" by Trump consigliere Roger Stone. consigliere [ˌkɒnsɪɡlɪˈɛərɪ] 军师 (adviser) I. a trusted adviser, esp in a criminal organization. an adviser to an important or high-ranking person. "his father's consigliere took care of business". II. a member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser to the leader and resolves disputes within the family. sage [seɪdʒ] noun. I. (especially in ancient history or legend) a profoundly wise man. A sage is a person who is regarded as being very wise.  ...ancient Chinese sages 智者. "the sayings of the numerous venerable sages". Several people who have worked with Ms Wiles said in interviews on Thursday she would provide stability and sage counsel to Trump in the White House, according to Reuters. II. Sage is a herb used in cooking. Sage is a plant with grey-green leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers. adj. profoundly wise. Sage means wise and knowledgeable, especially as the result of a lot of experience. He was famous for his sage advice to younger painters. "they nodded in agreement with these sage remarks".  Susan nodded sagely as if what I had said was profoundly significant. The family sagely married into American money many years ago. 8. dusty I. covered in dust. If places, roads, or other things outside are dusty, they are covered with tiny bits of earth or sand, usually because it has not rained for a long time. They started strolling down the dusty road in the moonlight. ...a dusty old car. Piles of dusty books lay on the floor. We drove along the dusty road. If a room, house, or object is dusty, it is covered with very small pieces of dirt. ...a dusty attic. The books looked faded, dusty and unused.  II. slightly grey in colour: dusty pink. III. lacking vitality. 没精神的, 疲累的. dusty scholarship. vitality [vaɪtælɪti] 精力, 活力 If you say that someone or something has vitality, you mean that they have great energy and liveliness. Without continued learning, graduates will lose their intellectual vitality. Mr Li said China's reforms had brought vitality to its economy. The state in which one wakes after a heavy night involving alcoholic beverages (getting otfp). The state is known to make people say things they never usually say, such as: "Can someone just fucking kill me", "I'm never drinking again". It's a feeling that no person ever wants to experience, as it reminds them that they are aging and their body can no longer perform with ease the next day, after participating in a bender or a big night out. "I just woke up and fuckk I'm Dusty". "I have never been this Dusty in my life.". Australian slang for 'hungover'. Imagine an old box that's been in the garage for a few years. Covered in dust. Smells like shit. A few spiders inside. That's you on Sunday mornings. Collocations: someone be dusty; someone feel dusty. IV. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse). V. (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad. a dusty answer an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply. not so dusty not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you? UNSATISFACTORY —used especially in the phrases dusty answer and not so dusty. dust-ridden 尘灰满面的, 满面灰尘的, 风尘仆仆的, 满是灰尘的 Full of or covered with dust. ridden I. harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by —usually used in combination. guilt-ridden. debt-ridden. II. excessively full of or supplied with —usually used in combination. slum-ridden. vocabulary: When you call something dusty, it's either literally covered in dust or so old and unoriginal that it might as well be. You can use a feather duster to clean off dusty surfaces, but if something is a dusty color, that just means it's got a grayish tint to it, like dusty pink or dusty blue. If something has been around for a really long time and it's worn-out, stale, or unoriginal, you can also call it dusty. If you're a stand up comedian whose been working the same act for thirty years, chances are your jokes are getting a little dusty. 8. prescribe 指使 I. If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have. (of a doctor) to say what medical treatment someone should have: The drug is often prescribed for ulcers. I've been prescribed painkillers. Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotics and junior aspirin. She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets. The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s. II. If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out. to tell someone what they must have or do, or to make a rule of something: Penalties for not paying taxes are prescribed by law. The law prescribes that all children must go to school. Grammatical rules prescribe how words may be used together. ...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president. Alliott told Singleton he was passing the sentence prescribed by law. But Rudd has received the unlikely backing of fellow former prime minister Tony Abbott, who said the US administration shouldn't be prescribing who can or can't be an Australian ambassador. prescriptive saying exactly what must happen, especially by giving an instruction or making a rule. A prescriptive approach to something involves telling people what they should do, rather than simply giving suggestions or describing what is done. ...prescriptive attitudes to language on the part of teachers. The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.  Most teachers think the government's guidelines on homework are too prescriptive. "It would be unusual for our closest ally to start being prescriptive about who can and can't be our ambassador," Abbott said. injudicious [ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəs] 不明智的, 说话造次的, 不过大脑的, 不识大局的, 不识大体的, 不得体的 [formal, disapproval] If you describe a person or something that they have done as injudicious, you are critical of them because they have shown very poor judgment. showing bad judgment. showing very poor judgement; unwise. "I took a few injudicious swigs of potent cider". an injudicious remark. He blamed injudicious comments by bankers for last week's devaluation. "Sure, Rudd has said some injudicious things about the incoming president, but a lot of people have, including a lot of people on my side of politics here in Australia. vocabulary: A decision that's not very smart or well thought out can be called injudicious. It would be injudicious to spend your last five dollars on a fancy coffee drink. When you regret something you've done, you might decide in retrospect that it was injudicious. It's injudicious to spread rumors about a friend, because it's not thoughtful. It's also injudicious to ride in a fast-moving car without a seat belt, because it's dangerous. Judicious means "showing good judgment," from the Latin root iudicium, or "judgment."

In military organizations, a colour guard 国旗护卫队( Ecuador international soccer player Marco Angulo has died at the age of 22, the Ecuadorian Football Federation said in a statement.  "The Ecuadorian Football Federation expresses its deepest sympathy over the death of Marco Angulo, who with his talent and dedication defended the colours of our country at every opportunity," the governing body wrote.) (or color guard) is a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national flag. This duty is highly prestigious, and the military colour is generally carried by a young officer (ensign), while experienced non-commissioned officers (colour sergeants) are assigned to the protection of the national flag. These non-commissioned officers, accompanied in several countries by warrant officers, can be ceremonially armed with either sabres or rifles to protect the colour. Colour guards are generally dismounted 不骑马的, but there are also mounted colour guard formations as well. Colour guards are used in the military throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia. A colour guard unit typically consists of the standard-bearer, who is of the rank of second lieutenant or equivalent (pilot officer or sub-lieutenant), positioned in the centre of the colour guard, flanked by two or more individuals, typically armed with rifles or sabres. A colour sergeant major typically stands behind the colours carrying a pace stick. In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. The Roman Empire also made battle standards reading SPQR a part of their vast armies. It was formalized in the armies of Europe in the High Middle Ages, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms. Regimental flags are generally awarded to a regiment by a head of state during a ceremony. They were therefore treated with respect as they represented the honour and traditions of the regiment. Colours may be inscribed with the names of battles or other symbols representing former achievements (see battle honours). Regiments tended to adopt "colour guards 军旗, 仪仗旗", composed of experienced or élite soldiers, to protect their colours. As a result, the capture of an enemy's standard was considered as a great feat of arms. They are never capriciously 随意的 destroyed – when too old to use they are replaced and then laid up in museums, religious buildings and other places of significance to their regiment. However, in most modern armies, standing orders now call for the colours to be intentionally destroyed if they are ever in jeopardy of being captured by the enemy. Due to the advent of modern weapons, and subsequent changes in tactics, colours are no longer carried into battle, but continue to be used at events of formal character.

butterfingers; Emotional value

用法学习: 1. butterfingers 拿东西不稳的人, 漏勺手 a person who drops things they are carrying or trying to catch. a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things. A butterfingers is someone with a clumsy tendency to drop things they're holding. Being a butterfingers is considered a particularly bad trait in baseball, for obvious reasons. "Butterfingers!" she called as I dropped the hot plates. note: The common use of this term by sportscasters in the 1920s inspired the name for the newly-invented candy known as Butterfinger. Before that, many people credited Charles Dickens with coining the word in The Pickwick Papers, in the mouth of a character watching an athlete drop a ball. However, word sleuths have traced butterfingers back at least as far as a 1615 book that described a "good housewife" this way: "she must not be butter-fingered."  The plastic also a little slippery, so hopefully you don't have butterfingers, because that screen will shatter. Maybe you want something smaller, or with a rubberized backing to combat your butterfingers. You have just permitted the cleverest rascal in the state to slip through your butterfingers. She was no "butterfingers" now. 2. head in the game If someone has their head in the game, they are paying very careful attention to what they are doing: have your head in the game It is important for all the jurors to have their heads in the game. Get your head in the game! Come on - get your head in the game! keep your head in the game He was a ferocious competitor, keeping his head in the game and ignoring the insults that were thrown his way. To focus on and put one's best effort into the athletic match currently underway. By extension, to focus on and put one's best effort into some task or endeavor at hand. I know you've got some issues at home right now, but you've got to get your head in the game. If we don't close this deal today, the whole company goes under! Did you see all the evidence the defense attorneys produced? If you don't get your head in the game, we're going to lose this case! Even as an intern, I knew I needed to get my head in the game and impress the head of the department. We're down by two points, and you're having trouble remembering the plays I'm calling? You need to get your head in the game, Jenkins! I was so distracted by seeing my ex-girlfriend in the bleachers that I just couldn't get my head in the game. If you're a professional athlete, you need to be able to get your head in the game no matter what is going on in your personal life. keep your eye on the ball ( take your eye off the ball. ) to give your attention to what you are doing at the time. to continue thinking about or giving attention to something important. to stay focused. to continue to pay close attention to what you are doing. She won widespread praise for her innovation, her tough negotiating skills and her ability to keep things moving, keep her eye on the ball. She really needs to keep her eye on the ball if she wants to win the election. You have to keep your eye on the ball in business. "Labor members must be wondering if their captain has his head in the game and his eye on the ball," they told Markson. 3. beaut [bjuːt] I. [mainly US, or Australian, informal] a particularly fine example of something. You describe someone or something as a beaut when you think they are very good. something that, or someone who, is very good or noticeable: She's a beaut, that one. Let me have a look at that bruise. Oh, that's a beaut! His third goal was a beaut. "the idea was a beaut". II. a beautiful person. adj. very good or beautiful. "a beaut view". deadwood 废物, 废木, 朽木 I. the dead branches on a tree; dead branches or trees. II. 没用的废物. a useless person; encumbrance. useless or burdensome persons or things. people or things that are no longer useful. people, esp. employees, who are no longer useful: When she took over the agency, she streamlined the operation by getting rid of a lot of dead wood. She cleared out the dead wood as soon as she took over the company. He cut the deadwood from his staff. CEO Wentworth said in a statement that the "turnaround will take time, but we are confident it will yield significant financial and consumer benefits over the long term." For Saunders, Walgreens' eliminating the "dead wood will help the company strengthen its financials over time, but it is a huge admission of failure." II. (in writing) unnecessary words, phrases, or exposition; expendable verbiage: This could be a thoughtful and incisive essay if you get rid of the deadwood. 4. nub 核心, 根本 The nub of a situation, problem, or argument is the central and most basic part of it. he most important or basic part of something: What do you think is the nub of the problem? That, I think, is the nub of the problem. Here we reach the nub of the argument. Mr Zrayka's counsel Ertunc Ozen SC told the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday the nub of the case would be whether the Crown could prove the nature and scope of the agreement. "The [alleged] facts show these two were not in the area for an innocent purpose, I have to concede that," he said during a bail application. He argued in court that it was "highly unlikely" that if great effort had been put into planning for a specific target, a participant of a conspiracy would simply miss that the two other vehicles stopped came out of a different address. "I wouldn't underestimate the human capacity for stupidity 愚蠢的程度, in any endeavour," Justice Mark Ierace replied. endeavour verb. If you endeavour to do something, you try very hard to do it. I will endeavour to arrange it. They are endeavouring to protect trade union rights. Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem. noun. An endeavour is an attempt to do something, especially something new or original. His first endeavours in the field were wedding films. ...the benefits of investment in scientific endeavour. 5. A hinge point is a turning point or pivot point where a significant change can be expected to take place. For example, the launch of new software can be a hinge point for a business. In teaching, a hinge point is a natural pause or change in a lesson where a teacher can ask questions to check if students have understood the material. The goal of a hinge point is to assess students' understanding of a key concept before moving on to the next topic. Donald Trump's return to power is a hinge point for the American media – in ways big, small, and to be determined. His defeat of Kamala Harris is raising questions about the media's credibility, influence, and audience. Some of the questions might not be answerable for years. "big, small, and to be determined" could refer to the size of a problem and how to solve it. When faced with a problem, it can be helpful to determine its size and ensure that your reaction is appropriate. 6. pliant [ˈplʌɪənt] adj I. easily bent. If something is pliant, you can bend it easily without breaking it. ...pliant young willows. "pliant willow stems". II. 没主见的. 耳根软的. easily influenced or directed; yielding. A pliant person can be easily influenced and controlled by other people. I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too pliant. She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior. "a more pliant prime minister". If history is any guide, Trump is never, ever satisfied with news coverage. He always wants a more pliant, propagandistic media. portend 警告, 预警, 预示 [pɔːˈtɛnd] I. To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage: black clouds that portend a storm. II. To indicate by prediction; forecast. If something portends something, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future. be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. "the eclipses portend some major events". The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions. leading economic indicators that portend a recession. Trump's reelection portends a new period of hostility with major media outlets that strive for impartiality as well as partisan outlets that oppose him. 7. A dolly zoom (dolly in: 近景. dolly out 远景, 广角) (also known as a Hitchcock shot, Vertigo shot, Jaws effect, or Zolly shot) is an in-camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception. The effect is achieved by zooming a zoom lens to adjust the angle of view (often referred to as field of view, or FOV) while the camera dollies (moves) toward or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout. The zoom shifts from a wide-angle view into a more tighter-packed angle. In its classic form, the camera angle is pulled away from a subject while the lens zooms in, or vice versa. Hence, the dolly zoom effect can be broken down into three main components: the moving direction of the camera, the dolly speed, and the camera lens' focal length. wet will informal the act of wetting one's finger with saliva and inserting it in another person's ear as a prank. A prank whereby a saliva-moistened finger is inserted into an unsuspecting person's ear, often with a slight twisting motion. He is such a jerk; he gave me a sloppy wet willy. There's also Willy who loves to give wet willies in visitors' ears. palm off with 支开, 支走. 敷衍塞责 [mainly British, disapproval] If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions. to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give someone something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away: You're not going to palm me off with that feeble excuse. Mark was palmed off with a series of excuses. palm something off on someone [disapproval] to give away something, or persuade someone to accept something, because you do not want it and you know it has no value. If you say that someone has palmed something off on you, you feel annoyed because they have made you accept it although it is not valuable or is not your responsibility. I couldn't keep palming her off on friends. Joseph made sure that he was never palmed off with inferior stuff.  She tried to palm her old car off on me. beady-eyed adj. I. having small, glinting eyes. marked by or having small, glittering eyes, esp. eyes that seem to gleam with malice, avarice, or lechery "a beady-eyed chicken". II. keenly observant, typically in a sinister or hostile way. staring with suspicion, skepticism, etc. keen watchfulness that may be somewhat hostile he's got his beady eye on you. The gambler gave the newcomer a beady-eyed look."beady-eyed security guards". 8. get a grip (on yourself) to make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly: I just think he ought to get a grip on himself - he's behaving like a child. dick down (transitive, vulgar, slang) I. To sexually penetrate. Getting or pertaining to hard sex between a male and female. To get fucked good and hard all night long. Damn girl, I got dicked down last night proper. II. Often used by a man when referring to sex with a woman Eddie - "what up kid, what you gettin' into tonight?" Bobby - "shoot son, im gonna dick down this fine ass shorty tonight". languish [ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪʃ] to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: After languishing in obscurity 被埋没 for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered. He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years. The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls. a. If someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain and suffer in an unpleasant situation. Pollard continues to languish in prison. No one knows for certain how many refugees languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement. b. If something languishes, it is not successful, often because of a lack of effort or because of a lot of difficulties. Without the founder's drive and direction, the company gradually languished. New products languish on the drawing board. portly 矮胖的, 短粗的 having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man). "a portly little man with a bowler hat". rotund [rə(ʊ)ˈtʌnd] adj. I. 圆滚滚的. (of a person) large and plump. If someone is rotund, they are round and fat. A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentleman appeared. "her brother was slim where she was rotund". II. (of speech or literary style) sonorous; grandiloquent. 9.
In a speech to his classmates during their graduating assembly, he spoke about how the first time many men receive flowers was at their funeral. "Why do we only let these symbols of hope, unity and joy into our lives once we can't experience them any more," he asked his peers. He then handed each year 12 student a single flower as a leaving gift ( 毕业礼物 分别礼物). till/until the cows come home for a very long time: You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won’t start without fuel. I could sit here and argue with you till the cows come home, but it wouldn't solve anything. If you say that someone can do something until the cows come home, but it will have no effect, you are emphasizing that it will have no effect even if they do it for a very long time. You can initiate policies until the cows come home, but unless they're monitored, you won't get results. Usage notes: The phrase is often used to describe activities regarded as futile or unproductive. Etymology: Possibly from the fact that cattle let out to pasture may be only expected to return for milking the next morning; thus, for example, a party that goes on "until the cows come home" is a very long one. The phrase was first coined by John Dunton in 1691 in his account of Ireland: in Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish (1698) he says “on Sundays and Holydays, all the people resorted with the piper and fiddler to the village green. Where the young folk dance till the cows come home", probably because the Irish would often bring their cows into their homes at night as mentioned by Dunton. 10. A race caller 比赛解说 is a public-address announcer or sportscaster who describes the progress of a race, either for on-track or radio and TV fans. They are most prominent in horse racing, auto racing and track-and-field events. Among the jobs of a race caller is to identify the positions of various entrants during the race, and point out any sudden moves made by them. In horse racing, many callers also point out the posted fractions—the times at which the lead horse reached the quarter-mile, half-mile and similar points of a race. A race-caller who specifically describes the event over a racetrack's public-address system is the track announcer. In horse racing, track announcers handle up to nine or ten races per day; more on special stakes-race days. Most horse-race callers memorize the horses' and jockeys' (or drivers in harness racing) silks and the horses' colors before the race, to be able to quickly identify each entrant. During a racing day, track announcers also inform patrons of scratches, and jockey/driver and equipment changes (for example, whether a horse is wearing "quarter inch bends" or "mud caulks").  'It's been a hell of a ride from a young bloke wanting to call the races to being the old bloke sitting in this studio for so long - but the time has come for someone else to do the job.' 'Meantime - there'll be one very happy mate of mine in Ray 'Rabs' Warren in hearing this announcement because it means we've both called 99 Origin matches - a record I love sharing with my dear friend.' indefatigable [ˌɪndɪˈfatɪɡəbl] adj. 不知疲倦的. (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly. You use indefatigable to describe someone who never gets tired of doing something. always determined and energetic in trying to achieve something and never willing to admit defeat: Annie was an indefatigable campaigner for better community services. His indefatigable spirit helped him to cope with his illness. He was indefatigable in his efforts to secure funding for new projects. She worked indefatigably and enthusiastically to interest the young in music. "an indefatigable defender of human rights". Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says "a lot of repair work" required to patch up relations between Anthony Albanese, Kevin Rudd and the Trump camp. Speaking on his weekly radio slot with 2GB, Dutton gave this assessment of Rudd's future as Australia's ambassador to the US. "I think you know K-Rudd as well as I do; he'll be down at the tie shop, he'd be buying up red ties, he'd be buying red hats, he'll be ordering those MAGA hats," he said. "He will do everything he can to ingratiate himself with the Trump campaign. So, he's indefatigable, as we know." 11. tin ear informal I. 没有鉴赏力. 音盲. If someone has a tin ear, they are not able to appreciate (= to enjoy and make good judgments about) music or the way that words sound: We are very different. He is a wonderful musician and I have a tin ear. She tells a good story, but has a tin ear for language. Many television directors have tin ears and use music unsympathetically in their shows, but luckily the ones I've worked with have been good. II. 听觉愚钝. If someone has a tin ear, they are not good at understanding people's feelings as expressed in what they are saying or doing: Some London-based journalists and politicians are developing a tin ear for the mood of the general public. Note: "Tin ear" is an informal term that describes someone who has difficulty hearing or understanding something accurately or sensitively. Someone with a tin ear may not be able to understand the appropriateness or subtlety of language. For example, "She tells a good story, but has a tin ear for language". Someone with a tin ear may not be able to understand people's feelings as expressed in what they are saying or doing. For example, "Some London-based journalists and politicians are developing a tin ear for the mood of the general public". tin-eared I. showing an inability to appreciate (= to enjoy and make good judgments about) music or the way that words sound: He has promised that by the time the World Cup finals come around next year his tin-eared team will be able to sing the national anthem. Even if you can make sense of the terrible plot, you will hate the tin-eared dialogue. II. showing an inability to understand people's feelings as expressed in what they are saying or doing: Businesses are often tin-eared when hearing complaints. Plenty, too, ponder what Trump's win might say about the more conventional political class being so tin-eared 视而不见, 熟视无睹 about the concerns of millions and millions of people that he has triumphed again. 12. Trump win for UK: First up, the call between the prime minister and the president-elect, seeking, in Downing Street's description of it, to describe a tone of warmth, even bonhomie ( bonhomie [ˈbɒnəmiː] cheerful friendliness; geniality. Bonhomie is happy, good-natured friendliness. He was full of bonhomie. There was a lot of cheerful bonhomie amongst the people on the trip. "he exuded good humour and bonhomie". ) between the socialist former human rights lawyer and the billionaire wheeler-dealer New Yorker. "The prime minister offered his hearty congratulations," we were told, adding "the leaders fondly recalled their meeting in September" – a reference to their first get together at Trump Tower in New York. "Hearty" and "fondly" stand out to me, given how anodyne ( anodyne [ˈanədʌɪn] adj. [formal, disapproval] 不得罪人的, 一團和氣的, 溫和的 not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull. intended to avoid causing offence or disagreement, especially by not expressing strong feelings or opinions: This is daytime television at its most anodyne. Somehow this avoids being just another silly pop song with anodyne lyrics about love and happiness. "anodyne music". noun. a painkilling drug or medicine. "she had even refused anodynes". If you describe something as anodyne, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone. Their quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs.  ) and bland these statements so often are. The read-out of the call from No 10 also seeks to leverage "President-elect Trump's close connections and affinity to the United Kingdom" - his mum was born on the Hebridean island of Lewis. But just how Anglophile is he really, some ponder, given his mantra of "America First"?Sir Keir had the conversation on his mobile in his office next to the cabinet room in No 10. Team Trump rang the prime minister, after the government had requested a call with them to send their congratulations. I'm told Trump had spoken to some other leaders first, but seemingly not many. The plea from some in government, to themselves and an audience beyond Westminster, is to judge Trump by his actions, not by his words. The verbal fireworks seem inevitable: that is the Trump way but don't get distracted by them, is the mantra 座右铭 for some. Not least because brash controversy and wild unpredictability is just the start of it. There is policy to think about too. legion ['liːdʒən] 军团 noun. I. A legion is a large group of soldiers who form one section of an army. He joined the French Foreign Legion. The last of the Roman legions left Britain in AD 410. II. A legion of people or things is a great number of them. His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends. ...a legion of stories about noisy neighbours. adj. 大批的. 大量的. If you say that things of a particular kind are legion, you mean that there are a great number of them. The difficulties surrounding the court case are legion. Ellie's problems are legion. The number of women who become pregnant after adopting children is legion. legions of someone 大批的 large numbers of people: He failed to turn up for the concert, disappointing the legions of fans waiting outside. The implications, choices, trade-offs and dilemmas for the UK provoked by what has just happened in America are legion. 13. hector [ˈhɛktə] verb [disapproval] talk to (someone) in a bullying way. If you say that someone is hectoring you, you do not like the way they are trying to make you do something by bothering you and talking to you aggressively. I suppose you'll hector me until I phone him. In a loud, hectoring tone, Alan told us that he wasn't going to waste time discussing nonsense. "she doesn't hector us about giving up things". We have built a foreign policy of hectoring, moralizing, and lecturing countries that don't want anything to do with it. via ferrata [ˌviːə fəˈrɑːtə] 悬崖路线 a mountain route equipped with fixed ladders, cables, and bridges in order to be accessible to climbers and walkers. The 30-year-old Ye climbed down from the towering 130-meter (426-foot) cliff – about 43 stories high – along a via ferrata route with metal rungs secured to the rock face, while a coach guided her along the way. The convenience store is located along an 800-meter via ferrata route. Via ferrata – Italian for "iron way" – is a pathway along a mountain that uses metal anchors and other structures that climbers can fasten themselves to as they make their way up and across challenging terrain.  Following the step-by-step instructions, the young man finally managed to lean back high above the cliff face, arms wide open, held up only by his safety harness. The video's subtitle reads: "The coach offers all the emotional value 情绪价值.". Emotional value is when a customer experiences positive feelings like joy and happiness from the services offered by a business. Emotional value is the perceived worth of a product or service that customers attach to it based on how it makes them feel. It's about the emotional needs and desires of customers, rather than just the functional aspects of the product or service. A via ferrata (Italian for "iron path", plural vie ferrate or in English via ferratas) is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other Alpine locations. The protection includes steel fixtures such as cables and railings to arrest ( I. If something or someone arrests a process, they stop it continuing. A quarantine was put in place to arrest the spread of the disease. The law could arrest the development of good research if applied prematurely. II. If something interesting or surprising arrests your attention, you suddenly notice it and then continue to look at it or consider it carefully. The work of an architect of genius always arrests the attention no matter how little remains. As he reached the hall after her, he saw what had arrested her. The most arresting feature is the painted wall decoration. ) the effect of any fall, which the climber can either hold onto or clip into using climbing protection. Some via ferrata can also include steel fixtures that provide aid in overcoming the obstacles encountered, including steel ladders and steel steps. 14. US election in Australia: For Labor politicians, there was a churning feeling 翻江倒海 in their stomachs as what they had hoped wouldn't happen turned likely. Fresh from claiming she'd never received any complimentary airline upgrades, Nationals frontbencher Bridget McKenzie was forced to issue what could generously be described as a whoops-a-daisy ( = whoops exclamation [informal, feelings] You say ' whoops' to indicate that there has been a slight accident or mistake, or to apologize to someone for it. Whoops, that was a mistake. Whoops, it's past 11, I'd better be off home. Note: What exclamation might you make when you pick up a toddler who has fallen down on their derriere—or somehow fallen over while already sitting down? Perhaps, the seemingly nonsensical term upsy-daisy might cross your lips, or up-a-daisy, or ups-a-daisy? Or do you prefer variants based on interjections like oops or whoops, such as oopsie-daisy or whoopsie-daisy? All of these are used to give reassurance or to give acknowledgment that something out of the ordinary is about to happen (like being lifted high into the air after said fall or stumble). Their cutesy pronunciations usually distract just enough to prevent an emotional breakdown, and although typical usage of these terms is with children, they do apply to adult mishaps as well. ) update to her disclosures ( Disclosure is the act of giving people new or secret information. ...insufficient disclosure of negative information about the company. ...unauthorised newspaper disclosures. ), admitting to having failed to disclose 16 upgrades. Or as a Liberal dubbed it: "She shot herself in the foot." 15. knuckle down (to something) (= buckle down to sth. hunker down to sth.) Fig. to get busy doing something. I want you to knuckle down to your work and stop worrying about the past. Come on. Knuckle down. Get busy. You're going to have to knuckle down to improve your grades if you want to get into a good college. Volunteers really knuckled down and cleaned up the town after the storm. knuckle under (to someone or something) 屈服于, 听命于, 俯首称臣, 卑躬屈膝 to submit to someone or something; to yield or give in to someone or something. to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. You have to knuckle under to your boss if you expect to keep your job. I'm too stubborn to knuckle under. white knuckle something 战战兢兢的度过, 强忍着过, 担惊受怕的过 to survive something threatening through strained endurance, that is to say, holding on tight. The flight from New York was terrible. We had to white knuckle the entire flight. be near the knuckle 带色的, 黄色的, 下流的 (British informal) if a joke or a remark is near the knuckle, it is about sex in a way that some people find offensive Some of his jokes were a bit near the knuckle and, unfortunately, I was watching the show with my parents. hunker I. 蹲下, 蹲坐. to squat on one's heels (often fol. by down). hunkered down to avoid the icy wind. II. to hunch: students hunkering over their books. III. 躲起来. 藏起来. 避一下. 避一避. to hide, hide out, or take shelter (usu. fol. by down). hunkered down in the cabin during the blizzard. IV. 死不悔改. to hold firmly or stubbornly to one's opinion, course, etc., as when criticized or thwarted (usu. fol. by down). "As the White House hunkered down, G.O.P. congressional unity started crumbling". hunker down (on something) 蹲坐, 蹲下, 蹲着 Fig. to squat down on one's heels, a stool, a stone, etc. If you hunker down, you bend your knees so that you are in a low position, balancing on your feet. to sit down on your heels: We hunkered down around the campfire, toasting marshmallows. Betty hunkered down on the floor. He ended up hunkering down beside her. Jeff hunkered down on the pavement and watched the world go by. He hunkered down to take a rest. hunker down to something (= knuckle down to sth. buckle down to sth.) Fig. to apply oneself to something, to get started working at something. I hunkered down to my chores, hoping to get them done before noon. If you want to get a good grade on that report, you'd better hunker down to it. hunker down 保持低调, 不动 I. to stay in a place or situation. to make yourself comfortable in a place or situation, or to prepare to stay in a place or position for a long time, usually in order to achieve something or for protection: The press have hunkered down for the night outside the palace, waiting for news of the royal birth. Members of Congress were hunkered down for weeks of debate on the issue. It had been raining since early morning, a perfect day to hunker down behind the computer and get some work done. We hunkered down in the cellar while the storm raged outside. Members of Congress were hunkered down for weeks of debate on the health-care issue. Speaking to South Carolina newspaper The Post and Courier, he added that capturing the monkeys had been made more difficult due to the weather, saying efforts were "hampered a bit by the rain as the monkeys are hunkered down 躲起来了". II. If you say that someone hunkers down, you mean that they are trying to avoid doing things that will make people notice them or put them in danger. Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down. 16. Police are on the hunt for 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina after a keeper left their pen open. The rhesus macaque ( macaque [məˈkɑːk] 猕猴, 猢狲 a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food. Macaques are principally frugivorous (preferring fruit), although their diet also includes seeds, leaves, flowers, and tree bark. Some species such as the long-tailed macaque (M. fascicularis; also called the crab-eating macaque) will supplement their diets with small amounts of meat from shellfish, insects, and small mammals. All macaque social groups are arranged around dominant matriarchs. Macaques are found in a variety of habitats throughout the Asian continent and are highly adaptable. Certain species are synanthropic, having learned to live alongside humans, but they have become problematic in urban areas in Southeast Asia and are not suitable to live with, as they can carry transmittable diseases. ) fugitives busted out of Alpha Genesis, a company that breeds primates for medical testing and research, and are on the loose in a part of the state known as the Lowcountry. Macaques are known for being aggressive and competitive, however, Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said in a news conference on Thursday that "there is almost no danger to the public". 17. virulent [vɪrjʊlənt] I. Virulent feelings or actions 恶毒的 are extremely bitter and hostile. full of hate and violent opposition: She is a virulent critic of US energy policy. Now he faces virulent attacks from the Italian media. Friends spoke of 'a virulent personal campaign' being waged against him. The talk was virulently hostile to the leadership. "The performance of the Nazi gesture is a virulent display of hate speech," Magistrate Sonnet said. "You took advantage of the media to disseminate extreme political views." II. A virulent disease or poison is extremely powerful and dangerous. A virulent disease or poison is dangerous and spreads or affects people very quickly: A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region. A very virulent form of the disease appeared in Belgium. ...a particularly virulent strain of the virus.