用法学习: 1. jettison [ˈdʒɛtɪsən] I. 丢掉. 丢弃. 抛弃. to throw away; abandon. to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed: Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the TV show. The bombs were jettisoned over the English Channel. The station has jettisoned educational broadcasts. to jettison old clothes. Analysts say Vucic is skilled in thwarting protests by making targeted concessions, jettisoning allies, catching the opposition off-guard or ridiculing the movement. He regularly labels protesters as "foreign agents" attempting to stage a "color revolution," as in other former Soviet states. II. to throw overboard. to throw goods, fuel, or equipment from a ship or aircraft to make it lighter: The captain was forced to jettison the cargo and make an emergency landing. III. to decide not to use an idea or plan: We've had to jettison our trip because of David's accident. 塞尔维亚游行: It is not clear how Vucic can reclaim that power, Joseph said. Because Vucic must "play this charade" of responsibility, a violent crackdown would be "writing his own epitaph 墓志铭." 2. In for a penny, in for a pound 一不做二不休, 干脆, 好事做到底 used to express someone's intention to see an undertaking through, however much time, effort, or money this entails. something you say that means that since you have started something or are involved in it, you should complete the work although it has become more difficult or complicated than you had expected "oh hell, I thought, in for a penny, in for a pound, and scrubbed the place from top to bottom". sunk costs fallacy The phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of continuing now outweighs the expected benefit. throw good money after bad (idiomatic) To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred. incur further loss in a hopeless attempt to recoup a previous loss. to waste money by spending more money on something you have already spent money on that is no good: Trying to fix that old car would just be throwing good money after bad. to waste additional money after wasting money once. I bought a used car and then had to spend $300 on repairs. That was throwing good money after bad. The Browns are always throwing good money after bad. They bought an acre of land that turned out to be swamp, and then had to pay to have it filled in. one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb = one may/might as well hang/be hanged/be hung for a sheep as [for] a lamb If one is going to commit a sin, it may as well be a major one as a minor one. said to mean that because the punishment for a bad action and an even worse one will be the same, you have no reason not to do the worse one. penny wise and pound foolish 花大钱, 省小钱 (idiomatic) Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful with large amounts. careful about small amounts of money but not about large amounts —used especially to describe something that is done to save a small amount of money now but that will cost a large amount of money in the future The plans to cut funding are penny-wise and pound-foolish. A status quo bias or default bias is a cognitive bias which results from a preference for the maintenance of one's existing state of affairs. The current baseline (or status quo) is taken as a reference point, and any change from that baseline is perceived as a loss or gain. Corresponding to different alternatives, this current baseline or default option is perceived and evaluated by individuals as a positive. The bias intersects with other non-rational cognitive processes such as loss aversion, in which losses comparative to gains are weighed to a greater extent. Further non-rational cognitive processes include existence bias, endowment effect, longevity, mere exposure, and regret avoidance. Experimental evidence for the detection of status quo bias is seen through the use of the reversal test. A vast amount of experimental and field examples exist. Behaviour in regard to economics, retirement plans, health, and ethical choices show evidence of the status quo bias. 3. A full course meal is a meal with multiple courses, often served in the evening. Full course meals are often extravagant and celebrated at special occasions. A full-course dinner is a meal with multiple courses, almost invariably enjoyed in the evening. Most Western-world multicourse meals follow a standard sequence, influenced by traditional French haute cuisine. It commonly begins with an appetizer, followed by the main course ( entrée [ˈɒntreɪ] US the main course of a meal. "meat and fish entrées are served with your choice of pasta, house salad, or vegetable of the day". An entrée (/ˈɒ̃treɪ/, US also /ɒnˈtreɪ/; French: [ɑ̃tʁe]), in modern French table service and that of much of the English-speaking world, is a dish served before the main course of a meal. In the United States and parts of English-speaking Canada, the term entrée instead refers to the main course or the only course of a meal. ), the salad course, and eventually the dessert, but the exact sequence varies widely. Full-course dinners are generally very formal as well as very expensive, and can have as few as three courses or exceed a dozen courses. 抗生素吃法: Traditionally, clinicians and health authorities advocate that patients should complete their full course 全疗程 of antibiotics as prescribed, even when their symptoms have improved, to prevent relapse of infection and the development of antibiotic resistance. A recent perspective in the Medical Journal of Australia has reignited debate on this guiding principle of antibiotic use. The argument is that stopping antibiotic treatment once the patient's symptoms have resolved is a reasonable course of action 做法 in many situations, and is not likely to lead to relapse or promote antimicrobial resistance. Prescribers and patients are increasingly adopting this approach, in appropriate clinical situations. 4. espouse [ɪˈspaʊz,ɛˈspaʊz] 采纳, 接纳, 支持 verb adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life). to become involved with or support an activity or opinion: Vegetarianism is one cause she does not espouse. "she espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all". Espousal of such liberal ideas won't make her very popular around here. She is known for her espousal of environmental causes. 5. Stephen Miller's Debate with Jim Acosta: On August 2, 2017, Miller had a heated exchange with CNN's Jim Acosta at the White House daily briefing regarding the Trump administration's support for the RAISE Act to sharply limit legal immigration and favor immigrants with high English proficiency. Acosta said that the proposal was at odds with 不符合, 违背, 有违 American traditions concerning immigration and said that the Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants to the U.S., invoking verses from Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus". Miller disputed the connection between the Statue of Liberty and immigration, pointing out that "the poem that you're referring to, that was added later, is not actually a part of the original Statue of Liberty." Miller added that immigration has "ebbed and flowed" throughout American history and asked how many immigrants the U.S. had to accept annually to "meet Jim Acosta's definition of the Statue of Liberty law of the land." In their coverage, multiple publications (such as The Washington Post, Washington Monthly and U.S. News & World Report) commented that the distinction Miller made between the Statue of Liberty and Lazarus's poem has been a popular talking point among the white supremacist segments of the alt-right. The Post's Michelle Ye Hee Lee stated that "Neither got it quite right about the Statue of Liberty ... While the poem itself was not a part of the original statue, it actually was commissioned in 1883 to help raise funds for the pedestal" and "gave another layer of meaning to the statue beyond its abolitionist ( abolitionist [ˌabəˈlɪʃənɪst] a person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc. ) message." The idea for the statue was conceived in 1865, when the French historian and abolitionist Édouard de Laboulaye proposed a monument to commemorate the upcoming centennial of U.S. independence (1876), the perseverance of American democracy and the liberation of the nation's slaves. 6. demur [dɪˈməː] 拒绝, 反对, 拒绝评价, 不愿讲, 不愿意说, 不想说 raise objections or show reluctance. If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do. to express disagreement or refuse to do something: The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred. Hunt asked me to take over the whole operation. At first I demurred. The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent. "normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred". without demur 没有抗议, 没有争论, 没有说什么 If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest. His plan was accepted without demur. demure [dɪˈmjʊə, dɪˈmjɔː] I. 害羞的. 羞怯的. reserved, modest, and shy (typically used of a woman). (especially of women) quiet and well behaved: She gave him a demure smile. "a demure young lady". II. (of clothing) 保守的. 中规中矩的. 不夸张的. giving a modest appearance. affectedly modest or prim; coy "a demure knee-length skirt". The outfit caused an uproar with Censori arriving in a demure black coat, before removing it during the red carpet walk to reveal she was wearing a sheer body stocking dress with no underwear. A "red pill moment" is a term that describes a moment when someone realizes a hidden reality, or a supposed truth about the world. The term comes from the 1999 movie The Matrix, where a character is offered a choice between a red pill and a blue pill. The red pill reveals the truth, while the blue pill keeps the truth hidden. shutter 快门 I. the part of a camera that opens temporarily to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is being taken. II. a wooden cover on the outside of a window that prevents light or heat from going into a room or heat from leaving it. a hinged doorlike cover, often louvred 百叶窗式的 and usually one of a pair, for closing off a window. Shutters 防晒窗 usually come in pairs and are hung like doors on hinges. III. 防盗窗. 铁栅栏. 铁栏杆. 金属栏杆. 防护栏. 卷闸. 卷帘门. a metal covering that protects the windows and entrance of a shop from thieves when it is closed. verb. I. to close the shutters covering a window: People are shuttering their windows and barring their doors. All the houses had their windows shuttered. II. to close down a business or activity: Some automakers are temporarily shuttering plants in response to falling demand. I am thinking of shuttering my Facebook account for good. shuttered adj. I. with their shutters (= metal covers that protect windows) closed: Shops are closed and shuttered on Sundays. Flights were cancelled, factories shuttered, and millions of people were left without power. II. (of a business or activity) closed permanently: Money from the loan programme could be used to reopen a shuttered 关门歇业的 factory. Residents questioned what the city would do with the shuttered buildings. III. having shutters (= wooden covers on the outside of a window): The shuttered cottages have four-poster beds and private outdoor hot tubs. narrow, twisting streets fringed with trees, ivy-draped stone walls and shuttered farmhouses. put up the shutters to close business at the end of the day or permanently. 7. topical I. 和时事相关的. of interest at the present time; relating to things that are happening at present: It was an interesting discussion of topical issues in medicine. a topical joke. The discussion focused on topical issues in medicine. II. medical specialized A topical medical product is used on the outside of the body: This lotion is for topical 体外的 application only. Current affairs ( = US current events. events of political or social interest and importance happening in the world at the present time. important political or social events that are happening in the world at the present time. "I began to take an interest in current affairs". am ill-informed on current affairs. a current-affairs broadcaster. ) is a genre of broadcast journalism in which major news stories are discussed at length in a timely manner. This differs from regular news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with a minimum of analysis. It is also different from the news magazine ( A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio, or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories in greater depth than newspapers or newscasts do, and aim to give the consumer an understanding of the important events beyond the basic facts. Radio news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes to three hours or more. ) show format in that the events are discussed immediately. In Australia, the aptly named A Current Affair developed by the Nine Network in the 1970s focuses on community issues not usually discussed by major news bulletins. Recurring stories include: hoons, dodgy tradies, neighbours from hell, and corruption. They also run numerous stories about local legends as well as various lifestyle tips. 8. A trap and trace device 电话号码接入记录器 captures incoming phone calls to a particular number, similar to a how a pen register captures outgoing phone calls. A pen register, or dialed number recorder 电话拨号记录器 (DNR), is a device that records all numbers called from a particular telephone line. The term has come to include any device or program that performs similar functions to an original pen register, including programs monitoring Internet communications. The United States statutes governing pen registers are codified ( codify 入法, 写入法律 (transitive) to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code. to arrange something, such as laws or rules, into a system. to organize and write a law or system of laws. to arrange something such as laws or rules into a formal system for people to follow: 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. ) under 18 U.S.C., Chapter 206. impetus [ˈɪmpɪtəs] 驱动力 I. the force or energy with which a body moves. he force that sets a body in motion or that tends to resist changes in a body's motion "hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus 驱动力". II. something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly. an impelling movement or force; incentive or impulse; stimulus. "the ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism". impetuous [ɪmˈpɛtjʊəs] 不假思索的, 一时冲动的, 不计后果的, 心血来潮的, 一时兴起的 adj. I. acting or done quickly and without thought or care. liable to act without consideration; rash; impulsive. likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions: He's so impetuous - why can't he think things over before he rushes into them? "she might live to rue this impetuous decision". said or done suddenly, without considering the likely results: The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half. II. moving forcefully or rapidly. moving with great force or violence; rushing the impetuous stream hurtled down the valley". an impetuous but controlled flow of water". 9. run/ride roughshod over someone to act without caring how you will affect someone or something: He ran roughshod over his employees when he thought they weren't working hard enough. Elon Musk and his allies have spent the last two weeks barreling full speed into multiple government agencies, causing confusion and chaos and raising questions about whether an unelected businessman can wield this kind of authority, seemingly running roughshod over laws and programs set up by Congress. run someone close 险胜 (步步紧逼, 亦步亦趋) to be nearly as good, fast, etc. as someone else. almost defeat a person or team in a contest. to compete closely with; present a serious challenge to he got the job, but another applicant ran him close. "the Germans ran Argentina close in the 1986 final". She got 90 percent, but Fred ran her close with 87 percent. run round in circles 原地打转, 原地转圈圈 to be very active but with few results: We've been running round in circles trying to get the information we need, but no-one will tell us anything. run rings around someone If someone runs rings around you, they are very much better, faster, or more successful at something than you are: Our girls' hockey team have run rings around all their opponents this year. run riot I. If people run riot, they behave in a way that is not controlled, running in all directions or being noisy or violent: I dread them coming here because they let their kids run riot. II. If your imagination runs riot, you have a lot of strange, exciting, or surprising thoughts: My imagination was running riot, thinking of all the ways that I could spend the money. 10. muse [mjuz] noun. I. in ancient Greek and Roman stories, one of the nine goddesses who were believed to give encouragement in different areas of literature, art, and music. II. an imaginary force that gives you ideas and helps you to write, paint, or make music, or a physical representation of this force. a person, or an imaginary being or force that gives someone ideas and helps them to write, paint, or make music: The muse has left me - I haven't written any poetry for months! Juliet was not only the painter's best model but also his muse. verb. to think about something carefully and for a long time. to think about something carefully and for a long time: I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business. At breakfast, he allowed himself to muse about his presidency. Dale is part of a growing chorus of angry Canadians who have become vocal about boycotting travel to the US over the next four years. People on both sides of the border are already reporting travel-related fallout, with anxiety running both ways. The rhetoric about tariffs, the mockery of our prime minister and the musing about us becoming the 51st state, that did it for all of us. Everyone was in agreement that we're not going. We’re going to keep our money in our own country. discourse 沟通, 交流 (用于解释或者教育目的的谈话, 发表文章, 演说都是沟通的一种方式) n. I. Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. ...a tradition of political discourse. On social media, the discourse among many Canadians is a mix of worry, fear, outrage and disappointment. While some vow not to step foot in the US while Trump is in office, others say they are torn, as they have upcoming family or professional commitments. II. In linguistics, discourse is natural spoken or written language in context, especially when complete texts are being considered. [technical] The Centre has a strong record of research in discourse analysis. ...our work on discourse and the way people talk to each other. III. A discourse is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something [formal] Hastings responds with a lengthy discourse on marketing strategies. verb. If someone discourses on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. [formal] He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose. recourse [rɪkɔːrs] 诉诸于, 求助于, 用到 If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war. [+ to] The public believes its only recourse is to take to the streets. 地下通道倡议遭反对: Residents are also concerned about the need to relocate the ferry stop during construction and the increased congestion, noise and visual pollution that phase will bring. Mr Kelly added the reported difficulty homeowners along WestConnex had in getting compensation for damage, such as cracked walls, had raised concerns about the recourse 手段, 可以采取的手段, 得到补偿的途径 available. snowbird 雪候鸟 I. informal North American. a northerner who moves to a warmer southern state in the winter. a retired person who moves to a warmer climate during the winter months "at the peak of the tourist season the hotel hosted an additional three hundred snowbirds and backpackers". Posts on social media suggest some Canadian snowbirds who usually escape Canadian winters in states like Florida or Arizona now say they are choosing to winter at home or are making a permanent move back north. Snowbirds are like some birds in that they move to warmer climates in the winter months. Snowbirds flee northern states in the winter for the South or Southwest. Most snowbirds are older Americans who have retired. They just simply cannot deal with the cold or harsh winters any longer. II. a widespread and variable junco (songbird) with grey or brown upper parts and a white belly. the snow bunting 雪鹀鸟. note: a bunting 鹀鸟 ( bunting I. 彩旗, 五颜六色的小三角旗. rows of brightly coloured small flags, often in the colours of a country's flag, that are hung across roads or rooms, or above a stage, as decoration for special occasions or political events: The room was decked with festive bunting. Flags and red, white and blue bunting were hung along the main street. II. any of several types of small singing bird with a short, wide beak, and usually brownish feathers, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa: They saw lapwings, skylarks and buntings. III. any of several types of small singing bird with a short, wide, pointed beak and brightly coloured feathers on the male bird, found in North and South America: The state bird of Colorado is the lark bunting.), Plectrophenax nivalis, of northern and arctic regions, having a white plumage with dark markings on the wings, back, and tail. III. US slang a person addicted to cocaine, or sometimes heroin. A junco ([ˈdʒʌŋkoʊ] 北美麻雀), genus Junco, is a small North American bird in the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. Junco systematics are still confusing after decades of research, with various authors accepting between three and twelve species. Despite having a name that appears to derive from the Spanish term for the plant genus Juncus (rushes), these birds are seldom found among rush plants, which prefer wet ground, while juncos prefer dry soil. Their breeding habitat is coniferous or mixed forest areas throughout North America, ranging from subarctic taiga to high-altitude mountain forests in Mexico and Central America south to Panama. Northern birds usually migrate farther south; southern populations are permanent residents or altitudinal migrants, moving only a short distance downslope to avoid severe winter weather in the mountains. These birds forage 觅食 on the ground. In winter, they often forage in flocks. They eat mainly insects and seeds. They usually nest 筑巢 in a well-hidden location on the ground or low in a shrub or tree. 11. FBI大肃清: On Monday, a group of advocacy organizations representing federal law enforcement officers urged congressional leaders to prevent the Trump administration from purging career FBI career officials. The top agent in the FBI's New York field office, meanwhile, told his colleagues he's digging a "foxhole" ( a small pit dug during an action to provide individual shelter against hostile fire. a small hole dug in the ground during a war or military attack, used by a small group of soldiers as a base for shooting at the enemy and as a shelter from attack. ) to protect them. "Do NOT resign or offer to resign," the FBI Agents Association told members in an email obtained by CNN. "While we would never advocate for physical non-compliance, you need to be clear your removal is not voluntary." The letter warns that should names of the agents become public, they would be subject to "immediate risk of doxing, swatting ( swat I. 拍蝇子, 拍苍蝇. to strike or hit sharply. to hit something, especially an insect, with a flat object or your hand: I swatted the fly with a rolled-up newspaper. to swat a fly. II. to hit something, especially a ball, very hard: He tried to swat the ball too hard, and missed it entirely. Federer swatted the ball effortlessly past his opponent. wiki: Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person's address. This is triggered by false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency, such as a bomb threat, domestic violence, murder, hostage situation, or a false report of a mental health emergency, such as reporting that a person is suicidal or homicidal and may be armed, among other things. A famous streamer was swatted while live on camera. Swatting is not a joke—it puts lives in danger. ), harassment, or possibly worse." FBI employees, who for months have braced for massive changes with Trump's election victory, have been surprised at attempts to punish agents and analysts who don't have a choice on which cases they are assigned. Last month, the Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on the federal criminal investigations into Trump. A letter from acting Attorney General James McHenry to the officials said they not could be "trusted" to "faithfully" implement Trump"s agenda. Like many in law enforcement, the FBI work force generally leans conservative. And in the aftermath of January 6, many agents expressed reluctance at being involved in Capitol riot cases, complaining that the response was heavy-handed 重手, 下手太重. get/have the needle 恼怒, 不高兴, 不满 British informal to feel dislike, distaste, nervousness, or annoyance (for). To become particularly annoyed or vexed. I got the needle after reading that unflattering portrait of my company in the newspaper. I really get the dead needle about the way people drive in the bus lane, when they clearly aren't supposed to! Hey, take off your shoes—my mom gets the needle when people come into the house with dirty shoes. she got the needle after he had refused her invitation . give someone the needle 打趣, 惹恼 to goad or heckle. provoke or annoy someone. To Annoy or Provoke Someone. to deliberately irritate, tease, or provoke someone. He kept making fun of my mistakes just to give me the needle. 12. I'll get you next time 下次我付 the speaker will return the favour. 可替换的说法是: I'll get it (the check/bill) next time. 或者 I'll cover you next time" or "I'll treat you next time). " 例句: A: Execuse me. Can we get the bill please? Waiter: Sure, do you want to take this to go? A: No, we are OK. Thank you. Do you mind if we split the bill. B: Of course, you always treat me. A: It's not a problem. So it's 50 bucks, it's gonna be 24 per person. B: Oh, I forgot my wallet again. Can I get you next time? A: You said next time last time. Don't worry about it. I never eat with you again. . "Can I get you next time?" I. Offering to Pay Later – If someone owes money or is supposed to pay for something but can't at the moment, they might say: I don't have cash right now. Can I get you next time? I'll pay you the next time we meet. II. Making Plans for Another Time – If someone is unable to meet, help, or talk now, they might say: You're busy now? No worries, can I get you next time? Meaning: I'll catch up with you later. It's a casual way of saying "Can I see you again another time" or "Would you like to meet up next time," implying that you're hoping to see the person again soon, whether for a social event, a business meeting, or any other reason where a future encounter is anticipated. Sorry I missed your call—can I get you next time you're free? III. Competitive Context – In sports, games, or debates, it might mean: You won this time, but can I get you next time? Meaning: I'll try to win or do better in the future. better luck next time said to tell someone that you hope they will succeed when they try again: I'm sorry to hear that you failed your driving test. Better luck next time! IV. If someone asks for assistance you can't provide immediately, you might use this phrase to defer helping until later. "I'm busy today, but can I get you next time you need help moving?" 13. 美国政策: "The Democrats don't matter," Bannon told Lewis. "The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit." That's the Bannon business model: Flood the zone. Stink up the joint. As Jonathan Rauch once said, citing Bannon's infamous quote, "This is not about persuasion: This is about disorientation." Indeed, the report notes this challenge several times, pointing to broader societal ills 社会问题, 社会病 that are "exploited to promote false information online." "The Internet is an amplifier," Benton wrote in his reaction column on Monday. "It increases both the reach and awareness of society's ills. As long as the root causes exist — and as long as there are people who seek power, wealth, or fame through exploiting them — things will keep getting louder." Or to put it another way, the zone will be flooded with more and more shit… 澳大利亚对策: An approach has now been adopted to hit pause and take time to establish whether a bombshell statement like the US owning Gaza is real policy, or what Trump's former advisor Steve Bannon once referred to as "flooding the zone with shit". "Don't respond to everything that is said. Don't engage unnecessarily on noise," says one of the older hands within the Australian government. The view is: wait until "Bibi week" (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington) is all over. What's real and what's noise will only become clearer then. Best not to jump at shadows ( jump at one's own shadow = afraid of one's own shadow 一惊一乍的, 自己吓自己 To be exceptionally timid. ) too soon. This caution is not without its risks. It can look weak. But when it comes to Trump, it's an entirely bipartisan approach. Albanese has largely stuck to the formula over the first few turbulent weeks of the second Trump presidency. But after Trump's jaw-dropping declaration the US will "do what's necessary" to take "long term ownership" of Gaza, the prime minister had to offer something more. It wasn't exactly a slap-down, more a polite and careful rejection. Albanese, however, has been careful not to condemn, ridicule, blow steam, or in any way canvass the consequences of Trump's proposal, much to the disappointment of the Greens and pro-Palestinian groups. This is in part due to uncertainty over how serious the president may be. 14. moribund [ˈmɒrɪˌbʌnd] ( 类似于dormant) 停滞的. 没有活力的. 半死不活的. adj. I. near death. II. stagnant; without force or vitality. (especially of an organization or business) not active or successful. used to describe a business, market, etc. that is not active or successful: The figures show a moribund remortgage market. How can the department be revived from its present moribund state? At its root, officials said, this suggestion was intended in part to spur action on an issue Trump viewed as moribund, with no other nations offering reasonable solutions for how to rebuild an area that has been obliterated 夷为平地的 by Israeli bombardment following Hamas' October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. latent I. present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed: Recent developments in the area have brought latent ethnic tension out into the open. We're trying to bring out the latent artistic talents that many people possess without realizing it. II. present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious: Latent ethnic tensions exploded into the open yesterday. latent 未挖掘的 capability/talent/skill. Latent homosexuality is an erotic attraction toward members of the same sex that is not consciously experienced or expressed in overt action. This may mean a hidden inclination or potential for interest in homosexual relationships, which is either suppressed or not recognized, and which has not yet been explored, or may never be explored. 美国加沙地带政策: Witkoff's descriptions left an impression on the president, who became preoccupied with the matter. In conversations with aides, he bemoaned what he said was a void of alternative plans being offered by other players in the region. "The president has said he's been socialing ( socialize I.(intransitive) to behave in a friendly or sociable manner. I tend not to socialize with my colleagues. I hope Adam's actually doing some work at college - he seems to spend all his time socializing! II. (transitive) to prepare for life in society. to train people or animals to behave in a way that others in the group think is suitable: Here at the school we make every effort to socialize 融入社会 these young offenders. III. (transitive) mainly US. to alter or create so as to be in accordance with socialist principles, as by nationalization. socializing I. the activity of spending time when you are not working with friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself: I work 50 hours a week, so there's not much time for socializing. Some students care more about socializing than school. II. the process of learning or training people or animals to behave in a way that is acceptable in a group. Working as a team reinforces socializing, learning how to share, and taking turns. The breed makes a good family pet, but needs plenty of socializing and must know its boundaries. ) this idea for quite some time. He's been thinking about this," his press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday. Still, she acknowledged the idea hadn't been formalized into written form until Trump voiced it Tuesday. "The plan was written in the president's remarks last night as he revealed it to the world," she said. A White House official told CNN that Witkoff's descriptions of his trip were an "inflection point" for the president(inflection [ɪnˈflɛkʃn] = inflexion in UK GRAMMAR I. a change in the form of a word (typically the ending) to express a grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender. In grammar, an inflection is a change in the form of a word that shows its grammatical function, for example a change that makes a noun plural or makes a verb into the past tense. "a set of word forms differing only in respect of inflections 时态语态形态变化". II. the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice. An inflection in someone's voice is a change in its tone or pitch as they are speaking. The man's voice was devoid of inflection 平铺直叙, 没有情感. 'Seb?' he said, with a rising inflection 升调, 降调. "she spoke slowly and without inflection 升降调, 高低音". inflection point 转折点, 拐点 I. MATHEMATICS a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. In differential calculus and differential geometry, an inflection point, point of inflection, flex, or inflection (rarely inflexion) is a point on a smooth plane curve at which the curvature changes sign. In particular, in the case of the graph of a function, it is a point where the function changes from being concave (concave downward) to convex (concave upward), or vice versa. II. US (in business) a time of significant change in a situation; a turning point. "the economy has crossed an inflection point and is poised for bigger things". cadence [keɪdəns] I. The cadence of someone's voice 韵律, 抑扬顿挫, 起起伏伏, 高低起伏 is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak. the regular rise and fall of the voice: Cadence is usually the hardest aspect of a foreign language to adopt. It can be difficult to find the words and cadences to deliver your argument effectively. He recognized the Polish cadences in her voice. He is not attempting necessarily to reproduce the cadence of speech. II. A cadence is the phrase that ends a section of music or a complete piece of music.). "The notion of lather, rinse, repeat — let's do the same thing in Gaza we've done for decades isn't going to sustain," the White House official said of how Trump and his team got to this position. "We've been in this loop, this cycle … for too long and it isn't working." Now, Trump's Middle East brokers are prioritizing "continuing steps," one source familiar with the strategy told CNN, primarily ensuring that the current ceasefire deal and hostage agreement holds and that all parties "keep their end of the bargain." Yet for all of the astonishment at Trump's own words, when he often sounded more like a real estate developer than an American president, his ideas for Gaza steadily gathered steam 获得支持 as the day wore along ( wear on If a period of time wears on, it passes, especially slowly: As time wore on she became more and more unhappy. ) as he welcomed Netanyahu to the White House. He read from a prepared text the sentence that caused a global double-take: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip." A day after Trump made his comments, Waltz suggested it had been in the works for some time. Sending US troops to the region would be in stark contrast to Trump's long-held critique of nation building and foreign entanglements. He was among the sharpest critics of Republican orthodoxy of national building during the George W. Bush administration. "We are ending the era of endless wars. In its place is a renewed, clear-eyed focus on defending America's vital interests," Trump told West Point cadets in 2020. "It is not the duty of US troops to solve ancient conflicts in faraway lands that many people have never even heard of." 15. philo- or before a vowel phil- combining form indicating a love of ex: philology. -phile suffix someone who enjoys a particular thing or has it as a hobby, or who likes a particular place: A bibliophile likes books and an oenophile enjoys wine. An Anglophile likes England or Britain. anathema [əˈnæθəmə] 不喜欢, 讨厌, 反感, 厌恶 被憎恨, 嫌恶, 厌恶, 讨厌的人和事, 诅咒. 被诅咒的人 noun singular/uncountable formal I. something or someone that one vehemently dislikes. something that you strongly dislike or strongly disagree with. a detested person or thing. One that is cursed or damned. he is anathema to me. Conservatives have long regarded state intervention in the family as anathema. The idea of working late was complete anathema to him. "racial hatred was anathema 不喜欢的, 不爱的, 反对的, 格格不入的 to her". To understand all this, try to think like MBS. He is the ultimate power in his land and brooks 容忍, 接受 no political dissent. Yet, Hamas, which doesn't exist in Saudi Arabia, is an existential threat to him. It represents political Islam, an anathema for every Muslim autocrat which, given the chance would topple Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his fellow Gulf royals in a heartbeat. So he has a vested interest in Hamas' obliteration. II. a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine. "the Pope laid special emphasis on the second of these anathemas". vocabulary: Something that one absolutely and positively cannot stand is anathema. Garlic is anathema to vampires (ditto for stakes and daylight). So is kryptonite to Superman or a silver bullet to a werewolf. Originally the term anathema comes from the Catholic practice of denouncing a particular individual or idea that was antithetical to 格格不入的, 正相反的 the Catholic Church. brook no something/not brook something 不容忍, 不接受 to not allow or accept something, especially a difference of opinion or intention. to allow or accept something, esp. a difference of opinion or intention: She won't brook any criticism of her work. She won't brook any criticism of her work. brook (= crook) noun. a natural freshwater stream smaller than a river. a small stream: I could hear the sound of a babbling brook. 16. 中东对美国Gaza政策的反应: On the flip side, Israel's bone-smashing, concrete-crushing war in Gaza has re-awoken Saudi citizens' dormant pro-Palestinian sentiment. A mindful MBS knows there'd be popular anger if Gazans were expelled. Does MBS cherish peace in the Middle East, including normalization with Israel? Yes. It's good for business, fattens his outsized bank balance, and the trickledown keeps his citizens happy. To fully understand what's at stake, remember that Egypt's Sisi locked up Hamas' progenitor ( progenitor [prəʊˈdʒɛnɪtə] I. 先祖. a direct ancestor. the parent or direct ancestor of a person, animal, or plant: A child has a male progenitor and a female progenitor. A series of several persons descended from a common progenitor is called a line. II. 先驱. an originator or founder of a future development; precursor. a person who first thinks of something and causes it to exist: Marx was the progenitor of communism. The Sagrada Familia was conceived originally by its progenitor, the Catalan publisher Josep Bocabella. III. 前身. something from which another thing develops or that causes something else to happen or exist: The progenitor of rock 'n'roll was rhythm and blues. Tobacco surely rivals arsenic as a progenitor of fatal cancer. ), the Muslim Brotherhood, a decade ago – soon after it won elections. Egypt is a regional lynchpin ( the linchpin of 核心 the most important member of a group or part of a system, that holds together the other members or parts or makes it possible for them to operate as intended: Woodford is the linchpin of the British athletics team. ) containing a potential powder keg of radical sentiment that if detonated 引爆 would ricochet around the region, puncturing European and US interests. This is why Sisi is still in power and why the West turned a blind eye to his brutal post-Arab Spring power grab. The West, and particularly the United States, need Sisi as they do King Abdullah. A failed Jordan would leave a major power vacuum, effectively opening the door to Iran's regional proxies, putting them right at Israel's border. 17. gravitas [ˈɡravɪtas,ˈɡravɪtɑːs] 庄重, 庄严肃穆 dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner. If you say that someone has gravitas, you mean that you respect them because they seem serious and intelligent. He is pale, dark, and authoritative, with the gravitas you might expect of a Booker prize winner. "a post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas". Let's be honest: what's gone before us has failed and people who dismiss President Trump and say … he's not serious or whatever derogatory comments they want to make, I think it defies the reality of the gravitas that he brings to the situation. I think it is about, how do you leverage the best possible outcome, provide that peace and stability so that people can raise their kids in an environment that is conducive to them leading a good life, not being blown apart. vocabulary: Gravitas is seriousness and dignity. You might try to speak with gravitas 持重, but no one will take you seriously if you're wearing clown makeup and giant floppy shoes. Gravitas is a Latin word that means "weight or heaviness." It came to mean a figurative weight after gravity acquired a primarily scientific meaning. A biography of Abraham Lincoln will inevitably be full of gravitas, and places like libraries, museums, and university buildings seem to have gravitas, or dignity — while grocery stores and gyms usually do not. 18. fulsome [ˈfʊls(ə)m] I. 过誉的. 夸大其词的. 夸张的. complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. expressing a lot of admiration or praise for someone, often too much, in a way that does not sound sincere: fulsome praise Her new book has received fulsome praise from the critics. fulsome in Our guests were fulsome in their compliments about the food. "the press are embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation". II. of large size or quantity; generous or abundant. "the fulsome details of the later legend". far/further afield a long/longer distance away: We export our products to countries as far afield as Japan and Canada. Our students come from Europe, Asia, and even further afield. Over 2,000 years later, travelers can still see his legacy in countries as far afield as Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan — as well as Greece, of course, where, in 2024, archaeologists opened the Royal Palace of Aigai to visitors. preside to be in charge of a formal meeting, ceremony, or trial: Who would be the best person to preside at/over the public enquiry? Judge Langdale is to preside over the official enquiry into the case. preside over something to be in charge of a situation or place This government has presided over some of the most significant changes in education this century. She has presided over the district during a period of unprecedented growth. 19. Alexander the Great: At school, he planned to specialize in sciences 选择理科, but one day his history teacher showed pupils a map of Alexander's travels. "My jaw fell open, hit the desk, and I went home and said, 'I want to study ancient history,'" he says. He changed his courses 改变方向 and went on to study ancient history and archaeology at university, writing his undergraduate thesis 本科论文 and masters dissertation on Alexander-related topics. He also embarked on a four-and-a-half-month, 2,000-mile hike through modern-day Turkey, recreating Alexander's progress from the ancient city of Troy to the location of the Battle of Issus in modern-day Anatolia, where he first beat Darius. Alexander has joined an elite group of usually mythical figures whose characters shapeshift along with 随着 society's beliefs and desires. "The histories keep changing," says Sommer. "He gets written up completely differently according to the time. He's like a renaissance man that people interpret for themselves." Cartledge says "We project our dreams, fantasies and nightmares on people we call great. They're by no means always good, but they achieve something way beyond what you or I possibly could." Although he thinks Alexander's episodes of slaughter 大肆屠杀 — especially towards the end of his campaign — are a "a real stain on his memory 人生的污点," Cartledge says "I admire him intensely. He was very brave, charismatic, had very great qualities, but also did some absolutely awful things. He was unique." Briant bristles at the idea that Alexander achieved something that had never been done before. The clue, he says, is in what Alexander did: conquer the Persian Empire. "You can't speak of Alexander alone as if he were a kind of supernatural person and without any context," he says. "If you speak of conquests, you have to speak about the Achaemenid Empire. The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years earlier, so when Alexander came to conquer the Middle East he had to conquer an organized empire. He was not the first." In fact, says Briant, there's a simple reason why, 2,000 years on, we talk about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE: racism. "We are Europe-focused," he says of historians. "Alexander has taken an enormous place in European thought from antiquity to the modern era. He was considered the first conqueror of the east… a precedent for European conquerors. Some 18th and 19th-century historians explained his victories as announcing the future victories of European armies against the Ottomans. It has become a kind of European political myth, and very important for European thoughts about Asia and the Middle East." One of his books looks at the concept of Alexander as the "First European." Greek and Roman authors weren't interested in the Persian Empire, he says — meaning that even from antiquity, it was effectively erased from history.
Salt and light in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: 1. "The light on the hill" is a phrase used to describe the objective of the Australian Labor Party. The phrase, which was used in a 1949 conference speech at the Sydney Trades Hall by then Prime Minister Ben Chifley, has biblical origins. The speech, delivered near the end of Chifley's term as prime minister, pays tribute to the people who make up Australia's labour movement. We have a great objective - the light on the hill - which we aim to reach by working the betterment of mankind not only here but anywhere we may give a helping hand. If it were not for that, the Labor movement would not be worth fighting for. 2. 'City upon a Hill' is a metaphor from the Salt and Light section of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. "City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. Originally applied to the city of Boston by early 17th century Puritans ( The Puritans 清教徒(肃清英国国教中的天主教成分) were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Puritanism played a significant role in English and early American history, especially in the Protectorate in Great Britain, and the earlier settlement of New England. ), it came to adopt broader use in political rhetoric in United States politics, that of a declaration of American exceptionalism, and referring to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world. This scripture was cited at the end of Puritan John Winthrop's lecture or treatise, "A Model of Christian Charity" delivered on March 21, 1630, at Holyrood Church in Southampton, before his first group of Massachusetts Bay colonists embarked on the ship Arbella to settle Boston. In quoting Matthew's Gospel (5:14) in which Jesus warns, "a city on a hill cannot be hid," Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that their new community would be "as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us", meaning, if the Puritans failed to uphold their covenant with God, then their sins and errors would be exposed for all the world to see: "So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world". Winthrop's lecture was forgotten for nearly two hundred years until the Massachusetts Historical Society published it in 1839. It remained an obscure reference for more than another century until Cold War era historians and political leaders reinterpreted the event, crediting Winthrop's text, erroneously, as the foundational document of the idea of American exceptionalism. More recently, Princeton historian Dan T. Rogers has corrected the record, explaining that there was no grand sense of destiny among the first Puritans to settle Boston. They carried no ambitions to build a New Jerusalem. They did not name their new home Zion, or Canaan, the promised land of milk and honey. They sought only a place to uphold their covenant with God, free from the interference they experienced in England. By the second generation of settlement, New England was a backwater 死水, 死气沉沉的地方, 滞水, 闭塞的地方 ( I. 死水一潭 a part of a river where the water does not flow: We tied the boat up in a quiet backwater overnight. II. disapproving a place that does not change because it is not influenced by new ideas or events that happen in other places: He grew up in a rural backwater. III. a place that does not seem to know much about the world and its ways: Miami transformed from a cultural backwater to a culinary trendsetter.) in the Protestant Reformation, an inconsequential afterthought to the Puritan Commonwealth in England and the wealthier Dutch Republic. In truth, America's sense of destiny came generations later. Winthrop's warning that "we will become a story" has been fulfilled several times in the four centuries since, as described in Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance by Kai T. Erikson in 1966. 3. Salt and light are images used by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, one of the main teachings of Jesus on morality and discipleship. These images are in Matthew 5:13, 14, 15 and 16. The general theme of Matthew 5:13–16 is promises and expectations, and these expectations follow the promises of the first part. The first verse of this passage introduces the phrase "salt of the earth": You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — Matthew 5:13 (World English Bible). The second verse introduces "City upon a Hill": You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden. — Matthew 5:14 (World English Bible). The later verses refer to not hiding a lamp under a bushel, which also occurs in Luke 8:16–18 and the phrase "Light of the World", which also appears in John 8:12. Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. — Matthew 5:15–16 (World English Bible).
