bloodletting, bloodshed, bloodbath. J'Accuse;

用法学习: 1. Monkfish( also sometimes called fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils ), also known as stargazer in Australia, is a wild-caught fish with a firm, meaty texture and a mild, slightly sweet flavor. It's often compared to lobster in both taste and texture, and is sometimes called "poor man's lobster". Monkfish is sold as skinless and boneless fillets, making it easy to cook. kleptomaniac [ˌklep.təˈmeɪ.ni.æk] = klepto [ˈklɛptəʊ] 偷窃成瘾的人 someone with a very strong wish to steal that they cannot control, usually considered to be a type of mental illness: I knew she was a kleptomaniac of extraordinary skill. He has severe kleptomaniac tendencies. kleptomania [ˌklep.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə] a very strong wish to steal that you cannot control, especially without any need or purpose, usually considered to be a type of mental illness. fidgety [ˈfɪdʒɪti] 骚动不安的, 不安分的, 好动的 adj inclined to fidget; restless or uneasy. making continuous, small movements that annoy other people: a fidgety child/audience. She seemed restless and fidgety. "I get nervous and fidgety at the dentist". Oh, look how calm she is with you. She's usually very fidgety around new people. Well, I just think she senses you're gonna be a good friend for her... during good times and- and flu season. fidget [ˈfɪdʒ.ɪt] verb. to make continuous, small movements, especially if they do not have a particular purpose and you make them without meaning to, for example because you are nervous or bored: Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting. He cleared his throat and nervously fidgeted with a pencil. He fidgets with a string of worry beads. noun I. 小动作. a small movement that somebody makes repeatedly, often without meaning to, for example because they are nervous or bored: Maddie is a sweet four-year-old with a constant fidget. Up close, you could see his every nervous fidget. II. 拿在手里玩的玩具. a toy or other small object that is used to give people something to do with their hands when they are bored or nervous: Fidgets come in all different shapes and sizes: little toys you can roll around in your hand, cubes with different functions on each side, or a little ball of putty you can squeeze and shape. III. UK often disapproving a person who finds it difficult to stay still, and who often makes continuous, small movements, especially without meaning to: Tim's a terrible fidget 喜欢动来动去的人. the fidgets UK informal a state in which you keep making small movements, especially without meaning to, for example because you are nervous or bored: I got the fidgets halfway through the lecture. 2. shrill [ʃrɪl] adj. I. 尖利的. having a loud and high sound that is unpleasant or painful to listen to. A shrill sound is high-pitched and unpleasant. Shrill cries and startled oaths flew up around us as pandemonium broke out. ...the shrill whistle of the engine. Mary Ann's voice grew shrill. 'What are you doing?' she demanded shrilly. ...that shrillness in his voice. The terrified woman shrilly ordered the goat out of her kitchen. She had a shrill high-pitched voice. II. [disapproval] used to describe a way of arguing or criticizing that seems too forceful. If you describe a demand, protest, or statement as shrill, you disapprove of it and do not like the strong, forceful way it is said. Shrill voices on both sides of the Atlantic are advocating protectionism. He launched a shrill attack on the prime minister. verb. 尖叫. If someone with a high-pitched voice shrills something, they say it loudly. 'No, no, no,' she shrilled. scrappy [ˈskrapi] (one-upmanship, pungacious) adjective I. 杂乱无章的. consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts. badly organized or put together: I'm afraid your last essay was a very scrappy piece of work. We were scrappy in the first half and deserved to lose. "scrappy lecture notes piled up unread". II. untidy and not very attractive or well developed: They live on a scrappy street in a poor part of town. a patch of scrappy bushes by the front door. III. informal North American 不达目的誓不罢休的. 争强好胜的. determined, argumentative, or pugnacious. having a strong, determined character, and willing to argue or fight for what you want. very competitive and willing to oppose others without fear to achieve something: They were a scrappy team – you had to go all out to beat them. a scrappy little kid who won't take no for an answer. Big companies are losing market share to scrappy smaller operators. "he had a scrappy New York temperament". Monica: I can't believe you tried to cut me out. Why Phoebe, why? Phoebe: It was right after we were living together and you were driving me crazy, okay? You were really controlling and compulsive and shrill. Monica: I'm still all those things! Phoebe: You're also so generous and kind and scrappy! Monica: (starts smiling) I am scrappy. Phoebe: Exactly! Look, no matter what I tried to do, I couldn't keep you out of my life. Of all the people I have cut out, you were the only one who ever clawed her way back in. Monica: It's because I'm scrappy. Phoebe: Yeah, you are. And I'm so glad that you fought your way back in, because I don't know what I would do without you. Monica: I won't know what I would do without you. pugnacious [pʌɡˈneɪʃəs] 耍勇斗狠的, 好斗的 (scrappy, one-upmanship) quick to argue or fight with people. Someone who is pugnacious is always ready to quarrel or start a fight. ...the pugnacious little Scouse striker who terrorised defences across the North West in a prolific playing career. Lip is also shown to be "dickish" (his words), combative, and pugnacious. He's unafraid to back down from anyone who challenges him, and he vents his frustration by getting into fights and destroying property. He also uses his smarts to pull off lucrative cash schemes. Despite all his arrogance and bravado, Lip is a deeply sensitive person who has trouble being vulnerable, and his issues with women point to fragile self-esteem. vocabulary: Pugnacious means ready for a fight. If you're pugnacious, you might find it hard to make friends. On the other hand, you might be a very successful professional boxer one day. Your brother is a pugnacious thug — always ready to use his fists to settle arguments, and he has the strength to do so. That's the literal sense of pugnacious. You can use pugnacious figuratively, too. When two candidates face off in a debate during a close election, one or the other might be pugnacious. He looks to pick a fight with his opponent and is willing to say almost anything, no matter how outrageous, to make his opponent look bad. 3. be one with (something) 融为一体, 合二为一, 跟我一起, 一起来 To be or feel very connected to or in perfect harmony with something. Sometimes used sarcastically or facetiously. When I meditate, I feel like I am one with the universe. Concentrate as you line up your shot. Clear you mind of all other thoughts and be one with the ball. Date nights are a must. They help me to feel like I'm one with my husband amid the hustle and bustle of life. Are you done with Alex? 'Cause I'm having trouble slivering these almonds. Be one with me. How could he fumble that 没抓住, 没拿住, 掉了? Center blew the snap. I hate that. I played center, and I always got blamed for a quarterback's clumsy hands. Well, I was a quarterback, and it was probably your fault. It's impossible to fumble the ball... when the quarterback has the proper hand placement. It's weird to think of a woman being sexually attracted to Dad. No, you wanna hear weird? Cam said he'd pick up Dad at a gay bar. Ooh. How did that come up? Mmm, I'm really trying to block it out. As far as I'm concerned, Mom and Dad had sеx two times. Agreed. Okay, get your hands up there like you're lifting me off the ground. Be one with me, Jay. There you go. Do you wanna get something to eat? I am never eating again. Just snap the damn thing. be at one with somebody/something I. 和谐. 融洽, 其乐融融. to feel very calm or relaxed in the situation or environment you are in. Very connected to or in harmony with someone or something. I like to meditate and feel like I'm at one with nature. I love looking up at the stars at night. It makes me feel like I'm at one with the universe or something. Date nights are a must. They help me to feel at one with my husband amid the hustle and bustle of life. She felt as she always did in these mountains: peaceful, without care, at one with nature. II. formal In agreement. to agree with someone about something He was at one with 同意, 支持 Wheatley on the need to abandon free trade. They need to be at one with each other when they choose their wedding date. No progress can be made on the proposal unless all of the trustees are at one with each other. Yes, I'm at one with Marcus on this—Catherine's the candidate we should hire. be one up on someone to have an advantage over someone or to have done something that shows you are better than them: She disliked having someone think they were one up on her. Why was he able to be one up on his pursuers all these years? get one up on someone to get an advantage over someone, or to do something that shows you are better than them: The urge to get one up on him was too hard to resist. She has a gloating expression on her face at having got one up on her sister. one-upmanship (one-upmanship, scrappy) disapproving 压到别人, 你争我抢. 胜负欲强. 争强好胜 a situation in which someone does or says something in order to prove that they are better than someone else: Officials complain of his habit of one-upmanship when arranging events with other ministers. The researchers discovered that moving among certain social groups involves participating in constant one-upmanship. 3. Just tell me one thing. How do you really feel that I'm with your father? Uh, well- Honestly, at first, it was hard. I mean, you don't expect to wake up one morning... with a new mom who looks like she fell off a mud flap(Mudflap Girl is a silhouette of a woman with an hourglass body shape, sitting, leaning back on her hands, with her hair being blown in the wind. The image was created in the 1970s and was popularized on mudflaps. Subsequently, it went on to be featured on other American trucking accessories as well as on clothing, jewelry, and personal accessories. The image is also referred to as trucker girl or seated lady. Over the decades there have been many variations upon the original image including women portrayed with different and more diverse body types.  ). But... I'm getting used to it. And the important thing is you make him happy, which you do in- in so many ways, so many colors. hate begets hate proverb If you treat someone with anger, malice, or hatred, it will typically cause them to behave in a similar way to yourself or to others. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and treat people as kindly as possible, even if they've wronged me in the past. Hate only ever begets hate, after all. It just feels like people only want to attack and tear down anyone with an opposing 针锋相对的 opinion these days. But hate begets hate, and all we seem to be getting is an ever-rising sea of ill will between each other. A: "What am I supposed to do, just forgive and forget the awful things she's done to me?" B: "No, I'm just saying is that hate begets hate—and that forgiveness might benefit you more than you think." kindness begets kindness proverb If you treat someone kindly, they will likely reciprocate in a similar fashion. Maybe you should be nicer to Arthur if you want him to treat you better. Kindness begets kindness, you know. When I was a barista, it made my day when people would pay it forward. Kindness really begets kindness. love begets love proverb If you show love, kindness, and goodwill toward someone, it will typically cause them to behave in a similar way to yourself or to others. I feel like we as a people are losing the notion that love begets love these days, choosing instead to attack or criticize other people as our default reaction. I've always taken the stance that love begets love, and, in my own experience, anyway, it has always borne out to be true. sleep begets sleep cliché An infant who naps soundly and often during the day is more likely to have long, restful, and unbroken sleep at night. You may feel inclined to keep your baby awake during the day, but trust me, sleep begets sleep. Let them nap as much as possible, and you'll find they actually sleep much better at night. Win-win, huh? 4. de rigueur [də rɪˈɡəː] 符合世俗的, 符合礼仪的, 合乎规范的 adj. required by etiquette or current fashion. demanded by fashion, custom, etc.: de rigueur for Where I work, suits are de rigueur for all employees. "it was de rigueur for bands to grow their hair long". "J'Accuse...!" ( Afterward, when I sat back in my chair, my deputy prime minister, Wayne Swan, had this odd expression on his face and said, "You can't give that kind of j'accuse speech and then sit down." Then the leader of the house, Anthony Albanese, said, "Oh, I felt sorry for Tony Abbott." By the time we'd been released from the debate and I'd walked back to my office, phones were ringing, and people were sending emails. But it was only over the next few days that it was reported around the world". ) (French pronunciation: [ʒakyz]; "I Accuse...!") is an open letter, written by Émile Zola in response to the events of the Dreyfus affair, that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore. Zola addressed the president of France, Félix Faure, and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage, and sent to the penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence during Dreyfus' trial. The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper, and caused a stir in France and abroad. Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty on 23 February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899. Other pamphlets proclaiming Dreyfus's innocence include Bernard Lazare's A Miscarriage of Justice: The Truth about the Dreyfus Affair (November 1896). As a result of the popularity of the letter, even in the English-speaking world, J'accuse! has become a common expression of outrage and accusation against someone powerful, whatever the merits of the accusation. J'accuse! is one of the best-known newspaper articles in the world. the Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer from a prosperous Jewish family. In 1894, while an artillery captain for the General Staff of France, Dreyfus was suspected of providing secret military information to the German government. A cleaning woman and French spy by the name of Madame Marie Bastian working at the German Embassy was at the source of the investigation. She routinely searched wastebaskets and mailboxes at the German Embassy for suspicious documents. She found a suspicious bordereau (detailed listing of documents) at the German Embassy in 1894, and delivered it to Commandant Hubert-Joseph Henry, who worked for French military counterintelligence in the General Staff. The bordereau had been torn into six pieces, and had been found by Madame Bastian in the wastepaper basket of Maximilian von Schwartzkoppen, the German military attaché. When the document was investigated, Dreyfus was convicted largely on the basis of testimony by professional handwriting experts: the graphologists asserted that "the lack of resemblance between Dreyfus' writing and that of the bordereau was proof of a 'self-forgery', and prepared a fantastically detailed diagram to demonstrate that this was so." There were also assertions from military officers who provided confidential evidence. 5. Bloodletting 放血 ( I. killing and violence, especially between enemy groups involved in an argument that has existed for a long time: ethnic bloodletting. II. 大裁员. the situation in which a company reduces the number of people working for it. a process in which a company with financial problems gets rid of a lot of employees at the same time: Twenty-five senior employees were fired in the latest round of bloodletting. EWS carried out further bloodletting by sacking some senior employees. III. in the past, a medical treatment in which blood was taken from a person who was ill. IV. a period of time during which shares lose a lot of their value: Wall Street prepared itself for a week of bloodletting as stock market conditions continued to worsen. ) (or blood-letting) was the deliberate withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. Bloodletting, whether by a physician or by leeches, was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as "humours" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health. It was the most common medical practice performed by surgeons from antiquity until the late 19th century, a span of over 2,000 years. In Europe, the practice continued to be relatively common until the end of the 19th century. The practice has now been abandoned by modern-style medicine for all except a few very specific medical conditions. In the beginning of the 19th century, studies had begun to show the harmful effects of bloodletting. Today, the term phlebotomy refers to the drawing of blood for laboratory analysis or blood transfusion. Therapeutic phlebotomy refers to the drawing of a unit of blood in specific cases like hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, porphyria cutanea tarda, etc., to reduce the number of red blood cells. The traditional medical practice of bloodletting is today considered to be a pseudoscience, though the method is still commonly used in forms of alternative medicine. bloodbath 大屠杀, 血洗 noun. I. an extremely violent event in which a large number of people are killed: Is there nothing that the outside world can do to prevent a bloodbath? Any major confrontation with security forces would be likely to end in a bloodbath. II. a very bad situation in which a lot of harm or damage is caused. If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently. The war degenerated into a bloodbath of tribal killings. The government seem determined to continue in the face of an electoral bloodbath. We know there will be a bloodbath of job cuts in January and February. bloodshed 流血, 杀戮 noun. killing and violence. a great amount of killing and injury. Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded. The government must increase the pace of reforms to avoid further bloodshed. The army was brought in to try to prevent further bloodshed. The government must find a way to restore order and end the bloodshed. 5. realpolitik [reɪˈɑːlpɒlɪˌtiːk] (基于目前的需要而不是道义和原则的) 现实政治，实用政治，实力政策 a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations. practical politics, decided more by the urgent needs of the country, political party, etc., than by morals or principles. a ruthlessly realistic and opportunist approach to statesmanship, rather than a moralistic one, esp as exemplified by Bismarck. "commercial realpolitik had won the day". A week of fairly widespread astonishment at the comprehensiveness of Labor's two-party-preferred win last Saturday turned deeply sour on Thursday as the realpolitik of factional politics — firstly in the party's NSW and Victorian Right — played out for all of us to see, uninhibited by any attempts at intervention by a prime minister who has the enhanced authority to at least urge caution, or even stop it. men in suits powerful men within an organization who exercise their authority anonymously. the men who are in control of an organization or company and who have a lot of power. People, especially men, who have a lot of influence, authority, and money, especially those in the top positions in a business or other organization. Professional soccer players get paid a lot, but it's a pittance compared to the amount of money they make the men in suits who control the league. We're lucky if we get a few hundred dollars at the end of the year as a bonus, while the men in suits walk away with enough to buy a new house. A lot of young people feel detached from older politicians – the men in suits. "the prime minister was removed from Ten Downing Street by men in grey suits". 6. emolument [ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt] 报酬, 薪酬 a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. payment for work in the form of money or something else of value: The emoluments of the highest-paid director totalled £382,000, including pension contributions. There must be full disclosure of company directors' total emoluments. "the directors' emoluments". pass-through I. COMMERCE ( = pass-along 费用转嫁) an increase in the price a customer pays because of an increase in a company's costs: Despite the increased price of raw materials, we want to avoid pass-through or we risk losing customers. II. FINANCE   ( = pass-through security) an arrangement in which a financial organization buys loans from a bank and sells bonds representing these loans to investors. The payments on the loans are then used to pay interest to the investors and pay back the bonds: A trader of 30-year pass-throughs said volume for the day at his firm was about $50 million. Jordan Libowitz, a spokesperson for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said the potential move is a sharp departure from the playbook presidents have followed to ensure they stay in line with the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause, which bans foreign payments to a sitting US president.  "It is ridiculous. It's a gift to Trump. The federal government is a pass-through 传话的, 幌子," Clark added. During Trump’s first term, legal disputes arose concerning whether he had violated the emoluments clause by illegally profiting from his business ventures while in public office, Clark noted. In 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the cases against Trump because he was no longer in office. III. 传递窗口. a hatch, esp one for passing food from the kitchen to the dining room. an opening in a wall, as between a kitchen and dining room, often with a shelf, as for passing food. IV. a place through which one passes or is obliged to pass. Motorists used the park as a pass-through. The new gate will be a pass-through for security clearance. V. denoting a pass-through. passalong I. the act of giving or conveying something to another person for additional use. relating to people who do not buy a newspaper or magazine themselves, but read a copy after the buyer has finished with it: pass-along audience/readership Total audience - from paid circulation, pass-along readership, and online traffic - grew 15.3%. Readership passalong means that three people read every copy of the magazine. II. the act, policy, etc., of compensating for increased costs by incorporating them in the price charged a customer or client. a passalong 费用转嫁 to hotel guests of rising energy costs. III. the additional amount charged; surcharge. a passalong of thirty cents per gallon of gas. IV. relating to people who send emails, website information, etc. on to another person: Marketing videos that contain humour have a high pass-along rate 转发, as people forward the link to their friends. pass-along reader 读二手书 someone who does not buy a newspaper or magazine themselves, but reads a copy after the buyer has finished with it: Pass-along readers, who did not actually buy the magazine themselves, account for a high proportion of our readership. 7. 总统专机: Replacing the Air Force One aircraft has long been a priority for Trump. Boeing has been working toward renovating two 747 jets into next-generation Air Force One aircraft, but the process has been wrecked by delays( rack and ruin = US also wrack and ruin a state of decay: go to rack and ruin something that is going to rack and ruin is falling into a very bad condition, because nobody is looking after it or dealing properly with it The country is going to rack and ruin under this government. The whole farm was going to rack and ruin. Over the years, they let the house go to rack and ruin. Many of the former mill towns are trying to avoid wrack and ruin by increasing tourism. The city had been abandoned, and the grand buildings in the square were in rack and ruin. Why would anyone allow such a place to fall into wrack and ruin? rack and pinion 齿轮和传送带 adjective using a system where a cog (= a round metal part with small teeth) turns against a long bar that also has small teeth, and makes it move. (of a type of steering gear in motor vehicles) having a track rod with a rack along part of its length that engages with a pinion attached to the steering column. rack and pinion gears. noun. a device for converting rotary into linear motion and vice versa, in which a gearwheel (the pinion) 齿轮 engages with a flat toothed bar (the rack) 传送带. ). The planes had been scheduled to be delivered by 2022 and now aren't expected until at least 2027. Boeing's $3.9 billion contract to replace the two Air Force One jets has become an expensive and embarrassing albatross ( [disapproval] something or someone you want to be free from because that thing or person is causing you problems. If you describe something or someone as an albatross around your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do. Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party. Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election. In Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Mariner" wind plays a role within the narrative. The mariner shoots the albatross following the ship because he believed it to be a bad omen. The crew were initially angry with his act, believing that the albatross brought the wind that led them out of the Antarctic. The south wind that blew them north then began to send them into uncharted waters where they became stranded, tormented by thirst.). The company has already reported losses totaling $2.5 billion already on the program, known as VC-25B, since it agreed to be responsible for what has become soaring cost overruns 费用超支. The challenge is not the basic jet, but what it takes to turn a run-of-the-mill Boeing 747 into the flying communications and command post fit for the president of the United States, Richard Aboulafia, managing director at AeroDynamic Advisory, an aerospace consulting firm, previously told CNN. They are supposed to be able to protect its occupants from missile attacks or even the shock waves of a nuclear blast. 8. Hackles [ˈhæk.əlz] 炸毛(the hairs on the back of some animals, or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds, that rise when the animal or bird is frightened or about to fight. raise sb's hackles/make sb's hackles rise 汗毛倒竖, 毛发倒竖 If something raises your hackles or makes your hackles rise, it makes you feel angry and hostile. Oh boy, this record's going to raise a few hackles. You could see her hackles rising as she heard him outline his plan. jackal [ˈdʒæk.əl] 豺狼, 胡狼, 又名狐狼 a wild animal like a dog that lives in Africa and southern Asia and eats animals that have died or been killed by others. A jackal is a wild animal that looks like a dog, has long legs and pointed ears, and lives in Africa and Southern Asia. The albatross: Wise men once read fake news. And they believed it. Jackals raised their hackles. You couldn't conceive it. ) are the erectile plumage or hair in the neck area of some birds and mammals. In birds, the hackle is the group of feathers found along the back and side of the neck. The hackles of some types of chicken, particularly roosters, are long, fine, and often brightly coloured. These hackles may be used in fly fishing as lures 诱饵. In mammals, the hackles are the hairs of the neck and back which become erect when the animal is fearful, as part of the fight-or-flight response, or to show dominance over subordinate animals. Raising the hackles causes the animal to appear larger, and acts as a visual warning to other animals. Raised hackles are used by grey wolves as a dominance behavior, by moose preparing to attack, and by cats and striped hyena which are fearful or threatened. The process by which the hair is raised is called piloerection. The contraction of the arrector pili muscle associated with each hair follicle causes the hair to become erect. 9. raise hell = raise Cain 大声喧哗, 制造麻烦, 惹是生非, 惹祸, 惹出祸端 informal I. to behave in a way that is not controlled and that causes trouble to protest about. (raise the devil, raise Cain, raise hob, raise the roof; give someone hell; throw a fit) To complain vociferously (about a certain matter). If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it. She came in and raised hell. Her son's sports bag was missing. The only way to preserve democracy is to raise hell about its shortcomings. To cause a lot of serious issues or disruptions (for someone or something). The road closures have raised hell in this whole area. The blizzard is raising hell with travelers flying in and out of the region. The Albatross: Cross your thoughtless heart. Only liquor anoints you. She's the albatross. She is here to destroy you. Devils that you know. Raise worse hell than a stranger. She's the death you chose. You're in terrible danger. II. something in a loud and angry way. III. ( raise the devil, raise Cain, raise hob, raise the roof; stir shit. disturb loudly: raise the dead, wake the dead. ) Raise hell can also mean to argue loudly or make demands. make a noisy disturbance. To cause a considerable disturbance. "lager louts raising hell in the Home Counties". IV. To cause or get into trouble; to engage in unrestrained and excessively disruptive behavior. I raised a lot of hell when I was in high school, but I settled down a bit after I graduated. The local gang has been raising hell in this town for years. V. To make a lot of angry, vocal complaints with someone or some group, department, organization, etc. The problem isn't going to go away on its own—you need to go raise some hell so HR knows what's going on. The customer has been raising hell about the service charge we included on his bill. hellraiser 制造麻烦的人 A person who engages in wild, wanton behavior: one who raises hell. He was notorious for his hell-raising and heavy drinking. The hell-raising actor was fined £63 with £20 costs yesterday. raise the devil [with sth] 搅得天翻地覆 make a noisy disturbance. To cause or get into trouble; to engage in unrestrained and excessively disruptive behavior. I started raising the devil as soon as I was in college and could do what I wanted, but I mellowed out after I graduated. The customer has been raising the devil about the service charge we included on his bill. That idea raises hell with my plan. The onions raised the devil with my stomach. raise someone from the dead 起死回生, 复生, 复活 to make a dead person start living again: Christians believe that, at Easter, Christ was raised from the dead. raise the dead 死而复生 To be extremely noisy and disruptive. To raise one's voice to a very high level; to be noisy or disruptive. Would you two be quiet—you'll raise the dead! Having so many kids running around screaming all at once, it was loud enough to raise the dead! To resurrect a dead person, or dead people in general; to reanimate the corpse of someone, rendering them undead. wake the dead To be extremely noisy and disruptive. Would you two be quiet—you'll wake the dead! Having so many kids running around screaming all at once, it was loud enough to wake the dead! 10. Cassandra or Kassandra [kəˈsændrə]  ( Cassandra: So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst. And tried to tell the town. So they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say. Do you believe me now? ) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed. Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her elder brother was Hector, the hero of the Greek-Trojan War. The older and most common versions of the myth state that she was admired by the god Apollo, who sought to win her love by means of the gift of seeing the future 看到未来. According to Aeschylus, she promised him her favours, but after receiving the gift, she went back on her word 食言. As the enraged Apollo could not revoke 撤回, 撤销, 收回 a divine power, he added to it the curse that nobody would believe her prophecies. In other sources, such as Hyginus and Pseudo-Apollodorus, Cassandra broke no promise to Apollo, but rather the power of foresight was given to her as an enticement to enter into a romantic engagement, the curse being added only when it failed to produce the result desired by the god. Later versions on the contrary describe her falling asleep in a temple, where snakes licked (or whispered into) her ears which enabled her to hear the future. Her cursed gift from Apollo became an endless pain and frustration to her. She was seen as a liar and a madwoman by her family and by the Trojan [ˈtrəʊdʒ(ə)n] people. Because of this, her father, Priam, had locked her away in a chamber and guarded her like the madwoman she was believed to be. Though Cassandra made many predictions that went unbelieved, the one prophecy that was believed was that of Paris being her abandoned brother. Before the fall of Troy took place, Cassandra foresaw 预见, 预知 that if Paris went to Sparta and brought Helen back as his wife, the arrival of Helen would spark the downfall and destruction of Troy during the Trojan War. Despite the prophecy 预言 and ignoring Cassandra's warning, Paris (Paris of Troy, also known as Paris or Alexander, is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and younger brother of Prince Hector. His elopement with Helen sparks the Trojan War, during which he fatally wounds Achilles. Paris was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the Chronography as "well-grown, sturdy, white, good nose, good eyes, black pupils, black hair, incipient beard, long-faced, heavy eyebrows, big mouth, charming, eloquent, agile, an accurate archer 神射手, cowardly, hedonist". Meanwhile, in the account of Dares the Phrygian, he was illustrated as "fair, tall, and brave. His eyes were very beautiful, his hair soft and blond, his mouth charming, and his voice pleasant. He was swift, and eager to take command." Homer's Iliad casts Paris as unskilled and cowardly. Although Paris readily admits his shortcomings in battle, his brother Hector scolds and belittles him after he runs away from a duel with Menelaus that was to determine the end of the war. His preference for bow and arrow emphasizes this, since he does not follow the code of honor 江湖道义, 江湖规矩 shared by the other heroes ( A code of honor or honor code is generally a set of rules or ideals or a mode or way of behaving regarding honor that is socially, institutionally, culturally, and/or individually or personally imposed, reinforced, followed, and/or respected by certain individuals and/or certain cultures or societies. Codes of honor frequently concern (often subjective) ethical or moral considerations or cultural or individual values and are commonly found in certain honor cultures or within the context of cultures, societies, or situations that place importance on honor. ). Early in the epic, Paris and Menelaus duel in an attempt to end the war without further bloodshed. Menelaus easily defeats Paris, though Aphrodite spirits him away before Menelaus can finish the duel. Paris is returned to his bedchambers, where Aphrodite forces Helen to be with him. Later in the war, after Philoctetes mortally wounds Paris, Helen makes her way to Mount Ida where she begs Paris's first wife, the nymph Oenone, to heal him. Still bitter that Paris had spurned her for his birthright in the city and then forgotten her for Helen, Oenone refuses. Helen returns alone to Troy, where Paris dies later the same day. In another version, Paris himself, in great pain, visits Oenone to plead for healing but is refused and dies on the mountainside. When Oenone hears of his funeral, she runs to his funeral pyre and throws herself in its fire. Later in the war, after Philoctetes mortally wounds Paris, Helen makes her way to Mount Ida where she begs Paris's first wife, the nymph Oenone, to heal him. Still bitter that Paris had spurned 拒绝 her for his birthright ( birthright 生来就有的权利 something that you believe you deserve to have because of your family situation or social class, or because you believe it is your right as a human being. something that is received or owned esp. because of where you were born or your family or social situation, without having to be worked for or bought: He told them that human rights are a universal birthright. Some men see well-paid, powerful jobs as their birthright. Americans see freedom of expression as their birthright. ) in the city and then forgotten her for Helen, Oenone refuses. Helen returns alone to Troy, where Paris dies later the same day. In another version, Paris himself, in great pain, visits Oenone to plead for healing but is refused and dies on the mountainside. When Oenone hears of his funeral, she runs to his funeral pyre and throws herself in its fire. ) still went to Sparta and returned with Helen (Eventually, Zeus [zjuːs] ordered Hermes to lead the three goddesses to Paris, a prince of Troy, who, unaware of his ancestry 不了解自己的身世, was being raised as a shepherd on Mount Ida, because of a prophecy that he would be the downfall of Troy. After bathing in the spring of Ida, the goddesses appeared to him naked, either for the sake of winning or at Paris' request. Paris was unable to decide among them, so the goddesses resorted to bribes. Athena offered Paris wisdom, skill in battle, and the abilities of the greatest warriors; Hera offered him political power and control of all of Asia; and Aphrodite offered him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta. Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite, and, after several adventures, returned to Troy, where he was recognised by his royal family.). While the people of Troy rejoiced, Cassandra, angry with Helen's arrival, furiously snatched away Helen's golden veil and tore at her hair. In Virgil's epic poem, the Aeneid, Cassandra warned the Trojans about the Greeks hiding inside the Trojan Horse, Agamemnon's death, her own demise at the hands of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, her mother Hecuba's fate, Odysseus's ten-year wanderings before returning to his home, and the murder of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra by the latter's children Electra and Orestes. Cassandra predicted that her cousin Aeneas would escape during the fall of Troy and found a new nation in Rome. At the fall of Troy, Cassandra sought shelter in the temple of Athena. There she embraced the wooden statue of Athena in supplication for her protection( supplication [sʌplɪkeɪʃən] A supplication is a prayer to God or a respectful request to someone in authority for help. the act of asking a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way: Inside the temple, worshippers were kneeling in supplication. He raised his arms in a gesture of supplication. The government has to date resisted all supplications. supplicant [ˈsʌp.lɪ.kənt] = suppliant [ˈsʌp.li.ənt] a person who asks a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way. A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant. ), but was abducted and brutally raped by Ajax the Lesser. Cassandra clung so tightly to the statue of the goddess that Ajax knocked it from its stand as he dragged her away. The actions of Ajax were a sacrilege because Cassandra was a supplicant at the sanctuary under the protection of the goddess Athena, and Ajax further defiled the temple by raping Cassandra. In Apollodorus chapter 6, section 6, Ajax's death comes at the hands of both Athena and Poseidon: "Athena threw a thunderbolt at the ship of Ajax; and when the ship went to pieces he made his way safe to a rock, and declared that he was saved in spite of the intention of Athena. But Poseidon smote the rock with his trident and split it, and Ajax fell into the sea and perished; and his body, being washed up, was buried by Thetis in Myconos". Ajax was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey,  in Virgil's Aeneid and in Euripides' The Trojan Women. In Etruscan legend, he was known as Aivas Vilates. Ajax's mother's name was Eriopis. According to Strabo, he was born in Naryx in Locris, where Ovid calls him Narycius heros. According to the Iliad, he led his Locrians in forty ships against Troy. He is described as one of the great heroes among the Greeks. In battle, he wore a linen cuirass (λινοθώραξ, linothorax), was brave and intrepid, especially skilled in throwing the spear and, next to Achilles, the swiftest of all the Greeks. The chronicler Malalas portrayed him as "tall, strong, tawny, squinting, good nose, curly hair, black hair, thick beard, long face, daring warrior, magnanimous, a womanizer." In the funeral games ( Funeral games are athletic competitions or other forms of celebration held in honor of a deceased person, a practice common in various ancient cultures. These games often include events like chariot races, boxing, wrestling, and footraces, similar to the events of the ancient Olympics. While sometimes seen as a way to honor the deceased, they could also serve as a method to appease their spirits. ) at the pyre of Patroclus, Ajax contended with Odysseus and Antilochus for the prize in the footrace 赛跑 ( a race between runners; a running race. "they're competing in one of the world's toughest foot races, the Marathon des Sables, in South Morocco". ); but Athena, who was hostile towards him and favored Odysseus, made him stumble and fall, so that he won only the second prize. In later traditions, this Ajax is called a son of Oileus and the nymph Rhene, and is also mentioned among the suitors of Helen. After the taking 侵占 of Troy, he rushed into the temple of Athena, where Cassandra had taken refuge, and was embracing the statue of the goddess in supplication. Ajax violently dragged her away to the other captives. According to some writers, he raped Cassandra inside the temple. Odysseus called for Ajax's death by stoning for this crime, but Ajax saved himself by claiming innocence with an oath to Athena, clutching her statue in supplication. Since Ajax dragged the supplicant from her temple, Athena had cause to be indignant. According to the Bibliotheca, no one was aware that Ajax had raped Cassandra until Calchas, the Greek seer, warned the Greeks that Athena was furious at the treatment of her priestess and she would destroy the Greek ships if they did not kill him immediately. Despite this, Ajax managed to hide at the altar of a deity where the Greeks, fearing divine retribution should they kill him and destroy the altar, allowed him to live. When the Greeks left without killing Ajax, despite their sacrifices, Athena became so angry that she persuaded Zeus to send a storm that sank many of their ships. As Ajax was returning from Troy, Athena hit his ship with a thunderbolt and the vessel was wrecked on the Whirling Rocks (Γυραὶ πέτραι). But he escaped with some of his men, managing to cling onto a rock through the assistance of Poseidon. He would have been saved in spite of Athena, but he then audaciously declared that he would escape the dangers of the sea in defiance of the immortals. Offended by this presumption, Poseidon split the rock with his trident and Ajax was swallowed up by the sea. Thetis buried him when the corpse washed up on Mykonos. Other versions depict a different death for Ajax, showing him dying when on his voyage home. In these versions, when Ajax came to the Capharean Rocks on the coast of Euboea, his ship was wrecked in a fierce storm, he himself was lifted up in a whirlwind and impaled with a flash of rapid fire from Athena in his chest, and his body thrust upon sharp rocks, which afterwards were called the rocks of Ajax. After Ajax's death, his spirit dwelt in the island of Leuce. The Opuntian Locrians worshipped Ajax as their national hero, and so great was their faith in him that when they drew up their army in battle, they always left one place open for him, believing that, although invisible to them, he was fighting for and among them. The story of Ajax was frequently made use of by ancient poets and artists, and the hero who appears on some Locrian coins with the helmet, shield, and sword is probably this Ajax. Trojan War: Traditionally, the Trojan War arose from a sequence of events beginning with a quarrel between the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and so arrived bearing a gift: a golden apple ( beware of Greeks bearing gifts proverb Be skeptical of a present or kindness from an enemy. The phrase refers to the Trojan horse, a gift to the Trojans from which Greek soldiers emerged and conquered Troy. A: "I can't believe the opposing team made us cupcakes before the big game!" B: "Yeah, I'd beware of Greeks bearing gifts if I were you." Any time a stranger is too friendly, I can't help but think, beware of Greeks bearing gifts. You just never know if they have an ulterior motive or not! A: "I asked Alyssa to tell the teacher I was going to be late to class, but she didn't, and now I have a demerit!" B: "Isn't Alyssa your main competition for valedictorian? Come on, beware of Greeks bearing gifts." like Greeks bearing gifts Said of someone to be wary of, as an enemy offering gifts or kindness with possibly treacherous ulterior motives. The phrase refers to the Trojan horse, a gift to the Trojans from which Greek soldiers emerged and conquered Troy. The consulate received us very coldly 对待冷淡, treating us like Greeks bearing gifts. A: "I can't believe the opposing team made us cupcakes before the big game!" B: "Yeah, like Greeks bearing gifts."), inscribed "for the fairest". Each of the goddesses claimed to be the "fairest", and the rightful owner of the apple. They submitted the judgment to a shepherd they encountered tending his flock. Each of the goddesses promised the young man a boon in return for his favour: power, wisdom, or love. The youth—in fact Paris, a Trojan prince who had been raised in the countryside—chose love, and awarded the apple to Aphrodite. As his reward, Aphrodite caused Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and most beautiful of all women, to fall in love with Paris. The judgement of Paris earned him the ire of both Hera and Athena, and when Helen left her husband, Menelaus, the Spartan king, for Paris of Troy, Menelaus called upon all the kings and princes of Greece to wage war upon Troy. Menelaus' brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans, except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves and desecrated the temples, thus earning the gods' wrath. Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes and many founded colonies in distant shores. The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, Aphrodite's son and one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to Italy. 11. Sherpa [ˈʃəːpə] I. 夏尔巴人. a member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering. a member of a Himalayan people who are skilled mountain climbers and who are often employed to help visiting climbers. II. informal a civil servant or diplomat who undertakes preparatory work prior to a summit conference. an official who makes preparations for or assists a government representative or important delegate at a summit meeting or conference. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Andrew Charlton, who has been appointed cabinet secretary, will have an "important" role to play in the government: Andrew Charlton is very experienced as a sherpa at various international conferences. I saw first hand the work he has done at the G20 meeting that was held in London. III. a thick, soft artificial material used for making clothes that looks similar to sheepskin (= the skin of a sheep with wool on one side): This cosy zip hoodie is fully lined with sherpa. He wore ripped jeans with a sherpa jacket. serialize 连载 I. to make a book or story into a number of television or radio programmes or publish it in a newspaper or a magazine in parts: The novel was serialized on TV back in the 1990s. Her memoirs were serialized in the Sunday Times. Partially serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". II. to arrange something in a series: The program can retrieve a list of employees, serialize the results, and return it as the response to the request. III. to change data into a form that can be stored or sent and put back into its original form later: The Chart Controls make it amazingly simple to serialize and deserialize chart data.

dazed, hazy, giddy, dizzy; exorbitant privileg; fragging, phrogging;

用法学习: 1. white smoke 你好我好大家都好, 达成共识 I. A way of saying that the group has reached a consensus; agreement after a debate. Based on the tradition of burning straw along with ballots to make white smoke above the Vatican when the College of Cardinals has elected a new Pope. The announcement to the outside world that a conclave has chosen a new Pope. II. An event of reaching an agreement. Sit yourselves down together until the white smoke comes out. Do not expect white smoke': Carney lowers expectations for first Trump sit-down. dazed [deɪzd] 意识不清的 very confused and unable to think clearly. confused or unable to think clearly, esp. as a result of an injury or from shock. If someone is dazed, they are confused and unable to think clearly, often because of shock or a blow to the head. At the end of the interview I was dazed and exhausted. The driver in the accident appeared dazed but not badly hurt. You're looking rather dazed - is something wrong? a dazed expression. in a daze unable to think clearly: She was wandering around in a daze this morning. She was so happy she was in a daze. haze [heɪz] 水雾, 朦胧, 模糊. 看不清 noun. something such as heat or smoke in the air that makes it less clear, so that it is difficult to see well. fog caused by water, smoke, or dust, or an effect of heat that prevents things being seen clearly. Haze is light mist, caused by particles of water or dust in the air, which prevents you from seeing distant objects clearly. Haze often forms in hot weather. They vanished into the haze near the horizon. The sun smouldered through a thin summer haze. ...the shimmering heat haze. A brownish haze hung over the field. The road through the desert shimmered in the haze. I saw her through a haze of cigarette smoke. II. If there is a haze of something such as smoke or steam, you cannot see clearly through it. Dan smiled at him through a haze of smoke and steaming coffee. A thick haze of acrid smoke hung in the air. III. If someone is in a haze, they are not thinking clearly or not really noticing what is happening around them. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion. ...asking people to recollect a vanished past through a nostalgic haze 模糊不清. verb. to play tricks on someone, especially a new person in a fraternity or sorority. to force people new to a group, esp. a sports team or college social group, to take part in activities that are silly, embarrassing, and sometimes harmful in order to be accepted as a member. Ten fraternity members had their heads shaved during hazing last week. haze over If the sky hazes over, the air becomes less clear, especially because of heat: The sky began to haze over in the afternoon. hazy I. Hazy air or weather is not clear, especially because of heat. Hazy weather conditions are those in which things are difficult to see, because of light mist, hot air, or dust. The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost. The floodlights were hazy behind the slanting rain. hazy sunshine. the hazy days of summer. II. 记不清楚的. 记忆模糊的. not remembering things clearly. If you are hazy about ideas or details, or if they are hazy, you are uncertain or confused about them. I'm a bit hazy about that. I have only a hazy memory of what he was really like. She had only a hazy idea of Britain's prison problems. Many details remain hazy. hazy memories of childhood. I'm hazy about what happened after the accident. III. If things seem hazy, you cannot see things clearly, for example because you are feeling ill. I wandered around in a hazy, distracted, anxious mess. My vision has grown so hazy. It's as if I'm living in a hazy dream world. giddy I. = dizzy 晕乎乎的. If you feel giddy, you feel unsteady and think that you are about to fall over, usually because you are not well. having a slight feeling of spinning around or being unable to balance; slightly dizzy: When she got off the roller coaster, she felt giddy and lightheaded. He felt giddy and light-headed. A wave of giddiness swept over her. II. If you feel giddy with delight or excitement, you feel so happy or excited that you find it hard to think or act normally. feeling silly, happy, and excited and showing this in your behaviour: giddy with 窃喜 She was giddy with excitement. Anthony was giddy with self-satisfaction. Being there gave me a giddy pleasure. There's almost a giddiness surrounding the talks in Houston. "Democrats are all 'giddy'" about the notion that flags will be lowered on Inauguration Day, Trump wrote Jan. 3 on social media. dizzy I. feeling as if everything is turning around, and that you are not able to balance and may fall over:  Her head still hurt, and she felt slightly dizzy and disoriented. He began to get dizzy spells. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up. His complaint causes dizziness and nausea. Going without sleep for a long time makes me feel dizzy and light-headed. dizzy with I felt dizzy with excitement as I went up to collect the award. II. 让人头晕目眩的 confusing and very fast: dizzy pace. In the computer industry, change comes at a dizzy pace (= very fast). Who could have predicted the dizzy pace of change in the country? III. informal A dizzy person, especially a woman, is silly. You can use dizzy to describe someone who is careless and forgets things, but is easy to like. She is famed for playing dizzy blondes. ...a charmingly dizzy great-grandmother. dizzy blonde 傻白甜的. In the film, she played the part of a dizzy blonde. the dizzy heights of something a very important position: reach the dizzy heights of 爬上高位 If you say that someone has reached the dizzy heights of something, you are emphasizing that they have reached a very high level by achieving it. I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary. Do you think Tess will reach the dizzy heights of Senior Editor before she's 30? verb. If something dizzies you, it causes you to feel unsteady or confused. The sudden height dizzied her and she clung tightly. We're descending now at dizzying speed. 2. be/go on at someone 不胜其烦, 叨叨, 叨念, 磨叨 to complain to someone again and again about their behaviour or to ask them to do something: be/go on at someone about something My parents are always on at us about having a baby. be/go on at someone to do something She's been on at me to get my hair cut. pari- equal or equally; even (in number). parisyllabic. paripinnate. peri- I. round; about. "pericardium". II. Astronomy denoting the point nearest to a specified celestial body. "perihelion". perimenopause 近更年期, 更年期前兆, 更年期初期 the time in a person's life when changes start happening in the body that will result in the menopause (= the period when someone gradually stops having blood flow from their uterus each month): A drop in oestrogen levels during perimenopause and menopause can lead to thinning hair. In addition to irregular periods, the perimenopause can lead to sleep disruption, irritability, and hot flushes. peri-peri = piri-piri, uk [ˈpɪr.iˌpɪr.i] 辣椒 I. a type of red chilli used for giving food a spicy taste: Peri-peri is also known as the African Birds-Eye chilli. The unique characteristic of sauces made with peri-peri is the delayed sensation of heat when consumed. These pepper pods are called "Piri-Piri" by the local folks in Mozambique. II. = peri-peri sauce 辣椒酱 a spicy sauce made from red chillies, peppers, and lemon juice: I ordered steak strips in a creamy blend of peri-peri and tomato salsa sauce. Piri-piri is the piquant chilli sauce the Portuguese serve with chicken. In the Algarve town of Lagos, they serve a mean dish of chicken piri-piri. 3. The term exorbitant privilege 美元的极端特权  (privilège exorbitant in French) refers to the benefits the United States has due to its own currency (the US dollar) being the international reserve currency. For example, the US would not face a balance of payments crisis, because their imports are purchased in their own currency. Exorbitant privilege as a concept cannot refer to currencies that have a regional reserve currency role, only to global reserve currencies. Academically, the exorbitant privilege literature analyzes two empirical puzzles, the position puzzle and the income puzzle. The position puzzle refers to the difference between the (negative) U.S. net international investment position (NIIP) and the accumulated U.S. current account deficits, the former being much smaller than the latter. The income puzzle is that despite a deeply negative NIIP, the U.S. income balance is positive, i.e. despite having much more liabilities than assets, earned income is higher than interest expenses. preordain 上天决定的, 预定好的, 事先定好的, 事先规划好的 to ordain, decree, or appoint beforehand. (especially of a power thought to be greater than ordinary people) to decide or fix what will happen in a way that cannot be changed or controlled: Illness and suffering seemed (to be) preordained to be her lot. His life seems to have followed a preordained path/direction. shellacking [ʃəˈlækɪŋ] 惨败, 完败 I. a complete defeat. a complete defeat; The Dodgers took a shellacking (= were defeated by many points). a shellacking their team will remember. II. 啪啪的打. a sound thrashing. a sound beating His father gave him a shellacking for stealing the book. anyone who gives a shellacking to their bigger neighbours. shellac [ʃəˈlæk] I. 发光剂. 增光剂. Shellac is a kind of natural varnish which you paint on to wood to give it a shiny surface. One of the main ingredients in mascara is shellac. II. a substance obtained from an insect that is melted into small thin pieces and used for making varnish (= a liquid for painting onto surfaces to make them shiny) and for many other purposes: The pottery is covered with a layer of varnish or shellac. A vinyl record would be far superior to a shellac record. III. trademark (also Shellac) a brand name for a type of nail polish (= coloured liquid for painting on your nails) that consists of gel (= a thick, clear liquid) and traditional nail polish: Because Shellac is like a polish, it can't be used to extend the nail. Shellac nails can be removed by a manicurist within five to fifteen minutes. get (one's) bell rung 啪啪的打, 被暴打, 被痛打, 被狂揍, 被揍, 被打到耳鸣 (give sb a shellacking) To receive a violent blow or injury, especially to the head and as might stun, concuss, or incapacitate. Sean got his bell rung by some guy in the bar last night after insulting his girlfriend. No wonder you keep getting your bell rung with the way you hassle people. Man, their forward really got his bell rung on that play. He seemed pretty woozy leaving the ice—I hope he doesn't have a concussion. unring a bell 撤不回, 不能撤销, 收不回, 覆水难收, 不可逆转的伤害  To rescind information that has been shared publicly, especially that which is damaging to a person or organization's reputation. Just as a bell cannot be "unrung," this is usually a futile effort. How confident are you in this information? Because once we announce it, we can't unring a bell. You may think your lawyers can unring a bell, but I doubt this scandal is going away anytime soon. You can't unring a bell, even with the best lawyers. So I doubt this scandal is going away anytime soon. In law, unring the bell is an analogy used to suggest the difficulty of forgetting information once it is known. When discussing jury trials, the phrase is sometimes used to describe the judge's instructions to the jury to ignore inadmissible evidence or statements they have heard. It may also be used if inadmissible evidence has been brought before a jury and the judge subsequently declares a mistrial. 4. stilted [ˈstɪl·tɪd] 正规的, 正式的, 一板一眼的, 非常板正的 (of behavior, speech, or writing) too formal and not smooth or natural. (of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural. "we made stilted 特别端着的 conversation". He writes in a formal and somewhat stilted style. The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian. Legal language tends to be very stilted. in a way that is too formal and not smooth or natural: She spoke stiltedly because she was so nervous. "How are you feeling?" David asked, rather stiltedly. If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. We made polite, stilted conversation. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling. wiki: In psychiatry, stilted speech or pedantic speech 言语生硬, 用词太正式 is communication characterized by situationally inappropriate 不合时宜的, 不符合场合的, 不看场合的 formality. This formality can be expressed both through abnormal prosody as well as speech content that is "inappropriately pompous, legalistic, philosophical, or quaint". Often, such speech can act as evidence for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or a thought disorder, a common symptom in schizophrenia or schizoid personality disorder. While literal and long-winded word content is often the most identifiable feature of stilted speech, such speech often displays irregular prosody, especially in resonance. Often, the loudness, pitch, rate, and nasality ( nasality [neɪˈzæl.ə.ti] 鼻音 the quality of a person's voice that has a particular sound because air is going through their nose when they speak: In many American accents, there's a nasality in the vowels that we don't have. Nasality occurs in many different language families, and its behaviour varies widely. ) of pedantic ( [pəˈdæn.tɪk] 在意不必要细节的, 寻找摘句的. giving too much attention to formal rules or small details. caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject: Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put us to sleep. They were being unnecessarily pedantic by insisting that Berry himself, and not his wife, should have made the announcement. ) speech vary from normal speech, resulting in the perception of pedantic or stilted speaking. For example, overly loud or high-pitched speech can come across to listeners as overly forceful while slow or nasal speech creates an impression of condescension. 5. bellwether 领头羊, 风向标, 具有指标意义的, 具有代表性的 a particular event, result, etc. that usually shows how a more general situation will develop or change: In Massachusetts, a bellwether state for the region, more people are buying and building houses. The report is viewed as a bellwether for economic trends. The shift in mood in the city may be a bellwether of larger trends nationwide. Missouri is a key Midwest bellwether state that has backed the winning candidate in almost every White House election since 1900. bellwether for/of sth The report is viewed as a bellwether for national economic trends. II. ECONOMICS & FINANCE specialized a company on the stock exchange whose success usually shows how successful other similar companies or a particular section of the economy will be: Wall Street rallied after a surprisingly positive forecast from the tech bellwether. Renewable Energy Corporation, often seen as a sector bellwether, surprised the market with strong profit growth. This is an important bellwether stock for the market. bellwether bond a government bond whose changes in interest rate are believed to show the future direction of the rest of the bond market: The yield on the bellwether bond dropped early Wednesday to its lowest level in nearly seven months. wiki: A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends. In politics, the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an election in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In economics, a 'bellwether' is a leading indicator of an economic trend. Sociologists apply the term in the active sense to a person or group of people who tend to create, influence, or set trends. The term derives from the Middle English belle-weder, which referred to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of the lead wether (the castrated male sheep). A shepherd could then note the movements of the animals by hearing the bell, even when the flock was not in sight. 6. A frog or pankou (simplified Chinese: 盘扣), also called Chinese frog closure and decorative toggle, is a type of ornamental garment closure. Made from braiding, cord, fabric, or covered wire, they consist of a decorative knot button (a Chinese button knot for a traditional Chinese style) and a loop. Its purpose is to fasten garments while providing a decorative element on the clothing. It can be used to fasten openings edge-to-edge, avoiding an overlap. It is especially used on the cheongsam, where the pankou represents the cultural essence of the dress. Phrogging (A person who secretly lives in another’s home without authorization.) is the act of secretly living in another person’s home without their knowledge or permission. A person who engages in phrogging is sometimes called a phrog or, less commonly, a phrogger. The verb form phrog is sometimes used. Phrogging is similar to squatting except that phrogging involves living in an occupied property. Example: I just watched a show about phrogging and now I'm going to have dreams about someone creepily living in my attic. Fragging (frag [fraɡ] military slang North American verb deliberately kill (an unpopular senior officer) with a hand grenade.) is the deliberate or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier. U.S. military personnel coined the word during the Vietnam War, when such killings were most often committed or attempted with a fragmentation grenade, to make it appear that the killing was accidental or during combat with the enemy. The term fragging now encompasses any deliberate killing of military colleagues. The high number of fragging incidents in the latter years of the Vietnam War was symptomatic of discontent that existed among some military personnel and of a breakdown of discipline 纪律涣散 in parts of the U.S. Armed Forces. Documented and suspected fragging incidents using explosives totaled 904 from 1969 to 1972, while hundreds of fragging incidents using firearms took place, but were hard to quantify as they were indistinguishable from combat deaths and poorly documented. Fragging should not be confused with the unintentional killing and/or wounding of comrades and/or allied personnel; such incidents are referred to as friendly fire. Friendly fire = fratricide 友军误伤, 友军火并, 自己人火并 refers to the accidental targeting and harming of one's own forces, often during combat operations. This is distinct from collateral damage, which involves accidental harm to civilian or neutral targets. Friendly fire incidents are often attributed to misidentification, communication errors, or other factors that lead to unintentional attacks on friendly troops. an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets. Examples include misidentifying the target as hostile, cross-fire while engaging an enemy, long range ranging errors or inaccuracy. Accidental fire not intended to attack enemy or hostile targets, and deliberate firing on one's own troops for disciplinary reasons is not called friendly fire, and neither is unintentional harm to civilian or neutral targets, which is sometimes referred to as collateral damage. Training accidents and bloodless incidents also do not qualify as friendly fire in terms of casualty reporting. 7. frolic [ˈfrɒl.ɪk] 嬉笑, 嬉戏, 打闹 过去式frolicked to play and behave in a happy way: A group of suntanned children were frolicking on the beach. happy behaviour, like that of children playing: a harmless frolic. fun and frolic 欢声笑语 It was all fun and frolics until it began to pour down with rain. A group of children were frolicking on the beach. romp to play in a rough, excited, and noisy way: The children romped happily around/about in the garden. noun. a funny, energetic, and often sexual entertainment or situation: The newspaper headline was "Bishop Caught In Sex Romp!" romp through something to successfully do something, quickly and easily: Rory expected to romp through the test and interviews. romp home/in to win easily: She is riding the fastest horse and is certain to romp home. A romp is also an easy victory over an opponent: Nothing could stop his romp to the nomination. The unbeaten Charlottesville Crackers romped past the Beantown Beanies 68-26. 8. will on 激励, 加油, 打气 To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish. Willed on by a buoyant Crucible crowd, three-time winner Williams compiled wonderful breaks of 101, 96 and 73 on his way to collecting the first four frames of the evening. And 40 years on from the iconic black-ball final when Dennis Taylor came from 8-0 and 9-1 down 落后 to defeat Steve Davis, it briefly raised hopes of another astonishing revival 起死回生. will I. If you will something to happen 希望成真, 祝愿成真, you try to make it happen by using mental effort rather than physical effort. I looked at the phone, willing it 梦想着 to ring. He was watching her fixedly, willing her to look at him. II. If you will something to someone 遗愿留给, you say in your will that they should have it when you die. The large sum of money that came to him when she died was a shock, and he had not spent a penny of it on himself. He had, however, willed it to Frank. III. If something is the will 意愿, 懿旨, 意旨 of a person or group of people with authority, they want it to happen. He has submitted himself to the will of God. Democracy responds and adjusts to the will of the people. The parliament didn't deserve to represent the nation's will. IV. Will 意愿 is the determination to do something. He was said to have lost his will to live. ...the inevitable battle of wills as your child realises that he can't have everything he wants. He who was usually so full of questions lacked the will to confront her with them. V. You use will have with a past participle when you are saying that you are fairly certain that something will be true by a particular time in the future. As many as ten million children will have been infected by the end of the decade. He will have left by January the fifteenth. You use will have with a past participle to indicate that you are fairly sure that something is the case. If someone has been in captivity, he will have changed as a result of his experience. The holiday will have done him the world of good. 9. consign someone/something to something 丢弃掉, 打发掉, 打发到, 发配到, 扔到, 丢到 to get rid of someone or something or to put him, her, or it in an unpleasant place or situation. to put something somewhere, especially in order to get rid of it The shoes looked so tatty that I consigned them to the back of the cupboard. to be consigned to prison. After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty. consign somebody/something to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc 丢弃到垃圾堆, 丢进垃圾堆 British English to make someone or something be in a particular situation, especially a bad one Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap. It was a decision which consigned him to political obscurity. Having largely been consigned to his seat 只能坐在座位上(斯诺克比赛), Zhao - whose journey to becoming champion remarkably began 29 days ago and included him having to win four qualifying matches and 111 frames in total - wrapped up a famous success with a run of 87. It was no more than his scintillating form over the 17-day televised event deserved. scintillating [ˈsɪn.tɪ.leɪ.tɪŋ] 搞笑的, 机智的, 神回复, 妙趣横生的, 机敏风趣的 funny, exciting, and clever. exciting and intelligent: It was a superb script and a scintillating production. scintillating wit/repartee/conversation. a scintillating personality/speech. A scintillating conversation or performance is very lively and interesting. You can hardly expect scintillating conversation from a kid that age. scintillate 热情洋溢的, 火花四溅的, 才华横溢的, 灵光无数的 to say very clever, exciting, or funny things. to give off (sparks); sparkle; twinkle. to be animated or brilliant. 10. sediment [ˈsɛdɪm(ə)nt] 沉淀物, 淤积物 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a solid material that have fallen to the bottom of a liquid: "the ice freezes the wine and sediment at the base of the cork". There was a brown sediment in the bottom of the bottle. sediments [ plural ] sand, stones, etc. that slowly form a layer of rock: It is hoped that the oil slick will sink to the seabed where it would be covered within a few years by sediments and eventually decompose. silt [sɪlt] 淤泥, 泥沙 fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour. sand or soil that is carried along by flowing water and then dropped, especially at a bend in a river or at a river's opening. desilt 疏通, 疏导, 疏浚 remove silt from (a body of water). to remove suspended silt from (the water of a stream) a basin for desilting water. "the Public Works Department has not taken any step to desilt the irrigation channels". 11. be away with the fairies = off with the fairies 不知道想什么呢, 走神, 心不在焉 UK humorous to behave in a way that is slightly strange. giving the impression of being mad, distracted, or in a dreamworld. to behave in a strange way that seems to be out of touch with reality She acts in a style that makes her seem slightly away with the fairies. "you seem away with the fairies, are you listening?" It's no good asking her to take care of the children - she's away with the fairies most of the time. Much of the time, he is away with the fairies, lying in his room daydreaming. The way he's behaving shows he's not stupid, he's just away with the fairies. I think it's fair to say that she was away with the fairies at that time. Whoever we appoint as the new manager needs to be a practical person, not away with the fairies. not the full quid = not all there 脑子不全, 不怎么聪明, 脑子不好使, 脑子不灵光 British English Australian and New Zealand slang lacking intelligence. Rather stupid or unintelligent; slightly crazy or unhinged. not the full quid not very intelligent. not very intelligent: George always looks to me like he's not the full quid. He's not the full quid if he thinks that plan is going to work. Of course he's not the full quid—he's wearing pajamas at the beach! As an informal term for a pound sterling (or, in former times, a sovereign or guinea) quid dates from the late 17th century: its origins are unknown. not the full shilling (at shilling) [ˈʃɪlɪŋ] very unintelligent or slow. Rather stupid or unintelligent; slightly crazy or unhinged. He's not the full shilling if he thinks that plan is going to work. Of course he's not the full shilling—he's wearing pajamas at the beach! "he's not the full shilling, but a damn good worker". all there 全神贯注, 全身心投入, 有点愚蠢, 缺心眼儿, 脑筋不大正常 (idiomatic) Mentally competent; not absent-minded or insane. in full possession of one's mental faculties. "he's not quite all there". Is he all there? I don't think he's all there... I think he's not all there... She's pretty on the ball ... she's definitely all there. common denominator 公因数 noun MATHEMATICS I. a common multiple of the denominators of several fractions. a number that can be divided exactly by all the denominators (= numbers under the line) in a group of fractions: 12 is a common denominator of 1/3 and 1/4. II. a feature shared by all members of a group. something that is the same for all the members of a group and might bring them together: The common denominator was that we had all worked for the same company. "the common denominator in these companies is the awareness of the importance of quality". a fact or quality that is shared by two or more people or groups: Trade is a major common denominator between the two countries. 12. unalloyed [ˌʌnəˈlɔɪd] 尽情的, 毫无保留的, 敞怀的, 开怀的 adj. I. (of metal) not alloyed; pure. "unalloyed copper". II. (chiefly of emotions) complete and unreserved. (especially of a positive feeling) not spoiled by any amount of negative feeling; pure. If you describe a feeling such as happiness or relief as unalloyed, you are emphasizing that it is a strong feeling and no other feeling is involved. ...an occasion of unalloyed joy. Spending time with one's family is never an unalloyed pleasure (= there are bad things about it too). We had the perfect holiday - two weeks of unalloyed bliss. "unalloyed delight". "We all presumed that a first Chinese world champion would be a special moment for everyone in the game, almost a moment of unalloyed joy, but I'm sure that won't be the case now." cume [kjuːm] 累积用户, 累积客户, 累积听众 I. cumulative audience. A cume rating is the broadcast equivalent of a newspaper's circulation. His total cume between the three stations is over 700,000 people. Early results have put the station near the top in cume listenership in the region. For all the money they wasted last year, they had to do another campaign to re-educate that lapsed cume. wiki: In the practice of measuring the size of US commercial broadcasting and newspaper audiences, cume, short for "cumulative audience", is a measure of the total number of unique consumers over a specified period. The technical definition of cume is restricted by Arbitron, which is now referred to as Nielsen Audio, as requiring a listener to tune in for at least five minutes. II. A shortening of "cumulative," typically used to refer to one's grade-point average, as in school. With a cume that high, you could get into any college you want. Because I take AP classes, I'm able to have a cume higher than a 4.0. Ellen's always had a high cume, so no one is surprised that she's been named valedictorian. sesh = session I. slang A shortening of "session" (reflective of its pronunciation), referring to an extended period of time spent doing a specific activity, especially in a group. Typically used with a modifier specifying the activity. We're having a study sesh at Rachel's house, Mom! Be back in a few hours! Hey man, how about coming over to my house for a video game sesh later on? I'll be able to get a good amount of writing done if I have another sesh like last night. II. slang A session of drug use, especially marijuana, especially in a group. Yo, sesh at my place later? I got a whole ounce! They were too weak for another sesh. on the reg 经常性的 slang A shortening of "on the regular," meaning regularly. I used to go there on the reg, but I've been busy. reg I. slang A shortening of "regulation." Its pronunciation rhymes with "leg." The government wants to impose so many regs on our business that we'll never be able to turn a profit. Any new reg will be posted outside my door, so be sure to check there often. II. slang A shortening of "registration," referring to the vehicle registration plates on the front and back of a car. Its pronunciation rhymes with "edge." Primarily heard in UK. That car almost hit us! Did anyone see the number on the reg? roid = steroid 激素, 类固醇 I. noun, slang A shortening of "steroid," referring specifically to anabolic steroids that are used for building muscle mass. Almost exclusively used in plural constructions. You can't just shoot up roids and get jacked—it still requires a ton or work and dedication! He was thrown out of the professional league for cheating with roids. II. adjective, slang Used in informal, typically derogatory references to the use or abuse of anabolic steroids (to gain muscle mass). Sometimes hyphenated in such constructions. A lot of people assume I'm some sort of roid head because of the size of my pecs and biceps. Jack flew into a roid-rage 激素 when someone spilled his protein shake in the weight room. 13. The "C-suite" 高层, 大佬们 refers to the top-level executives in a company, often those with titles that begin with "chief," such as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Chief Operating Officer (COO). These individuals make key strategic decisions and oversee the overall direction of the organization. the group of people with the most important positions in a company, whose job titles usually begin with C meaning "chief": the C-suite 老总们, 那些总们 She wants to see more women in the C-suite. CEOs and other C-Suite executives. The idea that any growth is good dominates the thinking of many C-suites and boards of directors. You must have a proven ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, clients, and C-Suite executives. gulf 鸿沟 (= chasm) an important difference between the ideas, opinions, or situations of two groups of people: gulf between There is a widening gulf between the rich and the poor in our society. bridge the gulf 分歧 It is hoped that the peace plan will bridge the gulf (= reduce the very large difference) between the government and the rebels. disconnect 脱节 noun. a situation in which two or more things are not connected in the way that they should be: disconnect between a lack of connection; a failure of two things to relate. The study found a disconnect between the state's social program and some people who need government assistance. There's a disconnect between the public and the media. The study found a disconnect between the state's social programs and some people who need government assistance. "I think one of the things that they just seem to fail to grasp in that C-Suite is the connection between A and B," he remarked, pointing out the apparent disconnect 脱节, 失联 between the company's major financial decisions. "So A is we'll sign someone or two people to a $200 million 10-year contract, cool. Now we're going to go and make some redundancies. Oh, okay, so there's the B." 14. A bachelor pad 单身公寓 is a home (pad) in which a bachelor or bachelors (single men) live. The exact standards on what constitutes a bachelor pad are often ambiguous and debated but one definition describes it as: A "bachelor pad" is a slang term for a living space owned by a bachelor (single man) that is designed as a collective space (as opposed to individual items) with the purpose of facilitating a bachelor in his daily activities to include but not limited to daily functionality, use of free time, hobbies and interests, entertaining friends, and seducing women. A bachelor pad can be done on a very limited budget as is the case with many young adults and college students, or to an extravagant level as seen amongst some celebrities. It should not be confused as such with "bachelor apartment 开间房", a real estate term which refers an apartment with no bedroom – the main room serves as a bedroom, living room, and dining room (and sometimes kitchen as well). In the United Kingdom the term "bachelor pad" usually refers to a flat where a single young man lives alone. Most students in the UK, who are unable to afford this luxury, perforce ( perforce [pəˈfɔːs] 不可避免的 adverb old-fashioned formal because it is necessary. Perforce is used to indicate that something happens or is the case because it cannot be prevented or avoided. The war in 1939 perforce ushered in an era of more grime and drabness. ) live with other students, hence the heightened social status attributed to this particular sense of the phrase. In the United States it generally refers to small houses or apartments where unmarried men, often college/university students, live until they obtain larger or more luxurious houses or apartments, are married, or generally "move up" in standards of living and taste. It also became a symbol of independence and freedom for young people when leaving their parents' house for the first time. studio = studio apartment = UK studio flat a small apartment designed to be lived in by one or two people, usually with one large room for sleeping and living in, a bathroom and sometimes a separate kitchen. 15. detente = détente [deɪˈtɒnt] (国家间关系的) 缓和, 缓解 an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other: détente between Detente is a state of friendly relations between two countries when previously there had been problems between them. ...their desire to pursue a policy of detente. They have made the first move towards a detente. The talks are aimed at furthering détente between the two countries. Bessent testified before Congress on Tuesday that although talks have not been active between the two countries, there have been signs of an emerging detente. Both Trump and Bessent have said the severe tariffs on China remain unsustainably high, and China signaled last week it was open to some negotiations on trade. 中美谈判: Two top Trump officials are scheduled to meet later this week with Chinese representatives on trade and economic matters, their agencies announced Tuesday evening, a nascent ( 刚起步的. 新近的. only recently formed or started, but likely to grow larger quickly. in the earliest stages of development. While battery swap is still largely a nascent sector, China has the world's most developed model by far. While it's mainly used for larger vehicles – close to half of the electric heavy-duty trucks sold in China in 2023 were equipped with battery-swap technology – the country is also seriously experimenting with swaps for personal cars. Everyone in this nascent business is still struggling with basic issues. a nascent political party. a nascent problem. ) sign of a thaw 关系缓和, 解冻 in the trade war sparked by President Donald Trump's massive tariffs. Stocks have been rising in recent weeks after Trump announced carve-outs from massive 145% tariffs for some Chinese goods, including electronics. Investors were hopeful that the move signaled a deal could get done. US stock futures shot higher 冲高 in after-hours trading on the announcement. 16. harry 催逼, 逼迫, 催促 to repeatedly demand something from someone, often causing them to feel worried or angry: She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions. harried [ˈhær.id] 被困扰的, 不胜其烦的, 形容被人催逼时的恼怒感觉 worried and angry, especially because people keep wanting things from you. anxious or worried because you have too many things to do: I've been feeling very harried at work. I saw a harried-looking mother at the checkout trying to manage two small children and a mountain of shopping. He spent the day feeling harried and unproductive. get into the swing of it/things 加入其中, 加入进来, 参与其中, 跟上节奏, 合拍, 习惯, 适应 to start to understand, enjoy, and be active in something. If you get into the swing of something, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing. It was hard to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence. I hadn't worked in an office for several years, so it took me a while to get back into the swing of it. "When making an appointment for someone to come over for a meal or to fix the plumbing, you might (say), 'Come Wednesday,' and that is specific enough," she explains. "As long as they show up that day, or the next, everything is as it should be. It's quirky and takes some getting used to, especially for harried, time-conscious Americans; but once you get into the swing of things, it's a great way to live". In Bhutan, we live immersed 沉浸其中, 融入其中 in nature, and as a culture, we value kindness. I can see people relax the longer they stay. Globally, we live in volatile times; there's a lot of anger and fear in the world. Bhutan is such a respite 净土, 宁静 from all that." 17. gambit [ˈɡæm·bɪt] 招数 I. something that you do or say that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk. a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk: The arrest of the political leader was seen as the opening gambit in a move to take control of the government. He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal. Campaign strategists are calling the plan a clever political gambit. opening gambit 开场白 A gambit is a remark which you make to someone in order to start or continue a conversation with them. His favourite opening gambit is: 'You are so beautiful, will you be my next wife?' Bernard made no response to Tom's conversational gambits. Her clever opening gambit gave her an early advantage. Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit. "I hear you're a friend of Jamie's" was her opening gambit. II. a way of beginning a game of chess, in which you intentionally lose a pawn (= game piece) in order to win some other form of advantage later. queen's gambit: In chess, the Queen's Gambit refers to a specific opening sequence where White sacrifices a pawn (the c-pawn) early in the game to gain control of the center of the board. It's named the "gambit" because it involves a material sacrifice for the potential of a strategic advantage. The "Queen's" part comes from the move starting with the queen's pawn (d4). resign I. to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving: He resigned from the company in order to take a more challenging job. She resigned as director. She resigned the directorship. resign as sth He resigned as policy director to become deputy chief of staff. resign from sth After the scandal, he was forced to resign from his government post. resign over sth He has no intention of resigning over the issue. resign your job/position/post She will resign her position as CEO of the company at the end of the year. be asked to/forced to resign The previous director had just been forced to resign. threaten to resign. II. In the game of chess, you resign 弃子认输 when you cannot see any way to avoid being beaten: Timman resigned a hopeless position. After she had taken my rook, there was nothing I could really do except resign. resign yourself to sth/be resigned to sth 听任, 顺从, 不得不接受 to make yourself accept something that you do not like because you cannot change it: While he's still a partner, he's resigned to writing off his investment. He resigned himself to living alone. be resigned to something 接受安排, 认命, 只好接受, 对…听天由命, 安于 If you are resigned to something unpleasant, you calmly accept that it will happen: She seems resigned to losing the race. 18. Leave-in conditioner 免洗护发素 provides continuous hydration, detangling, and protection for the hair without the need for rinsing, unlike regular conditioners. It adds moisture, helps tame frizz, and can offer protection from heat and environmental stressors, making hair more manageable and easier to style. A heat protectant 头发热防护 is a hair product, typically a spray, cream, or serum, designed to shield hair from the damaging effects of heat styling tools like hair dryers, straighteners, and curling irons. It works by creating a protective barrier between the hair and the heat, preventing moisture loss, breakage, and other heat-related damage. Dry shampoo 免洗洗发水 otherwise known as hybrid shampoo is a type of shampoo which reduces hair greasiness without the need for water. It is in powder form and is typically administered from an aerosol can. Dry shampoo is often based on corn starch or rice starch. In addition to cleansing hair, it can also be used as a tool for hair-styling as it can create volume, help tease hair, keep bobby pins in place, and be used in place of mousse in wet hair. Dry shampoo proponents attest that daily wash-and-rinse with detergent shampoo can strip away natural oils from hair. However, others attest that spraying dry shampoo every day will lead to a build-up of product that can dull hair color and irritate the scalp, arguing that the scalp needs regular cleansing and exfoliating to get rid of bacteria, remove dead skin cells, and stay healthy. hustler mainly US informal I. someone who tries to deceive people into giving them money. II. [informal, disapproval] 贩子. 能说会道的, 狡猾的小商小贩. a person adept at aggressive selling or illicit dealing. "small-time hustlers trying to sell their stuff". If you refer to someone as a hustler, you mean that they try to earn money or gain an advantage from situations they are in by using dishonest or illegal methods. ...an insurance hustler. III. A hustler is a prostitute, especially a male prostitute. 19. pick (one's) spot I. 找准时机. 找好时机. To take action or engage in something carefully and judiciously. The boss has been in a bad mood all day, so you really need to pick your spots if you don't want to get yelled at. You guys shouldn't attack when the defense is set up like that—you need to pick your spots better. Mark Carney 'picked his spots' well during Oval Office meeting. II. In cricket, to intentionally hit the ball in a certain direction or to a certain part of the field. Wow, he really did pick his spot—he hit the ball exactly where he said he would. pick someone up on something I. to criticize someone about something they have said: "I want to pick you up on the point you made a few minutes ago about personal morality, Archbishop." His teacher picked him up on his pronunciation. II. to start talking again about something that someone said previously: Can I just pick up on your first point again, please? judiciously 判断准确的 in a way that has or shows reason and good judgment in making decisions. in a manner that shows or proceeds from good judgement. a judiciously worded statement. This report shows we acted judiciously with taxpayer money. judicious having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions. having or proceeding from good judgment We should make judicious use of the resources available to us. 20. The Abrahamic [ˌeɪbrəˈhamɪ] religions are a grouping of several religions that revere Abraham in their scripture, with the three largest and most influential being Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that contrasts them with Indian religions, Iranian religions, and East Asian religions. However, the categorization has been criticized by some for oversimplification of different cultural and doctrinal nuances. Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the covenantal relationship between the Jewish people and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor ( progenitor [prəʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tər] 祖先, 父母 I. 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. 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. 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.) of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. Abraham is also revered in other Abrahamic religions such as the Baháʼí Faith and the Druze faith. The story of the life of Abraham, as told in the narrative of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, revolves around the themes of posterity and land. He is said to have been called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land of Canaan, which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny ( progeny [ˈprɒdʒ.ə.ni] 后代, 子孙 (offspring) the young or offspring of a person, animal, or plant. the young of a person, animal, or plant; offspring: Housewives chased their progeny out-of-doors. His numerous progeny are scattered all over the country. issue I. a set of newspapers or magazines published at the same time or a single copy of a newspaper or magazine: There's an article on motorbikes in the latest/next issue. An old issue of "Homes and Gardens" lay on the table. an issue of a journal/magazine/newspaper The latest issue of the journal features interviews with twelve great business leaders. today's/this month's/Saturday's/etc. issue Issue number one of the comic book sold for $1.2 million at auction. II. An issue of shares (issuance) is a time when a company gives people the chance to buy part of it or gives extra shares to people who already own some. the offer for sale by a company or organization of financial products such as shares or bonds: bond/stock/share issue. the issue of sth Shareholders approved the issue of 12 million shares of preferred stock. in issue Total shares in issue are in excess of the those stated in the report. at/on issue 上市 股票发行 While the shares dipped below the price at issue, some buying support lifted the stock back into positive territory. Since it is the largest issue and the market is witnessing poor performance, investors might not get value. We launched an exchange offer to buy back existing bonds in return for a new issue. free issue 免费股权 (also scrip issue); (also bonus issue); (also capitalization issue). an offer by a company of extra shares to its shareholders for free: Many customers hold shares which they received as a result of a free issue of stock last year. III. 发行. the act of making available coins, currency, or stamps by a government, or the items themselves: Issue of a new ten rupee coin replaced a note of a similar denomination already in circulation. We expect the release of two commemorative coin issues 纪念币发行 by the United States Mint. bank of issue 货币发行银行 BANKING, MONEY a bank that has the official right to produce currency (= paper money and coins). IV. a subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about: environmental/ethical/personal issues. As employers we need to be seen to be addressing (= dealing with) these issues sympathetically. Don't worry about who will do it - that's just a side issue 小问题 (= not the main problem). address/tackle/resolve an issue 解决问题 The service offers confidential help to filers who cannot resolve an issue through normal channels. consider/discuss an issue. a central/core/key issue. a major/minor issue. a critical/serious issue Health care could become a critical issue in political debate. a complex/controversial/sensitive issue. at issue most important in what is being discussed: The point at issue is what is best for the child. make an issue of something disapproving to make something seem more important than it should be, or to argue about it: Of course I'll help you - there's no need to make an issue of it. take issue with someone/something formal to disagree strongly: I took issue with him over his interpretation of the instructions. have an issue with someone/something to dislike or disapprove of someone or something and let it upset or worry you: I feel like my dad has an issue with me having a husband with a different religion. have issues (with someone/something) to have difficulty or disagreement with someone or something: All the people in the study had low self-esteem and had issues with their bodies. without issue 无后嗣. 没有子嗣 offspring; a child or children law old-fashioned or specialized If someone dies without issue, they have no children. verb. to produce or provide something official: The office will be issuing 发放 permits on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The school issued a statement about its plans to the press./The school issued the press with a statement about its plans. issue from something If something issues from a place, it comes out of that place: A terrible scream issued from the room. Smoke issued from the cracked pipe. ). This promise is subsequently inherited by Isaac, Abraham's son by his wife Sarah, while Isaac's half-brother Ishmael is also promised that he will be the founder of a great nation. Abraham purchases a tomb (the Cave of the Patriarchs) at Hebron to be Sarah's grave, thus establishing his right to the land; and, in the second generation, his heir Isaac is married to a woman from his own kin to earn his parents' approval. Abraham later marries Keturah and has six more sons; but, on his death, when he is buried beside Sarah, it is Isaac who receives "all Abraham's goods" while the other sons receive only "gifts". 21. Occidentalism refers to the way in which non-Western cultures perceive and represent the Western world, often with stereotypes and generalizations. It's the mirror image of Orientalism(In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle East, was one of the many specialties of 19th-century academic art, and Western literature was influenced by a similar interest in Oriental themes. Since the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism in 1978, much academic discourse has begun to use the term 'Orientalism' to refer to a general patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies. In Said's analysis, 'the West' essentializes these societies as static and undeveloped—thereby fabricating a view of Oriental culture that can be studied, depicted, and reproduced in the service of imperial power. Implicit in this fabrication, writes Said, is the idea that Western society is developed, rational, flexible, and superior. This allows 'Western imagination' to see 'Eastern' cultures and people as both alluring and a threat to Western civilization. Journalist and art critic Jonathan Jones pushed back on Said's claims, and suggested that the majority of Orientalism was derived out of a genuine fascination and admiration of Eastern cultures, not prejudice or malice. ), which describes the way Western cultures often depict and categorize the East. In essence, Occidentalism is a lens through which the West is viewed from an external perspective, shaping how it's understood and often, misunderstood. Occidentalism refers to a discipline that discusses the Western world (the Occident). In this context the West becomes the object, while the East is the subject. The West in the context of Occidentalism does not refer to the West in a geographical sense, but to culture or custom, especially covering the fields of thought, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, history, religion, colonialism, war, apartheid, and geography. It is not as popular as Orientalism in the general public and in academic settings. occidental [ˌɒk.sɪˈden.təl] relating to the western part of the world, especially the countries of Europe and America. Occidental means relating to the countries of Europe and America. There is a fundamental division between oriental and occidental approaches to land use. occidental cultures. The music is a mix of occidental pop and Latin sensuality. 22. The Yellow Peril 黄祸, 黄祸论 (also the Yellow Terror, the Yellow Menace, and the Yellow Specter) is a racist color metaphor that depicts the peoples of East and Southeast Asia as an existential danger to the Western world. The concept of the Yellow Peril derives from a "core imagery of apes, lesser men, primitives, children, madmen, and beings who possessed special powers", which developed during the 19th century as Western imperialist expansion adduced East Asians as the Yellow Peril. In the late 19th century, the Russian sociologist Jacques Novicow coined the term in the essay "Le Péril Jaune" ("The Yellow Peril", 1897), which Kaiser Wilhelm II (r. 1888–1918) used to encourage the European empires to invade, conquer, and colonize China. To that end, using the Yellow Peril ideology, the Kaiser portrayed the Japanese and the Asian victory against the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) as an Asian racial threat to white Western Europe, and also exposes China and Japan as an alliance to conquer, subjugate, and enslave the Western world. The sinologist Wing-Fai Leung explained the origins of the term and the racialist ideology: "The phrase yellow peril (sometimes yellow terror or yellow spectre), coined by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, in the 1880s, after a dream in which he saw the Buddha riding a dragon threatening to invade Europe, blends western anxieties about sex, racist fears of the alien other, and the Spenglerian ( "Spenglerian" refers to anything related to the ideas of the German historian and philosopher Oswald Spengler, particularly his theory of cyclical history. Spengler argued that cultures and civilizations, like living organisms, have predictable lifespans, passing through phases of birth, growth, and decay.) belief that the West will become outnumbered and enslaved by the East." The academic Gina Marchetti identified the psycho-cultural fear of East Asians as "rooted in medieval fears of Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasions of Europe [1236–1291], the Yellow Peril combines racist terror of alien cultures, sexual anxieties, and the belief that the West will be overpowered and enveloped, by the irresistible, dark, occult forces of the East": 2  hence, to oppose Japanese imperial militarism, the West expanded the Yellow Peril ideology to include the Japanese people. Moreover, in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, writers developed the Yellow Peril literary topos into codified, racialist motifs of narration, especially in stories and novels of ethnic conflict in the genres of invasion literature, adventure fiction, and science fiction. The Snake Charmer(A snake charmer 捕蛇人, 耍蛇人 is an entertainer who claims to have the ability to mesmerize snakes, typically using a musical instrument like the pungi, and often including other seemingly dangerous or impressive feats. The practice is a tradition in India and other regions, with performances often incorporating street performance staples like juggling and sleight of hand.) is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme produced around 1879. After it was used on the cover of Edward Said's book Orientalism in 1978, the work "attained a level of notoriety matched by few Orientalist paintings," as it became a lightning-rod for criticism of Orientalism in general and Orientalist painting in particular, although Said himself does not mention the painting in his book. It is in the collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, which also owns another controversial Gérôme painting, The Slave Market. The painting depicts a naked boy standing on a small carpet in the center of a room with blue-tiled walls, facing away from the viewer, holding a python which coils around his waist and over his shoulder, while an older man sits to his right playing a fipple flute. The performance is watched by a motley group of armed men from a variety of Islamic tribes, with different clothes and weapons. Sarah Lees' catalogue essay for the painting examines the setting as a conflation of Ottoman Turkey and Egypt, and also explains the young snake charmer's nudity, not as an erotic display, but "to obviate charges of fraud" in his performance. Art critic Jonathan Jones bluntly calls The Snake Charmer: a sleazy imperialist vision 视角 of "the east." In front of glittering Islamic tiles that make the painting shimmer with blue and silver, a group of men sit on the ground watching a nude snake charmer, draped with a slithering phallic python.…The Snake Charmer is such an obviously pernicious (pernicious [pərˈnɪʃəs] very dangerous or harmful, especially to someone's moral character. If you describe something as pernicious, you mean that it is very harmful. Parents are blaming not only peer pressure but also the pernicious influence of the internet. There is a pernicious culture of excellence: everything has to be not merely good but the best. vocabulary: Pernicious means harmful and subtle, such as a poison gas that causes illness in those exposed to it over the course of years. Pernicious comes from the Latin perniciosus, "destructive," which in turn comes from pernicies, "death" or "ruin." You might have heard your parents and teachers talk about the pernicious effects 恶果, 有害的结果, 不良后果 of watching too much TV and playing video games all day — they'll turn your brain to mush (allegedly). ) and exploitative western fantasy of "the Orient" that it makes Said's case for him. Gérôme is, you might say, orientalism's poster boy. In this influential work, Said analyses how Middle Eastern societies were described by European "experts" in the 19th century in ways that delighted ( delight I. a feeling of great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness: Her face had a look of pure delight. with delight I read your letter with great delight. in delight The children squealed in delight when they saw all the presents under the Christmas tree. delight at His delight at seeing her again was obvious. to someone's delight To my delight, I was proved right. to the delight of She played all her biggest hits, to the delight of the crowd. take delight in He seems to take great delight in (= enjoys) teasing his sister. II. something or someone that gives great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness: My sister's little boy is a real delight. The film is a delight from start to finish. it is a delight to It was a delight to see her so happy and relaxed. the delights of something the pleasures that something gives: We're just discovering the delights of being retired. verb. to give someone great pleasure or satisfaction: Peter's academic success delighted his family. delight in something to get a lot of pleasure from something, especially something unpleasant: Some people delight in the misfortunes of others. My brother always delights in telling me when I make a mistake. to enjoy something, esp. doing something annoying to someone else: My brother always delights in telling me when I make a mistake. ) the western imagination while reducing the humanity of those whom that imagination fed on. In The Snake Charmer, voyeurism is titillated, and yet the blame for this is shifted on to the slumped audience in the painting. Meanwhile, the beautiful tiles behind them are seen as a survival of older and finer cultures which–according to Edward Said–western orientalists claimed to know and love better than the decadent locals did. Linda Nochlin in her influential 1983 essay "The Imaginary Orient" points out that the seemingly photorealistic quality of the painting allows Gérôme to present an unrealistic scene as if it were a true representation of the east. Nochlin calls The Snake Charmer "a visual document of nineteenth-century colonialist ideology" in which: the watchers huddled against the ferociously detailed tiled wall in the background of Gérôme's painting are resolutely alienated from us, as is the act they watch with such childish, trancelike concentration. Our gaze is meant to include both the spectacle and its spectators as objects of picturesque delectation.…Clearly, these black and brown folk are mystified—but then again, so are we. Indeed, the defining mood of the painting is mystery, and it is created by a specific pictorial device. We are permitted only a beguiling rear view of the boy holding the snake. A full frontal view, which would reveal unambiguously both his sex and the fullness of his dangerous performance, is denied us. And the insistent, sexually charged mystery at the center of this painting signifies a more general one: the mystery of the East itself, a standard topos ( topos [ˈtɒp.ɒs, toʊ.poʊs] 传统主题, 经典主题 plural topoi [uk ˈtɒp.ɔɪ, usˈtoʊ.pɔɪ] a traditional theme (= subject) that is found in literature. a basic theme or concept, esp a stock topic in rhetoric This rejection of the Muses is an ancient topos in Christian-Latin poetry. the battle between "mercy" and "justice" as a medieval literary topos. ) of the Orientalist ideology.

the Seven Last Words 耶稣的7个遗言: Jesus spoke seven phrases, known as the Seven Last Words 耶稣的7个遗言, while on the cross. These sayings, recorded in the Gospels, offer insights into his final moments and his mission. Here are the seven last words: Forgiveness: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.": (Luke 23:34). Salvation: "Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.": (Luke 23:43). Relationship: "Woman, behold your son! Son, behold your mother!": (John 19:26-27). Abandonment: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?": (Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34). Distress: "I thirst.": (John 19:28). Triumph: "It is finished.": (John 19:30). Reunion: "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.": (Luke 23:46). The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words". 1. This first saying of Jesus on the cross is traditionally called "The Word of Forgiveness". It is theologically interpreted as Jesus' prayer for forgiveness for the Roman soldiers who were crucifying him and all others who were involved in his crucifixion. Some early manuscripts do not include this sentence in Luke 23:34. Biblical scholars such as Bart Ehrman have argued that it was omitted by some scribes because of anti-Judaic sentiment around the second century. 2. This saying is traditionally called "The Word of Salvation". According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus was crucified between two thieves (traditionally named Dismas and Gestas), one of whom supports Jesus' innocence and asks him to remember him when he comes into his kingdom. Jesus replies, "Verily I say unto thee..." (ἀμήν λέγω σοί, amēn legō soi), followed with the only appearance of the word "Paradise" in the gospels (παραδείσω, paradeisō, originally from Persian pairidaeza, "paradise garden"). A seemingly simple change in punctuation in this saying has been the subject of doctrinal differences among Christian groups, given the lack of punctuation in the original Greek texts. Catholics and most Protestant Christians usually use a version which reads "today you will be with me in Paradise". This reading assumes a direct voyage to Heaven and has no implications of purgatory. On the other hand, some Protestants who believe in soul sleep have used a reading which emphasizes "I say to you today", leaving open the possibility that the statement was made today, but arrival in Heaven may be later. 3. This statement is traditionally called "The Word of Relationship" and in it Jesus entrusts Mary, his mother, into the care of "the disciple whom Jesus loved". Jesus also addresses his mother as "woman" in John 2:4. Although this sounds dismissive in English, the Greek word is a term of respect or tenderness. Catholic commentators, on the basis of these two passages, often connect Mary with the "woman" of Genesis 3:15, and the "woman clothed with the sun" in Revelation 12, and therefore see this title of "woman" as a justification for the veneration of Mary as a second Eve. 4. This saying, traditionally called “The Word of Abandonment”, is only one that appears in more than one gospel. This saying is taken by some as an abandonment of the Son by the Father. Another interpretation holds that at the moment when Jesus took upon himself the sins of humanity, the Father had to turn away from the Son because the Father is "of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong" (ESV). Other theologians understand the cry as that of one who was truly human and who felt forsaken. Put to death by his foes, very largely deserted by his friends, he may have also felt deserted by God. Others see these words in the context of Psalm 22 and suggest that Jesus recited these words, perhaps even the whole psalm, "that he might show himself to be the very Being to whom the words refer; so that the Jewish scribes and people might examine and see the cause why he would not descend from the cross; namely, because this very psalm showed that it was appointed that he should suffer these things.". 5. This statement is traditionally called "The Word of Distress" and is compared and contrasted with the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4. Only John records this saying, but all four gospels relate that Jesus was offered a drink of sour wine (possibly posca). In Mark and Matthew, a sponge was soaked in the wine and lifted up to Jesus on a reed; John says the same, but states that the sponge was affixed to a hyssop branch. This may have been intended as symbolically significant, as hyssop branches are often mentioned in the Old Testament in the context of the use of sacrificial blood for ritual purification. This statement of Jesus is interpreted by John as fulfilment of the prophecy given in Psalm 69:21, "in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink"; hence the quotation from John's gospel includes the comment "that the scripture might be fulfilled". The Jerusalem Bible cross-references Psalm 22:15: "my palate is drier than a potsherd, and my tongue is stuck to my jaw". 6. This statement is traditionally called "The Word of Triumph" and is theologically interpreted as the announcement of the end of the earthly life of Jesus, in anticipation for the Resurrection. The utterance after consuming the beverage and immediately before death is mentioned, but not explicitly quoted, in Mark 15:37 and Matthew 27:50 (both of which state that Jesus "cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost"). 7. From Psalm 31:5, this saying, which is an announcement and not a request, is traditionally called "The Word of Reunion" and is theologically interpreted as the proclamation of Jesus joining God the Father in Heaven.