用法学习: 1. unfettered [ʌnˈfɛtəd] 不受束缚的, 不受约束的, 不收禁锢的, 不受控的, 随心所欲的, 没有牵绊的, 毫无保留的, 无拘无束的 adj. unrestrained or uninhibited. "unfettered artistic genius". If you describe something as unfettered, you mean that it is not controlled or limited by anyone or anything. not limited by rules or any other controlling influence: Poets are unfettered by the normal rules of sentence structure. ...unfettered free trade. Unfettered by the bounds of reality, my imagination flourished. He demanded unfettered access to a new nuclear facility. fetter [fetər] verb. [literary, disapproval] If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way. to keep someone within limits or stop them from making progress: fettered by He felt fettered 绑住, 束缚住 by a nine-to-five office existence. ...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy. The black mud fettered her movements. noun. I. [literary, disapproval] You can use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want. ...the fetters of social convention. II. Especially in former times, fetters were chains for a prisoner's feet. He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons. fete [feɪt] noun. A fete is an event that is usually held outdoors and includes competitions, entertainments, and the selling of used and home-made goods. a public event, often held outside, where you can take part in competitions and buy small things and food, often organized to collect money for a particular purpose: a summer fete. village fete. They're holding the village fete on the green. verb. If someone is feted, they are celebrated, welcomed, or admired by the public. to praise or welcome someone publicly because of their achievements: She was feted by audiences both in her own country and abroad. Anouska Hempel, the British dress designer, was feted in New York this week at a spectacular dinner. The metamorphosis from anxious wife to feted author was rapid and dramatic. 2. posse [pɒsi] I. A posse of people is a group of people with the same job or purpose. a group of people who have come together for the same purpose: The disgraced minister walked swiftly from the car to his house pursued by a whole posse of reporters. ...a posse of reporters. A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea. a slang term that refers to a group of friends or people with a common interest. For example, you might refer to a group of friends who go to garage sales together as "your posse". II. In former times, in the United States, a posse was a group of men who were brought together by the local law officer to help him chase and capture a criminal. in the past, a group of men in the US who were brought together to catch a criminal: In a lot of old westerns, the sheriff gathers a posse to chase the bad guy. The sheriff rounded up a posse and went after the bank robbers. III. a group of friends: I was hanging with my posse. possie [ˈpɒzi] noun informal Australian I. a place or position. A position or place, especially one that is advantageous. "the bridge will provide a good fishing possie 好位置". II. a job. inter [ɪnˈtəː] 埋身于, 埋葬于, 葬在 place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. When a dead person is interred, they are buried. ...the spot where his bones were originally interred. "he was interred with the military honours due to him". be interred in Many of the soldiers were interred in unmarked graves. interment [ɪnˈtəːm(ə)nt] 埋葬 the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. "the day of interment". acceptance I. general agreement that something is satisfactory or right, or that someone should be included in a group: gain acceptance The idea rapidly gained acceptance (= became approved of) in political circles. The party marked his acceptance into the community. If there is acceptance of an idea, most people believe or agree that it is true. ...a theory that is steadily gaining acceptance. There was a general acceptance that the defence budget would shrink. The ransom note appears to echo film dialog. The films Ruthless People, Ransom, Escape from New York, Speed and Dirty Harry have acceptance as sources. II. Your acceptance of a situation, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, is an attitude or feeling that you cannot change it and that you must get used to it. Their acceptance of the system will probably determine its long-term fate. ...his calm acceptance of whatever comes his way. III. If there is acceptance of a new product, people start to like it and get used to it. Customer acceptance of this technology has been outstanding. Avant-garde music to this day has not found general public acceptance. IV. Acceptance of someone into a group means beginning to think of them as part of the group and to act in a friendly way towards them. ...an effort to ensure that people with disabilities achieve real acceptance. V. Acceptance of an offer or a proposal is the act of saying yes to it or agreeing to it. The Party is being degraded by its acceptance of secret donations. I sent them more than 6,000 cartoons before I had my one and only acceptance by them. Several shareholders have withdrawn earlier acceptances of the offer. ...a letter of acceptance. ...his acceptance speech 获奖感言, 领奖演讲 for the Nobel Peace Prize. attaché [ætæʃeɪ] I. An attaché is a member of staff in an embassy, usually with a special responsibility for something. a specialist attached to a diplomatic mission military attaché. He was working as a cultural attaché in Warsaw. a diplomatic official attached to an embassy or legation, esp. in a technical capacity a commercial attaché. a cultural attaché. II. a military officer who is assigned to a diplomatic post in a foreign country in order to gather military information. an air attaché. an army attaché. a naval attaché. attaché case 公文包, 随身包 An attaché case is a flat case for holding documents. 3. Ransom Note from JonBennet Case: You stand a 99% chance of killing your daughter if you try to outsmart us 耍小聪明. Follow our instructions and you stand a 100% chance of getting her back. You and your family are under constant scrutiny as well as the authorities. Don't try to grow a brain 耍聪明 John. You are not the only fat cat 有权势的人, 有钱有势的人 ( a wealthy and powerful person, especially a business person or politician. "a fat-cat developer". someone who has a lot of money, especially someone in charge of a company who has the power to increase their own pay: The report criticized boardroom fat cats who award themselves huge pay increases. fat cat bosses/directors. ) around so don't think that killing will be difficult. Don't underestimate us John. Use that good southern common sense of yours. It is up to you now John! garrote [gə'rɒt] verb 勒死. to kill someone by putting a metal wire or collar around their neck and pulling it. If someone is garroted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly around their neck. The two guards had been garroted. The autopsy report stated that JonBenét's official cause of death was "asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma". noun. A garrote is a piece of wire or cord used to garrote someone. 4. high chair 婴儿座椅 a chair with long legs for a baby or small child, fitted with a tray that is used like a table at mealtimes. 4. Hut: 圆形的那种茅草屋. igloo: 雪地里那种 a temporary shelter or hunting-ground dwelling made from blocks of snow, and is also known as a snow house or snow hut. Teepee 圆锥帐篷, 类似于看瓜用的帐篷: A tipi or tepee ([ˈtiːpi] TEE-pee) is a conical lodge tent that is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure, and historically made of animal hides or pelts or, in more recent generations, of canvas stretched on a framework of wooden poles. Shack: a roughly built hut or cabin. A shack (or, in some areas, shanty) is a type of small shelter or dwelling, often primitive or rudimentary in design and construction. Unlike huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually rural and made of natural materials (mud, rocks, sticks, etc.) shacks are generally composed of scavenged man-made materials like abandoned construction debris, repurposed consumer waste and other useful discarded objects that can be quickly acquired at little or no cost and fashioned into a small dwelling. verb. move in or live with someone as a lover. "they won't believe I've shacked up with someone so good-looking". caravan. Flat 公寓. Duplex. cottage a small house, usually in the countryside: country cottage They live in an idyllic country cottage, with roses around the door. thatched cottage a small house, usually in the countryside, with a roof that is made from straw (= dried stems of crops) or reeds (= the hollow stems of tall, stiff plants that grow near water): There was a row of whitewashed thatched cottages on one side of the main street. He moved from London to live in a thatched cottage in the Cotswolds. beach cottage We rented a little beach cottage on the North Carolina coast. detached house 独栋的房子. plank house: 木板搭起来的房子. 5. unperturbed [ʌnpəˈtəːbd] (unruffled) not perturbed or concerned. not worried about something, especially when this is slightly surprising: He seemed completely unperturbed at the idea of having to sing in a room full of strangers. "Kenneth seems unperturbed by the news". not disturbed or troubled unperturbed by the prospect of a fight. complex 心理问题, 情节, 心结 noun. I. a particular anxiety or unconscious fear that a person has, especially as a result of an unpleasant experience that they have had in the past or because they have a low opinion of their own worth. a group of attitudes and feelings that influence a person’s behavior, often in a negative way: an inferiority complex. I think he's got a complex about being bald. Don't go on about her weight - you'll give her a complex! II. a group of buildings that are related, or a large building having different parts: an apartment complex for elderly people. adj. I. involving a lot of different but related parts: a complex molecule/carbohydrate. a complex network of roads. a complex procedure. The company has a complex organizational structure. II. difficult to understand or find an answer to because of having many different parts: It's a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer. The film's plot was so complex that I couldn't follow it. complexity [kəmˈplek·sɪ·tti] Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way. ...a diplomatic tangle of great complexity. ...the increasing complexity of modern weapon systems. You must understand the variety and complexity of tasks assigned to the police. 6. cabotage[ˈkæbəˌtɑːʒ or ˈkæbətɪdʒ] 国内航线, 第5航权 I. coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country. II. reservation to a country's carriers of its internal traffic, esp air traffic. the transport of goods or people within a country's borders: They argued that cabotage rights should be granted to European carriers within the US. III. a set of laws made by a government of a country to prevent or limit the transport of goods or people within the country's borders by foreign vehicles, ships, or aircraft: As in many other countries, cabotage policies restrict domestic air transport services to US carriers. She also said the NT government was open to exploring the prospect of cabotage – the concept of further opening up domestic Australian routes to international carriers. Mr Gosling said the federal government was also looking into possible solutions, including "calling out anti-competitive behaviour" by the airlines and possibly trialling cabotage in the territory. wiki: Cabotage rights are the right of a company from one country to trade in another country. In aviation, it is the right to operate within the domestic borders of another country, particularly to carry passengers and cargo from one point in the other country directly to another point in the same country. Most countries do not permit aviation cabotage, and there are strict sanctions against it, for reasons of economic protectionism, national security, or public safety. One notable exception is the European Union, whose member states all grant cabotage rights to each other. 7. attenuation [əˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən] I. the act of attenuating or the state of being attenuated.the process of making something less or weaker: The airport has undertaken a noise attenuation programme. The drug plays a role in the attenuation of inflammation. "The black spots are usually in areas that are full of obstacles, causing signal attenuation," Professor Tran said. II. the loss of energy suffered by radiation as it passes through matter, esp as a result of absorption or scattering. III. the process or fact of making something longer and thinner: the graceful attenuation of a Modigliani sculpture. attenuate [ə'tenjueɪt] 衰减, 减弱, 变弱 verb I. To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it. to make something less or weaker: Radiation from the sun is attenuated by the earth's atmosphere. They propose more peacekeeping troops to attenuate the violence. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it. Theirs had been an increasingly attenuated relationship. II. to make something longer and thinner: The artist has attenuated the limbs. descend I. If you descend or if you descend a staircase 向下走, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. She descended one flight of stairs. II. When a mood or atmosphere descends on a place or on the people there 降临, it affects them by spreading among them. An uneasy calm descended on the area. A reverent hush descended on the multitude. III. If a large group of people arrive to see you, especially if their visit is unexpected or causes you a lot of work, you can say that they have descended on 从天而降 you. 3,000 city officials descended on Capitol Hill to lobby for more money. Curious tourists and reporters from around the globe are descending upon the peaceful villages. IV. When night, dusk, or darkness descends 夜幕降临, it starts to get dark. Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky. V. [disapproval] If you say that someone descends to behaviour which you consider unacceptable, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they do it. We're not going to descend to 屈尊, 堕落 such methods. She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters. VI. When you want to emphasize that the situation that someone is entering is very bad, you can say that they are descending into that situation. He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos. descent into something a change in someone's behaviour, or in a situation, from good to bad: It is a novel about a great man's descent into madness. Without outside intervention, the country's descent into chaos will continue. 'I think it was absolutely disgraceful. It was totalitarian, it was descent into an Orwellian dystopia,' he said. descend into something to gradually get into a bad state. If a situation descends into a particular state, it becomes worse: The demonstrations in the capital rapidly descended into anarchy. The country was descending into chaos. descend on somewhere If a state such as darkness or silence descends on a place, it happens quickly in every part of it: Silence descended on 笼罩 the room. The glittering neon signs make a welcome sight as dusk descends on the plains. 8. bring/call something to mind 想到, 让人想起 Remember, recall. to remember something: I can see his face, but I just can't bring his name to mind. I've tried but I can't call his name to mind. If something brings another thing to mind or calls another thing to mind, it makes you think of that other thing, usually because it is similar in some way. That brings to mind a wonderful poem by Riokin. The fate of many British designers calls to mind the fable of the tortoise and the hare. When people think of royals and podcasts, they likely call to mind Meghan Markle's Archetypes - or Queen Camilla's audio book club the Reading Room. 8. autocracy [ɔːˈtɒkrəsi] I. a system of government by one person with absolute power. Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power. Many poor countries are abandoning autocracy. II. a state or society governed by one person with absolute power. An autocracy is a country or organization that is ruled by one person who has complete power. She ceded all power to her son-in-law who now runs the country as an autocracy. "the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an autocracy". III. domineering rule or control. "a boss who shifts between autocracy and consultation". theocracy [θɪˈɒkrəsi] 神权政治 I. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. "his ambition is to lead a worldwide theocracy". II. the commonwealth of Israel from the time of Moses until the election of Saul as king. Theocracy is a form of autocracy or oligarchy in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs. In an ecclesiocracy, the religious leaders assume a leading role in the state, but do not claim that they are instruments of divine revelation. A related phenomenon is a secular government co-existing with a state religion or delegating some aspects of civil law to religious communities. For example, in Israel, marriage is governed by officially recognized religious bodies who each provide marriage services for their respected adherents, yet no form of civil marriage (free of religion) exists, nor marriage by non-recognized minority religions. Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production 生产力, as opposed to private ownership. It describes the economic, political, and social theories and movements associated with the implementation of such systems. Social ownership can take various forms, including public, community, collective, cooperative, or employee. As one of the main ideologies on the political spectrum, socialism is considered as the standard left-wing ideology in most countries. Types of socialism vary based on the role of markets and planning in resource allocation, and the structure of management in organizations. Socialist systems divide into non-market and market forms. A non-market socialist system seeks to eliminate the perceived inefficiencies, irrationalities, unpredictability, and crises that socialists traditionally associate with capital accumulation and the profit system. Market socialism retains the use of monetary prices, factor markets and sometimes the profit motive. The socialist political movement includes political philosophies that originated in the revolutionary movements of the mid-to-late 18th century and out of concern for the social problems that socialists associated with capitalism. By the late 19th century, after the work of Karl Marx and his collaborator Friedrich Engels, socialism had come to signify anti-capitalism and advocacy for a post-capitalist system based on some form of social ownership of the means of production. By the early 1920s, communism and social democracy had become the two dominant political tendencies within the international socialist movement, with socialism itself becoming the most influential secular movement of the 20th century. Many socialists also adopted the causes of other social movements, such as feminism, environmentalism, and progressivism. 9. An affair partner (AP) 婚外情人 is someone who is involved in a romantic relationship with someone other than their spouse or partner. Winged monkeys are fictional characters that first appeared in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by the American author L. Frank Baum. They are described as jungle monkeys with bird-like feathered wings. They are playful, intelligent, and speak English. They are initially under the control of the Wicked Witch of the West, but are later controlled by the protagonist, Dorothy Gale. They lift Dorothy and fly her to two distant locations. The now widely used but inaccurate term flying monkey 打手, 帮凶 has been adopted in psychology, referring to someone who performs enabling work on behalf of an abusive person. It does not really fit with the depiction in the book, where the avian simians are under the magic spell of the Golden Cap, and must obey its wearer. The erroneous term flying monkey has been used in psychology to refer to enablers of an abusive person, such as a narcissist or a sociopath. It particularly indicates someone who does work on the behalf of the abuser, as the Winged monkeys do for the witch in the original book. The abuser will typically use family, friends, or coworkers who are loyal and/or subservient to them as flying monkeys to subvert or attack their intended targets. The flying monkey may act as a courier of information between parties, or as someone who pleads the case on behalf of the abuser. The flying monkeys themselves might buy into the abuser's false personality, might be too afraid of the abuser to stand up to them, or may themselves suffer from a mental disorder that the abuser exploits, such as having narcissistic or sociopathic tendencies themselves. "Flying monkeys" is a term used in psychology to describe people who carry out the work of an abusive person, such as a narcissist or sociopath. The term comes from The Wizard of Oz, where the Wicked Witch of the West uses flying monkeys to do her bidding ( do sb's bidding 唯命是从, 唯马首是瞻 [formal, disapproval] If you say that someone does another person's bidding, you disapprove of the fact that they do exactly what the other person asks them to do, even when they do not want to. To do what someone else wants or has requested, to the point of servitude. I hate how my mother always wants me to do her bidding—I refuse to do what she wants any longer! I can always get Tom to do my bidding, which is great when I'm faced with something I don't want to do! I'll just make my little brother do it. What are younger siblings for, if not to do your bidding? She is very clever at getting people to do her bidding! at someone's bidding 让...做, 在...的命令下, 在...的要求下 You do something at someone's bidding if they have asked or told you to do it: At my grandmother's bidding, I wore my best dress. She was here in Venice at his bidding. Was that not enough? What made these people do such things, and at his bidding? She expects us to drop everything we're doing and come running at her bidding. At her bidding, I called all the guests and asked them to arrive half an hour earlier. ). 10. fall on your feet = land on your feet 转危为安, 安全着陆, 毫发无损 to find yourself in a good situation, which you think is the result of luck and not your own efforts. to emerge unexpectedly well from a difficult situation. to get into a good situation because you are lucky, especially after being in a difficult situation Don't worry about Nina, she always falls on her feet. He has fallen on his feet with a new career set to earn him a fortune. at someone's feet 在脚下, 踩在脚下 I. close to someone's feet His dog was lying at his feet. II. sometimes used figuratively to suggest easy success. He was young and fearless, and he felt the world was at his feet. She was very attractive and claimed that men fell at her feet. have the world at your feet 拜服在脚下 to be extremely successful and admired by a large number of people: Five years after her debut, the diminutive star of the Royal Ballet has the world at her feet. fall at (one's) feet 跪在脚下, 跪在面前 To lay before someone in reverence or submission. In my dream, I fell at Mother Mary's feet, weeping. That world leader still expects everyone to fall at his feet, in spite of all the atrocious actions he's taken. I know I could advance my career by falling at Philip's feet, but I refuse because he's such a boor. fall over one's feet To hasten. 11. sth will take some beating 无与伦比, 难以匹敌, 完成的非常好, 做的非常好, 难以超越, 难更好了 informal British be difficult to surpass or defeat. If you say that something will take some beating, you mean that it is very good and it is unlikely that anything better will be done or made. be difficult to surpass or defeat. if something or someone will take some beating, it will be difficult for anyone or anything to be or do better. Raikkonen has 42 points, which will take some beating. Florida takes some beating as a vacation destination. "last year's £2.3 million record will take some beating". For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating. bring sth to bear on sb 拿...来对付, 用...来对付, 应对 I. to bring into operation or effect. If you bring something to bear on a situation, you use it to deal with that situation. to use something, for example your power, authority, or your knowledge, in a way that will have a big effect on something or someone The full force of the law was brought to bear on anyone who criticized the government. British scientists have brought computer science to bear on this problem. he brought his knowledge to bear on the situation. bring something to bear 瞄准. 对准 To aim a weapon at a target. The battleship brought her main guns to bear on the fort. to bring pressure to bear on someone = to bring influence to bear on someone To apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect. Every possible pressure was brought to bear on the minister to ensure the unjust law was not passed. 12. say one's piece = speak one's piece 说出自己的心意, 说出心里话, 说你要说的, 说出自己的心声, 发言 to say what one wants to say : to express one's opinions or ideas You will all be given a chance to say your piece at the meeting tonight. Just say your piece and then go. If you say your piece, you say everything you want to say about a particular matter without being interrupted, although people may be wanting to express opposing views. I'll answer your questions when I've said my piece. Say what one thinks, or what one usually says or is expected to say. All right, you've spoken your piece; now let someone else have a turn. Note: The piece in this expression alludes to a memorized poem or speech of the kind recited in a classroom. sequestered = sequestrated adj. (of a place) isolated and hidden away. If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. "a wild sequestered spot". verb. to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or until they have obeyed a court order. A "thrown game" 故意输的比赛 is a game that is intentionally lost, often when a team has already qualified for the next stage of competition or is being eliminated. Games that are deliberately lost are sometimes called "thrown games", especially when a team has nothing to play for (either having already qualified for the next stage of competition or is arithmetically unable to qualify for the next stage of the competition, or is in the process of being eliminated.). To throw a game = throw a match/game/fight 打假比赛 is to lose a game that was already won. to deliberately lose a fight or sports game that you could have won. He was allegedly offered £20,000 to throw the match 打假球. throw a/the game To lose some competitive game intentionally, especially in order to take advantage of the bets placed on one's odds of winning. Don't you think it's suspicious that they were totally dominating throughout the first three quarters, then they suddenly went to pieces and lost? I'm convinced that they threw the game. A: "You want us to throw the championship game?" B: "You'll each stand to make a million dollars if you do." wiki: In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. There are many reasons why match fixing might take place, including receiving bribes from bookmakers or sports bettors, and blackmail. Competitors may also intentionally perform poorly to gain a future advantage, such as a better draft pick or to face an easier opponent in a later round of competition. A player might also play poorly to rig a handicap system. Games that are deliberately lost are sometimes called "thrown games", especially when a team has nothing to play for (either having already qualified for the next stage of competition or is arithmetically unable to qualify for the next stage of the competition, or is in the process of being eliminated.) In contrast, when a team intentionally loses a game or does not score as high as it can, to obtain a perceived future competitive advantage, the team is often said to have "tanked ( go in the tank to lose (a game, match, etc.) deliberately or due to a lack of effort. )" the game instead of having thrown it. In sports where a handicap ( noun. I. A handicap is a physical or mental disability. He lost his leg when he was ten, but learnt to overcome his handicap 残疾, 残废. II. 弱势. A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something. She was away from school for 15 weeks, a handicap she could have done without. Being a foreigner was not a handicap. III. 让棋. 让手. 让着. In golf, a handicap is an advantage given to someone who is not a good player, in order to make the players more equal. As you improve, your handicap gets lower. I see your handicap is down from 16 to 12. IV. In horse racing, a handicap is a race in which some competitors are given a disadvantage of extra weight in an attempt to give everyone an equal chance of winning. verb. If an event or a situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage. Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students. We felt our system was handicapping some of the good players we have. ) or ranking system exists and is capable of being abused (including sports such as racing, grappling and golf), tanking is known as "sandbagging 不展示实力(hiding the strength, skill or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement. Sandbagging in golf and other games, deliberately playing below one's actual ability in order to fool opponents into accepting higher stakes bets, or to lower one's competitive rating in order to play in a future event with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance to win. )". Hustling 扮猪吃老虎 (hustle I. If you hustle 推, 催促 someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along. The guards hustled Harry out of the car. There was no opportunity to ask anything more as the guards hustled us away. II. If you hustle, you go somewhere or do something as quickly as you can. You'll have to hustle if you're to get home for supper. He hustled straight up the aircraft steps without looking round or waving goodbye. They had finished the exam and the teacher was hustling to get the papers gathered up. III. If someone hustles, they try to earn money or gain an advantage from a situation, often by using dishonest or illegal means. We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want. I hustled some tickets from a magazine and off we went. to try to persuade someone, especially to buy something, often illegally: to hustle for business/customers. They made a living hustling stolen goods on the streets. noun. I. Hustle 熙熙攘攘 is busy, noisy activity. Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of London. She waited until they were beyond the hustle of the Washington Saturday night traffic. II. energetic action: The team showed a lot of determination and hustle. ), where a player disguises his abilities until he can play for large amounts of money, is a common practice in many cue sports, such as nine-ball pool. 13. Trump's win: Donald Trump can claim a lot out of his 2024 election win: It's a comeback for the ages ( one for the ages Something that will be remembered or regarded for years to come; that which will stand the test of time. Especially memorable and noteworthy; deserving to endure for a very long time. His epic novel is truly one for the ages, as it explores the human condition in a way few authors have achieved before. The philosophical question of free will remains one for the ages. "Comeback for the ages" is an expression used to describe a remarkable comeback, especially one that will be remembered for a long time. For example, you might describe a sports game as a "comeback for the ages" if a team makes a remarkable comeback from a bad loss. Team USA have produced a comeback for the ages against Serbia to book their place in the gold medal contest. It was a comeback for the ages. People will be talking about that game, but especially how the Patriots came back from losing so badly to win. That was one for the ages; it will be remembered for a long time. You can say a party was one for the ages, if it was especially memorable. A comeback is when someone or something returns to success after a period of failure or inactivity. For example, you might describe an actor's return to Broadway after years of making mediocre movies as a comeback. ) for a president to go from a pariah after trying to overturn one election to president-elect after the next. A rightward shift in election results gives him a mandate to start trying to remake the US government like he promised he would. If Republicans win control of the US House of Representatives, he'll have control of the entire US government to help him enact change. What Trump cannot claim is a landslide victory (sweeping victory, decisive win)(Trump will return to the White House early next year after a decisive win in the US presidential election this month. His inauguration will be on January 20.), although that's how he will describe it. In terms of the Electoral College, Trump won 312 electoral votes. It's a solid win, but in the lower half of US presidential elections. It was a better showing than either his or Joe Biden's 306 electoral votes in 2016 and 2020, respectively. It also outperformed both of George W. Bush's electoral victories in 2000 and 2004. But it was far short of 差远了 Barack Obama's 365 electoral votes in 2008 and 332 in 2012. Bill Clinton never reached 50% in the popular vote because both of his presidential elections featured a strong third-party candidate in Ross Perot. But Clinton did run away 遥遥领先 with the Electoral College vote, winning 370 electoral votes in 1992 and 379 in 1996. Even those strong victories are dwarfed by Ronald Reagan's 1984 win, a true landslide. Voters were much more likely to split their tickets in those years. While Johnson, a Democrat, enjoyed a strong Democratic majority in the House after his 1964 landslide, voters who gave both Nixon and Reagan all but one state also checked them with a Democratic-controlled House. 14. Junk fees are fees that are mandatory but not transparently disclosed to consumers. Consumers are lured in with the promise of a low price, but when they get to the register, they discover that price was never really available. Junk fees harm consumers and actively undermine 破坏 competition by making it impractical for consumers to compare prices, a linchpin of our economic system. Airlines have pocketed billions of dollars in so-called "junk fees" by charging customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a Senate subcommittee report published on Tuesday. The report said some airlines have even paid workers cash incentives to identify customers trying to avoid fees for carry-on bags. The 55-page report comes as the outgoing Biden Administration takes a victory lap for its crackdown on airlines by ramping up consumer protections.
unfazed VS unperturbed VS unflustered: unfazed [ʌnˈfeizd] 不以为意的, 不担心的, 不受影响的, 不当一回事的, 岿然不动的, 不以为然的, 不为所动的 adj not dismayed or disconcerted; undaunted. not disconcerted; unperturbed. not surprised or worried: She seems unfazed by her sudden success and fame. He was unfazed by his previous failures. unperturbed [ˌʌnpəˈtɜːbd] adj not disturbed or troubled. not worried about something, especially when this is slightly surprising: He seemed completely unperturbed at the idea of having to sing in a room full of strangers. unperturbed by the prospect of a fight. unflustered [ʌnˈflʌstəd] adjective not flustered. His friend Jack is equally unflustered: "We've come here to meet up with some friends and have some fun, and we're still going to do that". flustered upset and confused: She seemed a little flustered. If I look flustered it's because I'm trying to do so many things at once. If you fluster someone, you make them feel nervous and confused by rushing them and preventing them from concentrating on what they are doing. The General refused to be flustered. She was a very calm person. Nothing could fluster her. She was so flustered that she forgot her reply.
