用法学习: 1. lay (one) low 卧床, 放倒, 撂倒 To render one unable to move or leave their bed. The car accident laid her low for a couple of months. My husband won't be able to come in to work today—he's been laid low by the flu. lie low 放低, 低调. (经常误为 lay low) I. To be, make oneself, or remain hidden or inconspicuous; to avoid being found, detected, or scrutinized by others. I'm sorry I haven't been around to see you lately, but with the police investigating the company I thought it would be better to lie low for a while. 误用的例子: I'm sorry I haven't been around to see you lately, but with the police investigating the company I thought it would be better to lay low for a while. Jim and Colby are laying low with the goods. Once the heat from the cops eases up, they'll send the stuff over to us. II. By extension, to keep to oneself; to avoid interactions with others. I think I'm just going to lie low at home this weekend, I don't really feel like going out at all. 2. A block party is a large, outdoor public gathering organized by residents of a single neighborhood or city block. It often involves temporarily closing a street to vehicle traffic so neighbors can socialize, eat, and celebrate together. A block party or street party is a party in which many members of a single community congregate, either to observe an event of some importance or simply for mutual solidarity and enjoyment. The name comes from the form of the party, which often involves closing an entire city block to vehicle traffic or just a single street. Many times, there will be a celebration in the form of playing music, games, dance and activities with food such as popcorn machines and barbecues. When multiple streets become cordoned off, those are referred to as street fairs. These gatherings are especially popular during holidays or local celebrations and may range from informal get-togethers to large public events. The tradition has evolved globally, with local variations reflecting cultural, historical, and political contexts. 3. Lock picking 溜门撬锁 is the practice of unlocking a lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without a key. Although lock-picking can be associated with criminal intent, it is an essential skill for the legitimate profession of locksmithing, and is also pursued by law-abiding citizens as a useful skill to learn, or simply as a hobby (locksport). In some countries, such as Japan, lock-picking tools are illegal for most people to possess, but in many others, they are available and legal to own as long as there is no intent to use them for criminal purposes. 4. transpire [trænˈspaɪər] (BECOME KNOWN) If it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes known: It may yet transpire that ministers knew more than they are admitting at the moment. As it later transpired, she had known him at school. a. When it transpires that something is the case, people discover that it is the case. It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home. As it transpired, the Labour government did not dare go against the pressures exerted by the City. b. When something transpires, it happens. Some speakers of English consider this use to be incorrect. Nothing is known as yet about what transpired at the meeting. transfix [trænsˈfɪks] 一动不动的, 目瞪口呆, 呆若木鸡, 僵直, 僵住了, 吓呆了, 呆住 (UNABLE TO MOVE) to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened. If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. We were all transfixed by the images of the war. Her eyes were transfixed with terror. For hours he stood transfixed. The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech. transverse [trænzvɜːrs] Transverse is used to describe something that is at right angles to something else. in a position or direction that is at an angle of 90° to something else: The main roof beams are given extra support by the smaller transverse beams. traverse [trəˈvɜːs] 横穿, 穿行, 穿越, 穿过 to move or travel through an area: Stanley traversed the continent from west to east. Bounded on the east by Lake Winnebago, the county is traversed by the Wolf and Fox rivers. Moving sidewalks traverse the airport. Tallaght, a bustling county town in South Dublin, sits in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains and is traversed by 穿城而过 the River Dodder. I traversed the narrow pedestrian bridge. ...a steep-sided valley traversed by streams. institute verb. If you institute a system, rule, or course of action, you start it. to start or cause a system, rule, legal action, etc. to exist: She is threatening to institute legal proceedings against the hospital. We will institute a number of measures to better safeguard the public. Hormone replacement therapy is very important and should be instituted early. Anthropic said it had instituted several safeguards for its newest models to "greatly reduce the likelihood" that they are "misused for tasks related to cybersecurity," noting they've received complaints from users about those guardrails being too strict. Anthropic also noted it has worked with the US government to "red team" Fable's safeguards and that no model is completely resistant to any jailbreak. red team 佯装敌方, 佯装敌人, 佯装进攻方 computing, business specialized in a war game (= a pretend military battle for the purpose of training) or simulation (= a model of a set of problems or events that can be used for training or practice), for example of an attack on a company's computer systems, a group of people that acts as an enemy or tries to find weaknesses in a company's security: The red team uses simulated enemy tactics and equipment to challenge friendly forces (the blue team). The red team attempts to overcome your security controls and gain access to data. blue team 佯装防守方, 佯装自己人 military, computing, business specialized in a war game (= a pretend military battle for the purpose of training) or simulation (= a model of a set of problems or events that can be used for training or practice), for example of an attack on a company's computer systems, a group of people who play a friendly role or who defend against attack: Red and blue teams have been part of US military training for years. There may also be a blue team, a group of cybersecurity employees who are responsible for defending an organization's networks against attack. char [tʃɑːr] 烧成灰, 烧成炭 (BURN) I. to burn and become black or to burn something so that it becomes black. If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking. Toast hazelnuts on a baking sheet until the skins char. Halve the peppers and char the skins under a hot grill. The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring. Grill the peppers until the skin starts to char. II. If a woman chars for someone, she works as their cleaner. I'm calling round at the Rodings to ask if Mrs Higgins will char for you. charred [tʃɑːrd] 烧成炭了的 Charred plants, buildings, or vehicles have been badly burnt and have become black because of fire. ...the charred remains of a tank. 4. placid [ˈplæs.ɪd] 悠然的, 不慌不忙的. 平静的, 冷静的, 舒缓的, 不紧不慢的 having a calm appearance or characteristics. calm and peaceful: a placid child. The placid lake was perfect for canoeing. a slow-moving and placid river. the placid pace of village life. She was a very placid (= calm and not easily excited) child who slept all night and hardly ever cried. a. A placid person or animal is calm and does not easily become excited, angry, or upset. She was a placid child who rarely cried. Marcus remained placid in the face of her outburst. 'No matter, we will pay the difference,' Helena said placidly. The cow in the nearby field was still chewing placidly on its cud. b. A placid place, area of water, or life is calm and peaceful. ...the placid waters of Lake Erie. He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years. With President Donald Trump's arrival this week at the French spa resort Évian-les-Bains for a summit of top world leaders, the placid lakeside setting 悠然自得的 may disguise a somewhat more stormy atmosphere. flaccid [ˈflæs.ɪd] 软弱无力的 I. soft or weak rather than firm. You use flaccid to describe a part of someone's body when it is unpleasantly soft and not hard or firm. I picked up her wrist. It was limp and flaccid. The penis is usually in a flaccid state. II. disapproving weak and not effective: The programme included a lacklustre and flaccid performance of Berg's violin concerto. 5. torture 拷打, 拷问, 折磨人 verb I. If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed. Three members of the group had been tortured to death. They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence. ...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces. Half of the prisoners died after torture and starvation. He revealed the secret under torture. Many prisoners died under torture. I had thought this was a medieval torture that had mercifully disappeared. II. 精神折磨. To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. He tortured himself for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her. She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend. In reality, however, the president's relationship with the G7 has been tortured for years, stretching back to tension-filled summits during his first term. Most of the time, his fellow leaders — who represent the United States' staunchest allies — have tried to gloss over his jabs. But some have begun hitting back. noun. I. If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering. a very unpleasant experience: The rush-hour traffic was sheer torture as usual. Waiting for the result was torture. The friction of the sheets against his skin was torture. Learning–something she had always loved–became a torture. II. Torture 上刑, 受刑 is also the act of injuring someone or making someone suffer in an effort to force that person to do or say what you want to be done or said: The museum has many examples of instruments of torture 刑具. torture chamber a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc. Death flights (Spanish: vuelos de la muerte) are a form of extrajudicial killing in which victims are dropped to their deaths from airplanes or helicopters and their bodies land in oceans, large rivers or mountains. torture porn informal a genre of horror films in which sadistic violence or torture is a central aspect of the plot. torture flight a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition. Extraordinary rendition 强行引渡, 非常规引渡 is a euphemistically-named policy of state-sponsored abduction in a foreign jurisdiction and transfer to a third state. The best-known use of extraordinary rendition is in a United States-led program during the war on terror, which circumvented the source country's laws on interrogation, detention, extradition and/or torture. Extraordinary rendition is a type of extraterritorial abduction, but not all extraterritorial abductions include transfer to a third country. Extraordinary rendition began under the administration of President Bill Clinton and continued under the administration of President George W. Bush, which abducted hundreds of "illegal combatants" for U.S. detention and transported them to U.S.-controlled sites as part of an extensive interrogation program that included torture. Extraordinary rendition continued under the Obama administration, with targets being interrogated and subsequently taken to the U.S. for trial. slaughter noun. I. 屠杀. the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war: ...a war where the slaughter of civilians was commonplace. The annual slaughter of wildlife in Italy is horrific. Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels were defeated. We must find ways of reducing the slaughter which takes place on our roads (= death of many people in car accidents) every year. II. 屠宰. the killing of animals for meat: The geese are being fattened for slaughter. slaughterhouse 屠宰场 mainly US. III. an occasion when one team is very easily defeated by the other: Saturday's game was an absolute slaughter 屠戮. verb. I. to cruelly and unfairly kill a lot of people: Thousands of people were slaughtered in the civil war. We must find ways of reducing the slaughter on the highways (= deaths of many people in car accidents). II. to kill an animal for meat: The animals are slaughtered in spring. III. to defeat someone very easily. In sports and other competitions, to slaughter is to defeat easily: The Red Sox slaughtered the Yankees in last night's baseball game, winning 12 to 0. England slaughtered Germany 5–1 at football. like lambs = like lambs to the slaughter 不反抗的, 待宰的羔羊一样, 听话的, 乖巧的, 顺从的, 乖乖的 If someone does something or goes somewhere like a lamb to the slaughter, they do it without knowing that something bad is going to happen and therefore act calmly and without fighting against the situation. If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting. The pair surrendered to him like lambs. We follow their every word like lambs to the slaughter. note: "Like sheep to the slaughter" — and its numerous variants, such as "like a lamb to the slaughter" — is a simile that refers to facing a negative situation clueless of its consequences. It is a popular simile, and has been used in various contexts throughout history. onslaught 侵袭 a very powerful attack. If you refer to an onslaught of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it, often so that it is very difficult to deal with. The onslaught of orders should keep aircraft manufacturers busy for some time. ...the constant onslaught of ads on American TV. It is unlikely that his forces could withstand an enemy onslaught for very long. With the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists. onslaught on/against 袭击, 攻击 An onslaught on someone or something is a very violent, forceful attack against them. The attackers launched another vicious onslaught on their victim. The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them by launching a major assault. ...a media onslaught. Scotland's onslaught on Wales in the second half of the match earned them a 4–1 victory. 6. acrid [ˈækrɪd] I. an acrid smell or taste 刺鼻的 is very strong, bitter, and unpleasant in your nose and throat. stinging, acrid fumes of burning rubber. II. an acrid remark expresses criticism in a cruel way. extremely or sharply stinging or bitter; exceedingly caustic. acrid remarks. Things seemed to get off to a good start last year between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, at least compared to the acrid relationship Trump had with Carney's predecessor Justin Trudeau. But disputes over trade and a forceful speech Carney delivered earlier this year in Davos led Trump to change his view, and he's lately taken to calling the leader "Governor Carney," a nod to the president's threat to make Canada the 51st US state. vocabulary: Acrid is almost always used to describe a smell, and it ain't a pretty one. Acrid is the nasty sting that you feel in your nose when you walk by a building that just burned down — it's sulfur mixed with smoke. You can also use acrid to describe someone's tone or general demeanor when they are being nasty. Someone about to do something evil might first give an acrid sneer, or speak in a chillingly acrid tone of voice, or even shudder as if they'd just bit into something with an acrid taste. 7. juke [dʒuːk] US slang (of a player in American football, football, or other sports) to change direction quickly to avoid being blocked, tackled (= made to fall to the ground), or touched by an opponent: The wide receiver juked the defender at the line of scrimmage and was able to get open in the end zone to catch the touchdown pass. The running back juked around the cornerback and was able to pick up another ten yards and a first down. a. to outmaneuver by a feint or other deceptive movement. to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent). b. to outmaneuver someone in such a manner. noun. 假动作. a fake or feint, usually intended to deceive a defensive player. juking the stats 篡改数据, 伪造数据 "Juking the stats" is the act of manipulating data, tweaking metrics, or altering how figures are calculated to meet specific performance targets or present a more favorable (and often false) picture to the public. feint [feɪnt] 声东击西. 虚张声势. 假动作骗过 verb. to pretend to move, or to make a move, in a particular direction in order to deceive an opponent, especially in sports such as football or boxing: Callas feinted to pass the ball and then shot it into the net. He feinted a shot to the left. One person bumped into me as a feint while the other stole my wallet. noun. I. an action in which someone pretends to move, or makes a move, in a particular direction in order to deceive an opponent, especially in sports such as football or boxing: He produced a brilliant feint, passed two defenders, and smashed the ball into the net. II. 声东击西. 虚张声势. an action taken in order to deceive someone about what you intend to do, for example in war or politics. an action or movement intended to take attention away from something else: We had been kept unsure of his plans by feints. During the advance, the French had been kept unsure of Marlborough's destination by feints. US officials now dismiss his visit as just another feint. fake [someone] out 骗过 I. informal North American trick or deceive someone. to trick somebody by making them believe something that is not true. to deceive or outmaneuver as by a feint, bluff, or deceptive act. Simon fakes him out by saying no at first, before revealing he was just kidding. She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job. II. to surprise, as by a sudden reversal They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner. Usage notes: The object of this verb is usually placed between fake and out. Often used in a sporting context to indicate a situation in which a player is lured out of position or put off stride by a misleading movement by an opposing player. fakeout 假动作. 骗术. 骗人的. (informal) A trick or deception. head fake 头部假动作 I. (sports) A player's movement of the head as if to change direction, hoping to mislead pursuers. II. (by extension) Any analogously misleading situation, such as a brief rise before a fall on the stock market. They're gone. Cam. All the children are gone. What children? I was running in the park, and I noticed that none of the kids Lily usually plays with were there. Well, it's still early. But then I ran into Lori. Boobs Lori or adult-braces Lori? Great-shoes Lori. Oh, I like her. And she said that they all sent their kids to preschool. What?! We agreed to wait till next year. It was a fake-out to make sure that their kids got a spot. Those skinny bitches. We have got to get her into school, Cameron, or else she's gonna fall behind. Don't you think I know that? This is perfect. Oh, leave it to the gays to raise the only underachieving Asian in America. Okay, here you go. Guys, breakfast. 8. a ways away 很长距离, 很大差距, 很远 (informal) A ways means a long distance. "A ways away" is a casual, widely understood phrase meaning a good physical distance or a long time off. It is considered a classic colloquialism, especially in American English. "We can reach our destination, but it's still a ways away." -- R.E.M., "Driver 8". While we are still a ways away from the release of the Harry Potter TV series, currently set for 2027, there is undeniable hype behind the upcoming HBO Max original series. 产科停业: SA Health has paused birthing services 产科服务 at two Mid North hospitals due to a workforce shortage, less than two months after doing the same at Kapunda. The decision was made "due to a shortage of permanently staffed essential midwives to safely cover all three sites", according to a statement released yesterday. Until July 31, pregnant women who expected to give birth at the Crystal Brook and Jamestown hospitals will be redirected to the Port Pirie Regional Health Service, between 25 and 45 minutes away. Eight expectant mothers have been notified and the department has urged anyone else expecting to give birth over the next six weeks to notify the Port Pirie hospital. Both affected hospitals will still offer antenatal (pregnancy or prenatal care) 产前 and postnatal 产后 care 看护 during the closure. "We'll have our midwives rotating through to ensure we have a safe number … and we can pull all of our resources into Port Pirie, where we have got plenty of capacity to take on increased demand. "The women will then be discharged back to Crystal Brook or Jamestown hospitals once they're stable, or they'll be discharged home with follow-up support." Dr Ryan said in the short-term, the health network is working on "upskilling and credentialing" midwives who had not practised "for a number of years". 9. 世界杯事故: As Evans faced the camera, he could be seen making a circle with his thumb and finger or an upside-down "OK" symbol against his thigh. The short clip quickly went viral with many fans accusing the referee of promoting white supremacy. In recent years the symbol has been adopted by members of the far right as a "White Power" salute. In 2019, the gesture — with thumb and forefinger 第二个指头, 第二个手指 touched in a circle and other fingers outstretched 伸出来, 伸直 — was designated a hate symbol by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League. An official who was caught making the same gesture during the live broadcast at the 2024 Olympics in Paris had his accreditation revoked. Evans, who is officiating at his second World Cup after also being a part of the VAR team in Qatar in 2022, has yet to publicly comment on the incident.
world cup 2026 - FIFA's hydration break farce the ultimate insult for weary football fans: But such a special thing comes at a cost. Perhaps it always has, and it is simply inflation that has brought the deal to a tipping point. Our love of football, then, has found itself mired in a cost-of-living crisis. We put up with the aggressive commercialisation of every inch of the game, every thread on every jersey an advertisement. We have no choice but to grimly ignore when star players commit or are accused of horrible deeds, because the wheel keeps turning(the wheels are turning 历史的车轮一刻也不停歇 said to mean that a process or situation is continuing to develop and progress. Things have begun developing, unfolding, or progressing. If you're going to act, you have to do it now, but once the wheels are turning, there is no going back. A: "What's the status of our new deployment strategy?" B: "The wheels are turning, we're just waiting for some feedback on how well it's being received." the wheels fell off 一切乱了套, 分崩离析, 一败涂地 Something failed, often after or amidst a laborious, tiring process. Things go disastrously wrong; a situation devolves into ruin or chaos. But it's this point in the film where the wheels fall off the story, and the whole thing ends up looking like a big, unfunny joke. Where the wheels fall off for most people is the failure to set aside any meaningful savings towards a pension or a mortgage. The coach said, "We were doing well for a while, but they got tired and then the wheels fell off". until the wheels fall off Until it is no longer possible to continue with some activity or pursuit. Amid growing speculation over the athlete's possible retirement, he made it clear in a press conference that he will keep playing until the wheels fall off. It seems like the author of the hugely popular book series is going to keep riding its success until the wheels fall off. ) independently of our beaten-down morals. We've copped the buzzkill of VAR, the broken financial pyramid that handicaps the European game, a World Cup in November, the FIFA Peace Prize, Gianni Infantino telling us to "chill", mass corruption for mass corruption's sake, and everything else in between. Because the strains have all been at the margins(on the margins (of something) = on the fringes a person on the margins of a situation or group has very little power, importance, or influence. If someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of that group, but different in important ways, and if someone is on the margins of an activity, they are only slightly involved: He spent the 1980s on the margins of British politics. on the margins of society We need to reach out to those on the margins of society. The organization sought input from employees on the margins of the company. Life can be difficult for those who live on the margins. Despite being on the margins of the discipline, his academic work is extremely thorough and well-researched.), we've largely been able to keep hold of the core 守住初衷, 守住最核心的, 守住最重要的, 守住本心(to retain possession of a concept, message, or principle's basic and most important part without losing sight of it amidst peripheral details.). But with one single initiative, one insulting and patronising concoction, we might finally have found the end of the world's tether. The hydration breaks. Everyone knows what they are, and everyone knew what they were the second FIFA announced them. Even your mate who is still checking if gullible really is misspelled in the dictionary was quick to see through this cynical ploy immediately. FIFA says these three-minute breaks, called at the referee's discretion midway through each half, are purely to protect the players from the stifling North American heat of summer 2026. Their real purpose, as almost everyone has long-since deduced, is to effectively break the game up into quarters, providing broadcasters the chance to beam an extra batch of commercials to the billions watching around the world. This latest, most gratuitous 不必要的 cash grab hurts most because it strikes at the heart of football's most endearing quality: its natural cadence and tempo, the uninterrupted rhythm that means a goal could come for either team at any moment. So when you get to somewhere around the 22nd minute of a game just starting to find its groove 渐入佳境, its tactical mechanisations beginning to emerge and the legs of its players now free and firing, and it suddenly stops, and instead you are watching an ad for a gambling company or a fast food chain or a deodorant, it feels like a cold bucket of water on the head. The breaks are tangibly 肉眼可见的 impacting games, too. One of the stories of the World Cup was unfolding when Curaçao found an historic equaliser against Germany and briefly had the four-time champions on the ropes ( on the ropes 处于困境, 即将失败, 即将完蛋 doing badly and likely to fail. in serious trouble or likely to fail: For a while, our business was on the ropes. I think the business is finally on the ropes.), only for the quarter-time break to completely alter the momentum 打乱势头, 打乱节奏 of the match. It feels so artificial and so unnatural, made worse by the shoddy pretence. There was no remit [rɪˈmɪt] for this(a person, department, or organization does not have the authority, responsibility, or official scope to deal with a specific task or problem. remit something to somebody/something to send a proposal, plan, or problem back to someone for them to make a decision about The court remitted the matter to the agency for reconsideration.), and it's unfathomable that a change this significant can be brought in on the whim of FIFA and its most scrutable ( able to be understood or discovered by careful examination: The company is one of this country's most successful but least scrutable organizations. Your calculations should be completely scrutable, so that another researcher can reproduce your results.) leader. Our suspension of disbelief( suspension of disbelief 别质疑, 暂忘逻辑, 不管逻辑, 忘掉逻辑 the act of behaving as if you believe that what you are seeing, hearing, or reading is real or true, although you know that it is not: willing suspension of disbelief Theatre, as they say, requires the willing suspension of disbelief. It requires a major suspension of disbelief to not notice that Clark Kent and Superman resemble each other. suspend (your) disbelief to behave as if you believe that what you are seeing, hearing, or reading is real or true, although you know or believe that it is not: Most people are willing to suspend disbelief for an honest, well-written story. This show requires us to suspend our disbelief so that we become convinced that the people in front of us are not actors. wiki: Suspension of disbelief is the avoidance—often described as willing—of critical thinking and logic in understanding something that is unreal or impossible in reality, such as something in a work of speculative fiction, in order to believe it for the sake of enjoying its narrative. Historically, the concept originates in the Greco-Roman principles of theatre, wherein the audience ignores the unreality of fiction to experience catharsis from the actions and experiences of characters. ) can only go so far. There is a point of no return, beyond which a portion of the watching world will grow tired of being conned and tune out. Even so, they will likely never tune out in numbers great enough to slow the momentum of the game's powerbrokers. There is no sport in which the disparity between the devotion of and care for its fans is greater than football. The hope must be that this specific rort, ad breaks disguised as drinks breaks, does not permeate 遍及, 蔓延, 波及, 渗透 [ˈpəːmieɪt] ( to spread through something and be present in every part of it: Dissatisfaction with the government seems to have permeated every section of society. A foul smell of stale beer permeated the whole building. The table has a plastic coating which prevents liquids from permeating into the wood beneath. a. If an idea, feeling, or attitude permeates a system or permeates society, it affects every part of it or is present throughout it. Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system. An obvious change of attitude at the top will permeate through the system. b. If something permeates a place, it spreads throughout it. The smell of roast chicken permeated the air. Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete. ) the club leagues we obsess over or the other international tournaments we savour. US head coach Mauricio Pochettino has publicly expressed his distaste for the breaks, and his words may well carry more weight than those of the fans. But even if hydration breaks do become a relic of this World Cup, a very American quirk within a very American tournament, there will always be another scheme. Another dollar to be made, another piece of the game's essence to be hacked up and sold off in chunks. Meanwhile, deep down the food chain, we cling on desperately to the remaining parts that still make us feel human, while resenting but inevitably succumbing to 屈服于 ( succumb I. If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one biscuit. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure. II. If you succumb to an illness, you become affected by it or die from it. A few years later, Katya succumbed to cancer in London. I was determined not to succumb to the virus. ) the ones that make us feel like mere customers.
World Cup 2026 - Elijah Just scores twice for New Zealand, with Chris Wood assisting 助攻 both goals: Iran twice came from behind in Los Angeles as they denied New Zealand a first win at a World Cup. Motherwell forward Elijah Just gave New Zealand a flying start as he thumped home a half-volley after Chris Wood held up the ball and knocked it into his path. New Zealand continued to show promise but, as has already often been the case at this World Cup, the first hydration break midway through the first half proved costly as the momentum swung and Iran found a way to level 扳平 when Ramin Rezaeian flicked the ball past Max Crocombe. Before their leveller, Iran's star forward Mehdi Taremi had come close to finding an equaliser when he struck the post 打到门框 with an powerful drive from outside the box. After making it 1-1, Iran also had a goal ruled out for offside. New Zealand took a while to get going in the second half but Just popped up once more to put his side back in front 再度领先 as he combined with Wood again and lofted the ball over Alireza Beiranvand. But Iran found a way to restore parity 追平 when Mohammad Mohebbi met Rezaeian's cross and guided a header in off the inside of the post. While officials have long said that Iran would be able to compete in the United States, it has not been until very recently that any final concerns have been laid to rest. Even once their participation was beyond doubt, politics have dominated the build-up to Iran's World Cup campaign. Until this week, the host nation, the United States, had been at war with Iran. An agreement to halt hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz was only announced on Sunday. Some members of Iran's staff have not been granted visas for the US, while they have had to train in Mexico instead of their originally planned base in Arizona. Once the game started, though, the focus was firmly on the football as one of Asian football's heavyweights 强队 were an imposing presence from the off, with the attacking talent of Taremi a particular threat. They played slick, well-drilled 训练有素的 football in the final third and showed a constant sense of urgency as they took an attack-minded game to New Zealand. It was far from one way though, with New Zealand racking up 14 shots to Iran's 17 - and neither side able to find a winner. In fact, the All Whites had the game's most intriguing player in forward Just, whose display backed up his fine club form from 2025-26 when he scored seven and assisted 助攻 eight for Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership. His link-up with Wood caused problems throughout and his two well-taken goals were reward for a performance full of creativity. It is the type of World Cup display that attracts potential suitors, but afterwards Just was concentrating solely on his nation's prospects. "One goal was nice, two was not something I could ever have dreamed of," he said. "This team is really special, but we know how tough our other opponents (对手, proponent 倡导者) are. "We have a lot of work to do." On June 15, 2026, Just became the first player from New Zealand to score a brace ( 双杀. 双闪. 双响, 梅开二度. To "score a brace" in sports like soccer (football) means a single player has scored exactly two goals in a single match. It precedes a hat-trick, where a single player scores three goals during a game. If Lionel Messi, for example, were to score two goals against Real Madrid, he has scored a brace. Likewise, Cristiano Ronaldo netted a brace in a UEFA Nations League match against Sweden in September 2020 to take his international goals tally for Portugal to 101. ) in the FIFA World Cup, when he scored in their 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage opener against Iran which ended in a 2–2 draw.
单词比较: trick, artifice, ruse, stratagem are terms for crafty or cunning devices伎俩 intended to deceive.
trick, the general term, refers usu. to an underhanded act designed to cheat someone, but it sometimes refers merely to a pleasurable deceiving of the senses: to win by a trick. Like trick, but to a greater degree.
artifice [ˈɑːtɪfɪs] 手段, 阴招, 黑手 emphasizes the cleverness or cunning with which the proceeding is devised. (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive: Amazingly for Hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice. Weegee's photographs are full of artfulness, and artifice. an artifice of diabolical ingenuity.
ruse [ru:z] 障眼法, 声东击西的招数. 花招. 瞒天过海 n. an action intended to mislead, deceive, or trick. A crafty stratagem; a subterfuge. He used a ruse to get past the sentry. We gained entrance by a ruse.
stratagem ['strætidʒəm] 计策 n. a plan or trick, esp one to deceive an enemy. Stratagem (deception), an attempt to swindle a person which involves gaining his or her confidence 赢得信任. A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand. Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation. While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival. Her stratagem for dealing with her husband's infidelities was to ignore them. He was a master of stratagem. Trade discounts may be used as a competitive stratagem to secure customer loyalty. Barry devised several stratagems for escape. His stratagem gave the army command of the hill. Etymology: The word traces back to the Greek word stratēgein, meaning "to act as a general". Historically, it referred to a military maneuver designed to fool enemy lines. Usage: While still used in military and gaming contexts, it is widely used in everyday life (e.g., a business stratagem to corner a market, or a personal stratagem to avoid a difficult conversation).
subterfuge ['sʌbtə,fju:dʒ] 花招, 幌子 I. a stratagem employed to conceal something, evade an argument, etc. A deceptive stratagem or device. An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics. a trick or a dishonest way of achieving something. Subterfuge is a trick or a dishonest way of getting what you want. Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge. The party has predictably rejected the proposals as a subterfuge. It was clear that they must have obtained the information by subterfuge. Japanese subterfuge in World War II nearly caused the Americans to lose the war. How's the spy hunt going? Uncovered any subterfuge? II. an action taken to hide something from someone: His excuse sounded more like subterfuge than a real reason.
feint I. 虚晃一枪. 假动作. 晃过去. denotes a deceptive act calculated to distract attention from one's real purpose. to pretend to move, or to make a move, in a particular direction in order to deceive an opponent, especially in sports such as football or boxing. In sport or military conflict, if someone feints, they make a brief movement in a different direction from the one they intend to follow, as a way of confusing or deceiving their opponent. I feinted to the left, then to the right. They feinted and concentrated forces against the most fortified line of the enemy side. He placed the ball and tried a couple of feints. He feinted to the left, then turned right. Callas feinted to pass the ball and then shot it into the net. He feinted a shot to the left. One person bumped into me as a feint while the other stole my wallet. noun. I. an action in which someone pretends to move, or makes a move, in a particular direction in order to deceive an opponent, especially in sports such as football or boxing: He produced a brilliant feint, passed two defenders, and smashed the ball into the net. II. an action taken in order to deceive someone about what you intend to do, for example in war or politics: During the advance, the French had been kept unsure of Marlborough's destination by feints. US officials now dismiss his visit as just another feint. feint-ruled paper 信纸, 横格纸 writing paper with light horizontal lines printed across at regular intervals. Ruled paper (or lined paper) 带横格的纸 is writing paper printed with lines as a guide for handwriting. The lines often are printed with fine width and in light colour and such paper is sometimes called feint-ruled paper. Additional vertical lines may provide margins, act as tab stops or create a grid for plotting data; for example, graph paper (squared paper or grid paper) is divided into squares by horizontal and vertical lines. Graph paper, coordinate paper, grid paper, or squared paper 方格纸 is writing paper that is printed with fine lines making up a regular grid. It is available either as loose leaf paper or bound in notebooks or graph books. It is commonly found in mathematics and engineering education settings, exercise books, and in laboratory notebooks. The lines are often used as guides for mathematical notation, plotting graphs of functions or experimental data, and drawing curves.
A ruse is a single lie. A stratagem is a military-style plan. Subterfuge is a secret hiding tactic. And artifice is master-level cunning.
1. Ruse (The Quick Distraction): Meaning: A specific, often spontaneous action intended to mislead or distract someone in the moment. Scope: Narrow and short-term. It's a one-off trick. Intent: Usually defensive—to escape a situation, avoid answering a question, or win a minor advantage. How obvious? It's often easy to see through if the other person is paying close attention. Example: Pretending to look at your watch and saying "Oh, look at the time!" to escape a boring conversation. In war, it's faking a retreat to draw the enemy into an ambush. 2. Stratagem (The Calculated Military Plan): Meaning: A carefully planned, long-term maneuver designed to outwit an opponent and achieve a specific, major objective. Scope: Broad and strategic. It involves multiple steps over a period of time. Intent: Offensive or competitive—to win a campaign, secure a deal, or defeat a rival. How obvious? Often genius; the opponent usually only realizes they were outmaneuvered after it's too late. Example: A general pretending to attack a city from the south (a ruse) while secretly marching his main army around the north to cut off supply lines. The entire plan is the stratagem. In business, it's a multi-year product launch strategy designed to bankrupt a competitor. 3. Subterfuge (The Secretive Hiding): Meaning: Deception used to hide, escape, or avoid detection. It involves creating a false front to protect the truth. Scope: Ongoing and protective. It's less about attacking and more about maintaining a secret. Intent: Defensive or evasive—to keep your true identity, location, or intentions hidden. How obvious? It is deliberately sneaky and covert; if discovered, the whole operation collapses. Example: A spy using a fake passport and working as a diplomat to hide their real mission. In everyday life, it's an employee claiming to "work from home" while secretly interviewing for other jobs. 4. Artifice (The Masterful Craftsmanship): Meaning: Cleverness or cunning so refined that it becomes an art form. It implies high intelligence, skill, and careful construction. Scope: Broad and foundational. It's not just a trick; it's a trait or a masterfully built illusion that can last for years. Intent: Can be neutral, defensive, or offensive—it's about demonstrating superior skill to achieve an outcome. How obvious? It is often elegant and hard to detect, because it is woven into the very fabric of a situation. Example: A con artist who spends five years building a fake identity, creating fake financial records, and marrying into a wealthy family just to pull off a single heist. The entire elaborate setup is artifice. In art, it's the masterful technique a painter uses to make a flat canvas look three-dimensional.
