03/31/08

is independent of man’s will 不以人的意志为转移

1.an accomplished fact
2.[Law] fait accompli

既成事实

road map = roadmap 路线图

road map to peace 和平路线图

envision a bright future 憧憬美好的未来

put one’s foot down on sth

坚决反对sth

I planned to go to Paris on my own but my mother decided to put her foot down.
我打算自己一个人去迪拜,但我妈妈坚决反对。

I may have you all wrong 我可能完全误解你了

I just want to make my points

was that going on here?

you know waht i mean?

If you wanna go ahead to believe

I am willing to believe the original story

It’s something i noticed

I really honestly tell you

Man proposes,god disposes.谋事在人,成事在天

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder情人眼里出西施

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Time and tide wait for no man时不我待/岁月无情

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Beauty is only skin deep外表美是肤浅短暂的

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Beggars  can’t  be choosers 饥不择食

SPOKEN

used to say that when you have no money, no power to choose etc., you have to accept whatever is available

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string1    WORD ORIGIN
noun Spoken:?000 ?Written:?000
1    THREAD [C,U] a strong thread made of several threads twisted together, used for tying or fastening things:
?I need a piece of string to tie this package.

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?The pen was hanging from a string on the wall.

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2    GROUP/SERIES [C]
a) a number of similar things or events coming one after another [+ of]:
?They asked me a string of questions about  Bob.

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b) a group of similar things [+ of]:
?She owns a string of health clubs.

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c) TECHNICAL a group of letters, words, or numbers, especially in a computer program

字符串

3    no strings (attached) having no special conditions or limits on an agreement, relationship etc.:

无附带条件的
?Howard’s agreed to lend me the money with no strings attached.

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4    a string of pearls/beads/lights etc. several objects of the same kind connected with a thread, chain etc.

She is wearing a string of beads.

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5    the strings [plural] the part of an ORCHESTRA that consists of stringed instruments, such as VIOLINs

弦乐器

6    ON AN INSTRUMENT [C] one of the long thin pieces of wire, NYLON etc. that is stretched across a musical instrument and produces sound

7    have sb on a string INFORMAL to be able to make someone do whatever you want:

受人摆布
?Lester claims to have several women on a string.

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–see also G-STRING pull strings (PULL1 (6)) pull the/sb’s strings (PULL1 (7)) hold/control the purse strings (PURSE1 (4)),

6    pull strings to secretly use your influence with important people in order to get what you want or to help someone else:
?Samuels pulled strings to get her daughter a job in the government.

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7    pull the/sb’s strings to control something or someone, especially when you are not the person who is supposed to be controlling it:
?Who is really pulling the strings at the White House?

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hold/control the purse strings to control the money in a family, company etc.:
My Mom definitely holds the purse strings.

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string2
verb past tense and past participle strung [T]
1    to put things together onto a thread, chain etc.:
?Help me string the popcorn to hang on the Christmas tree.

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2    [always + adv./prep.] to hang things in a line, high up, especially for decoration [+ string sth up/along/across etc.]:
?Paper lanterns were strung up across the courtyard.庭院;天井

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3    [usually passive, always + adv./prep.] also string out to spread something in a line:
?The 200 houses are strung along a narrow 5-mile road.

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4    to put a string or a set of strings onto a musical instrument –see also HIGH-STRUNG

string along phrasal verb INFORMAL
[T] to deceive someone for a long time by making them believe that you will help them, that you love them etc.:
?He’s never going to marry you – he’s just stringing you along.

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string sth <-> out phrasal verb [T]
INFORMAL to make something last longer:
?The process could string out the dispute for months. –see also STRUNG OUT
string sth <-> together phrasal verb [T]
1    to combine two or more things together to make something that is complete, good, useful etc., especially when you have trouble doing it:

?He managed to string together enough financial aid to go to a community college.

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?The Chargers could only string together two first downs in the first half.

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2    string two words/phrases/sentences together to say or write something that makes sense to other people, especially when you have trouble doing it:
?He was so drunk he could hardly string two words together.

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string sth/sb <-> up

phrasal verb [T] INFORMAL
to kill someone by hanging them

-string
[in adjectives]
first-string/second-string/third-string relating to or being a member of a sports team with the highest, second highest etc. level of skill:
a first-string quarterback

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con^temptible
adjective
so unacceptable that you have no respect for the person involved:
?The union’s tactics were contemptible.

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extant ^eks-dnt
adjective FORMAL
still existing in spite of being very old:

?This is one of the few extant manuscripts.

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Your explanation completely hold the water.
你的解释滴水不漏。

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Until now we can’t say whether his theory can hold the water or not.
到目前为止我们还不能说他的理论是否经得住考验.

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Your policy is paid off in our market.
你的生意宗旨在我们的市场大见成效。

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In the end he paid off all his debts.
最终他还清了所有的债务。

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The hard work  is  paid off.
他的辛苦总算没有白费。

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I was paid off yesterday.
我昨天发了工资。

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The gamble paid off.
赌赢了.

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造反的人经大赦释放回家.
The rebels returned home under a general ^amnesty.

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偷渡前往美国或其他地方的内地人士随时会赔上性命。
smuggle sb. to someplace

These people intending to smuggle themselves to the United States or elsewhere could be risking their lives.

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open a floodgate for sb. to do sth.

The ruling would open a floodgate for pregnant mainlanders to come to Hong Kong.

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是次判决或会引发大陆孕母偷渡潮

 

 

通过阻止北朝鲜在临国之间和临国与美国间挑拨离间，这压缩了金先生回旋的空间。
By preventing North Korea playing its neighbours off against each other and America, this has cut Mr Kim’s wiggle room

1. by preventing 通过阻止

2.play sb off against each other and sth挑拨离间

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The bruising and swelling competation exhausted me

1.^bruising：殊死的

2.swelling

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make sb redundant

精简人员，裁员

There will be no question-of anyone being made redundant.
决不可能裁掉任何人.
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I regret having to make so many staff redundant.
我很遗憾不得不裁减这么多职员。

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redundant 下岗人员

shove1    WORD ORIGIN
verb
1    [I,T] to push someone or something, in a rough or careless way, using your hands or shoulders:

?The officer removed his ^handcuffs and shoved him into a cell.单人牢房

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?People were pushing and shoving at the barriers to get a better view.

at the barriers检票处

get a better view

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2    [T always + adv./prep.] to put something somewhere carelessly or without thinking about it much [shove sth into/under etc.]:乱塞,乱放

?Amy just shoved everything under the bed.

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?He shoved a handful of popcorn into his mouth.

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3    shove it/sth

used to tell someone in a very rude way that you do not want something and that you are very angry:

?Tell him he can shove his stupid $5.00-an-hour job.

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?For all I care, Brad can take that engagement ring and shove it.

for all I care 我才不在乎呢

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shove sb around 使唤来唤去

phrasal verb [T] INFORMAL
to treat someone in a rude way, especially by giving them orders:

?Pretty soon, they won’t be able to shove me around anymore.

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shove off phrasal verb [I]
1    INFORMAL to go away:走开
?If those guys are still there, tell them to shove off.

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2    to push a boat away from the land, usually with a pole撑开船

shove2
noun [C]
a strong push:
?Give the door a good shove — it might open.

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if/when push comes to shove

到了紧要关头,当事态严重时

SPOKEN

used to say what you can do if a situation becomes very difficult:
?If push comes to shove, you can always rent out the house.

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强使

The surplus will shove the price down from a dollar to 60 cents.

剩余货物将会迫使价格从一美元跌到六十美分。

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Can you show me around here?
您可以带我四处看看吗?

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导游在旅游车的前部向游客作连续的现场解说.
The tour guide gave a running commentary from the front of the coach.

running 连续的

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In the race of quality, there is no finish line.

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Coalition forces will take every possible precaution to protect innocent civilians

coalition kO&-^lE-sh&n

take every possible precaution做出每种可能的防范的方法

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precaution    WORD ORIGIN
noun [C usually plural]
something you do in order to prevent something dangerous or bad from happening:

?All safety precautions must be followed.

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[+ against]:

take precautions against: . .

vt. 预防

?Take precautions against bicycle theft by always using a U-lock.:

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?Residents of the building were evacuated by firefighters as a precaution.

as a precaution 为了预防,有备无患

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take the precaution of doing sth以防万一
?I took the precaution of insuring my camera.

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precautionary
adjective
done in order to prevent something dangerous or bad from happening:

Vega was taken to El Camino Hospital as a precautionary measure.

(take) a precautionary measure/step作为预防措施/步骤

be taken to被送到，被带到

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partiality
noun [U]
1    unfair support of one person or one side against another; BIAS1:
?The chairman must avoid any appearance of partiality.

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2    a partiality for sth FORMAL a special liking for something:

?Chris’s partiality for sports cars is what put him into debt

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for the record

used to tell someone that what you are saying should be remembered or written down:

?For the record, the official score was France 3, the U.S. 1.

Just for the record, the minister’s statement is wrong on two points.
必须明确指出，部长的言论有两点是错误的。

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For the record, he has a degree in English and has taught in a university.
请注意，他在英语方面获得了学位，并一直在大学教书。

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But for the record,I am rooting for you to land him.
不过说真的，我支持你去搞定他。

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volatile    va-l&-dl

adjective
1    a volatile situation is likely to change suddenly and without much warning:
?People are afraid to change jobs in today’s volatile economy.

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The situation in that area is tense, dangerous and volatile.
该地区的局势紧张、危险,且有一触即发之势

2    someone who is volatile can suddenly become angry or violent
3    a volatile liquid or substance changes easily into a gas

Gasoline is volatile.
汽油是易挥发的。

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volatility noun [U]

va-l&-^tE-l&-tE

The new tax law will not take effect until next month.
新税法要到下个月才开始实施

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reciprocate
verb [I,T]
1    to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you:

Egypt made a genuine offer of peace, and Israel reciprocated with an offer of territory.

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2    to feel the same about someone as they feel about you:
?Her love was not reciprocated.

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reciprocation noun [U]

 

reciprocity 对等权利 re-s#-^pro-sE-dE
noun [U]
FORMAL a situation in which two people, groups, or countries give each other similar kinds of help or special rights

reciprocal    WORD ORIGIN
adjective FORMAL
a reciprocal arrangement or relationship is one in which two people or groups do or give similar things to each other:

?Iran’s leaders expected a reciprocal gesture of goodwill.友好的姿态 –compare MUTUAL (1)

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reciprocally adverb

undertake
verb past tense undertook past participle undertaken FORMAL
1    [T] to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work, and start to do it:
?Two new studies have been undertaken to determine the effects of the chemicals.
2    undertake to do sth to promise or agree to do something:
?Each country undertakes to negotiate in good faith.

 

undertaker
noun [C]
OLD-FASHIONED someone whose job is to arrange funerals; FUNERAL DIRECTOR

undertaking
noun
1    [C usually singular] an important job, piece of work, or activity, especially a difficult one:
?Building the dam will be a major undertaking.
2    [U] the business of an undertaker
3    [C] FORMAL a promise to do something

4.
WeII, you can be somewhat intimidating.
嗯，有时候你太咄咄逼人了。
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5.
The bond market is supposed to be an intimidating creature.
债券市场理应是个令人畏惧的东西。
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6.
My boss is intimidating everyone is afraid of him at my office.
我的老板非常强势，办公室里每个人都怕他。

sabotage1
verb [T]
1    to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc. that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used:
?The plane’s landing gear had been sabotaged.
2    to deliberately spoil someone’s plans because you do not want them to succeed:
?Mitchell accused the party of trying to sabotage his campaign.

 

sabotage2    WORD ORIGIN
noun [U]
the act of deliberately damaging or destroying equipment, vehicles etc. in order to prevent an enemy or opponent from using them:
?The rebels stopped their sabotage of the power distribution network.

rote    WORD ORIGIN
noun [U] FORMAL
1    a rote action, process etc. involves repeating something many times, without thinking about it carefully or without understanding:
?rote memorization
?Simon’s concert was rote and uninspired.
2    by rote if you do something by rote, you do it the same way every time, without thinking about it:
?Each morning, we recited the Pledge of Allegiance by rote.

You’d better get regular doctor check-up

strongly suspect the authenticity of the document.
我很怀疑该文件的真实性。

I like jasmine tea best of all.
我最喜欢茉莉花茶。

I like apples best of all fruits.
所有水果中我最喜欢苹果。

While exercising your imagination , you should be free from the conventional way of thinking.
当锻炼想象力时，你应摆脱常规的思维模式。

The conventional way to cook a turkey is to bake it in an oven.
一般烹调火鸡的方式是放进烤箱里烤。

I sympathize with her only to a certain extent.
我只是在一定程度上同情她

Your suggestion is feasible to a certain extent.
您的建议在一定程度上是可行的。

We are the manufactory of computer box,we do produce the high quality product,please contact us for the more details.
2006年1月10日我们公司是一间电脑机箱生产厂家，能为你提供高质的电脑机箱，请联系我们以了解详情！

 

If he thinks he can fool me, he is barking up the wrong tree.

He is barking up the wrong tree when he blames his troubles on bad luck.

The police were looking for a tall thin man, but were barking up the wrong tree; the thief was short and fat.

inscrutable    WORD ORIGIN
adjective
if someone is inscrutable, it is very difficult to know what they are feeling or thinking, because they do not show their feelings or reactions:
?He handled the questions with the inscrutable face of a diplomat.
inscrutability noun [U]

a butterfly pupa
一个蝴蝶的蛹

I wanna veg out in front of the television tonight.
今晚我想看看电视放松一下。

in a new/different/bad etc. light if you see or show someone or something in a new, different etc. light, you begin to understand them in a particular way, or make someone else do this:
?Baltz is trying present the sales figures in a positive light.

intrude    WORD ORIGIN
verb
1    [I] to interrupt someone or become involved in their private affairs in an annoying and unwanted way:
?Would I be intruding if I came with you? [+ on/upon/into]:
?Employers should not have the right to intrude on employees personal situations.
2    [I] to have an unwanted effect on a situation [+ on]:
?Gas stations and fast food places intrude on the city’s sense of history.

 

intruder
noun [C]
1    someone who illegally enters a building or area, usually in order to steal something:
?Along with other equipment, intruders took a computer that was used by handicapped kids.
2    someone who is in a place where they are not wanted:
?At first, I felt like an intruder in their family.

 

intrusion
noun
1    [C,U] an unwanted action or person in a situation that is private:
?Are you sure that my staying here won’t be an intrusion? [+ into/on/upon]:
?government intrusion into business
2    [C,U] something that has an unwanted effect on a situation, on people’s lives etc.:
?Some players resent the intrusion of religion into sports

 

intrusive
adjective
affecting someone’s private life or interrupting them in an unwanted and annoying way:
?intrusive questions
?The photographers were pushy and intrusive.

 

intuit    WORD ORIGIN
verb [I,T] FORMAL
to understand that something is true through your feelings rather than through thinking about it

If in the series of things to be examined we come across something which our intellect is unable to intuit sufficiently well, we must stop at that point, and refrain from the superfluous task of examining the remaining items.

如果在我们所研究的一系列对象之中，有某些事物不能让我们的知性充分地直观到的话，那麽，我们就应该停止于那个点上，不在继续检视接下来的项目，以避免肤浅的工作进行。

 

intuition    WORD ORIGIN
noun
1    [U] the ability to understand or know something by using your feelings rather than by carefully considering the facts:
?women’s intuition
?Much of what doctors do is based largely on intuition.
2    [C] an idea about what is true in a particular situation, based on strong feelings rather than facts:
?People had an intuition that something was not right.

 

intuitive
adjective
1    based on feelings rather than on knowledge or facts:
?Macelo’s style of management is intuitive and informal.
2    someone who is intuitive is able to understand situations using their feelings, without being told what is happening or having any proof
intuitively adverb
intuitiveness noun [U]

 

 

    to this/that/the effect

used when you are giving the general meaning of what someone says, rather than the exact words:
?Barkley’s response was, “Go away,” or words to that effect.
?The letter said something to the effect that her job was no longer safe.

 

Like genders repel each other, unlike genders attract

同性相吸，异性相斥

 

perjury
noun [U]
the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law, or a lie told in this way:
?Hall was found guilty of perjury.

 

That’s what I am saying

 

过去分词充当定语、表语和宾语补足语。
The past participle as the Attribute Predicative and the object complement.

 

agitated
adjective
so nervous or upset that you are unable to keep still or think calmly:
?When her daughter didn’t arrive, she became increasingly agitated.

 

agitate    WORD ORIGIN
verb
1    [I] to argue strongly in public for something you want, especially a political or social change [+ for/against]:
?The unions are agitating for higher pay.
2    [T] FORMAL to make someone feel anxious, upset, and nervous
3    [T] to shake or mix a liquid quickly

 

agitation
noun
1    [U] feeling of being so anxious, nervous, or upset that you cannot keep still or think calmly:
?Perry’s agitation was so great he could hardly speak.
2    [C,U] a public argument or action for social or political change [+ for/against]:
?The region’s agitation for autonomy could tear the country apart.
3    [U] the act of shaking or mixing a liquid

 

agitator
noun [C]
1    someone who encourages people to work toward changing something in society:
?a political agitator
2    a part inside a washing machine that moves the clothes and water around

 

One apple a day ，keep the doctor away.
一日一苹果，医生远离我。

tedious    WORD ORIGIN
adjective
boring, tiring, and continuing for a long time:
?a tedious lecture
tediously adverb
tedium noun [U]:
?I couldn’t handle the tedium of work in the factory.
tediousness noun [U]

 

phrasal verb

 

allege    WORD ORIGIN
verb [T]
to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong without showing proof [allege (that)]:
?They alleged that Smith had failed to report $52,000 of income on his tax form. [be alleged to be/do sth]:
?He’s alleged to have killed two people.

 

alleged
adjective [only before noun] Written:?000
an alleged fact, quality etc. is supposed to be true, but has not been proven:
?an alleged conspiracy to murder President Kennedy

 

allegedly
adverb [sentence adverb]
used when reporting something that other people say is true, although it has not been proved:
?He was arrested for allegedly stabbing his former wife

 

allegation
noun [C] Written:?000
a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, which has not been proved

[+ of]:
?allegations of sexual harassment

[allegation that]:
?There was an allegation that a police officer had punched the suspect.:
?They shouldn’t make allegations without knowing the facts.

 

山中无老虎，猴子称霸王。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is King.

 

safari    WORD ORIGIN
noun [C]
1    a trip through the country areas of eastern or southern Africa, during which you watch wild animals:
?go/be on safari: Amy and John went on safari for their honeymoon.
2    safari suit/jacket a suit or JACKET that is made of light-colored material, and usually has a belt and two pockets on the chest

A team of african bearer come with us on safari.
有一队非洲脚夫和我们一起进行狩猎旅行

 

to his disappointment : 令他失望的是

Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
希望即是踏上失望之路的第一步。

To our disappointment, he failed to keep his promise.
使我们失望的是,他没有恪守诺言.

To his disappointment, the expected party was called off.
令他失望的是，他期待的聚会取消了。

 

nudge    WORD ORIGIN
verb
1    [T] to push someone gently, usually with your elbow, in order to get their attention:
?They nudged each other as the principal called their names.
2    [T always + adv./prep.] to move something or someone a short distance by gently pushing:
?Southeast winds nudged the oil slick onto the shore.
3    [I always + adv./prep.,T] also nudge your way to move forward slowly by pushing gently:
?An old woman nudged her way to the back of the bus.
4    [T always + adv./prep.] to gently persuade or encourage someone to take a particular decision or action [nudge sb into/toward sth]:
?We’re trying to nudge the city council into quicker action.
5    [T usually in progressive] to almost reach a particular level or amount:
?Temperatures were already nudging into the 80s before dawn today.
nudge noun [C]

 

reel off

一口气说出

The boy can reel off names of all the famous soccer stars

挥笔而异

He can always reel off a poem or two if the magazine asks for one