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- formulaic 公式化的,刻板的
- formulaic movies 公式化的电影
- incline v.倾向于;赞同(某人或某事);有...倾向;(使)倾斜;低头;n. 斜坡;斜面
- a steep inline 一个陡坡
- incline one's head 低头
- incline to 倾向于
- Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.
- command 除命令,指令外,还可以表示对语言的掌握
- I'm inclined to say that your command on English is quite good.
- dormitory 宿舍
- college dormitory 大学宿舍
- yet to be 有待,尚未
- Martin Luther King was killed 53 years ago. His fight for Black voting rights has yet to be won.
- The cutoff date for registering is yet to be announced. 注册的截止日期尚未公布。
- infrastructure 基础设施,公共建设
- secondary 第二的,次要的;副手,代理人;
- secondary school 初中
- of secondary importance 第二重要
- secondary market 次要市场;二手市场
- secondary pollution 二次污染
- cadence 节奏;韵律;抑扬顿挫,与ryhthm近义
- The music is secondary, if you will, to the dramatic cadence of language, to the way the rhythm of language was used to express feeling and used to add drama.
相对于语言戏剧性的抑扬顿挫,相对于利用语言节奏来表达情感和增加戏剧性的方式,音乐的重要性可以退居次要地位。
- The music is secondary, if you will, to the dramatic cadence of language, to the way the rhythm of language was used to express feeling and used to add drama.
- subject to 使服从;使遭受;受...管制
- malicious 恶意的;恶毒的;蓄意的
- This type of data is subject to threats from hackers and other malicious threats to gain access to the data digitally or physical theft of the data storage media.
- 弹性工作制 flexible work schedule; flextime
- 注定的 destined to
- bait-and-switch 一种欺诈手法,先用极具诱惑力的广告宣传吸引客户,等客户前去购买时再声称该物品无法购买,然后诱导客户购买相似的高价物品,参考https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch
- 临时抱佛脚 cram for exams
- She was cramming for her Economics exams.
- gastronomic 烹饪学的
- lace 花边;鞋带
- embroidery 刺绣
- artisan 工匠
- craft 工艺,手艺;也指精酿,如craft beer,精酿啤酒
- distilling 蒸馏,用蒸馏法制造(洒等)
- 烈酒 spirit,一般用复数形式spirits
- 饮料 beverages; drinks,可以用复数形式
- beverage room 茶水间
- pet phrase 口头禅
- collocation 语言学里专指词语搭配,也就是词组
- suit yourself 随你便
- Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way.
- You're not human, are you?
- It's tough to get any more obivious than that.
- If I had to guess, I'd say you're a program from the machine world, so is he.
- So far, so good.
- But if that's true, that could mean you're part of this system, another kind of control.
- Keep going.
- I suppose the most obivious question is, How can I trust you.
- Bingo. It is a pickle, no doubt about it. Bad news is there's no way if you really know whether I'm here to help or not. So it's really up to you. Just have to make up your own damn mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you or reject it. Candy?
- Do you already know if I'm going to take it?
- Wouldn't be much of an oracle if I didn't;
- ....
- virtual reality sickness 3D晕眩症
- car sick 晕车
- brief 可作动词,简要描述,比如:
- ask him to brief you on the curren situation.
- whereas 然而,鉴于
- She has authentic charm whereas most people simply have ncie manners. 她有真正的魅力,而大多数人只是有礼貌而已。
- i.e. 即,也就是,相当于that is to say, in other words
- His stomachache made him feel wretched(i.e. ill) all day. 他胃疼得整天十分难受(即生病)。
- punctuality 名词,守时,对应的形容词是punctual,守时的
- punctuality is a virtue, being punctual shows your reliability.
window dressing 充门面,粉饰太平
- these measures seem to be mere window dressing and won't solve the problem.
- amateur 业余的,业余爱好者
- purchase 购买
- purchasing power 购买力
- circulation 流通,循环,还有发行量的意思
- The magazine's circulation continue to climb.
- campaign 活动
- succession 继位,还有连续的意思
- in succession 连续地
- succession planning 接班人计划
- exhibition 展览,动词形式为exhibit
- pharmaceutical 制药的
- fluctuate 振荡,波动 fluctuate between 200m and 300m, fluctuate over the three years
- fluctuating 振荡的,波动的,fluctuating downard trend
- proportion 比例,占比
- In contrast/ on the contrary 相反地
- approximately 大约,近似地
- optimistic/pessimistic 乐观的/悲观的
- the profit still presented a much pessimistic picture 利润仍然呈现得并不乐观
- bankruptcy 破产
- durable 耐用品
- consumer durables 消费耐用品
- customer-comes-first principle 顾客至上原则
- catastrophe 大灾难
- public relation catastrophe 公关灾难
- 关于lack的用法
- lack可以当动词,并且既可以是及物动词,也可以是不及物动词,当为及物动词时,后面不需要接任何介词,比如 I lack confidence when I speak English. 当为不及物动词时,后面接for,比如 They lack for nothing; She does not lack for friends. lack的及物动词当用被动词态,比如food is lacked by the people there.
- lack可以当名词,后面固定接of,比如lack of experience, lack of money.
- lack的形容词是lacking,可以使用固定搭配be lacking in,比如He is lacking in practical experience. 也可以单独充当形容词,比如 Money for the project is still lacking.
- 把A和B搞混了
- Sorry, I have A and B mixed up.
- I often mistake her for(as) her mother on the phone.
- I think you're confusing him with someone else.
- You're confusing me with my sister - she's the singer.
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