file away na.锉去(锈等)
【例句:The question that had quickly formed and then been filed away during her conversation with Andy now came back to her fully articulated.
pretzel n.椒盐卷饼(常作小吃)
in transit 过境,在运送途中,在输送中
corduroy n.灯芯绒
run aground 搁浅; 触礁; 停顿; 搁浅了
haiku n.俳句(日本传统诗体,三行为一首,通常有17个音节)
hike 拉起,提起(尤指衣物)
【例句:When she popped her head in the doorway, he was sitting behind his desk with his shirtsleeves hiked to his elbows.
back scratcher 长柄扒;搔背扒子
salt-and-pepper (头发)黑白相间的
Where a different xxx might have done sth., she had done ... 换个人可能会,她却如何如何
【例句:Where a different professor might have voiced encouragement (“Promising idea”) or demanded more rigor (“Your logic is iffy”), she had written “Fuck off”no fewer than nineteen times along the snowy-white fringes of Adam Carter’s eightinept pages.
tenuous adj.脆弱的; 微弱的; 缥缈的
meathead 呆头呆脑; 笨蛋; 傻瓜
Panera Bread 面包店品牌
security footage 监控录像
in all likelihood 十有八九
Shoprite 美东地区连锁超市
underbite 反颌
DM Direct Message 私信
warp v.弯曲; (使)扭曲,变形; 使(行为等)不合情理; 使乖戾
attendant adj.伴随的; 随之而来的
【例句:The gender imbalance at grad school and its attendant misogynies and inequalities, which also warped hiring practices in philosophy departments the year she went on the market.
go to the market 赶集; 去集市; 去市场
hiring practice 聘用习惯;雇佣政策;招聘惯例/做法/模式
wise up 表示知道某种不好状况的真相,并因此开始改变行动;意识到(单独成句时意为“别犯傻了”)
【例句:These disillusioning shocks wised her up to a corrupt and corroding world that, in the view of the empiricist she always tried to be, had been there all along, lurking just under the appearance of things.
2022-06-07
©著作权归作者所有,转载或内容合作请联系作者
【社区内容提示】社区部分内容疑似由AI辅助生成,浏览时请结合常识与多方信息审慎甄别。
平台声明:文章内容(如有图片或视频亦包括在内)由作者上传并发布,文章内容仅代表作者本人观点,简书系信息发布平台,仅提供信息存储服务。
【社区内容提示】社区部分内容疑似由AI辅助生成,浏览时请结合常识与多方信息审慎甄别。
平台声明:文章内容(如有图片或视频亦包括在内)由作者上传并发布,文章内容仅代表作者本人观点,简书系信息发布平台,仅提供信息存储服务。
相关阅读更多精彩内容
- Day 8:Vocabulary and expressions 1. disrupt:to interrupt ...
- Chart 5 How Good Are Your Opinions?你的观点有多少根据?To me truth ...