there’s a good chance+句子,...有很大的可能
There’s a good chance the Mavericks will get into the NBA finals this season.
gazillion= a very large number or quantity(used for emphasis),可以说a gazillion…,也可以说gazillions of…
The website crashed last night as a gazillion people tried to sign up for an account at the same time.
anti-trust反托拉斯的,也就是“反垄断的”,因为trust有“托拉斯(大型垄断公司)”的意思=a large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market.
iFree English was sued by Joe for violating anti-trust laws.
flood作vt有“大量涌向”的意思=fill or suffuse completely
Massive crowds flooded streets in Tehran to mourn their president who was recently killed in a helicopter crash.
casket 可以作“小盒子”讲,也可以作“骨灰盒”、“棺材”讲,可数
Mike has been trapped in a casket alive under a tomb in a cemetery for 3 days.
Aboard和on board在作介词时用法一样
Passengers aboard this chopper in the same convoy are safe.
Passengers on board the red chopper in the same convoy were killed.
grantor=trustor=settlor,信托委托人,可数;trustee信托受托人,可数;trust,信托(可不可数都可),可以简单理解为:信托委托人把财产通过“信托合同”委托给信托受托人,信托受托人要以某种信托委托人所许可的经营目的来经营财产;executor= a person or institution appointed by a testator(遗言人)to carry out the terms(条款)of their will(遗嘱,可数),遗嘱执行者,可数
Mike’s daughter-in-law is the co-trustee and co-executor of Mike’s valuable estate.
bidder= a person or organization making a formal offer(出价,可数)for sth, especially at an auction.
The jersey Joe wore when he won the sixth spot in the basketball games in the third year of his university was auctioned off to the highest bidder last month.
swanky= stylishly luxurious and expensive奢华的
A double room(这个是大床房,双床房是twin room)in this swanky hotel costs more than 1,000 dollars a night.
bougie= exhibiting qualities attributed to the middle class, especially pretentiousness(做作,不可数)or conventionality(恪守陈规,不可数)
As Joe comes to be a member of the middle class from a quite unprivileged background, his lifestyle also becomes a bit bougie.