- admonition 告誡、警告
例:I repeat my earlier admonition that you do not discuss the case among yourselves or with anyone else, including media. - logistical 邏輯的、籌備的、後勤的
例:Your Honor, I have logistical problem to discuss. I'd like to call a witness out of order. - out of order 違反議事規則、順序紊亂
- Early Bird Special 有些餐廳為了吸引人在非正規時間吃正餐,提供該時間特別才有的菜單。
- bombshell 炸彈、突發而驚人的事物
例:Big bombshell from the prosecution today with testimony detailing misuse of Joint Fitters' 401K funds.
- misuse 濫用、誤用
- boom 麥克風臂 (攝影時用來收音的)
- royal highness 皇室成員 (國王和皇后之外) 的敬稱
例:How's our royal highness in there?
- stall 柵、欄、廄、隔間
例:Go ahead, fourth stall down, I'll join you. - Toboggan Handicap 美國一年一度的賽馬比賽
- muzzle 動物的鼻口 (如馬狗牛)、動物的口套
- address (向誰) 演說、致辭
例:My daughter's addressing the Irish Parliament.
- parliament 國會、議會
- disorient 使失去方向感、使迷惑
例:He was disoriented when he came in.
- dementia 痴呆
例:A man at his age could've been working on dementia for quite a while on the blow of the head tipped him over. - presbyterian 長老制的、長老教會的
- witless 無知的、愚笨的
例:It was Little Paulie, the witless nephew. - Shamu 海洋公園 SeaWorld 裡著名殺人鯨的藝名,多隻殺人鯨共用這個名字。
例:That party was the only time I ever mentioned Shamu's fat ass. - delicately 優美地、微妙地、婉轉地
例:I don't know how to put this delicately. He was sucking a cub scout's dick. - cub scout 童子軍 (8-10 歲)
- rodent 齧齒動物
例:I'm afraid we had to have emergency surgery performed upon arrival at headquarters after discovery of a small rodent in the rectal passage.
- rectal 直腸的
- Xanadu 上都、仙境、很棒的地方
例:This is Xanadu compared to that courtroom. - milk 榨取、擠奶
例:I'm milking this thing for all it's worth. 無論它價值是大是小,我都要善用這個機會。
- for all one is worth 盡其所能、物盡其用
- mistrial 無效審判
- archery range 箭靶場
- as to = with regards to 關於
例:Our psychiatrist will testify as to your reduced mental capacity. - mental capacity 智力、心智能力
- rule out 排除 (…的可能)、否定
例:- We get you 24-hour-a-day nursing care because they still didn't rule out the dementia, and you might be a danger to yourself. - Which only bolsters our case.
- bolster 支撐、援助、支持
- fitness 健康、生理能力
例:If the court finds you lack fitness to proceed, the trial will be suspended, and the charges against you dismissed with prejudice, or delayed.
- dismissal with prejudice 法律用語,案件因某種特別理由被撤消。
- RN = registered nurse 合格護士
- muffin 一種麵包
- on the outs 不合、有過爭執
例:I also know he and Tony are on the outs, but Tony's not talking. - drool 流口水、胡說、胡言亂語
例:I lived my whole life with dignity. Now I gotta pretend I'm a drooling idiot. - juror 陪審員
- prosthesis 義肢、義體
- baptism 洗禮、受洗
- begotten = biological 親生的
例:Our Lord gave his only begotten son to suffer. - blot out = erase 消除、抹去
例:In your abundant compassion, blot out my offense. Wash away all my guilt. From my sin, cleanse me.
- cleanse 淨化、使清潔、清洗
- presence of mind 沈著、鎮定、頭腦清楚
例:He asked Ro to marry him. She had the presence of mind to say no. - cut back 減少 (使用)
例:You cut back on that shit, right? 你戒了那鬼東西,對吧?
- as far as that goes = as far as that is concerned 至於那個方面、考慮到…
例:He's covered on her husband's insurance, as far as that goes. - alligator tears = crocodile tears 假的眼淚
例:Fuck him and his alligator tears. - irritable/nervous bowel syndrome 大腸急躁症
- line in the sand 界線、規矩
例:There's a line in the sand when it comes to mothers. - conception = concept 概念、觀念
- swear/pledge allegiance 宣誓效忠
例:We pledge allegiance to the United States of America. - fire marshal/chief 消防隊長
- blown-out 爆掉的、燒壞的
例:The found pieces of a blown-out light bulb in a stall and the hay was a natural accelerant.
- hay 乾草、秣
- accelerant 催化劑、觸媒、助燃物
- sour cream 酸奶油
- colic 肚子痛、絞痛
- carload 一車的量
例:What are you, a vegetarian? You eat beef and sausage by the carload. - bleach 漂白 (劑)
- nose runs 流鼻水
例:Your nose is running.
- snort 用鼻子吸 (毒)
例:I snorted a little H. - Visine 眼藥水品牌
- scag 海洛因
- jump in with both feet 一頭栽入、沒仔細思考就跳進去
例:Don't overthink it. Either jump in with both feet, or don't. - hotwire 不用鑰匙發動車子 (偷車)
例:Can you hotwire this thing? - scoop 勺子、湯匙、鏟子
2009/06/23
The Sopranos 4x09 - Whoever Did This 英文筆記
2009/06/08
The Sopranos 4x08 - Mergers and Acquisitions 英文筆記
- colostomy bag 醫療用途,用來收集廢棄體液的袋子,正確名稱是 ostomy pouching system。
- squared away 迎風揚帆、收拾、整理、準備妥當
例:It's just now with Ma all squared away to go to Green Grove. - whichever = whatever = any one 任一個
- mugger 強盜、搶匪、盜賊
- zabaglione 一種義大利甜點,有點像布丁。
- talk shop 說行話、討論工作上的事
例:Come on, the last thing the guy wants to do is talk shop. - proceeds 收入、收益、利潤
例:I was just wondering if you have any ideas on what Tony and I should do with the proceeds from the property in Newark we sold. - T-bill = treasury bill 美國國庫券,一種短期無息債券。
- newborn 嬰兒、新生兒
- make peace with 談和、和好、不計前嫌
例:I made my peace with it, best I could, anyway. - meet halfway 讓步、妥協
例:He did meet me halfway with that, God bless him. - geld 去勢、閹割
例:We'll do the two geldings next.
- chuck wagon 流動炊事車、載有爐具和食物的馬車
- bathmat 浴室足墊
- meadow 草地、牧場
例:If you'd prefer something more pastoral, we can place her in a meadow. - dignified 有品格的、有威嚴的
- hick 鄉下人、反應遲鈍的人
例:These hicks can't even get this right. - It was fun/great while it lasted. 這次玩得很高興、意猶未盡 (約會完寫給對方的話)
- roulette 賭場的輪盤
- study hall 自修教室、自修時間
- LASIK 雷射手術 (眼睛)
- quite a bit 不少的、很多的、常常的
例:She sees quite a bit of your mother. - egg on 慫恿、鼓勵 (有負面的意思)
例:She eggs your mother on, and she don't even live there. - gal = girl 女孩、少女
- go to bat for 幫助、支援
例:She went to bat for me how many times? With the nuns. With the store owners up and down 13th Street.
- up and down 到處、回來地
- ale 麥芽酒 (一種啤酒)
例:Ale was always served in pins and quarts. So, "Mind your P's and Q's," means "Watch your alcohol consumption."
- pint 品脫,加侖的八分之一。
- mind your P's and Q's 注意你的言行或禮貌、小心、謹慎
- go-see 出席某個場合讓大家認識
例:Now I'll have to go down there and do a go-see with everybody, from the harbormaster on down, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
- harbormaster 管港口的人
- salt shaker 鹽罐
- sole = flatfish 比目魚、鰈魚
- scampi 大蝦
- anorexic 厭食的、食慾減退的
- wasting away 器官因病或不用而萎縮
- consolation prize 安慰獎
例:I don't want your consolation prize.
- standing order 作戰命令、長期的規定
例:I bet your have a standing order at the jewelry store.
- dago 義大利人 (有貶意)
- kinky 古怪的、奇怪的、扭曲的 (性方面)
例:It's all some kind of kinky shit. Believe me, I am not hung-up. I've done a lot. I've done girls. I've done threesomes, and I've done...
- hung-up 緊張的、焦慮的
- loco 發瘋的、神精病的
- cheese grater 起士研磨器
例:He told me to rub his dick raw with a cheese grater.
- cuckold 給誰戴綠帽子
例:He's a friend of yours, and you're cuckolding him. - masochist 被虐狂
- run-up (to) 某事件前的時期
例:I thought all that stuff was just like a run-up to the act. 我以為那些只是前戲。
- paraphilia 性變態、特殊性癖好
- jumper cable 跨接電線
- private part 私處
- vulva 陰戶
- financial planner 財務分析師
- contingency plan 應急計劃、緊急措施
例:You have to have a contingency plan if your husband doesn't come home to take care of the finances. - banter 嘲弄、開玩笑
例:She likes it, it's banter.
- snotty 下賤的、討人厭的、無禮的
例:No reason to be snotty. - departed 已故的、已死的、過逝的
例:My dear departed mother used to say: "You catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar." - You catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. 用蜜比用醋更容易捉到蒼蠅,意思是用以禮待人比來硬的更能贏得人心。
- talk down 言語上輕視
例:My mother always told me not to let myself be talked down to by losers. - mambo 曼波 (舞)
- single out 挑出、孤立、歧視
例:They single her out. - tattletale 告密者、大嘴巴
之前的同義字:snitch、tattler
例:She's tattletale. She tells on the others for the slightest infraction. - tell on 告密、告發
- make more of an effort 比目前更努力
例:She's gonna have to make more of an effort. - Evian 法國礦泉水品牌
- IRS = Internal Revenue Service 國稅局
- treasury 國庫、國庫券、寶庫
- managerial 管理的
例:- Why you interested in this? - I got my reasons. Managerial. - confidence 可信賴的關係、信託他人的祕密 (如神父聽別人的懺悔)
例:You're asking me to betray confidences. - strap-on (dildo) 綑綁式假陽具
- lavish 慷慨給予、大方的、浪費
例:I just had to get my head into a place where I felt that I could really commit. To lavish all the care on you that you should have. - enter/get into the spirit of 樂於參與社交活動
例:If you can't get into the spirit of this thing, then we're gonna have to let you live in a different home.
2009/06/01
The Sopranos 4x07 - Watching Too Much Television 英文筆記
- papillon 蝴蝶犬 (一種法國的小型犬)
- jumpsuit 連身衣、跳傘裝
例:I could've been wearing an orange jumpsuit till I'm 90. (橘色的囚裝) - fracture 破裂、折斷、骨折
例:Were you informed that the man in question had suffered a fractured skull? - irrelevant 不相干的、沒關係的
例:- Your honor, objection. This whole line of questioning is irrelevant. - Overruled.
- overrule 駁回、否決
- in chambers (法律) 在法官的辦公室內 (私下會談)
例:Your honor, the defense requests a conference in chambers. - stand in 替換 (職位)
例:We'll stand in recess for 15 minutes while the court confers with counsel in chambers. - recess 休庭、休會、休息、放假
- confer with 商討、商議、討論
- bailiff 法警、執行官
- transparent 明顯的、顯然的
例:What we saw in that courtroom is a transparent attempt by Richard Cross to subvert the intent of the marital privilege. - marital 婚姻的、夫婦間的
- ambitious 有抱負的、有野心的、雄心壯志的
例:Any investment advice for an ambitious young man such as myself? - crummy 骯髒的、破舊的、低劣的
- shitbox 爛東西、廢物 (如房子、汽車等)
例:I'm talking about some real shitboxes. Maybe they're worth $100,000 apiece.
- apiece 每個、每人
- stooge 傀儡、走狗、喜劇裡的丑角
- Jewfro 猶太人的爆炸頭
- afro 黑人的爆炸頭
- typesetter 排字工、排字機
- home on break 放假在家 (通常指學生放寒暑假)
例:The summer of '67, we're both home on break.
- co-op = cooperative 公司
- voting drive = voter registration drive 集結一群以往有權力投票但卻不投票的人,一起註冊並投票給某個候選人。
- aspiring = ambitious 有抱負的、雄心壯志的
- Klansman 三 K 黨員
- fall on hard times 遭遇困境、遇到困難
例:Like many non-profits, we've fallen on hard times. Republican administration, plus a proliferation of new charities post 911. 就像許多非利益組織,我們遭遇到許多困難。共和黨執政,加上 911 後慈善團體爆增。
- Republican 共和黨員
- administration 執政、管理、行政
- proliferation 增殖、爆增、擴散
- hit the showers 沖澡、淋浴
例:Sounds like you got a lot to talk about. I'm gonna hit the showers.
- take the liberty of (未經別人同意) 擅自做主
例:I took the liberty of filling Maurice in on the broad strokes. 我已擅自告訴 Maurice 大致情形了。
- fill sb. in 告知、透露
- in/on the broad strokes 大略地、大概地
- urologist 泌尿科醫生
- appraiser 評價人、估價師、鑒定人
例:Once we own the houses, we got a appraiser who'll play ball. He's gonna re-appraise them in the $300,000 range.
- play ball (團隊) 合作
- appraisal 評價、估價、鑒定
- cut a check 開支票
- dissolution 分解、解散、溶解
例:Unforeseen construction delays and repeated vandalism force the project into dissolution. - cystic 膽囊的、膀胱的、囊腫的
- fibrosis 纖維症、纖維化
- The heart wants what the heart wants. 心自己知道自己想要什麼,Woody Allen 對他自己外遇所說過的話。
- eat one's dust 吃誰的灰塵、趕不上某人
例:Eat my dust, Donald Trump.
- Donald Trump 川普,美國企業家,《誰是接班人》的主持人。
- five-o 警察,源自電視影集 Hawaii 5-0。
- eye 看、注視
例:No eyeing if you ain't buying. - crack ho = crack whore 女毒蟲
- sociopathic 瘋狂的、反社會的
- strategic 戰略上的、戰術上的
- standpoint 立場、觀點、看法
例:From a strategic standpoint, do the nuptials help us or hurt us? - nuptials = wedding 婚禮
- weed out 除草、鏟除、移除
例:Nature really does weed out the nimrods.
- nimrod 厲害的獵人、笨蛋,源自 Bugs Bunny 常叫那個獵人 "poor little nimrod"。
- Yay or nay? 贊成或反對?
- keep/hold peace 安靜、沉默
例:If anyone objects to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace. - keep on keeping on 繼續努力、繼續加油
例:- You've certainly got your work cut out for you. - One day at a time. - Keep on keeping on. - gut 取出內臟、取出內部東西、破壞內部
例:I sent some of my guys down there to start gutting the place. - roust 趕走、驅趕、驅逐
例:Get the donut squad to go down there and roust the shitbags. - squatter 非法霸佔房子的人、自耕農
- gum up (用膠) 堵住、阻塞、阻礙
例:They're gumming up the works. - windfall 橫財、被風吹落的東西 (如果子)
例:In two weeks, we're gonna be looking at a huge windfall.
- uterus = womb 子宮
- damaged goods 瑕疵品
- chinky 亞洲人的 (有貶意)
- jive 演奏搖擺樂、跳搖擺舞
例:Marriage and our thing don't jive. 婚姻跟我們這一行不合。
- the shoe is on the other foot (不好的) 情況顛反過來、情況相反
例:When the shoe was on the other foot, you spleen, she stood by you, right? - effectuate 完成、實行、造成
例:The deal was for me to effectuate the purchase of these houses, period. - codpiece 下體蓋片 (15~16 世紀用來保護下體的東西)
- outreach 幫助弱勢的組織、超越、超出、延伸
例:You run a youth gang outreach program, don't you?
- put sth. on the line 冒險
例:I'm putting it all on the line if I get caught. - gangbanger 幫派分子
- police 管轄、維持治安
例:When you think about it from a policing standpoint, it's one group of recidivists beating on another. - recidivist 慣犯、再犯、累犯
之前的同義字:habitual offender/criminal - tirade 長篇大論、激烈的演說或指責
- outburst 爆發、突發
例:You cannot have these outbursts and expect to redeem yourself with an FTD bouquet. - bouquet 花束
- loom 隱約地出現、陰森地出現
例:- I never laid a finger on you. - You loomed. You threw my tissue holder. - tissue holder 面紙盒
- withhold 扣留、抑制、保留、忍住
例:You withheld information about a very sensitive subject. - accost 接近與之攀談、面對、勾引
例:I went to show him the old neighborhood and we got accosted by these crackheads. - brake line 煞車油管
- best man 伴郎
- mum = chrysanthemum 菊花
例:We'll decorate the whole house with mums. - 187 警察單位用來代表謀殺的代碼,常見的幫派用語。
例:Remember, just shoot the ceiling and shit. No 187s. - gas pedal 油門 (踏板)
例:I need to keep my foot on the gas pedal. - mousse 慕斯、奶油甜點
- The Man in the Iron Mask 鐵面人 (知名的囚犯)
- time of day 專心、注意、小時
例:You give some the time of day, it's a criminal conspiracy. - suck wind 沒東西吃、喝西北風、被遺棄、爛
例:I'm sucking wind, and he's rolling in it with that Christ killer. - Christ killer 猶太人 (有貶意)
- fireplace mantle 壁爐的外框
- wall sconce 壁燈
- seamstress 女裁縫師
- fair game 合法的獵物、可抨擊的物件
例:Anything said before you were married is fair game. - furtherance 助長、助成、促進
例:Communication can't be made in furtherance of a crime. - shovel shit against the tide 徒勞無功、白費力氣、做得很辛苦卻看不到成效
例:Over the years, it's like shoveling shit against the tide. - cut corners 抄近路、走捷徑、投機取巧
例:You cut corners, but you help out. - cheese melt 起士三明治
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