- influence peddling 利用自己 (在政府組織的) 人脈關係幫別人解決問題,並藉此賺錢。這通常是違法行為。
例:Italy was relieved today upon learning that the country's high court had ruled that influence peddling is not a crime.
- Protestant (work) ethic 新教倫理
- ethnicity 種族特徵、種族淵源
例:You're complaining about your paper on ethnicity. Right here's some interesting stuff from your own background. - as a whole 整體來看、一般地
例:This is about Italy as a whole. - soggy 溼透的、潮溼的
例:I do know that Meadow stepped in some soggy bread with her bare feet. - pile 堆積、推疊
例:I find them piled in his room. - make a go of 成功、完成
例:You better make a go of it at that new school. - get fresh about sth. 對什麼不滿;get fresh about with sb. 言語上對誰無禮
例:Now you're gonna get fresh about it? - bring sth. home to sb. 讓某人更清楚地了解某事 (通常用在令人不愉快的事)
例:He brought the war home to them up there. - colicky 疝氣痛的、疝氣的
- zephyr 徐風、和風、微風、西風
之前的相似字:breeze
- lackey 馬屁精、侍從、僕人、奉承
- audibility 能聽度
- xerox 影印、複印 (Xerox 是影印機的牌子)
- kielbasa 蒜味燻腸
- pocket rat 有頰囊 (cheek pouch) 的鼠類
- john 嫖客
- infallible 絕無錯誤的、絕對可靠的
例:Ever since I questioned his judgment on some Ralphie/Jackie Jr. problem. Like he's infallible Pope Tony XXIII or some shit. - endangered species 瀕臨絕種的動植物
- perpetuity 永久、不朽、永久使用權
- overseas 海外的、國外的
例:You're set in perpetuity. There's money in overseas accounts. - sundae 聖代
- zone out 不專心、放空、放鬆
例:I though maybe I could have a sundae and zone out in front of the frigging TV.
- asset allocation 資產的分配 (如分配到股票、房地產等)
- corporate structure 公司結構或階層 (如有什麼部門)
- cayman 一種美國鱷魚;Cayman 一種保時捷跑車
- monthly statement 月結單、月報表
- dilute 稀釋、使變淡、降低、削弱
例:It dilutes the drinks. - top-tier 高層的、高階的
例:You're supposed to be earners. That's why got the top-tier positions. - peter out 逐漸消失、消逝
- wither/die on the vine 植物枯萎、放著不管而爛掉
例:It petered out. It died on the vine. - time immemorial 很久以前 (久到無法回憶)
例:This thing is a pyramid, since time immemorial. - hat in hand 恭敬地、謙卑地
例:I should not have to be coming here, hat in my hand, reminding you about your duty to that man. - false tooth 假牙
- handlebar 機車或腳踏車的把手
- little boy's room 男廁
- diverticulitis (大腸) 憩室炎
- anisette 茴香酒
- loggia 涼廊、走廊
- legislature 立法院、議會
- omni 全部、所有 (拉丁字)
- galleria = shopping mall 購物中心
- turnip greens 蕪菁 (一種菜) 的嫩葉
- demographic 人口統計學的
- parcel 小包、一捆、一批
例:I'm borrowing money myself to grab up parcels along Frelinghuysen Ave through a shell company. - shell company 空殼公司
- patriotic 愛國的
- entrepreneurism 帶領創新
- collect call 對方付費電話
例:I have a collect call for Mr. Walters. (Walters 先生打電話讓對方付費)
- in passing 偶然地、不經意地、順便地
例:They just mentioned in passing that you were doing the county book in Youngstown. - blinker 會閃的燈、警戒燈、方向燈
例:Cops pull us over for no left blinker. - Keep your dick up. 打起精神、別氣餒
- cookout 野炊、室外烤肉
例:John said he went to a cookout at your house.
- parkway 林蔭大道
- breadfruit 麵包樹 (的果實)
- papaya 木瓜
- Mother May I? 一種小孩玩的遊戲,有點像一二三木頭人。
- cellmate 牢房室友
- outlive 比…活得久、因…存活下來
例:- How come he's still walking? - Because he's been useful. But he's outlived it as of his cute little ceremony this afternoon.
- dome light 車內的燈、天花板上圓形的燈
- engrave 雕刻
之前的同義字:inscribe
例:Engraving on this watch says you retired today.
- vile 卑鄙的、惡劣的
之前的同義字:despicable
例:She must be a real vile twat.
- cut one's losses 停止目前正在做的事以避免造成更大的損失
例:It's not too late to cut your losses. - scrambled egg 炒蛋
- Nostradamus 十六世紀的法國占星家
- halfback 中衛 (美式足球)
- cathedral 大教堂
- ponder 深思、沉思、衡量
之前的相似字:meditate
例:You gonna tell me you never pondered that? - honk 按喇叭
例:Honk the horn. - reckless 魯莽的、草率的、不注意的、不小心的。例:reckless driving。
- brazen 黃銅的、堅硬的、厚著臉皮做、無恥
- armored car 裝甲車
- denomination 面額、教派、種類的名稱
例:The street where the robbery took place was littered with bills of all the denominations. - shunt 轉向、轉移、分流
例:We had a little scare. Thought it was the shunt in his heart. - pass gas 放屁,比 fart 文雅一點。
例:He passed some gas, and he seems better. - piece of tail 女人 (性感的) 屁股
- flirty 調情的、挑逗的
- be led by the nose 被牽著鼻子走、完全被別人控制
例:I was led around by the nose. - chirp 唧唧叫、吱吱叫 (蟋蟀或鳥叫)
之前的同義字:peep
例:A young cooze smiled at me, and birds started chirping. - snap into focus 豁然開朗、突然間變清楚
例:My uncle definitely snapped it into focus. - gargle 漱口
- inseparably 不可分地、形影不離地
例:I started the process of bonding him to me inseparably. - baptize 施洗禮
例:She never had him baptized. She thought she knew everything.
- fluffernutter 花生醬三明治
- mouthwash 漱口水
- saddle 裝馬鞍、上馬鞍、加負擔
例:Did I saddle you with a stepfather? - French toast 沾奶蛋的吐司
2009/04/25
The Sopranos 4x01 - For All Debts Public and Private 英文筆記
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