听力笔记

snuggle

依偎

1. To lie or press close together; cuddle.

2. To curl up closely or comfortably; nestle: snuggled happily under the covers.

.

To draw close or hold closely, as for comfort or in affection; hug.

Pop the question

提问题

Folks

双亲

Can I take a rain check?

1.

“可不可以给我留一张存根”——用在买东西的时候。

也可以是收据、

票据什么的，

总是就是下次再 来的时候可以用作证明的东西，

保证顾客还可

以以现在的标价进 行购买。

2.

“可不可以改日再约？”——用于回答对方的邀约

（不好意思这次去不成，

）下次再去的话 叫我啊！

”

，大概是这种口气。

补充知识：

之所以叫

rain check

，是因 为如果原定的活动遇雨延期，就可以给客人发这种

rain check

，让

他们改时间再来参加活动。

That

’

s awfully long rain check.

你未免让我等太久了吧。

Be up to one

’

s eyes

工作很忙

paramount

最重要的

adj.

1. Of chief concern or importance: tending first to one's paramount needs.

2. Supreme in rank, power, or authority. See Synonyms at dominant.

n.

One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.

devour

贪婪的吃，吞噬；追逐

1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat.

2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes.

3. To take in eagerly: devour a novel.

4. To prey upon voraciously: was devoured by jealousy.

Hold all the chips

占尽优势

cynical

愤世嫉俗的

1. Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns;

skeptical of the motives of

others: a cynical dismissal of the

politician's promise to reform the

campaign finance system.

2. Selfishly or callously calculating: showed a cynical disregard for the safety of his troops in his

efforts to advance his reputation.

3.

Negative

or

pessimistic,

as

from

world-weariness:

a

cynical

view

of

the

average

voter's

intelligence.

4. Expressing jaded or scornful skepticism or negativity: cynical laughter.

hook up

【俚语】

勾结：形成某种联系或纽带：

hooked up with the wrong crowd.

与一帮坏人勾结在一起。

Do you have any friends I can hook up with?

She

’

d think he was mocking

（嘲笑。嘲弄）

her with his sweet nature and decide he was an

asshole(

屁眼，肛门

< br>)

。

He was one of the city

’

s most un- gettable(

不可得到的

) bachelor.

ipso facto n.<< /p>

拉

>

根据事实

[

行为

]

本身

,

因此

So,ipso facto,I can’t be interesting?

Piss off (

滚开，滚蛋；使恼火，变生气

)

－

I was pissed off the way you left.

－

you were?

scoot over(

让开，挪开：把（人或物）移到一边以让地儿

－

Scoot over,will you?(

车上挤座位

)

for a first date,Mnranda felt like she was hitting it out of the ballpark(< /p>

棒球场，活动领域

)

。

< br>

They told Miranda that Nick had this thing for models.-

Thing: Informal A persistent illogical feeling, as a desire or an aversion; an obsession:

【非正式用语】

感情：渴望或厌恶等持续的非理性情感；迷恋：

has a thing about seafood.

对海味有偏爱。

Modelizers are a particular breed(

品种，种类

),they are a step beyond womanazers(

玩女性

)

。

plastic surgery

整形手术

modelizer(

只追求模特的男人

)

is this really intimidating(

恐吓：使胆怯；使害怕

) to any of you?

Shallow adj.

浅的

,

浅薄的－

my friends think I

’

m shallow,sometimes I think they are right.

Models are a lot looser(

放荡的： 在性行为方面缺少传统道德观念约束的

) than you is

easier to screw(

粗俗用语

< br>,

俚语

.

与?性交

) a model than a regular girl.

Notorious adj.

声名狼籍的－

Barkley,a notorious modelizer.

Martini straight up or with a twist?(

他是单身么？

)