日期:2020-09-26 Examples of bargain blindness include the lure of cut-price petrol, which may cost motorists more by the time theyve driven the extra five miles to get it, and deals on return train tickets, when two singles would be cheaper. 打折失明症的例子包括降... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Boeing calls it the transport vehicle upright sleep support system. The patent for the new comfort sleep system appears to solve the common problem of trying to sleep hunched over to the side or straight up. The system involves a backpack that exten... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 For an increasing number of women, whitening their teeth has become an integral part of their beauty routine - as normal as colouring their hair or waxing their legs. In America, sales of tooth whitening products have risen 300% since 1996, and the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Dash Button is Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos latest I want it now convenience stratagem. The user sets up the device to correspond to a certain product and sticks the device in a convenient place (say, inside the cabinet where paper towels are k... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Eavesread is to surreptitiously read the text that another person is reading or writing. 窥读就是偷偷摸摸地读别人在读或者写的文字。 这个词是仿照eavesdrop(偷听)造出来的。Eavesdrop是用耳朵,而eavesread用的是眼睛。 For example: Eleanor and Parks epi... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Range anxiety is the fear that a vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination and would thus strand the vehicles occupants. The term, which is primarily used in reference to battery electric vehicles (BEVs), is considered to be one of the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Double denim a style of dress in which a denim jacket or shirt is worn with a pair of jeans or a denim skirt, often regarded as a breach of fashion etiquette. 双牛仔指一种穿衣风格,用牛仔夹克或牛仔T恤配牛仔裤或牛仔裙,这种搭配通常被认为是违背时尚标... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Whats an askhole, you ask? Its a word thats come up recently to describe someone who ask for your advice but never follows through on it or does the opposite of what you told them. Id add to the definition the person who always wants free consulting... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Sea-lion is a person who intrudes upon an online conversation in an attempt to engage opponents in debate, particularly by using a tone of feigned civility. 海狮是那种在网络聊天中突然闯入,用一种故作礼貌的语调来介入谈话,目的是让意见相左的人吵起来。... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Compulsive highlighter refers to a person who, when reading text on a computer screen, cannot help but constantly select, deselect, and reselect the text. 高亮强迫症指的是一个人在阅读电脑屏幕上的文字时忍不住要选中自己正阅读的文字,让它呈高亮显示,然... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-26 Thinking about joining the buy-to-let boom? 想不想买套房来出租? Most new landlords look to buy their first property in a town they know. Usually that means where they live or perhaps somewhere they went to university or used to reside. 大多数新房东... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-25 A supermarket in Canada is urging its customers to remember that beauty is only skin deep, as it begins selling smaller, misshapen produce to help cut waste. 加拿大超市Loblaws鼓励消费者铭记美貌不只限于外表,为减少食品浪费,力推歪瓜裂枣。 Loblaws, th... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-25 The term get an inbox is derived from the expression get a room. When couples constantly leave romantic, mushy or suggestive messages on each others Facebook wall for everyone else to see, someone else may tell them to get an inbox already and carry... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-25 A group of mothers created a Facebook group to share paleo lunchbox recipes for their kids to take to school, and ask advice on explaining to children why they cant eat things like bread anymore. The public group, titled Paleo lunchbox ideas has alm... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-25 Something ingested through the mouth that has an extremely amazing taste. The -gasm referring to amazing. 吃下美味食物后,会感觉味道棒极了,这就是舌尖上的高潮。-gasm指的是食物美味至极。 例如: Tyson had a tonguegasm whilst eating Sichuan food. 泰森... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-18 9月14日,国家主席习近平同欧盟轮值主席国德国总理默克尔、欧洲理事会主席米歇尔、欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩共同举行会晤,会晤以视频方式举行。会议决定,中欧将建立环境与气候高层对话和数字领域高层对话,打造中欧绿色合作伙伴、数字合作伙伴关系。 China and the EU... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-18 今年的国家网络安全宣传周9月14日拉开帷幕,将重点关注个人信息保护。宣传周期间将举办峰会、论坛以及网络安全展会等一系列活动。 This years Cybersecurity Week, a nationwide event, kicked off on Sept 14 with emphasis on personal information protection. A nu... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-15 公筷顾名思义就是公用的筷子,换句话说,这是起到一个服务作用的筷子。 总而言之,public更强调大众而serve更强调服务。所以公筷的英语是serving chopsticks。 同一个道理,公勺就应该说serving spoon。 In order to stop the spread of the virus, wed better use ser... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-15 首先,眼皮可千万别说成eye skin,正确的用词应该是eyelid[ald]。lid[ld]除了有盖子的意思,还有眼睑的含义。其实我们的眼睑也就像一个盖子一样,能将我们的眼睛盖... 阅读全文>> 日期:2020-09-15 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席、中央财经委员会主任习近平9月9日主持召开中央财经委员会第八次会议。他强调,要统筹推进现代流通体系建设,为新发展格局提供有力支撑。 President Xi Jinping stressed coordinated efforts to advance the construction of a... 阅读全文>> |
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