日期：2014-07-22 A psychology professor suggests that as people take more photos, they experience less and remember fewer details about what they had taken photos of. This is what she called a photo-taking impairment effect . 一位心理学家指出，人们拍的照片越多，他们... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 Hot Waitress Economic Index is an index that indicates the state of the economy by measuring the number of attractive people working as waiters/waitresses. According to the hot waitress index, the higher the number of good looking servers, the weake... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 Putty exam refers to an exam in which the teacher makes so difficult the entire class fails. Putty exam指的是那种全军覆没的高难度考试，老师出的题太难，以至于全班同学都不及格。 Example: I better start kissing up after that putty exam. 在这种高难度考... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 The phrase academic chicken refers to academic work of poor quality in which you are essentially daring your professor or teacher to give you a bad grade. 学术鸡指的是质量很差的学术论文，如果交上去你的教授很可能给你个差评。 Example: I just submitted... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 The Next Eleven (known also by the numeronym N-11) are the eleven countries Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea, and Vietnam - identified by Goldman Sachs investment bank and economist... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 Easter egg refers to a hidden item placed in a movie, television show, or otherwise visual media for close watchers. 彩蛋指的是在电影、电视剧或其他视频中为眼尖的观众埋藏的小惊喜。 The term originates from the 1975 movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 PowerPointlessness , blend of PowerPoint and pointlessness and coined by Barb Jenkins around 2000, refers to the senseless use flashy transitions, graphics and sound effects while making a slide presentation that is lacking in thought, meaning and v... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 A New York minute is an instant. Or as Johnny Carson once said, it's the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn. 纽约一分钟指的就是一瞬间。或者就像约翰尼卡森说过的，它是从曼哈顿交通信号灯变绿... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 Harassenger (blend of harass and passenger) is a passenger who is constantly judging your driving skills. He/she constantly cautions you to keep a safe distance from the car in front of you, checks that you're obeying the speed limit, and is always... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 Facebook mommy is a mom who spends 5 hours a night at the club, 10 hours a day asleep, 4 hours a day working, 2 hours a day shopping/eating/drinking coffee with her girls, an hour and a half showering and getting dressed, and 30 minutes with her kid... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-22 A good pair of flat shoes is a must-have item in any woman's closet. They are very versatile and go well with pants and skirts alike. We recommend pairing flats with skinny jeans or capris, but you can be creative and improvise as you like. 一双美观... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-10 Dead-cat hole refers to the space between the top of a car tire and the body of the car, in other words, the space between a car's tire and the wheel well. Dead-cat hole（死猫洞）指汽车轮胎上部与车体之间的空隙，也就是汽车轮胎和轮仓之间的那个空隙。 F... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-25 Do any of you remember the games you played as a child? Children nowadays dont really know the meaning of real games apart from what is on their iPads, PlayStation and smart phones. Back then, playing games was a collective and outdoor activities ra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 The Internet of Things was the 'it' word for 2013, it concisely summed up the act of devices being more interactive with users. The Internet of Everything expands that idea. The Internet of Everything is described as something that brings together p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 Hyper-documentation refers to the exhaustive and incessant recording of the details and events of one's life, particularly when these are shared on social media. Hyper-documentation指详尽且不间断地记录生活中的各种细节和活动，尤其当这些细节被分享到社... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 An overwhelming 96.6 percent of Crimean voters chose to join Russia in the Sunday's referendum on the status of the Ukraine's autonomous republic, according to the latest official results. 据最新官方数据显示，周日有关克里米亚主权状态的公投中，有96.6... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 A new search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean as authorities try to determine what happened to a missing Malaysian airliner, the White House said on Thursday. 白宫方面周四表示，为了调查马航失联航班的真相，政府或将搜索区域扩大至印度洋。 马航失... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 China entered a new phase in pursuing neighborhood diplomacy . Progress was made in economic diplomacy. Chinas exchanges and cooperation with other developing countries reached a new level. Chinas relations with other major countries steadily grew t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 A spokeswoman with China's top legislature Tuesday vowed zero tolerance of election fraud and severe punishment on offenders. 全国人大发言人宣称，国家将用零容忍的态度对待贿选行为，严厉惩处贿选者。 上面的报道中，electoral fraud就是贿选，有时也译作选... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 Members of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) pay silent tribute to the victims of the Saturday terrorist attack in southwestern city of Kunming, at the opening of the second session of the... 阅读全文>>