日期：2016-08-24 Alpha-wives are prime breadwinners at home. 阿尔法老婆是家里的主要经济支柱。 The alpha-wife is desired for her intelligence and her power as a top money earner. Shes independent and savvy. Her looks, though certainly visible, are secondary. 男人想得... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 A thrisis usually occurs between the ages of 26 and 32, and is that final push into adulthood. It describes the feeling of anxiety that crept into our own lives as we left our 20s and hit the big 30, a period of time when were not young enough to be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 Michael Phelps game face spawned the best meme of the Rio Olympics. His death stare at South African rival Chad le Clos before the 200-meter butterfly seminfinals Monday night became an instant internet sensation. 菲尔普斯的比赛脸引发了里约奥运会最... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 Set-jetting is the trend of traveling to destinations that are first seen in movies or TV series. For instance, touring London in a high-speed boat like James Bond, or visiting the stately homes that are seen in the Jane Austen films. The term was f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 Clock-watcher is an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over. Clock-watcher指对工作心不在焉，总是不停看时间的员工，下班点一到他们就会停下手里的工... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 Clockless worker ，顾名思义，指的就是An employee who is willing to work at any time, day or night（不分白昼、愿意在任何时间工作的员工）。对他们来说，clock（钟表）已经没有什么意义了，他们的工作时间完全clockless（没有钟点概念），一切以工作任务为重。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 Holiday pounds refer to the extra little bit of weight you put on during a period of being on holiday or vacation. Holiday pounds指休假或者节假日期间额外增长的那部分体重，我们可以戏称为假期胖子。 For example: Man, when I get back to work Ill have to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 一到过年过节，单身的朋友们都会很困扰。各类聚会都会成为家人和朋友逼问个人问题的绝佳场合。为了应付这样的情景，不少人在过节的时候会临时找个异性朋友做挡箭牌，好躲过家人朋友们的盘问。在英语里，这样做临时挡箭牌的朋友叫做safety date。 Safety date is a pers... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 Party promises are those plans you make at the end of social gatherings where one, if not both, promiser never actually intends on following through. Party promise（派对诺言或聚会上的约定）指的是在某个社交聚会结束时跟别人做出的约定，但约定的一方，甚... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 The funemployed refers to people who are unemployed and using the free time to have fun and explore new areas in their lives while they wait for their next job opportunity. 失业快乐族（the funemployed）指在等待下个工作机会来临期间利用空余时间享受生... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-24 The IPOD generation stands for Insecure, Pressured, Over-taxed, and Debt-ridden. IPOD一代指的是Insecure（不稳定）、Pressured（有压力）、Over-taxed（过度缴税）以及Debt-ridden（负债累累）的一代人。 Due to diminishing returns for higher education, high... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 Dad jokes refer to a variety of failed attempts at humor made by fathers, embarassingly bad jokes that they didnt realize themselves. Dad jokes指老爸们想要表现一下幽默却导致冷场的笑话，讲得不好笑却不自知的笑话，好尴尬。即老爸笑话。 While the exact o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 Lifehack refers to any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency in all walks of life. Lifehack指在生活的各个方面能够提升生产力和效率的各类捷径、技能、妙招以及新奇的方法，即生活妙招。 The term was primarily... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 The days of blokes sitting on the sofa watching football with a can of lager in their hand are over, here comes a new breed of men known as alta-male . 一群酒鬼男手里拿着啤酒坐在沙发上看球赛的日子已经过去了，如今流行新型的阿尔塔男。 They are men who... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 Stupid oclock is the time of day, usually late at night or early in the morning, when people should be asleep. If they are awake at this hour, it is less likely for them to make good decisions or create logical thoughts. 愚蠢时段指一天当中的深夜时分... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 Blind liker refers to someone who likes all your posts on Weibo or WeChat Moments without even reading them. 盲目点赞党指在你所有的微博和朋友圈帖文点赞，却并未真正读过博文内容的人。 Some of them are doing this to tell you that they really care about... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence in industrial design and economics is a policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so it will become obsolete, that is, unfashionable or no longer functional afte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-12 An elimination diet is a method of identifying foods that an individual cannot consume without adverse effects. Adverse effects may be due to food allergy, food intolerance, other physiological mechanisms (such as metabolic or toxins), or a combinat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-10 Fauxmance is a fake romance, particularly one used to generate publicity for the participants. 捏造恋情指的是虚假恋情，尤指为了增加知名度而捏造出来的恋情。 Celebrities pretend to be romantically involved in order to obtain press coverage. 明星假装陷... 阅读全文>>

日期：2016-08-10 Uberization refers to the conversion of existing jobs and services into discrete tasks that can be requested on-demand; the emulation of the Uber taxi service, or the adoption of its business model. 优步化指的是现有工作和服务转化为分散的任务，可以随... 阅读全文>>