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1.But, i think it's not so much idiosyncratic, but it's a different emphasis that i put forth. 2.effeminate men. 3.homosexual 4. at times close to insubordinate5.The outgoing defence secretary brought a cool-headed competence to the job that was desperately needed 6. keep a clear mind = keep a sober mind = be cool-headed 7. professional competence 8.Yoga teachers are committed to maintaining impeccable standards of professional competence and integrity: 立志保持 专业能力 和诚实 9.Teaching is my job , and i teach all students with as much professional competence as i possess : 尽其所能 10. impeccable
11.integrity posterity offspring 12.seasoned men air seasoned Seasoned Marshal 13.Mr Obama had little choice other than to go along with it. 14.preside over = preside at 15. Our investment in water softener was a boondoggle : 打了水漂 16.Mr Gates’ replacement, Leon Panetta, the current director of the CIA, is a vastly experienced operator who will have less compunction than Mr Gates in chasing down the savings implied by Mr Obama’s ambitious goal of cutting $400 billion from the defence budget by 2023. Mr Panetta is also a calming, consensual figure who will go about his work without frightening the horses too much. The doubts about Mr Panetta are mainly to do with his age. He will be 73 in June and although he has visited more than 30 countries during his stint at the CIA, the Pentagon will test his energy and appetite for the job severely. On top of lots of shuttle diplomacy maintaining America’s network of military-to-military relationships, he will have to withstand excruciating and frequently hostile congressional scrutiny, demonstrate executive efficiency of the highest order and be able to turn on a dime when "stuff happens". Mr Gates, five years younger, admits to being worn out by the job. 17.To meet with the threat of an enemy without compunction, who sets the value of human life at naught, governments will need to beef up both
18.She kept us waiting without the slightest compunction 19.at a very tough time 20.but is still sub-optimal.: 仍然是 不得已的选择 21.Among the other changes in the pipeline,= in the process 22. it is high time 23.But he's a bit tarnished after being investigated in 2009 24.fostering an unduly familiar relationship unduly = excessively 25.That may not disqualify him in Mr Obama’s eyes. 26.picked for his loyalty rather than his expertise 27.Darling, I hired these people for their expertise, And ultimately, they
feel that... We would be doing the brand a disservice.
。 28.a beholden chairman of the joint chiefs and the country’s most famous and charismatic soldier out of uniform, 29.A lion may come to be beholden to a mouse: 强者 也有 求助于 弱者的时候~~~
30. authenticity = facticity = vraisemblance
31.i beg to differ.恕不苟同~~ 不是啊 ３２.Ｙou were a colossal asshole : 你是个 大混球！ 33.colossal profits : 暴利 colossal colossally 34.high-resolution 35.as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night. 36.He isn't the only skeptic claiming that the document is a forgery forgery = postiche 37.postiche = false = made up 38.No creases folding are evident in the scanned version 39.fold up 40.black - out area : 停电区 41.we can attest to the fact that it is real and three-dimensional and resides at the Obama headquarters in Chicago 42.Blowup of text： 文本 放大~~~~~ 44.To err is human, to forgive is divine 45. To err is human: 46. err on the safe/right side :宁可杀一千，不可放一人 47.Some of the conspiracy theories that have circulated
about Obama are quite imaginative. 48.imaginative power 49. rehearsal imaginatively The university imparts information ,but it imparts it imaginatively: 大学传授知识，但是 传授想象上地知识~ 50.escort ： 舞伴 etc。 51. solvent adhesive 52. feasible = viable = doable 53.I believe the internal Revenue Service would strongly disagree, but if you took advantage of modern marketing techniques and you optimized your manufacturing process, u might be able to make this a viable business 54. Yeah!, he is a real loopy guy! 笨蛋！ 55.It is possible that Obama conspired his way to the precipice of the world’s
biggest job, 56.The world has stepped back from the brink, but is still skirting the edge of the precipice 57. skirting the edge of the precipice......... 游走在悬崖边缘 58. grudgingly concluded that 59. it's distantly possible that 60. So, how you guys related? ----------- you know distantly : 我们是远亲 61.We suggest that those who choose to go down that path should first equip
themselves with a high-quality tinfoil hat. 62. It's a slam-dunk! 是个 大笔回报， 是个 扣篮 我们稳赢了！ 63. He was throughly debunked ! 64. And yet.......... 然而，可是 （ 用于句首 ） 65 .Enough of the silliness! : 别犯傻了， 别再糊涂了 66. So today an exasperated Mr Obama exasperate 67.end this farce finish the farce 68. Hence the reason why I read The Economist : 就是 这个原因~~~~~~~~~ i.e. 69. I have yet to .............. 我还没有.... 70.If some raving lunatic wandered into your office and started some ridiculous ranting about who your mother was would you feel the need to then bring in the long form of your birth certificate to your boss? 71.There is a portion of the US that will never accept him as a legitimate president. 72.He is ponderously capricious. Many of his casual opinions on the
people and scenery of this country are ludicrous.
他十分反复无常，他对这个国家的人和,风景的看法十分滑稽。 72. pond pond ponder ponderous <> slight = ethereal = gossamer 73 vibrant people : 充满活力的人 74 brisk as a butterfly briskly <>ponderous 75.The birth certificate issue was always rather silly, but that was the whole problem. When a ludicrous opposition candidate with high media exposure like Trump started goofing on Obama 24/7, it only served to diminish the stature of the president while Republicans could just shrug their shoulders and deny responsibility. The media couldn't tear down Trump's credibility as a politician because he doesn't have any. It was a perfect set-up for a time, but it seems the Obama camp has wised up. Now we can all concentrate on "more important things to do" and what a lousy job Obama's been doing on those things. 76 Capricious women capriciously : 善变地，任性地 whimsically: 异想天开地 capricious =whimsical 77. whim In the Mesopotamian stories, for example, the gods act capriciously, the gods act on a whim. 例如，在美索不达米亚的故事中，神肆意妄为，凭着一时的念头做事。 78. She is now living in morose solitude at the lonely nearby manor of A. 郁闷而 孤单的 住在 附近荒凉的 A 庄园 79. The next time you are feeling cranky or morose , check in with your body : 感觉 烦躁 或者 郁闷 时 ， 审视一下自己 80. They share solitude, solitary, too, in their relation to each other 分担 孤独 和寂寞~~~ 81. While my compatriots are in Las vegas, i will be enjoying a blissful evening in my personal Fortress of solitude. 自己的 孤独城堡~~~ 82. morose morosely moroseness 83. You look moping !~ 垂头丧气的样子~~~~ 84. cranky fierce odd curious 85.Whether we're kept awake by our partner's snoring or we stay up too late watching TV, we wake up tired, groggy, and cranky. 本站是提供个人知识管理的网络存储空间，所有内容均由用户发布，不代表本站观点。请注意甄别内容中的联系方式、诱导购买等信息，谨防诈骗。如发现有害或侵权内容，请点击一键举报。 |
