2025-12-12

restaurant / ˈrestrɑːnt / 注意发音

frequant 还可做动词，表示“常去，常到”，He frequented the restaurant.

detective 侦探 The police detective is investigating the case.

The police detective carried out a full investigation into the case.

rob/robber/robbery rob someone/someplace of something

risk one’s life

rate Actually we did reasonably well at reducing the crime rate. Previously, the crime rate in our city was higher than the national average. Now it’s 10% lower.

2025-12-13

to drop off someone 把某人放下The driver dropped her off at the airport.

I’ll go first thing in the morning 这里first thing in the morning，不是副词，而是一个状语从句。

hallmark 特征

adverbial phrase 状语从句 / ædˈvɜːrbiəl /

for that matter She cared about you, and everyone around you for that matter.

ever since 从过去到现在 Last time I asked if she was able to cook me a delicious meal and she’s been learning cooking ever since.

purse Just a second, before you go tearing apart your purse, could you have left it at the hotel?

pickpocket 扒手 There might have been a pickpocket on the subway.

zip up 拉上拉链 You really should have zipped up your purse. 注意should have/zipped up的连读。

throw me a bone 给我点甜头吧 He is doing well in this area. He is really a top___！ 他在这方面做得很好，是个真正的高手。top dog=精英，高手。dog在英语俗语中的地位可比中文里要高哦！比如，you’re a lucky dog 你可真是个幸运儿。

I don’t want to bring up the past. Let’s just let sleeping dogs lie. 表示不要提起过去的事。

If you think I’m the one who lost your keys, you’re barking up the wrong tree. 表示对方找错了对象。

Taking on too much work at once? Remember, you shouldn’t bit off more than you can chew.

2025-12-14

2025-12-15

messy 脏的 Please make time to clean the kitchen. It’s really messy. stinky发臭的

give to charity = give money to charity. During the holiday season, many people gave to charity.

household goods 家庭用品 Would you like to donate money or household goods?

cram(突击) at the last second 临时抱佛脚 I’m also cramming for finals these days, but I do most of my studying during the daytime.

pull an all-nighter 熬夜，通宵 stay up 也是熬夜

calm the nerves take a deep breath. think positively about oneself. get everything ready in advance.

2025-12-16

back-to-back 紧接的 There will be three back-to-back exams tomorrow.

ace 在……中取得好成绩 I have to ace them all to keep my scholarship.

I’m also cramming for finals these days, but I do most of my studying during the daytime. I love getting an early start to my days because I am more of a morning person.

I’m quite the opposite, I feel most productive at night because there aren’t so many distractions.

calculus / ˈkælkjələs / 微积分 Hey Mary, how did you do on the calculus test?

hit the books 用功看书。I hit the books for two weeks straight. 我连续学习了两周。

Oh man. I bombed it. 天啊！我搞砸了。

I tried to glance at your paper during the test, but I couldn’t make heads or tails of your answers. 无法理解，完全搞不懂。

I wanted to, but every time I opened the book, I would draw a blank. 一无所获，大脑一片空白。

Next time, you should brush up(复习，捡回已经生疏的知识) on the basics before the test.

2025-12-17

sprain 扭伤 I avoided hitting the dog, but I crashed into a packed car and sprained my ankle. To sprain is to hurt where two bones are connected by twistting it.

swollen 肿胀的 动词形式swell 使肿胀（swelled swelled/swollen） It looks swollen. Wait, did you push your scooter all the way to work on your injured ankle?

call in sick 请病假 Actually, if you are sick or hurt, just call in sick. I would never expect you to put work above your health.

crash crash into sth or someone，撞到某物某人要用into，不加宾语直接用crash，表示撞毁，坠毁。

never ever never ever是never的强调说法。I promise I’ll never ever tell anyone about this.

ever ever用于否定句表示“在任何时候，从不”。Nothing ever seems to cheer him up. 没有什么在任何时候能让他高兴起来。

yet 用于否定句时，表示某事尚未发生，但有可能发生。 I haven’t decided yet.

Don’t get up yet. You hardly ever get any sleep. 先别起床。你几乎没睡过觉。

adequate 足够的 Great, that will certainly ensure adequate sleep.

snooze <非正式> 小睡，打盹 Exactly. Rather than hitting the snooze button eight times, I only hit it seven times before getting up.

freak out To freak out means to become very upset or extremely emotional. 极度兴奋；疯了；颓废；吓坏了；行为异常 I freaked out over his new album.

2025-12-18

ambulance / ˈæmbjələns / 注意重音

emergency / ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi / 注意发音 The article offers six tips on staying calm in an emergency. 注意发音。

scratch 擦伤，抓伤

coping with the injury，first aid 急救

  1. bleeding：clean up the cut, brandage up the cut

  2. burn：run cool water over the burn
  3. sprain：put a cold pack on the sprain
  4. fracture 骨折：call an amburance

run the light or jump the light Did the other driver run the light?

that serves you right 你活该！ That serves you right. You know how dangerous distracted riding can be.

descendant Yeah, it’s a gift from one of my descendants from the 22nd century.

time leap 时间跳跃 So I time leaped to two a.m, four a.m, and six a.m. and asked the future me for help.

recklessly 鲁莽地 I told you no to drive recklessly. It serves you right.

soak 浸泡 get soaked It’s your own fault for not listening to the weather forecast and got soaked.

2025-12-19

sandal 凉鞋 Inside, there are some shirts, a dress, sandals, and a guidebook.

file for something The actress filed for divorce from her husband of ten years.

bankruptcy 破产 / ˈbæŋkrʌptsi /

no comment All I will say to the journalists is no comment.

take one’s mind off something If something takes your mind off a problem, it helps you to forget about it for a while.

allergic / əˈlɜːrdʒɪk / I’m allergic to peanuts so I can’t eat them.

public transportation 公共交通

out of oder out of service If something is broken or not working, it is out of order.

panic 恐慌(v/n/adj) panicking/panicked When you panic, you suddenly feel so afraid that you can not think or act reasonably.

2025-12-20

receipt / rɪˈsiːt / 收据 recipe / ˈresəpi / 菜单

suite room 套房，注意发音 / swiːt / suit / suːt /是西装

single room 单人房，double room 大床房，twin room 双人房

room service 客房服务（餐饮） housekeeping 客房服务（清洁，维修）

2025-12-21

shelter 收容所 If not, you should also call local shelters and see if anyone has reported finding a dog.

flyer 传单 You could have more eyes looking for the dog. Maybe a flyer, too.

renovation 整修 / ˌrenəˈveɪʃ(ə)n / I thought you were going out yesterday. What happened? I would’ve visited the musuem but it was closed for renovations.

breach 缺口，漏洞，违反，破坏。(n.v.) security breach 安全漏洞。

unattended 无人看管的，无人出席的

2025-12-22

parking lot 停车场 I looked through the parking lot this afternoon and didn’t find my car. So a filed a police report.

2025-12-23

pantry 食品室 / ˈpæntri / We’ve met dozens of times in the pantry, but I have no idea which department he is from.

handful 少数 A handful of means a small number of. Only a handful of eggs didn’t break.

premiere 首映 Only a handful of people showed up at the premiere of his new movie.

advertisement 广告宣传

particular / pərˈtɪkjələr / Particular means to be special among others, in particular means specially.

shatter 破碎 I put on the brake but the car still bumped into the rock harshly. Most of the eggs shattered into tiny pieces.

2025-12-24

genuinely 真诚地 mean it(认真：表示真心实意，毫不含糊地表达某种意思或承诺。) When you say something genuinely, you mean it.

I mean it. 我是认真的。 I don’t mean it.我不是故意的。

intentionally Intentionally means on purpose. 故意地。

by mistake / by accident If you did something by mistake, you didn’t do it on purpose. 意外地。

conclusion：

  • focus on what you can control
  • go easy on yourself
  • learn from mistake

2025-12-25

miss the red flags 错过危险信号 I think you missed the red flags when she said she had a job in L.A. yet asked a college student for money.

sober / ˈsoʊbər / 清醒的

scam / skæm / 欺诈，诓骗 (v.n.) It was naive of me to think you’d see the scam. Don’t you think you might be getting scammed?

ghost: In Chinese, we usually use 玩消失 or **玩失踪 . If it’s specifically about social media, you might say 拉黑。 I can’t believe Sasha ghosted me after borrowing a bunch of money.

我早该预料到的：He had a history of not meeting his deadlines. I should have seen it coming.

Most Natural / Colloquial (Feeling “Silly”)，Literal “Kick Myself” (Regret)：I could kick myself for not realizing sooner that the job offer was too good to be true.

2025-12-26

lately/recently/these days

2025-12-27

be at fault 有过错 The driver was at fault for not sending the injured passenger to the hospital.

She lives a life without wants, free from complaints.

这句话描绘的是一种非常高尚、通透的人生境界，可以用“知足常乐”和“随遇而安”来概括。

annoy/annoyed/noisy/noise

2025-12-28

collapse / kəˈlæps / 倒塌，突然倒下 If something collapses, it falls down because of pressure. If someone collapses, they fall down because there are sick or weak.

bummer 同义词 pity <非正式>讨厌的事，令人失望的事；<美>流浪汉，游手好闲的人

concise / kənˈsaɪs / 简明的，简洁的

grad program 研究生项目 grad 校友，毕业生 My grad school program starts in August, but I bought plane tickets for September.

2025-12-29

ex：前任 If you hadn’t avoided everything about your ex, you would’ve known it’s already closed.

if only…要是…就好了，比第三条件句表达惋惜更加强烈。 If only I had started sooner, I would have finished it long ago.

“this” 是一个程度副词 (Adverb of degree)，用来强调程度之深。这里的 “this” 相当于 “so” 或 “to this degree”，翻译为“这么”、“如此”、“到这个地步”。If only he hadn’t complainted so much, I wouldn’t have bee this mad.

a whole new ballgame 一个完全不同的情况。 If I had taken that job offer in New York, I would have been in a whole new ballgame.

sit pretty 境况良好（尤其指因为金钱自由）If I had put money in that startup a few years ago, I would be sitting pretty now.

阻止的表达 What held you back? What did you decide against it?

skeptical 怀疑的。 I was skeptical about the market, and I didn’t want to risk my savings.

表示后悔 Now, I’m crying over spilled milk. I’m kicking myself.

事后诸葛亮 We’re all wise after the event, right?

It’s funny how these decisions shape our lives.

压紧牙关 If had known then what I know now, I would have bitten the bullet and taken that opportunity.

True, but all we can do is learn from our regrets and make better decisions in the future.

2025-12-31

Don’t get up yet. You hardly ever sleep last night. **这句话的意思是：“别先起床。你昨晚几乎没怎么睡。”**

1. Yet

在这个句子中，yet 的意思是“先”或“暂时”，通常用于否定句，表示某事在现阶段还不应该发生。

  • 用法解析： 当你听到 “Don’t get up yet,” 它的核心含义是 “Not now, wait a little longer”（现在先别起，再等一会儿）。
  • 对比： * Don’t get up. (别起床。—— 听起来像命令。)
    • Don’t get up yet. (先别起。—— 听起来更像是建议或关心，暗示等会儿再起。)

2. Ever

在这个句子中，ever 是用来加强语气的，常与 hardly（几乎不）连用，形成 hardly ever 这个固定搭配。

  • 用法解析： * Hardly = 几乎不
    • Hardly ever = 极少、几乎从不。
  • 深层含义： 在你给出的句子中，它形容的是昨晚睡眠的程度极低。虽然字面上是“时间上的频率”，但在口语语境里，它表达的是“你昨晚根本就没合眼”

mean jealous 嫉妒的