Friday 3 May 2024

uptick 上升

uptick

noun. a small increase or slight upward trend.

Examples:

"an uptick in foreign tourism"

"an uptick in participation rates over the last 15 years"

Monday 8 April 2024

agnostic 不可知论

A type of religion. An agnostic is someone who doesn’t believe it’s possible to know for sure that a god exists. It’s possible to be both—an agnostic atheist doesn’t believe but also doesn’t think we can ever know whether a god exists. A gnostic atheist, on the other hand, believes with certainty that a god does not exist.

Tuesday 26 March 2024

adulation 阿谀奉承

flattery, excessive admiration or praise.

e.g. He found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans.

Saturday 9 March 2024

calisthenic 保健操

calisthenics is a form of exercise that uses a person's body weiht and requires little to no equipment. Examples of calisthenic exercises include pushups, crunches and burpees.

Sunday 3 March 2024

slapdash 草率

adj. done too hurriedly and carelessly.

Examples:

he gave a slapdash performance

He had a slapdash way of working

Wednesday 29 November 2023

rife 盛行的,普遍的

adjective. (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.

adverb. in an unchecked or widespread manner.

Examples:

speculation ran rife that he was an arms dealer

bullying is rife regardless of sex but is more prevalent in white British populations

Sunday 26 November 2023

diaspora 侨居,移民,离散

diaspora /dʌɪˈasp(ə)rə

the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland

Examples:

the Latin American diaspora has spread across the United States

migration and diaspora

Chinese diaspora 华侨

uptick 上升

uptick noun. a small increase or slight upward trend. Examples: "an uptick in foreign tourism" "an uptick in participation ra...