giggle
to indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling
沉溺于愚蠢和咯咯的笑
chuckle [ˈtʃʌkl]
[v] 窃笑,偷笑,暗自发笑
snigger [v] 暗笑
grin [v/n] 咧嘴笑
glimpse
[v] 瞥见,看一眼,开始理解
[n] 一瞥,瞟一眼,扫视
the colonists' first glimpse of the new land
殖民者的第一次注意到新大陆
Failure is the fog from which we all glimpse of triumph.
失败是我们看到凯旋的迷雾.
skimming and scanning
skimming and scanning 泛读
skim = scan 快速扫描
to scan the horizon for artificial light sources.
在视野范围内搜索人造光源
to scan one's correspondences
扫描某人的信件
glitch
[n] 瑕疵 = flaw
censor [ˈsensə(r)]
[v] 审查
[n] 审查员
censorious [senˈsɔːriəs] [adj] 爱挑剔的; 吹毛求疵的;
A similarly censorious reaction greeted Yahoo when it reversed its work-from-home policy in 2013.
当雅虎在2013废掉在家工作的政策后一系列的不满反应接踵而至.
film/movie censorship 电影审查制度
hail
[n]冰雹[v]下冰雹
[v]赞扬,把...誉为...
While most participants ended up successful,none of them were hailed as geniuses in their fields.
尽管大多数参与者最终都成功了,他们其中没有人被誉为他们从事领域的天才.
exempt
[vt]豁免; 免除;
[adj]获豁免的; 免除的(责任、付款等);
to exempt women from jury duty
免除女性的陪审团义务
exemption [n]免税额,可免税部分,免除,豁免
interim
[adj] 临时的,过渡的
[n] 间歇,过渡时期
to set a interim goal 设立一个阶段性目标
temporary
transient
knit
[v/n]编织,紧密结合
close-knit 紧密结合
knot
knotty [adj] 复杂的,难以解决的
[n/v]结,把....打成结
mental knots to be worked out
心结被打开