噢,上帝。安迪,你看起來很別致。——《時尚女魔頭》
chic adj. 別致的,時髦的
The Ballerina didn't even have a chic Russian name to her credit.
這位芭蕾舞演員甚至沒有一個很別致的俄羅斯名字來給她增光。
She is always so chic, so elegant.
她總是那么時髦,那么優(yōu)雅。
If you don't go, I'll assume you're not serious about your future.
如果你不去,我會認(rèn)為你不重視自己的前途。——《時尚女魔頭》
assume v. (想當(dāng)然的)認(rèn)為
She was in arrogance to assume she would win every time.
她認(rèn)為每次都能贏,未免太自大了。
I assume you've decided against buying a new car.
我想你已經(jīng)決定不買新汽車了。
It's erroneous to assume that the press always print the truth.
認(rèn)為新聞報導(dǎo)總是發(fā)表真相,這是錯誤的。
And then when we get back to New York, we need to contact, um... Leslie to see what she can do to minimize the press on all this.
等我們回到紐約,聯(lián)系一下萊斯利,看她能不能想辦法把這件事的影響減到最小。
——《時尚女魔頭》
minimize v. 把……減到最少
Governments consider it prudent to minimize the risk.
各國政府均認(rèn)為把這種危害降低到最小程度的做法是明智的。
The polar explorers took every precaution to minimize the dangers of their trip.
極地探險者十分小心謹(jǐn)慎,以便使旅途的危險性減少到最小。
A sound approach to the problem is to minimize the number of parts.
正確解決這一問題的方法是把零件的數(shù)目減至最少。
She's a... She's a notorious sadist ...and not... not in a good way.
她是一個……一個聲名狼藉的虐待狂。這不是……不是什么好名聲。
——《時尚女魔頭》
notorious adj. 臭名昭著的
He is notorious for his goings-on.
他因行為不檢點而聲名狼藉。
The district is notorious for its fogs.
那地區(qū)以濃霧出名。
sadist n. 虐待狂
He was also a sadist who indulged in acts of cruelty.
他也是個虐待狂者,縱情于殘酷的行為。