pejorative=derogatory贬义的（褒义的是commendatory，complimentary）

The word “rambling” is always used in a critical or pejorative sense but Luke uses it in a positive way.（注意 in a...fashion；in a ...sense；in a...way 意思几乎一样）

phonemic script 音标；phoneme 音位，又称音素，语音中能区别意义的最小语音单位

desultory随意的，散漫的

Several couples are dancing in a desultory fashion in the ballroom.

long-winded啰嗦的

Her mom always talks in a long-winded fashion.

etymology词源学

ram公羊，攻城锤battering ram 

waffle 有华夫饼（格子松饼）和胡扯 vi 的意思

My ex-boss could waffle on and on for more than three hours in a meeting.

contrived，adj=deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.（contrive，vt：create or bring about an object or a situation by deliberate use of skills.）

His dancing movements seem a bit contrived rather than effortless and seamless.

chemist除了有化学家的意思，还有药剂师、药商的意思，黄药师可以翻译成Chemist Huang…（注意英式英语用chemist，美式英语用pharmacist，所以黄药师也可以翻译成Pharmacist Huang）

I am sick but I don’t want to see a doctor. Instead, I’d prefer to make a trip to a chemist for some medicine.

Crossroads=intersection十字路口，前者英式后者美式；flyover=overpass立交桥，前者英式后者美式；hoover=vacuum cleaner吸尘器，前者英式后者美式；old bill=cop，条子（警察的俚语），前者英式后者美式pants=underwear内衣，前者英式后者美式（英式英语中裤子是trousers，美式英语中裤子是pants）；yob=vandal，小无赖，前者英式后者美式；bonnet=hood引擎罩（注意bonnet和hood是引擎罩的意思，在汽车的前部，前者英式后者美式；而boot和trunk是后备箱的意思，在汽车的后部，前者英式后者美式）solicitor=lawyer、attorney律师，前者英式后者美式；aerial=antenna天线，前者英式后者美式

banter打趣，有趣地闲聊，vi

He likes to banter with young women.

Dad jokes冷笑话，或者说cringe-worthy dad jokes

Coy Wire sometimes makes a cringe-worthy dad joke at the end of CNN 10.

be doing和will do都可以表示将来，区别在于通常用be doing表示计划（plans）

I am traveling to Holland next week.

be no replacement for sth不会成为某物的替代

I think video chat can never be replacement for face-to-face interactions.

unnerve，vt=make someone lose courage or confidence.

Walking on top of a skyscraper as high as that unnerved me.

iteration版本，相当于version

The new iteration of this movie-editing app is more user-friendly.

differentiate可作vt也可作vi，可以说differentiate A from B，也可以说differentiate between A and B.  （distinguish也有这两种用法，而且含义一样，即distinguish A from B，distinguish between A and B）

It’s difficult for kids to differentiate butterflies from moths.

It’s difficult for kids to differentiate between butterflies and moths.

Bob is color-blinded and he can’t distinguish green from blue.

Bob is color-blinded and he can’t distinguish between green and blue.

deepfake，n可数= a video of a person in which their face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else，typically used maliciously or to spread false information.

lifelike=realistic栩栩如生的

Scientists say lifelike robots are around the corner.

connect作vt使某物和某物联系（具体联系多用to，抽象联系多用with）；而connect还可以作vi，connect to多表示联网，connect with多表示和…联系

I’ve connected the plug（插头）of my computer to a socket（插座）but it still doesn't work.

I always connect the elementary school with my childhood.

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