AEE Episode 1193: Are You a Back

unsolicited

• Something that is unsolicited has been given without being asked for and may not have been wanted.
  Ignore relatives who will give you lots of unsolicited advice.

quarterback

四分卫
Word forms: plural quarterbacks

• In American football, a quarterback is the player on the attacking team who begins each play and who decides which play to use.

flea

跳蚤
Word forms: plural fleas

• A flea is a very small jumping insect that has no wings and feeds on the blood of humans or animals.
  My dog came back with a bit of a flea infestation.

infest

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense infests , present participle infesting , past tense, past participle infested

• When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.
  Parts of California are suffering from an infestation of oriental fruit flies.
• If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.

cider

• Cider is a drink made from apples which in Britain usually contains alcohol. In the United States, cider does not usually contain alcohol, and if it does contain alcohol, it is usually called hard cider.
  He ordered a cider.

vinegar

Word forms: plural vinegars

• Vinegar is a sharp-tasting liquid, usually made from sour wine or malt[麦芽], which is used to make things such as salad dressing.
  cider vinegar苹果醋
  an oil and vinegar dressing油醋调味汁

maple

Word forms: plural maples
countable noun:槭树
uncountable noun:槭木

• A maple or a maple tree is a tree with five-pointed leaves which turn bright redor gold in autumn.
  t's made of maple.

syrup

糖浆
Word forms: plural syrups

• Syrup is a sweet liquid made by cooking sugar with water, and sometimes with fruit juice as well.
• Syrup is a very sweet thick[粘稠的,厚厚的] liquid made from sugar.
• Syrup is a medicine in the form of a thick, sweet liquid.

call out

• If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especiallyin an emergency.
  I'm just going to call you out on that advice, Lindsay, because you're not a vet[兽医].

out of nowhere

from nowhere

• suddenly or unexpectedly.
  remember looking both ways before crossing and seeing nothing. The car came from nowhere and hit me.

condescending

adj

• If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
  They can be a bit condescending.

presumptuous

adj

• If you describe someone or their behaviour as presumptuous, you disapprove of them because they are doing something that they have no right or authority to do.
  It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
  We think we have this insight, but it's a little bit presumptuous sometimes.

great deal of

• A deal of something is a lot of it.
  But there's a great deal of self-help out there that's not written by experts.

charismatic

adj

• A charismatic[有个人魅力的] person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
  It's just a person with, like, who's very charismatic and is very convincing.

• The charismatic[蒙受神恩的] church is the part of the Christian Church that believes that people can obtain special gifts from God, for example the power to heal sick people.

legitimate

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense legitimates, present participle legitimating, past tense, past participle legitimated
PRONUNCIATION NOTE:
The adjective is pronounced (lɪdʒɪtɪmət). The verb is pronounced (lɪdʒɪtɪmeɪt).

• Something that is legitimate is acceptable according to the law.
  The government will not seek to disrupt the legitimate business activities of the defendant.
• If you say that something such as a feeling or claim is legitimate, you think that it is reasonable and justified.
  That's a perfectly legitimate fear.
• A legitimate child is one whose parents were married before he or she was born.
  We only married in order that the child should be legitimate.
  *(verb) To legitimate something means the same as to legitimize it.
  We want to legitimate this process by passing a law.

armchair

Word forms: plural armchairs

• (Countable noun) An armchair[带扶手的椅子] is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
  She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.
• (adj)An armchair[无实际经验的] critic, fan, or traveller knows about a particular subject from reading or hearing about it rather than from practical experience.
  armchair psychologist:A person sitting in a comfortable armchair, a comfortable big chair listening and nodding as you talk about your problems, and then giving you, like, wise advice.But here is the thing, it's not wise advice.

set apart

• If a characteristic sets you apart from other people, it makes you different from the others in a noticeable way.
  Li blends right into the crowd of teenagers. Only his accent sets him apart.

chuckle

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense chuckles, present participle chuckling, past tense, past participle chuckled

• (verb) When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.
  he banker chuckled and said, 'Of course not.'.
• (noun) He gave a little chuckle.*

paranoid

Word forms: plural paranoids

• (adj) If you say that someone is paranoid[多疑的], you mean that they are extremely suspicious and afraid of other people.
  I'm not going to get paranoid about it.
• (adj) Someone who is paranoid[妄想症] suffers from the mental illness of paranoia.

tricky

• (adj) If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is difficult to do or deal with.
  Parking can be tricky in the town centre.
• (adj) If you describe a person as tricky, you mean that they are likely to deceive you or cheat you.

critique

• (countable noun)A critique[评论] is a written examination and judgment of a situation or of a person's work or ideas.
  She had brought a book, a feminist critique of Victorian lady novelists.

literal

• (adj) The literal sense of a word or phrase is its most basic sense.
  In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.
• (adj) A literal translation is one in which you translate each word of the original work rather than giving the meaning of each expression or sentence using words that sound natural.
  A literal translation of the name Tapies is 'walls.'
• (adj) You use literal to describe someone who uses or understands words in a plain and simple way.
  Dennis is a very literal[缺乏想象力的] person.
• (adj) If you describe something as the literal truth or a literal fact, you are emphasizing that it is true.
  He was saying no more than the literal truth.

backseat driver

• someone who's not supposed to be in control, but they try to take control.
  Well, like, thanks for playing a backseat driver on this one. I'm following the directions. I'm good.
  I don't want to be a backseat driver here, but I think you missed the turn.

heck

• (exclamation) People sometimes say 'heck!' when they are slightly irritated or surprised.
  Oh, heck. What can I write about?

Monday morning quarterback/quarterbacking

事后诸葛亮

• a person who criticizes or suggests alternative courses of action from a position of hindsight after the event in question
  Okay, thanks for playing Monday morning quarterback. I think it's not my fault. I did everything I could.