漫漫哒的每日记录2020-09-24
哇，今天带儿子去童杏打了第一针流感疫苗，孩子大了知道打针会疼，也真的是愁人呢。😆
今天终于收到卖股票拿到的钱，4500多一丢丢，可以稍微缓解一下自己财务上的窘迫情况。
然后购买了自己需要的护肤还有护发产品，感觉还不错。
但是今天影响心情的是 当发现自己在工作上真的被边缘化的时候，我还是有一丝丝的不甘心。
这也更加提醒我，现在是需要卧薪尝胆的时候了。
今日份GRE单词积累
1. aggravate
使（局势等）更严重，加剧
Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of traffic congestion.
sth has further aggravate the problem of ...
His headache was aggravated by all the noise.
2. braggart 吹嘘者，自夸者
3. entice 诱惑；诱使；引诱
The adverts entice the customer into buying things they don't really want.
People are being enticed away from the profession by higher salaries elsewhere.
In many cities drivers are being enticed to take a train or bus to work.
4. equilibrium
the country's economic equilibrium
Yoga is said to restore one's inner equilibrium.
5. alleviate 减轻；缓和，缓解
The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.
6. adorn 装扮；装饰
The bride's hair was adorned with white flowers.
7. malevolent
恶意的；恶毒的；有害的
The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge.
I could feel his malevolent gaze as I walked away.
8. connote
If a word, object, or situation connotes something, it makes you think of a feeling or an idea that is more than its basic meaning:
To me, chocolate connotes pleasure and indulgence.
9. abhor 憎恶；憎恨；厌恶
10. agile 敏捷的，灵活的
You need to have agile fingers to do this kind of work.
11. endeavor 努力；奋力
Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.
In spite of our best endeavours, it has proven impossible to contact her.
Crossing the North Pole on foot was an amazing feat of human endeavour.
====表达积累
1. cut the cackle (old-fashioned)
To stop talking in order to do something more important. Primarily heard in UK.
All right, everyone, let's cut the cackle and start brainstorming ideas for this new project.
They were basically told to cut the cackle and get back to work
2. in cahoots 结伙，勾结；沆瀣一气
It turned out that the business tycoon was in cahoots with local law enforcement to have the investigation dropped.
We've been in cahoots with a company overseas who can produce the product for half the price.
A banker and a government minister were in cahoots over a property deal.
3. raise Cain
to make a lot of trouble
The customer has been raising Cain about the service charge we included on his bill.
4. you can't have your cake and eat it
5. sell like hot cakes; go like hot cakes
6. call the shots / call the tune
To dictate how a situation or agenda proceeds, as from a position of authority.
My staff has to do what I say because I'm the boss, and I call all the shots here!
Mom calls the shots for Thanksgiving dinner, so you better get her approval for any dish you want to bring.
Sally always wants to call the shots, and Marry doesn't like to be bossed around. c
7. good call /bad call
A good decision or idea. The phrase does not have to be preceded by an article.
Hey, good call—I think the blue tie will bring out my eyes more, just like you said.
Ordering this dish was definitely a good call—it's delicious!
8. open up a can of worms
discover or bring to light a complicated matter likely to prove awkward or embarrassing.
I worry that trying to tweak the existing system could open up a can of worms that we're not anticipating.
9. cannot hold a candle to
Cannot compare to someone or something; is not nearly as good or desirable as someone or something.
The sequel wasn't bad, but it can't hold a candle to the original.
John's fast all right, but he can't hold a candle to Louise!
10. burn the candle at both ends
To overwork or exhaust oneself by doing too many things, especially both late at night and early in the morning.
Oh, Denise is definitely burning the candle at both ends—she's been getting to the office early and staying very late to work on some big project.
No wonder Mary is ill. She has been burning the candle at both ends for a long time.
You'll wear out if you keep burning the candle at both ends.
11. not worth the candle (old fashioled, British)
If something is not worth the candle, it is not worth the trouble or effort which is needed in order to achieve or obtain it.
Harrison has described the reforms proposed by the governor as `not worth the candle'.
12. a loose cannon
Someone who has the propensity to act unpredictably or to lose their temper very quickly.
You really have to be mindful of what you say to Jake. He's a loose cannon, and the smallest things will send him into a fit of rage.
Thomson can be a loose cannon-he's not easy to control.
12. stray
13. renovate
14. curriculum
15. amalgamate
16. drowsiness
17. disrobe
18. xenophile
19. suffocate
20. sequence
