181003 Elon Musk 02

1. work with his low-carb diet

low carb diet

low carb food

2. chunks of fried lobster

large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape厚块，大块:

•ice chunks大冰块

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•a chunk of bread一大块面包

3. He opened up about the major fear keeping him up at night

keep sb up, to prevent someone from going to bed不让某人睡觉:

•I hope I'm not keeping you up.希望我没有耽误你睡觉。

4. Page was fundamentally a well-intentioned person.

well-in'tentioned

trying to be helpful to people, but actually making things worse for them出于好心的〔但实际上使结果更糟〕:

•well intentioned grandparents who interfere between parents and children在父母和孩子之间瞎掺和的、好心的祖父

5. Page is nice guy nature left him assuming that the machines would forever do our bidding.

do someone's bidding (also do the bidding of someone)

: to do what someone tells you or orders you to do

He was at the beck and call of powerful interest groups and was always willing to do their bidding.

6. with a few gargantuan bites

extremely large巨大的，庞大的;SYNgigantic

•a meal of gargantuan proportions丰盛的大餐

•gargantuan task巨大的任务

7. desperate to keep Musk happy and chatting

needing or wanting something very much非常需要的，极其需要的

desperate to do sth

•He was desperate to get a job.他急于找到一份工作