风骚律师S6EP7: 英语学习笔记

法律英语 - mediator: 调解人 - P.I. = private investigator: 私人侦探 - summation: 结辩 - wrongful termination: 非法解雇 - pay-off = bribe, a payment that is made to someone, often illegally, in order to stop them from causing you trouble 贿赂 - to tamper evidence 篡改证据 - to have a sidebar, AmE = an occasion when the lawyers and the judge in a trial discuss something without letting the jury hear what they are saying 私谈 - spiel: a quick speech that the speaker has used many/ times before, especially one that is intended to persuade people to buy something 套话 - recess: a time during the day or year when no work is done, especially in parliament, law courts etc. 休息、休庭 - legal mind: intelligent person, especially in a particular subject (here, legal) 法律精英 - elaborate plot 精心策划的阴谋

摄影词汇选 - Circle of Confusion: In optics, a circle of confusion is an optical spot caused by a cone of light rays from a lens not coming to a perfect focus when imaging a point source. It is also known as disk of confusion, circle of indistinctness, blur circle, or blur spot. 模糊圈 - bath: 定影液 - negative, n. = an image on a photographic film that shows dark areas as light and light areas as dark, from which the final picture is printed 底片 - scooch (in) = to move a short distance, especially when you are in a sitting or crouching (= low, with bent knees) position （照相时）靠近一些 - auteurs: a film director who has a strong influence on the style of the films that he or she makes 好导演

俚语与词组 - C'mon = come on (when spoken quickly) - Carpe diem (Latin aphorism) = seize the day, used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future 活在当下 - Capisce (borrowed from Italian) = do you understand? - crème de la crème (French, literally 'cream of the cream') = the best of the best - top-of-the-line (AmE) = the best of its kind - Truer words were never spoken = used when you strongly agree with what the other person has just said. - grease the wheels = to help sth. go smoothly 拉关系 - in style: done in a way that people admire, especially because it is unusual, shows great determination, or involves spending a lot of money 风光地 - to bet the farm on = to risk everything that one owns on a bet, investment or enterprise 孤注一掷 - to take sb. down a peg or two = make someone realize that they are less talented or important than they think they are. 给…点教训 - to land on one’s feet = have good luck or success, especially after risk or trial 化险为夷 - all hands on deck = a cry or signal used on board ship, typically in an emergency, to indicate that all crew members are to go on deck - to give sb. grief: to criticize someone in an annoying way 给脸子 - to get off on sth. = to become excited by sth. - pound or tic-tac-toe button: #号键 - tight, inf. = drunk