Reading丨Two-nation Britain

flounce

主要释义：

to walk quickly in an impatient way, because you are angry

a wide piece of cloth that is formed into folds and fastened for decoration to the edge of something such as a piece of clothing or a curtain

a sudden impatient movement that shows people you are angry

原句：Iain Duncan Smith’s flounce was opportunistic, but he is on to something

例句：

an act or instance of flouncing

She flounced out of the room.

flounced blouses/skirt

opportunistic

情景释义：

To be opportunistic is to quickly take advantage of a situation, usually in a way that's just plain wrong.

原句：Iain Duncan Smith’s flounce was opportunistic, but he is on to something

例句：

opportunistic practice  投机行为

It’s informal and opportunistic – when managers see someone struggling with a specific problem, they intervene and help the person work through it.   Forbes(Jul 10, 2014)

be on to something

释义：

have an idea or information that is likely to lead to an important discovery 

认识到重要意义；会产生重要结果

原句：Iain Duncan Smith’s flounce was opportunistic, but he is on to something

例句：

We hate to say it, but they might actually be on to something here.

animus

释义：

a feeling of strong dislike or hatred

情景释义：

Saying you have animus toward a person is a fancy way of saying that you hate their guts. You could also say that an animus exists between two people. That's when they hate each others' guts.

原句：How transparently his animus towards George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, motivated his accusations.

例句：

I have no animus towards Robert.

turn on

新发现：

to make a deliberate effort to use a special quality that you have in order to achieve something

=to try hard to do sth

to be the issue, fact, or point that something depends on most

原句：How odd for the man who has run the Department for Work and Pensions (fairly incompetently) for the past six years to turn on his own policies.

例句：

He’ll have to turn on all his charm to persuade her.

The trial turned on the medical evidence presented by the defence.