英语笔记《绝望主妇第一季》p8

1. Does she feel anger, rage, ecstasy? What she feels, is so far below the surface.

• ecstasy/ˈek.stə.si/: a state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure. 欣喜若狂
  eg.
  -My father was in ecstasy when I won my scholarship.
  -sexual ecstasy

2. Do you use housework to disengage emotional?

• disengage /ˌdɪs.ɪŋˈɡeɪdʒ/:to stop being involved in something, or to stop someone being involved in something.
  eg.
  -They recognized that the country would revive only if it thoroughly disengaged from the chaos of the old regime.
  -Both children, disengaging themselves from their game, came to her side.

3. The truth hit her like a thunderbolt.

• hit sb like a thunderbolt 被雷劈了

4. I talked to Julie and she suggested rid-eye steaks.

• rid-eye 肉眼-牛里脊

5. I'm sorry about your house. How you holding up? 你怎么挺(撑)过来的？
   (这是口语常用语,省略了虚词(BE动词), 完整的是How are you holding up? 还有一句很常见的是：How you doing?)

6. I don't want to intrude, three is a crowd.

• intrude /ɪnˈtruːd/： 入侵，打扰
  eg.
  -Do you feel anxious when unforeseen incidents intrude on your day?

7. It's not like that, the more the merrier.

• the more the merrier: 越多越好;多多益善
  eg.
  -With skiing, it's definitely the more the merrier.
  -Yes, by all means bring your inlaws with you to the party tonight-the more the merrier.

8. She is not a vegetarian or something? Oh. no, she's definitely a carnivore.

• vegetarian: 素食主义者，去国外的餐厅菜单上会写一个给素食主义提供的专栏。
• carnivore: 食肉动物，剧里说的是 喜欢吃肉的人；食肉动物(诙谐说法)
  eg. This is a vegetarian dish that carnivores love.

9. Young boys can be so willful.

• willful: 任性的；故意的
  eg.
  -He displayed a willful ignorance of their plight(困难).
  -The willful boy ran away wildly along the winding(弯曲的) path.

10. They're just getting some perverse joy out of testing me.

• perverse /pəˈvɜːs/: strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy. 执拗的;任性的;我就要反着干
  (per 自始至终 + vers 转 + e → 自始至终〔反着〕转 → 性情乖张的)
  eg.
  -Sometimes I think he refuses to cooperate just to be perverse.
  -She takes perverse pleasure in shocking people.

11. her mind has just turned to mush.

• mush：软稠的一摊;糊状物;玉米粥
• sb's mind trun to mush: 变糊涂了，脑子一团浆糊

12. Can I be frank？ 我能实话实说吗？

• be frank= be honest= frankly speaking

13. The truth is elusive because they know where to hide?

• elusive /iˈluːsɪv/：难找的;难以解释的;难以达到的
  （e 出 + lus 玩；戏剧 + ive …的 → 把人玩出局的 → 难懂的）
  eg.
  -The elusiveness of her character.
  -But why does creativity remain so elusive?
  不过，为什么创意还是这么可遇不可求？