1.words and expressions
outlandish
Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight.
adj. strange and unusual
? 古怪的跋核，奇異的:
?outlandish clothes
? 奇裝異服
?Her story seemed so outlandish.
? 她的描述似乎太不尋常了枚粘。
rattle
How rattled we all become when dealing with banks.
[informal] to make someone lose confidence or become nervous
? 使慌亂彪杉，使緊張:
?His mocking smile rattled her more than his anger.
? 他那種嘲諷的微笑比他的憤怒更讓她感到害怕榜晦。
?It was hard not to get rattled when the work piled up.
? 工作積了一大堆，哪能不著急呢干茉。
?His confidence was rattled by the accident.
? 他的自信因?yàn)檫@場(chǎng)事故動(dòng)搖了绞铃。
phrase rattle sb's cage, [spoken informal] to annoy someone – used humorously
? 惹惱某人〔幽默用法〕:
?Who rattled your cage?
? 是誰(shuí)惹你了？
shed
His own influence hasn't been so easily shed.
verb (past tense and past participle shed) , present participle shedding
1. get rid of 去掉, to get rid of something that you no longer need or want
? 去除囱嫩，擺脫〔不需要或不想要的東西〕:
?The company is planning to shed about a quarter of its workforce.
? 這家公司正計(jì)劃裁減四分之一的人員恃疯。
?The magazine is desperately trying to shed its old-fashioned image.
? 這份雜志急于擺脫其守舊的形象。
?a diet to help you shed pounds
? 幫助你減肥的食譜
phrase
shed light
a. to make something easier to understand, by providing new or better information
? 〔通過(guò)提供新信息等〕使〔某事物〕清楚些（易于理解）:
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?Recent research has shed light on the causes of the disease.
? 最近的研究使人們對(duì)這種疾病的成因有了更多的了解墨闲。
?Investigators hope to shed light on what started the fire.
? 調(diào)查人員希望找出起火原因今妄。
b. if something sheds light, it lights the area around it
? 發(fā)出光線(xiàn); 照亮，照射:
?The lamp shed a harsh yellow light.
? 這盞燈發(fā)出刺眼的黃光鸳碧。
