22-05-24 1. curry favour 讨好，奉承，拍马屁（curry是咖喱） Hes always trying to curry favour with the boss. 他总是想方设法拍老板马屁。 2. be in apple-pie order 井然有序；整齐；井井有条（apple-pie是苹果派） Their house is always in apple-pie order. 他们家总是...

22-04-12 jam tomorrow不是明天的果酱 蘸着果酱的面包是很多老外的早餐标配，但老外说的 jam tomorrow 可不是明天的果酱。 jam tomorrow 起源于小说家卡罗尔《爱丽丝漫游奇遇记》的续集，爱丽斯的老板除了要支付工资，还应该支付一份 jam 作为她的奖金。 果酱的给法却是 Jam tom...

20-12-02 表达 a jam session 指 音乐家们进行非正式的演奏，这类演奏通常是 没有经过排练的即兴演奏。这个表达中的动词 jam 的意思是 与他人即兴演奏。 例句 Ive just got a new guitar. Do you want to come round for a jam session tomorrow? 我刚买了一把新吉他。你想明天...

15-09-17 Gawker jam is a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to gawk, they may be staring at the wheel in an unthinking way, not even hearing the warning horns behind their cars. 发呆堵车指驾车人把车速减下来发呆导致的交通堵塞，他们可能正出神地盯着方向...

11-06-19 A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and...

09-09-21 继今年七月份广州传出对车辆征收交通拥堵费的方案之后，上海市也想采取这一政策来缓解道路拥挤问题，但是因为广州拟征收交通拥堵费遭到一片质疑声，所以上海市近日就这一政策向民众征求意见。 请看相关报道： Shanghai will solicit public opinion on auto plate auct...