14-03-20 Meatatarian is a person who eats meat virtually to the exclusion of vegetables. It is a reactionary term created in response to vegetarianism. 肉食主义者是专吃肉、不吃蔬菜的人。它是素食主义者的反义词。 Example: Waiter: What can I get you? Mary: A ch...

14-03-06 Life radius is the distance from home or work within which a person performs most of their day-to-day activities; the distance within which a person lives all or most of their life. Life radius指从家到单位的距离，一个人大部分的日常活动都在这个距离范...

14-02-25 Meal ticket may refer to a) a ticket that entitles the bearer to meals in a specified restaurant, especially when meals purchased in this manner are offered at reduced rates; b) someone upon whom one is dependent for one's income or livelihood, for...

14-02-25 Shortly after one person in the group brings out his or her iphone, the rest follow suit, ultimately ending all conversation and eye contact. This is called iPhone effect . 一群人中的一个掏出自己的iPhone之后，很快其他人也一个个开始玩iPhone，最后所有...

14-02-25 One-upper is an annoying person who responds to hearing someone elses experience or problem by immediately telling a similar story about themselves with a much more fantastic (or terrible) outcome. One-upper是这样一种人：在听完别人的经历或问题后，马...

14-02-21 新的研究发现，第一印象很难被改变。但好消息是，人们的快速判断往往是准确的。 First impressions are hard to dislodge（驱逐） , new research finds. The good news is that people's snap judgments about others tend to be accurate. Two new studies presented...

14-02-20 I think of myself as the happiest person whenever I walk into a room, and most people notice my smile right away. Here are 20 ways you can find yourself as happy as I am. 每当我进入一个房间的时候，我总是认为自己是最幸福的人，大部分的人都会立刻注意到...

14-02-14 In the Spring and Autumn Period, there lived in Chu a person named Chu Zhuliang, who addressed himself as Lord Ye. It's said that this Lord Ye was very fond of dragons. The walls had dragons painted on them. The beams, pillars, doors and the windows...

14-02-14 I won't insult your intelligence by explaining it to you. 我就不给你解释了，省得说我侮辱你智商。 The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege. 你的过去我不愿过问，那是你的事情；你的未来我希望参与，这是我...

14-02-11 Gossip magnet refers to a person or object that attracts an unusual amount of gossip. Gossip magnet指引发大量八卦传闻的人或物，即八卦焦点。 For example: Kan is no Justin Timberlake -- or even a gossip magnet like Paris Hilton. But he is taking advan...