be/get/have one up (on someone) 略胜…一筹，占…的上风，超过…，优于…

To have/get an advantage over someone, or to have done / to do something that shows you are better than them.

This expression ‘one up’ comes from sports, where it means to be one point ahead of one’s opponents. It was transferred to more general use about 1920.

例句：

He’s always trying to get one up on his brother. 他总是试图超过他的兄弟。

Your experience as a sales assistant puts you one up on the other candidates. 你当过推销员，这一经历就比其他申请人强。

Anyhow, Fred is one up on Bill from my point of view. 但是我认为弗雷德要略胜一筹。

Martin is one up on david. 马丁比大卫略胜一筹。

Roger chalked one up on his opponent during their first television debate. 在他们第一场电视辩论中，罗杰占了对手的上风。

He’s just mad because Sarah is one up on him after their yearly performance reviews. 他很生气，因为莎拉在他们的年度业绩考核后比他高一分。

Jake and I have an ongoing contest to see who’s better at this game. He’s one up at the moment, but I’m trying to improve. 杰克和我正在进行一场比赛，看看谁在这场比赛中表现得更好。他目前领先一分，但我正在努力提高。

Tom is one up on Sally because he got a job and she didn’t. Yes, it sounds like Tom is one up. 汤姆比莎莉强一点，因为他找到了一份工作，而莎莉没有。是的，听起来汤姆领先一位。

to go into a room and see what someone is doing, when they did not want to be seen
走进屋里撞见（某人在做私密的事）

例句：

I just don’t wanna walk in on you eating on the toilet again. 我只是不想下次又撞见你坐在马桶上吃东西了。

I don’t want Jenna to walk in on us. Jenna’s in the kitchen. 我可不想珍娜撞见我们这样珍娜在厨房。

She walked in on me when I was getting undressed. 她进屋正好撞见我在脱衣服。

This is but one of the methods used to try and get alcoholics to give up drink. 这只是为让那些酗酒者戒酒所尝试的方法之一。

This is but a foretaste of what the emerging technologies will enable us to do. 新科技将会给我们带来什么，这仅仅是一次初体验。

Our world is but a small part of the cosmos. 我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。

There is but one idea in everybody’s mind–Victory! 每人脑子里都只有一个意念：“胜利！”

Beauty is but skin deep. 美貌不过是一张皮。

She is but a child. 她不过是个孩子。

Life is but a dream, be endless, be also brief. 人生如梦，是漫长的，也是简短的。

It means to shower / get in the shower, but also indicate that the shower will be quick/short. No actual jumping involved.
（快速、短暂地）洗澡

例句：

Mmm. I gotta jump in the shower. I’m gonna be late. 嗯。我得去洗个澡。我要迟到了。

英音 /ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪd/

美音 /ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪd/

[ adjective ] humiliated, ashamed, or deeply embarrassed
感到屈辱的；惭愧的；极度尴尬的

例句：

She was absolutely mortified to hear her son swearing at the teacher.
听到儿子骂老师，她简直窘死了。

英音 /ˈɡɪv.əˌweɪ/

美英 /ˈɡɪv.əˌweɪ/

1 noun [ C ] something that is given free to a customer
[ 可数名词 ]（给顾客的）赠品

2 [ noun C informal ] something that tells or shows something secret, often without intending to. A giveaway is something that makes you realize the truth about a particular person or situation.
[ 可数名词，非正式用语 ] （无意中）使真相/秘密暴露的事物

He said he’d given up smoking, but the empty packs in the bin were a dead giveaway (= clearly showed the secret truth). 他说他已经戒烟了，但是垃圾桶里的空烟盒让他彻底露了马脚。

Maki, if I am not wrong, you are Japanese, right? Yes, I am! My name is a dead giveaway haha. Maki，如果我没有弄错的话，你是日本人，对吧？是的，我是！我的名字完全暴露了我的身份哈哈。

美国俚语，半醉的

例句：

Sorry I didn’t call you last night—I had some wine, got half in the bag, and fell asleep. 对不起，我昨晚没给你打电话，我喝了点酒，快要喝醉了，就睡着了。

He was half in the bag and staggering slightly. 他已半醉，走路有点摇摇晃晃。

Jerry was half in the bag when we found him. I waved a taxi to send him home. 当我找到杰瑞的时候，他已经快要喝醉了。 我打了辆出租车，把他送回家。

They were all half in the bag by midnight. 到午夜的时候，他们都快要喝醉了。

I was half in the bag and had to be carried home. 我当时快要喝醉了，只得被搀扶回家。

He’d been half in the bag when I arrived. Now he was sober. 我到的时候他已经快喝醉了。现在他清醒了。

My dad got half in the bag, shouting and cussing. 我爹又快喝醉了，又是喊又是骂。

英音 /ˈpɜː.pə.treɪ.tə(r)/

美音 /ˈpɝː.pə.treɪ.t̬ɚ/

[ noun C ] someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act (US informal perp /pɝːp/)
犯罪者；行凶者；作恶者

例句：

The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals. 大屠杀的参与者必须作为战犯绳之以法。

The perpetrators of this evil deed must be brought to justice. 必须将参与这一恶行的凶手绳之以法。

And almost every sector of society is a perpetrator. 而且社会的几乎所有部门都有责任。

The perpetrators are now certain to face justice within a year. 这些黑暗份子们将在一年之内面临最终审判。

If someone says that to you, he is implying you are gullible.
如果有人这样对你说，他就是在暗示你容易上当受骗。

例句：

If you believe pigs can fly, I have a bridge to sell you. 如果你相信猪会飞，你就太容易被骗了。

英音 /ˈmen.θ(ə)l/

美音 /ˈmen.θɑːl/

[ noun U ] a solid, white natural substance that smells and tastes like mint
[ 不可数名词 ] 薄荷醇

Menthol can help to clear your nose when you have a cold. 薄荷醇可以帮助感冒的人清鼻子。

menthol cigarettes 薄荷香烟