绝望的主妇 学习笔记.doc

run errand: 跑腿 I ran my errands 我完成我的使命every other day: 每隔一天两天 polish: 使完美gleam: (使)闪烁, (使)闪亮 In truth, I spent the day as I spend every other day quietly polishing the routine of my life until it gleamed with perfection. 事实上, 和平时没什么不同一切都和往常一样,直到一件不寻常的事情的发生。closet: 壁橱 retrieve: 找回 revolver: 左轮手枪startle: 使吓一跳，使惊吓arouse: 引起，激发think of: 想出 drop in on sb.: 顺便拜访某人After some initial hesitation在犹豫了一会之后have got to: 不得不for a moment: 片刻,一会儿 motionless: 不动的，静止的grief-stricken: 极度悲伤的 senseless: 无知觉的；愚蠢的And for a moment, Mrs. Huber stood motionless in her kitchen grief-stricken by this senseless tragedy. 过了一会之后,Huber太太呆呆地站在厨房里, 因为这件事情而感到极度悲伤。look on the bright side: 看到事物光明的一面；对事物抱乐观态度lay to rest: 安葬funeral: 葬礼 resident: 居民in this situation: 在这种情况下recipe: 食谱move up the corporate ladder: 升官；升迁 hectic: 俗 兴奋的, 紧张忙碌的You are going to behave today. 你们今天乖一点。humiliate: 使蒙羞，使丢脸elf: (双耳尖尖的)小精灵，恶人act up: 行动倔强, 任性【这里指捣蛋，淘气】vehemently: 猛烈地get over with: 口一劳永逸地做完,把做完了事mergers and acquisitions: 兼并与收购 propose: 求婚well: 流出 well up: 涌出,涌现a big deal: 要人considerably: 相当地talk at: 对唠叨不休work into: 插进,穿入Just work it into the conversation.theres no way: 没有办法mutual: 共同的 funds: 基金come up: 提到，提及context: 上下文 Im telling you, it came up in the context of the conversation. 我告诉过你了,当时他们在说这些。from scratch: 非正从头做起, 从零开始grief: 悲痛tease: 取笑make fun of: 嘲弄，取笑watery: 淡的lipstick: 唇印confront: 对抗，使对质；面对；遭遇；比较Zen: 禅, 禅宗fulfillment: n.实行，履行erect: 竖起的 penis: 阳物limp: 柔软的ethical: 道德的conference: 会议at the back of: 在内心中 I wanted at the back of his mind that he had a loving wife at home, 我希望他记得还有个爱他的妻子在家里等他go through: 检查, 审查, 搜查【这里指收拾】sort of: 某种，多少有些rent out: 租出illustrate: 作图解big with: 充满的;已怀孕多时的plumber: 水管工clog: 阻塞Ive been looking all over for you. 我正到处找你。at a wake: 在守灵场合be concerned about: 关心,挂念below the surface: 深入,实际上go round: 到处走动real soon: 马上flirt: 调情 Youre obviously into each other你们互相吸引housewarming: 乔迁庆宴eligible: 合格的But she also knew that good news travels quickly. 但是她也知道好消息.传得很快。predatory: 掠夺的divorcee: 离婚者radius: 半径conquest: 征服，战利品 numerous: 许多的 varied: 各种各样的 legendary: 传说的enemy: 敌人sausage: 腊肠in the middle of something: 正在忙rivalry: 竞争stop by: 顺便来访take a look at: 检查，看看 pipe: 水管order around: 不断差遣, 把差来差去dig up: 挖掘，挖出来bandage: 绷带press against: 使贴着carved: 雕刻的hook up: 扣住；接通【这里指搭上关系，性交】import from: 从进口abnormal: 不正常的navy bean: 菜豆allergic: 过敏dignify: 使尊贵sullen:闷闷不乐的cuisine: 烹饪warning sign: 警报信号as fresh as paint: 精神饱满的run for: 参加竞选seeing: 由于，鉴于household: 一家人replace with: 用代替 grief: 悲痛indignation: 愤怒by now: 到如今domestic: 家庭的domestic life家居生活dread: 害怕，恐惧with a sudden urge to突然有做的冲动blow out: 炸毁drag: 深吸一口烟plastic surgery: 整形手术child support payment: 儿童抚养费no big deal: 小事一桩make out of: 用做custody: 监护权ambrosia: 特别美味的食物pipe: 水管come over: 过来stuff down: 把塞入peanut butter: 花生酱stuff up: 堵上 sink: 水槽a bunch of一捆popsicle: 冰棒 stick: 棍a change of pace : 变手法，换口味detergent: 净化的 commercial: 商业的help yourself: 自便long to do: 渴望betrayal: 背叛But sadly for Bree, admitting defeat was not an option. 但是Bree很可悲的认为,承认失败不是什么好事。mustard: 芥末 dressing: 调味品ranch: 大农场 suspect: 可疑的dissolution: 解散，解除instantly: 立即地frazzled: 疲惫的touchdown: 降落, 着陆exhausted: 筋疲力尽swelling: 肿胀I feel badly about that. 是啊,我很遗憾。distracted: 心烦意乱的bizarre: 奇异的suburban: 市郊的mow: 除草lawn: 草坪go into: 进入(某种状态)run through: (使)在流过 ever since: 从那时起at ones best: 处在最佳状态plan on doing: 打算the wee hours: 后半夜antiacid: 抗酸剂And just like that, the possibility that Susan had clung onto, the maybe of Mike Delfino was gone forever. 就像这样, Susan坚信的一点可能性，Mike Delfino,完全没有了。precariousness: 不稳定mourn: 哀悼unattended: 无人看守的 den: 房间p