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leeway
自由活动的空间

How much leeway should parents give their children?

She believed that as long as the board would give her enough time and leeway, she would be able to turn DecisionTech around.
blatant
/ˈbleɪtnt/
明目张胆的;公开的

Jeff wouldn't allow such a blatant act of revolt

It was a blatant lie. 那是个弥天大谎

a blatant attempt to buy votes 公然的贿选企图
revolt
/-ˈvoʊlt/

1) 反抗,反叛(当权者) (against sb/sth)
Finally the people revolted against the military dictatorship. 人民最终起来反抗军事独裁。

2) 叛逆;违抗 (against sth)
Teenagers often revolt against parental discipline. 青少年常常不遵从父母的条条框框。

3) 使惊骇;令人厌恶
All the violence in the movie revolted me.
The way he ate his food revolted me.
engross
/ɪnˈɡroʊs/

使全神贯注;占去(某人的)全部注意力和时间
He seemed to be constantly checking e-mail or doing something similarly engrossing.

As the business grew, it totally engrossed him. 业务的不断扩大占去了他的全部时间和精力。

an engrossing problem 引人关注的问题
moniker
/ˈmɒnɪkə(r)/ 绰号 [humorous]
testy
易怒的;暴躁的

The old man sounded testy.
cater
1)承办酒席
Who will be catering the wedding? 谁来承办婚宴?
2)cater for somebody/something 满足需要;适合
The class caters for all ability ranges. 这个班对各种不同水平的人都适合。
3)cater to somebody/something
满足需要;迎合
They only publish novels which cater to the mass market. 他们只出版迎合大众市场的小说。
as opposed to
rather than (表示对比)而,相对于 [written]
~ 200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year.
~ This exercise develops suppleness as opposed to strength.
hairy
惊险的;可怕(但刺激)的 <informal>

~Driving on icy roads can be pretty hairy. 在结冰的道路上开车很惊险。
~ a hairy experience 令人毛骨悚然的经历
slate
v. 预定;计划;安排 / 推举;选定 [passive, American English]
~ At the current moment we are slated to design with the Nexus as the Data Center core switch.
~ The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago. 这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。
~ I was told that I was being slated for promotion.
fodder
/ˈfɑːd-/
- (人或东西)只能是…的料 [disapproving]
- 饲料,秣
- 素材

~ Without education, these children will end up as factory fodder(= only able to work in a factory). 不受教育,这些孩子将来只能到工厂干活。
~This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists. 这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
~ Most of it is roadmap / dashboard fodder.
pulling teeth
- extremely difficult
~ It does become a bit of pulling teeth in some cases. It's been completely interrupt driven and manual for us to ask for such info from all teams.
~ Getting our kids dressed and off to school in winter is like pulling teeth.
ornament
v. 装饰;点缀;美化
~ a room richly ornamented with carving 雕饰得富丽堂皇的屋子
~ Is there a way to ornament the GUI and ask someone to help with it?
causal
/ˈkɔːzl/ 前因后果的;原因的 [formal]
~ the causal relationship between poverty and disease 贫穷与疾病的因果关系
in lockstep (with)
步调一致, 紧密步伐;步伐完全一致

~ TrustSec Solution Release is in lockstep with ISE release.

~ His opponent already is walking in lockstep with Washington Republicans.
front-load
将……提前; 为 (合同或项目等的) 前期确定成本或收益

~ What they need to do is front load, front load, front load," Borg said. "They are not concrete enough when it comes to fiscal measures that need to be done."
~Front loading is simply the act of slamming out results in the early part of the schedule, rather than the latter. In other words, move your “crunch time” to the very start. By forcing yourself to think in crunch mode right off the bat, you’ll have a much easier time of avoiding distractions, staying focused, and delivering great results.
right off the bat
immediately; without delay 立刻;毫不犹豫 informal especially American English
promissory
[ˈprɔmisəri] 约定的;约好的;允诺的

~ RC (Resource Commit) the remainder of the content, promissory note for the CVD you will complete in February DC (Delivery Commit) the remainder of the deliverables late August to early September.
level off/out
-(经过急剧的涨落后)保持平稳发展
-(停止升降而)保持水平
~They leveled off, reach to their limit after all years of hard work.
~Sales have leveled off after a period of rapid growth.
~The plane leveled off at 1 500 feet.
飞机在 1/f500 英尺的高空保持水平飞行
deliberate practice
刻意练习

~ deliberate practice 刻意的练习
~ rigorously practice 严格地练习
primer
识字课本;启蒙读本 American English old-fashioned
lump
- 把…归并一起(或合起来考虑)
~You can't lump all Asian languages together. 你不能把所有的亚洲语言混为一谈。
instantiate
实例化, 举例说明

the policy you want to instantiated in the network is so complicated
a catch-22 situation
左右为难, 进退两难
I can't get a job because I haven't got anywhere to live but I can't afford a place to live until I get a job─it's a catch-22 situation.
it is a matter of whether the juice is worth the squeeze.
I think we have a ton of technical options, it is a matter of whether the juice is worth the squeeze.
introduce that notion
引进这一概念
a security through obscurity mechanism
obscurity /-ˈskjʊr-/
默默无闻, 模棱两可
~ With DHCP it obviously more of a security through obscurity mechanism, but very quick and easy.
~ He spent most of his life working in obscurity. 他在默默无闻的工作中度过了大半生。
on premise / off premise
~ The most important thing happening today is that platforms are moving off premise and into the cloud," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com

~marketing user on premise allowed access to certain apps but off premise (VPN) they are not.
that's the gist of it, a few nits:
the gist: 要点;主旨;

nits: 小虱子
pendulum
/'pɛndʒələm/ 钟摆

~Very interesting indeed. Seems as though the pendulum has already swung into the 802.1X domain
fait accompli
/ˈfet ə'kɑmpli/ 既成事实

~ We got married secretly and then presented our parents with a fait accompli. 我们秘密结了婚,然后以米已成炊之态禀告父母。
contend
- (尤指在争论中)声称,主张,认为
~ I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point. 我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。
contend with something
- to have to deal with a problem or difficult situation (不得不)处理问题,对付困境
~ Nurses often have to contend with violent or drunken patients. 护士经常不得不对付粗暴的或喝醉酒的病人。
onset
开端,发生,肇始(尤指不快的事件)

At the onset of this CAP, four critical issues were identified as 'show-stoppers' for the project.
leave off
停止(做某事);中断 informal

~Start reading from where you left off last time. 从上次停下来的地方接着读吧。
~He left off playing the piano to answer the door. 他停止弹钢琴,前去开门。
trump card
1. (某些纸牌游戏的一张)王牌,主牌,将牌 2. (某些纸牌游戏的)王牌花色,主牌花色 3. 某些纸牌游戏出王牌赢(牌);出王牌压掉(他人的牌)

We are using 'jack-in-the-box' as trump card as it is an expensive program. But next year, we won't be able to use that as trump card.
bells and whistles
华丽的点缀

Apart from making it easy to configure network settings, the OS does not offer many extra bells and whistles in the way of advanced features for the network administrator
wager
打赌 /ˈweɪdʒə(r)/

I wouldn’t wager on either one Edison or ISE 1.1 timelines.
herein
在此处;于此文件(或声明、事实)中

There are far too many questions herein to answer within an email thread. Proper program planning meetings required including architecture / solution technology reviews. Proper program planning meetings required including architecture / solution technology reviews.
slog
埋头苦干;坚持不懈地做 [informal]
V. N. (slog through, slog away)

Thanks for your persistence this quarter. It’s been a slog. We’ll get there.


She slogged her way through four piles of ironing. 她辛辛苦苦一连熨了四堆衣服。

He's been slogging away at that piece of music for weeks.
revitalize
/ri'vaɪtəˈlaɪz/ 使更强壮;使恢复生机(或健康)

measures to revitalize the inner cities 让市中心更加繁荣的措施
The local economy has been revitalized. 地方经济已经恢复活力。
a passing interest in sb/sth
对某人/某事短暂的兴趣

. If you have even a passing interest in the material below, would you please contact me.
common denominator
(想法、态度或经验的)共同点
lowest common denominator
大众化的东西;最平庸的人

The school syllabus seems aimed at the lowest common denominator. 学校的教学大纲似乎是针对接受能力最差的学生制定的。
extrapolate
推断;推知;外推

Their age can be determined by extrapolation from their growth rate. 它们的年龄可从其生长速度来推定。
in lieu of
(以...)替代

He used an inked thumbprint in lieu of signature. 他用按手印替代签字。
tout
/taut/ v. 标榜;吹捧;吹嘘
within the borderless network world, all of the trends that we've been touting, user, mobility, device mobility, data mobility, data moving to the cloud and visualization is actually happening.

She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人
allude
The problem had been alluded to briefly in earlier discussions. 这个问题在以往的讨论中已间接提及。
corny
陈旧的;过时的;陈词滥调的;[informal]

I know it sounds corny, but it really was love at first sight! 我知道这听起来像陈词滥调,然而的确是一见钟情啊!

So if ISE is the brains of TrustSec, then the second part, the network, the network is the heart of TrustSec. So sorry, the corny analogy.
analogy
/ə'nælədʒɪ/

The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.