2019年5月19日 星期日

"obsess over" something, second string, obsessed gal pals



Chinese officials obsess over the differences of opinion within the Trump administration, not realising that the hardening of the mood in Washington predates, and will outlast, Donald Trump


ECONOMIST.COM

In Washington, talk of a China threat cuts across the political divide
Amid accusations of theft and espionage, opinions have hardened








Olympic marathon runners are no less obsessed about shoes than the gal pals in “Sex and the City.”


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Ingres painted six works in our collection, but he was also an accomplished violinist. The French phrase for having a second string to one's bow is a 'violon d'Ingres'.

obsessed 
adjective
unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something:
Why are people so obsessed with money?
As a society we're obsessed by sex.

obsess 
verb [I or T]
If something or someone obsesses you, or if you obsess about something or someone, you think about them all the time:
The whole relationship obsessed me for years.
She used to obsess about her weight.



To "obsess over" something means to spend too much time worrying about details.

obsession
noun [C or U]
something or someone that you think about all the time:
an unhealthy obsession with death
her chocolate obsession


He's always wanted to find his natural mother but recently it's become an obsession.

obsessive Show phonetics
adjective (ALSO obsessional)
obsessive secrecy
He's obsessive about punctuality.
obsessional behaviour

obsessively 
adverb (ALSO obsessionally)

obsessive 
noun [C] SPECIALIZED

gal1

(gălpronunciation
n. Informal.
A girl.
[Alteration of GIRL.]
noun [C] INFORMAL
1 a friend:
You're my best pal.
It's my old pal Pete!

2 sometimes used when talking to a man who is annoying you:
Look, pal, you're asking for trouble.

adjective INFORMAL
friendly:
They've become very pally (with each other).
Suddenly she started acting very pally towards me.

Definition of second string in English:

noun

1(often in phrase a second string to one's bow) An alternative resource or course of action in caseanother one fails:he was principally a batsman and bowling was the second string to his bow

2(In sport) the second-choice players:Mimms will play in goal for City 's second string

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