2023年1月23日 星期一

freak out, freaking, unfailingly, thrashing, certitude, incertitude




Biden's flat debate performance reportedly sent shockwaves through his staff, with aides apparently “freaking out” over his tepid showing.


“He called me as he was running out of the school,” Mr. Leffler said of his son, a student at the school. “He was panicking, freaking out, he heard like eight gunshots, he was very scared.”




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Donald Trump' handpicked FCC chairman (and former cable lobbyist) could announce his plan to end Net Neutrality as soon as Wednesday.
If he succeeds, Comcast and Verizon will have free reign to slow down and censor news or websites that don’t match their political agenda, or anything else they don’t like -- for any reason at all.
For the sake of our democracy, we can’t hand that kind of power to profit-seeking corporations. Please help stop this corporate power grab over what⋯⋯
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To turn on or as if on a pivot: "The plot . . . lacks direction, pivoting on Hamlet's incertitude" (G. Wilson Knight).

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"A salad’s healthy, right?” she asked. Of course the objective answer is yes. But my answer was more complicated."

I was diagnosed with anorexia two years ago. I worry about the impact...
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The pro-democracy demonstrators of the "Umbrella Revolution" might just be the world's nicest protesters. http://cnn.it/1mR6gsl
They are efficient, and unfailingly polite.
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n: /ˈfriːkɪŋ /








ADJECTIVE [ATTRIBUTIVE]& ADVERB

freak out
US informal
Used for emphasis or to express angerannoyance,contempt, or surprise:I’m going out of my freaking mind!this film is so freaking good

Origin

euphemism for fucking.

If someone freaks out, or if something freaks them out, they suddenly feel extremely surprisedupsetangry, or confused.
I remember the first time I went onstage. I freaked out completely. [VERB PARTICLE]
I think our music freaks people out sometimes. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
It sort of frightens me. I guess I am kind of freaked out by it. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]




unfailing

Line breaks: un|fail¦ing
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋ
  DJECTIVE





1Without error or fault:his unfailing memory for names

1.1Reliable or constant:his mother had always been an unfailing sourceof reassurance
Derivatives






unfailingly

ADVERB
unfailingness
NOUN



certitude
(sûr'tĭ-tūd', -tyūd') pronunciation
n.
  1. The state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence.
  2. Sureness of occurrence or result; inevitability.
  3. Something that is assured or unfailing: "eager to swap the hazards of American freedom for the gray certitudes of Soviet life" (Time). See synonyms at certainty.
[Middle English, from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus, certain. See certain.]







Freak out definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/freak-out

freak out. phrasal verb. If someone freaks out, or if something freaks them out, they suddenly feel extremely surprised, upset, angry, or confused.

Urban Dictionary: freak out

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=freak%20out

1. to shock or disorient someone 2. to panic, to lose control.
Line breaks: freak-out

Definition of freak-out in English:

noun

informal
wildly irrational reaction or spell of behaviour.

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