Glass Ceiling
玻璃天花板是指在公司、企業(yè)和機(jī)關(guān)、團(tuán)體中對某些群體晉升到高級職位或決策層的潛在限制或障礙。它指正如玻璃一樣，這個障礙雖然不會明文規(guī)定，但卻是實實在在的存在.
Democratic nominee for president
民主黨總統(tǒng)候選人(美國有兩個主要政黨,一個是民主黨Democratic Party代表人物Hillary,另一個是共和黨Republican Party,代表人物Trump)
Quite a few
數(shù)量眾多的,程度弱于many,表示出乎意料的多.
Quite a few expresses that the speaker was impressed or astonished by the number, as they would have expected less. Or the speaker wants to emphasize on the fact that it was "more than you would think".
Wiktionary: An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few but fewer than a lot; a fair number of.
shatter
verb
A light globe shatters after it is shot with a pistol.
Word forms: third-person singular simple present shatters, present participle shattering, simple past and past participle[分詞] shattered
- (transitive:及物動詞) to violently break something into pieces.
- The miners used dynamite to shatter rocks.
- a high-pitched voice that could shatter glass.
- The old oak tree has been shattered by lightning.
- (transitive) to destroy or disable something.
- (intransitive:不及物動詞) to smash, or break into tiny pieces.
- (transitive) to dispirit or emotionally defeat
- to be shattered in intellect; to have shattered hopes, or a shattered constitution
noun
shatter (countable and uncountable, plural shatters)
-
(countable, archaic:古代的,古體的) A fragment:碎片 of anything shattered.
- to break a glass into shatters
A (pine) needle.[pine:松樹,needle:針,pine shatters == pine needle松針]
Synonym: shat (Maryland, Delaware)(uncountable, slang:俚語) A form of concentrated cannabis.
take place
發(fā)生
When something takes place, it happens, especially in a controlled or organized way.
set the scene/stage for
為某事做鋪墊
If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place.
shoo-in
countable plural shoo-ins
A shoo-in is a person or thing that seems sure to succeed.
someone or sth expected to win easily in an election, a race, etc.
be a shoo-in for something
be certain to win something, such as an election or a contest.
devastating
adj
- If you describe sth as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages. - You can use devastating to emphasizing sth is very shocking, upsetting, terrible.
- You can use devastating to emphasizing sth or someone is very impressive.
I was devastating.
carry out
phrasal verb[動詞短語]
實施,執(zhí)行
If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
Do you think she will carry out her threat?
campaign
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense campaigns, present participle campaigning, past tense, past participle campaigned
countable noun
A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
election campaign: 選舉運動
In a war, a campaign is a series of planned movements carried out by armed forces.
The allies are intensifying their air campaign.
verb
If someone campaigns for something, they carry out a planned set of activities over a period of time in order to achieve their aim.
v + for: We are campaigning for a law reform.
v + against + n: Mr Burns has actively campaigned against a hostel being set up here.
v + to-infinitive[動詞不定式]: They have been campaigning to improve the legal status of women.
intangible
Word forms: plural intangibles
adj
Sth that is intangible is abstract or is hard to define or measure.
There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.
You can refer to intangible things as intangibles.
Women workers place more importance on intangibles such as a sense of achievement.
hierarchy
Word forms: plural hierarchies
等級制度
A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company.
get into
phrasal verb
If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.
He was eager to get into politics.
If you get into a school, college, or university, you are accepted there as a student.
I was working hard to get into Cambridge.
If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave.
What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this?
a load of
You can use a load of to refer to people or things which you do not like. For example, if you say that something is a load of rubbish, you are emphasizing that you think it is no good at all or not true at all.
[informal, emphasis]
I've never heard such a load of nonsense.
Personally, I think that's a load of garbage!
hush-hush
adj
Something that is hush-hush is secret and not to be discussed with other people.
Or is that also a hush hush topic for you in your culture?
spin on
If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way.
So, it seems, like, so unnatural that you would talk about how much you're getting paid, but this article is putting a different spin on it.
in sb's stead
If you do something in someone's stead, you replace them and do it instead of them.
Pray for Master Logarius, in my stead...
替我向Logarius大師祈禱.
empowerment
授權(quán),增加信心和能力
The empowerment of a person or group of people is the process of giving them power and status in a particular situation.
