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An Archimedean point (or "Punctum Archimedis") is a hypothetical vantage point from which an observer can objectively perceive the subject of inquiry, with a view of totality. The ideal of "removing oneself" from the object of study so that one can see it in relation to all other things, but remain independent of them, is described by a view from an Archimedean point. The expression comes from Archimedes, who supposedly claimed that he could lift the Earth off its foundation if he were given a place to stand, one solid point, and a long enough lever. This is also mentioned in Descartes' second meditation with regards to finding certainty, the 'unmovable point' Archimedes sought.[1] Example quote: "We can no more separate our theories and concepts from our data and percepts than we can find a true Archimedean point—a god’s-eye view—of ourselves and our world." [2] Archimedean worm/method/fulcrum/point fulcrum bar/shaft The notion of an indefinite and unlimited “war on terror” became the fulcrum of US foreign policy Primary research consists of the collection of original primary data. It is often undertaken after the researcher has gained some insight into the issue by reviewing secondary research or by analyzing previously collected primary data.[clarification needed] It can be accomplished through various methods, including questionnaires and telephone interviews in market research, or experiments and direct observations in the physical sciences, amongst others. Secondary research (also known as desk research) involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research rather than primary research, where data is collected from, for example, research subjects or experiments.[1] The term is widely used in medical research and in market research. The principal methodology in medical secondary research is thesystematic review, commonly using meta-analytic statistical techniques, although other methods of synthesis, like realist reviews and meta-narrative[2] reviews, have been developed in recent years. Such secondary research uses the primary research of others typically in the form of research publications and reports. In a market research context, secondary research is taken to include the re-use by a second party of any data collected by a first party or parties. Peer-review Organization(RPO) All this could change the traditional form of the peer-review process, at least for the publication of papers. He says employers should design better contracts for visiting scholars, and that the peer-review system for research they produce be more stringent to ensure the work is original Rack 架子，折磨 Magazine/clothes/towel/luggage/hat rack Let’s put out suitcase on the rack. 放到架子上 She’s on the rack 痛苦不安 They have been racked with grief since she died last Tuesday. The author’s meaning is so clear that there can be no room to rack the text. 歪曲 Flip side 另一方面，唱片反面，对立的人 Yet on the flip side, not masking passwords is a potential security risk. All efforts of mediation(调解，斡旋) by a third party were in vain at all. Put your foot down 1. Take a firm stand and establish their authority, tell someone in a strong way to do or not to do something. You cannot just let him do what he wants, you’ll have to put your foot down. 2. Suddenly increase your speed when you are driving. The road ahead was clear, so I put my foot down and tried to overtake the car in front. Down the road 一段时间之后， 将来的某个时间 1. This is a wonderful invention, but a marketable product is several years down the road. 2. We may at some point buy a house but that’s down the road. His kindliness and warmth made him particularly effective with staff welfare. Go down 1. To be accepted or tolerated： How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned? 2. To be remembered in posterity(子孙，后代)：a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign In-laws/ in-law/kinsmen by affinity（亲切感，亲合力） 姻亲 But in-laws and friends are not, with rare exceptions, people you will actually have to live with. This substance has an affinity for water. He has a close affinity with the landscape and people he knew when he was growing up. Kin 1亲戚，家族2同类，有亲属关系的 kith 朋友， 邻居 Kinsman, kinswoman We have notified the next of kin.(近亲) Letting kith and kin fiddle with focus online may not be enough to fuel demand. “To say yes to the right things”---and not be overwhelmed, overworked（过度劳累）, and generally stressed out(有压力)---“you have to say no to a lot of other things”. Lie in one’s throat = lie through one’s teeth 撒大谎 Lie on one’s back 仰卧 Robert Kennedy was the front runner in the Democratic nomination when he was assassinated. And for those of you who don’t know what a tweet is, it’s not what you hear in a zoo. There seemed to a tipping point （雪崩点，临界点）that turned my knowledge into a Knowing. These books are intended to be read at length, others to be dipped into. The sun dipped into the sea just now. Hydra-headed: having many facets or aspects, especially difficult or intractable ones. A hydra-headed social problem. The wound crave for attention. He knelt before the king and crave for mercy. If that happens, we will quickly be able to turn current Big Society rhetoric(修辞[学],华丽的辞藻，花言巧语的) into real society actions. For an analog(模拟的，类似物) signal the quality of cable is paramount（至高无上，最高统治者） over such long runs. With that priceless stream of analog data that comes not from without(外部外在) but from within（内部，内在）. The London recruitment firm which revealed the cases warned that employers were increasingly scouring(四处搜索，冲刷打磨) the Internet to check what candidates are really like behind the rosy（面色红润，乐观美好的） image they seek to project in CVs and interviews. Embark on/upon 着手，开始 embark cargo 装货，上船 The ship embarked passengers and cargo at New Your port. We embark at Montreal for New York. Embark for America, to embark on a new career. Icily To trifle through one’s youth, trifle hours away. They’ve trifled away the whole day. The girl sat there trifling with a pen. He is not a person to trifle with. Mere trifle. Court 法院，球场，朝廷，奉承， vt招致，献殷勤 v 求爱 Grass court/ doubles court/ backhand court / people’s court/ supreme court / in court He has been courting her for the last three months. To court disaster by reckless driving. Ice crusted the lake last night. Earth’s crust/ continental crust/soil crust/ pie crust But the real meat and potatoes (very basic and important majority) of the report focuses on Google’s soon-to-be in-house partner: Motorola. Meat and poultry (肉和家禽) A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject. There’s no party line in taste or connoisseurship and so everybody is able to have and formulate an opinion. Stressed-out sheep bleat out their anguish. Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain. Bleat out(颤抖无力的说出) a feeble excuse. Timbre evaluation, timbre matching, pure timbre, timbre of their voices. Vocalization timing, vocalization technique, timbre of their vocalizations. If someone is evicted from the place where they are living, they are forced to leave it, usually because they have broken a law or contract. The family were evicted from their house for failing to pay the rent. They evicted(通过法庭追回财产) the property from its unlawful possessor. To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area. The women and children (were) evacuated when the enemy approached the city. Evacuation of the sick and wounded. The fort（碉堡） was evacuated(清空). Evacuate（排空） the bowels. In 1912, the Titanic sank on her maiden(首次的) voyage. Stories of noble princes and their brave deeds on behalf of beautiful maidens (处女，未婚少女) . Iron maiden (铁娘子) . Suppliant maiden (祈援女) . Dragon dance （舞龙） is popular ritual in China. Bhutan (不丹) is the tiny country between China and India. Santa Claus and his reindeer. Mince pie (肉馅饼) , mince words （拐弯抹角）, mince meat. 1. The actor minced his way across the stage. Don’t mince matters. She has a mincing gait. We are in trouble… Not to mince matters, we are ruined. 2. Mince is meat which has been cut or ground up into very small pieces using a machine. 3. He minced his plan into two parts. Mince the meat. 4. English families leave a mince pie and some milk for Father Christmas on the table before going to bed. Having a mince pie on Christmas day is illegal. Sherry(雪利酒， 王子) is a type of strong wine that is made in southwestern Spain. It is usually drunk before a meal. I poured us a glass of sherry. A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and that can also cover their face. She veiled her face when she went out into the street. The hills are veiled in mist. The misleading report veiled the facts. The veil she was wearing obscured her features. Bridal veil, the veil, shadow veil, Beauty Unveil, unveil fresh policy. under the veil of (以…为借口). The statue will be unveiled tomorrow. They are Koreans from Seoul. Salon bronzed tan 1. A place where you can get your hair cut, have beauty treatments. An exclusive hair salon 2. A regular meeting of famous people at which they talk about art, literature, or music, popular in the past in France. 3. A bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax. Bronzed : having skin that is attractively brown because you have been in the sun. Bronzed medal : a medal made of bronze given to the person who comes third in a race or competition. Tan : verb, noun, adj. She has a pale shin which doesn’t tan easily. I wish I could get a tan like that. Tan shoes. 1. To consider that while some opportunities are being created, others are being cancelled and that while some abilities are being developed, others are crippled is, within this context, not only outrageous, but inconceivable. 2. Try, for a moment, to become interested in everything that is being said and done; act, in imagination, with those who act, and feel with those who feel; in a word, give your sympathy its widest expansion: as though at the touch of a fairy wand you will see the flimsiest of objects assume importance, and a gloomy hue spread over everything. 3. The first point to which attention should be called is that the comic does not exist outside the pale (realm, scope) of what is strictly human. 4. You may laugh at a hat, but what you are making fun of, in this case, is not the piece of felt （毛毡）or straw, but the shape that men have given it, the human caprice whose mould it has assumed. 5. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. 6. A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. 7. You don’t want to be swinging a meat ax when a small knife is appropriate.