2023-9-16

the cult 异教，邪教
pray 祷告
miracle 神迹
credential
objectively speaking 客观来讲
academia 学术界（接from）
niche 小众的学科/生态
polygraph 测谎仪
telltale signs 重要的能说明问题的证据
a lie detector 测谎仪
minutely-detailed example 细致的例子
pretentious 装逼的
a fifty-fifty chance 五五分
ostentatious 爱炫耀的
showy/flashy 爱炫耀技能的，招摇的
pompous 自负的
high-sounding 高调的
lash out/verbally abuse 言语暴力
flamboyant 卖弄的
His mother spoiled him, indulging his every whim. 他母亲对他纵容娇惯，百依百顺。
talk up/sing praises/compliment/pay compliment 夸奖
dynamize
keep one's feet onto the ground
pump up 给某人打气
slow-mode 慢动作模式
eye-exercise 眼保健操
hotchpotch of ideas 杂乱无章的想法，各种各样的想法
gleeful 喜悦的，愉快的
paint the town red 喜欢花天酒地，和朋友去玩乐（it means to go out and enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol, dancing, laughing with friends, etc; it is an informal expression that is often used to describle a night out with friends）
mingle with crowd 喜欢在人群中
set in the stone (it means to be diffcult or impossible to change)
recuperate 恢复（健康、体力等）；复原
conducive 有助于...的，导致...的
bucolic/pastoral 田园的
nomadic 游牧（生活）的
idyllic 诗情画意的，田园的
idyllically happy childhood/summer day 悠然愉悦的童年生活/夏日时光
teeny-weeney 微小的（very tiny）
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. 千里之行始于足下