2023-6-3

meritocrat 精英领导阶级（或阶层）的一员，精英管理班子的一员
theatre kid 喜欢戏剧的高中生
platformer 平台游戏
a book about a "found family" 一本有关“自选家庭”的书（注：没有血缘关系，但根据共同经历或认同组建的家庭）
a book everyone seems to have read but you 一本除了你仿佛谁都读过的书
call in sick 打电话请病假
I was fed up with work and wanted the day off. I decided to call in sick. 我厌倦了工作，我想请一天假。于是我决定打电话请病假
shun 避开
【例句：Her aversion to alcohol consumption caused her to shun all social gatherings where such beverages would be served. 】
actual situations 实际情况
be subject to 被动的承受、接受或受限于某种情况或条件
be subjected to 主动动作导致某人或某事物遭受某种行为、作用或影响
【例句：She is subject to frequent migraines. 她经常遭受偏头痛的困扰】
【例句：The suspect was subjected to intense questioning by the police. 嫌疑人受到警方的严厉审讯】
【例句：Everyone is subject to the law. 每个人都必须遵守法律】
【例句：The workers were subjected to harsh working conditions. 工人们遭受了恶劣的工作条件】
have/get the makings of sth. 具备了成为...的素质、能力、条件（to have the qualities that are necessary to become sth.）
【例句：He has the makings of a world-class footballer.】
sth. is the making of sb. ...造就了某人，使...成为更有作为的人（to make sb. become a better or more successful person）主语可以是一部作品、一段时间或经历等
【例句：University was the making of Joe.大学造就了乔】
sth. is... years in the making 表示事物的生产、形成或持续过程长达...年
【例句：The book Gone with the Wind was nearly ten years in the making.《飘》写了近十年时间。/But it wasn't until 1917 when women here won the right to vote——a breakthrough 70 years and three generations in the making. 但是这里的女人直到1917年才赢得选举权——一个历经七十年、三代人才取得的突破】