1. bloody: 形容词 a.
血污的;流血的;杀戮多的;血淋淋的;嗜杀的;残忍的
Jack came home with a bloody nose. 杰克回家来了,鼻子流着血。
It was a bloody battle. 那是一次血流成河的恶战。
ban the young from bloody shows 禁止年青人看残忍好杀的演出
副词 ad. 【英】【俚】很,非常
It's bloody wonderful! 棒极了!
2. intrusive: 打扰的;妨碍的
We both felt intrusive and out of place.
我们俩都觉得闯到这里来很不合适。
The people are warm and courteous but not intrusive.
那里的人民热情有礼、绝不扰人。
3. lift: (给步行者的)搭便车
It was pouring rain and he just needed a lift.
外面下着这么大的雨,而他只是想搭个便车而已。
4. teenager: [美国英语](13至19岁的)青少年
5. selfidentity: (自我)同一性,个性
6. psychobabble: 心理学术语(这里Lightman对于这种学术的解释很不屑)
7. 巧记 lie 与 lay
原形 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
lie lied lied lying 说谎
lie lay lain lying 平躺,位于
lay laid laid laying 放置,下蛋
躺 lie,lay,lain,lie in bed again;
撒谎 lie,lied,lied,don't be a liar;
产蛋 lay,laid,laid,a hen laid an egg;
放置 A loy picked it up,and laid it in the bag.
If you like, you can lie down on your bed, laying yourself in a comfortable position, and lie to yourself that you don't like lying there, or you can imagine where you would like to lay the eggs after the hens lay eggs.