in control

The General said that his troops were now in control of the situation.

將軍說他的部隊已經控制住了局勢。

It was a bitter blow to England's players, who sank to their knees in disappointment, after fighting so hard but a draw does not cause too much damage and they still remain in control of their own destiny.

2021年September8日，Phil McNulty，“Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport:


on-air

on air的另一種拼寫法，尤其是用作定語時

He agreed to an on-air interview.


afk

AFK的大小寫替代形式.


by the way

[…] I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.

1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0 14 60.0012 9, p.2:

“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”

1918，W. B. Maxwell，章號 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert.

他媽媽明天過來吃晚飯。順帶提一句，她還說要帶點甜品過來。


on the other hand

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Well yes, it was quite a good bargain; on the other hand, do we really need one?

是的，這是一筆不錯的交易。但反過來想，我們真的需要嗎？

Its external relations, on the one hand to dynamics, and on the other to heat, light, chemical action, and the constitution of bodies, seem to indicate the special importance of electrical science as an aid to the interpretation of nature.

1873，James Clerk Maxwell，A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism:

The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.

1961 January，“The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated，頁 19:


a.k.a.

AKA (“也稱為”)的另一種寫法。

同類詞：f.k.a.


à deux

借自法語 à deux。

二人（用）的（地）；親密的（地）

It is arguable that Litvinov, had he met with civility and those supple conversations à deux in which trained diplomats excel, might have stopped the war...
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William Manchester, The Last Lion Vol. 2, page 458


behind bars

Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses.

2001, Margot Roosevelt et al., "The War Against The War On Drugs," Time, 7 May:

Leading Jordanian exponents of the Salafi-jihadi world view, such as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, are now behind bars or silent, fearing arrest by the powerful mukhabarat secret police.

2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:


by day

He is a policeman by day and a thief by night.

他白天做警察，晚上當小偷。


by night

他白天做警察，晚上當小偷。


to a man

To a man, Cyrenaica's new landlords insist they are the launchpad for a countrywide liberation, with Tripoli as the capital, not a separatist movement.

2011, "Building a new Libya", The Economist, 25 Feb 2011:


for sale

- Is this ladder for sale?
- No, it is used to reach the products on the upper shelves.

-這梯子賣嗎？
-不賣，這是用來夠著架子上層的貨品的。


by chance

I stumbled across the exit by chance.


from time to time

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From time to time we all get a hankering for something a little different.

我们每个人偶尔都会渴望有点变化。

From time to time an atmosphere of compromise arises.


in view of

In view of the present situation, we'll have to revise our original plan.

基于此现状，我们不得不修改原先的计划。

They stopped when they were in view of the town.

小镇在进入到他们的视野以后，他们就停了下来。


in full

My creditors insist on being repaid in full before the end of the month.

我的債主堅持要我在月末之前全數還款。


over the moon

(熟語) 十分高興，樂翻天

Winemakers are over the moon to be able to showcase the individual nuances within their vineyards.

2003年December14日，Kate Drake，“Champagne Supernova”, in Time，存檔自the original on 2012-03-29:


per cent

percent的另一種拼寫法


at a time

He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.

他每次會有幾個星期不抽煙，但之後又會復吸。

climb stairs two at a time

The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.

1897年 12月（標示為1898年），Winston Churchill，章號 IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC，頁s 58–59:


IME

in my experience (“根據我的經驗”)之首字母縮略詞。


by default

If we don't do something, they'll win by default.

要是我們不採取什麼措施，他們就默認勝利了。

No one could think of a better name, so we chose "Strawman" by default.

沒有人能想出一個更好的名字，所以我們默認選了“稻草人”這個名字。

If he wins an election, it will only be by default.

如果他贏得了選舉，那只可能是默認當選。


by far

Paris is by far the largest city in France.

巴黎是法國當之無愧的第一大城市。


out of stock

sold out之同義詞：售罄的，賣完的

Sorry, there's been a run on turkeys and we're out of stock.

抱歉，最近火雞銷量飛漲，我們已經賣完了。

The turkeys are out of stock but we have some guinea fowl in the back.

火雞是售罄了，但我們還有些珍珠雞。


at last

Now that the dog has stopped barking, perhaps we can at last get some rest.

既然那條狗不吠了，大概我們終於能休息一會兒了。

After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.

三百年過後，吸血鬼的靈魂終於得以重獲自由。

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

1897年 12月（標示為1898年），Winston Churchill，章號 IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約: The Macmillan Company；倫敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC，頁 46:

She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.

1913，Joseph C. Lincoln，章號 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

After all their troubles, at last they lived happily ever after.

在經歷一波三折後，他們最終幸福快樂地生活下去。

After exhausting all possibilities, Holmes was at last satisfied the problem was unsolvable.

在用盡一切可能性後，福爾摩斯最終確信這個問題是無法解決的。


for fuck's sake

ffs (abbreviation alternative)
FFS (alternative)

For fuck’s sake, mate! Stop shooting at me!

我靠，兄弟！別朝我開槍了！


in all

There were twenty-one in all.


over my dead body

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"Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"

“我能買輛新跑車嗎？”“除非我死了！”


IMO

in my opinion (“我覺得”)之首字母縮略詞。


out of nowhere

突然出現，不知道從哪裏冒出來


in the works

They always have some wonderful new project in the works.

他們總是計劃開展一些精彩的新項目。

仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；在機器中。

Be careful not to get any debris in the works.

小心不要讓任何碎片進到機器裡。


before long

They left before long. ― 他們沒多久便離開了。

It is to be hoped that some corresponding smartening up of these other schedules may be expected before long.

希望不久之后这些时刻表就会得到一些相应的改进。

1961 October，“The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated，頁 593:


on demand

The kitten is being fed on demand.

Our new on-demand software delivery system is cutting edge.

我们的新按需软件派送系统是尖端的。


at most

There weren't so many people at the concert — 40 at most.

來看音樂會的人不多——頂多就坐滿了40%。


at the most

at most的另一種寫法


in public

Don't you know it's rude to pick your nose in public?

你不知道當眾摳鼻子是很粗魯的行為嗎？


on the job

Unlike your typical office drama, wherein characters’ lives intersect entertainingly both inside and outside work, the premise of Severance rests in the twisted implications of total compartmentalization: What if you could separate out your work memories (and thereby your work self), thereby forming a totally distinct identity while on the job?

April 14 2022，Delia Cai，“Severance, the New York Times’s Twitter Guidelines, and the Forever Illusion of Work-Life Balance”, in Vanity Fair:

以警察身份，正做著警察（與平民相對）


in advance

The money was paid in advance.


in hand

at hand

佔有著，擁有著，在手頭上 （自10世紀）

on hand

佔有著，擁有著，在手頭上 （自10世紀）

to hand

佔有著，擁有著，在手頭上 （自10世紀）

handy

佔有著，擁有著，在手頭上 （自10世紀）

at the ready

佔有著，擁有著，在手頭上 （自10世紀）

under control

處於掌控之中 （自18世紀）

ignored

正考慮；目前正在處理或解決 （自14世紀）

neglected

正考慮；目前正在處理或解決 （自14世紀）

out of hand

處於掌控之中 （自18世紀）

佔有著，擁有著，在手頭上 （自10世紀）

用手抓著、握著，拿在手裡 （自14世紀）

Pen in hand, I turned back to the letter I was writing.

我握着笔，继续写那封信。

在某人面前 （14世紀–19世紀）

正考慮；目前正在處理或解決 （自14世紀）

'What have they to do with the matter in hand - the murder on this train?'

“他们和当前的事情——这列火车上的谋杀案——有什么关系？”

1934，Agatha Christie，章號 6, in Murder on the Orient Express [東方快車謀殺案]，London: HarperCollins, 出版於 2017，頁 119:

They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed.

1951 January，R. A. H. Weight，“A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine，頁 44:

處於掌控之中 （自18世紀）

You need to get this situation in hand, and fast.

主球沒在桌上，球手還沒把主球放好 （自19世紀）

（賽程中的比賽）還需要參與，還沒比完 （自19世紀）

At the other end […] the Sounders completed a run that had taken them from 15 points off the lead, to first place in the Supporters Shield standings with two games in hand.


under control

Don't worry; the police have been called and the situation is under control.

别担心，我们已经报警，情况已得到控制。

Throughout the turbulence encounter, the pilots kept the aircraft under control.

在整个遭遇乱流的过程中，飞行员始终控制着飞机。

The control rods absorb neutrons in the reactor core, keeping the fission reaction under control and preventing it from going prompt critical.

控制棒吸收反应堆堆芯中的中子，使裂变反应保持受控，并防止其迅速达到临界状态。


for example

常寫作拉丁語首字母縮略詞e.g. (exemplī grātiā)，有時也用英語首字母縮略詞 f.e. 或 f.ex.。

The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town.

这本书的情节漏洞百出。比如，它从来就没有解释过主角为什么来到这个小镇。

The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot

受伤部位的感觉神经越多，冲击就越明显；例如，手部受伤时，冲击程度要比脚部受伤时更大

1921，Alexis Thomson, Alexander Miles，Manual of Surgery:

For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.

对于像埃德蒙·利奇这样的结构主义者来说，结构就是意义。例如，《创世纪》讲的是乱伦禁忌；其余一切都只是噪音和神秘化。

1981，William Irwin Thompson，The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture，頁 12:


exempli gratia

古典借詞，源自拉丁語 exemplī grātiā。

Exempli gratiâ, the venerable London Stone of many fables.

1869，Richard F[rancis] Burton，Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil; with a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing Down 1500 miles of the Great River São Francisco, from Sabará to the Sea.，卷 I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […]，頁 172:

Even if the respondents had been liable for their administration to the same extent as private trustees, I should still have thought that it was not only within the competency, but that it was the duty of the Court, before pronouncing any decree, to consider how far the respondents might be entitled to recoup themselves, by taking, exempli gratia, the furniture of the school, or by accumulating the future income of these bequests, and what effect their so doing might have upon the efficient maintenance of the school.

1886，The Law Reports. […] Appeal Cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Also Peerage Cases.，卷 XI, London: […] for the Council of Law Reporting by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, […]，頁 324:

See, exempli gratia, the encyclical of Leo XIII on the occasion of the third centennial of the Blessed Canisius, who organized, with Emperor Ferdinand, the first merciless repression of the Reformation in Austria.

1917 March–April，Alfredo Taglialatela，“The Church of Rome and Morality”, in The Methodist Review，volume XCIX, number 2 (whole 544) / fifth series, volume XXXIII, number 2, New York, N.Y., Cincinnati, Oh.: The Methodist Book Concern，頁 213:

There is not enough for certainty, but I set out below a possible scheme, exempli gratia.

1967，Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik [Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy]，頁 78:


by no means

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By no means am I suggesting that euthanasia should be outlawed, but rather that we should look at its inherent risks.

我絕非主張安樂死應被列為非法，而是強調必須正視其潛在風險。

Is that all you’ve got to say? ―By no means. Let me explain further.

「你就只有這些要說嗎？」――不是。容我進一步說明。

For the Maine Garden, I doe not Deny, but there ſhould be ſome Faire Alleys, ranged on both Sides, vvith Fruit Trees; And ſome Pretty Tufts of Fruit Trees, And Arbours vvith Seats, ſet in ſome Decent Order; but theſe to be, by no Meanes, ſet too thicke; […]

1625，Francis [Bacon]，“Of Gardens”, in The Essayes […]，第3rd版, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC，頁 278:

He by no means gave up his shop. On the contrary, he kept well abreast of new discoveries. He followed the great movement of chocolates; he was the first to introduce "cocoa" and "revalenta" into the Seine-Inferieure.

1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

Every photographer of experience has his own theories and methods of working, but for the last 14 years I have used a Leica exclusively, and have found it best adapted to the somewhat exacting demands of railway photography, which is by no means an easy branch of the art.

每位經驗豐富的攝影師都有自己獨特的工作理論與方法。過去十四年來，我始終專注使用徠卡相機，發現它最能滿足鐵道攝影的嚴苛要求——須知這絕非攝影藝術中輕鬆入門的領域。

1952 February，H[enry] C[yril] Casserley，“Permanent Wayfarings”, in The Railway Magazine，London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC，頁 78:

Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.

在克利索普斯以南的亨伯斯頓菲蒂斯短暫度假期間，我們騎行穿越了保持原始風貌的林肯郡丘陵——這裡絕非如外界對該郡的刻板印象那般平坦乏味。

2021年July28日，Christian Wolmar，“Forgotten by the Railways, but Ripe for the Exploring”, in Rail，期 936, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC，頁 35:


on tiptoe

小心安靜地踮起腳尖移動；躡手躡腳

We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children.

我们踮着脚尖悄悄地走了出去，以免吵醒孩子们。