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儒琴英语词汇（English Words and Phrases of the Day）
blanket immunity
“total” immunity, also known as witness immunity or transactional immunity, completely protects the witness from future prosecution for crimes related to his or her testimony (wikipedia).
司法豁免权， 全面豁免权
Kicking off a frenzied half hour in Washington on Monday night, federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ordered McGahn to testify before the House of Representatives, which has been trying to force his appearance since April over Mueller’s findings that suggest Trump obstructed justice in the Russia investigation. Jackson dismissed the President’s claim that McGahn was subject to blanket immunity.
— CNN Nov 26, 2019
of sorts
(also of a sort)
used to describe something that is not a typical or good example of something
勉强称得上的，凑合的 (Cambridge)
Minutes after Jackson’s legal lecture emerged, Trump got a win of sorts — as the Supreme Court blocked the immediate release of his financial records to a House committee, to allow his lawyers to file a brief arguing why the nine justices should take the case.
— CNN Nov 26, 2019
stick up for (someone or something)
to defend or show one’s support for someone or something; to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked
为某人或某事辩护或表示支持；为某一思想或被批评或攻击的人辩护或支持
“I think what I’m doing is sticking up for our armed forces. And there’s never been a President that’s going to stick up for them and has, like I have,” Trump said.
— CNN Nov 26, 2019
out of character
Inconsistent with someone’s general character or behavior
与某人的性格或行为不一致的; 不像平常的行为
But no one could say Trump’s support for Gallagher is out of character. All his life in business and his political career, he has treated the law and behavioral rules of the road as an inconvenience to be stretched for him to get his way.
— CNN Nov 26, 2019
chew sb out
— phrasal verb with chew verb [ I or T ]
to tell someone angrily that they have done something wrong; scold or address one harshly or angrily.
生气地地告诉某人他们做错了什么； 严厉地或愤怒地责骂或责备某人
I’d sometimes hear her chewing out her students for not having practiced enough our chewing out their parents for delivering them late to lessons.
— Page 3 Becoming /Michelle Obama
belt verb (HIT)
[ T ] informal
to hit someone or something hard
重击, 猛击
The sound of people trying, however, became the soundtrack to our life. There was plinking in the afternoons, plinking in the evenings. Ladies from church sometimes came over to practice hymns, belting their piety through our walls.
Page 4 Becoming /Michelle Obama
register
verb [ I or T ] informal
If something registers, someone realizes it and if someone registers something, they realize it.
（事物）受到注意，被意识到；（人）注意到，意识到 (Cambridge)
None of this really registered with me (我对这些都没有什么印象). I was just a kid, a girl with Barbies and blocks, with two parents and an older brother who slept each night with his head about three feet from mine.
Page 4 Becoming /Michelle Obama
