CNN 10笔记：10月13日新闻回顾

standstill，停滞，可数（注意standstill是僵局的意思，可数）；take on，pv，vt，有“呈现”的意思

Until a new house speaker is elected, the House of Representatives remains effectively(=in effect，实际上）at a standstill, which takes on new urgency amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

Annular solar eclipse  日环食（annular=ring-shaped，环状的），可数（an annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth but it won’t cover the Sun completely. A thin outer ring of the sun will be visible behind the Moon, creating what’s known as a ‘ring of fire’.）

nor和neither一样后面可以跟倒装

When you are multi-tasking, you are neither more efficient nor are you more happy（或者happier都可以）.

forethought=careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future.事先的考虑，不可数

Many young people don’t have the forethought of what their health will be like several decades later.

snag作vt除了有“钩破”的意思，还有“获得”的意思=catch or obtain someone or sth（美语，非正式）

Joe wants to snag an earthworm and use it as bait（不可数） when fishing.

Our actions are influenced by our mental pictures. If there is something we want to become, see it, believe it, and achieve it. We are more powerful than we know.