Yes,Minister.Season 1,episode 2

The Official Visit

1、machinery n.機(jī)械，機(jī)器

Bernard:They're all worried about machinery.

2、inflation n.通貨膨脹

? ? ?deflation n.通貨緊縮

? ? ?reflation n.通貨再膨脹

Bernard:Yes,for inflation,deflation,and reflation.

3、correspondence n.信件、信函

?Jim:When am I do all this correspondence?

—Bernard:You do realise you don't actually have to,Minister.

—Jim:Don't I?

—Bernard:Not if you don't want to,we can draft an official reply.

—Jim:What's the official reply?

—Bernard:It just says"The Minister thanks you? for the letter".Then we say something like "The matter is under consideration".Or even,if you feel the same "under active consideration".

—Jim:What's the difference?

—Bernard:"Under consideration"means we've lost the file."Under active consideration"means we're trying to find it.

4、margin n.①頁邊空白 ②差額 ③余地

Bernard:You just transfer all the letters to your Out Tray,put a brief note on the margin if you wish to see the reply.

5、immaculately adv.完美地

? ? ??immaculate adj.完美的

? ? ? maculate v.使有污點(diǎn)

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?adj.有污點(diǎn)的

?Jim:If I transfer everything from here to here,without even reading it,that's all I have to do?

—Bernard:Yes.

—Jim:It will be dealt with?

—Bernard:Precisely.

—Jim:Porpely?

—Bernard:Immaculately.

—Jim:What's the Minister here for?then?

—Bernard:Er...? to make policy decisions,Minister.When you decided policy decisions,we can carry it out.

—Jim:How often are policy decisions needed?

—Bernard:From time to time.

???Jim Hacker:When a country is going down hill,it's time for someone to go into the driving seat, put his foot on the accelerator.

6、protocol n.①禮儀，禮節(jié) ②草案

7、refer v.①提到 ②歸因于 ③使求助于 ④參考，查閱

Humphrey:I beg of you not to refer it as a tin pot little African country.

8、marvellous adj.①極好的 ②令人驚奇的

Jim:Oil.Wait for a moment.I've got a marvellous idea.

9、pointless adj.毫無意義的

Jim:We save the Queen a pointless journey.

10、exploit v.①剝削 ②利用 ③開拓

11、squalid adj.骯臟的

Humphrey:Minister,I hardly think that we can exploit our Sovereign by involving her in what some might call a squalid vot grubbing exercise.

?Jim:Then tell me why he's coming.

Humphrey:For exchange of views on matters of mutual interest.

Jim:Now tell me why he's coming.

Humphrey:Off shore drilling equipment.

12、budge v.①（使）輕微移動，挪動 ②改變主意/觀點(diǎn)（多用于否定句）

Jumbo:Afraid not.Can't budge him.Your Minister nobbed him first.

13、nobble v.①收買，買通 ②阻撓，使遭受挫折

14、hostile adj.①充滿敵意的 ②堅(jiān)決否定，強(qiáng)烈否定

Jumbo:Our information is its likely to turn into a hostile LDC with a Cuban connection.

15、scramble v.①爬，攀登 ②爭搶，爭奪 ③艱難或倉促地完成 ④干擾，擾亂

Bernard:Shall we scramble?

16、blink v.①眨眼睛 ②燈閃爍

Martin:Yes,but my TV set's on the blink.

17、diplomatic adj.外交的

Humphrey:We cannot take diplomatic risks.

18、liberty n.①自由 ②允許，準(zhǔn)允 ③過于隨便

Humphrey:He might take liberties.

19、repercussion n.①（某事所產(chǎn)生的）持續(xù)不良影響 ②回彈，反彈

20、hideous adj.①可怕的 ②極丑的

21、contemplate v.①沉思，深思 ②盤算，打算 ③凝視

Humphrey:The repercussion are too hideous to contemplate.

22、enigma n.謎團(tuán)

Humphrey:All that we know is that he's an enigma.

23、reissue v.①重新發(fā)行 ②再發(fā)出

Jim:We are reissuing the invitation for the new President.

24、newsflash n.簡明新聞，簡訊

Jim:Martin's driver heard a newsflash on his car radio.

25、charter v.①包租，租用 ②給予……特權(quán)

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?n.憲章

Humphrey:That one was chartered from Freddle Laker last week.

26、convert v.①（使）改變信仰 ②使迷上 ③轉(zhuǎn)變

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? n.皈依宗教者

Bernard:In the brief it started that Colonel Selim Mohammed was converted to Islam.

27、colonialism n.殖民主義，殖民政策

Jim:We too had to fight to break free from the chains of British colonialism.

28、deplore v.強(qiáng)烈反對，譴責(zé)

29、lodge?v.①正式提出（投訴、抗議）②暫住，租住

30、protest v.抗議，反對

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?n.抗議，反對

31、implicitly adv.含蓄地

32、negotiate v.①談判，磋商 ②成功越過

33、overreact v.反應(yīng)過度

?Jim:Do you think it's a good idea to issue a statement?

Humphrey:Well, Minister, in practical terms, we have the usual six options. One, do nothing. Two, issue a statement deploring the speed. Three, lodge an official protest. Four, cut?off aid. Five, break off diplomatic ralations. And six, declare war.

Jim:Which should we do?

Humphrey:If we do nothing, we implicitly agree with the speech. Two, if we issue a statement, we just look foolish. Three, if we lodge a protest, it will be ignored. Four, we can't cut off aid because we don't give them any. Five, if we break off diplomatic ralations we can't negotiate the oil rig contacts.? And six, if we declare war, it might just look as if we were overreacting.?

34、oppression n.①壓迫 ②壓迫手段

Jim:You must realise that bit about colonislist oppression...

35、profoundly adv.①極大地，深刻地 ②嚴(yán)重地

? ? ? ?profound adj.①深刻的，極大的 ②高深的

Jim:Well,actually profoundly embarrassing.

36、recast v.①重鑄 ②徹底改動

37、integrity n.①正直 ②完整

?Humphrey:I wonder if there's anything that might persuade you, President, to consider recasting that sentence and transfering the emphasis from the specific instance to the abstract concept, without, of course, in any way, impairing the conceptual intergrity of the theme.

38、capital n.①本金 ②資本，資金 ③首都 ④大寫字母

Mohammed:Replayment of the capital not to start before ten years.

39、blackmail n.敲詐

?Jim:Everyone has his price.