uptight 极端保守的

uptight  
adj.  极端保守的

e.g. He hadn't expected a woman to recommend hookers. Earthers tend to be uptight on that topic, and I have never understood why.

allegation 指控

allegation  指控

The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust.

这项指控断送了一名讲师的前程

severance 离职金;遣散费

severance 英 [ˈsevərəns] n. 切断； 断绝； 割断； 离职金 ; 遣散费

e.g. News of the management severance packages comes as thousands of BBC staff are due to vote this week on taking industrial action over ...

bucking

VERB 抵抗；抵制；反抗

If you buck the trend, you obtain different results from others in the same area. If you buck the system, you get what you want by breaking or ignoring the rules.

While other newspapers are losing circulation, we are bucking the trend...
当其他报纸的发行量越来越少时，我们却逆势而进

Our EU applications are up 17.7% bucking the national trend which is a downturn by 6%.

snoop 探听，窥探，管闲事

Governments have been known to snoop on innocent citizens.

iatrogenic 因医生的治疗而引起的

iatrogenic 英 [aɪˌætrə'dʒenɪk] adj.因医生的治疗而引起的； To reduce the incidence of urinary system injury in iatrogenic treatment. 探讨医源性泌尿系统损伤的原因及防治措施. It would make complex operations safe by ensuring their conformity to pre-established protocols and so reduce the incidence of medication errors, which may result in drug iatrogenic disease. iatro 医师

Hive off

hive off (third-person singular simple present hives off, present participle hiving off, simple past and past participle hived off) To separate from a larger group. Example: The plan is to hive off individual companies as soon as they are profitable.

Ballpark figure

An estimated figure that is likely to be correct