From https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/_vrnkmlxc34dLt5PixGjdg

“他喝醉了”不是托词！！！

placebo

  1. a substance given to someone who is told that it is a particular medicine, either to make that person feel as if they are getting better or to compare the effect of the particular medicine when given to others. 安慰剂

🌰: She was only given a placebo, but she claimed she got better - that’s the placebo effect.

只给她服用了安慰剂，但她说好一些了——这就是安慰剂的心理作用

  1. something that is given to try to satisfy a person who has not been given the thing they really want. 使人宽慰的事；安抚话

🌰：These small concessions have been made as a placebo to stop the workers making further demands.

这些小让步就像安慰剂一样，可以避免工人们提出更多的要求。

shoot your mouth off

to talk too much in a loud and uncontrolled way

夸夸其谈；信口开河

🌰: It’s just like Tom to go shooting his mouth off about other people’s business.

age-old excuse

very old 古老的借口

modulation

the ability to control, influence or change a particular physical process

🌰: This area of the brain is involved in the modulation of emotional behaviour.

大脑的这一区域参与对感情行为的调整。

Lead author of the study

该研究的主要作者

put sth down to sth

to think that a problem or situation is caused by a particular thing 把…归因于…

举个🌰：I put the children’s bad behavior down to the fact that they were tired.

我认为孩子们表现不好是因为他们累了。

muffle

to make something less strong or clear

举个🌰：

The report concluded that business pressure on the government had muffled the impact of the legislation.

报告得出结论，企业对政府的压力已削弱了立法的影响。

drink-dial

to make a phone call when you are drunk 醉酒后打电话

举个🌰：He drunk-dialled his ex last night and told her that he still loved her.

他昨晚醉酒后打电话给前任，对她说仍爱着她。

intoxicated

  1. Someone who is intoxicated is drunk.
  2. excited, happy, and slightly out of control because of love, success, etc. 陶醉的；极其兴奋的；忘乎所以的

举个🌰：She was understandably intoxicated by her success in the national competition.

inebriated

having drunk too much alcohol 喝醉的 === drunk