Phrase notes of Modern Family s1e1.
3/20 🌚
Declare 宣告，公布。常见近义词assert，announce
近义词：
[v.] state, say, tell, affirm, verify, assert, avow
解析：
announce: 多指首次宣布大家感兴趣或可满足大家好奇心的事情。
declare: 侧重正式就某事清楚明白地宣布。
proclaim: 指官方宣布重大事件或施政方针，语体比announce正式。
pronounce: 词义与announce,declare接近，但较多用于指法律判决方面的宣布。
advertise: 指通过文字和图像资料等的反复宣传而引起公众的注意，有时隐含令人不快或言过其实的意味。
broadcast: 专指利用广播或电视传播消息或发表见解。
publish: 专指通过报刊或其它媒介向公众公布事情。

Gloomy goose,
goose, n.鹅，傻瓜，笨蛋。
goosey, adj.愚蠢的；n.笨蛋。
Gloomy Gus, 沮丧消极的人，垂头丧气的人，often used to refer to Someone who is particularly somber or pessimistic. "Gloomy Gus" was a character in the comic strip Happy Houligan.
Sourpuss,苦瓜脸， similar meaning of gloomy goose and gloomy Gus.