今天我们要学的词是transaction。 Transaction, 交易。 "The value and number of transactions in media industry mergers and acquisitions soared in 2010," 2010年传媒产业合并和收购交易的数量和交易总额都大幅攀升。 "Facebook…
今天我们要学的词是clean slate。 Clean, 干净的,slate有记录、记载的意思,a clean slate, 就是摆脱过去,一切从头开始。 "The company sold its most profitable product line to pay off the debt…
今天我们要学的词是trauma。Trauma, 是创伤的意思,可以是身体上的,也可以是心理上的。 "He suffered head trauma from the car crash," 车祸让他头部受创。 "The veteran still suffers psychological trauma from his days…
今天我们要学的词是ceiling。Ceiling, 是房间天花板的意思,可以引伸为上限。美国现行联邦债务上限是14.3万亿美元。 "Some Republican lawmakers are opposed to raising the debt ceiling without tackling government spending," 一部分共和党国会议员反对在不着手削减政府开支的情况下,一味提高债务上限的做法。 一项最新调查发现,在财富五百强企业中,136家企业的最高决策层里至今没有女性主管的存在。 "The glass…
今天我们要学的词是balloon。 Balloon, 气球,做为动词,有迅速膨胀的意思。最新公布的数字显示, "Wikileaks spending ballooned as it tried to pay salaries," 维基揭密开始支付工资,造成开支膨胀。 "The New Jersey pension system's long-term deficit…
今天我们要学的词是designated driver。 Designated driver, 指定司机。在美国,一群朋友出去派对,往往会指定其中一个人为designated driver此人不能喝酒,保证玩完了以后开车送大家回家,可谓牺牲我一个,幸福一帮人。 "John offered to be the designated driver for the New Year Eve party," 约翰主动提出愿意当除夕夜派对的指定司机。…
今天我们要学的词是tumble。 Tumble, 做为动词,有大幅下降的意思。美国电器店百思买11月结束的财政季度销售表现低迷。 "Best Buy stocks tumbled 14% on the newly released data," 新公布的数字使百思买的股价大幅跌落14%。今年圣诞节周末电影票房表现不佳。 "Total Christmas weekend grosses tumbled 45%…
今天我们要学的词是decline。 Decline, 拒绝。 "The company declined to offer any specifics about its layoff plan," 这家公司拒绝透露裁员计划的有关细节。 "The source declined to be…
今天我们要学的词是wreak havoc。 Wreak, 动词,在这里是造成的意思,havoc, 指混乱破坏,连在一起,to wreak havoc, 意思是造成严重破坏。美国东岸很多地区周末遭遇暴风雪天气。 "The blizzard conditions wreaked havoc on travelers and forced some of the…
今天我们要学的词是afloat。 Afloat, 有在经济上得以维系的意思。 "He has been out of work for two years and was only able to keep afloat with…