学个词 – 883. change of heart
今天我们要学的词是change of heart。 Change of heart, 意思是改变主意。”The bride had a last minute change of heart and chose to have a…
学个词 – 882. pep talk
今天我们要学的词是pep talk。 Pep talk, 意思是给别人打气的动员讲话。”A half-time pep talk from the coach helped the team turn the tide and win the…
学个词 – 881. green light
今天我们要学的词是green light。 Green light, 是绿灯的意思。”My proposal received the green light from the board,” 我的提案得到了理事会的批准。”The U.S. Senate voted to give the…
学个词 – 880. cut back
今天我们要学的词是cut back。 To cut back, 意思是减少。由于冬天客流量少，”A rail service will cut back the number of trains it runs from 18 to…
学个词 – 879. sponsor
今天我们要学的词是sponsor。 Sponsor, 是赞助商的意思。老虎.伍兹性丑闻爆发后，”Accenture became the first sponsor to break ties with the world’s number one golfer,” 埃森哲是第一个跟这个世界排名第一的高尔夫球选手中断合约的公司。”The local supermarket volunteered…
学个词 – 878. fat cat
今天我们要学的词是fat cat。 Fat cat, 可不是胖猫的意思，而是指有钱有权的人。美国总统奥巴马上周末在接受电视采访时对华尔街大银行给高层主管发放巨额奖金表示不满。奥巴马说，”I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers…
学个词 – 877. walk out
今天我们要学的词是walk out。 To walk out, 有退场和罢工的意思。”In Copenhagen, representatives from some developing countries walked out on climate negotiations on Monday,” 一些发展中国家的谈判代表星期一退出了哥本哈根气候变化大会的谈判。”British…
学个词 – 876. bargaining chips
今天我们要学的词是bargaining chips。 Bargaining chips, 是筹码的意思。”The hostages were used as bargaining chips during the standoff between the bank robbers and the…
学个词 – 875. freelance
今天我们要学的词是freelance。 Freelance, 指从事自由职业的。”He is a freelance programmer,” 他是一个自由职业的电脑编程师。”The newspaper is looking for a freelance writer for the column,” 报纸正在为专栏寻找自由撰稿作家。”She chose…
学个词 – 874. size up
今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。”She is sizing up her romantic rival,” 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。”The candidate sized up the situation and decided…
学个词 – 873. time-tested
今天我们要学的词是time-tested。 Time-tested, 久经检验的。”Networking is a time-tested method of job-hunting,” 通过熟人介绍是历经检验的找工作的好办法。”Franchising is a time-tested business model,” 连锁经营是一种历经检验的商业经营模式。”He sticks to his time-tested…
学个词 – 872. crunch time
今天我们要学的词是crunch time。 Crunch time, 意思是关键时刻。”The last two weeks before playoff are crunch time,” 季后赛之前的两周是关键时刻。”The last couple days of the campaign…
学个词 – 871. hammer out
今天我们要学的词是hammer out。 To hammer out, 是经过深入讨论后做出决定的意思。全球最大的气候变化国际会议星期一在哥本哈根开幕。”World leaders will try to hammer out a new global agreement to cut carbon emissions,”…
学个词 – 870. regift
今天我们要学的词是regift。Regift, 意思是把自己收到的没用的礼物拿来转送给别人。最新调查显示，”36 % of U.S. adults will regift this year,” 美国36%的成年人今年都会把收到的礼物转送给别人。”Regifting is nothing to be ashamed of, especially when you…
学个词 – 869. go south
今天我们要学的词是go south。 说一件事情to go south意思是出了问题。”The stock market went south after a brief morning rally,” 股票市场早上短暂上涨后迅速走跌。”The secret mission went south and…