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
2020-08-06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,
2020-08-06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 10," 一家火车公司决
2020-08-06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 a
2020-08-06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
2020-08-06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 freela
2020-08-06今天我们要学的词是disclose。 Disclose, 是公开的意思。美国各大制药和医疗设备制造厂商和大学的医学院面临巨大压力，要求他们增加彼此关系的透明度。 "Stanford Universit
2020-08-06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。"Franchis
2020-08-05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 th
2020-08-05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
2020-08-05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。"T
2020-08-05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
2020-08-05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
2020-08-05今天我们要学的词是in the wake of。 In the wake of, 意思是某件事情发生后。"The company decided to lay off 25,000 employees in the wake of the second quarter los
2020-08-05今天我们要学的词是costly。 Costly, 有成本太高，或是代价惨重的意思。虽然赢了比赛，但却损失了四名首发队员。"It's a costly victory," 这场胜利代价惨重。"His decision t
2020-08-05今天我们要学的词是timing。 Timing, 时机。中文里说，赶得早不如赶得巧。英文里说, "Timing is everything". 时机决定一切。"The timing of his marriage proposal was per
2020-08-05今天我们要学的词是disclose。 Disclose, 是公开的意思。美国各大制药和医疗设备制造厂商和大学的医学院面临巨大压力，要求他们增加彼此关系的透明度。 "Stanford Universit
2020-08-05今天我们要学的词是cyber Monday。 Cyber Monday, 网络星期一。感恩节过后有Black Friday, 黑色星期五，是购物高潮，随着网上购物的便利，感恩节过后的星期一也逐渐发展成Cyber
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是sequel。 Sequel, 续集。"The director announced that a sequel is in the works," 导演宣布，他们正在拍续集。"The vampire smash Twilight sequel New
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是bottleneck。 Bottleneck, 瓶颈，堵塞。"The project will eliminate the bottleneck by widening the road," 这个项目要通过加宽道路来解决交通堵塞的问
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是cold turkey。 星期四是感恩节，我们也来说火鸡。不过，cold turkey, 可不是冷火鸡的意思，而是指突然停止某些已经成瘾的坏习惯。"He quit heavy drinking co
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是divided。 Divided, 存在分歧的。"New Yorkers are evenly divided over whether the five alleged 9/11 plotters should be tried in Manhattan," 策
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是doomsday。 Doomsday, 世界末日。"The doomsday scenario is a repeated theme for science fiction and Hollywood movies," 世界末日是很多科幻小说和
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。"Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the he
2020-08-04今天我们要学的词是guarded。 Guarded, 谨慎的。最新民调显示，"Most Americans expressed guarded optimism on President Obama's ability to come up with a successful s
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