1.distressing adj.使人痛苦的,令人苦惱的
Tranquillizers help alleviate the distressing symptoms of anxiety.
鎮(zhèn)靜劑有助于緩解焦慮所帶來(lái)的不安癥狀 。
2.boost vt.促進(jìn),提高
Do what you can to give her confidence and boost her morale.
盡你所能讓她樹(shù)立信心,提高士氣 。
3.trigger vt.引發(fā),觸發(fā)
The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending…
目前的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退是由消費(fèi)支出驟跌引起的 。
4.handle vt.處理或負(fù)責(zé)
Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appoint-ments.
我們的計(jì)劃是分派一位職員處理預(yù)約事宜 。
5.psychological adj.心理的;精神上的
Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line.
心理轉(zhuǎn)折使原本老套的故事情節(jié)變得生動(dòng)有趣 。
6.traumatic adj.<醫(yī)>外傷的損傷的;創(chuàng)傷的
He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.
他急忙向我保證沒(méi)有什么不快的事情要說(shuō) 。
7.decrease n.減少,減小
Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
銀行的基本利率已從10%降到了 6%,降幅高達(dá)40% 。