【詞匯講解】
1. eccentricity n. 古怪行為;反常
My wife has many eccentricities.
我妻子有很多怪癖。
2. afloat 未處于絕境地,幸存地
His business is facing difficulties, but it is staying afloat.
他的生意遇到一些困難,但還能維持。
3. lavish adj. 過分慷慨的;非常浪費的,太多的
She'd been a bit too lavish with the salt, so the soup didn't taste nice.
她放鹽太多,因而湯的味道不太好。
4. bizarre 怪誕的
They saw a bizarre animal in the lake.
他們在湖中看見一個奇怪的動物。
5. estate 地產(chǎn),財產(chǎn);遺產(chǎn)
He owns a large estate in Scotland.
他在蘇格蘭有大量地產(chǎn)。
6. shrewd adj. 機靈的,精明的
He is a shrewd businessman.
他是一個精明的商人。
7. onerous adj. 困難的;沉重的;繁重的
This is the most onerous task I have ever undertaken.
這是我承擔(dān)過的最艱巨的任務(wù)。
8. lucrative adj. 獲利多的,賺錢的
She has a lucrative business selling leather goods.
她做皮貨生意, 利潤豐厚。
9. tangled 復(fù)雜的
All the figures are tangled up in his mind.
所有的數(shù)據(jù)他都搞混了。
10. liabilities 債務(wù),負(fù)債
The remaining assets of a business after all liabilities have been deducted; net worth.
資產(chǎn)凈值一個企業(yè)在扣除了所有的債務(wù)后所余資產(chǎn)。