簡單短語:
1. think about: 考慮
2. in this situation: 在這種情況下
3. talk to sb.: 和……說話 talk at: 對……嘮叨不休
eg. I wish he'd talk to me rather than at me.
我希望和他交談,而不是聽他喋喋不休。
4. be forced to: 被迫做
eg. Or in an emergency you might be forced to sell it.
或者你遇到緊急情況,你就要被迫賣掉它。
5. How'd you=how would you
eg. How'd you get that way, and what benefits have you seen?
你覺得那些方法怎么樣? 你從中得到什么好處沒?
名詞短語:
1. a big deal: 要人
2. mergers and acquisitions: 兼并與收購
今日學習:
1. lay to rest: 安葬;消除
eg. Let me lay to rest the bugaboo of what is called "devaluation".
讓我來為你們驅除叫做“貶值”的“惡魔”。
2. move up the corporate ladder: 升官;升遷 corporate ladder: 公司的官階
eg. It takes hard work and a little bit of help and luck to move up the corporate ladder.
在一個企業里想要升遷,必須努力工作,再加上一點他人的幫助和運氣。
3. act up: 行動倔強, 任性【這里指搗蛋,淘氣】
eg. The children always act up when their mother is out.
母親外出時,孩子總是在家調皮搗蛋。
4. get over with: 〈口〉一勞永逸地做完,把……做完了事
eg. Maybe we need an event to get over with the trauma for good.
也許我們需要一個事件來徹底擺脫過去的傷害。
5. well up: 涌出,涌現(文中welled是well的過去式,流出)
eg. Pity welled up in her heart as she watched the disabled child.
當她看到那個殘疾孩子的時候,憐憫之心涌上心頭。
5. work in(to): 插進,穿入
eg. After you insert the code snippet, you modify it to work in your application.
插入程式碼片段后,您可以修改它以符合應用程式需要。
6. there's no way: 沒有辦法
eg. There's no way to read a book on a tablet at the beach, or in the park.
要想在公園或海濱的長椅上用平板電腦看電子書,簡直就是白日做夢。
7. sleep with: 與……做愛
He was old enough to sleep with a girl and make her pregnant.
他年齡已經夠大了,能夠跟女孩發生性關系并使她懷孕。
8. come up: 提到,提及
eg. The subject came up at work.
這一話題在工作時被提及。