1.inexperienced drivers/staff 沒有經驗的司機/職員

inexperienced in modern methods

不熟悉現代方法

例句：a child too young and inexperienced to recognize danger.

因太年幼無知而意識不到危險的孩子。

2.run out 用完；耗盡

例句：Time is running out for the trapped miners.

被困礦工的時間不多了。

We ran out of fuel.

我們把燃料用光了。

Could I have a cigarette? I seem to have run out.

給我支煙抽可以嗎？我的煙好像抽完了。

3.start-up costs 啟動經費 （新企業）

例句：Beijing will subsidize part of the start-up costs, including some of the expenses that Chinese companies incur by moving operations overseas.

中國政府將會為啟動成本提供部分補貼，包括中國企業向海外轉移業務所產生的部分費用。

4.a seasoned campaigner/performer/traveller, etc. 經驗豐富的社會運動家、表演者、旅行家等

例句：The sausage was very highly seasoned.

這香腸調味很濃

To the seasoned campaigner, the remarks of hecklers were like water off a duck's back.

對老練的競選者來說，質問者的話有如耳邊風。

5.take some things off your plate 減輕工作量

have enough/a lot/too much on your plate 問題(或工作等)成堆

例句：Take as much stuff off your plate as possible, so you can focus on doing what's important, and doing it well.

刪去盡可能多的無用任務, 這樣就能把精力放在重要的事情上面并且努力做好它們。