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 turned out to be costly for the compa...
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。The secret mission went south and was immediately called...
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%的成年人今年都会把收到的礼物转送给别人。Regifti...
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 out a new global agreement to cut carbon...
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 days of the campaign are crunch time for the candidates, 选举投...
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。Franchising is a time-tested business model, 连锁经营是一种历...
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 the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战...
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 freelance writer for the column, 报纸正在为专栏寻找自由撰...
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 and the police, 银行劫匪在跟警察对峙的过程中，把人质做为筹...
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 on Monday, 一些发展中国家的谈判代表星期一退出了哥本哈...
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。奥巴马说，I did no...
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, 埃森哲是第一个跟这个世界排名第一的高尔夫球...
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, 一家火车公司决定将客运列车数量从18列减少为10列。General Mi...
今天我们要学的词是green light。 Green light, 是绿灯的意思。My proposal received the green light from the board, 我的提案得到了理事会的批准。The U.S. Senate voted to give the green light to the health care reform bill, 美...
今天我们要学的词是pep talk。 Pep talk, 意思是给别人打气的动员讲话。A half-time pep talk from the coach helped the team turn the tide and win the game, 中场休息时教练的动员讲话让球队反败为胜，赢了比赛。...
