胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇235
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：胡敏托福词汇记单词
235. A Worldly Wholesaler 2
I'll admit to anyone that I am a worldly person.I enjoy wrapping myself in luxury.Poverty,or even a middle class existence,is not something I would be able to withstand.If I had to give up my fresh pate 3 and my caviar,I would suffer such bad withdrawal 4 symptoms that I would most assuredly die.When people tell me that my extravagant 5 lifestyle is withering 6 away my soul,I tell them I'd much rather wither 7 away in a mansion 8 than in a shack 9.Where money whirs,there I am.It wasn't just on a whim 10 that I became a wholesaler.The wholesaler business was where the action was when I first began.It has since whittled 11 down to just a few companies,but back when I was first starting out in business,a fortune could be made there by just about anyone.After making a small,modest fortune,I withdrew my interests from the wholesale 1 business.It was still doing well at the time I left,and people thought I was crazy for leaving.I didn't wince 12 even once,however.What some people refer to as a wily disposition,I simply refer to as a smart business decision.I wasn't being wily when I left.Now understand,I wasn't being wholesome,either.There's limited amount of money out there, and if I don't get it,someone else will.By quietly wiggling out of the wholesale industry instead of making a huge announcement and encouraging others to do the same,I actually made money.There was nothing mean spirited to this.It was just me being a businessman.If the industry is about to have a calamitous 13 wreck,why should I hold the responsibility of wrestling people away from it?I was not going to stand by and witness my own investments become nothing.That would have been quite a woolly lose.I'm wistful when I lose money,but as it stands,my wits are still intact.I just built a new winter residence,a nice cabin,out in the woods of Oregon.I wrap myself in the finest woolen 14 jackets,made from the most expensive wool.I go out in the evenings and listen to the beautiful sounds of the surrounding wildlife.
I dare not complain about how I made my money.
- The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
- Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
- We're the largest furniture wholesaler in Illinois. 我们是伊利诺伊州最大的家具批发商。 来自辞典例句
- These are used to create profiles for each wholesaler. 这是他日常的工作或通过与批发商的正式会谈。 来自互联网
- The few strands of white hair at the back of his gourd-like pate also quivered.他那长在半个葫芦样的头上的白发，也随着笑声一齐抖动着。
- He removed his hat to reveal a glowing bald pate.他脱下帽子，露出了发亮的光头。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
- He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
- She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
- The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。
- She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
- In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天，树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。
- The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
- The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。
- He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
- The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。
- I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
- He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。
- He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood. 他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。
- The government's majority has been whittled down to eight. 政府多数票减少到了八票。
- The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
- His smile soon modified to a wince.他的微笑很快就成了脸部肌肉的抽搐。
- We are exposed to the most calamitous accidents. 我们遭受着极大的灾难。 来自辞典例句
- Light reveals the subtle alteration of things, the sly or calamitous impermanence or mortal life. 事物的细微变动，人生的狡猾，倏忽无常，一一都在光中显露出来。 来自辞典例句