每日商务英语 第17期:时装专家

fashion maven 时装专家 英文释义 A fashion expert; someone who understands what is most popular in stylish clothing (NOTE: maven is a YIDDISH language noun meaning one who understands)例句My little sister is afashion mavenwho lives in New Yo

每日商务英语 第16期:追赶

to play catch up 追赶 英文释义 To complete unfinished work in order to achieve the same level or position as others. 例句The building fire closed the company's main office for almost a month, and now they must play catch up in order to stay i

每日商务英语 第15期:取得进展

to make inroads 1. 取得进展；2. 侵入 英文释义1. To accomplish progress towards a goal2. To take away territory belonging to another. 例句1: While the task of improving our moribund old company is enormous, last week I started to make inr

每日商务英语 第14期:解决问题

putting out fires 处理、解决问题 英文释义 Addressing and solving problems. 例句Unfortunately, as a manager I don't have much time to develop new ideas, but instead I spend each day merely putting out fires. 很不幸，作为经理我没有

每日商务英语 第13期:普通人

Joe Schmo 庸人，普通人 英文释义 An unimportant, ordinary man (NOTE often used in contrast to someone of much greater importance). 例句Of course our clothing is expensive; our typical customer is a top executive or professional person, not

每日商务英语 第12期:顶住重重困难

against all odds 顶住重重困难 英文释义 Despite obstacles that are nearly impossible to overcome. 例句Against all odds the small group of talented but indigent musicians from the countryside became the most popular band in the capital, and

每日商务英语 第52期:易手

to change hands 易手 英文释义 To be transferred from one owner to another. 例句 The new owners have rewritten the menu completely since the restaurant changed hands last year. 自去年这家餐厅易手以来，新老板彻底重编了菜单。

每日商务英语 第51期:老地方

one's old stamping ground 老地方 英文释义 A location where one formerly spent a lot of time. 例句 I like to revisit the caf near my university which was my old stamping ground when I was a student. 我喜欢去我的大学附近的这家咖啡

每日商务英语 第50期:态度冷淡的人

cold fish 态度冷淡的人 英文释义 A person who is unfriendly and lacking in personal warmth. 例句 The famous software engineer is a cold fish who is often rude and boring, so nobody talks with him at parties. 这位著名软件工程师是个

每日商务英语 第49期:青春期

awkward age 青春期 英文释义 Adolescence (NOTE: an acknowledgement that these years are sometimes irregular, tentative, or filled with errors for some young people trying to become adults.) 例句 My daughter was at an awkward age in high schoo

每日商务英语 第48期:故意大声说话

stage whisper 故意大声说话 英文释义 An intentionally loud whisper said so everyone can hear, such as an actor on stage might make so everyone in the audience can understand him. 例句 At my brother's birthday lunch my sister told a funny j

每日商务英语 第47期:直言不讳

to put it bluntly 直言不讳 英文释义 To speak in a very direct and abrupt manner, perhaps without being tactful or sensitive. 例句 I only corrected my sloppy dressing habits when my boss decided to put it bluntly and tell me that my careless

每日商务英语 第46期:金发美女

blond bombshell 金发美女 英文释义 A glamorous and extro verted blond woman. 例句 During the 1940's a typical American movie actress was often a blond bombshell who loved wild Hollywood parties. 20世纪40年代的典型美国女影星通常是

每日商务英语 第45期:公平竞争

level playing field 公平竞争 英文释义 A fair and balanced competition in which no one particular opponent has an unjust advantage over any other. 例句 The managers of the university admissions office refused to give special attention to the

每日商务英语 第43期:勃然大怒

purple with rage 勃然大怒 英文释义 Collocation describing someone who is so angry his head turns purple. 例句 When the boss learned that his oldest and most trusted employees were quitting and going to work for a competitor, he became purpl

每日商务英语 第42期:幕后操纵

to pull some strings幕后操纵 英文释义 To manipulate a situation secretly, and possibly unethically, in order to accomplish a goal. (NOTE: a reference to strings that direct the movement of a puppet) 例句 The wealthy old man thought he could

每日商务英语 第41期:因满员无法预订

to be booked solid 因满员无法预订 英文释义 To have no available space that can be reserved; expression used to describe hotel rooms, airplane flights, etc. (NOTE: to book means to reserve) 例句 Hotels are often booked solid in the summer

每日商务英语 第40期:挖掘销售潜力

to be shaking the trees挖掘销售潜力 英文释义 To be looking for extra sales that are not easy to find, usually because there have been very few sales recently (NOTE: this is a reference to shaking fruit trees to make the fruit fall) 例句 B

每日商务英语 第39期:合适的应聘者

the successful candidate合适的应聘者 英文释义 Used exclusively in job descriptions, this phrase means the person who will get the job (NOTE: candidate in this usage means job applicant) 例句 The job description said that the successful ca

每日商务英语 第44期:我错了

My bad! 我错了 英文释义 An admission of guilt for a minor mistake; an expression meaning my fault! 例句 When I accidently knocked over my friend's bag of golf clubs, I quietly said my bad! and he laughed as we picked them up. 我不小心碰翻