to be with it 时髦的 英文释义 To be aware of what is fashionable, appropriate,and sophisticated. 例句 To succeed in the retail clothing industry, companies need fashion designers who are reallywith it, and not designers who think in old-fash

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to be sidetracked 被分神 英文释义 To be distracted by something less relevant orimportant than the primary task. 例句 Because my current project must be completed this week, I don't want to be sidetracked byconsidering any new projects.由于本

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killer instinct 野蛮本性 英文释义 Strong inclination or desire to be ruthless andaggressive. 例句 Our manager is intelligent and very competent, but his killer instinct makes everyone afraidto work with him, or to trust him.我们的经理聪

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golden handshake 高额离职费 英文释义 An agreement, often written into a contract, bywhich a high-ranking executive receives a largeamount of cash, stock or other benefits uponleaving employment by a company regardless ofeither the financial

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Stomp the terra! 勇敢向前! 英文释义 A forceful, friendly expression encouraging listenersto live and act confidently without fear or hesitation;an exhortation to make one's bold contribution tothe world. (NOTE: terra is Latin for earth orla

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sorry gift 内疚礼物 英文释义 A gift offered to a spouse as an apology forpurchasing a more expensive gift for oneself. 例句 When I bought myself an expensive new set of golfclubs I bought my wife a beautiful and prestigious new watch as a s

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better luck next time 祝你下次好运 英文释义 Traditional expression of sympathy for a minordisappointment. 例句 When I defeated my little brother, who is usually a better player than me, in our weekly tennisgame I grinned and said, Better

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the apple of one's eye 最珍爱之物 英文释义 Traditional expression referring to whatever a personcherishes most. 例句 My friend has never owned a car before, and his beautiful new car is the apple of his eye; hehas a photograph of it on his

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a show of hands 举手表决 英文释义 A way of expressing a vote among members of agroup by asking for hands to be raised in favor or inopposition to an issue. 例句To determine if we committee members who are gathered here today wish to approve

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at the eleventh hour 成功的关键时刻 英文释义 At the last possible moment something can beaccomplished. 例句 I thought my long, difficult negotiations yesterday were going to end in failure, but at theeleventh hour the prospective buyer a

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I wouldn't bet on it 我觉得不太可能 英文释义 An informal expression suggesting that a belief thatsomething is possibly but not likely. (NOTE also: Iwouldn't count on it.) 例句Because you're a good worker, you might get a raise, but I wou

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Talk is cheap. 说起来容易。 英文释义 Traditional expression meaning that it is easy to saysomething, but sometimes harder to accomplish it. 例句 Our new manager made many promises, but talk is cheap and so we are waiting to see if hefulfi

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to make something pop 使吸引人 英文释义 To make something visually distinctive in a way thatreveals and draws attention to attractive designelements. 例句 Our old house looks a little sad, but painting its interior rooms in bright colors re

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a living hell 活地狱(非正式) 英文释义 An extremely miserable situation or place. 例句 A difficult divorce and the recent failure of hiscompany have made my brother's life a living hell.艰难的离婚及不久前自己公司的失败,

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hail fellow, well met 随和友善的朋友(传统表达法) 英文释义 Traditional phrase describing an effusive, casual,and very friendly person. (usually refers to a male) 例句 The owner of the popular restaurant is a hail fellow, well met

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someone's Sunday best 最体面的衣服(非正式) 英文释义 A person's finest, most impressive clothing. (NOTE: such clothes were traditionally worn on Sunday) 例句 All the guests at the wedding will be wearing their Sunday best. 所有参加

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deadly dull 非常沉闷的(非正式用语) 英文释义 Very boring. 例句 The movie I went to see at the theatre last night wasdeadly dull, and I walked out before it ended.我昨晚在这家电影院看的电影非常沉闷,我没看完就走

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bucket of bolts 破车(成语) 英文释义 A noisy old car, truck, or machine that barelyoperates. 例句 My car is a twenty-year-old bucket of bolts that needs frequent repairs.我的车是一款20年的旧车,不时需要修理。

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to jump start 搞活(非正式用语) 英文释义 To start something in an irregular but powerful andeffective manner; to reinvigorate (in AUTOMOBILEMECHANICS to jump start means to start a car byconnecting its battery to that of another car'sba

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to do something on the fly 同时做某事英文释义 To do something while one is operating or moving.例句 I read the new sales report on the fly thismorning while riding the subway to work. 今天早上,我在乘地铁上班的路上阅读了新

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