每日商务英语 第11期:退让

to yield to 退让 英文释义 To abandon a previously held opinion or argument and adopt another例句The skeptical board of directors argued with the company president for hours, but finally they yielded to his view and agreed with him that major

每日商务英语 第143期:收尾工作

finishing touch 收尾工作 英文释义 The final element needed to complete something;the culmination. (NOTE: often plural 'finishingtouches') 例句 Painting the old building we had fully remodeled was the finishing touch before we reopened. 我们

每日商务英语 第115期:高价收购

to give your eyeteeth for something 高价收购（俚语） 英文释义 To pay a very high price in order to obtainsomething. (NOTE eyeteeth are the two pointedcanine teeth in the upper jaw located below theeyes.) 例句 I'd give my eyeteeth for a

每日商务英语 第116期:当期热卖

flavor of the month 当期热卖英文释义 Anything that is temporarily popular or in fashion. (NOTE a reference to new ice cream flavors thatAmerican vendors introduce monthly to boostsales.)例句 I not buying the popular new electronic device, b

每日商务英语 第124期:搞活

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

每日商务英语 第125期:破车

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。

每日商务英语 第126期:非常沉闷的

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

每日商务英语 第121期:活地狱

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，

每日商务英语 第98期:说起来容易

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

每日商务英语 第102期:最珍爱之物

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

每日商务英语 第111期:时髦的

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

每日商务英语 第139期:经过冷静思考

by the cold light of reason 经过冷静思考 英文释义 Traditional expression referring to the use of sober,rational analysis not swayed by emotion. 例句 At first we liked the architect's most innovative design for our new building, but by the

每日商务英语 第130期:办公室闲职

swivel-chair job 办公室闲职 英文释义 An easy office job with very few real responsibilities(NOTE: a swivel-chair is a comfortable executiveoffice chair). 例句 The ambitious young man was given a swivel-chair job in his uncle's company, but

每日商务英语 第31期:娱乐

fun and games 娱乐 英文释义 Mindless amusement (NOTE primarily negative usage) 例句 Once my son realized that life is not all fun and games, he became a serious, hard-working student. 当我的儿子意识到，娱乐并不是生活的全部，

每日商务英语 第30期:一文不值

not worth a hill of beans 一文不值 英文释义 Worthless. 例句 Since I know nothing about his field, I always warn my old friend that any advice I give him about business is probably not worth a hill of beans. 由于我对老友的专业领域一

每日商务英语 第58期:黑潮

black tide 黑潮 英文释义 Ocean pollution (especially used for petroleum spilled from a wrecked ship carrying oil) 例句 When the huge oil tanker hit the reef, the disaster caused a black tide that harmed most of the nearby seacoast and ruined

每日商务英语 第56期:时代变了

Times are changing 时代变了 英文释义 Expression meaning that life is changing quickly and there are many new and astounding things happening that are different from what was common in the past. 例句 My father expects things to always be the

每日商务英语 第67期:大头

the lion's share 大头 英文释义 The largest among several portions 例句 The lion's share of our little company's expenses each month go to pay the salaries of our employees. 我们这家小公司每月支出的大头是员工的薪水。

每日商务英语 第61期:准备充分的

guns-a-blazing 准备充分的 英文释义 Ready for immediate action; full of energy (mildly humorous, descriptive phrase) (NOTE: blazing refers to firing a gun) 例句 The eager young sales representatives from the little company arrived guns-a-bl

每日商务英语 第80期:枯燥乏味的

cut-and-dried 枯燥乏味的 英文释义 expression referring to something boring, ordinary, and easily predictable 例句 The energetic new sales manager thought the company's previous sales presentations were too cut-and-dried, so he designed an