1. A mutual agreement to suspend holiday gifts for at least one season, usually within a single family or circle of friends.

2. The act of replacing useless and pointless merchandise with something more meaningful, such as a charitable donation, service project or holiday party.

3. Wal-Mart's biggest nightmare.
> Due to the recession, we've decided that Degifting is the best plan for Christmas this year. Instead, we're all getting together to serve food at the homeless shelter. I really don't need another Salad Shooter. Do you?

AILSA CHANG, HOST: If you are still looking for gifts for your family and friends, how about a book? Remember those? I have asked WEEKEND EDITION books editor Barrie Hardymon to think about her favorite books from the past year that will make great g

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(155) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

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

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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

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Chinese technology giant Tencent and global coffee chain Starbucks have created a new social gifting feature on Tencent's popular messaging app WeChat for early next year, through which WeChat users will be able to buy and send Starbucks-branded drin

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今天我们要学的词是 self-gifting。Self-gifting 自己买礼物送给自己。近年来在美国,Self-gifting has been gaining popularity. 自己给自己买礼物变得越来越流行。美国全国零售业协会的调查显示,People a

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Topic 1-Campus Delivery Industry Development Report A recent report has revealed that Chinese university students spend on average 11 hundred Yuan on e-commerce. What's more, the better the university is, higher the spending. What does it say about o

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