美国习惯用语:755 more bang for the buck

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是： more bang for the buck。Bang这个词一般解释为猛击，但是也有突然跃起，或快感的意思。Buck就是美元。To get more bang for the buck就是尽量设法获得更多的利润或价值

美国国家公共电台 NPR VA Hospitals Still Struggling With Adding Staff Despite Billions From Choice Act

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An effort to help American veterans get medical care faster is not working. NPR and some of its member stations have investigated a multi-billion dollar U.S. government program for veterans. It is supposed to add more doctors, nu

俚语口头禅:Quick buck

【句子对照】 He doesn't care about you -- all he wants is to make a quick buck. 他跟本就不关心你，而他所关心的是马上挣钱。 【关键俚语】 quick buck 英：Fast and easy profit; money made in a short period of time. 中：马上得到的利润或金钱

英语口语轻松学 第66期:buck 不只是钱

ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery 叶茼荞 1. big bucks=a lot of money He owed me big bucks. 2. make a fast buck: He made a fast buck by smuggling. 3. feel/look a million bucks: Hey Jenny! You look a million bucks today! 4. pass the buck: You were the

趣味青春英语 第84期:More bang for your buck

Idiom: More bang for your buck 物超所值 Hit the book: Increase understanding Describe Treatment Write down Medicinal plant Siberia Elderly Keep alive Ancestor

Don't Play Poker? You Still Can 'Pass the Buck'

Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories. Each week, we try to have a new story. In these stories, we explain English words and expressions. Often, they come from day-to-day events in our lives and become part of the language. The expression pass t

<词海拾贝>Pass The Buck：把责任推给另一个人

pass the buck的意思是“把责任推给另一个人”。它的起源和poker game（纸牌游戏）有关。这里有什么故事？让我们来看个究竟吧。 据说，在19世纪的纸牌戏中

2007年VOA标准英语-Buck Owens Tributes Remember his 'Maverick' Leg

By Katherine Cole Washington 06 August 2007 It's been said that the mark of a great artist is the apparent ease with which they perform their craft. In country music, few have ever made it look easier than the Buck Owens and his band, The Buckaroos.

与buck相关的英语日常口语

1. big bucks=a lot of money 比如：He owed me big bucks. 他欠我很多钱。 2. make a fast buck：一下子赚得一笔钱（通常指不义之财） He made a fast buck by smuggling. 他通过走私一下子挣了不少钱。 3. feel/look a mil

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Pearl S. Buck, 189

FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. JIM TEDDER: And Im Jim Tedder with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the award-winning writer Pearl S. Buck. (MUSIC)FAITH LAPIDUS: The year was nineteen thirty-one. Americans were suffering

美国国家公共电台 NPR Second-Generation Sportscaster Joe Buck: 'I Hear My Dad More In Me Now'

Second-Generation Sportscaster Joe Buck: 'I Hear My Dad More In Me Now' play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0007:48repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update you

单词超市 第二十九期

Learn a word 今天我们要学的一个词组是Big bucks, Big b i g, bucks, b u c k s. big bucks 意思是很多很多的钱。比如：Delta UPS paid big bucks to sponsored in New York fashion week. 他说Delta UPS，一个是航空公司，一个是

Google's YouTube to boost staff by 30 percent in 2011

NEW YORK, Mar 10 (Reuters) - YouTube, the popular video site owned by Google Inc, said on Thursday it is adding 200 jobs, boosting its staff by more than 30 percent in its biggest hiring year. In a blog posting, the company also said more than 35 hou

学个词Learn a Word 第1653-staff

今天我们要学的词是staff。Staff 做为名词是工作人员，比如 staff meeting就是职工会议。The Washington Times plans to cut staff for a second time in three years. 华盛顿时报计划裁员，这是三年以来的第二次了。

2006年VOA标准英语-Eritrea Expels Five UN Staff

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 September 2006 The Eritrean government has expelled five U.N. staff members on spying allegations. Four out of the five are members of the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The fifth was formerly a security coordinat

美国习惯用语:382 pass the buck

我们上次讲了几个来自扑克牌桌的习惯用语。今天我们还要讲几个。第一个是：pass the buck。 Buck原意是雄鹿，但是这里指刀柄是鹿角做成的猎刀。 在早年美国西部这种猎刀几乎人手一把。牌桌

学个词Learn a Word 第1411期　half-staff

今天我们要学的词是half-staff。Half-staff, 意思是降半旗。 As a matter of protocol, U.N. offices around the globe lowered their flags to half-staff to mark the funeral of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, 不久前维吉尼亚理工

趣味青春英语电台 第266期:Quick buck

Idiom: Quick buck ( easy money ) Hit the book: Bang Squish Flip Reverse Chime What was that bang?! As you're coming into land, the wing flaps may be lowered again, and you'll hear the wind like mad now. Leary adds: If you are by a window, sometimes s

新西兰英语 566 Ombudsman office needs more staff

The Ombudsman, Beverley Wakeham, told a Parliamentary committee that her office has too much work and too few staff. She needs another $1m to employ extra staff and for general administration. The job of the Ombudsman office is to deal with complaint

"Buck"是什么？

Buck一词在英文中有很多解释，比如钱、雄鹿、公兔、纨绔子弟、抵制、振作等等，因此与其搭配的短语也能表达出丰富的含义，今天就来学习一下吧！ 1. big bucks (=a lot of money) 一大笔钱 He owe