1月6日商务英语
2009年01月06日
plankton; tire kicker
今日单词：
| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| plankton | 微不足道的企业（名词，商业俚语） | (noun, BUSINESS SLANG) A company (or companies) either being taken over by a much larger company, or likely to be over taken. (NOTE: in biology "plankton" are microscopic organisms floating in water that are the food of many types of whales) | EXAMPLE: Many small research laboratories are merely plankton for giant pharmaceutical corporations. 对大型制药公司来说，许多小研究实验室完全微不足道。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| tire kicker | 只看不买的顾客 | A customer who only tries or inspects the product (especially an automobile) with little or no real intention to buy (derived from such a person kicking the tires of a car) | EXAMPLE: The old gentleman was a tire kicker who asked a lot of questions but didn't really want to make any purchases. 这位老先生只看不买，提了好多问题，却不想买任何东西。 |
