2月25日商务英语
2009年02月25日
ducketts; to ratchet up
今日单词：
| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| ducketts | 元（名词，当代俚语） | (noun, CONTEMPORARY SLANG) Dollars (humorous corruption of "ducats," gold coins of the Italian Renaissance) NOTE: always plural | EXAMPLE: Our flamboyant young boss recently went to New York and spent a couple thousand ducketts on a new suit. 我们年青的老板爱慕奢华，不久前他去了纽约，花数千美元买了一套新西服。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| to ratchet up | 逐步增加（非正式用语） | (INFORMAL) To increase effort and/or activity incrementally (NOTE: a "ratchet" is a mechanical tool used to precisely adjust something in one direction) | EXAMPLE: Every autumn, local retail stores start to ratchet up their sales staffs by hiring a few new employees each month, as gift sales gradually increase before the big winter holiday period. 每到秋天，在冬天的大节日到来之前，礼品销售会逐月增加，所以当地的零售商每月都要招入新员工，逐步扩大销售队伍。 |
