7月9日商务英语
2009年07月09日
prep; city slicker
今日单词：
| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| prep | 1. 做好准备（不及物动词，非正式用语）；
2.preparation（准备）的缩略（名词）； 3.preparatory（预备的）的缩略（形容词） |
1. (intransitive verb, INFORMAL) Making ready to do later activities. (NOTE: clipping of "to prepare")
2. (noun) Clipping of preparation. 3. (adjective) Clipping of preparatory. |
EXAMPLE: The team of doctors and nurses take a few minutes to prep before starting the surgical procedure. 医生和护士小组在开始手术之前要准备几分钟。 EXAMPLE: Before I make a sales presentation I need a few minutes to do my prep. 在做销售演示之前，我需要几分钟时间做准备。 EXAMPLE: My younger brother is taking several difficult college prep courses in high school that he hopes it will help him pass his university entrance examinations. 我弟弟在高中学习几门很难的大学预备课程，他希望这能帮助他通过高考。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| city slicker |
衣着考究、能言善辩的城里人（非正式用语） |
(INFORMAL) A sophisticated and well-dressed person from a city who may be ignorant of rural customs. (NOTE: mildly humorous; sometimes negative) | EXAMPLE: Dressed in my fancy new clothing I feel uncomfortable when I visit my relatives in the village where I was born because I feel like a city slicker. 穿着漂亮的新衣裳去拜访我出生地所在的农村的亲戚，让我感觉不适，因为我觉得自己像一个讲穿戴、油嘴滑舌的城里人。 |
