3月1日商务英语
2010年03月01日
boondocks;"A fool and his money are soon parted."
今日单词:
单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
boondocks | 偏远农村地区(复数名词,俚语) | (plural noun, SLANG) Remote, unsophisticated, rural country. (NOTES: from TAGALOG bun-dok, meaning "mountain"; also sometimes shortened to "boonies") | EXAMPLE: It's easy to make sales in the city, but out in the boondocks nobody wants to buy our products. 在城市做销售很容易,但在偏远的农村地区,没人买我们的产品。 |
今日短语:
短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
"A fool and his money are soon parted." | 笨蛋难聚财(传统表达法) |
Traditional expression meaning "gullible people who lack good judgment lose their money because they spend it without thinking" (NOTE: often used as an insult). |
EXAMPLE: I laughed and said "a fool and his money are soon parted" when my friend told me his was investing all his money in a new business venture nobody else thought would succeed. 我的朋友告诉我,他正把全部资金用于一次没人以为会成功的商业投机。 我笑说:“笨蛋难聚财”。 |