3月8日商务英语
2010年03月08日
ragamuffin；to keep someone or something at bay
今日单词：
| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| ragamuffin | （衣衫褴褛的）流浪儿（名词，非正式用语） | (noun, INFORMAL) A disheveled, shaggily dressed child. | EXAMPLE: When he arrived to stay in our city house, my cousin's son was a shy ragamuffin from the farm who needed new clothes, a bath and a haircut. 我堂兄的儿子刚来到我们城市的住宅居住时，是一个衣衫褴褛的农村流浪儿，需要理发、洗澡、换新衣服。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| to keep someone or something at bay | 抑制，阻止 |
To keep someone or something from doing harm by preventing movement. |
EXAMPLE: The group of angry women were able to keep the thief at bay by blocking the building's only door until the police arrived to arrest him. 这群愤怒的妇女堵住了这座楼唯一的门，阻止小偷出逃，直到警察到来，将其逮捕。 |
